Harris Corp’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Computer Systems Division has also introduced an integrated data acquisition and control system using its one- to eight-processor real-time Night Hawk with a range of VME-based input-output boards. The system uses a graphical interface to enable users to collect and analyze data and control and configure the system by using icons. The 70-plus boards now available on Night Hawk computers are the result of an OEM agreement with VME Microsystems International Corp of Huntsville, Alabama, coupled with Notebook/XE and LT/Control real-time data acquisition and control software from Laboratory Technologies Corp of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The system is aimed at laboratory test, control stations, simulators, power plants and process control. For applications requiring thousands of input-output points, an intelligent controller and separate VME chassis, connected to the Night Hawk via reflective memory, enables customers to configure very large systems without impacting the system CPU or VME backplanes with large numbers of programmed input-output transfers. Night Hawk computers are available in five-, eight-, 13-, 19- and 21-slot configurations. No prices.
