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Serial Interfaces (RS232 and RS485)

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  • USB, Ethernet, PCI, PXI, PCMCIA, and ISA serial interfaces with up to 16 ports
  • Up to 128 B transmit and receive FIFOs
  • 100% compatible with standard PC serial ports
  • Asynchronous RS232 and RS485 serial protocols
  • 921.6 kb/s maximum transfer rate
  • Reliable communication with 2-wire devices

National Instruments has long been a leading supplier of instrumentation interface products for laboratory and bench-top instrumentation. Just as in lab and test environments, industrial applications require PCs and reliable, robust, and easy-to-use hardware and software tools that can communicate with devices such as process instrumentation, PLCs, and single-loop controllers. NI offers a variety of hardware and driver software products for communication with industrial devices using RS232, RS422, and RS485 serial interfaces.