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R.I.P. Compact FieldPoint

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I knew our favourite automation controller, the cFP-2220, is set to be unavailable from 2016, but for some reason I still expected it to be programmable in LabVIEW 2014. As far as I can see the plug has now been pulled for good. :smileysurprised: 2013 was the last version with support for the cFP.

 

Unfortunately there are no alternatives available from NI that really replaces the cFP-2220 for our use :smileysad:

It had dual ethernet, 4 serial ports, a compact form factor, and a very low power usage (it said 6.1 Watts on the package, but in reality it only needed about 3,5). We even got NI to supply a DIN-rail for it, because we never really needed anything but the controller.

 

With the single board RIOs we hoped we would get a good alternative to the cFP-2220, but none of them have dual ethernet. Some have a few serial ports, but without everything they are just not good enough. You can find RIOs with dual ethernet, and even serial ports and low power consumption...and cool stuff like Linux RT - but then the form factor is way bigger than the cFP. We cannot embed a cRIO-9068 for example into our instruments. It's huge.:smileyfrustrated: Getting enough serial ports is also much more work than it used to - FPGA coding, a backplane and extra modules - just to get back to the same number of ports we had in-built and ready to use in the old 2220.

 

R.I.P Compact Fieldpoint.:womansad: You were a good companion. Hopefully someday a worthy successor will come along.


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