12 in. Industrial Touch Panel Computer
NI TPC-2512
NEW!
• 12.1 in. SVGA TFT color LCD touch screen
with 800 x 600 resolution
• 500 MHz AMD LX800 processor
• 512 MB DDR SDRAM memory
• NEMA4/IP65-compliant front panel
NI Hardware Support
• USB data acquisition (DAQ)
• NI CompactDAQ
• NI PACs: CompactRIO, NI Single-Board RIO,
Compact FieldPoint, and PXI
Communication Ports
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2 Hi-Speed USB ports
1 Ethernet (10/100BASE-T)
4 serial ports (3 RS232 and 1 RS232/485)
PS2 keyboard/mouse
Installed Software Support
• Windows XP Embedded on a 4 GB
CompactFlash card
• NI-DAQmx 8.7.2 for
NI USB DAQ devices
• Hardware Touch Panel
Deployment License
Overview
The NI TPC-2512 touch panel computer (TPC) features a 12.1 in. high-
quality 800 x 600 SVGA LCD touch screen. It offers a 500 MHz AMD
GX3 processor and 512 MB SDRAM, and is shipped with a 4 GB
CompactFlash storage device with Windows XP Embedded. The TPC-2512
is certified to work with the NI LabVIEW Touch Panel Module. For data
acquisition systems, the TPC-2512 includes NI-DAQmx components for
USB data acquisition devices.
detect new TPC-2512 devices over Ethernet and then update IP settings
and add the device to your project (see Figure 1). LabVIEW offers a single
HMI and logic development environment for creating user interfaces
and embedded programs for real-time hardware using the LabVIEW
Real-Time Module.
Touch Panel Computer Hardware Support
The TPC-2512 comes with NI-DAQmx 8.7.2 installed for out-of-the-box
connectivity to NI CompactDAQ and all NI USB DAQ devices compatible
with NI-DAQmx. Support for shared variables as both a host and client
plus Modbus TCP/IP or standard TCP/IP makes the TPC-2512 an ideal
human machine interface (HMI) for NI programmable automation
controllers (PACs) including CompactRIO, NI Single-Board RIO, Compact
FieldPoint, and PXI real-time controllers. It provides a wide range of
connectivity options including the following:
• 10/100BASE-T Ethernet for connectivity to NI PACs
• Two Hi-Speed USB ports for NI CompactDAQ and USB DAQ
• Four serial ports (three RS232 and one RS232/485)
Figure 1. LabVIEW Project with NI TPC-2512
LabVIEW for HMI Development
The TPC-2512 works with the LabVIEW Touch Panel Module and includes
one Touch Panel Deployment License. From the LabVIEW Project, you can
Figure 2. TPC-2512 Connectivity
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
CPU card cover
CompactFlash slot
Parallel port
Serial ports
Ethernet port
USB ports
Power switch
PS/2 ports
Hardware
TPC-2106/T (ARM)
TPC-2012 (x86)
TPC-2512 (x86)
1
The
2
LabVIEW
Operating System
Windows CE
Windows CE
Windows XP Embedded
Shared Variables
Client
Client
Host and client
LabVIEW Touch Panel Module 8.6
TCP/IP and UDP NI-DAQmx NI-DAQmx
Modbus
Base
–
TCP/IP and ASCII
1,2
2
–
TCP/IP and ASCII
–
TCP/IP and ASCII
2
NI-VISA RS232
Serial-Compatible VIs
(RS232/RS485)
TPC-2106/T supports only USB DAQ devices that are USB 1.1 compatible
8.6 and NI-DAQmx 8.7.2 or NI-DAQmx Base 3.2 or later are required
Table 1. NI Touch Panel Computer Driver Compatibility
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