Developing an Advanced Oil Well Monitoring System

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The Labview software platform is being used to program the real-time processor, FPGA, and I/O with the Compact RIO system and interface to control and monitor every aspect of the well servicing and stimulation equipment commonly found in this industry.

The modular I/O and the rugged Compact RIO system are perfect for this application because they can handle the shock and vibration and wide-ranging temperatures experienced while mounted to a mobile piece of equipment that is dragged up and down oil field roads around the world. The openness of Labview and NI hardware makes it easy to interface to a variety of sensors, software and protocols.

Customized Deployment with NI Single-Board RIO

Because of the small form factor and the low cost of NI Single-Board RIO, the company sees great value in using this hardware to provide a customized solution to its customers. With both Compact RIO and NI Single-Board RIO, it is able to offer the ability to create different form factors and price points for its monitoring systems.

Fortunately, the transition from Compact RIO to NI Single-Board RIO is a very quick and seamless process because of the standard NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware architecture and Labview. NI Single-Board RIO has the same hardware architecture as Compact RIO; hence, the Labview code can be reused in the NI Single-Board RIO hardware without any major coding changes.

The NI advantage

Lime Instruments is pleased with the quality of products and support received from NI. Everyone at NI, from support engineers to the direct sales engineers, has in-depth technical and business knowledge of their product lines, which has enabled in handling technical issues with urgency and following through to help complete applications.

* The author is CEO of Lime Instruments

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