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Texas-headquartered electronic systems manufacturer National Instruments has introduced a programmable chip with a Linux operating system, a device that can automate processes in automobiles, healthcare, vehicle-data registry, energy and in other design-specific applications.
Called The NI System on Module, the credit-card sized chip is already used by aircraft maker Airbus to automatically calibrate specifications of screws in aircraft, said Joel Shapiro, Leader (Marketing), Emerging Markets, National Instruments, speaking to reporters. The company will announce the price of the device once it begins mass production by the year-end.
A “handful” of buyers have already lined up, with India’s Healthcare Technology Innovation centre among them. The research centre at IIT-Madras Research Park will use the NI-SOM to develop a mobile-phone sized device for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases, says Jayaraj Joseph, Systems Architect, HTIC.
This device is another version of a prototype called Artsens, another product of HTIC. Scientists at the research centre had unveiled Artsens in October last year, which is about the size of a tablet computer.
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