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A smaller (and cheaper) sbRIO based on the Xilinx Zynq chip. Target size is SO-DIMM form factor (68 x 30 mm (half the area of a credit card), 200 pins). Such a board would be OEM friendly and can be plugged into a product (rather than the current sbRIO offerings that requires the product to be developed around the sbRIO rather than the sbRIO fitting into your product). Also, a Base Board that is (only) used during development. Below is what the proposed sbRIO and Base Board would roughly look like (courtesy of Enclustra FPGA Solutions)
Here's an interesting "credit card" sized board based on the Xilinx Zynq 7010 that sells for $55: http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/systems-check/4440513/1/Dev-board-aims-at-Raspberry-Pi--Ar... .
It even includes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi which are essential for interacting to mobile devices and for the Internet-of-things (IOT).
I'm not thinking or asking National Instruments to match the price. Even at triple the price, we're still on a winner.
The Zynq chip has provided a hardware platform for an innovative developer to find an easy way to program both microcontroller and FPGA. Once this is done the Zynq chip will flourish. And I think it will then become as popular as the Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
I hope National Instruments are the ones that make it happen.