ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI PXI Linux Support Plan Jason Hobbs Senior Group Manager, NI Systems Software R&D February 2016

2 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL Agenda NI Linux Investment Summary NI Linux Distribution Support NI PXI Hardware Support Plan

3 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI is standardizing on Linux across product lines NI has invested ~100 man-years to date in NI Linux Real-Time

4 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL Linux cRIO (Linux RT) cDAQ, Compact Vision (Linux RT) PXI (Linux RT and Desktop) NI Linux Investment Summary 2016 Released Controller for FlexRIO, sbRIO (Linux RT) Planned

5 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI Linux Investment Summary NI is investing in Linux NI has invested ~100 man-years to date in Linux RT and is continuing to invest NI is a Linux Foundation silver member NI is a primary contributor to Linux RT Collaborative Project to push RT patch into mainline NI is contributing source code to Linux RT patch; presented at Embedded Linux Conference NI is committed to and investing for Linux RT to be our only RTOS 2013: cRIO platform released with Linux RT; only RTOS for new controllers is Linux RT 2014: cDAQ platform released with Linux RT; only RTOS for new controllers is Linux RT : PXI platform planned to release with Linux RT NI plans to leverage Linux RT PXI investment to support Linux desktop

6 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI Linux Real-Time Goals Enjoy the flexibility of Linux, with the determinism and reliability of a real-time operating system Desktop UI, Peripherals, System Administration, Real-Time scheduler Leverage the vast ecosystem of tools and IP Networking, Configuration Management, Simulation, Monitoring, etc. Reuse C/C++ code in and alongside LabVIEW Real-Time built applications FPGA Interface C API, System Configuration C API

7 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL What is NI Linux Real-Time? Custom distribution, built using OpenEmbedded (based on Ångström distribution) Supports x64 and ARM architectures PREEMPT_RT patchset applied for determinism without sacrificing full capabilities of Linux. Long-term support initiative patches applied to ensure stability and peripheral support Tuned for NI hardware (e.g., network drivers), ensuring no major latency regressions on NI HW when upgrading kernel and packages Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) mandatory access control package support NI Linux RT FAQ:

8 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI PXI Linux Support – Current State Active support NI-RIO (FlexRIO, R Series) NI-VISA NI (GPIB) Serial LabVIEW Prior versions available NI-DAQmx NI-Scope NI-Fgen NI-DMM

9 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI PXI Linux Support – Future State Provide a supported and evolving platform of NI hardware and drivers for Linux RT and Desktop Linux Annual release New hardware support for supported drivers New driver features and fixes Supported Linux distros NI Linux RT Red Hat Enterprise OpenSUSE Scientific Linux >> CentOS

10 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL NI PXI Driver Support Plan Phased released Most drivers will be available at initial release Additional drivers will be supported in subsequent releases 64-bit support only (user and kernel) Support hardware expected to be generally available at release Annual assessment of new drivers and hardware to support Please contact Jason Hobbs for early access and a full list of supported devices

11 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL Summary NI is investing in Linux and working toward supporting the PXI platform NI will support Linux RT and Desktop on PXI in phased releases We are engaging lead users for early access and feedback Contact Jason Hobbs for more details

12 ni.com | CUSTOMER CONFIDENTIAL What is NI Linux Real-Time?