Embed provides the ability to interface with popular analog and digital I/O boards and devices from National Instrument and Measurement Computing.
You can couple an Embed diagram directly with a real PLC or DCS system for off-line tuning, or to prototype an Embed control with a real plant. HIL systems can be configured and executed by interfacing the Embed plant or controller diagrams with real-world hardware, such as manufacturing plants, chemical processes, motors, pumps, and electric drives. The interface to the real-world hardware is through computer I/O cards; high-speed motion control interface cards; or serial port connections to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) or Distributed Control Systems (DCSs). There is no code generation or programming involved to configure an HIL system with Embed.
You can also use simulated boards for testing Embed diagrams.