©National Instruments Corporation3-1PCI-MIO E Series User ManualChapter3Hardware OverviewThis chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on yourPCI-MIO E Series board.Figure 3-1 shows a block diagram for the PCI-MIO-16E-1 andPCI-MIO-16E-4.Figure 3-1. PCI-MIO-16E-1 and PCI-MIO-16E-4 Block DiagramTimingPFI / TriggerI/O Connector3RTSI BusPCI BusDigital I/O (8)12-BitSamplingA/DConverterEEPROMConfigurationMemory+NI-PGIAGainAmplifier–CalibrationMuxMux ModeSelectionSwitchesAnalogMuxesVoltageREFCalibrationDACsDitherCircuitryTriggerAnalogTriggerCircuitry2Trigger LevelDACs6CalibrationDACsDAC0DAC1DAQ - STCAnalog InputTiming/ControlAnalog OutputTiming/ControlDigital I/OTriggerCounter/Timing I/ORTSI BusInterfaceDMA/InterruptRequestBusInterface(8)(8)DACFIFO Data (16)AI ControlAddress/DataControlData (16)AnalogInputControlEEPROMControlDMAInterfaceMIOInterfaceDAQ-STCBusInterfaceAnalogOutputControlI/OBusInterfaceMITEGenericBusInterfacePCIBusInterfaceIRQDMAAO ControlADCFIFOAddress (5)