National Instruments 8330 Series User Manual

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© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual1IntroductionThis chapter describes the PXI-PCI 8330 Series, lists what you need toget started, and explains how to unpack and set up your hardware. Thefour products in this series are the PCI-8330, the PXI-8330, the PCI-8335,and the PXI-8335. The PXI-PCI 8330 Series incorporates MXI-3technology. The terms MXI-3, MXI-3 card and MXI-3 system in thismanual refer to both the PCI MXI-3 and PXI MXI-3 cards and systems,unless otherwise noted.About the MXI-3 SystemDescription and FeaturesMXI-3 is a PCI master/slave system implementing the PCI-PCI bridgeregister set. It couples two physically separate buses with either a copper orfiber-optic data link capable of 1.5 Gbit/s serial data rates. With the MXI-3system, you can do the following:• Control a PXI/CompactPCI backplane with either a PCI orPXI/CompactPCI host system• Increase the available number CompactPCI or PXI slots for yourapplication• Physically separate the measurement or automation system from thehost PC• Combine PCI, CompactPCI, and PXI devices in the same systemNote Your MXI-3 card will work in any standard CompactPCI chassis adhering to thePICMG CompactPCI 2.0 R2.1 specification.Large System SizeYou can use MXI-3 to control PXI-PCI devices on up to 255 buses fromany PCI-based system, provided the BIOS supports such a configuration.You can use either a daisy-chain or a star configuration, with maximumbus-to-bus distances of 10 meters (copper cable) or 200 meters (fiber-opticcable).