Chapter 1 IntroductionPCI-6110E/6111E User Manual1-2 ©National Instruments Corporationand a ribbon cable to route timing and trigger signals between severalfunctions on as many as five DAQ boards in your computer.Detailed specifications of the 611X E board are in Appendix A,Specifications.What You Need to Get StartedTo set up and use the 611X E board, you will need the following:q Either the PCI-6110E or PCI-6111E boardq PCI-6110E/6111E User Manualq One of the following software packages and documentation:ComponentWorksLabVIEW for MacintoshLabVIEW for WindowsLabWindows/CVI for WindowsMeasureNI-DAQ for PC CompatiblesVirtualBenchq Your computerSoftware Programming ChoicesYou have several options to choose from when programming yourNational Instruments DAQ and SCXI hardware. You can use NationalInstruments application software, NI-DAQ, or register-levelprogramming.National Instruments Application SoftwareComponentWorks contains tools for data acquisition and instrumentcontrol built on NI-DAQ driver software. ComponentWorks providesa higher-level programming interface for building virtual instrumentsthrough standard OLE controls and DLLs. With ComponentWorks, youcan use all of the configuration tools, resource management utilities,and interactive control utilities included with NI-DAQ.LabVIEW features interactive graphics, a state-of-the-art userinterface, and a powerful graphical programming language. The
