National Instruments PXI Express NI PXIe-1073 User Manual

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Chapter 1 Getting StartedNI PXIe-1073 User Manual 1-8 ni.comHybrid Peripheral SlotsThe chassis provides three (3) hybrid peripheral slots (slot numbers 4–6) asdefined in the PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification. These hybridperipheral slots can accept the following peripheral modules:• A PXI Express Peripheral with a x1 PCI Express link through thePCI Express switch to the upstream PC.• A CompactPCI Express Type-2 Peripheral with a x1 PCI Express linkthrough a PCI Express switch to the upstream PC.• A hybrid-compatible PXI Peripheral module that has been modified byreplacing the J2 connector with an XJ4 connector installed in the uppereight rows of J2. Refer to the PXI Express Specification for details.The PXI Peripheral communicates through the backplane’s 32-bitPCI bus.• A CompactPCI 32-bit peripheral on the backplane’s 32-bit PCI bus.The hybrid peripheral slots provide full PXI Express functionality and32-bit PXI functionality except for PXI Local Bus. The hybrid peripheralslot only connects to PXI Local Bus 6 left and right.PXI Express Peripheral SlotsThere are two (2) PXI Express peripheral slots: slots 2 and 3. PXI Expressperipheral slots can accept the following modules:• A PXI Express Peripheral with a x1 PCI Express link through thePCI Express switch to the upstream PC.• A CompactPCI Express Type-2 Peripheral with a x1 PCI Express linkthrough a PCI Express switch to the upstream PC.PXI Local BusThe PXI backplane local bus is a daisy-chained bus that connects eachperipheral slot with the adjacent peripheral slots to the left and right (referto Figure 1-5).The backplane routes PXI Local Bus 6 between adjacent PXI slots. The leftlocal bus 6 from slot 2 is not routed anywhere and the right local bus signalfrom slot 6 is not routed anywhere.Local bus signals may range from high-speed TTL signals to analog signalsas high as 42 V.