National Instruments PXI Express Series User Manual

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Chapter 1 IntroductionNI PXIe-8101/8102 User Manual 1-4 ni.com• The Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset (Graphics and MemoryController Hub) connects to the CPU, DDR2 SDRAM, and DVI-Ivideo.• The SMB to PXI Trigger provides a routable connection of thePXI triggers to/from the SMB on the front panel.• The Watchdog Timer block consists of a watchdog timer that can resetthe controller or generate a trigger.• The Chipset ICH9M (I/O Controller Hub) connects to the PCI, USB,SATA, LPC buses, and Ethernet.• The USB Connectors are connected to the ICH9M chipset.• The PXI Express Connector connects the NI PXIe-8101/8102 to thePXI Express/CompactPCI Express backplane.• The Super I/O block represents the other peripherals supplied by theNI PXIe-8101/8102. The NI PXIe-8101/8102 has one serial port, andan ECP/EPP parallel port.• The Gigabit Ethernet connects to either 10 Mbit, 100 Mbit, or1,000 Mbit Ethernet interfaces.• The SATA block connects a Serial ATA hard drive to the ICH9M.National Instruments SoftwareNational Instruments has developed several software tools you can use withthe NI PXIe-8101/8102.National Instruments’ hardware and software work together to help youmake the most of your PXI Express system. The LabVIEW, MeasurementStudio, and LabWindows ™ /CVI ™ application development environmentscombine with leading hardware drivers such as NI-DAQmx to provideexceptional control of NI hardware. Instrument drivers are available atni.com/idnet to simplify communication with instruments over a varietyof buses.LabVIEW is a powerful and easy-to-use graphical programmingenvironment you can use to acquire data from thousands of differentinstruments including USB, VXI, serial, PLCs, and plug-in boards.LabVIEW helps you convert acquired data into meaningful resultsusing powerful data analysis routines. Add-on tools provide additionalspecialized functionality. For more information visit ni.com/labviewand ni.com/toolkits.Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com