National Instruments PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual

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Chapter 3 Hardware OverviewPXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual 3-2 www.natinst.comFigure 3-1. MXI-3 Block DiagramMXI-3 Chassis ExpansionBy plugging a PXI MXI-3 module into any of slots 2 through 8 of aPXI/CompactPCI chassis and a PXI MXI-3 module into Slot 1 of anadditional PXI/CompactPCI chassis and connecting them with a cable,one PXI/CompactPCI chassis can be expanded to two. The PXI MXI-3modules detect the slot in which they reside and automatically configurethemselves as primary or secondary. In accordance with the PCI-to-PCIBridge specification, up to 254 chassis can be linked to a singledesktop PC.Figure 3-2 shows the most basic MXI-3 configurations.PCIBusPXICPCIPCI/PXIInterfacePortTransmitterPortReceiverPortSerial-to-ParallelConverterCopper/Fiber-OpticTransceiverSerialDataSerialDataParallel-to-SerialConverter