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National Instruments NI PXIe-8130 User Manual
Summary of NI PXIe-8130
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Pxi express ni pxie-8130 user manual ni pxie-8130 user manual august 2007 372177c-01.
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Support worldwide technical support and product information ni.Com national instruments corporate headquarters 11500 north mopac expressway austin, texas 78759-3504 usa tel: 512 683 0100 worldwide offices australia 1800 300 800, austria 43 662 457990-0, belgium 32 (0) 2 757 0020, brazil 55 11 3262 3...
Page 3: Important Information
Important information warranty the ni pxie-8130 is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defec...
Page 4: Compliance
Compliance compliance with fcc/canada radio frequency interference regulations determining fcc class the federal communications commission (fcc) has rules to protect wireless communications from interference. The fcc places digital electronics into two classes. These classes are known as class a (fo...
Page 5: Contents
© national instruments corporation v ni pxie-8130 user manual contents about this manual how to use the documentation set...............................................................................Ix conventions ........................................................................................
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Contents ni pxie-8130 user manual vi ni.Com system cmos ............................................................................................................... 2-16 labview rt configuration switches ......................................................................... 2-18 drivers and so...
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Contents © national instruments corporation vii ni pxie-8130 user manual chapter 5 troubleshooting appendix a specifications appendix b technical support and professional services glossary index.
Page 8: About This Manual
© national instruments corporation ix ni pxie-8130 user manual about this manual this manual contains detailed instructions for installing and configuring the national instruments pxie-8130 embedded computer kit. How to use the documentation set begin by reading the ni pxie-8130 installation guide ,...
Page 9: Related Documentation
About this manual ni pxie-8130 user manual x ni.Com monospace bold bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code that are different from the other examples. Related documentation the following d...
Page 10: Introduction
© national instruments corporation 1-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual 1 introduction this chapter provides overview information for pxi express and the ni pxie-8130 embedded controller. Benefits of pxi express the pxi (pci extensions for instrumentation) industry standard, an open specification governed b...
Page 11: Ni Pxie-8130
Chapter 1 introduction ni pxie-8130 user manual 1-2 ni.Com the demanding timing and synchronization requirements of instrumentation systems are met by the integrated features of pxi express. Not only are the trigger bus, 10 mhz system reference clock, and star trigger bus available in pxi retained b...
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Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual functional overview this section contains functional descriptions of each major logic block on the ni pxie-8130 embedded computer. Ni pxie-8130 functional description the ni pxie-8130 is a modular pc in a pxi expr...
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Chapter 1 introduction ni pxie-8130 user manual 1-4 ni.Com the ni pxie-8130 consists of the following logic blocks on the cpu module and the i/o (daughter card) module. The cpu module has the following logic blocks: • socket s1 cpu is the socket definition for the amd 2.3 ghz turion 64 x2 processor....
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Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual figure 1-2 illustrates the architecture of the cpu board and the i/o board. Figure 1-2. Ni pxie-8130 cpu board and i/o board national instruments software national instruments has developed several software tools ...
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Chapter 1 introduction ni pxie-8130 user manual 1-6 ni.Com specialized functionality. For more information visit ni.Com/labview and ni.Com/toolkits . If you prefer to use microsoft’s visual basic, visual c++, and visual studio .Net for the core of your application, measurement studio adds tools for ...
Page 16: Cleaning
Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-7 ni pxie-8130 user manual ni-visa is the national instruments implementation of the visa specification. Visa is a uniform api for communicating and controlling usb, serial, gpib, pxi, vxi, and various other types of instruments. This api a...
Page 17: Installing The Ni Pxie-8130
© national instruments corporation 2-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual 2 installation and configuration this chapter contains information about installing and configuring your ni pxie-8130 controller. Installing the ni pxie-8130 this section contains general installation instructions for the ni pxie-8130. ...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-2 ni.Com 4. Remove the protective plastic covers from the four bracket-retaining screws as shown in figure 2-1. Figure 2-1. Removing protective screw caps 5. Make sure the injector/ejector handle is in its downward position. Align t...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual 8. Tighten the four bracket-retaining screws on the top and bottom of the front panel to secure the ni pxie-8130 to the chassis. 9. Check the installation. 10. Connect the keyboard and mouse to t...
Page 20: Bios Setup Utility
Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-4 ni.Com how to remove the controller from the pxi express chassis the ni pxie-8130 controller is designed for easy handling. To remove the unit from the pxi express chassis, complete the following steps. 1. Power off the chassis. 2...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual 3. When you first enter the bios setup program, it displays the main menu. Use the following keys to navigate through the bios setup program: • left arrow, right arrow —use these keys to move bet...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-6 ni.Com include a way to change this setting. Use and in conjunction with and to change these values. • system date —this setting controls the date, which is stored in a battery-backed real-time clock. Most operating systems also i...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-7 ni pxie-8130 user manual ide configuration submenu use this submenu to apply alternate settings to the hard disk drive (hdd) interfaces. Normally, you do not need to modify these settings, as the factory default settings...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-8 ni.Com primary ide master/slave submenus use these submenus to apply alternate settings to the primary ide master and slave interfaces. Normally, you do not need to modify these settings, as the factory default settings provide th...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-9 ni pxie-8130 user manual serial-ata 0 primary/secondary channel submenus use these submenus to apply alternate settings to the serial-ata device 0 primary and secondary interfaces. Normally, you do not need to modify the...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-10 ni.Com serial/parallel port configuration submenu use this submenu to apply alternate configurations to the serial and parallel ports. Normally, you do not need to modify these settings, as the factory default settings provide th...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-11 ni pxie-8130 user manual in addition, if a usb mass storage device is present, the following option is available: • usb mass storage device configuration —use this setting to access the usb mass storage device configura...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-12 ni.Com video configuration submenu use this submenu to apply alternate settings to the video configuration. Normally, you do not need to modify these settings, as the factory default settings provide the most compatible and optim...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-13 ni pxie-8130 user manual boot setup menu use this menu to configure settings related to the boot process and boot device priority. • boot settings configuration —use this setting to access the boot settings configuratio...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-14 ni.Com pxi express setup menu use this menu to display configuration information for features of the pxi express embedded controller and backplane. • chassis link configuration —this setting displays the pxi express link configur...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-15 ni pxie-8130 user manual • user access level —this setting specifies the allowed access level corresponding to the user password . If full access is specified, then the user password will permit changing configuration o...
Page 32: System Cmos
Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-16 ni.Com • discard changes and exit —select this option to discard any changes made to bios settings during this session of the bios setup program. The setup program then exits and continues booting the controller without restartin...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-17 ni pxie-8130 user manual figure 2-3. Clearing the cmos contents 1 cle a r cmo s content s 2 pin 1 3 norm a l oper a tion (def au lt) 1 3 2.
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-18 ni.Com labview rt configuration switches use the labview rt configuration switches to configure labview rt if it is installed on the controller. If you are not using labview rt, these switches should remain in the off position. T...
Page 35: Drivers and Software
Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-19 ni pxie-8130 user manual figure 2-4 shows the location of the labview rt configuration switches. The switches are shown in the off position. Figure 2-4. Labview rt configuration switches drivers and software your hard d...
Page 36: Pxi Express Features
Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-20 ni.Com the manuals directory contains quick reference guides, technical reference manuals, and national instruments software manuals, all in adobe acrobat format. To access any manual, change your directory to c:\images\manuals a...
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Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-21 ni pxie-8130 user manual figure 2-5. Multichassis configuration in max pxi system configuration 1. Launch measurement & automation explorer (max). 2. In the configuration tree, expand devices and interfaces . 3. In the ...
Page 38: Upgrading Ram
Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-22 ni.Com of the ni pxi platform services software included with your controller. System integrators, configuration utilities, and device drivers can use these .Ini files. The ni pxi platform services software uses the system module...
Page 39: Hard Drive Recovery
Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-23 ni pxie-8130 user manual figure 2-6. Installing a ddr2 so-dimm in an ni pxie-8130 controller hard drive recovery ni pxie-8130 controllers include two methods of restoring the original factory condition of your hard driv...
Page 40: Installing An Os
Chapter 2 installation and configuration ni pxie-8130 user manual 2-24 ni.Com if you need to recover your factory-installed operating system from a cd, you can use the included os re-installation cd with an external usb cd/dvd-rom drive. Boot the pxi express controller using the os re-installation c...
Page 41: Expresscard
Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-25 ni pxie-8130 user manual expresscard this section provides information on the installation and removal of expresscard modules. Installing an expresscard you can install an expresscard module while the ni pxie-8130 is ru...
Page 42: I/o Information
© national instruments corporation 3-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual 3 i/o information front panel connectors table 3-1 lists various peripherals and their corresponding ni pxie-8130 external connectors, bus interfaces, and functions. Table 3-1. Ni pxie-8130 peripherals overview peripheral external conne...
Page 43: Front Panel
Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-2 ni.Com front panel figure 3-1 shows the front panel layout and dimensions of the ni pxie-8130. Dimensions are in inches [millimeters]. Figure 3-1. Ni pxie-8130 front panel layout and dimensions 1.715 43.56 [ ] 2.274 57.77[] .000 0 [ ] .000 0[] 3...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual dvi-i figure 3-2 shows the location and pinouts for the dvi connector on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3-2 lists and describes the dvi connector signals. Figure 3-2. Dvi connector location and pinout table 3-2. Dvi-i...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-4 ni.Com 10 tmds data1+ 11 tmds data1/3 shield 12 reserved 13 reserved 14 +5 v power 15 ground (for +5 v) 16 hot plug detect 17 tmds data0– 18 tmdsdata0+ 19 tmds data0/5 shield 20 reserved 21 reserved 22 tmds clock shield 23 tmds clock + 24 tmds c...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual com1 figure 3-3 shows the location and pinouts for the com1 connector on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3-3 lists and describes the com1 connector signal. Amp manufactures a serial port mating connector, part number 7...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-6 ni.Com ethernet figure 3-4 shows the location and pinouts for the ethernet connector on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3-4 lists and describes the ethernet connector signals. Amp manufactures a mating connector, part number 554739-1. Figure 3-4. Ethern...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-7 ni pxie-8130 user manual note the ethernet controller can perform an automatic crossover, thus eliminating the need for crossover cables. Table 3-5. 10/100/1000 lan connector led states led color led state condition top green off lan l...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-8 ni.Com parallel port figure 3-5 shows the location and pinouts for the ieee 1284 (parallel) connector on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3-6 lists and describes the ieee 1284 connector signals. Parallel port adapter cables are available from national in...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-9 ni pxie-8130 user manual 8 pd 2 data bit 2 9 pd3 data bit 3 10 pd4 data bit 4 11 pd5 data bit 5 12 pd6 data bit 6 13 pd7 data bit 7 14 init# initialize printer 15 strobe# strobe 16 slctin# select input 17 autofd# auto line feed 18 +5v ...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-10 ni.Com universal serial bus figure 3-6 shows the location and pinouts for the universal serial bus (usb) connector on the ni pxie-8130. Each controller has 4 usb ports on the front panel. Table 3-7 lists and describes the usb connector signals....
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-11 ni pxie-8130 user manual trigger the trig connector is the software-controlled trigger connection for routing pxi triggers to or from the backplane trigger bus. Figure 3-7 shows the trig connector location on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-12 ni.Com gpib (ieee 488.2) figure 3-8 shows the location and pinouts for the gpib connector on the ni pxie-8130. Table 3-9 lists and describes the gpib connector signals. Itt canon manufactures a gpib mating connector, part number mdsm-25sc-z11-v...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-13 ni pxie-8130 user manual 8 ndac# not data accepted 9 ifc# interface clear 10 srq# service request 11 atn# attention 12 shield chassis ground 13 dio5# data bit 5 14 dio6# data bit 6 15 dio7# data bit 7 16 dio8# data bit 8 17 ren# remot...
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Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-14 ni.Com expresscard/34 slot the ni pxie-8130 controller is equipped with an expresscard/34 slot on the front panel, which provides i/o expansion and options for removable storage. Figure 3-9 shows the location and pinouts for the expresscard/34 ...
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Chapter 3 i/o information © national instruments corporation 3-15 ni pxie-8130 user manual 8 smbdata smbus data 9 +1.5v power 10 +1.5v power 11 wake# pe wake 12 +3.3vaux power 13 perst# pe reset 14 +3.3v power 15 +3.3v power 16 clkreq# clock request 17 cppe# pe presence 18 refclk– reference clock – ...
Page 57: Front Panel Features
Chapter 3 i/o information ni pxie-8130 user manual 3-16 ni.Com front panel features the ni pxie-8130 has the following front-panel features: • a system reset pushbutton (press the button to generate a reset to the controller) • two front panel leds that show pc status – the power ok led indicates th...
Page 58: Common Configuration
© national instruments corporation 4-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual 4 common configuration questions this chapter answers common configuration questions you may have when using a ni pxie-8130 embedded controller. General questions what do the leds on the ni pxie-8130 front panel mean? Refer to the led s...
Page 59: Boot Options
Chapter 4 common configuration questions ni pxie-8130 user manual 4-2 ni.Com boot options what devices can i boot from? The ni pxie-8130 can boot from the following devices: • the internal serial ata hard drive (or pata hard drive for the ni pxie-8130 extended temperature option) • an external scsi ...
Page 60: Software Driver Installation
Chapter 4 common configuration questions © national instruments corporation 4-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual 778713-02 is such a cable and is available through the online catalog at ni.Com/products . Figure 4-1. Y-splitter cable what if i don’t have a y-splitter cable? Can i still use a mouse and keyboa...
Page 61: Upgrade Information
Chapter 4 common configuration questions ni pxie-8130 user manual 4-4 ni.Com how do i install or reinstall the gpib driver? The ni-488.2 driver for your gpib port is installed by default when your controller is first shipped from the factory. To change the default installed driver, complete the foll...
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Chapter 4 common configuration questions © national instruments corporation 4-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual national instruments offers the following types of so-dimms for use with the ni pxie-8130 controller. • pc2-5300 (ddr2 667) 1 gb, 128 mb × 64, cl 5, 1.18 in. Max (ni part number 780031-1024) note...
Page 63: Pxi Express Configuration
Chapter 4 common configuration questions ni pxie-8130 user manual 4-6 ni.Com where do i get the latest software drivers? The latest national instruments software is available from ni.Com/downloads . For peripheral drivers, refer to knowledgebase 3h3cosd8, what peripheral drivers should i use with my...
Page 64: Troubleshooting
© national instruments corporation 5-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual 5 troubleshooting this chapter answers common troubleshooting questions you may have when using the ni pxie-8130 embedded computer. What if the ni pxie-8130 does not boot? Several problems can cause a controller not to boot. Here are so...
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Chapter 5 troubleshooting ni pxie-8130 user manual 5-2 ni.Com • recover the hard drive on the controller. (refer to the hard drive recovery section of chapter 2, installation and configuration .) • make sure the ram is properly seated. My controller boots fine until i get to windows, at which point ...
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Chapter 5 troubleshooting © national instruments corporation 5-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual 3. Move the jumper on w2 from pins 1–2 to pins 2–3 as shown in figure 5-1. 4. Wait one second. Move the jumper back to pins 1–2. 5. Reinstall the controller in the chassis. Caution do not leave the jumper on pi...
Page 67: Specifications
© national instruments corporation a-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual a specifications this appendix lists the electrical, mechanical, and environmental specifications of the ni pxie-8130 embedded controller. Features ni pxie-8130 cpu amd 2.3 ghz turion 64 x2, (800 mhz hypertransport link) on-die l2 cache...
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Appendix a specifications ni pxie-8130 user manual a-2 ni.Com electrical physical board dimensions ...................................Four-wide 3u pxi express module slot requirements ....................................One system slot plus three controller expansion slots compatibility ...............
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Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual operating environment ni pxie-8130 ambient temperature range ............ 5 to 50 °c (tested in accordance with iec-60068-2-1 and iec-60068-2-2. Meets mil-prf-28800f class 3 high temperature limit.) ni pxie-813...
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Appendix a specifications ni pxie-8130 user manual a-4 ni.Com shock and vibration operating shock .....................................30 g peak, half-sine, 11 ms pulse (tested in accordance with iec-60068-2-27. Meets mil-prf-28800f class 2 limits.) random vibration operating ..........................
Page 71: Rohs
Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual ce compliance this product meets the essential requirements of applicable european directives, as amended for ce marking, as follows: • 2006/95/ec; low-voltage directive (safety) • 2004/108/ec; electromagnetic ...
Page 72: Technical Support and
© national instruments corporation b-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual b technical support and professional services visit the following sections of the national instruments web site at ni.Com for technical support and professional services: • support —online technical support resources at ni.Com/support i...
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Appendix b technical support and professional services ni pxie-8130 user manual b-2 ni.Com if you searched ni.Com and could not find the answers you need, contact your local office or ni corporate headquarters. Phone numbers for our worldwide offices are listed at the front of this manual. You also ...
Page 74: Glossary
© national instruments corporation g-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual glossary symbol prefix value n nano 10 –9 μ micro 10 – 6 m milli 10 –3 k kilo 10 3 m mega 10 6 g giga 10 9 t tera 10 12 symbols ° degrees. Ω ohms. % percent. A a amperes. Ac alternating current. B b bytes. Backplane an assembly, typical...
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Glossary ni pxie-8130 user manual g-2 ni.Com c c celsius. Cache small portion of high-speed memory used for temporary storage of frequently used data. Cmos complementary metal oxide semiconductor—a process used in making chips. Compactpci express an adaptation of the pci specification for industrial...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual epp enhanced parallel port. Expansion rom an onboard eeprom that may contain device-specific initialization and system boot functionality. F fcc federal communications commission. G g 1. Grams. 2. A measure of acceleration equa...
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Glossary ni pxie-8130 user manual g-4 ni.Com irq# interrupt signal. Isa industry standard architecture—the original pc bus architecture, specifically the 16-bit at bus. K kb kilobytes of memory. L lan local area network—communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. It...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual p pci peripheral component interconnect—the pci bus is a high-performance 32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines. Pcmcia personal computer memory card international association. Peripheral any hardware dev...
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Glossary ni pxie-8130 user manual g-6 ni.Com u usb universal serial bus. V v volts. Vga video graphics array—the minimum video display standard for all pcs. W w watts..
Page 80: Index
© national instruments corporation i-1 ni pxie-8130 user manual index a accessing the bios setup utility, 2-4 advanced bios setup menu, 2-6 b bios checking settings, 4-1 flashing new bios, 4-5 setup accessing the setup utility, 2-4 advanced setup menu, 2-6 exiting bios setup utility, 2-15 main setup...
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Index ni pxie-8130 user manual i-2 ni.Com documentation conventions used in manual, ix how to use this documentation set, ix ni resources, b-1 related documentation, x drive led, 3-16 drivers, 2-19 directory, 2-19 installation gpib (ieee 488.2), 4-4 video, 4-3 ni resources, b-1 obtaining latest driv...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-3 ni pxie-8130 user manual ni pxie-8130 installed in a pxi express chassis (figure), 2-3 procedure, 2-1 removing ni pxie-8130 from pxi express chassis, 2-4 removing protective screw caps (figure), 2-2 installing an os from usb cd/dvd-rom, 2-24 overview, 2-2...
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Index ni pxie-8130 user manual i-4 ni.Com logic blocks, 1-4 peripheral expansion overview (table), 3-1 pxi express trigger connectivity, 2-20 removing from a pxi express chassis, 2-4 software, 1-5 specifications, a-1 troubleshooting, 5-1 upgrading ram, 2-22, 4-4 ni support and services, b-1 ni-daqmx...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-5 ni pxie-8130 user manual environmental management, a-5 waste electrical and electronic equipment (weee), a-5 operating environment, a-2, a-3 physical, a-2 safety, a-4 shock and vibration, a-4 storage environment, a-3 storage environment specifications, a-...