Chapter 1 Introduction
NI PXI-8109 User Manual 1-4 ni.com
• The Intel 5 Series chipset connects to the PCI, USB, Serial ATA,
ExpressCard, PXI, and LPC buses.
• The USB Connectors connect the Intel 5 Series chipset to the Hi-Speed
USB 2.0 interface.
• The Serial ATA Hard Disk is a 120 GB or larger notebook hard disk.
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The Serial ATA interface enables transfer rates up to 150 MB/s. The
hard disk also supports Native Command Queuing.
• The PXI Connector connects the NI PXI-8109 to the PXI/CompactPCI
backplane.
• The Super I/O block represents the other peripherals supplied by the
NI PXI-8109. The NI PXI-8109 has one serial port, and an ECP/EPP
parallel port.
• Both the 82577 and 82574 Gigabit Enet ports connect to either
10 Mbit, 100 Mbit, or 1,000 Mbit Ethernet interfaces. Both ports are
housed in a dual stacked Ethernet connector.
• The GPIB block contains the GPIB interface.
• The ExpressCard/34 slot accommodates an ExpressCard/34 module.
National Instruments Software
National Instruments has developed several software tools you can use with
the NI PXI-8109.
National Instruments’ hardware and software work together to help you
make the most of your PXI system. The LabVIEW, Measurement Studio,
and LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
application development environments combine
with leading hardware drivers such as NI-DAQmx to provide exceptional
control of NI hardware. Instrument drivers are available at
ni.com/idnet
to simplify communication with instruments over a variety of busses.
LabVIEW is a powerful and easy-to-use graphical programming
environment you can use to acquire data from thousands of different
instruments including USB, IEEE 488.2, VXI, serial, PLCs, and plug-in
boards. LabVIEW helps you convert acquired data into meaningful results
using powerful data analysis routines. Add-on tools provide additional
specialized functionality. For more information visit
ni.com/labview
and
ni.com/toolkits.
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The extended-temperature, 24/7 option controller provides a 80 GB hard drive.
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