Chapter 1
Introduction
NI ExpressCard MXI Series User Manual
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Basic NI ExpressCard MXI System
An NI ExpressCard MXI system consists of an NI ExpressCard-8360 in a
laptop PC connected to an NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360 in the controller
slot of a PXI/cPCI or PXIe/cPCIe chassis respectively, as shown in
Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1.
Basic NI ExpressCard MXI Configuration
What You Need to Get Started
To set up and use your NI ExpressCard MXI boards, you need the
following:
❑
One NI ExpressCard-8360 and one NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360
❑
A MXI-Express/ExpressCard MXI cable
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A laptop PC or other host with an available ExpressCard slot
❑
An expansion chassis—the PXI/cPCI or PXI Express/CompactPCI
Express chassis that you control with NI ExpressCard MXI
Note
Your NI PXI-8360 board will work in any standard CompactPCI chassis adhering to
the
PICMG CompactPCI 2.0 R3.0
specification, or in PXI chassis that are compatible with
the
PXI Hardware Specification
, Revision 1.0 or later. Your NI PXIe-8360 board will
work in a PXI Express or CompactPCI Express chassis that is compatible with the
PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification
, Revision 1.0, or the
PICMG EXP.0
CompactPCI Express Specification R1.0
. Your NI ExpressCard MXI board will work in
many systems compliant with the
PCMCIA ExpressCard Standard
, Revision 1.0 or later.
Laptop PC to PXI/CompactPCI