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-8150 Series

User Manual

PXI-8150 Series User Manual

October 1997 Edition

Part Number 321729A-01

Summary of Contents for PXI-8150 Series

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Page 3: ... PRODUCTS OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF This limitation of the liability of National Instruments will apply regardless of the form of action whether in contract or tort including negligence Any action against National Instruments must be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues National Instruments shall not be liable for any del...

Page 4: ...al area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notices to User Changes or modifications not expressly approved by National Instruments could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable qual...

Page 5: ...dware Description 1 3 Benefits of PXI 1 3 PXI 8150 Series Design 1 3 PXI 8150 Series Models 1 4 Memory 1 4 System Slot Functionality 1 5 Custom Application Specific Interface Chips 1 5 Front Panel Features 1 5 Peripheral Expansion 1 6 Optional Equipment 1 7 National Instruments Software 1 7 Chapter 2 Functional Overview PXI 8150 Functional Description 2 1 Chapter 3 PXI 8150 Series Configuration an...

Page 6: ... Installing the PXI 8150 Series 3 5 How to Remove the Unit from the PXI Mainframe 3 7 Chapter 4 BIOS Entering BIOS Setup 4 1 Default BIOS Setup Settings 4 1 Appendix A Specifications Appendix B PXI 8150 Series System Resources Appendix C LED Indicators Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors Appendix E Common Questions Appendix F Customer Communication Glossary Index ...

Page 7: ...igure D 4 VGA Connector Location and Pinout D 5 Figure D 5 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout D 7 Figure D 6 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout D 8 Figure D 7 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout D 9 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout D 11 Figure D 9 USB Connector Location and Pinout D 13 Figure D 10 PXI Connectors Location and Pinout D 14 Tables Table 1 1 PXI 8150 ...

Page 8: ... Series User Manual viii National Instruments Corporation Table D 7 USB Connector Signals D 13 Table D 8 P2 Connector Pinouts for the System Controller Slot D 15 Table D 9 P1 Connector Pinouts for the System Controller Slot D 16 ...

Page 9: ... and Installation contains the instructions for configuring and installing the PXI 8150 Series embedded computer Chapter 4 BIOS contains information on BIOS the low level interface between the hardware and PC software that configures and tests your hardware when you start up the system Appendix A Specifications lists the electrical mechanical and environmental specifications of the PXI 8150 Series...

Page 10: ...gle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard for example DEL The symbol indicates that the text following it applies only to a specific product This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note which alerts you to important information This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution which advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury data loss or a system ...

Page 11: ...ts and about using the hardware Refer to the NI VISA User Manual to learn about VISA and how to use it in your system The NI VISA online help describes the attributes events and operations you can use in NI VISA You can find this same information in the NI VISA Programmer Reference Manual These two manuals are available in the c Vxipnp WinXX NIvisa Manuals directory where WinXX is either Win95 or ...

Page 12: ...ecification Revision 2 1 PCI Special Interest Group PXI Specification Revision 1 0 National Instruments Corporation Serialized IRQ Support for PCI Systems Specification Revision 6 0 Compaq Computer et al Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals We are interested in the applications you develop with our products and we want to help if yo...

Page 13: ...ers and lists optional equipment and software Overview The PXI 8150 Series consists of the PXI 8155 and the PXI 8156 PXI system controllers as shown in the following illustrations Refer to Appendix D Front Panel and Connectors to determine the purpose for each connector on the module Figure 1 1 shows a PXI 8155 model Figure 1 1 PXI 8155 Embedded Computer ...

Page 14: ...rms for controlling PCI systems featuring complete PXI PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation functionality through interactive utilities and C function calls In addition the PXI 8156 Series has Ethernet capability plus an IEEE 488 2 interface that is compatible with the NI 488 2 architecture The PXI 8150 Series is a custom computer that you install directly in the system controller slot of your PXI m...

Page 15: ...m the CompactPCI specification which defines a rugged form factor for PCI that offers superior mechanical integrity and easy installation and removal of hardware components PXI products offer higher and more carefully defined levels of environmental performance required by the vibration shock temperature and humidity extremes of industrial environments PXI adds mandatory environmental testing and ...

Page 16: ... thus preserving all usable PXI slots for user defined peripheral devices PXI 8150 Series Models Currently the PXI 8150 Series consists of two models the PXI 8155 and the PXI 8156 Both models have two CPU choices an Intel 166 MHz or 233 MHz MMX Pentium The models differ in the front panel I O The PXI 8155 comes complete with a 3 5 in 1 44 MB floppy drive 2 GB hard drive or larger Super VGA with 2 ...

Page 17: ...ing systems Front Panel Features The PXI 8150 Series has the following front panel features Internal 3 5 in floppy drive System reset push button Front panel connectors RS 232 Serial one on PXI 8155 two on PXI 8156 Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP VGA Controller Universal Serial Bus USB PS 2 style keyboard PS 2 style mouse GPIB PXI 8156 only 10BaseT Ethernet PXI 8156 only Two front panel LEDs th...

Page 18: ...tation for the peripherals Also refer to the readme files for the most up to date information Table 1 1 lists the various peripherals and describes the external connector its bus interface and its function Table 1 1 PXI 8150 Series Peripherals Overview Peripheral External Connector ISA or PCI Function Video 15 pin DSUB standard VGA PCI High resolution color support for a Super VGA monitor IDE None...

Page 19: ...amming API to program GPIB serial parallel and PXI devices in much the same manner You can also use the National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows CVI application programs and instrument drivers to ease your programming task These standardized programs match the modular virtual instrument capability of PXI and can reduce your PXI software development time These programs feature extensive librarie...

Page 20: ... block on the PXI 8150 Series embedded computers PXI 8150 Functional Description The PXI 8150 is a modular PC in a PXI 3U size form factor It includes many high performance peripherals that normally require add in cards on desktop PCs Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the PXI 8150 Series Following the diagram is a description of each logic block shown ...

Page 21: ...DO DRAM sockets that can hold up to 64 MB each The Chip Set block consists of the chip set that connects the CPU to cache and the DRAM The chip set also contains the USB interface and the IDE interface The PCI video circuitry is a PCI based design that has a 64 bit data path to up to 2 MB of EDO DRAM Socket 7 CPU SO DIMM EDO DRAM Chip Set Ultra DMA 33 IDE USB PCI Bus 512 KB L2 Cache Tag RAM PCI VI...

Page 22: ...ck on the PXI 8156 is an ISA based Ethernet circuit It uses an RJ 45 connector for access to an external Ethernet based LAN The GPIB logic block represents the IEEE 488 2 port on the PXI 8156 model It uses the National Instruments TNT4882 ASIC for maximum performance as an ISA based GPIB controller The PC Peripherals blocks represent the other peripherals supplied by the PXI 8150 Series The PXI 81...

Page 23: ... module from the package Default Settings This section summarizes the hardware default settings for the PXI 8150 Series for easy reference The module is set at the factory for the most commonly used configuration Table 3 1 lists the factory default settings and options for the onboard jumpers and switches Three of the jumpers are located on the CPU board and one jumper is on the I O board Table 3 ...

Page 24: ...and 3 2 show the location and factory default settings of the configuration switches and jumpers on the PXI 8150 Series Figure 3 1 shows the I O board The only user configurable jumper on this board is W1 which controls the Ethernet EEPROM operation on the PXI 8156 Figure 3 1 PXI 8150 Series I O Board Parts Locator Diagram W1 Ethernet ...

Page 25: ...escribes how to configure the installed system RAM on the PXI 8150 Installed System RAM You can change the amount of installed RAM on the PXI 8150 Series by installing DRAM SO DIMMs Refer to Appendix A Specifications for more information on SO DIMMs Configuring the PC This section describes how to configure the following options on the PC System CMOS Ethernet power on defaults INTP and INTS connec...

Page 26: ... back in the default state Caution Do not keep these two pins short circuited The computer cannot sustain the CMOS memory when the power is turned off if you leave these two pins shorted Figure 3 3 System CMOS Ethernet Power on Defaults The PXI 8150 Ethernet circuitry loads its power on settings from an EEPROM Do not change switch W1 from its default setting as shown in Figure 3 4a Figure 3 4b sho...

Page 27: ... to the Serialized IRQ Support for PCI Systems Specification Figure 3 5 shows the INTP configuration options and Figure 3 6 shows the INTS configuration options Figure 3 5 INTP Configuration Figure 3 6 INTS Configuration Installing the PXI 8150 Series This section contains general installation instructions for the PXI 8150 Consult your PXI mainframe user manual for specific instructions and warnin...

Page 28: ...s you slowly slide the module into the mainframe until the handle catches on the injector ejector rail 6 Raise the injector ejector handle until the module firmly seats into the backplane receptacle connectors The front panel of the PXI 8150 should be even with the front panel of the mainframe 7 Tighten the four bracket retaining screws on the top and bottom of the front panel to secure the PXI 81...

Page 29: ...asy handling If you later decide to change any of the jumper settings or the amount of DRAM installed on the module remove the unit from the PXI mainframe as follows 1 Remove the bracket retaining screws in the front panel 2 Press the injector ejector handle down 3 Slide the unit out of the mainframe 1 Injector Ejector Handle 2 PXI Board 3 PXI 8156 System Controller 4 PXI 1000 Chassis 5 Injector E...

Page 30: ...am perform the following steps 1 Turn on or reboot the system A screen appears with a series of diagnostic checks 2 When the message Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup program 3 Choose options with the keyboard Modify the settings to reflect system options Default BIOS Setup Settings To restore the default settings while inside the BIOS setup program...

Page 31: ...fications of the PXI 8150 Series embedded computer and describes how to add RAM to your PXI 8150 Electrical PXI 8155 166 MHz MMX Processor Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum 3 3 3 8 A 6 5 A 5 1 65 A 3 8 A 12 0 05 A 0 5 A 12 0 01 A 0 1 A PXI 8155 233 MMX Processor Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum 3 3 4 0 A 8 5 A 5 1 65 A 3 8 A 12 0 05 A 0 5 A 12 0 01 A 0 1 A ...

Page 32: ...ents Corporation PXI 8156 166 MHz MMX Processor Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum 3 3 3 8 A 6 5 A 5 1 85 A 4 0 A 12 0 05 A 0 5 A 12 0 01 A 0 1 A PXI 8156 233 MHz MMX Processor Voltage V Current A Typical Maximum 3 3 4 5 A 8 5 A 5 1 85 A 4 0 A 12 0 05 A 0 5 A 12 0 01 A 0 1 A ...

Page 33: ...eristic Specification Board Dimensions PXI 3U size module 8 1 by 13 by 21 6 cm 3 2 by 5 1 by 8 5 in Slot Requirements One system slot plus three controller expansion slots Compatibility Fully compatible with PXI specification MTBF Contact National Instruments Weight 1 1 Kg 2 4 lb typical 16 MB DRAM installed ...

Page 34: ...r EDO 16 MB 2 MB 64 SO DIMMs 60 ns 32 MB 4 MB 64 SO DIMMs 60 ns 64 MB 8 MB 64 SO DIMMs 60 ns Note National Instruments has tested and verified that the SO DIMMs we sell work with the PXI 8150 Series We recommend you purchase your SO DIMM modules from National Instruments Other off the shelf SO DIMM modules are not guaranteed to work properly Characteristic Specification Temperature 0 to 50 C opera...

Page 35: ...rrupts do not actually connect to the processor directly they map through ISA interrupts in the system I O module The interrupt handler for a particular ISA interrupt must know if it will be acknowledging a PCI device Resource Tables The following tables describe where system resources are assigned Table B 1 lists how the ISA interrupts are allocated on the PXI 8150 Series and whether they are dri...

Page 36: ...ve 7 None LPT1 8 None RTC 9 None Ethernet 10 PCI Plug and Play PXI Modules 11 None GPIB 12 None Mouse 13 None FPERR 14 None IDE 15 None USB Table B 2 PXI 8150 Series DMA Channel Resource Allocations DMA Channel Device 0 Free 1 Free 2 Floppy Drive Port 3 Parallel Port ECP Mode 4 Free 5 Free 6 Free 7 Free Table B 1 PXI 8150 Series ISA Interrupt Resource Allocations Continued ISA Interrupt PCI Interr...

Page 37: ...060 066 8742 Controller 070 077 CMOS RAM and NMI Mask Register 078 07B BIOS Timer 080 090 DMA Page Registers 092 Reserved 094 09F DMA Page Registers 0A0 0A1 8259 PIC 2 0B2 0B3 Advanced Power Management 0C0 0DF 8237 DMA 2 word mapped 0F0 0FF Numeric Processor Error Reg 170 177 Reserved 1F0 1F7 IDE 200 270 Free 278 27F LPT 280 2DF Free 2C0 2DF GPIB 2E8 2EF COM 2F8 2FF COM 300 30F Ethernet 310 36F Fr...

Page 38: ...er newer PCI based chip sets have increased the amount of I O space available 3BC 3BF LPT 3E8 3EF COM 3F0 3F7 Floppy 3F8 3FF COM 40A Scatter Gather Int Status Register 40B DMA1 Extended Mode Registers 410 41F Scatter Gather Status 420 43F Scatter Gather Descriptor Table Pointer 480 48B DMA High Page Registers 48C 4D6 Reserved CF8 CFC NUM Access F8D Reserved Relocatable Table B 3 PXI 8150 Series I ...

Page 39: ...n lit the POWER OK LED indicates that the power is on and the PXI 8150 is out of reset DRIVE LED The DRIVE LED indicates when an access to the internal hard disk drive is occurring Ethernet LEDs PXI 8156 Only The Ethernet LEDs TX RX and LINK indicate the status of the Ethernet interface on the PXI 8156 TX RX LED The TX RX LED indicates when the Ethernet interface is receiving or transmitting a pac...

Page 40: ... Controller Extended Capabilities Parallel ECP PS 2 Style Keyboard PS 2 Style Mouse Universal Serial Bus USB RS 232 Serial The PXI 8156 Series has the following additional front panel connectors Second RS 232 Serial IEEE 488 2 10BaseT Ethernet Front Panel Figure D 1 shows the front panel layout of the PXI 8155 and Figure D 2 shows the front panel layout of the PXI 8156 The drawings show dimensions...

Page 41: ...er Manual D 2 National Instruments Corporation Figure D 1 PXI 8155 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 0 1 754 44 55 0 2 618 66 50 1 655 27 06 2 411 61 24 2 170 55 12 3 169 80 49 077 1 96 1 813 46 05 2 517 63 93 2 425 61 60 3 667 93 14 3 768 95 71 2 500 63 50 ...

Page 42: ...eries User Manual Figure D 2 PXI 8156 Front Panel Layout and Dimensions 0 936 23 77 1 715 43 56 1 655 27 06 2 170 55 12 2 411 61 24 2 618 66 50 3 169 80 49 3 667 93 14 3 768 95 71 077 1 96 0 1 019 25 88 1 754 44 55 1 834 46 58 2 500 63 50 1 051 26 70 1 813 46 05 2 425 61 60 2 517 63 93 ...

Page 43: ...d and mouse connector signals AMP manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 212437 4 housing 212435 7 ferrule and 66735 4 pin contact Figure D 3 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 1 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DATA Data 2 NC Not Connected 3 GND Ground 4 5V 5 V 5 CLK Clock 6 NC Not Connected Keyboard Mouse 1 2 4 3 5 6 1 2 ...

Page 44: ...ts and describes the VGA connector signals AMP manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 748364 1 housing and 748333 2 pin contact Figure D 4 VGA Connector Location and Pinout Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground VGA 11 6 1 15 10 5 VGA 11 6 1 15 10 5 b PXI 8156 a ...

Page 45: ...ser Manual D 6 National Instruments Corporation 9 5 VDC 5 VDC 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected 12 SD Serial Data 13 HSync Horizontal Sync 14 VSync Vertical Sync 15 SC Serial Clock Table D 2 VGA Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description ...

Page 46: ...ector on the PXI 8156 Table D 3 lists and describes the Ethernet connector signals AMP manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Figure D 5 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Table D 3 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Differential Transmit 2 Differential Transmit 3 Differential Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Differential Receive 7 NC 8 NC Ethernet 1 8 ...

Page 47: ...he COM1 and COM2 connector signals AMP manufactures a serial port mating connector part number 745491 5 for the COM1 and COM2 connectors on the PXI 8156 Figure D 6 COM1 and COM2 Connectors Location and Pinout Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data...

Page 48: ...ufactures a parallel port compatible connector part number 2 175677 5 Figure D 7 Parallel Port Connector Location and Pinout 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Table D 5 Parallel Port Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 BUSY Device Busy 2 SLCTIN Select Input 3 ACK Acknowledge 4 FAULT Fault Table D 4 COM1 and COM2 Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Descriptio...

Page 49: ...PD1 Data Bit 1 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 SLCT Select 17 AUTOFD Auto Line Feed 18 5V 5 V 19 35 GND Ground 36 NC Not Connected Table D 5 Parallel Port Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description ...

Page 50: ...es the GPIB connector signals AMP manufactures a GPIB mating connector part number 554349 01 Figure D 8 GPIB Connector Location and Pinout Table D 6 GPIB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DIO1 Data Bit 1 2 DIO2 Data Bit 2 3 DIO3 Data Bit 3 4 DIO4 Data Bit 4 5 EOI End or Identify 6 DAV Data Valid 7 NRFD Not Ready for Data 8 NDAC Not Data Accepted 9 IFC Interface Clear 10 SRQ Se...

Page 51: ...National Instruments Corporation 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 Remote Enable 18 25 GND Logic Ground Table D 6 GPIB Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Name Signal Description ...

Page 52: ... the Universal Serial Bus USB connector Table D 7 lists and describes the USB connector signals AMP manufactures a USB mating connector part number 787633 Figure D 9 USB Connector Location and Pinout Table D 7 USB Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 VCC Cable Power 5 V 2 Data USB Data 3 Data USB Data 4 GND Ground a PXI 8155 USB 4 1 USB 4 1 b PXI 8156 ...

Page 53: ... D 10 shows the location and pinouts for the PXI connector on the PXI 8150 Series Table D 8 shows the P2 connector pinouts for the PXI connector as it applies to the system controller slot Slot 1 Table D 9 shows the P1 connector pinouts Figure D 10 PXI Connectors Location and Pinout P2 Connector P1 Connector 1 25 1 22 A E A E ...

Page 54: ...RIG2 GND PRST REQ6 GNT6 GND 16 GND PXI_TRIG1 PXI_TRIG0 DEG GND PXI_TRIG7 GND 15 GND PXI_BRSVA15 GND FAL REQ5 GNT5 GND 14 GND AD 35 AD 34 AD 33 GND AD 32 GND 13 GND AD 38 GND V I O AD 37 AD 36 GND 12 GND AD 42 AD 41 AD 40 GND AD 39 GND 11 GND AD 45 GND V I O AD 44 AD 43 GND 10 GND AD 49 AD 48 AD 47 GND AD 46 GND 9 GND AD 52 GND V I O AD 51 AD 50 GND 8 GND AD 56 AD 55 AD 54 GND AD 53 GND 7 GND AD 59...

Page 55: ... 19 GND 3 3V AD 15 AD 14 GND AD 13 GND 18 GND SERR GND 3 3V PAR C BE 1 GND 17 GND 3 3V SDONE SBO GND PERR GND 16 GND DEVSEL GND V I O STOP LOCK GND 15 GND 3 3V FRAME IRDY GND TRDY GND 12 14 Key Area 11 GND AD 18 AD 17 AD 16 GND C BE 2 GND 10 GND AD 21 GND 3 3V AD 20 AD 19 GND 9 GND C BE 3 IDSEL AD 23 GND AD 22 GND 8 GND AD 26 GND V I O AD 25 AD 24 GND 7 GND AD 30 AD 29 AD 28 GND AD 27 GND 6 GND RE...

Page 56: ...he PXI 8150 What video drivers are included with the PXI 8150 Can I use Super VGA with my PXI 8150 If my application requires a special type of video display how do I configure my PXI 8150 The PXI 8150 uses the Cirrus Logic 5446 Series chip family a combination graphics accelerator and RAMDAC The chips in this family are compatible with the Standard VGA video output MS Windows video driver as well...

Page 57: ...ree for use by PXI bus boards or expanded memory manager software programs See Appendix B PXI 8150 Series System Resources for information on the available port I O register space upper memory area interrupts and DMA channels How do I check the configuration of the memory floppy drive hard drive time date and so on You can view these parameters in the BIOS setup To enter the BIOS setup reboot the ...

Page 58: ...PXI 8150 Series User Manual My CMOS is corrupted How do I set it back to default 1 Enter the BIOS setup program as described in Chapter 4 BIOS 2 Select Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 3 Answer Y Yes to the verification prompt 4 Select Save Settings and Exit ...

Page 59: ...ystems does not answer your questions we offer fax and telephone support through our technical support centers which are staffed by applications engineers Electronic Services National Instruments has BBS and FTP sites dedicated for 24 hour support with a collection of files and documents to answer most common customer questions From these sites you can also download the latest instrument drivers u...

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Page 61: ..._______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ National Instruments hardware product model __________ Revision ______________________ Configuration ___________________________________________________________________ National Instruments software product ____________________________Version ____________ Configuration __...

Page 62: ..._ DRAM SO DIMMs Installed ________________________________________________________ Hard Drive Size_____________________ Video Memory ________________________________ W1 Setting CMOS ________________________________________________________________ W1 I O Board Setting Ethernet EEPROM PXI 8156 only _______________________________ W3 Setting INTS Connection ___________________________________________...

Page 63: ...__________________ Programming Language ____________________________________________________________ Programming Language Version _____________________________________________________ PXI Mainframe Manufacturer and Model ______________________________________________ List Other Boards in PXI Mainframe PXI Slot Manufacturer Description and Function 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

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Page 65: ...0 Series User Manual Glossary Symbols degrees Ω ohms percent A A amperes AC Alternating Current ASIC application specific integrated circuit Prefix Meanings Value n nano 10 9 µ micro 10 6 m milli 10 3 c centi 10 2 K kilo 103 M mega 106 G giga 109 ...

Page 66: ... data CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor a process used in making chips CompactPCI An adaptation of the PCI specification for industrial and or embedded applications that require a more robust mechanical form factor than desktop PCI CompactPCI provides a standard form factor for those applications requiring the high performance of PCI as well as the small size and ruggedness of a rack mo...

Page 67: ...e all of its required PXI interface capabilities built in EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EMI electromagnetic interference 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 equal to 9 8 m s2 GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus IEEE ...

Page 68: ...relative priority at which a device can interrupt I O input output the techniques media and devices used to achieve communication between machines and users 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 a...

Page 69: ...It is used to report malfunctions such as parity bus and math coprocessor errors 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 device connected to a computer such as a monitor keyboard printer plotter disk or tape drive grap...

Page 70: ...ng signals for timesharing operations S s seconds slave A functional part of a PXI device that detects data transfer cycles initiated by a PXI bus master and responds to the transfers when the address specifies one of the device s registers SO DIMM Small Outline Dual In line Memory Module SRAM Static RAM a memory chip that requires power to hold its content It does not require refresh circuitry as...

Page 71: ...Glossary National Instruments Corporation G 7 PXI 8150 Series User Manual V V Volts VGA Video Graphics Array the minimum video display standard for all PCs W W Watts ...

Page 72: ... caution 3 1 Ethernet power on defaults 3 4 installed system RAM 3 3 parts locator diagram 3 2 PC configuration 3 3 to 3 5 serial IRQ 3 5 connectors COM1 and COM2 connector and signals D 8 to D 9 Ethernet connector and signals D 7 GPIB connector and signals D 11 to D 12 keyboard and mouse connector and signals D 4 overview 1 5 parallel port connector and signals D 9 to D 10 peripheral expansion ov...

Page 73: ...7 TNT4882C custom ASIC 1 5 GPIB IEEE 488 2 connector location and pinout figure D 11 overview table 1 6 signals table D 11 to D 12 I IDE controller overview table 1 6 using SCSI hard drive in addition E 2 installation 3 5 to 3 7 See also configuration electrostatic discharge damage caution 3 1 injector ejector handle position caution 3 6 procedure 3 5 to 3 6 PXI 8156 installed in PXI mainframe fig...

Page 74: ...or location and pinout figure D 9 overview table 1 6 signals table D 9 to D 10 PCI bus basis of PXI 8150 Series 1 2 interrupts B 1 standard for desktop computer designs 1 3 peripherals See also connectors expansion capabilities table 1 6 installing and configuring 1 6 physical specifications A 3 POWER OK LED 1 5 C 1 PXI connectors location and pinout figure D 14 P1 connector pinouts table D 16 P2 ...

Page 75: ...al A 4 physical A 3 switches See jumpers and switches system CMOS See CMOS system resources B 1 to B 4 DMA channel resource allocations table B 2 I O address map table B 3 to B 4 ISA interrupt resource allocations table B 1 to B 2 PCI interrupts B 1 system slot functionality 1 5 T technical support F 1 to F 2 telephone and fax support F 2 TNT4882C custom ASIC 1 5 TX RX LED 1 5 C 1 U Universal Seri...

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