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Chapter 1
Introduction
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The
Watchdog Timer
block consists of a watchdog timer that can reset the controller or
generate a trigger.
•
The
Intel 7 Series
chipset connects to the PCI, USB, Serial ATA, ExpressCard,
PXI Express, and LPC buses.
•
The
USB Connectors
connect the Intel 7 Series chipset to the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface
and USB 3.0 interfaces.
•
The
Serial ATA Hard Disk
is a 250 GB or larger notebook hard disk.
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The Serial ATA
interface enables transfer rates up to 600 MB/s. The hard disk also supports Native
Command Queuing.
Note
The NI PXIe-8135 removable hard drive Serial ATA interface enables
transfer rates up to 300 MB/s.
•
The
PXI Express Connector
connects the NI PXIe-8135 to the PXI Express/
CompactPCI Express backplane.
•
The
Super I/O
block represents the other peripherals supplied by the NI PXIe-8135.
The
NI PXIe-8135 has one serial port, and an ECP/EPP parallel port.
•
Both the
82579
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 PXIe-8135.
National Instruments’ hardware and software work together to help you make the most of your
PXI Express 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 buses.
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
.
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 Measurement and Automation to each
language. For more information visit
ni.com/mstudio
.
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The extended-temperature, 24/7 option controller provides a 80 GB hard drive.
