
Glossary
PXI-846x and NI-CAN for Windows 98/95
Glossary-2
ni.com
HMI
Human Machine Interface
Hz
hertz
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
in.
inches
I/O
input/output
IRQ
interrupt request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ISO
International Standards Organization
m
meters
PC
personal computer
PCI
peripheral component interconnect
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
RAM
random-access memory
resource
hardware settings used by National Instruments CAN hardware, including
an interrupt request level (IRQ) and an 8 KB physical memory range (such
as D0000 to D1FFF hex)
RTSI bus
Real-Time System Integration Bus. The National Instruments timing bus
that connects CAN and DAQ boards directly, by means of the PXI trigger
bus on the PXI-846
x
series boards, for precise synchronization of
functions.
s
seconds
trigger
Any event that causes or starts some form of data capture.
V
volts
VDC
volts direct current
VXI
VME eXtensions for Instrumentation
W
watts