Chapter 1
Getting Started
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National Instruments
1-3
X Series User Manual
Getting Started with X Series USB Devices
The following sections contain information abo
u
t X Series USB device
best practices and feat
u
res.
USB Device Chassis Ground
Note
(NI USB-636
x
Mass Termination Devices)
X Series USB Mass Termination devices have
chassis gro
u
nd connection thro
u
gh the I/O connector.
(NI USB-634
x
/635
x
/636
x
Screw Terminal Devices)
For EMC compliance, the
chassis of the X Series USB Screw Terminal device
must
be connected to
earth gro
u
nd thro
u
gh the chassis gro
u
nd.
The wire sho
u
ld be AWG 16 or larger solid copper wire with a maxim
u
m
length of 1.5 m (5 ft). Attach the wire to the earth gro
u
nd of the facility’s
power system. For more information abo
u
t earth gro
u
nd connections, refer
to the KnowledgeBase doc
u
ment,
Earth Grounding for Test and
Measurement Devices
, by going to
ni.com/info
and entering the Info
Code
earthground
.
Yo
u
can attach and solder a wire to the chassis gro
u
nd l
u
g of the X Series
USB device, as shown in Fig
u
re 1-1. The wire sho
u
ld be as short as possible.
Figure 1-1.
Grounding an NI USB-634
x
/635
x
/636
x
Screw Terminal Device through
the Chassis Ground Lug
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