Glossary
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National Instruments
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X Series User Manual
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National Instr
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NI-DAQmx
The latest NI-DAQ driver with new VIs, f
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nctions, and development tools
for controlling meas
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rement devices. The advantages of NI-DAQmx over
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) incl
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de the DAQ Assistant for config
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ring
channels and meas
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rement tasks for yo
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r device for
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se in LabVIEW,
LabWindows/CVI, and Meas
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rement St
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dio; increased performance s
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ch
as faster single-point analog I/O; and a simpler API for creating DAQ
applications
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sing fewer f
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nctions and VIs than earlier versions of NI-DAQ.
NI-PGIA
See
instr
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mentation amplifier
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non-referenced
signal so
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rces
Signal so
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rces with voltage signals that are not connected to an absol
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te
reference or system gro
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nd. Also called floating signal so
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rces. Some
common example of non-referenced signal so
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rces are batteries,
transformers, or thermoco
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ples.
NRSE
Non-Referenced Single-Ended mode—All meas
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rements are made with
respect to a common (NRSE) meas
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rement system reference, b
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t the
voltage at this reference can vary with respect to the meas
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rement system
gro
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nd.
O
offset
The
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nwanted DC voltage d
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e to amplifier offset voltages added to a signal.
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PCI Express
A high-performance expansion b
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s architect
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re originally developed by
Intel to replace PCI. PCI Express offers a theoretical maxim
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m transfer rate
that is dependent
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pon lane width. A x1 link theoretically provides
250 MB/s in each direction—to and from the device. Once overhead is
acco
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nted for, a x1 link can provide approximately 200 MB/s of inp
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t
capability and 200 MB/s of o
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tp
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t capability. Increasing the n
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mber of
lanes in a link increases maxim
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m thro
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ghp
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t by approximately the same
factor.
period
The period of a signal, most often meas
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red from one zero crossing to the
next zero crossing of the same slope. The period of a signal is the reciprocal
of its freq
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ency (in Hz). Period is designated by the symbol T.
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