Glossary
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G-5
Analog Output Series User Manual
I
OL
Current, output low.
IRQ
Interrupt request.
L
LED
Light-emitting diode—a semiconductor light source.
LSB
Least significant bit.
M
m
Meter.
measurement device
DAQ devices such as the E Series multifunction I/O (MIO) devices, SCXI
signal conditioning modules, and switch modules.
MSB
Most significant bit.
module
A board assembly and its associated mechanical parts, front panel, optional
shields, and so on. A module contains everything required to occupy one or
more slots in a mainframe. SCXI and PXI devices are modules.
monotonicity
A characteristic of a DAC in which the analog output always increases as
the values of the digital code input to it increase.
N
NC
Normally closed, or not connected.
NI
National Instruments.
NI-DAQ
Driver software included with all NI measurement devices. NI-DAQ is an
extensive library of VIs and functions you can call from an application
development environment (ADE), such as LabVIEW, to program all the
features of an NI measurement device, such as configuring, acquiring and
generating data from, and sending data to the device.