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7344/7334 Hardware User Manual
About This Manual
This manual describes the electrical and mechanical aspects of each
controller in the 7344/7334 family and contains information concerning
their operation and programming. Unless otherwise noted, text applies to
all controllers in the 7344/7334 family.
The 7344/7334 family of controllers includes the following controllers:
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PCI-7344
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PXI-7344
•
FW-7344
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PCI-7334
The 7344/7334 controllers are designed for PCI, PXI, and 1394 bus
computers.
Refer to the
section of this manual for definitions of selected
related terms.
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this manual:
<>
Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a
range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example,
DBIO<3..0>.
♦
The
♦
symbol indicates that the following text applies only to a specific
product, a specific operating system, or a specific software version.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
italic
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
monospace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
