Chapter 1
Introduction
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The NI PXIe-8130 consists of the following logic blocks on the CPU
module and the I/O (daughter card) module. The CPU module has the
following logic blocks:
•
Socket S1 CPU
is the socket definition for the
AMD 2.3 GHz Turion 64 X2 processor.
•
The
SO-DIMM
block consists of two 64-bit DDR2 SDRAM sockets
that can hold up to 2 GB each.
•
The
CPU
connects to the DDR2 SDRAM, and nVIDIA MCP55 Pro.
•
The
SMB to PXI
Trigger
provides a routable connection of the
PXI Express triggers to/from the SMB on the front panel.
•
The
ATI Radeon X300 Embedded GPU
drives the graphics.
•
The
Watchdog Timer
block consists of a watchdog timer that can reset
the controller or generate a trigger.
•
The
nVIDIA MCP55 Pro
chipset connects to the PCI, USB, Serial
ATA, ExpressCard, PXI Express, and LPC buses.
•
The
USB Connectors
connect the nVIDIA MCP55 Pro to the Hi-Speed
USB 2.0 interface.
•
The
Serial ATA Hard Disk
is a 60 GB or larger notebook hard disk.
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The Serial ATA interface enables transfer rates up to 150 MB/s. The
hard disk also supports Native Command Queuing.
•
The
PXI Express Connector
connects the NI PXIe-8130 to the
PXI Express/CompactPCI Express backplane.
•
The
Super I/O
block represents the other peripherals supplied by the
NI PXIe-8130.
The NI PXIe-8130 has one serial port, and an ECP/EPP
parallel port.
•
The
Gigabit Enet PHY
connects to either 10 Mbit, 100 Mbit, or
1,000 Mbit Ethernet interfaces.
•
The
GPIB
block contains the GPIB interface.
•
The
ExpressCard/34
slot accommodates an ExpressCard/34 module.
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The extended-temperature, 24/7 option controller provides a 40 GB PATA hard drive.
