Chapter 1
Introduction
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Figure 1-1.
PCI-7041 RT Series Board
Hardware Description
Processor Board
The PCI-7041 processor board is the platform on which LabVIEW RT
executes. Figure 1-2 shows the major components of this board, including
the following:
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A high-performance Pentium III microprocessor
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An Intel 440MX chipset
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SDRAM for main memory
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Flash memory for the BIOS
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CompactFlash for nonvolatile application and data storage
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RS-232 serial port circuitry
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An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
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Two National Instruments miniMITE ASICs
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Fast SRAM for communication to the host computer
