Glossary
PCI-DIO-96 User Manual
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National Instruments Corporation
S
S
samples
s
seconds
SCXI
Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation—the National
Instruments product line for conditioning low-level signals within an
external chassis near sensors so only high-level signals are sent to DAQ
boards in the noisy PC environment
signal conditioning
the manipulation of signals to prepare them for digitizing
STB
strobe input signal
T
TTL
transistor-transistor logic
typ
typical
V
V
volts
VDC
volts direct current
VI
virtual instrument—a combination of hardware and/or software
elements, typically used with a PC, that has the functionality of a classic
standalone instrument
Vin
input voltage
W
W
watts
WRT*
write signal