Chapter 1
Introduction
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The
Chip Set GMCH
connects to the CPU, DDR2 SDRAM, and video.
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The
SMB to PXI
Trigger
provides a routable connection of the
PXI triggers to/from the SMB on the front panel.
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The
Watchdog Timer
block consists of a watchdog timer that can reset
the controller or generate a trigger.
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The
Chip Set ICH6M
connects to the PCI, USB, IDE, and LPC buses.
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The
USB Connectors
connect the chip set to the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
interface.
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The
PXI Connector
connects the NI PXI-8195/8196 to the
PXI/CompactPCI backplane.
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The
Super I/O
block represents the other peripherals supplied by the
NI PXI-8195/8196.
The NI PXI-8195/8196 has one serial port, and an
ECP/EPP parallel port.
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The
IDE
block is dedicated PCI-IDE circuitry providing fast ATA-100
transfers to the internal 2.5 in. hard drive. The IDE feature is built into
the chip set. The hard drive is 30 GB or larger.
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The
Gigabit Enet
connects to either 10 Mbit, 100 Mbit, or 1,000 Mbit
Ethernet interfaces.
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The
GPIB
block contains the GPIB interface.
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The
ExpressCard/34
slot accommodates an ExpressCard/34 module.
National Instruments Software
National Instruments has developed several software kits you can use with
the NI PXI-8195/8196.
NI-DAQ has an extensive library of functions that you can call from your
application programming environment. These functions include routines
for analog input (A/D conversion), buffered data acquisition (high-speed
A/D conversion), analog output (D/A conversion), waveform generation,
digital I/O, counter/timer operations, SCXI, RTSI, self-calibration,
messaging, and acquiring data to extended memory.
NI-VISA is the National Instruments implementation of the VISA
specification. VISA is a uniform API for communicating and controlling
Serial, GPIB, PXI, VXI, and various other types of instruments. This API
aids in the creation of more portable applications and instrument drivers.
For information on writing your own PXI instrument driver with NI-VISA,
refer to the
NI-VISA Getting Started
manual and the
readme.txt
file in
the
NI-VISA
directory.