
Glossary
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Glossary-5
VXIpc 800/700 Series User Manual
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MITE
A National Instruments custom ASIC, a sophisticated dual-channel
DMA controller that incorporates the Synchronous MXI and VME64
protocols to achieve high-performance block transfer rates
MODID
Module ID Lines. Used in VXI to geographically locate boards and to
dynamically configure boards
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
N
NI-VXI
The National Instruments bus interface software for VME/VXIbus
systems
NMI
NonMaskable Interrupt
Non-Slot 0 device
A device configured for installation in any slot in a VXIbus mainframe
other than Slot 0. Installing such a device into Slot 0 can damage the
device, the VXIbus backplane, or both.
P
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PEM
Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corporation. A manufacturer of nuts
pressed into metal
POSC
Power-On Self Configuration. A process by which the MITE chip
programs its own registers from EEPROMs at power up
PWB
Printed Wire Board