
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
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Determining Sources and Destinations
All signal routing operations can be characterized by a
source
(input) and
a
destination
. In addition, synchronous routing operations must also define
a third signal known as the
synchronization clock
section for more information on synchronous versus
asynchronous routing.
Table 3-4 summarizes the sources and destinations of the NI 6653. The
destinations are listed in the horizontal heading row, and the sources are
listed in the column at the far left. A
✓
in a cell indicates that the source and
destination combination defined by that cell is a valid routing combination.
Table 3-4.
Sources and Destinations for NI 6653 Signal Routing Operations
So
ur
ces
Destinations
Front Panel
Backplane
Onboard
Fr
o
n
t P
a
n
el
CLKOUT
PFI <0..5>
PXI_
CLK10_IN
PXI_Star
Trigger
<0..12>
RTSI/
PXI TRIG
<0..7>
OCXO
Reference
PLL
CLKIN
✓
✓
PFI <0..5>
✓
✓
✓
B
a
ckpla
n
e
PXI_
CLK10
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
PXI_STAR
<0..12>
✓
✓
✓
RTSI/PXI
TRIG
<0..7>
✓
✓
✓
On
b
oar
d
OCXO
✓
✓
DDS
✓
✓
✓
✓
Global
Software
Trigger
✓
✓
✓