
About This Manual
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NI 6653
This phrase refers to the NI 6653 module for the PXI bus.
PCI
The PCI bus is a high-performance expansion bus architecture originally
developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA.
PXI
The PXI bus is a rugged, open system for modular instrumentation based
on CompactPCI, with special mechanical, electrical, and software features.
The PXIbus standard was originally developed by National Instruments in
1997, and is now managed by the PXIbus Systems Alliance.
National Instruments Documentation
The
NI PXI-6653 User Manual
is one piece of the documentation set for
your measurement system. You could have any of several other documents
describing your hardware and software. Use the documentation you have as
follows:
•
Measurement hardware documentation—This documentation contains
detailed information about the measurement hardware that plugs into
or is connected to the computer. Use this documentation for hardware
installation and configuration instructions, specifications about the
measurement hardware, and application hints.
•
Software documentation—Please refer the
readme.htm
file on the
NI PXI-6653 Driver and Examples
CD, which ships with the device.
You can download NI documentation from
ni.com/manuals
.