National Instruments VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual page 81

MXI-3
MXI-Express
N
NI-488.2 or
NI-488.2M
NI-DAQ
NI-VISA
NI-VXI
Non-Slot 0 device
P
PCI
PCI Express
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A PCI Master/Slave system implementing the PCI-to-PCI Bridge register
set. It couples two physically separate PCI buses with either a copper or
fiber optic data link capable of 1.5 Gbits/s serial data rates.
An extension of MXI based upon PCI Express. MXI-Express provides
bandwidth of up to 110 MB/s.
The National Instruments industry-standard software for controlling
GPIB instruments.
The National Instruments industry-standard software for data acquisition
instruments.
The National Instruments implementation of the VISA standard; an
interface-independent software that provides a unified programming
interface for VXI, GPIB, and serial instruments.
The National Instruments bus interface software for VME/VXIbus
systems.
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.
Peripheral Component Interconnect. The PCI bus is a high-performance
32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines.
A serialized, highly scalable I/O interconnect standard that leverages
existing PCI technology such as the software model and the load-store
architecture.
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