National Instruments VXI-MXI-Express Series User Manual page 83

T
trigger
TTL
U
USB
V
V
VIC
VISA
VISAIC
VITA
VME
VMEbus System
Controller
VXIbus
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Either TTL or ECL lines used for intermodule communication.
Transistor-Transistor Logic
Universal Serial Bus—a serial bus for connecting computers to keyboards,
printers, and other peripheral devices.
volts
VXI Interactive Control program, a part of the NI-VXI bus interface
software. Used to program VXI devices and develop and debug
VXI application programs.
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture. This is the general name given
to VISA and its associated architecture.
VISA Interactive Control program, a part of the NI-VISA software.
Used to program devices and develop and debug application programs.
VMEbus International Trade Association
Versa Module Eurocard or IEEE 1014
A device configured for installation in Slot 0 or a VXIbus mainframe or the
first slot in a VMEbus chassis. This device is unique in the VMEbus system
in that it performs the VMEbus System Controller functions, including
clock sourcing and arbitration for data transfers across the backplane.
Installing such a device into any other slot can damage the device, the
VMEbus/VXIbus backplane, or both.
VMEbus Extensions for Instrumentation
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