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Chapter 1
Introduction
Basic NI ExpressCard MXI System
What You Need to Get Started
Your NI PXI-8360 board will work in any standard CompactPCI chassis adhering to
Note
the PICMG CompactPCI 2.0 R3.0 specification, or in PXI chassis that are compatible with
the PXI Hardware Specification, Revision 1.0 or later. Your NI PXIe-8360 board will
work in a PXI Express or CompactPCI Express chassis that is compatible with the
PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification, Revision 1.0, or the PICMG EXP.0
CompactPCI Express Specification R1.0. Your NI ExpressCard MXI board will work in
many systems compliant with the PCMCIA ExpressCard Standard, Revision 1.0 or later.
NI ExpressCard MXI Series User Manual
An NI ExpressCard MXI system consists of an NI ExpressCard-8360 in a
laptop PC connected to an NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360 in the controller
slot of a PXI/cPCI or PXIe/cPCIe chassis respectively, as shown in
Figure 1-1.
Laptop PC to PXI/CompactPCI
Figure 1-1. Basic NI ExpressCard MXI Configuration
To set up and use your NI ExpressCard MXI boards, you need the
following:
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One NI ExpressCard-8360 and one NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360
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A MXI-Express/ExpressCard MXI cable
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A laptop PC or other host with an available ExpressCard slot
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An expansion chassis—the PXI/cPCI or PXI Express/CompactPCI
Express chassis that you control with NI ExpressCard MXI
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