Introduction; About The Ni Expresscard Mxi Series; Description And Features - National Instruments MXI Series User Manual

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Introduction

Note

The terms PXIe, cPCI, and cPCIe refer to PXI Express, CompactPCI, and

CompactPCI Express, respectively.

This chapter describes the NI ExpressCard MXI series of products, lists

what you need to get started, and explains how to unpack and set up your

hardware.

The products in this series are the NI ExpressCard-8360, NI PXIe-8360,

and NI PXI-8360. For the remainder of this manual, the term

NI ExpressCard MXI board refers to any product in the NI ExpressCard

MXI series.

NI ExpressCard MXI boards must always be installed as an ExpressCard

board and a PXI board.

NI ExpressCard MXI functions as a cabled PCI Express link of up to 7 m

and a PCI Express-to-PCI bridge or switch. With NI ExpressCard MXI,

you can do the following:

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Control a PXI/cPCI or PXIe/cPCIe chassis with a laptop PC

•

Control a second PXI/cPCI or PXIe/cPCIe chassis with a PXI/cPCI or

PXIe/cPCIe controller, such as the NI PXI-8196 or NI PXIe-8103

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