Mxi-3 Chassis Expansion; Mxi-3 Block Diagram; Figure - National Instruments PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
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MXI-3 Chassis Expansion

PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual
Transmitter
Port
PCI/PXI
Interface
Port
Receiver
Port
By plugging a PXI MXI-3 module into any of slots 2 through 8 of a
PXI/CompactPCI chassis and a PXI MXI-3 module into Slot 1 of an
additional PXI/CompactPCI chassis and connecting them with a cable,
one PXI/CompactPCI chassis can be expanded to two. The PXI MXI-3
modules detect the slot in which they reside and automatically configure
themselves as primary or secondary. In accordance with the PCI-to-PCI
Bridge specification, up to 254 chassis can be linked to a single
desktop PC.
Figure 3-2 shows the most basic MXI-3 configurations.
Parallel-
to-Serial
Converter
Serial-
to-Parallel
Converter
Figure 3-1. MXI-3 Block Diagram
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Serial
Data
Copper/
Fiber-Optic
Transceiver
Serial
Data
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