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Fieldbus hardware, the Fieldbus Stack Interface Library, and the NI-FBUS Function Block Shell software. Use this Intel 80188EB-Based Fieldbus Round Card User Manual manual to install the Intel 80188EB-based Fieldbus Round Card. Use the MC68331-Based Fieldbus Round Card User Manual to install the Motorola MC68331-based Fieldbus Round Card.
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128 KB 8 SRAM device on the card provides volatile memory. The Intel 80188EB processor supports two serial ports. You can use one serial port as a debug port and connect it to the COM port of the host running the debugger software. A typical application for the other serial port would be to interface to a device running the serial HART protocol or other proprietary serial protocol.
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Chapter 4 Interfacing to Your Round Card National Instruments recommends that you use Borland C version 4.5 for maximum compatibility with our library file. The first step in the final stage is compilation. The following files must be successfully compiled to format: .obj...
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