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National Instruments 6508 PCI-DIO-96 User Manual

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Glossary

PCI-DIO-96 User Manual

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S

S

samples

s

seconds

SCXI

Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation—the National
Instruments product line for conditioning low-level signals within an
external chassis near sensors so only high-level signals are sent to DAQ
boards in the noisy PC environment

signal conditioning

the manipulation of signals to prepare them for digitizing

STB

strobe input signal

T

TTL

transistor-transistor logic

typ

typical

V

V

volts

VDC

volts direct current

VI

virtual instrument—a combination of hardware and/or software
elements, typically used with a PC, that has the functionality of a classic
standalone instrument

Vin

input voltage

W

W

watts

WRT*

write signal