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National Instruments NI PXIe-8130 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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The NI PXIe-8130 consists of the following logic blocks on the CPU
module and the I/O (daughter card) module. The CPU module has the
following logic blocks:

Socket S1 CPU is the socket definition for the
AMD 2.3 GHz Turion 64 X2 processor.

The SO-DIMM block consists of two 64-bit DDR2 SDRAM sockets
that can hold up to 2 GB each.

The CPU connects to the DDR2 SDRAM, and nVIDIA MCP55 Pro.

The SMB to PXI Trigger provides a routable connection of the
PXI Express triggers to/from the SMB on the front panel.

The ATI Radeon X300 Embedded GPU drives the graphics.

The Watchdog Timer block consists of a watchdog timer that can reset
the controller or generate a trigger.

The nVIDIA MCP55 Pro chipset connects to the PCI, USB, Serial
ATA, ExpressCard, PXI Express, and LPC buses.

The USB Connectors connect the nVIDIA MCP55 Pro to the Hi-Speed
USB 2.0 interface.

The Serial ATA Hard Disk is a 60 GB or larger notebook hard disk.

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The Serial ATA interface enables transfer rates up to 150 MB/s. The
hard disk also supports Native Command Queuing.

The PXI Express Connector connects the NI PXIe-8130 to the
PXI Express/CompactPCI Express backplane.

The Super I/O block represents the other peripherals supplied by the
NI PXIe-8130. The NI PXIe-8130 has one serial port, and an ECP/EPP
parallel port.

The Gigabit Enet PHY connects to either 10 Mbit, 100 Mbit, or
1,000 Mbit Ethernet interfaces.

The GPIB block contains the GPIB interface.

The ExpressCard/34 slot accommodates an ExpressCard/34 module.

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The extended-temperature, 24/7 option controller provides a 40 GB PATA hard drive.