National Instruments DIO 6533 - Manual (Page 18)

Chapter 1 Introduction
DIO 6533 User Manual 1-6 © National Instruments Corporation
Figure 1-1. The Relationship Between the Programming Environment, NI-DAQ,
and Your Hardware
You can use your 6533 device, together with other AT (16-bit ISA),
PCI, PC, EISA, DAQCard, and DAQPad Series DAQ hardware, with
NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles. The PCI-DIO-32HS or
AT-DIO-32HS requires version 5.0 or later. The PXI-6533 or
DAQCard-6533 requires version 5.1 or later.
Register-Level Programming
The final option for programming any National Instruments DAQ
hardware is to write register-level software. Writing register-level
programming software can be very time-consuming and inefficient and
is not recommended for most users.
Even if you are an experienced register-level programmer, consider
using NI-DAQ or National Instruments application software to program
your National Instruments DAQ hardware. Using National Instruments
application software is as easy and as flexible as register-level
programming and can save weeks of development time.
ComponentWorks,
LabVIEW,
LabWindows/CVI,
or VirtualBench
Conventional
Programming
Environment
NI-DAQ
Driver Software
DAQ or
SCXI Hardware
Personal
Computer or
Workstation