National Instruments NI PXIe-8105 - Manual (Page 12)

Chapter 1 Introduction
NI PXIe-8105 User Manual 1-4 ni.com
• The Watchdog Timer block consists of a watchdog timer that can reset
the controller or generate a trigger.
• The Chipset ICH7M connects to the PCI, USB, Serial ATA,
ExpressCard, PXI Express, and LPC buses.
• The USB Connectors connect the chipset to the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
interface.
• The Serial ATA Hard Disk is a 60 GB or larger notebook hard disk. 1
The Serial ATA interface enables transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s. The
hard disk also supports Native Command Queuing.
• The PXI Express Connector connects the NI PXIe-8105 to the PXI
Express/CompactPCI Express backplane.
• The Super I/O block represents the other peripherals supplied by the
NI PXIe-8105. The NI PXIe-8105 has one serial port, and an ECP/EPP
parallel port.
• The Gigabit Enet 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.
National Instruments Software
National Instruments has developed several software tools you can use with
the NI PXIe-8105.
National Instruments’ hardware and software work together to help you
make the most of your PXI Express system. The LabVIEW, Measurement
Studio, and LabWindows
™ /CVI ™ application development environments
combine with leading hardware drivers such as NI-DAQmx to provide
exceptional control of NI hardware. Instrument drivers are available at
ni.com/idnet to simplify communication with instruments over a variety
of busses.
LabVIEW is a powerful and easy-to-use graphical programming
environment you can use to acquire data from thousands of different
instruments including USB, IEEE 488.2, VXI, serial, PLCs, and plug-in
boards. LabVIEW helps you convert acquired data into meaningful results
using powerful data analysis routines. Add-on tools provide additional
1 The High Temperature option controller provides a 30 GB PATA hard drive.