National Instruments NI VXIpc-882 - Manual (Page 11)

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Introduction
NI VXIpc-882 Overview
Description
The NI VXIpc-882 embedded computer is a C-size VXIbus system
controller. The controller uses off-the-shelf Intel PC technology to bring
you powerful VXI system control in a familiar PC environment. Using
state-of-the-art packaging, the NI VXIpc-882 provides powerful control in
a two-slot configuration.
Install a NI VXIpc-882 controller in your VXI mainframe, and you can take
full advantage of the high-performance VXI backplane and have direct
control of VXI registers, memory, interrupts, and triggers.
The NI VXIpc-882 computers are fully VXIplug&play compliant and
compatible with PC-compatible software tools, the National Instruments
LabVIEW and LabWindows
™ /CVI ™ application software, and the
NI-VISA, NI-VXI, and NI-488.2 bus interface software.
Modules
The NI VXIpc-882 controller has a standard I/O set that includes integrated
DVI-I video, four Hi-Speed USB ports, one RS-232 serial port, one parallel
port, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, GPIB, an ExpressCard/34 slot, SMB
connectors for trigger and clock I/O, and a system reset button. The
NI VXIpc-882 features an Intel
® Core ™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (2.16 GHz
dual core processor) and an 80 GB (or larger) hard drive.