Mxi-3 chassis expansion, Figure 3-1. mxi-3 block diagram, Mxi-3 chassis expansion -2 – National Instruments 8330 Series User Manual

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Chapter 3

Hardware Overview

PXI-PCI 8330 Series User Manual

3-2

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Figure 3-1. MXI-3 Block Diagram

MXI-3 Chassis Expansion

By plugging a PXI MXI-3 module into any slot other than Slot 1 of a
PXI/CompactPCI chassis and a PXI MXI-3 module into Slot 1 of an
additional PXI/CompactPCI chassis and connecting them with a cable,
one PXI/CompactPCI chassis can be expanded to two. The PXI MXI-3
modules detect the slot in which they reside and automatically configure
themselves as the primary or secondary bus interface.

Figure 3-2 shows the most basic MXI-3 configurations and Figure 3-3
shows other possible configurations.

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C

I

B

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s

P
X

I

C
P
C

I

PCI/PXI

Interface

Port

Transmitter

Port

Receiver

Port

Serial-

to-Parallel

Converter

Copper/

Fiber-Optic

Transceiver

Serial

Data

Serial

Data

Parallel-

to-Serial

Converter

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