National Instruments NI PXI-7811R manual

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    Getting Started with the NI PXI-7811R This document explains ho w to set up the National Instruments PXI-7811R device. Introduction The PXI-7811R is an R Series rec onfigurable I/O (RIO) device with 160 digital I/O (DIO) lines. T raditional digital I /O devices ha ve a fix ed functionality provided by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASI[...]

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    Getting Started with the NI 7811R 2 ni.com Required Items This section prov ides lists of the item s necessary for get ting started usi ng the PXI-7811R with Windows 2000/XP and th e LabVIEW Real-Time Module. Documentation The NI PXI-7811R User Manual describes the electri cal and mechanical aspects of the PXI-7811R device and contains information [...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 3 Getting Started with the NI 78 11R – LabVIEW FPGA Module 1.1 or later—required to dev elop custom FPGA VIs for the PXI-7811R device – NI-RIO 1.1 or later—included with the PXI-7811R ❑ PXI/CompactPCI chassis and real-time PXI controller ❑ One of the following host computers, depending upon your appli[...]

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    Getting Started with the NI 7811R 4 ni.com Installing NI-RIO Device Drivers Complete the f ollowing step s to insta ll the NI-RIO device drivers that are included with the PXI-7811 R device. If you are using LabVIEW, complete the installation instructions i n the Installing LabVIEW, the LabVIEW Real-Time Module for ETS, and the LabVIEW FPGA Module [...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 5 Getting Started with the NI 78 11R Installation You can install the PXI-7811R in any available peri pheral slot in the PXI or CompactPCI chassis. Com plete the following steps to inst all the PXI-7811R device. Note Y ou must install the software before installing th e hardware. For softw are installation inst r[...]

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    Getting Started with the NI 7811R 6 ni.com Figure 1. PXI- 7811R Connector Locations CONNECTOR 0 (DIO) CONNECTOR 1 (DIO) CONNECTOR 3 (DIO) CONNECTOR 2 (DIO) Reconfigurable I/O NI PXI-7811R[...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 7 Getting Started with the NI 78 11R Figure 2 shows the pin assignments for all I/O connectors on the PXI-7811R. Figure 2. PXI-7811R I/O Connector Pin Assignments Caution Connections that exceed any of the maximum ratings of input or output si gnals on the PXI-7811R can damage the PXI-7811R and the comput er . NI[...]

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