PXIE-8108 Datasheet, PDF (3/7 Pages) National Instruments Corporation – Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 processor(2.53 GHz dual core)

2.53 GHz Dual-Core Embedded Controller for PXI Express
Dual Monitor Support
The DVI-I video port on the NI PXIe-8108 is capable of supporting simultaneous
DVI and VGA output. With this built-in capability, you can connect a digital
and an analog monitor or two analog monitors to your PXI system at the same
time with independent displays. This negates the need for a separate PXI or
CompactPCI video module to connect two monitors to your PXI system. A DVI-I
(male) to DVI-D (female) and VGA (female) splitter is required for connecting the
two monitors.
USB Peripherals
National Instruments offers a USB-to-dual-PS/2 keyboard/mouse adapter cable
to connect a legacy PS/2 keyboard and mouse to a single USB port on your
embedded controller. Additionally, NI offers external USB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
and USB floppy drives for use with your embedded controller. Connect these
drives to your embedded controller for easy software installation and upgrades.
Both are completely powered through the USB ports, so no external power
connections are required. Additional USB peripherals, such as USB speakers to
add audio, or USB memory sticks to add easily removable memory, are widely
available from PC peripheral manufacturers.
Additional Peripheral I/O
National Instruments offers numerous plug-in modules to add more peripheral
I/O to your PXI system. With the wide variety of peripheral I/O modules
available, you can choose modules that add communication with serial, IEEE
1394, and SCSI, in addition to numerous others. You also can obtain modules for
controlling other PXI or VXI/VME systems. Visit ni.com/pxiadvisor to configure
a system with additional peripheral I/O modules.
Software
The NI PXIe-8108 comes with the following minimum set of software
already installed:
◾◾ _{Microsoft Windows OS (contact National Instruments or visit}
ni.com/pxiadvisor for a list of available Microsoft OSs and
for localized versions)
◾◾ _{NI-VISA and NI-488.2 drivers}
◾◾ _{Drivers for all built-in I/O ports (Table 1)}
With an NI system assurance program added to a PXI system order, your
embedded controller is shipped already configured with all software and drivers
applicable for your system. For example, assume you order a PXI system that
includes LabVIEW and NI TestStand software, as well as data acquisition
modules, a digitizer, an arbitrary waveform generator, and a digital multimeter
(DMM). With NI system assurance programs, NI not only assembles and
tests your system but also fully configures the embedded controller with the
appropriate NI-DAQmx, NI-SCOPE, NI-FGEN, and NI-DMM drivers as well as
LabVIEW and NI TestStand.
To configure a complete PXI system with NI system assurance programs,
contact National Instruments or visit ni.com/pxiadvisor.
Hard-Drive-Based Recovery Image
The NI PXIe-8108 embedded controller is shipped with a factory image of the
software installation stored on a separate partition of the hard drive. In the
case of software corruption, you can invoke a recovery tool during the
controller’s boot-up process that can use this backup image to restore the
controller to its shipping software configuration. You also can use this recovery
tool to create custom images that you can store on external mass storage
devices such as a USB memory stick, USB hard drives, and USB CD/DVD drives.
With this ability, you can create custom backup images that you can use to
either recover an NI PXIe-8108 controller or replicate the installation on other
NI PXIe-8108 controllers. For more information on this tool, refer to
KnowledgeBase 2ZKC02OK.
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