National Instruments PXI-8360 Manual

Set Up Your MXI -Express x1
System
Terminology
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Some ExpressCard adapters support USB only.
This document explains what is needed to set up various MXI-Express x1
hardware configurations.
The products covered by this guide are the NI PCI-8361, NI PCIe-8361/
8362, NI PXI-8360/8364, NI PXIe-8360/8364, and NI ExpressCard-8360.
For the remainder of this manual the term MXI-Express x1 product refers
to any of these products.
Additional compatible products are included in subsequent tables, but are
not covered in this manual.
The following terms may be used throughout this document:
• Host PC—A host computer with at least one of the following slot
types available:
– PCI Express x1 or wider
– PCI
• Laptop—A portable laptop with the following slot types available:
– ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot with PCI Express support
• Expansion Chassis—An expansion chassis of any of the following
types:
– CompactPCI chassis
– PXI chassis
– CompactPCI Express chassis
– PXI Express chassis
– VXI mainframe
– NI CompactRIO backplane
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