© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 DIO 6533 User Manual
Chapter
3
Hardware Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the hardware functions of your
DIO6533 device.
Each 6533 device contains the National Instruments DAQ-DIO chip, a
32-bit general-purpose digital I/O interface. The DAQ-DIO chip
enables the 6533 device to perform single-line and single-point input
and output, digital data acquisition, digital waveform generation, and
high-speed data transfer using a wide range of handshaking protocols.
Figures3-1,3-2, and3-3 show the block diagrams for the 6533devices.