Introduction Chapter 1
Lab-PC+ User Manual 1-4 © National Instruments Corporation
Optional Equipment
National Instruments offers a variety of products to use with your Lab-PC+ board, including
cables, connector blocks, and other accessories, as follows:
• Cables and cable assemblies, shielded and ribbon
• Connector blocks, shielded and unshielded 50, 68, and 100-pin screw terminals
• Real Time System Integration (RTSI) bus cables
• Signal Condition eXtension for Instrumentation (SCXI) modules and accessories for
isolating, amplifying, exciting, and multiplexing signals for relays and analog output. With
SCXI you can condition and acquire up to 3072 channels.
• Low channel count signal conditioning modules, boards, and accessories, including
conditioning for strain gauges and RTDs, simultaneous sample and hold, and relays
For more specific information about these products, refer to your National Instruments catalogue
or call the office nearest you.
Unpacking
Your Lab-PC+ board is shipped in an antistatic package to prevent electrostatic damage to the
board. Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on the board. To avoid such
damage in handling the board, take the following precautions:
• Ground yourself via a grounding strap or by holding a grounded object.
• Touch the antistatic package to a metal part of your computer chassis before removing the
board from the package.
• Remove the board from the package and inspect the board for loose components or any other
sign of damage. Notify National Instruments if the board appears damaged in any way. Do
not install a damaged board into your computer.