©NationalInstruments Corporation ix NIPXI-562x User Manual
About This Manual
The NI PXI-562xis a single-channel high-speed digitizer module whose
dynamicrange and resolution are optimized for frequency-domain analysis
applicationsin research, product design and validation, and manufacturing
test.This manual provides information on installing , connecting signals to,
and acquiring data from the NI PXI-562x. This manual also provides an
overviewof the features, functionality, and use of the NI PXI-562x
high-speeddigitizer module.

Conventions

The followingconventions are used in this manual:
<> Angle bracketsthat contain numbers separated byan ellipsis represent a
rangeo f valuesassociated with a bit or signal name—for example,
DBIO<3..0>.
»The»symbol leads you through nested menu items and dial og box options
to a finalaction. Th e sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to
pull downthe File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoidinjury, data loss, or a system crash.
bold Bold textden otes items that you must select or click in the software, such
asm enu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter
names.
italic Italictext denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
toa key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
orvalue that you must supply.
monospace Textin this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard,sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
Thisfont is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs,subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables,filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.