National Instruments NI PXI-8360, MXI Series, NI PXIe-8360 What You Need to Get Started

Chapter 1 Introduction
NI ExpressCard MXI Series User Manual 1-2 ni.com
Basic NI ExpressCard MXI System
An NI ExpressCard MXI system consists of an NIExpressCard-8360 in a
laptop PC connected to an NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360 in the controller
slot of a PXI/cPCI or PXIe/cPCIe chassis respectively, as shown in
Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1. Basic NI ExpressCard MXI Configuration
What You Need to Get Started
To set up and use your NI ExpressCard MXI boards, you need the
following:
❑One NI ExpressCard-8360 and one NI PXI-8360 or NI PXIe-8360
❑A MXI-Express/ExpressCard MXI cable
❑A laptop PC or other host with an available ExpressCard slot
❑An expansion chassis—the PXI/cPCI or PXIExpress/CompactPCI
Express chassis that you control with NI ExpressCard MXI
Note Your NI PXI-8360 board will work in any standard CompactPCI chassis adhering to
the PICMG CompactPCI 2.0 R3.0 specification, or in PXI chassis that are compatible with
the PXI Hardware Specification, Revision 1.0 or later. Your NI PXIe-8360 board will
workin a PXI Express or CompactPCI Express chassis that is compatible with the
PXI-5PXI Express Hardware Specification, Revision 1.0, or the PICMG EXP.0
CompactPCI Express Specification R1.0. Your NIExpressCard MXI board will work in
many systems compliant with the PCMCIA ExpressCard Standard, Revision 1.0 or later.
Laptop PC to PXI/CompactPCI