Glossary
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National Instruments Corporation G-5 PC-DIO-24/PnP User Manual
PnP PnP (Plug and Play) refers to a device that is fully compatible with the
industry standard Plug and Play ISA Specification. All bus-related
configuration is performed through software, freeing you from
manually configuring jumpers or switches to set the device base address
and interrupt level. PnP systems automatically arbitrate and assign
system resources to a PnP product.
port (1) a communications connection on a computer or a remote controller
(2) a digital port, consisting of four or eight lines of digital input and/or
output
R
RAM random-access memory
resolution the smallest signal increment that can be detected by a measurement
system. Resolution can be expressed in bits, in proportions, or in
percent of full scale. For example, a system has 12-bit resolution, one
part in 4,096 resolution, and 0.0244% of full scale.
REXT external resistance
S
s seconds
Ssamples
SCXI Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation—the National
Instruments product line for conditioning low-level signals within an
external chassis near sensors so only high-level signals are sent to DAQ
boards in the noisy PC environment
signal conditioning the manipulation of signals to prepare them for digitizing
S/s samples per second—used to express the rate at which a DAQ board
samples an analog signal
SSR solid-state relay