Chapter 1 Introduction
© National Instruments Corporation 1-5 PXI-8170 Series User Manual
• Front-panel connectors:
– RS-232 Serial
– Extended Capabilities Parallel (ECP)
– VGA Controller
– Universal Serial Bus (USB)
– PS/2-style keyboard
– PS/2-style mouse
• Two front-panel LEDs that show PC status
–POWEROK LED indicates that the power is on and reset is no
longer asserted.
–DRIVE LED indicates when an access to the internal hard disk is
occurring.
Peripheral Expansion
The PXI-8170 uses Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and PCI local bus for
peripheral expansion. AGP is a new generation high-performance
component level interconnect graphics interface. AGP 1x provides a bus
speed of 266 Mbytes/s. The PCIbus is a 32-bit multimaster bus that
achieves a top throughput of 132 Mbytes/s and can handle numerous
peripherals.
For information on installing and configuring these peripherals for use
withthe PXI-8170, refer to the C:\Images\Pxi8170 directory. The
drivers.txt file explains how to install support for each peripheral. This
directory also contains manufacturers’ documentation for the peripherals.
Also, refer to the readme files for the most up-to-date information.
Table1-1 lists the various peripherals and describes the external connector,
its bus interface, and its function.
Table 1-1. PXI-8170 Series Peripherals Overview
Peripheral External
Connector
ISA,
PCI, or
AGP Function
Video 15-pin DSUB
(standard VGA) AGP High-resolution/color support for a
SuperVGA monitor
IDE None PCI Supports internal fast ATA-3 hard drive