National Instruments RT Series Hardware Overview

©NationalInstruments Corporation 3-1 RTSeries DAQ DeviceUser Manual
3
Hardware Overview
Thischapter describes the PCI and PXI RT Series DAQ hardware. You can
find most of the hardware information you need in your DAQ device user
manual. Table 1-1, RT Series DAQ Device and Corresponding DAQ
DeviceManual, lists the DAQ device user manuals forthe RT Series DAQ
devices.
As shownin Figures 3-1 and 3-2, a DAQ daughterboard attaches to the
processorboard, and together they form the RT Series DAQ hardware. The
followingsection sdescribe the c omponents that make up the RTSeries
DAQhardware.
Figure3-1. PCI RT Series Data Acquisition Hardware
1 ProcessorBoard 2 DAQDaughterboard
1
2