Chapter 1 General Information
© National Instruments Corporation 1-5 VXI-MXI User Manual
– Data transfer bus arbiter (PRI ARBITER)
– Interrupt acknowledge daisy-chain driver
– Pushbutton system reset switch
• VMEbus master capabilities:
– Access to A16, A24, and A32 address space
– D08(EO), D16, and D32 accesses
– Release-on-Request bus requester (jumper-selectable arbitration level)
• VMEbus slave accesses:
– A16, A24, and A32 address space
– D08(EO), D16, and D32 accesses
• VXIbus Slot 0 functions:
– 10 MHz clock
– MODID register
– TTL and ECL Trigger line support
All integrated circuit drivers and receivers used on the VXI-MXI meet the requirements of both
the VMEbus specification and the MXIbus specification.
Front Panel Features
The VXI-MXI has the following front panel features:
• Three front panel LEDs
–FAILED LED indicates that the VMEbus SYSFAIL line is asserted.
–VXI ACCESS LED indicates when the VXI-MXI is accessed from the VXIbus.
–MXI ACCESS LED indicates when the VXI-MXI is accessed from the MXIbus.
• MXIbus connector
• Three SMB connectors
– Trigger input
– Trigger output
– External clock input or output (configurable)
• System reset pushbutton
• INTX connector (if your VXI-MXI includes the INTX daughter card option)