Integration and System Considerations

This section contains information about integrating NI signal generators into a PXI-based or a PCI-based measurement system.

The PXI architecture has built-in timing and triggering features that can synchronize multiple devices over a backplane timing bus. Multiple devices in a modular instrumentation system can share a common Reference clock and synchronize to triggers that are distributed over controlled signal paths that ensure matched propagation. PC plug-ins with RTSI also provide an internal bus that can be accessed by multiple devices. Internal routing of these timing signals in PXI and PC plug-ins with RTSI eliminate complicated external wiring. Standardized timing protocols eliminate incompatibilities, giving you the best performance when synchronizing any kind of analog, digital, or timing measurements.