National Instruments PXIe-8840

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About This Manual
This manual contains detailed instructions for installing and configuring the National
Instruments PXIe-8840 embedded computer kit.
How to Use the Documentation Set
Begin by reading the PXIe-8840 Installation Guide, a brief quick-start guide that describes how
to install and get started with your controller.
This manual, the PXIe-8840 User Manual, contains more details about changing the installation
or configuration from the defaults and using the hardware.
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information you may find helpful as you read this manual:
• PICMG EXP.0 R2.0 CompactPCI Express Specification, PCI Industrial Computers
Manufacturers Group
• IEEE Standard P1284.1-1997 (C/MM) Standard for Information Technology for Transport
Independent Printer/System Interface
• PCI Express Base Specification, PCI Special Interest Group
• PXI-5 PXI Express Hardware Specification, PXI Systems Alliance
• PXI-6 PXI Express Software Specification, PXI Systems Alliance
• Serialized IRQ Support for PCI Systems Specification, Compaq Computer et al.
• ExpressCard Standard, PCMCIA