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Table Of Contents
- SCXI-1121 User Manual
- Support
- Important Information
- Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Configuration and Installation
- Chapter 3 Theory of Operation
- Chapter 4 Register Descriptions
- Chapter 5 Programming
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B Rear Signal Connector
- Appendix C SCXIbus Connector
- Appendix D SCXI-1121 Front Connector
- Appendix E SCXI-1121 Cabling
- Appendix F Revision A and B Photo and Parts Locator Diagrams
- Appendix G Technical Support Resources
- Glossary
- Index
- Figures
- Figure 2-1. SCXI-1121 General Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-2. SCXI-1121 Detailed Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-3. SCXI-1121 Front Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 2-4. Ground-Referenced Signal Connection with High Common-Mode Voltage
- Figure 2-5. Floating Signal Connection Referenced to Chassis Ground for Better Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- Figure 2-6. Floating AC-Coupled Signal Connection
- Figure 2-7. AC-Coupled Signal Connection with High Common-Mode Voltage
- Figure 2-8. Assembling and Mounting the SCXI-1330 Connector-and-Shell Assembly
- Figure 2-9. Nulling Circuit
- Figure 2-10. Shunt Circuit
- Figure 2-11. SCXI-1320 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-12. SCXI-1328 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-13. SCXI-1321 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-14. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 2-15. SCANCLK Timing Requirements
- Figure 2-16. Slot-Select Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-17. Serial Data Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-18. Configuration Register Write Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-19. SCXI-1121 Module ID Register Timing Diagram
- Figure 3-1. SCXI-1121 Block Diagram
- Figure 3-2. SCXIbus Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 3-3. Digital Interface Circuitry Block Diagram
- Figure 3-4. SCXI-1121 Digital Control
- Figure 3-5. Analog Input Block Diagram
- Figure 3-6. Analog Output Circuitry
- Figure 3-7. Single-Module Parallel Scanning
- Figure 3-8. Single-Module Multiplexed Scanning (Direct)
- Figure 3-9. Single-Module Multiplexed Scanning (Indirect)
- Figure 3-10. Multiple-Module Multiplexed Scanning
- Figure 3-11. Multiple-Chassis Scanning
- Figure B-1. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure C-1. SCXIbus Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure D-1. SCXI-1121 Front Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure E-1. SCXI-1340 Installation
- Figure E-2. SCXI-1180 Rear Connections
- Figure E-3. SCXI-1180 Front Panel Installation
- Figure E-4. Cover Removal
- Figure F-1. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 Signal Conditioning Module
- Figure F-2. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 General Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure F-3. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 Detailed Parts Locator Diagram
- Tables
- Table 2-1. Digital Signal Connections, Jumper Settings
- Table 2-2. Jumper W33 Settings
- Table 2-3. Gain Jumper Allocation
- Table 2-4. Gain Jumper Positions
- Table 2-5. Filter Jumper Allocation
- Table 2-6. Voltage and Current Mode Excitation Jumper Setup
- Table 2-7. Maximum Load per Excitation Channel
- Table 2-8. Excitation Level Jumper Selection
- Table 2-9. Completion Network Jumpers
- Table 2-10. Trimmer Potentiometer and Corresponding Channel
- Table 2-11. Nulling Resistors and Corresponding Channel
- Table 2-12. Jumper Settings of the Nulling Circuits
- Table 2-13. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1320 Terminal Block
- Table 2-14. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1328 Terminal Block
- Table 2-15. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1321 Terminal Block
- Table 2-16. SCXIbus to SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector to Data Acquisition Board Pin Equivalences
- Table 3-1. SCXIbus Equivalents for the Rear Signal Connector
- Table 3-2. Calibration Potentiometer Reference Designators
- Table 5-1. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Equivalences
- Table E-1. SCXI-1121 and MIO-16 Pinout Equivalences
- Table E-2. SCXI-1341 and SCXI-1344 Pin Translations
- Table E-3. SCXI-1342 Pin Translations
- Table E-4. SCXI-1343 Pin Connections

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1
Introduction
This chapter describes the SCXI-1121; lists the contents of your
SCXI-1121 kit; describes the optional software, optional equipment, and
custom cables; and explains how to unpack the SCXI-1121 kit.
The SCXI-1121 consists of four isolated input channels and four isolated
excitation channels. The SCXI-1121 is a module for signal conditioning of
strain gauges, RTDs, thermistors, thermocouples, volt and millivolt
sources, 4 to 20 mA current sources, and 0 to 20 mA process-current
sources. The SCXI-1121 can operate in two output modes—the
Parallel-Output mode with all four input channels connected in parallel to
four data acquisition board channels, or the Multiplexed-Output mode with
all four channels multiplexed into a single data acquisition board channel.
The SCXI-1121 operates with full functionality with National Instruments
MIO-16 boards. The SCXI-1121 operates with full functionality with the
Lab-PC+ board in single-chassis SCXI systems. However, the Lab-PC+
cannot control multiple-chassis SCXI systems. You can use the Lab-NB,
the Lab-PC, the Lab-LC, and the PC-LPM-16 boards with the SCXI-1121,
but these boards can control only single-chassis SCXI systems and cannot
scan the module when it is configured in the Multiplexed-Output mode.
These boards can perform only single-channel reads in this mode. You can
also use the SCXI-1121 with other systems that comply with the
specifications given in Chapter 2, Configuration and Installation. You can
multiplex several SCXI-1121s into a single channel, thus greatly increasing
the number of analog input signals that can be digitized.
The addition of a shielded terminal block provides screw terminals for easy
signal attachment to the SCXI-1121. In addition, a temperature sensor for
cold-junction compensation of thermocouples is included on the terminal
block. This cold-junction reference (CJR) is either multiplexed along with
the four input channels or connected by jumpers to a different channel of
the data acquisition board.
With the SCXI-1121, the SCXI chassis can serve as a fast-scanning signal
conditioner for laboratory testing, production testing, and industrial
process monitoring.