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JTCollins

Thunderbolt 3 Interface

A Tunderbolt 3 PXIe controller card for direct connection to a PC based Thunderbolt 3 port, functioning much as the MXIe interfacing does now.

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Robert__R
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JTCollins
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Wow, I completely missed that when I was looking through the PXIe controllers...

Robert__R
Active Participant
Wow, I completely missed that when I was looking through the PXIe controllers...

You can make up for it by buying 2.  Smiley Wink

 

- Robert

notable18
Member

We are planning to use Thunderbolt 3.0 . Any issues if we are interfacing with CAN , RS485 and DAQ Modules 

KeaneSenses
NI Employee (retired)

Since it's all "just" PCI Express data by the time it gets to the controller, the main thing to watch out for is system bandwidth, but I would assume you're fine with those types of cards. With passive cables, the PXIe-8301 should be good for around 2.0 GB/s of system bandwidth, and with active cables we've seen around 2.3 GB/s.

Michael Keane
National Instruments
notable18
Member

Sounds great !  Thank You!

notable18
Member

 NI Chassis and the cards in Ni MAX are detected. How do we access these cards data in Labview environment i.e. VI programming.