Letter of Volatility
USB-232/x, USB-485/x
Manufacturer: National Instruments
Board Assembly Part Numbers (Refer to Procedure 1 for identification procedure):
Part Number and Revision Description
187660A-01(L) or later USB-SERIAL, RS-232, 2 PORTS
187660A-02(L) or later USB-SERIAL, RS-485, 2 PORTS
187660A-11(L) or later USB-SERIAL, RS-232, 4 PORTS
187660A-12(L) or later USB-SERIAL, RS-485, 4 PORTS
Volatile Memory
Battery User1 System Sanitization
Target Data Type Size Backup Accessible Accessible Procedure
None
Non-Volatile Memory (incl. Media Storage)
Battery User System Sanitization
Target Data Type Size Backup Accessible Accessible Procedure
Device configuration EEPROM 2 kB No No Yes None
Device configuration EEPROM 2 KB No No Yes None
(4 Ports Devices Only)
1
Refer to Terms and Definitions section for clarification of User and System Accessible
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Letter of Volatility
USB-232/x, USB-485/x
Procedures
Procedure 1 – Board Assembly Part Number identification:
To determine the Board Assembly Part Number and Revision, refer to the “P/N” label applied to the surface of your
product as shown below. The Assembly Part Number should be formatted as “P/N: ######a-vvL” where “a” is the
letter revision of the Board Assembly (eg. A, B, C…) and the “vv” is the type identifier. If the product is RoHS
compliant, “L” can be found at the end of the part number.
Bottom view:
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Letter of Volatility
USB-232/x, USB-485/x
Terms and Definitions
Cycle Power:
The process of completely removing power from the device and its components and allowing for adequate
discharge. This process includes a complete shutdown of the PC and/or chassis containing the device; a reboot is
not sufficient for the completion of this process.
Volatile Memory:
Requires power to maintain the stored information. When power is removed from this memory, its contents are lost.
This type of memory typically contains application specific data such as capture waveforms.
Non-Volatile Memory:
Power is not required to maintain the stored information. Device retains its contents when power is removed.
This type of memory typically contains information necessary to boot, configure, or calibrate the product or may
include device power up states.
User Accessible:
The component is read and/or write addressable such that a user can store arbitrary information to the component
from the host using a publicly distributed NI tool, such as a Driver API, the System Configuration API, or MAX.
System Accessible:
The component is read and/or write addressable from the host without the need to physically alter the product.
Clearing:
Per NIST Special Publication 800-88 Revision 1, “clearing” is a logical technique to sanitize data in all User
Accessible storage locations for protection against simple non-invasive data recovery techniques using the same
interface available to the user; typically applied through the standard read and write commands to the storage
device.
Sanitization:
Per NIST Special Publication 800-88 Revision 1, “sanitization” is a process to render access to “Target Data” on the
media infeasible for a given level of effort. In this document, clearing is the degree of sanitization described.
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