DAQ pci-ni 6221 in Debian...

Hello people!!!

We're doing a project to work with the pci-ni 6221 card, this project is
evident to obtain information of the card for the variable of
temperature and translating the electric signals  to his equivalent in
temperature, but we only can use open source, them nothing of LabView.
We found to this project support this card,
and We work in debian.
We don't know if somebody already did something similar, that you
could help us.
We do not possess experience in electronics and have a little
of experience in C language.
Also found this
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=comedi&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all,
but i don't know if this means that the driver can use itself directly
with pyton or only inclusion makes of libreries work at normally pyton

We have to do this:

Objective:
- acquiring data of temperature of a termocupla in GNU/Linux(Debian)
using National Instruments MODELS cards "

Requisites:
 - Investigating which ones National Instruments's models of cards can
be programmed in GNU/Linux(Debian) without need of LabView  or privative
software
 - Investigating open specifications and closed of the card
 - Converting the electric signal  to values of temperature
 - Connecting a termocupla to the card of acquisition and recovering the
data of the signals from GNU/Linux(Debian)
 - Investigate similar experiences of acquisition without utilizing
LabView or privative software