Naming Convention; Data Types - NuDAQ PCI-6308 Series User Manual

5.2.1

Naming Convention

There are 7 function calls provided by the C Language Library. All the
functions of PCI-6308 are covered in this library. Its capabilities include
D/A conversion, Digital Input and Output, etc.
The functions of PCI-6308 software driver are using full-names to
represent the functions' real meaning. The naming convention rules are:
In DOS Environment:
_{hardware_model}_{action_name}. e.g. _6308_Initial() .
All functions in PCI-6308 driver are with 6308 as {hardware_model}. But
they can be used by PCI-6308V, PCI-6308A.
In order to recognize the difference between DOS library and Windows
95 library, a capital "
Windows 95 DLL driver. e.g. W_6308_Initial() .
5.2.2

Data Types

We defined some data type in Pci_6308.h (DOS) and Acl_pci.h
(Windows 95). These data types are used by PCI-6308/6216 library.
We suggest you to use these data types in your application programs.
The following table shows the data type names and their range.
Type Name
U8
I16
U16
I32
U32
F32
F64
Boolean
22 • C/C++ Library
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" is put on the head of each function name of the
Description
8-bit ASCII character
16-bit signed integer
16-bit unsigned integer
32-bit signed integer
32-bit single-precision
floating-point
32-bit single-precision
floating-point
64-bit double-precision
floating-point
Boolean logic value
Range
0 to 255
-32768 to 32767
0 to 65535
-2147483648 to 2147483647
0 to 4294967295
-3.402823E38 to 3.402823E38
-1.797683134862315E308 to
1.797683134862315E309
TRUE, FALSE