Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing PCI-DAS6034 User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide ....................................................................................................................... 7
What you will learn from this user's guide ......................................................................................................... 7
Conventions in this user's guide ......................................................................................................................... 7
Where to find more information ......................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-DAS6034, PCI-DAS6035, and PCI-DAS6036 ..................................................... 8
Overview: PCI-DAS6034, PCI-DAS6035, and PCI-DAS6036 features ............................................................ 8
Software features ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Chapter 2
Installing the Board ............................................................................................................................... 9
What comes with your PCI-DAS6034, PCI-DAS6035, and PCI-DAS6036 shipment? ..................................... 9
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Additional documentation ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Optional components .......................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the PCI-DAS6034, PCI-DAS6035, and PCI-DAS6036 ................................................................. 10
Installing the software ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Installing the hardware ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Configuring the hardware ................................................................................................................................. 11
Differential input mode ....................................................................................................................................................11
Single-ended input mode .................................................................................................................................................11
Non-referenced single-ended input mode ........................................................................................................................11
DAQ-Sync configuration .................................................................................................................................................12
Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 12
Connectors, cables - main I/O connector .........................................................................................................................12
Pin out - main I/O connector ...........................................................................................................................................13
DAQ-Sync connector and pin out ....................................................................................................................................15
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................16
Chapter 3
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................... 17
Basic architecture ............................................................................................................................................. 17
Auxiliary input & output interface ...................................................................................................................................17
DAQ-Sync signals ...........................................................................................................................................................18
DAQ signal timing............................................................................................................................................ 20
SCANCLK signal ............................................................................................................................................................20
STARTSCAN signal ........................................................................................................................................................20
A/D START TRIGGER signal ........................................................................................................................................21
A/D STOP TRIGGER signal ...........................................................................................................................................22
SSH signal .......................................................................................................................................................................23
A/D CONVERT signal ....................................................................................................................................................23
A/D PACER GATE signal ...............................................................................................................................................23
A/D EXTERNAL TIME BASE signal ............................................................................................................................24
A/D STOP signal .............................................................................................................................................................24
Waveform generation timing signals (PCI-DAS6035 and PCI-DAS6036 only) .............................................. 24
D/A START TRIGGER signal ........................................................................................................................................24
D/A CONVERT signal ....................................................................................................................................................25
D/A EXTERNAL TIME BASE signal ............................................................................................................................26
General-purpose counter signal timing ............................................................................................................. 26
CTR1 CLK signal ............................................................................................................................................................26
CTR1 GATE signal .........................................................................................................................................................27
CTR1 OUT signal ............................................................................................................................................................27
CTR2 CLK signal ............................................................................................................................................................27
CTR2 GATE signal .........................................................................................................................................................28
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