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CHAPTER 3
OPERATION & PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW
3.1 GENERAL
The ADC-16 Distribution Software Package provides the following options:
The Pop Up Control Panel
The Call Driver for BASIC
Low-level-Register 1 / 0 Programming
Additional programming options, PASCAL and C support, and Windows
3.x
languages support are
available in the Advanced Software Option.
3.2 THE POP UP CONTROL PANEL
The Pop Up Control Panel allows you direct control of ADC-16 operation without programming. You
may configure the board to perform an analog or digital operation and to store the resultant data in a
disk file. The Pop-up uses two control panels that you may pop up with a keyboard sequence and
control using either the keyboard or mouse while under DOS or inside an applications package. This
Interface provides a quick way to test your board as well as to debug/monitor operation. By selecting
the data logging menu, you may turn the ADC-16 into an automatic data logging system.
Chapter
4
contains instructions for loading the Pop Up Control Panel drivers. Chapter 5 covers
operation.
3.3 THE CALL DRIVER
The Call Driver is a collection of functions (Calls) for use in programs written in Interpreted BASIC,
QuickBASIC, or QBASIC. The Calls allow you to write control programs without using register-level
programming, and they perform the most commonly used set-up and operating functions. The
Advanced Software Option provides Call Drivers for PASCAL and C and Windows
3.x
languages.
Chapter 6 lists and briefly describes each of the Call drivers and each of the Calls. Chapter 7 covers
the use of each Call and provides examples for Interpreted BASIC, QuickBASIC, and QBASIC.
3.4 LOW-LEVEL-REGISTER I/O PROGRAMMING
You may also program the ADC-16 by writing directly to the on-board registers. Chapter 8 supplies
ADC-16 register maps and corresponding bit functions.
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