Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing PCI-DAS6031 User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide ......................................................................................................................vi
What you will learn from this user's guide ........................................................................................................vi
Conventions in this user's guide........................................................................................................................vi
Where to find more information ........................................................................................................................vi
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-DAS6031 and PCI-DAS6033 Series............................................................... 1-1
Overview: PCI-DAS6031 and PCI-DAS6033 features .................................................................................. 1-1
Software features ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-DAS6031 and PCI-DAS6033............................................................................... 2-1
What comes with your shipment?................................................................................................................... 2-1
Hardware ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-1
Additional documentation.............................................................................................................................................. 2-1
Optional components ..................................................................................................................................................... 2-1
Unpacking the hardware ................................................................................................................................. 2-2
Installing the software .................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Installing the hardware ................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Configuring the hardware ............................................................................................................................... 2-3
Differential input mode.................................................................................................................................................. 2-3
Single-ended input mode ............................................................................................................................................... 2-3
Non-referenced single-ended input mode ...................................................................................................................... 2-3
DAQ-Sync configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 2-4
Connecting the board for I/O operations ........................................................................................................ 2-4
Connectors, cables - main I/O connector....................................................................................................................... 2-4
Pinout - main I/O connector .......................................................................................................................................... 2-5
DAQ-Sync connector and pinout ................................................................................................................................... 2-8
Field wiring, signal termination and conditioning ......................................................................................................... 2-8
Chapter 3
Programming and Developing Applications .................................................................................. 3-1
Programming languages ................................................................................................................................. 3-1
Packaged applications programs..................................................................................................................... 3-1
Register-level programming ........................................................................................................................... 3-1
Chapter 4
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................. 4-1
Basic architecture ........................................................................................................................................... 4-1
Auxiliary input & output interface................................................................................................................................. 4-1
DAQ-Sync signals ......................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
DAQ signal timing.......................................................................................................................................... 4-4
SCANCLK signal .......................................................................................................................................................... 4-4
A/D START TRIGGER signal ...................................................................................................................................... 4-4
A/D STOP TRIGGER signal ......................................................................................................................................... 4-5
STARTSCAN signal...................................................................................................................................................... 4-6
SSH signal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4-7
A/D CONVERT signal .................................................................................................................................................. 4-7
A/D PACER GATE signal............................................................................................................................................. 4-8
A/D EXTERNAL TIME BASE signal .......................................................................................................................... 4-8
A/D STOP signal ........................................................................................................................................................... 4-8
ATRIG signal................................................................................................................................................................. 4-9
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