Ai Convert Clock Signal Behavior For Analog Input Modules; Scanned Modules; Simultaneous Sample-And-Hold Modules; Delta-Sigma Modules - National Instruments NI cRIO-905x Series User Manual

When you use an analog trigger source, the internal sample clock pauses when the Analog
Comparison Event signal is low and resumes when the signal goes high (or vice versa).
Note Pause triggers are only sensitive to the level of the source, not the edge.

AI Convert Clock Signal Behavior For Analog Input Modules

Refer to the Scanned Modules, Simultaneous Sample-and-Hold Modules, Delta-Sigma
Modules, and Slow Sample Rate Modules sections for information about the AI Convert Clock
signal and C Series analog input modules.

Scanned Modules

Scanned C Series analog input modules contain a single A/D converter and a multiplexer to
select between multiple input channels. When the module interface receives a Sample Clock
pulse, it begins generating a Convert Clock for each scanned module in the current task. Each
Convert Clock signals the acquisition of a single channel from that module. The Convert
Clock rate depends on the module being used, the number of channels used on that module,
and the system Sample Clock rate.
The driver chooses the fastest conversion rate possible based on the speed of the A/D
converter for each module and adds 10 µs of padding between each channel to allow for
adequate settling time. This scheme enables the channels to approximate simultaneous
sampling. If the AI Sample Clock rate is too fast to allow for 10 µs of padding, NI-DAQmx
selects a conversion rate that spaces the AI Convert Clock pulses evenly throughout the
sample. NI-DAQmx uses the same amount of padding for all the modules in the task. To
explicitly specify the conversion rate, use the ActiveDevs and AI Convert Clock Rate
properties using the DAQmx Timing property node or functions.

Simultaneous Sample-and-Hold Modules

Simultaneous sample-and-hold (SSH) C Series analog input modules contain multiple A/D
converters or circuitry that allows all the input channels to be sampled at the same time. These
modules sample their inputs on every Sample Clock pulse.

Delta-Sigma Modules

Delta-sigma C Series analog input modules function much like SSH modules, but use A/D
converters that require a high-frequency oversample clock to produce accurate, synchronized
data. Some delta-sigma modules in the cRIO controller automatically share a single
oversample clock to synchronize data from all the modules that support an external
oversample clock timebase when they all share the same task. (DSA modules are an example).
The oversample clock is used as the AI Sample Clock Timebase. The cRIO controller supplies
10 MHz, 12.8 MHz, and 13.1072 MHz timebases from which software automatically selects
based on the modules in the task. When delta-sigma modules with different oversample clock
frequencies are used in an analog input task, the AI Sample Clock Timebase can use any of the
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