Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing USB-2533 User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide .......................................................................................................................7
What you will learn from this user's guide .........................................................................................................7
Conventions used in this user's guide .................................................................................................................7
Where to find more information .........................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introducing the USB-2533 ....................................................................................................................8
Overview: USB-2533 features............................................................................................................................8
Software features ................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 2
Installing the USB-2533 ........................................................................................................................9
What comes with your USB-2533 shipment?.....................................................................................................9
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Optional components ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Signal conditioning accessories .......................................................................................................................................10
Additional documentation................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the USB-2533.................................................................................................................................10
Installing the software ......................................................................................................................................10
Installing the hardware .....................................................................................................................................10
Configuring the hardware .................................................................................................................................11
Connecting the board for I/O operations ..........................................................................................................12
Connectors, cables - main I/O connector.........................................................................................................................12
68-pin SCSI connector differential and single-ended pin outs (P5) .................................................................................13
TB-100 terminal board connector to SCSI connector pin out ..........................................................................................15
40-pin header connector pin outs .....................................................................................................................................16
Four-channel TC terminal pin out (TB7) .........................................................................................................................19
Cabling .............................................................................................................................................................20
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................21
Chapter 3
Programming and Developing Applications ....................................................................................22
Programming languages ...................................................................................................................................22
Packaged applications programs.......................................................................................................................22
Chapter 4
Functional Details ...............................................................................................................................23
USB-2533 components.....................................................................................................................................23
USB-2533 block diagram .................................................................................................................................25
Synchronous I/O - mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning ....................................................................26
Analog input .....................................................................................................................................................26
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................26
Thermocouple input..........................................................................................................................................29
Tips for making accurate temperature measurements ......................................................................................................29
Digital I/O.........................................................................................................................................................30
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................30
Triggering .........................................................................................................................................................30
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