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Getting Started with
Your PCI/PXI-6810 Serial
Data Analyzer
High-Speed Serial Digital Transmission Devices for
PCI and PXI Bus Computers
Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA
January 1998 Edition
Part Number 321754A-01
© Copyright 1998 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 Serial Data Analyzer High-Speed Serial Digital Transmission Devices for PCI and PXI Bus Computers Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA January 1998 Edition Part Number 321754A-01 © Copyright 1998 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 Netherlands 0348 433466, Norway 32 84 84 00, Singapore 2265886, Spain 91 640 0085, Sweden 08 730 49 70, Switzerland 056 200 51 51, Taiwan 02 377 1200, United Kingdom 01635 523545 National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin, Texas 78730-5039 USA Tel: 512 794 0100...
  • Page 3 Important Information Warranty The PCI-6810 and PXI-6810 devices are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period. This warranty includes parts and labor.
  • Page 4 This device complies with the FCC rules only if used with shielded interface cables of suitable quality and construction. National Instruments used such cables to test this device and provides them for sale to the user. The use of inferior or nonshielded interface cables could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment under the...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Electronic Documentation..............1-3 Using PXI with CompactPCI..................1-4 What You Need to Get Started ..................1-5 Software Programming Choices ................... 1-6 National Instruments Application Software ........... 1-6 Driver Software ....................1-6 Optional Equipment ...................... 1-8 Unpacking ........................1-8 Chapter 2 Configuration and Installation Configuring Your 6810 Device ..................
  • Page 6 Chapter 4 Signal Connections I/O Connector ....................... 4-1 I/O Connector Signal Connection Descriptions..........4-3 Using External Power with the DIO Signals..............4-4 Appendix A Specifications Appendix B Customer Communication Glossary Index Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 7 Soft Front Panel..................2-6 Figure 3-1. 6810 Device Block Diagram ..............3-2 Figure 4-1. I/O Connector Pin Assignments ..............4-2 Tables Table 1-1. PXI-6810 J2 Pin Assignment ..............1-5 Table 4-1. I/O Connector Signals ................4-3 © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 8: About This Manual

    Appendix A, Specifications, lists the 6810 device specifications. • Appendix B, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 9: Conventions Used In This Manual

    This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 10: National Instruments Documentation

    6810 device 6810 device refers to both the PCI-6810 and the PXI-6810 devices, unless otherwise noted. SDA refers to the term Serial Data Analyzer. National Instruments Documentation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 Serial Data Analyzer is one piece of the documentation set for your system.

  • Page 11: Customer Communication

    Your computer (PCI bus systems only Customer Communication National Instruments wants to receive your comments on our products and manuals. We are interested in the applications you develop with our products, and we want to help if you have problems with them. To make it easy for you to contact us, this manual contains comment and configuration forms for you to complete.

  • Page 12: Introduction

    The programmable clock produces a baud rate clock for serial transmission. The 6810 also accepts an external clock source up to 10 MHz for synchronous serial communication. To support asynchronous serial bit streams, the 6810 includes digital phase-lock © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 13 6810 device, Application Note 105, Connector Options for the 6810 Serial Data Analyzer. Please contact the office nearest you, or call National Instruments for more information on obtaining this document. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 14: Software Description

    You will also find a file online, with important release information. ReadMe.txt © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 15: Using Pxi With Compactpci

    PXI-6810 is still compatible as long as those pins on the sub-bus are disabled by default and are never enabled. Caution: Damage to your equipment can occur if these lines are driven by the sub-bus. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 16: What You Need To Get Started

    A2, B2 What You Need to Get Started To set up and use your 6810 device, you will need the following: PCI-6810 or PXI-6810 device Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 Serial Data Analyzer manual 6810 Instrument Driver for Windows 95/NT Optional software packages and documentation: –...

  • Page 17: Software Programming Choices

    Introduction Software Programming Choices You have several options to choose from when programming your National Instruments SDA hardware. You can use National Instruments application software such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, ComponentWorks, with the National Instruments SDA instrument driver software. You can also use other third-party ADEs such as Borland C/C++ and Microsoft Visual C/C++ to interface the SDA software to standard Windows DLLs.

  • Page 18: Figure 1-1. The Relationship Between The Programming Environment And The Instrument Driver

    6810 device. Any platform that supports the SDA instrument driver integrates with NI-DAQ and a variety of National Instruments DAQ devices, so you can integrate your 6810 device and 6810 instrument driver development can integrate with National Instruments DAQ products.

  • Page 19: Optional Equipment

    Chapter 1 Introduction Optional Equipment National Instruments offers a variety of products for use with your 6810 device, including cables, connector blocks, and other accessories, as follows: • Cables and cable assemblies • Software toolkits for different applications • Breakout box for lab environments...

  • Page 20: Configuration And Installation

    See Figures 2-1 and 2-2 for the switch location and proper settings. PXI-6810 Daughter Card PCI-6810 Daughter Card Configurable Switch Configurable Switch PCI-6810 PXI-6810 Mother Board Mother Board Figure 2-1. PCI/PXI-6810 Configurable Switch © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 21: Software Installation

    1. Place the 6810 CD in your computer CD-ROM drive. 2. Open the CD-ROM window and click on Setup. 3. Follow the instructions on your screen, and select the Software Development Environment option. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 22: Installing The Run-Time-Only Environment

    Hardware Installation ♦ PCI-6810 You can install the PCI-6810 in any available PCI expansion slot in your PC. To achieve the best noise performance, leave as much room as possible between the PCI-6810 and other devices. The following are general instructions for installing the PCI-6810.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2 Configuration and Installation 6. Line up the PCI-6810 with the 68-pin connector near the cut-out on the back panel. Slowly push down on the top of the PCI-6810 until its card-edge connector is resting on the expansion slot receptacle.
  • Page 24 The PXI-6810 is installed. You are ready to configure your 6810 software. See the Using the 6810 Soft Front Panel to Configure Your Device section for software configuration instructions. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 25: Using The 6810 Soft Front Panel To Configure Your Device

    From the Programs menu, choose NI Serial Data Analyzer»Soft Front Panel. Choose the Instrument tab, as shown in Figure 2-3. 2. Select or test your configuration as described in the following sections. Figure 2-3. Soft Front Panel Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 26: Selecting A Configuration

    (session) to the instrument.. Help To receive helpful information about the software operation and the software in general, press the Help button and follow the instructions there. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 27: What To Do Next

    Example applications—The software distribution media includes several applications and their source code to show you how to use the 6810 for several common testing applications. These examples are commented for ease of use. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 28: Hardware Overview

    Figure 3-1 shows the basic architecture of the 6810 device. The 6810 interfaces to the PCI bus with the National Instruments MITE ASIC. The MITE ASIC incorporates DMA controllers that enable the MITE to operate as a PCI bus master. The MITE can then move data rapidly and efficiently to and from system memory.

  • Page 29: Functional Unit Descriptions

    Using the instrument driver, you can set the NCO to a frequency that divides down well to the bit rate for your application. The instrument driver will set up the NCO in response to your bit rate requirements. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 30: Serial Data Processor

    The 6810 device has eight digital I/O signals for static input and output. You can use the signals to control external hardware or set up a device under test. The tranceivers operate at either 5 V or low-voltage signal levels. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 31: Signal Connections

    This chapter describes signal connections for the 6810 device. I/O Connector The 6810 device has a single 68-pin connector. The pin configuration for the connector is shown in Figure 4-1. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...

  • Page 32: I/O Connector Pin Assignments

    Trig In 10 44 Reserved RTS0 CTS0 DOE_CH0 DOE_CH1 GPCH 1 GPCH 0 Reserved +5 V Figure 4-1. I/O Connector Pin Assignments Note: Do not connect anything to the reserved signals. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 33: I/O Connector Signal Connection Descriptions

    Description 19, 35, 43, 47–48, 51, 54, Reserved Reserved—Pins labeled as reserved are intended for 56, 57–58, 60–61, 63– future functionality from National Instruments. Do not 64, 66–67 connect anything to these signals. EXT_PWR External Power—Provides power to the GPIO transceivers for low-voltage test applications.

  • Page 34: Using External Power With The Dio Signals

    6810. Figures 2-1 and 2-2 in Chapter 2, Configuration and Installation, depict the location of this switch on each 6810 device, and the correct position of the switch for the onboard 5 V supply or the external power source. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 35 Appendix Specifications This appendix lists the 6810 device specifications. These specifications are typical at 25° C, unless otherwise stated. PCI-6810 and PXI-6810 Devices General Purpose Transceivers Transmitter Max synchronous bit rate ....10 Mb/s (Data must be synchronized to internal clock or external clock source) Max asynchronous bit rate ....2 Mb/s...

  • Page 36: Appendix A Specifications

    Digital I/O Interface Number of transceivers ...... 8 Operating voltage ....... Switch-selectable between onboard 5 V and external power pin External Power Supply Requirements Operating voltage ....... 2.7 to 3.6 V Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 37 Post trigger timer ........16-bit countdown timer that can clear a trigger condition. Timer can be reset in response to additional trigger inputs, or can ignore additional inputs until counter reaches zero. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 38 Operating relative humidity....10 to 90% noncondensing Storage relative humidity ....5 to 95% noncondensing Emissions ........... EN 55011:1991 Group 1 Class A at 10 m FCC Class A at 10 m Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 39: Appendix B Customer Communication

    Electronic Services Bulletin Board Support National Instruments has BBS and FTP sites dedicated for 24-hour support with a collection of files and documents to answer most common customer questions. From these sites, you can also download the latest instrument drivers, updates, and example programs. For recorded instructions on how to use the bulletin board and FTP services and for BBS automated information, call 512 795 6990.
  • Page 40 Telephone and Fax Support National Instruments has branch offices all over the world. Use the list below to find the technical support number for your country. If there is no National Instruments office in your country, contact the source from which you purchased your software to obtain support.
  • Page 41 National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently. If you are using any National Instruments hardware or software products related to this problem, include the configuration forms from their user manuals. Include additional pages if necessary.
  • Page 42 Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration, and use this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps our applications engineers answer your questions more efficiently.
  • Page 43 Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 Serial Data Analyzer Edition Date: January 1998...

  • Page 44: Glossary

    Glossary Prefix Meaning Value –12 pico- –9 nano- –6 µ- micro- –3 milli- kilo- mega- giga- Numbers/Symbols percent positive of, or plus – negative of, or minus ° degree Ω © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 45 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 46 Examples of PC buses are the AT bus, NuBus, Micro Channel, and EISA bus. bus master a type of a plug-in board or controller with the ability to read and write devices on the computer bus © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 47 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 48 DMA is the fastest method of transferring data to/from computer memory. down counter performing frequency division on an internal signal © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 49 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 50 An array of strings is a handle to a block of memory containing handles to strings. © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 51 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 52 I/O a type of digital acquisition/generation where a device or module accepts or transfers data after a digital pulse has been received. Also called handshaked digital I/O. light-emitting diode © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 53 Instruments that implements the PCI bus interface. The MITE supports bus mastering for high speed data transfers over the PCI bus. million samples most significant bit MTBF mean time between failure Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA G-10 © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 54 Sometimes called optoisolator or photocoupler. optical isolation the technique of using an optoelectric transmitter and receiver to transfer data without electrical continuity, to eliminate high-potential differences and transients © National Instruments Corporation G-11 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 55 132 Mbytes/s. PCI-MITE is a custom ASIC designed by National Instruments that implements the PCI bus interface. The PCI-MITE supports bus mastering for high speed data transfers over the PCI bus. It is also used in PXI cards.
  • Page 56 Resolution can be expressed in bits, in proportions, or in a © National Instruments Corporation G-13 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 57 RTSI bus real-time system integration bus—the National Instruments timing bus that connects instruments directly, by means of connectors on top of the boards, for precise synchronization of functions seconds...
  • Page 58 © National Instruments Corporation G-15 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 59 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA G-16 © National Instruments Corporation...
  • Page 60 VISA virtual instrument software architecture—a new driver software architecture developed by National Instruments to unify instrumentation software GPIB, DAQ, and VXI. It has been accepted as a standard for VXI by the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance. visual basic custom a specific form of binary packaged object that can be created by ©...
  • Page 61 Microprocessors typically use 8, 16, or 32-bit words. working voltage the highest voltage that should be applied to a product in normal use, normally well under the breakdown voltage for safety margin. See also Breakdown Voltage. Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA G-18 © National Instruments Corporation...

  • Page 62: Index

    B-1 documentation conventions used in manual, x-xi electronic documentation, 1-3 example applications, 2-8 cabling options, 1-2 National Instruments documentation, xi clock circuitry, 1-1 to 1-2 online documentation, 2-8 clock specifications, A-1 organization of manual, ix-x external clock, A-1...
  • Page 63 B-2 installation. See also configuration. Fax-on-Demand support, B-2 hardware installation, 2-3 to 2-5 FTP support, B-1 PCI-6810, 2-3 to 2-4 PXI-6810, 2-4 to 2-5 software installation, 2-2 to 2-3 development environment, 2-2 general purpose transceivers...
  • Page 64 National Instruments application requirements for getting started, 1-5 software, 1-6 RS-232 transceivers specifications overview, 3-3 clock, A-1 specifications, A-2 external clock, A-1 RS-485 transceivers internal clock, A-1 overview, 3-3 specifications, A-3 © National Instruments Corporation Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA...
  • Page 65 PCI/PXI-6810, 1-8 serial channel triggering, A-4 utilities and applications, 1-3 static digital I/O, 3-3 switch, low-voltage, 2-1 to 2-2 PCI/PXI-6810 configurable switch (figure), 2-1 PCI/PXI-6810 switch settings (figure), 2-2 Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA © National Instruments Corporation...

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