Testing Continuous Analog Input - Measurement Computing Data Translation DT3010 Series User Manual

Chapter 5

Testing Continuous Analog Input

To verify that the board can perform a continuous analog input operation, do the following:
1. Connect known voltage sources, such as the outputs of a function generator, to analog
2. In the Quick DataAcq application, choose Scope from the Acquisition menu.
3. Select the appropriate DT3010 Series board from the Board list box.
4. In the Sec/Div list box, select the number of seconds per division (.1 to .00001) for the
5. In the Channels list box, select analog input channel 1, and then click Add to add the
6. Click Config from the Toolbar.
7. From the Config menu, select ChannelType, and then select Differential.
8. From the Config menu, select Range, and then select Bipolar or Unipolar depending on
9. From the Scope view, double-click the input range of the channel to change the input
10. In the Trigger box, select Auto to acquire data continuously from the specified channels or
11. Click Start from the Toolbar to start the continuous analog input operation.
12. Click Stop from the Toolbar to stop the operation.
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input channels 0 and 1 on the DT3010 Series board (using the differential configuration).
Refer to page 66 for an example of how to connect a differential analog input.
display.
channel to the channel list.
Channel 0 is automatically added to the channel list.
the configuration of your board.
The default is Bipolar.
range of the board (±10 V, ±5 V, ±2.5 V, ±1.25 V for bipolar ranges or 0 to 10 V, 0 to 5 V, 0 to
2.5 V or 0 to 1.25 V for unipolar ranges).
The default is ±10 V. Note that the display changes to reflect the selected range for all the analog
input channels on the board.
Manual to acquire a burst of data from the specified channels.
The application displays the values acquired from each channel in a unique color on the oscilloscope
view.