Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing PCI-2517 User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide ....................................................................................................................... 5
What you will learn from this user's guide ......................................................................................................... 5
Conventions in this user's guide ......................................................................................................................... 5
Where to find more information ......................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-2517 ...................................................................................................................... 6
Overview: PCI-2517 features ............................................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-2517 .......................................................................................................................... 7
Unpacking........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Installing the PCI-2517 ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Configuring the hardware ................................................................................................................................... 8
Signal connections .............................................................................................................................................. 8
Connector pinout............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Cabling ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................. 9
Using multiple PCI-2517s per PC ...................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................... 10
PCI-2517 block diagram ................................................................................................................................... 10
Synchronous I/O - mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning .................................................................... 10
Bus mastering DMA ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Analog input ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................11
Analog output ................................................................................................................................................... 11
Example: Analog channel scanning of voltage inputs and streaming analog outputs ......................................................12
Digital I/O ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................12
Digital outputs and pattern generation .............................................................................................................................13
Triggering ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware analog triggering .............................................................................................................................................13
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................13
Software-based triggering ................................................................................................................................................13
Stop trigger modes ...........................................................................................................................................................14
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes ........................................................................................................................14
Counter inputs .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Mapped channels .............................................................................................................................................................15
Counter modes .................................................................................................................................................................15
Debounce modes ..............................................................................................................................................................16
Encoder mode ..................................................................................................................................................................19
Timer outputs .................................................................................................................................................... 22
Example: Timer outputs ...................................................................................................................................................22
Using detection setpoints for output control ..................................................................................................... 23
What are detection setpoints? ..........................................................................................................................................23
Setpoint configuration overview ......................................................................................................................................23
Setpoint configuration ......................................................................................................................................................24
Using the setpoint status register......................................................................................................................................25
Examples of control outputs ............................................................................................................................................26
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