Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing USB-1616HS 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 USB-1616HS ............................................................................................................... 6
Overview: USB-1616HS features ....................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2
Installing the USB-1616HS ................................................................................................................... 7
What comes with your USB-1616HS shipment? ................................................................................................ 7
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Optional components .......................................................................................................................................... 8
AI-EXP48 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Additional documentation ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Unpacking the USB-1616HS .............................................................................................................................. 8
Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Installing the hardware ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Configuring the hardware ................................................................................................................................. 10
Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 10
Connectors, cables - main I/O connector .........................................................................................................................10
Screw terminal pin outs ...................................................................................................................................................11
DSUB25F expansion connector .......................................................................................................................................12
Cabling.............................................................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 3
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................... 14
USB-1616HS components ................................................................................................................................ 14
External power connector ................................................................................................................................................15
USB-1616HS block diagram ............................................................................................................................ 16
Synchronous I/O - mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning .................................................................... 16
Analog input ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................17
Thermocouple input .......................................................................................................................................... 19
Tips for making accurate temperature measurements ......................................................................................................19
Digital I/O ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................20
Digital outputs and pattern generation .............................................................................................................................20
Triggering ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Hardware analog triggering .............................................................................................................................................21
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................21
Software-based triggering ................................................................................................................................................21
Stop trigger modes ...........................................................................................................................................................22
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes ........................................................................................................................22
Counter inputs .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Tips for making high-speed counter measurements (> 1 MHz) .......................................................................................22
Mapped channels .............................................................................................................................................................23
Counter modes .................................................................................................................................................................23
Debounce modes ..............................................................................................................................................................24
Encoder mode ..................................................................................................................................................................27
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