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Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual ..................ix Conventions Used in This Manual.................x National Instruments Documentation ................xi Related Documentation....................xi Customer Communication .....................xii Chapter 1 Introduction About the AMUX-64T....................1-1 What You Need to Get Started ..................1-2 Unpacking ........................1-2 Software Programming Choices..............1-2 LabVIEW and LabWindows Application Software........1-3...
AMUX-64T. The AMUX-64T is a front-end analog multiplexer that quadruples the number of analog input signals that can be digitized with a National Instruments MIO board (except the AT-MIO-64). The AMUX-64T also has an integrated circuit temperature sensor that can...
About This Manual • Appendix B, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help from National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals. • Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.
Based on the ITS-90, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1993 The following document contains information you may find helpful as you read this manual and is available from National Instruments upon request: • Application Note 043, Measuring Temperature with Thermocouples In addition, the National Instruments DAQ board user manuals contain information you may find helpful as you read this manual.
About This Manual 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.
• Remove the device from the package and inspect the device for loose components or any other sign of damage. Notify National Instruments if the device appears damaged in any way. Do not install or connect a damaged device in your computer or to your MIO device.
ANSI standard C programming language. The LabWindows Data Acquisition Library, a series of functions for using LabWindows with National Instruments DAQ hardware, is included with the NI-DAQ software kit. The LabWindows Data Acquisition libraries are functionally equivalent to the NI-DAQ software except that the SCXI functions are not included in the LabWindows/CVI software for Sun.
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An example of a low-level function is writing directly to registers on the data acquisition device. NI-DAQ does not sacrifice the performance of National Instruments data acquisition devices because it lets multiple devices operate at their peak performance—up to 500 kS/s on ISA computers and up to 1 MS/s on...
Figure 1-1. The Relationship between the Programming Environment, NI-DAQ, and Your Hardware The National Instruments PC, AT, MC, DAQCard, and DAQPad Series DAQ hardware is packaged with NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles. NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles comes with language interfaces for...
Chapter 1 Introduction The National Instruments SB Series DAQ boards are packaged with NI-DAQ software for Sun, which comes with a language interface for ANSI C. Register-Level Programming The final option for programming any National Instruments DAQ hardware is to write register-level software. Writing register-level programming software can be very time-consuming and inefficient, and is not recommended for most users.
. Because of the danger of O NOT SUBSTITUTE PARTS OR MODIFY EQUIPMENT introducing additional hazards, do not install unauthorized parts or modify the board. Return the board to National Instruments for service and repair to ensure that its safety features are not compromised. Caution connect a signal to screw terminals CH0–CH63 that violates their...
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Table 3-3. NIST Polynomial Coefficients Type °C °C °C °C Temp. –200 °C to 0 °C to 1,000 –210 °C to 0 °C 0 °C to 760 °C –200 °C to 0 °C to 400 °C °C Range 0.0°3 C to –0.01 °C ±...
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E and F. The closest standard 5% tolerance resistors are 20 kΩ. The closest standard 0.5% resistors are 19.8 kΩ. National Instruments recommends using 1% or better tolerance resistors in this application because differences between the resistor values degrade the common-mode rejection ratio.
Bits ADO0 and ADO1 address each four-to-one multiplexer on the AMUX-64T and work in combination with the MIO Mux-Gain Register (the Mux-Mem Register in the AT-MIO-16F-5) to select the analog input channel. An address map for selecting analog input channels on a single AMUX-64T is shown in Table 5-1.
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0 to 255, eight bits are required to address any single channel. This 8-bit address must be split and written to the Digital Output Register and the Mux-Gain Register (the Mux-Mem Register in the AT-MIO-16F-5). Figure 5-3 shows the mapping of the 8-bit channel address to the Digital Output and Mux-Gain Registers.
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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.
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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: AMUX-64T User Manual Edition Date: January 1999 Part Number: 320253C-01 Please comment on the completeness, clarity, and organization of the manual.
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(table), 2-10 documentation jumpers and switches on AMUX-64T, 2-1 conventions used in manual, x multiple board configuration National Instruments documentation, xi channel ranges for multiple boards organization of manual, ix-x (table), 2-8 related documentation, xi daisy-chaining multiple boards...
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