Table Of Contents - Measurement Computing USB-1616HS-BNC User Manual

Table of Contents

Preface
About this User's Guide ....................................................................................................................... 7
What you will learn from this user's guide ......................................................................................................... 7
Conventions used in this user's guide ................................................................................................................. 7
Where to find more information ......................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1
Introducing the USB-1616HS-BNC ...................................................................................................... 8
Overview: USB-1616HS-BNC features ............................................................................................................. 8
Software features ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Chapter 2
Installing the USB-1616HS-BNC .......................................................................................................... 9
What comes with your USB-1616HS-BNC shipment? ...................................................................................... 9
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Optional components .......................................................................................................................................................10
Additional documentation ................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the USB-1616HS-BNC .................................................................................................................. 10
Installing the software ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Installing the hardware ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Configuring the hardware ................................................................................................................................. 11
Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 12
Connectors, cables - main I/O connector .........................................................................................................................12
DSUB37F connector ........................................................................................................................................................12
Cabling .............................................................................................................................................................................13
Field wiring and signal termination accessories ...............................................................................................................13
Chapter 3
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................... 14
USB-1616HS-BNC components ...................................................................................................................... 14
USB-1616HS-BNC block diagram ................................................................................................................... 15
Synchronous I/O - mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning .................................................................... 15
Analog input ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................15
Analog output ................................................................................................................................................... 18
Example: Analog channel scanning of voltage inputs and streaming analog outputs ......................................................18
Digital I/O ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................19
Digital outputs and pattern generation .............................................................................................................................20
Triggering ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Hardware analog triggering .............................................................................................................................................20
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................20
Software-based triggering ................................................................................................................................................21
Stop trigger modes ...........................................................................................................................................................21
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes ........................................................................................................................21
Counter inputs .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Tips for making high-speed counter measurements (> 1 MHz) .......................................................................................22
Mapped channels .............................................................................................................................................................22
Counter modes .................................................................................................................................................................23
Debounce modes ..............................................................................................................................................................24
Encoder mode ..................................................................................................................................................................27
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