National Instruments 6023E User Manual - Trig2 Signal

Manual is about: Multifunction I/O Devices for PCI, PXI, CompactPCI, and PCMCIA Bus Computers

Summary of 6023E

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    Daq 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual multifunction i/o devices for pci, pxi , compactpci, and pcmcia bus computers 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual ™ december 2000 edition part number 322072c-01.

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  • Page 3: Important Information

    Important information warranty the daqcard-6024e, pci-6023e, pci-6024e, pci-6025e, and pxi-6025e devices are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National instruments will, at its o...

  • Page 4: Contents

    © national instruments corporation v 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual contents about this manual conventions used in this manual.................................................................................Xi related documentation.........................................................................

  • Page 5: Chapter 4

    Contents 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual vi ni.Com chapter 4 signal connections i/o connector ................................................................................................................ 4-1 analog input signal overview .................................................................

  • Page 6: Chapter 5

    Contents © national instruments corporation vii 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual waveform generation timing connections ...................................................4-40 wftrig signal ................................................................................4-40 update* signal.................

  • Page 7: Figures

    Contents 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual viii ni.Com figures figure 1-1. The relationship between the programming environment, ni-daq, and your hardware............................................................... 1-5 figure 3-1. Pci-6023e, pci-6024e, pci-6025e, and pxi-6025e block diagram ............

  • Page 8: Tables

    Contents © national instruments corporation ix 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-30. Wftrig input signal timing ..............................................................4-41 figure 4-31. Wftrig output signal timing............................................................4-41 figure 4-32...

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    © national instruments corporation xi 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual about this manual the 6023, 6024, and 6025 e series boards are high-performance multifunction analog, digital, and timing i/o boards for pci, pxi, pcmcia, and compactpci bus computers. Supported functions include analog input, analo...

  • Page 10: Related Documentation

    About this manual 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual xii ni.Com programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, variables, filenames and extensions, and code excerpts. Ni-daq ni-daq refers to the ni-daq driver software for pc compatible computers unless otherwise noted. Pxi pxi s...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    © national instruments corporation 1-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1 introduction this chapter describes the 6023e, 6024e, and 6025e devices, lists what you need to get started, gives unpacking instructions, and describes the optional software and equipment. Features of the 6023e, 6024e, and 6025e...

  • Page 12: Using Pxi With Compactpci

    Chapter 1 introduction 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-2 ni.Com these devices can interface to an scxi system—the instrumentation front end for plug-in daq devices—so that you can acquire analog signals from thermocouples, rtds, strain gauges, voltage sources, and current sources. You can also acqui...

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    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual ❑ 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual ❑ one of the following software packages and documentation: – labview for windows – measurement studio – virtualbench ❑ ni-daq for pc compatibles ❑ your computer equipped with ...

  • Page 14: Ni-Daq Driver Software

    Chapter 1 introduction 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-4 ni.Com programming interface for building virtual instruments. For visual c++ developers, measurement studio offers a set of visual c++ classes and tools to integrate those classes into visual c++ applications. The libraries, activex controls,...

  • Page 15: Optional Equipment

    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 1-1. The relationship between the programming environment, ni-daq, and your hardware to download a free copy of the most recent version of ni-daq, click download software at ni.Com . Optional equipment...

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    Chapter 1 introduction 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-6 ni.Com for more information about these products, refer to the national instruments catalogue or web site or call the office nearest you..

  • Page 17: Software Installation

    © national instruments corporation 2-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 2 installation and configuration this chapter explains how to install and configure your 6023e, 6024e, or 6025e device. Software installation install your software before installing your device. If you are using labview, labwindows...

  • Page 18: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 installation and configuration 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 2-2 ni.Com hardware installation after installing your software, you are ready to install your hardware. Your device will fit in any available slot in your computer. However, to achieve best noise performance, leave as much room ...

  • Page 19: Hardware Configuration

    Chapter 2 installation and configuration © national instruments corporation 2-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4. Touch any metal part of your computer chassis to discharge any static electricity that might be on your clothes or body. 5. Insert the device into a 5 v pxi slot. Use the injector/ejector...

  • Page 20: Hardware Overview

    © national instruments corporation 3-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3 hardware overview this chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on your device. Figure 3-1 shows a block diagram for the pci-6023e, pci-6024e, pci-6025e, and pxi-6025e. Figure 3-1. Pci-6023e, pci-6024e, pci-6025e, a...

  • Page 21: Analog Input

    Chapter 3 hardware overview 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-2 ni.Com figure 3-2 shows the block diagram for the daqcard-6024e. Figure 3-2. Daqcard-6024e block diagram analog input the analog input section of each device is software configurable. The following sections describe in detail each of the ...

  • Page 22: Input Range

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual for diagrams showing the signal paths of the three configurations, refer to the analog input signal overview section in chapter 4, signal connections . Input range the devices have a bipolar input range ...

  • Page 23: Dithering

    Chapter 3 hardware overview 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-4 ni.Com dithering when you enable dithering, you add approximately 0.5 lsb rms of white gaussian noise to the signal to be converted by the adc. This addition is useful for applications involving averaging to increase the resolution of you...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 3-3. Dithering multichannel scanning considerations the devices can scan multiple channels at the same maximum rate as their single-channel rate; however, pay careful attention to the settling tim...

  • Page 25: Analog Output

    Chapter 3 hardware overview 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-6 ni.Com the approximately 4 v step from 4 v to 1 mv is 4,000% of the new full-scale range. It can take as long as 100 µs for the circuitry to settle to 1 lsb after such a large transition. In general, this extra settling time is not needed...

  • Page 26: Digital I/o

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-7 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual digital i/o the devices contain eight lines of digital i/o (dio) for general-purpose use. You can individually software-configure each line for either input or output. At system startup and reset, the di...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-8 ni.Com figure 3-4. Convert* signal routing figure 3-4 shows that convert* can be generated from a number of sources, including the external signals rtsi (pci and pxi buses only) and pfi and the internal signals sample interval counter tc ...

  • Page 28: Device And Rtsi Clocks

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-9 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual scheme reduces the need to change physical connections to the i/o connector for different applications. You can also individually enable each of the pfi pins to output a specific internal timing signal. ...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-10 ni.Com figure 3-5. Pci rtsi bus signal connection rtsi bus connector switch rtsi switch clock trigger 7 daq-stc trig1 trig2 convert* update* wftrig gpctr0_source gpctr0_gate gpctr0_out startscan aigate sisource uisource gpctr1_source gpc...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-11 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 3-6. Pxi rtsi bus signal connection table 3-3 lists the name and number of pins used by the pxi-6025e. Refer to the timing connections section of chapter 4, signal connections , for a description...

  • Page 31: Signal Connections

    © national instruments corporation 4-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4 signal connections this chapter describes how to make input and output signal connections to your device through the i/o connector. Table 4-1 shows the cables that can be used with the i/o connectors to connect to different acces...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-2 ni.Com assignments of the optional 50- and 68-pin connectors. A signal description follows the figures. Figure 4-1. I/o connector pin assignment for the 6023e/6024e freq_out gpctr0_out pfi9/gpctr0_gate dgnd pfi6/wftrig pfi5/update* dgnd ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-2. I/o connector pin assignment for the 6025e 50 100 49 99 48 98 47 97 46 96 45 95 44 94 43 93 42 92 41 91 40 90 39 89 38 88 37 87 36 86 35 85 34 84 33 83 32 82 31 81 30 80 29 79 28 78 27 77 26...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-4 ni.Com table 4-2 shows the i/o connector signal descriptions for the 6023e, 6024e, and 6025e. Table 4-2. I/o connector signal descriptions signal name reference direction description aignd — — analog input ground—these pins are the refer...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual scanclk dgnd output scan clock—this pin pulses once for each a/d conversion in scanning mode when enabled. The low-to-high edge indicates when the input signal can be removed from the input or switched ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-6 ni.Com pfi5/update* dgnd input output pfi5/update—as an input, this is one of the pfis. As an output, this is the update* (ao update) signal. A high-to-low edge on update* indicates that the analog output primary group is being updated f...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-7 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual table 4-3 shows the i/o signal summary for the 6023e, 6024e, and 6025e. Table 4-3. I/o signal summary signal name signal type and direction impedance input/ output protection (volts) on/off source (ma a...

  • Page 38: Types Of Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-8 ni.Com analog input signal overview the analog input signals for these devices are ach, asense, and aignd. Connection of these analog input signals to your device depends on the type of input signal source and the configuration of the an...

  • Page 39: Floating Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-9 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual floating signal sources a floating signal source is not connected in any way to the building ground system, but has an isolated ground-reference point. Some examples of floating signal sources are outpu...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-10 ni.Com figure 4-3. Programmable gain instrumentation amplifier (pgia) in single-ended mode (rse and nrse), signals connected to ach are routed to the positive input of the pgia. In diff mode, signals connected to ach are routed to the p...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-11 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual gain setting of the amplifier. The amplifier output voltage is referenced to the ground for the device. The a/d converter (adc) of your device measures this output voltage when it performs a/d conversi...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-12 ni.Com figure 4-4. Summary of analog input connections input differential (diff) single-ended — ground referenced (rse) single-ended — nonreferenced (nrse) floating signal source (not connected to building ground) grounded signal source...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-13 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual differential connection considerations (diff input configuration) a diff connection is one in which the analog input signal has its own reference signal or signal return path. These connections are ava...

  • Page 44: Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-14 ni.Com differential connections for ground-referenced signal sources figure 4-5 shows how to connect a ground-referenced signal source to a channel on the device configured in diff input mode. Figure 4-5. Differential input connections ...

  • Page 45: Floating Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-15 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual differential connections for nonreferenced or floating signal sources figure 4-6 shows how to connect a floating signal source to a channel configured in diff input mode. Figure 4-6. Differential input...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-16 ni.Com you must reference the source to aignd. The easiest way is to connect the positive side of the signal to the positive input of the pgia and connect the negative side of the signal to aignd as well as to the negative input of the ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-17 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual single-ended connection considerations a single-ended connection is one in which the device analog input signal is referenced to a ground that it can share with other input signals. The input signal is...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-18 ni.Com single-ended connections for floating signal sources (rse configuration) figure 4-7 shows how to connect a floating signal source to a channel configured for rse mode. Figure 4-7. Single-ended input connections for nonreferenced ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-19 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-8 shows how to connect a grounded signal source to a channel configured for nrse mode. Figure 4-8. Single-ended input connections for ground-referenced signals common-mode signal rejection con...

  • Page 50: All Devices

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-20 ni.Com aognd is the ground reference signal for both analog output channels and the external reference signal. Figure 4-9 shows how to make analog output connections to your device. Figure 4-9. Analog output connections digital i/o sign...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-21 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-10. Digital i/o connections figure 4-10 shows dio configured for digital input and dio configured for digital output. Digital input applications include receiving ttl signals and sensing exter...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-22 ni.Com figure 4-11. Digital i/o connections block diagram programmable peripheral interface (ppi) ♦ 6025e only the 6025e device uses an 82c55a ppi to provide an additional 24 lines of digital i/o that represent three 8-bit ports—pa, pb,...

  • Page 53: Port C Pin Assignments

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-23 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual ttl signals and driving external devices such as the led shown in figure 4-11. Port c pin assignments ♦ 6025 only the signals assigned to port c depend on how the 82c55a is configured. In mode 0, or no...

  • Page 54: Power-Up State

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-24 ni.Com power-up state ♦ 6025e only the 6025e contains bias resistors that control the state of the digital i/o lines pa,pb,pc at power up. Each digital i/o line is configured as an input, pulled high by a 100 k Ω bias resistor. You can ...

  • Page 55: Timing Specifications

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-25 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 2. Using the following formula, calculate the largest possible load to maintain a logic low level of 0.4 v and supply the maximum driving current: v = i × rl ⇒ rl = v/i where: v = 0.4 v voltage across ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-26 ni.Com ack* input acknowledge input—a low signal on this handshaking line indicates that the data written to the port has been accepted. This signal is a response from the external device indicating that it has received the data from yo...

  • Page 57: Mode 1 Input Timing

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-27 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual mode 1 input timing timing specifications for an input transfer in mode 1 are shown in figure 4-13. Figure 4-13. Timing specifications for mode 1 input transfer name description minimum maximum t1 stb*...

  • Page 58: Mode 1 Output Timing

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-28 ni.Com mode 1 output timing timing specifications for an output transfer in mode 1 are shown in figure 4-14. Figure 4-14. Timing specifications for mode 1 output transfer name description minimum maximum t1 wr* = 0 to intr = 0 — 250 t2 ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-29 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual mode 2 bidirectional timing timing specifications for a bidirectional transfer in mode 2 are shown in figure 4-15. Figure 4-15. Timing specifications for mode 2 bidirectional transfer name description ...

  • Page 60: Power Connections

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-30 ni.Com power connections two pins on the i/0 connector supply +5 v from the computer power supply through a self-resetting fuse. The fuse resets automatically within a few seconds after the overcurrent condition is removed. These pins a...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-31 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-16. Timing i/o connections programmable function input connections there are a total of 13 internal timing signals that you can externally control from the pfi pins. The source for each of the...

  • Page 62: Daq Timing Connections

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-32 ni.Com depends upon the particular timing signal you are controlling. The detection requirements for each timing signal are listed within the section that discusses that individual signal. In edge-detection mode, the minimum pulse width...

  • Page 63: Scanclk Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-33 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-18. Typical pretriggered acquisition scanclk signal scanclk is an output-only signal that generates a pulse with the leading edge occurring approximately 50 to 100 ns after an a/d conversion b...

  • Page 64: Trig1 Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-34 ni.Com figure 4-20. Extstrobe* signal timing trig1 signal any pfi pin can externally input the trig1 signal, which is available as an output on the pfi0/trig1 pin. Refer to figures 4-17 and 4-18 for the relationship of trig1 to the daq ...

  • Page 65: Trig2 Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-35 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-22. Trig1 output signal timing the device also uses the trig1 signal to initiate pretriggered daq operations. In most pretriggered applications, the trig1 signal is generated by a software tri...

  • Page 66: Startscan Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-36 ni.Com figures 4-23 and 4-24 show the input and output timing requirements for the trig2 signal. Figure 4-23. Trig2 input signal timing figure 4-24. Trig2 output signal timing startscan signal any pfi pin can externally input the starts...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-37 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual deasserted t off after the last conversion in the scan is initiated. This output is set to high impedance at startup. Figures 4-25 and 4-26 show the input and output timing requirements for the startsc...

  • Page 68: Convert* Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-38 ni.Com a counter on your device internally generates the startscan signal unless you select some external source. This counter is started by the trig1 signal and is stopped either by software or by the sample counter. Scans generated by...

  • Page 69: Aigate Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-39 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-28. Convert* output signal timing the sample interval counter on the device normally generates the convert* signal unless you select some external source. The counter is started by the startsc...

  • Page 70: Sisource Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-40 ni.Com sisource signal any pfi pin can externally input the sisource signal, which is not available as an output on the i/o connector. The onboard scan interval counter uses the sisource signal as a clock to time the generation of the s...

  • Page 71: Update* Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-41 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual as an output, the wftrig signal reflects the trigger that initiates waveform generation. This is true even if the waveform generation is externally triggered by another pfi. The output is an active hig...

  • Page 72: Uisource Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-42 ni.Com as an output, the update* signal reflects the actual update pulse that is connected to the dacs. This is true even if the updates are externally generated by another pfi. The output is an active low pulse with a pulse width of 30...

  • Page 73: Gpctr0_Source Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-43 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual signal. You must configure the pfi pin you select as the source for the uisource signal in the level-detection mode. You can configure the polarity selection for the pfi pin for either active high or a...

  • Page 74: Gpctr0_Gate Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-44 ni.Com figure 4-35 shows the timing requirements for the gpctr0_source signal. Figure 4-35. Gpctr0_source signal timing the maximum allowed frequency is 20 mhz, with a minimum pulse width of 23 ns high or low. There is no minimum freque...

  • Page 75: Gpctr0_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-45 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-36. Gpctr0_gate signal timing in edge-detection mode gpctr0_out signal this signal is available only as an output on the gpctr0_out pin. The gpctr0_out signal reflects the terminal count (tc) ...

  • Page 76: Gpctr1_Source Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-46 ni.Com gpctr1_source signal any pfi pin can externally input the gpctr1_source signal, which is available as an output on the pfi3/gpctr1_source pin. As an input, the gpctr1_source signal is configured in the edge-detection mode. You ca...

  • Page 77: Gpctr1_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-47 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual as an output, the gpctr1_gate signal monitors the actual gate signal connected to general-purpose counter 1. This is true even if the gate is externally generated by another pfi. This output is set to ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-48 ni.Com leave the dio7 pin free for general use. Figure 4-41 shows the timing requirements for the gate and source input signals and the timing specifications for the out output signals of your device. Figure 4-41. Gpctr timing summary t...

  • Page 79: Freq_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-49 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual if you use an internal timebase clock, the gate signal cannot be synchronized with the clock. In this case, gates applied close to a source edge take effect either on that source edge or on the next on...

  • Page 80: Calibration

    © national instruments corporation 5-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 5 calibration this chapter discusses the calibration procedures for your device. If you are using the ni-daq device driver, that software includes calibration functions for performing all of the steps in the calibration process. Ca...

  • Page 81: Self-Calibration

    Chapter 5 calibration 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 5-2 ni.Com this method of calibration is not very accurate because it does not take into account the fact that the device measurement and output voltage errors can vary with time and temperature. It is better to self-calibrate the device when it is...

  • Page 82: Other Considerations

    Chapter 5 calibration © national instruments corporation 5-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual other considerations the caldacs adjust the gain error of each analog output channel by adjusting the value of the reference voltage supplied to that channel. This calibration mechanism is designed to work onl...

  • Page 83: Specifications

    © national instruments corporation a-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a specifications this appendix individually lists the specifications of each bus type and are typical at 25 °c. Pci and pxi buses analog input input characteristics number of channels ............................... 16 single-ended...

  • Page 84: Accuracy Information

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-2 ni.Com overvoltage protection fifo buffer size......................................512 s data transfers ..........................................Dma, interrupts, programmed i/o dma modes ................................

  • Page 85: Transfer Characteristics

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses © national instruments corporation a-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual transfer characteristics relative accuracy ................................... ±0.5 lsb typ dithered, ±1.5 lsb max undithered dnl ........................................................

  • Page 86: Dynamic Characteristics

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-4 ni.Com dynamic characteristics bandwidth settling time for full-scale step...............5 µs max to ±1.0 lsb accuracy system noise (lsb rms , not including quantization) crosstalk ........................................

  • Page 87: Accuracy Information

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses © national instruments corporation a-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual fifo buffer size ..................................... None data transfers ......................................... Dma, interrupts, programmed i/o dma modes ...........................

  • Page 88: Voltage Output

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-6 ni.Com voltage output range ......................................................± 10 v output coupling ......................................Dc output impedance...................................0.1 Ω max current dri...

  • Page 89: Digital I/o

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses © national instruments corporation a-7 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual digital i/o number of channels 6025e .............................................. 32 input/output 6023e and 6024e............................ 8 input/output compatibility .............

  • Page 90: Timing I/o

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-8 ni.Com handshaking ...........................................2-wire power-on state pa .........................................Input (high-z), 100 k Ω pull-up to +5 vdc pb..........................................Inpu...

  • Page 91: Triggers

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses © national instruments corporation a-9 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual triggers digital trigger compatibility ......................................... Ttl response ................................................ Rising or falling edge pulse width ........

  • Page 92: Operating Environment

    Appendix a specifications for pci and pxi buses 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-10 ni.Com i/o connector 6023e/6024e ...................................68-pin male scsi-ii type 6025e...............................................100-pin female 0.05d type operating environment ambient temperature .......

  • Page 93: Pcmcia Bus

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus © national instruments corporation a-11 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual pcmcia bus analog input input characteristics number of channels ............................... 16 single-ended or 8 differential (software-selectable per channel) type of adc................

  • Page 94: Accuracy Information

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-12 ni.Com accuracy information transfer characteristics relative accuracy....................................±0.5 lsb typ dithered, ±1.5 lsb max undithered dnl ........................................................±0.75 lsb t...

  • Page 95: Amplifier Characteristics

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus © national instruments corporation a-13 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual amplifier characteristics input impedance normal powered on ........................ 100 g Ω in parallel with 100 pf powered off..................................... 4 k Ω min overload........

  • Page 96: Analog Output

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-14 ni.Com gain temperature coefficient ..................±20 ppm/°c analog output output characteristics number of channels................................2 voltage resolution ...............................................12 b...

  • Page 97: Voltage Output

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus © national instruments corporation a-15 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual offset error after calibration .............................. ±1.0 mv max before calibration ........................... ±200 mv max gain error (relative to internal reference) after calibr...

  • Page 98: Stability

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-16 ni.Com stability offset temperature coefficient ................±50 µv/°c gain temperature coefficient ..................±25 ppm/°c digital i/o number of channels................................8 input/output compatibility ....

  • Page 99: Triggers

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus © national instruments corporation a-17 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual base clocks available counter/timers ................................ 20 mhz, 100 khz frequency scalers............................ 10 mhz, 100 khz base clock accuracy ........................

  • Page 100: Physical

    Appendix a specifications for pcmcia bus 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-18 ni.Com physical pc card type............................................Type ii i/o connector ..........................................68-position vhdci female connector environment operating temperature ......................

  • Page 101: Connectors

    © national instruments corporation b-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b custom cabling and optional connectors this appendix describes the various cabling and connector options for the daqcard-6024e, pci-6023e, pci-6024e, pci-6025e, and pxi-6025e devices. Custom cabling national instruments offers ca...

  • Page 102: Optional Connectors

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-2 ni.Com ♦ 6025e amp 100-position idc male connector amp backshell, 0.50 max o.D. Cable amp backshell, 0.55 max o.D. Cable mating connectors and a backshell kit for making custom 68-pin cables are available from nation...

  • Page 103

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors © national instruments corporation b-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure b-1 shows the pin assignments for the 68-pin e series connector. Figure b-1. 68-pin e series connector pin assignments freq_out gpctr0_out pfi9/gpctr0_gate dgnd pfi6/wftrig p...

  • Page 104

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-4 ni.Com figure b-2 shows the pin assignments for the 68-pin extended digital input connector. Figure b-2. 68-pin extended digital input connector pin assignments n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c +5 v pa0 gnd pa2 pa...

  • Page 105

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors © national instruments corporation b-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure b-3 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin e series connector. Figure b-3. 50-pin e series connector pin assignments gpctr0_out pfi8/gpctr0_source pfi6/wftrig gpctr1_out pf...

  • Page 106

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-6 ni.Com figure b-4 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin extended digital input connector. Figure b-4. 50-pin extended digital input connector pin assignments +5 v pa0 pa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 pa6 pa7 pb0 pb1 pb2 pb3 pb...

  • Page 107: Common Questions

    © national instruments corporation c-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual c common questions this appendix contains a list of commonly asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special features of your device. General information what is the daq-stc? The daq-stc is the system timing control...

  • Page 108: Analog Input And Output

    Appendix c common questions 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual c-2 ni.Com installation and configuration how do i set the base address for my device? The base address of your device is assigned automatically through the pci/pxi bus protocol. This assignment is completely transparent to you. What jumpers ...

  • Page 109: Timing And Digital I/o

    Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual deglitching filter to remove some of these glitches, depending on the frequency and nature of your output signal. Can i synchronize a one-channel analog input data acquisition with a one-channel analog o...

  • Page 110

    Appendix c common questions 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual c-4 ni.Com 24-bit counters (unlike the 16-bit counters on devices without the daq-stc). If you are using the ni-daq language interface or labwindows/cvi, the answer is no, the counter/timer applications that you wrote previously will not work...

  • Page 111

    Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual after power on, and table 4-3, i/o signal summary , shows that there is a 50 k Ω pull-up resistor. This pull-up resistor sets the dio(0) pin to a logic high when the output is in a high impedance state..

  • Page 112: Web Support

    © national instruments corporation d-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual d technical support resources web support national instruments web support is your first stop for help in solving installation, configuration, and application problems and questions. Online problem-solving and diagnostic resources ...

  • Page 113: Worldwide Support

    Appendix d technical support resources 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual d-2 ni.Com worldwide support national instruments has offices located around the world to help address your support needs. You can access our branch office web sites from the worldwide offices section of ni.Com . Branch office web ...

  • Page 114: Glossary

    © national instruments corporation g-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual glossary prefix meanings value p- pico- 10 –12 n- nano- 10 –9 µ- micro- 10 – 6 m- milli- 10 –3 k- kilo- 10 3 m- mega- 10 6 g- giga- 10 9 t- tera- 10 12 numbers/symbols ° degree > greater than less than – negative of, or minus Ω ohm...

  • Page 115

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-2 ni.Com a a amperes ac alternating current ach analog input channel signal a/d analog-to-digital adc analog-to-digital converter—an electronic device, often an integrated circuit, that converts an analog voltage to a digital number adc resolution the resolut...

  • Page 116

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual bus the group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer. Typically, a bus is the expansion interface to which i/o or other devices are connected. Examples of pc buses are the isa bus and pci bus. B...

  • Page 117

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-4 ni.Com daq data acquisition—(1) collecting and measuring electrical signals from sensors, transducers, and test probes or fixtures and processing the measurement data using a computer; (2) collecting and measuring the same kinds of electrical signals with a...

  • Page 118

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual electrostatically coupled propagating a signal by means of a varying electric field extstrobe external strobe signal f fifo first-in first-out memory buffer floating signal sources signal sources with voltage signals that ...

  • Page 119

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-6 ni.Com gpctr1_up_down general purpose counter 1 up down gpib general purpose interface bus, synonymous with hp-ib. The standard bus used for controlling electronic instruments with a computer. Also called ieee 488 bus because it is defined by ansi/ieee stan...

  • Page 120

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-7 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i ol current, output low irq interrupt request k k kilo—the standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10 3 , used with units of measure such as volts, hertz, and meters k kilo—the prefix for 1,024, or 2 10 , used with b in quan...

  • Page 121

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-8 ni.Com n ni-daq national instruments driver software for daq hardware noise an undesirable electrical signal—noise comes from external sources such as the ac power line, motors, generators, transformers, fluorescent lights, soldering irons, crt displays, co...

  • Page 122

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-9 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual pfi7/startscan pfi7/start of scan pfi8/gpctr0_ source pfi8/general purpose counter 0 source pfi9/gpctr0_gate pfi9/general purpose counter 0 gate pgia programmable gain instrumentation amplifier port (1) a digital port cons...

  • Page 123

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-10 ni.Com rse referenced single-ended mode—all measurements are made with respect to a common reference measurement system or a ground. Also called a grounded measurement system. Rtsi bus real-time system integration bus—the national instruments timing bus th...

  • Page 124

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-11 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual sisource si counter clock signal software trigger a programmed event that triggers an event such as data acquisition software triggering a method of triggering in which you simulate an analog trigger using software. Also ...

  • Page 125

    Glossary 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-12 ni.Com update the output equivalent of a scan. One or more analog or digital output samples. Typically, the number of output samples in an update is equal to the number of channels in the output group. For example, one pulse from the update clock produces ...

  • Page 126

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-13 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual w waveform multiple voltage readings taken at a specific sampling rate wftrig waveform generation trigger signal working voltage the highest voltage that should be applied to a product in normal use, normally well under t...

  • Page 127: Index

    © national instruments corporation i-1 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual index numbers +5 v signal description (table), 4-4 self-resetting fuse, c-1 82c55a programmable peripheral interface. See ppi (programmable peripheral interface). 6023e/6024e/6025e devices. See also hardware overview; specification...

  • Page 128

    Index 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-2 ni.Com dynamic characteristics, a-4 input characteristics, a-1 to a-2 stability, a-4 transfer characteristics, a-3 pcmcia bus, a-11 to a-14 accuracy information, a-12 amplifier characteristics, a-13 dynamic characteristics, a-13 input characteristics, a-11 sta...

  • Page 129

    Index © national instruments corporation i-3 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual d dac0out signal analog output signal connections, 4-19 to 4-20 description (table), 4-4 signal summary (table), 4-7 dac1out signal analog output signal connections, 4-19 to 4-20 description (table), 4-4 signal summary (table...

  • Page 130

    Index 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-4 ni.Com extstrobe* signal daq timing connections, 4-33 to 4-34 description (table), 4-5 signal summary (table), 4-7 f field wiring considerations, 4-49 floating signal sources description, 4-9 differential connections, 4-15 to 4-16 single-ended connections (rse...

  • Page 131

    Index © national instruments corporation i-5 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i ibf signal description (table), 4-25 mode 1 input timing (figure), 4-27 mode 2 bidirectional timing (figure), 4-29 input modes, 3-2 to 3-3. See also analog input. Input range exceeding common-mode input ranges (caution), 4-...

  • Page 132

    Index 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-6 ni.Com p pa signal description (table), 4-4 digital i/o specifications, a-7 signal summary (table), 4-7 pb signal description (table), 4-4 digital i/o specifications, a-7 signal summary (table), 4-7 pc signal description (table), 4-4 digital i/o specifications...

  • Page 133

    Index © national instruments corporation i-7 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual power-up state, digital i/o, 4-24 to 4-25 ppi (programmable peripheral interface) 6025e only, 4-22 to 4-23 changing dio power-up state to pulled low, 4-24 to 4-25 digital i/o connections block diagram (figure), 4-22 mode 1 in...

  • Page 134

    Index 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-8 ni.Com analog output, 4-19 to 4-20 digital i/o, 4-20 to 4-22 field wiring considerations, 4-49 i/o connectors, 4-1 to 4-8 exceeding maximum ratings (warning), 4-1 i/o connector details (table), 4-1 i/o connector signal descriptions (table), 4-4 to 4-6 i/o sign...

  • Page 135

    Index © national instruments corporation i-9 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual physical, a-18 power requirements, a-17 timing i/o, a-16 to a-17 triggers, a-17 startscan signal, 4-36 to 4-38 stb* signal description (table), 4-25 mode 1 input timing (figure), 4-27 mode 2 bidirectional timing (figure), 4-2...

  • Page 136

    Index 6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-10 ni.Com u uisource signal, 4-42 to 4-43 unpacking 6023e/6024e/6025e, 2-1 update* signal, 4-41 to 4-42 v vcc signal (table), 4-7 virtualbench software, 1-4 voltage output specifications pci and pxi buses, a-6 pcmcia bus, a-15 w waveform generation, questions ab...