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National Instruments DAQ PCI-6023E User Manual - Optional Connectors

Manual is about: Multifunction I/O Boards for PCI Bus Computers

Summary of DAQ PCI-6023E

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    Daq pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual multifunction i/o boards for pci bus computers pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual october 1998 edition part number 322072a-01 pci.Book page 1 wednesday, september 16, 1998 9:09 am.

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  • Page 3: Important Information

    Important information warranty the pci-6023e, pci-6024e, and pci-6025e boards 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 option, repair or replace eq...

  • Page 4: Contents

    © national instruments corporation v pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual contents about this manual organization of this manual .........................................................................................Xi conventions used in this manual......................................................

  • Page 5: Chapter 4

    Contents pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual vi © national instruments corporation rtsi triggers ................................................................................................. 3-8 chapter 4 signal connections i/o connector ...............................................................

  • Page 6: Chapter 5

    Contents © national instruments corporation vii pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual aigate signal.................................................................................4-39 sisource signal ............................................................................4-40 waveform generation ti...

  • Page 7: Glossary

    Contents pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual viii © national instruments corporation glossary index figures figure 1-1. The relationship between the programming environment, ni-daq, and your hardware............................................................... 1-5 figure 3-1. Pci-6023e, pci-6024e, a...

  • Page 8: Tables

    Contents © national instruments corporation ix pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-28. Convert* output signal timing ......................................................4-39 figure 4-29. Sisource signal timing....................................................................4-40 figure 4-...

  • Page 9: About This Manual

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

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    About this manual pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual xii © national instruments corporation • the index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in this manual, including the page where you can find each one. Conventions used in this manual the following conventions are used in this manu...

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    About this manual © national instruments corporation xiii pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual scxi scxi stands for signal conditioning extensions for instrumentation and is a national instruments product line designed to perform front-end signal conditioning for national instruments plug-in daq boards...

  • Page 12: Related Documentation

    About this manual pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual xiv © national instruments corporation related documentation the following documents contain information you may find helpful: • daq-stc technical reference manual • national instruments application note 025, field wiring and noise considerations f...

  • Page 13: Introduction

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

  • Page 14: What You Need to Get Started

    Chapter 1 introduction pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-2 © national instruments corporation what you need to get started to set up and use your board, you will need the following: ❑ one of the following boards: pci-6023e pci-6024e pci-6025e ❑ pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual ❑ one of the follow...

  • Page 15: Software Programming Choices

    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual software programming choices you have several options to choose from when programming your national instruments daq and scxi hardware. You can use national instruments application software, ni-daq, or reg...

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    Chapter 1 introduction pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-4 © national instruments corporation accessory products, except for the scxi-1200. Ni-daq has an extensive library of functions that you can call from your application programming environment. These functions include routines for analog inpu...

  • Page 17: Register-Level Programming

    Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 1-1. The relationship between the programming environment, ni-daq, and your hardware register-level programming the final option for programming any national instruments daq hardware is to write re...

  • Page 18: Optional Equipment

    Chapter 1 introduction pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 1-6 © national instruments corporation optional equipment national instruments offers a variety of products to use with your board, including cables, connector blocks, and other accessories, as follows: • cables and cable assemblies, shielded ...

  • Page 19: Software Installation

    © national instruments corporation 2-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 2 installation and configuration this chapter explains how to install and configure your pci-6023e, pci-6024e, or pci-6025e board. Software installation install your software before you install your board. Refer to the appropri...

  • Page 20: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 installation and configuration pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 2-2 © national instruments corporation you can modify data acquisition-related configuration settings, such as analog input range and mode, through application level software. Refer to chapter 3, hardware overview , for more ...

  • Page 21: Hardware Overview

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

  • Page 22: Analog Input

    Chapter 3 hardware overview pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-2 © national instruments corporation analog input the analog input section of each board is software configurable. The following sections describe in detail each of the analog input settings. Input mode the boards have three different i...

  • Page 23: Dither

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (adc) resolution. With the proper gain setting, you can use the full resolution of the adc to measure the input signal. Table 3-2 shows the input range and precisio...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-4 © national instruments corporation figure 3-2. Dither multichannel scanning considerations the pci-6023e, pci-6024e, and pci-6025e boards can scan multiple channels at the same maximum rate as their single-channel rate; however, pay c...

  • Page 25: Analog Output

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual multiplexer switches to channel 1 and the pgia switches to a gain of 100, the new full-scale range is ±50 mv. The approximately 4 v step from 4 v to 1 mv is 4,000% of the new full-scale range. It may...

  • Page 26: Digital I/o

    Chapter 3 hardware overview pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-6 © national instruments corporation digital i/o the pci-6023e, pci-6024, and pci-6025e boards contain eight lines of digital i/o (dio) for general-purpose use. You can individually software-configure each line for either input or outpu...

  • Page 27: Programmable Function Inputs

    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-7 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 3-3. Convert* signal routing this figure shows that convert* can be generated from a number of sources, including the external signals rtsi and pfi and the internal signals sample interval cou...

  • Page 28: Board and Rtsi Clocks

    Chapter 3 hardware overview pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 3-8 © national instruments corporation update* signal as an output on the i/o connector, software can turn on the output driver for the pfi5/update* pin. Board and rtsi clocks many board functions require a frequency timebase to generate ...

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    Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-9 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 3-4. Rtsi bus signal connection refer to the timing connections section of chapter 4, signal connections , for a description of the signals shown in figure 3-4. Rtsi bus connector switch rtsi ...

  • Page 30: Signal Connections

    © national instruments corporation 4-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4 signal connections this chapter describes how to make input and output signal connections to your board via the i/o connector. The i/o connector for the pci-6023 and pci-6024e has 68 pins that you can connect to 68-pin access...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-2 © national instruments corporation figure 4-1. I/o connector pin assignment for the pci-6023e/pci-6024e freq_out gpctr0_out pfi9/gpctr0_gate dgnd pfi6/wftrig pfi5/update* dgnd +5 v dgnd pfi1/trig2 pfi0/trig1 dgnd dgnd +5 v dgnd dio6 ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-2. I/o connector pin assignment for the pci-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 ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-4 © national instruments corporation table 4-1 shows the i/o connector signal descriptions for the pci-6023e, pci-6024e, and pci-6025e. Table 4-1. I/o connector signal descriptions signal name reference direction description aignd — — ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-5 pci-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 switc...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-6 © national instruments corporation 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 ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-7 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual table 4-2 shows the i/o signal summary for the pci-6023e, pci-6024e, and pci-6025e. Table 4-2. I/o signal summary signal name signal type and direction impedance input/ output protection (volts) on/...

  • Page 37: Analog Input Signal Overview

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-8 © national instruments corporation analog input signal overview the analog input signals for these boards are ach, asense, and aignd. Connection of these analog input signals to your board depends on the type of input signal source a...

  • Page 38: Floating Signal Sources

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

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-10 © national instruments corporation 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 differential mode, sign...

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

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-12 © national instruments corporation 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 buildin...

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

  • Page 43: Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-14 © national instruments corporation differential connections for ground-referenced signal sources figure 4-5 shows how to connect a ground-referenced signal source to a channel on the board configured in diff input mode. Figure 4-5. ...

  • Page 44: Floating Signal Sources

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-15 pci-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 i...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-16 © national instruments corporation of the pgia and connect the negative side of the signal to aignd as well as to the negative input of the pgia, without any resistors at all. This connection works well for dc-coupled sources with l...

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

  • Page 47: Sources (Rse Configuration)

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-18 © national instruments corporation 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 inpu...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-19 pci-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...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-20 © national instruments corporation analog output signal connections ♦ pci-6024e and pci-6025e the analog output signals are dac0out, dac1out, and aognd. Dac0out and dac1out are not available on the pci-6023e. Dac0out is the voltage ...

  • Page 50: All Boards

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-21 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual digital i/o signal connections all boards all boards have digital i/o signals dio and dgnd. Dio are the signals making up the dio port, and dgnd is the ground reference signal for the dio port. You...

  • Page 51: Pci-6025E Only

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-22 © national instruments corporation switch shown in the figure. Digital output applications include sending ttl signals and driving external devices such as the led shown in the figure. Pci-6025e only the pci-6025e board uses an 82c5...

  • Page 52: Port C Pin Assignments

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-23 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual in figure 4-11, port a of one ppi is configured for digital output, and port b is configured for digital input. Digital input applications include receiving ttl signals and sensing external device ...

  • Page 53: Digital I/o Power-Up State

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-24 © national instruments corporation digital i/o power-up state ♦ (pci-6025e only) the pci-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 i...

  • Page 54: Timing Specifications

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-25 pci-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 * r l ⇒ r l = v/i, where: v = 0.4 v ; voltag...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-26 © national instruments corporation 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 ...

  • Page 56: Mode 1 Input Timing

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

  • Page 57: Mode 1 Output Timing

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-28 © national instruments corporation mode 1 output timing timing specifications for an output transfer in mode 1 are as follows: figure 4-14. Timing specifications for mode 1 output transfer name description minimum maximum t1 wr* = 0...

  • Page 58: Mode 2 Bidirectional Timing

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

  • Page 59: Power Connections

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-30 © national instruments corporation power connections two pins on the i/0 connector supply +5 v from the computer power supply via a self-resetting fuse. The fuse will reset automatically within a few seconds after the overcurrent co...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-31 pci-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...

  • Page 61: Daq Timing Connections

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-32 © national instruments corporation will depend upon the particular timing signal being controlled. The detection requirements for each timing signal are listed within the section that discusses that individual signal. In edge-detect...

  • Page 62: Scanclk Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-33 pci-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 conversi...

  • Page 63: Trig1 Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-34 © national instruments corporation 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 r...

  • Page 64: Trig2 Signal

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

  • Page 65: Startscan Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-36 © national instruments corporation 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...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-37 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual startscan will be deasserted t off after the last conversion in the scan is initiated. This output is set to tri-state at startup. Figures 4-25 and 4-26 show the input and output timing requirement...

  • Page 67: Convert* Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-38 © national instruments corporation a counter on your board 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 sam...

  • Page 68: Aigate Signal

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

  • Page 69: Sisource Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-40 © national instruments corporation 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...

  • Page 70: Update* Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-41 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual externally triggered by another pfi. The output is an active high pulse with a pulse width of 50 to 100 ns. This output is set to tri-state at startup. Figures 4-30 and 4-31 show the input and outp...

  • Page 71: Uisource Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-42 © national instruments corporation figures 4-32 and 4-33 show the input and output timing requirements for the update* signal. Figure 4-32. Update* input signal timing figure 4-33. Update* output signal timing the dacs are updated w...

  • Page 72: Gpctr0_Source Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-43 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-34. Uisource signal timing the maximum allowed frequency is 20 mhz, with a minimum pulse width of 23 ns high or low. There is no minimum frequency limitation. Either the 20 mhz or 100 khz ...

  • Page 73: Gpctr0_Gate Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-44 © national instruments corporation 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 frequency limitation. The 20 mhz or 100 khz ti...

  • Page 74: Gpctr0_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-45 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure 4-36 shows the timing requirements for the gpctr0_gate signal. Figure 4-36. Gpctr0_gate signal timing in edge-detection mode gpctr0_out signal this signal is available only as an output on t...

  • Page 75: Gpctr1_Source Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-46 © national instruments corporation 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...

  • Page 76: Gpctr1_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-47 pci-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 being externally generated by another pfi. This output ...

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    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-48 © national instruments corporation 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 board. Figu...

  • Page 78: Freq_Out Signal

    Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-49 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual arrangement results in an uncertainty of one source clock period with respect to unsynchronized gating sources. The out output timing parameters are referenced to the signal at the source input or ...

  • Page 79

    Chapter 4 signal connections pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 4-50 © national instruments corporation the following recommendations apply for all signal connections to your board: • separate board signal lines from high-current or high-voltage lines. These lines can induce currents in or voltages o...

  • Page 80: Calibration

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

  • Page 81: Self-Calibration

    Chapter 5 calibration pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual 5-2 © national instruments corporation vary with time and temperature. It is better to self-calibrate when the board is installed in the environment in which it will be used. Self-calibration your board can measure and correct for almost all of...

  • Page 82: Other Considerations

    Chapter 5 calibration © national instruments corporation 5-3 pci-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...

  • Page 83: Specifications

    © national instruments corporation a-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a specifications this appendix lists the specifications of pci-6023e, pci-6024e, and pci-6025e boards. These specifications are typical at 25° c unless otherwise noted. Analog input input characteristics number of channels .......

  • Page 84: Accuracy Information

    Appendix a specifications pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-2 © national instruments corporation overvoltage protection fifo buffer size......................................512 s data transfers ..........................................Dma, interrupts, programmed i/o dma modes ......................

  • Page 85: Transfer Characteristics

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

  • Page 86: Dynamic Characteristics

    Appendix a specifications pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-4 © national instruments corporation dynamic characteristics bandwidth settling time for full scale step ...............5 µ s max to ±1.0 lsb accuracy system noise (lsbrms, not including quantization) crosstalk ..............................

  • Page 87: Accuracy Information

    Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual type of dac.......................................... Double buffered, multiplying fifo buffer size .................................... None data transfers ......................................... Dm...

  • Page 88: Voltage Output

    Appendix a specifications pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-6 © national instruments corporation voltage output range ......................................................± 10 v output coupling ......................................Dc output impedance...................................0.1 Ω max c...

  • Page 89: Dio

    Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-7 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual dio digital logic levels power-on state ........................................ Input (high-z), 50 k Ω pull up to + 5v dc data transfers ......................................... Programmed i/o pa,pb,...

  • Page 90: Timing I/o

    Appendix a specifications pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual a-8 © national instruments corporation pb .................................................Input (high-z), 100 k Ω pull up to + 5v dc pc .................................................Input (high-z), 100 k Ω pull up to + 5v dc data transf...

  • Page 91: Rtsi

    Appendix a specifications © national instruments corporation a-9 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual pulse width ............................................. 10 ns min rtsi trigger lines ........................................... 7 calibration interval ..................................................

  • Page 92: Custom Cabling and Optional

    © national instruments corporation b-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b custom cabling and optional connectors this appendix describes the various cabling and connector options for the boards. Custom cabling national instruments offers cables and accessories for you to prototype your application ...

  • Page 93: Optional Connectors

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-2 © national instruments corporation ♦ pci-6025e amp 100-position idc male connector (part number 1-750913-9) amp backshell, 0.50 max o.D. Cable (part number 749081-1) amp backshell, 0.55 max o.D. Cable, (part numb...

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    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors © national instruments corporation b-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure b-1. 68-pin e series connector pin assignments freq_out gpctr0_out pfi9/gpctr0_gate dgnd pfi6/wftrig pfi5/update* dgnd +5 v dgnd pfi1/trig2 pfi0/trig1 dgnd dgnd +5 v dgnd...

  • Page 95

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-4 © national instruments corporation figure b-2 shows the pin assignments for the 68-pin extended digital input connector. This is the other 68-pin connector available when you use the sh1006868 cable assembly with...

  • Page 96

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors © national instruments corporation b-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual figure b-3 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin e series connector. This connector is available when you use the sh6850 or r6850 cable assemblies with the pci-6023e and pci-...

  • Page 97

    Appendix b custom cabling and optional connectors pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual b-6 © national instruments corporation figure b-4 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin extended digital input connector. This is the other 50-pin connector available when you use the r1005050 cable assembly with ...

  • Page 98: Common Questions

    © national instruments corporation c-1 pci-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 board. General information what is the daq-stc? The daq-stc is the system timing cont...

  • Page 99: Analog Input and Output

    Appendix c common questions pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual c-2 © national instruments corporation installation and configuration how do i set the base address for a my board? The base address of your board is assigned automatically through the pci bus protocol. This assignment is completely trans...

  • Page 100: Timing and Digital I/o

    Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual can i synchronize a one-channel analog input data acquisition with a one-channel analog output waveform generation on my pci e series board? Yes. One way to accomplish this is to use the waveform gen...

  • Page 101

    Appendix c common questions pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual c-4 © national instruments corporation are 24-bit counters (unlike the 16-bit counters on boards 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...

  • Page 102

    Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual may have pull-up or pull-down resistors connected to them as shown in table 4-2. These resistors weakly pull the output to either a logic high or logic low state. For example, dio(0) will be in the h...

  • Page 103: Customer Communication

    © national instruments corporation d-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual d customer communication for your convenience, this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve your technical problems and a form you can use to comment on the product documentation. W...

  • Page 104: Fax-On-Demand Support

    Pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual d-2 © national instruments corporation fax-on-demand support fax-on-demand is a 24-hour information retrieval system containing a library of documents on a wide range of technical information. You can access fax-on-demand from a touch-tone telephone at 512 418 1111....

  • Page 105: Technical Support Form

    Technical support form photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware, and use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting national instruments for technical support helps ...

  • Page 106: Configuration Form

    Pci-6023e/6024e/6025e hardware and software configuration form record the settings and revisions of your hardware and software on the line to the right of each item. Complete a new copy of this form each time you revise your software or hardware configuration, and use this form as a reference for yo...

  • Page 107: Documentation Comment Form

    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: pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual edition date: october 1998 part number: 322072a-01 please comment...

  • Page 108: Glossary

    © national instruments corporation g-1 pci-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 % percent + positive of, or plus – negative of, or minus / p...

  • Page 109

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-2 © national instruments corporation 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 resolution of the adc, which is measured i...

  • Page 110

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual base address a memory address that serves as the starting address for programmable registers. All other addresses are located by adding to the base address. Bios basic input/output system—bios functions are the fundame...

  • Page 111

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-4 © national instruments corporation common-mode range the input range over which a circuit can handle a common-mode signal common-mode signal the mathematical average voltage, relative to the computer’s ground, of the signals from a differential input co...

  • Page 112

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual db decibel—the unit for expressing a logarithmic measure of the ratio of two signal levels: db=20log10 v1/v2, for signals in volts dc direct current dc coupled allowing the transmission of both ac and dc signals dgnd d...

  • Page 113

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-6 © national instruments corporation extstrobe external strobe signal f fifo first-in first-out memory buffer—the first data stored is the first data sent to the acceptor. Fifos are often used on daq devices to temporarily store incoming or outgoing data ...

  • Page 114

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-7 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual gpctr0_out general purpose counter 0 output signal gpctr0_source general purpose counter 0 clock source signal gpctr0_up_down general purpose counter 0 up down gpctr1_gate general purpose counter 1 gate signal gpctr1_o...

  • Page 115

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-8 © national instruments corporation input bias current the current that flows into the inputs of a circuit input impedance the resistance and capacitance between the input terminals of a circuit input offset current the difference in the input bias curre...

  • Page 116

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-9 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual l labview laboratory virtual instrument engineering workbench led light-emitting diode library a file containing compiled object modules, each comprised of one of more functions, that can be linked to other object modu...

  • Page 117

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-10 © national instruments corporation 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, computers, electrical storms, we...

  • Page 118

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-11 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual pfi0/trig1 pfi0/trigger 1 pfi1/trig2 pfi1/trigger 2 pfi2/convert* pfi2/convert pfi3/gpctr1_ source pfi3/general purpose counter 1 source pfi4/gpctr1_gate pfi4/general purpose counter 1 gate pfi5/update* pfi5/update pf...

  • Page 119

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-12 © national instruments corporation pulse trains multiple pulses pulsed output a form of counter signal generation by which a pulse is outputted when a counter reaches a certain value q quantization error the inherent uncertainty in digitizing an analog...

  • Page 120

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-13 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual rtsi bus real-time system integration bus—the national instruments timing bus that connects daq boards directly, by means of connectors on top of the boards, for precise synchronization of functions s s seconds s samp...

  • Page 121

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-14 © national instruments corporation shannon sampling theorem a law of sampling theory stating that if a continuous bandwidth-limited signal contains no frequency components higher than half the frequency at which it is sampled, then the original signal ...

  • Page 122

    Glossary © national instruments corporation g-15 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual t tc terminal count—the highest value of a counter t/h track-and-hold—a circuit that tracks an analog voltage and holds the value on command thd total harmonic distortion—the ratio of the total rms signal due to harmo...

  • Page 123

    Glossary pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual g-16 © national instruments corporation v v volts v dc volts direct current vi virtual instrument—(1) a combination of hardware and/or software elements, typically used with a pc, that has the functionality of a classic stand-alone instrument (2) a labview ...

  • Page 124: Index

    © national instruments corporation i-1 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual index numbers +5 v signal analog i/o pin assignments (table), 4-4 description (table), 4-4 self-resetting fuse, c-1 82c55a programmable peripheral interface, 3-6 a ach signal description (table), 4-4 signal summary (table), 4-7...

  • Page 125

    Index pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-2 © national instruments corporation aognd signal description (table), 4-4 signal summary (table), 4-7 b bipolar input, 3-2 block diagram, 3-1 bulletin board support, d-1 c cables. See also i/o connectors. Custom cabling, b-1 to b-2 field wiring consideratio...

  • Page 126

    Index © national instruments corporation i-3 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual digital i/o 82c55a programmable peripheral interface for pci-6025e, 3-6 changing dio power-up state to pulled low, 4-24 to 4-25 common questions, c-3 to c-5 overview, 3-6 signal connections, 4-21 to 4-23 digital i/o speci...

  • Page 127

    Index pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-4 © national instruments corporation description (table), 4-5 general-purpose timing signal connections, 4-47 signal summary (table), 4-8 gpctr1_up_down signal, 4-47 to 4-49 ground-referenced signal sources description, 4-9 differential connections, 4-14 sin...

  • Page 128

    Index © national instruments corporation i-5 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual n ni-daq driver software, 1-3 to 1-4 noise, environmental, 4-49 to 4-50 nrse (nonreferenced single-ended) mode configuration, 4-10 description (table), 3-2 differential connections, 4-15 to 4-16 recommended configuration ...

  • Page 129

    Index pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-6 © national instruments corporation pfis (programmable function inputs) common questions, c-4 to c-5 signal routing, 3-7 to 3-8 timing connections, 4-31 to 4-32 pgia (programmable gain instrumentation amplifier) analog input modes, 4-10 to 4-11 differential...

  • Page 130

    Index © national instruments corporation i-7 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual summary of input connections (table), 4-12 types of signal sources, 4-8 to 4-9 analog output, 4-20 digital i/o, 4-21 to 4-23 all boards, 4-21 to 4-22 pci-6025e only, 4-22 to 4-23 power-up state, 4-24 to 4-25 field wiring ...

  • Page 131

    Index pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual i-8 © national instruments corporation pa, pb, pc, a-7 to a-8 operating environment, a-9 physical, a-9 power requirement, a-9 storage environment, a-9 timing i/o, a-8 triggers, a-8 to a-9 digital trigger, a-8 to a-9 rtsi trigger, a-9 startscan signal, 4-36 to ...

  • Page 132

    Index © national instruments corporation i-9 pci-6023e/6024e/6025e user manual v vcc signal (table), 4-7 virtualbench software, 1-3 voltage output specifications, a-6 w waveform generation, questions about, c-2 to c-3 waveform generation timing connections, 4-40 to 4-43 uisource signal, 4-42 to 4-43...