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National Instruments DAQ PCI E Series User Manual - Hardware Overview
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National Instruments Corporation
3-1
Chapter
3
Hardware Overview
This chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on your
PCI E Series board.
Figure 3-1 shows a block diagram for the PCI-MIO-16E-1,
PCI-MIO-16E-4, and the PCI-6071E.
Figure 3-1.
PCI-MIO-16E-1, PCI-MIO-16E-4 and PCI-6071E Block Diagram
Timing
PFI / Trigger
I/O Connector
3
RTSI Bus
PCI Bus
Digital I/O (8)
12-Bit
Sampling
A/D
Converter
EEPROM
Configuration
Memory
+
NI-PGIA
Gain
Amplifier
–
Calibration
Mux
Mux Mode
Selection
Switches
Analog
Muxes
Voltage
REF
Calibration
DACs
Dither
Circuitry
Trigger
Analog
Trigger
Circuitry
2
Trigger Level
DACs
6
Calibration
DACs
DAC0
DAC1
DAQ - STC
Analog Input
Timing/Control
Analog Output
Timing/Control
Digital I/O
Trigger
Counter/
Timing I/O
RTSI Bus
Interface
DMA/
Interrupt
Request
Bus
Interface
(8)*
(8)*
DAC
FIFO
Data (16)
AI Control
Address/Data
Control
Data (16)
Analog
Input
Control
EEPROM
Control
DMA
Interface
MIO
Interface
DAQ-STC
Bus
Interface
Analog
Output
Control
I/O
Bus
Interface
MITE
Generic
Bus
Interface
PCI
Bus
Interface
IRQ
DMA
AO Control
ADC
FIFO
Address (5)
* (32) for the PCI-6071E
Summary of DAQ PCI E Series
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Pci e series user manual multifunction i/o boards for pci bus computers january 1999 edition part number 320945d-01 © copyright 1995, 1999 national instruments corporation. All rights reserved..
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Page 3: Important Information
Important information warranty the pci e series 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 equipment that proves to ...
Page 4: Table of
© national instruments corporation v pci e series user manual table of contents about this manual organization of this manual ........................................................................................ Xi conventions used in this manual......................................................
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Table of contents pci e series user manual vi © national instruments corporation analog output .............................................................................................................. 3-12 analog output reference selection...........................................................
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Table of contents © national instruments corporation vii pci e series user manual convert* signal.......................................................................... 4-34 aigate signal................................................................................ 4-36 sisource signal ...........
Page 7: Glossary
Table of contents pci e series user manual viii © national instruments corporation glossary index figures figure 1-1. The relationship between the programming environment, ni-daq, and your hardware ............................................................... 1-4 figure 3-1. Pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio...
Page 8: Tables
Table of contents © national instruments corporation ix pci e series user manual figure 4-18. Trig2 input signal timing................................................................... 4-32 figure 4-19. Trig2 output signal timing ................................................................ 4-3...
Page 9: About
© national instruments corporation xi pci e series user manual about this manual this manual describes the electrical and mechanical aspects of each board in the pci e series product line and contains information concerning their operation and programming. Unless otherwise noted, text applies to all...
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About this manual pci e series user manual xii © national instruments corporation • chapter 4, signal connections, describes how to make input and output signal connections to your pci e series board via the board i/o connector. • chapter 5, calibration, discusses the calibration procedures for your...
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About this manual © national instruments corporation xiii pci e series user manual bold bold text denotes the names of menus, menu items, parameters, dialog boxes, dialog box buttons or options, icons, windows, windows 95 tabs, or leds. Bold italic bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warnin...
Page 12: Related Documentation
About this manual pci e series user manual xiv © national instruments corporation connections and module configuration. They also explain in greater detail how the module works and contain application hints. • your daq hardware documentation—this documentation has detailed information about the daq ...
Page 13: Customer Communication
About this manual © national instruments corporation xv pci e series user manual measure, or virtualbench software is easier than the low-level programming described in the register-level programmer manual. Customer communication national instruments wants to receive your comments on our products an...
Page 15: Chapter
© national instruments corporation 1-1 pci e series user manual chapter 1 introduction this chapter describes the pci e series boards, lists what you need to get started, describes the optional software and optional equipment, and explains how to unpack your pci e series board. About the pci e serie...
Page 16: What You Need to Get Started
Chapter 1 introduction pci e series user manual 1-2 © national instruments corporation a ribbon cable to route timing and trigger signals between several functions on as many as five daq boards in your computer. The pci e series boards can interface to an scxi system so that you can acquire over 3,0...
Page 17: Ni-Daq Driver Software
Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-3 pci e series user manual national instruments application software componentworks contains tools for data acquisition and instrument control built on ni-daq driver software. Componentworks provides a higher-level programming interface for...
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Chapter 1 introduction pci e series user manual 1-4 © national instruments corporation rtsi, self-calibration, messaging, and acquiring data to extended memory. Ni-daq has both high-level daq i/o functions for maximum ease of use and low-level daq i/o functions for maximum flexibility and performanc...
Page 19: Register-Level Programming
Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-5 pci e series user manual register-level programming the final option for programming any national instruments daq hardware is to write register-level software. Writing register-level programming software can be very time-consuming and ine...
Page 20: Custom Cabling
Chapter 1 introduction pci e series user manual 1-6 © national instruments corporation custom cabling national instruments offers cables and accessories for you to prototype your application or to use if you frequently change board interconnections. If you want to develop your own cable, however, th...
Page 21: Unpacking
Chapter 1 introduction © national instruments corporation 1-7 pci e series user manual unpacking your pci e series board is shipped in an antistatic package to prevent electrostatic damage to the board. Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on the board. To avoid such damage in handl...
Page 22: Chapter
© national instruments corporation 2-1 pci e series user manual chapter 2 installation and configuration this chapter explains how to install and configure your pci e series board. Software installation install your software before you install your pci e series board. Refer to the appropriate releas...
Page 23: Board Configuration
Chapter 2 installation and configuration pci e series user manual 2-2 © national instruments corporation 3. Remove the top cover or access port to the i/o channel. 4. Remove the expansion slot cover on the back panel of the computer. 5. Insert the pci e series board into a 5 v pci slot. Gently rock ...
Page 24: Chapter
© national instruments corporation 3-1 pci e series user manual chapter 3 hardware overview this chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on your pci e series board. Figure 3-1 shows a block diagram for the pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and the pci-6071e. Figure 3-1. Pci-mio-16e-1, pci...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-2 © national instruments corporation figure 3-2 shows a block diagram for the pci-mio-16xe-10 and pci-6031e. Figure 3-2. Pci-mio-16xe-10 and pci-6031e block diagram timing pfi / trigger i/o connector 3 2 2 rtsi bus digital i/o (8) 16-bit samplin...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-3 pci e series user manual figure 3-3 shows a block diagram for the pci-6032e and pci-6033e. Figure 3-3. Pci-6032e and pci-6033e block diagram irq dma pci bus eeprom address/data control analog input control eeprom control dma interfac...
Page 27: Analog Input
Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-4 © national instruments corporation figure 3-4 shows a block diagram for the pci-mio-16xe-50. Figure 3-4. Pci-mio-16xe-50 block diagram analog input the analog input section of each pci e series board is software configurable. You can select di...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-5 pci e series user manual configuration provides up to 8 channels (32 channels on the pci-6031e, pci-6033e, and the pci-6071e). Input modes are programmed on a per channel basis for multimode scanning. For example, you can configure t...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-6 © national instruments corporation you can program polarity and range settings on a per channel basis so that you can configure each input channel uniquely. The software-programmable gain on these boards increases their overall flexibility by ...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-7 pci e series user manual ♦ pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-mio-16xe-50, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e these boards have two input polarities—unipolar and bipolar. Unipolar input means that the input voltage range is between 0 and v ref , ...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-8 © national instruments corporation table 3-3 shows the overall input range and precision according to the input range configuration and gain used. Considerations for selecting input ranges which input polarity and range you select depends on t...
Page 32: Dither
Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-9 pci e series user manual dither when you enable dither, you add approximately 0.5 lsbrms of white gaussian noise to the signal to be converted by the adc. This addition is useful for applications involving averaging to increase the r...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-10 © national instruments corporation figure 3-5. Dither you cannot disable dither on the pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-mio-16xe-50, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, or pci-6033e. This is because the adc resolution is so fine that the adc and the pgia inherently pr...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-11 pci e series user manual between channels as long as the gain is constant and source impedances are low. Refer to appendix a, specifications, for a complete listing of settling times for each of the pci e series boards. When scannin...
Page 35: Analog Output
Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-12 © national instruments corporation analog output ♦ pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e these boards supply two channels of analog output voltage at the i/o connector. The reference and range for the analog output circuitry is software...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-13 pci e series user manual selecting a bipolar range for a particular dac means that any data written to that dac will be interpreted as two’s complement format. In two’s complement mode, data values written to the analog output chann...
Page 37: Analog Trigger
Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-14 © national instruments corporation analog trigger ♦ pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, pci-6033e, and pci-6071e in addition to supporting internal software triggering and external digital triggering to initia...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-15 pci e series user manual there are five analog triggering modes available, as shown in figures 3-7 through 3-11. You can set lowvalue and highvalue independently in software. In below-low-level analog triggering mode, the trigger is...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-16 © national instruments corporation in inside-region analog triggering mode, the trigger is generated when the signal value is between the lowvalue and the highvalue. Figure 3-9. Inside-region analog triggering mode in high-hysteresis analog t...
Page 40: Digital I/o
Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-17 pci e series user manual figure 3-11. Low-hysteresis analog triggering mode the analog trigger circuit generates an internal digital trigger based on the analog input signal and the user-defined trigger levels. This digital trigger ...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-18 © national instruments corporation to enable the pci e series board to both control and be controlled by other boards and circuits. There are a total of 13 timing signals internal to the daq-stc that can be controlled by an external source. T...
Page 42: Programmable Function Inputs
Chapter 3 hardware overview © national instruments corporation 3-19 pci e series user manual programmable function inputs the 10 pfis are connected to the signal routing multiplexer for each timing signal, and software can select one of the pfis as the external source for a given timing signal. It i...
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Chapter 3 hardware overview pci e series user manual 3-20 © national instruments corporation figure 3-13. Rtsi bus signal connection refer to the timing connections section of chapter 4, signal connections, for a description of the signals shown in figure 3-13. Rtsi bus connector switch rtsi switch ...
Page 44: Chapter
© national instruments corporation 4-1 pci e series user manual chapter 4 signal connections this chapter describes how to make input and output signal connections to your pci e series board via the board i/o connector. The i/o connector for the pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-mio...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-2 © national instruments corporation figure 4-1. I/o connector pin assignment for the pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, pci-mio-16xe-50, pci-mio-16xe-10, and pci-6032e freq_out gpctr0_out pfi9/gpctr0_gate dgnd pfi6/wftrig pfi5/update* dgnd +5 v dgn...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-3 pci e series user manual figure 4-2. I/o connector pin assignment for the pci-6071e, 6031e, and 6033e 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 ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-4 © national instruments corporation i/o connector signal descriptions signal name reference direction description aignd — — analog input ground—these pins are the reference point for single-ended measurements in rse configuration and the bias ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-5 pci e series user manual dio dgnd input or output digital i/o signals—dio6 and 7 can control the up/down signal of general-purpose counters 0 and 1, respectively. +5 v dgnd output +5 vdc source—these pins are fused for up to 1 a of ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-6 © national instruments corporation pfi4/gpctr1_gate dgnd input output pfi4/counter 1 gate—as an input, this is one of the pfis. As an output, this is the gpctr1_gate signal. This signal reflects the actual gate signal connected to the general...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-7 pci e series user manual table 4-1 shows the i/o signal summary for the pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e. Table 4-1. I/o signal summary, pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e signal name signal type and direction im...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-8 © national instruments corporation table 4-2 shows the i/o signal summary for the pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e. Pfi3/gpctr1_source dio — v cc +0.5 3.5 at (v cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu pfi4/gpctr1_gate dio — v cc +...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-9 pci e series user manual aignd ao — — — — — — dac0out 1 ao 0.1 Ω short-circuit to ground 5 at 10 5 at -10 5 v/ µs — dac1out 1 ao 0.1 Ω short-circuit to ground 5 at 10 5 at -10 5 v/ µs — aognd ao — — — — — — dgnd do — — — — — — vcc d...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-10 © national instruments corporation table 4-3 shows the i/o signal summary for the pci-mio-16xe-50. Gpctr0_out do — — 3.5 at (v cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu freq_out do — — 3.5 at (v cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu ai = analog input dio = ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-11 pci e series user manual dio dio — v cc +0.5 13 at (v cc -0.4) 24 at 0.4 1.1 50 k Ω pu scanclk do — — 3.5 at (v cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu extstrobe* do — — 3.5 at (v cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu pfi0/trig1 dio — v cc +0.5 ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-12 © national instruments corporation analog input signal connections ♦ pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, pci-mio-16xe-50, pci-mio-16xe-10, and pci-6032e the analog input signals for the pci e series boards are ach, aisense, and aignd. The ach sign...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-13 pci e series user manual type of input signal source. With the different configurations, you can use the pgia in different ways. Figure 4-3 shows a diagram of your pci e series board pgia. Figure 4-3. Pci e series pgia the pgia app...
Page 57: Types of Signal Sources
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-14 © national instruments corporation types of signal sources when configuring the input channels and making signal connections, you must first determine whether the signal sources are floating or ground-referenced. The following sections descr...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-15 pci e series user manual figure 4-4 summarizes the recommended input configuration for both types of signal sources. Figure 4-4. Summary of analog input connections input differential (diff) single-ended — ground referenced (rse) s...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-16 © national instruments corporation differential connection considerations (diff input configuration) a differential connection is one in which the pci e series board analog input signal has its own reference signal or signal return path. The...
Page 60: Signal Sources
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-17 pci e series user manual differential connections for ground-referenced signal sources figure 4-5 shows how to connect a ground-referenced signal source to a channel on the pci e series board configured in diff input mode. Figure 4...
Page 61: Floating Signal Sources
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-18 © national instruments corporation differential connections for nonreferenced or floating signal sources figure 4-6 shows how to connect a floating signal source to a channel on the pci e series board configured in diff input mode. Figure 4-...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-19 pci e series user manual 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 low source impedance (less than 100 Ω ). However, for large...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-20 © national instruments corporation single-ended connection considerations a single-ended connection is one in which the pci e series board analog input signal is referenced to a ground that can be shared with other input signals. The input s...
Page 64: Sources (Rse Configuration)
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-21 pci e series user manual single-ended connections for floating signal sources (rse configuration) figure 4-7 shows how to connect a floating signal source to a channel on the pci e series board configured for rse mode. Figure 4-7. ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-22 © national instruments corporation figure 4-8 shows how to connect a grounded signal source to a channel on the pci e series board configured for nrse mode. Figure 4-8. Single-ended input connections for ground-referenced signals common-mode...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-23 pci e series user manual analog output signal connections the analog output signals are dac0out, dac1out, extref, and aognd. Dac0out and dac1out are not available on the pci-6032e and pci-6033e. Extref is not available on the pci-m...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-24 © national instruments corporation figure 4-9 shows how to make analog output connections and the external reference input connection to your pci e series board. Figure 4-9. Analog output connections the external reference signal can be eith...
Page 68
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-25 pci e series user manual figure 4-10 shows signal connections for three typical digital i/o applications. Figure 4-10. Digital i/o connections figure 4-10 shows dio configured for digital input and dio configured for digital output...
Page 69: Power Connections
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-26 © 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 condition i...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-27 pci e series user manual all digital timing connections are referenced to dgnd. This reference is demonstrated in figure 4-11, which shows how to connect an external trig1 source and an external convert* source to two pci e series ...
Page 71: Daq Timing Connections
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-28 © national instruments corporation for the pfi2/convert* pin. Be careful not to drive a pfi signal externally when it is configured as an output. As an input, you can individually configure each pfi for edge or level detection and for polari...
Page 72: Scanclk Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-29 pci e series user manual figure 4-13. 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 begins...
Page 73: Trig1 Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-30 © national instruments corporation figure 4-15 shows the timing for the hardware-strobe mode extstrobe* signal. Figure 4-15. Extstrobe* signal timing trig1 signal any pfi pin can externally input the trig1 signal, which is available as an ou...
Page 74: Trig2 Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-31 pci e series user manual figures 4-16 and 4-17 show the input and output timing requirements for the trig1 signal. Figure 4-16. Trig1 input signal timing figure 4-17. Trig1 output signal timing the board also uses the trig1 signal ...
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Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-32 © national instruments corporation of scans before trig2 can be recognized. After the scan counter decrements to zero, it is loaded with the number of posttrigger scans to acquire while the acquisition continues. The board ignores the trig2 ...
Page 76: Startscan Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-33 pci e series user manual startscan signal any pfi pin can externally input the startscan signal, which is available as an output on the pfi7/startscan pin. Refer to figures 4-12 and 4-13 for the relationship of startscan to the daq...
Page 77: Convert* Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-34 © national instruments corporation figure 4-21. Startscan output signal timing the convert* pulses are masked off until the board generates the startscan signal. If you are using internally generated conversions, the first convert* appears w...
Page 78
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-35 pci e series user manual refer to figures 4-12 and 4-13 for the relationship of startscan to the daq sequence. As an input, the convert* signal is configured in the edge-detection mode. You can select any pfi pin as the source for ...
Page 79: Aigate Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-36 © national instruments corporation the sample interval counter on the pci e series board normally generates the convert* signal unless you select some external source. The counter is started by the startscan signal and continues to count dow...
Page 80: Wftrig Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-37 pci e series user manual 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 internal timebase generates the sisource sign...
Page 81: Update* Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-38 © national instruments corporation figures 4-25 and 4-26 show the input and output timing requirements for the wftrig signal. Figure 4-25. Wftrig input signal timing figure 4-26. Wftrig output signal timing update* signal any pfi pin can ext...
Page 82: Uisource Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-39 pci e series user manual figures 4-27 and 4-28 show the input and output timing requirements for the update* signal. Figure 4-27. Update* input signal timing figure 4-28. Update* output signal timing the dacs are updated within 100...
Page 83: Gpctr0_Source Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-40 © national instruments corporation figure 4-29. 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 internal ...
Page 84: Gpctr0_Gate Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-41 pci e series user manual figure 4-30 shows the timing requirements for the gpctr0_source signal. Figure 4-30. Gpctr0_source signal timing the maximum allowed frequency is 20 mhz, with a minimum pulse width of 23 ns high or low. The...
Page 85: Gpctr0_Out Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-42 © national instruments corporation figure 4-31 shows the timing requirements for the gpctr0_gate signal. Figure 4-31. Gpctr0_gate signal timing in edge-detection mode gpctr0_out signal this signal is available only as an output on the gpctr0...
Page 86: Gpctr1_Source Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-43 pci e series user manual 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...
Page 87: Gpctr1_Out Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-44 © national instruments corporation actions as starting and stopping the counter, generating interrupts, saving the counter contents, and so on. As an output, the gpctr1_gate signal monitors the actual gate signal connected to general-purpose...
Page 88: Gpctr1_Up_Down Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-45 pci e series user manual gpctr1_up_down signal this signal can be externally input on the dio7 pin and is not available as an output on the i/o connector. General-purpose counter 1 counts down when this pin is at a logic low and co...
Page 89: Freq_Out Signal
Chapter 4 signal connections pci e series user manual 4-46 © national instruments corporation low) for at least 10 ns before the rising or falling edge of a source signal for the gate to take effect at that source edge, as shown by t gsu and t gh in figure 4-36. The gate signal is not required to be...
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Chapter 4 signal connections © national instruments corporation 4-47 pci e series user manual point to the signal source ground. This kind of connection is required for signals traveling through areas with large magnetic fields or high electromagnetic interference. • route signals to the board caref...
Page 91: Chapter
© national instruments corporation 5-1 pci e series user manual chapter 5 calibration this chapter discusses the calibration procedures for your pci e series board. If you are using the ni-daq device driver, that software includes calibration functions for performing all of the steps in the calibrat...
Page 92: Self-Calibration
Chapter 5 calibration pci e series user manual 5-2 © national instruments corporation this method of calibration is not very accurate because it does not take into account the fact that the board measurement and output voltage errors can vary with time and temperature. It is better to self-calibrate...
Page 93: Other Considerations
Chapter 5 calibration © national instruments corporation 5-3 pci e series user manual than the board itself. For example, to calibrate a 16-bit board, the external reference should be at least ±0.001% (±10 ppm) accurate. Other considerations the caldacs adjust the gain error of each analog output ch...
Page 94: Appendix
© national instruments corporation a-1 pci e series user manual appendix a specifications this appendix lists the specifications of each pci e series board. These specifications are typical at 25° c unless otherwise noted. Pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e analog input input characteristic...
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Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-2 © national instruments corporation input signal ranges input coupling .................................... Dc max working voltage (signal and common mode).......... Each input should remain within ...
Page 96: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e © national instruments corporation a-3 pci e series user manual dma modes .......................................Scatter-gather configuration memory size .................512 words transfer characteristics relative accuracy .....
Page 97: Dynamic Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-4 © national instruments corporation cmrr, all input ranges, dc to 60 hz dynamic characteristics bandwidth settling time to full-scale step gain cmrr pci-mio-16e-1 pci-6071e pci-mio-16e-4 0.5 95 db 9...
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Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e © national instruments corporation a-5 pci e series user manual system noise (lsbrms, not including quantization) crosstalk .............................................–80 db, dc to 100 khz pci-mio-16e-4 all 4 µs typ, 8 µs ma...
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Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-6 © national instruments corporation stability offset temperature coefficient pregain ........................................ ±5 µv/°c postgain ....................................... ±240 µv/°c gai...
Page 100: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e © national instruments corporation a-7 pci e series user manual transfer characteristics relative accuracy (inl) after calibration ...........................±0.3 lsb typ, ±0.5 lsb max before calibration..........................
Page 101: Dynamic Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-8 © national instruments corporation overvoltage protection ................ ±25 v powered on, ±15 v powered off input impedance .......................... 10 k Ω bandwidth (–3 db) .....................
Page 102: Timing I/o
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e © national instruments corporation a-9 pci e series user manual digital logic levels power-on state ....................................Input (high-z) data transfers ......................................Programmed i/o timing ...
Page 103: Triggers
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-10 © national instruments corporation min gate pulse duration ..................... 10 ns, edge-detect mode data transfers ..................................... Dma, interrupts, programmed i/o dma mo...
Page 104: Digital Trigger
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e © national instruments corporation a-11 pci e series user manual digital trigger compatibility ......................................Ttl response.............................................Rising or falling edge pulse width ....
Page 105: Environment
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e pci e series user manual a-12 © national instruments corporation pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4........................... 68-pin male scsi-ii type pci-6071e ................................... 100-pin female 0.05 d-type environ...
Page 106: Pci-6033E
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e © national instruments corporation a-13 pci e series user manual pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e analog input input characteristics number of channels pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6032e ...16 single-ended...
Page 107: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e pci e series user manual a-14 © national instruments corporation input coupling .................................... Dc max working voltage ......................... Each input should remain within ±11 v of ground ove...
Page 108: Amplifier Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e © national instruments corporation a-15 pci e series user manual amplifier characteristics input impedance normal, powered on .....................100 g Ω in parallel with 100 pf powered off .............................
Page 109: Stability
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e pci e series user manual a-16 © national instruments corporation system noise (including quantization noise) dynamic range ................................... 91.7 db, ±10 v input with gain 1 to 10 crosstalk ............
Page 110: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e © national instruments corporation a-17 pci e series user manual transfer characteristics relative accuracy (inl) ......................±0.5 lsb typ, ±1 lsb max dnl....................................................±...
Page 111: Digital I/o
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e pci e series user manual a-18 © national instruments corporation digital i/o number of channels ........................... 8 input/output compatibility ..................................... Ttl/cmos digital logic lev...
Page 112: Triggers
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e © national instruments corporation a-19 pci e series user manual base clock accuracy ............................±0.01% max source frequency .........................20 mhz min source pulse duration .....................
Page 113: Digital Trigger
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e pci e series user manual a-20 © national instruments corporation accuracy ............................................ ±1% of fullscale range digital trigger compatibility ..................................... Ttl res...
Page 114: Environment
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e © national instruments corporation a-21 pci e series user manual pci-6032e ...................................68-pin male scsi-ii type pci-6031e, pci-6033e ................100-pin female 0.05 d-type environment operat...
Page 115: Pci-Mio-16Xe-50
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 pci e series user manual a-22 © national instruments corporation pci-mio-16xe-50 analog input input characteristics number of channels ........................... 16 single-ended, or 8 differential (software-selectable) type of adc..........................
Page 116: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 © national instruments corporation a-23 pci e series user manual overvoltage protection........................±25 v powered on, ±15 v powered off inputs protected............................Ach, aisense fifo buffer size.....................................
Page 117: Dynamic Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 pci e series user manual a-24 © national instruments corporation input bias current ............................... ±10 na input offset current............................. ±20 na cmrr, dc to 60 hz gain = 1 ...................................... 80 db ga...
Page 118: Transfer Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 © national instruments corporation a-25 pci e series user manual resolution...........................................12 bits, 1 in 4,096 max update rate ..................................20 ks/s type of dac .....................................Double-bu...
Page 119: Dynamic Characteristics
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 pci e series user manual a-26 © national instruments corporation dynamic characteristics settling time to ±0.5 lsb (±0.01%) for full-scale step .............................. 50 µs slew rate ............................................ 2 v/µs noise ........
Page 120: Timing I/o
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 © national instruments corporation a-27 pci e series user manual data transfers ......................................Programmed i/o timing i/o number of channels ............................2 up/down counter/timers, 1 frequency scaler resolution counter...
Page 121: Calibration
Appendix a specifications for pci-mio-16xe-50 pci e series user manual a-28 © national instruments corporation calibration recommended warm-up time.................15 min calibration interval ............................ 1 year external calibration reference ............ >6 and onboard calibration r...
Page 122: Appendix
© national instruments corporation b-1 pci e series user manual appendix b optional cable connector descriptions this appendix describes the connectors on the optional cables for the pci e series boards. Figure b-1 shows the pin assignments for the 68-pin e series connector. This connector is availa...
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Appendix b optional cable connector descriptions pci e series user manual b-2 © national instruments corporation 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 dio6 dio1...
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Appendix b optional cable connector descriptions © national instruments corporation b-3 pci e series user manual figure b-2 shows the pin assignments for the 68-pin extended analog input connector. This is the other 68-pin connector available when you use the sh1006868 cable assembly with the pci-60...
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Appendix b optional cable connector descriptions pci e series user manual b-4 © national instruments corporation 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-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4...
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Appendix b optional cable connector descriptions © national instruments corporation b-5 pci e series user manual figure b-4 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin extended analog input connector. This is the other 50-pin connector available when you use the r1005050 cable assembly with the pci-603...
Page 127: Appendix
© national instruments corporation c-1 pci e series user manual appendix c common questions this appendix contains a list of commonly asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special features of your pci e series board. General information what are the pci e series boards? The pci e s...
Page 128: Analog Input and Output
Appendix c common questions pci e series user manual c-2 © national instruments corporation settling times that vary with gain and accuracy. See appendix a for exact specifications. What type of 5 v protection do the pci e series boards have? The pci e series boards have 5 v lines equipped with a se...
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Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-3 pci e series user manual i’m using the dacs to generate a waveform, but i discovered with a digital oscilloscope that there are glitches on the output signal. Is this normal? When it switches from one voltage to another, any dac prod...
Page 130: Timing and Digital I/o
Appendix c common questions pci e series user manual c-4 © national instruments corporation timing and digital i/o what types of triggering can be hardware-implemented on my pci e series board? Digital triggering is hardware-supported on every pci e series board. In addition, the pci-mio-16e-1, pci-...
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Appendix c common questions © national instruments corporation c-5 pci e series user manual i’m using one of the general-purpose counter/timers on my pci e series board, but i do not see the counter/timer output on the i/o connector. What am i doing wrong? If you are using the ni-daq language interf...
Page 132: Appendix
© national instruments corporation d-1 pci e series user manual appendix 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 133: Telephone and Fax 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. You can submit technical support questions to the applications engineering team through e-ma...
Page 134: 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 135: Form
Pci e series 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 your curren...
Page 136: 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 e series user manual edition date: january 1999 part number: 320945d-01 please comment on the c...
Page 137: Glossary
© national instruments corporation g-1 pci e series user manual glossary symbols/numbers ° degrees > greater than ≥ greater than or equal to less than ≤ less than or equal to / per % percent ± plus or minus + positive of, or plus prefix meaning value p- pico- 10 –12 n- nano- 10 –9 µ- micro- 10 –6 m-...
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Glossary pci e series user manual g-2 © national instruments corporation – negative of, or minus Ω ohms square root of +5 v +5 vdc source signal 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 int...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-3 pci e series user manual b bios basic input/output system—bios functions are the fundamental level of any pc or compatible computer. Bios functions embody the basic operations needed for successful use of the computer’s hardware resources. Bipolar a si...
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Glossary pci e series user manual g-4 © national instruments corporation dac0out analog channel 0 output signal dac1out analog channel 1 output signal daq data acquisition—a system that uses the computer to collect, receive, and generate electrical signals db decibel—the unit for expressing a logari...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-5 pci e series user manual f fifo first-in first-out memory buffer—fifos are often used on daq devices to temporarily store incoming or outgoing data until that data can be read or written. For example, an analog input fifo stores the results of a/d conv...
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Glossary pci e series user manual g-6 © national instruments corporation h h hour hex hexadecimal hz hertz i i/o input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data acquisition and control interfaces i oh current, out...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-7 pci e series user manual n nc normally closed, or not connected ni-daq ni 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...
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Glossary pci e series user manual g-8 © national instruments corporation pfi5/update* pfi5/update pfi6/wftrig pfi6/waveform trigger 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 i...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-9 pci e series user manual scxi signal conditioning extensions for instrumentation—the national instruments product line for conditioning low-level signals within an external chassis near sensors so only high-level signals are sent to daq boards in the n...
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Glossary pci e series user manual g-10 © national instruments corporation t sc source clock period t sp source pulse width ttl transistor-transistor logic u ui update interval uisource update interval counter clock signal unipolar a signal range that is always positive (for example, 0 to +10 v) upda...
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Glossary © national instruments corporation g-11 pci e series user manual w waveform multiple voltage readings taken at a specific sampling rate wftrig waveform generation trigger signal.
Page 148: Index
© national instruments corporation i-1 pci e series user manual index numbers +5 v signal description (table), 4-5 power connections, 4-26 protection provided by pci e series boards, c-2 a ach signal analog input connections, 4-12 description (table), 4-4 pci-mio-16xe-50 (table), 4-10 ach signal pci...
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Index pci e series user manual i-2 © national instruments corporation pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e, a-1 to a-6 amplifier characteristics, a-3 to a-4 dynamic characteristics, a-4 to a-5 input characteristics, a-1 to a-3 stability, a-6 transfer characteristics, a-3 pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-3 pci e series user manual b bipolar input/output. See polarity selection. Block diagrams pci-6032e and pci-6033e, 3-3 pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4 and pci-6071e, 3-1 pci-mio-16xe-10 and pci-6031e, 3-2 pci-mio-16xe-50, 3-4 board configuration, 2-2 bulletin ...
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Index pci e series user manual i-4 © national instruments corporation typical pretriggered acquisition (figure), 4-29 daq-stc system timing controller, c-1, c-4 data acquisition timing connections. See daq timing connections. Dgnd signal description (table), 4-4 digital i/o connections, 4-24 pci-mio...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-5 pci e series user manual pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e, a-12 pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e, a-21 pci-mio-16xe-50, a-28 environmental noise, avoiding, 4-46 to 4-47 equipment, optional, 1-5 extref signal analog output si...
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Index pci e series user manual i-6 © national instruments corporation gpctr1_source signal, 4-43 gpctr1_up_down signal, 4-45 to 4-46 ground-referenced signal sources description, 4-14 differential connections, 4-17 recommended configuration (figure), 4-15 single-ended connections (nrse configuration...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-7 pci e series user manual pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-mio-16xe-50, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e actual range and measurement precision (table), 3-8 unipolar and bipolar, 3-7 selection considerations, 3-8 installation hardware, 2-1 to 2-2 questions about, c-2 software...
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Index pci e series user manual i-8 © national instruments corporation labview and labwindows/cvi application software, 1-3 ni-daq driver software, 1-3 to 1-4 register-level programming, 1-5 virtualbench, 1-3 unpacking, 1-7 pfi0/trig1 signal description (table), 4-5 pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and ...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-9 pci e series user manual signal routing, 3-19 timing input connections, 4-27 to 4-28 pgia (programmable gain instrumentation amplifier) analog input connections, 4-13 common-mode signal rejection, 4-22 differential connections floating signal sources, 4-1...
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Index pci e series user manual i-10 © national instruments corporation requirements for getting started, 1-2 rse (referenced single-ended input) description (table), 3-5 recommended configuration (figure), 4-15 single-ended connections for floating signal sources, 4-21 rtsi bus signal connection (fi...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-11 pci e series user manual daq timing connections, 4-28 to 4-37 aigate signal, 4-36 convert* signal, 4-34 to 4-36 extstrobe* signal, 4-29 to 4-30 scanclk signal, 4-29 sisource signal, 4-36 to 4-37 startscan signal, 4-33 to 4-34 trig1 signal, 4-30 to 4-31 t...
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Index pci e series user manual i-12 © national instruments corporation rtsi, a-11 timing i/o, a-9 to a-10 pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e analog input, a-13 to a-16 amplifier characteristics, a-15 dynamic characteristics, a-15 to a-16 input characteristics, a-13 to a-14 transfer...
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Index © national instruments corporation i-13 pci e series user manual scanclk signal, 4-29 sisource signal, 4-36 to 4-37 startscan signal, 4-33 to 4-34 trig1 signal, 4-30 to 4-31 trig2 signal, 4-31 to 4-32 typical posttriggered acquisition (figure), 4-28 typical pretriggered acquisition (figure), 4...
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Index pci e series user manual i-14 © national instruments corporation pci-mio-16e-1, pci-mio-16e-4, and pci-6071e, a-11 pci-mio-16xe-10, pci-6031e, pci-6032e, and pci-6033e, a-20 pci-mio-16xe-50, a-27 questions about, c-4 rtsi triggers, 3-19 to 3-20 u uisource signal, 4-39 to 4-40 unipolar input/ou...