Measurement Specialties PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO manual

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PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Analog I/O and Digit al I/O Board User ’ s Guide Document Revision 1, April, 2007 © Copyright 2007, Measurement Computing Corporation[...]

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Table of Contents Preface About this U ser's Gu ide .......................................................................................................................7 What you will learn from this user's guide ..................................................................................... .................... 7 Conventions in [...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Power consumption .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Miscella neous ..........................................................................................................................................[...]

Preface About this User's Guide What you will learn from this user's guide This user's guide explai ns how to install, configure, and use t he PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO so that y ou get the most out of it s analog I/O, digita l I/O and counter features. This user' s guide also refers you to related documents avail able on our web site,[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Overview: PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO features The PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO is a dat a acquisition and control board for IBM PC compatible com puters with PCMCIA type II sl ots. The PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO provi des 16 single-ended or 8 differential analog inputs, 12-bit A/D resoluti on, two analog outputs, four digi tal I/[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Introducing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Software features For information on t he features of Insta Cal and the other software i n cluded with your PC-C ARD- DAS16/12AO, refer to the Quick Start Guide that shipped with your device. The Quick Start Guide is also available in PDF at www.mccdaq.com /PDFmanuals/DAQ-Softw[...]

Chapter 2 Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO What comes with your PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO shipment? The following item s are shipped with the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO. Hardware  PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Additional documentation In addition to this hardware user's guide, you should also receive the Quick Start Guide (available in PDF at www.mccdaq.com /PDFman[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Unpacking the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO As with any electronic devi ce, you should take care while handling to avoid dam age from stat ic electricity . Before removing t h e PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO from its packaging, ground yourself using a wrist strap or by simpl y touching the com puter [...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO 2. 3. o o Select the Hardware tab and click on the Devic e Manager butt on. Verify that "PCMC IA adapters" is list ed in the Device Manager. If you don’t find this entry, or if t he properties for the adapter indi cate "this device is not working," you need[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Cabling Measurement C omputing offers two cabl es for connecting the PC-CAR D-DAS16/12AO to a screw-type terminal board or other si gnal conditioning interface board:  The CPCC-50F-39 cable: 39 inches (990 mm ) long; com patible with standard 50-pi n screw termi nal products.[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO Caution! Do not exceed the input specificati ons. There are no socketed or us er serviceable parts in a PC- CARD-DAS16/12AO. Check the specificat ions and input voltages before connecting any signals. CPCC-50F-39 50-pin female IDC connector . 50 49 2 1 Dot 50- pin mi cro con nec[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Installing the PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO C50FF-x The red stripe ident i fie s pin # 1 50-pin female IDC conne ctor 50-pi n female IDC conn ector 1 2 49 50 2 50 1 49 Figure 8. C50FF-x cable Details on the C50FF-x cable are available on our web site at www.mccdaq.com /cbicatalog/cbi p roduct.asp?dept_id=104&pf_id=136[...]

Chapter 3 Programming and Developing Applications After following the i nstallation i nstructions in Chapte r 2, your board should now be install ed and ready for use. In general there may be no correspondence am ong regist ers for different boards. Software written at the register-level for other m odels does not function correctly with your board[...]

Chapter 4 Functional Details The 12-bit A/D converter provides a resoluti on of 1/4096 parts of full scale. The smallest reading of ful l scale (1 part in 4096) is called a Least Si gnificant Bit (LSB). Four bipolar and four unipol ar ranges may be set by software. These are: Analog input ranges Bipolar Unipolar Range Resolution Range Resolution ±[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Functional Details Triggering and transfer A trigger begins an acquisiti on/transfer cycle. Th ere are three ways to tr igger a PC-CAR D-DAS16/12AO: programma ble pacer, software, or external. The trigger source selection is progr amm able. The programmable pacer is the product of two 16-bit counters dividing a [...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Functional Details Control R eg ister B A SE + 6h TRGPOL T RGSEL TR GCLR CLK2 CTR1 1/10 1/10 10 MHz OSC Tr i g g e r Logic TS1 TS0 MUX 1 0 3 2 1 0 S/W CONV ERT T r igge r Logic 39 40 41 47 44 45 42 CRT1 CLK CTR1 G A TE CTR1 O UT A/D INT E RNA L PA C ER O U T A/D P ACER GA TE A/D E XTE RN AL TRIG GER A/D EXTERNAL[...]

Chapter 5 Specifications Typical for 25 °C unless otherwise specified. Specifications in italic text are guaranteed by design. Analog input Table 1. Analog input specifications A/D converter type ADS7804 Resolution 12 bits Number of channels 16 single-ended / 8 differential, software selectable Input ranges ±10 V, ±5 V, ±2.5 V, ±1.25 V, 0 to 1[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Specifications Table 3. Calibrated accuracy specifications le 3 Range Gain Error Offset Error DLE (Note 1) ILE (Note 1) All ranges ±1.0 max ±1.0 m ax ±1.0 max ±1.0 max Note 1: These are the intrinsic specifi cations of th e ADC. Software calibration may introduce a small additional am ount of linearity error[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Specifications Analog output section Table 6. Analog output specifications D/A converter type LTC1446 Resolution 12 bits Number of channels 2 Configuration Voltage output, single-ended Output Range ±10 V, ±5 V. Software selectable. Se lected range applies to both channels. D/A pacing Software Data transfer Pro[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Specifications Digital input/output Table 9. DIO specifications Digital type FPGA Number of I/O 4 Configuration One port, programmable 4 input / 4 output Input low voltage 0.8 V max Input high voltage 2.0 V min Output low voltage (IOL = 4 mA) 0.32 V max Output high voltage (IOH = -4 mA) 3.86 V min Absolute maxim[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Specifications Frequency accuracy 50 ppm Note 2: If you are not driving the gate of nter 1, it is strongly recom mended that it be connected to Power consumption Table 12. Power consum ption specifications +5V quiescent User Cou +5V (VDD). 85 mA typical, 125 mA max Miscellaneous Table 13. Miscellaneous specifica[...]

PC-CARD-DAS16/12AO User's Guide Specifications Table 17. Differential analog input mode pin out Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 AGND 26 DGND 2 CH0 HI 27 DIO0 3 CH0 LO 28 DIO1 4 CH1 HI 29 DIO2 5 CH1 LO 30 DIO3 6 CH2 HI 31 N/C 7 CH2 LO 32 N/C 8 CH3 HI 33 N/C 9 CH3 LO 34 N/C 10 CH4 HI 35 DA GND0 11 CH4 LO 36 DA OUT0 12 CH5 HI 37 DA GND1 13 CH5 [...]

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