Agilent Technologies DC222 manual

User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers ZM020170B Rev.D XZ060 A GILENT A CQIRIS U SER M ANUAL F AMILY OF 10- BIT D IGITIZERS For Use with DC Series Digitizers Models covered: DC122 / DC152 DC222 / DC252 / DC282[...]

June 2007 The inform ation in this doc ument is subject to change wi thout notice and m ay not be constr ued in any way as a commitment by Agilent Technologies In c. While Agilent Technologies makes every effort to ensure the accuracy and contents of the document it assumes no respon sibility for any errors that may appear. All software described i[...]

CONTENTS 1. OUT OF THE BOX ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Message to the User ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.2. Using t his Manual ............................[...]

3.4.3. Trigger Level .................................................................................................................. 32 3.4.4. Ed ge Trigger S lope ......................................................................................................... 32 3.4.5. Window Trigger ....................................................[...]

1. Out of the Box 1.1. Message to the User Congratulat ions on havin g purchased a n Agilent Techn ologies Acqiri s data conversi on product. Acqiris Digi tizers are high-speed data acquisition modules designe d for capturing high frequency el ectronic signals. To get the most out of the products we reco mmend that you read this manua l carefully. [...]

CAUTION: Do not exceed the maximum input volta g e rating! The maximum input voltage for 50 Ω input impedance is ± 5 V. The m aximum input fo r 1 M Ω input impedance is ± 300 V (dc + ac). 1.5. Warning Regarding Medical Use The Digitizer cards are not designed with co mponents and tes ting procedures that would en sure a leve l of reliability su[...]

In exercising this warranty, Agilent Tech nologies will repa ir or replace any produ ct returned to the Agilent service center, within the warranty pe riod. The wa rranty covers all defects that are a re s ult of workm anship or materials. This excludes defects that are caused by accident, misuse, neglect, or a bnormal operation. The purchaser is r[...]

1.10. Transport & Shipping CAUTION: Cards c an be safely tr ansport ed in their or iginal ship ping pack ages. DC car ds can be trans ported when properly mounted in a CompactPCI crate. To package t he instrum ent for shippi ng: Step Notes 1. Place the instrument in its origi nal packaging materials. • If the original packaging materials are [...]

2. Installation This chapter describes how to install the Acqiris hardwa re and softw are for Windows 2000/X P, Linux, National Instrume nts LabVIEW RT, Li nux, or Wind River VxWorks. NOTE: For a first time installation we str ongly recommend installing t he software before inserting the hardware into the PC. 2.1. IC414 Installation NOTE: If you ar[...]

The PCI-8570/ PXI-8570 User 's Manual (Re v. 1.00) sectio n 2.4 cont ains the software i nstallat ion instructions. These should be exec uted before all owing the hardware i nstallation pr ocess to look f or the driver. If you have an A dLink CD Version 2004A4 or later you can use it; if not you sh ou ld download the latest driv er from the WE[...]

2.2.3. Installation Before installing the Acqiris hardware, you should complete the fo llowing steps to install the software for Windows 2000/XP. NOTE: You will need administrator privileges to co mplete the software installation under Windows 2000 / /XP. 1. Insert the Acqiri s Software CD into t he CD-ROM dri ve of your com puter. If the A utorun [...]

3. To proceed with the installation click “Nex t”. The following screen will be shown. 4. Please enter your user information and click “Nex t” to continue. If the program finds that there is still Acqiris software installed on your machine a warning panel (not shown) will appear. Otherwise, the next screen shows: 5. Pick the desire d combin[...]

6. The screen above will normally allow the documentation to b e installed. Remove the check from the box if you do not want online access to t he manuals. 7. The next screen allows you to enable LabVIEW RT and/or Wind River VxWorks suppor t. By default there will be none but if desired you can install any of them togeth er with Windows suppor t or[...]

8. The screen below asks for the desired instal lation type. A fter havi ng made your c hoice Clic k “Next” to conti nue. 9. If you chose the Cust om installation, the following scre en will let you select each package indi vidually. Note that the space indicated for LabVIEW, Firmware and UserManual packages is incorrect. The c orrect values ar[...]

12. Furtherm ore, you should give a name to the shortc ut folder. T his is the menu ent ry under Start → P rograms where you will find the shortcuts for AcqirisLive, manual(s), etc. 13. If you have enabled the installation of 12-bit Digitizers, Aver agers, or Analyzers, the ne xt screen lets you c hange the name of the directory where the FPGA fi[...]

14. Acqiri sLive needs the LabWi ndows/CVI 7. 0 Run-Time Engine to run. If Set up has detected that a LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Eng ine is already installed on your system, it will ask you if you would like to install it l ocally for AcqirisLi ve anyway. If you are not sure abo ut the version of t he CVI Run-Tim e Engine on your system, it is recomme[...]

16. A summary will be shown to allow you to check what you have asked for 17. You a re now ready to install. You m ay still go back to any previous sc reen to modi fy your selection. Click “Install” when ready. User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 17 of 55[...]

18. Setup will now copy t he files and make the necessary changes to your system. When done, an information screen will be displayed. Please read this carefully. 19. Registration of your installation will help us provid e you with better support. You will also be no tified of updates and upgrad es. All information submitted to us will be treated co[...]

20. Setup will prepare a registration e-mail in your e-mail clie nt app lication upon termination of the setup procedure. You can then deci de whether or not you wish to se nd it. You m ay also add com ments. Unc heck the box if y ou do not want t o register yo ur installat ion. User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 19 of 55[...]

21. Click “Finish”. The software installation is now complete. 22. You can now either accept the suggestion to resta rt the computer or you should shutdown y our computer and proceed with the har dware installat ion. 2.3. Installing the Software for Linux The Acqiris Software is ready to install and run on Linux syste ms with any of the followi[...]

 Debian Sarge 3. 1 2.6.8-3- 686,  Debian 4.0 etch Kernel v ersion 2.6.18-4- 686,  Scientific Linu x 4.4 Kernel versio n 2.6.9-11 .EL) The following tar files exist with the driver and library compiled with the GNU gcc version show n:  AcqirisLin ux-3.1a-gcc-3. 3.tar.gz - com piled u nder Suse 9 .2 with GN U gcc 3.3.  AcqirisLin ux-3.[...]

 make clean to remove all *.o files in AcqirisLinux/linuxdriverpci.  make to generate a new kernel mode dri ver acqrsPCI.o and al so copy it to the di rectory AcqirisLinux/lib/m odules where the insta ll script (drv_insta ll) can access it.  drv_install rem to remove the p revious inst alled kernel m ode driver.  drv_install add to inst[...]

2.4. Installing the Hardware 1. Turn off the power of the PC and the c rate in the case of a Com pactPCI module. Fo r PCI modules the PC should be unpl ugged to ens ure that the PCI bus has no power avail able. However, C ompactPCI crat es can be left plugged in since th is ensures proper grounding . CAUTION: Touch the ant istatic packa ge to a gro[...]

To proceed with the installatio n clic k "No, not this time" and then “Nex t”. The following window will app ear: To proceed with the installatio n click “Next”. You should then see User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 24 of 55[...]

and then NOTE: In some systems an application program (such as AcqirisLive) will not yet work correctly at this point. One additional boot cycle may be needed if this is the first time that a ha rdware board is being installed. User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 25 of 55[...]

2.6. LabVIEW RT During progra m development you can choose whether y ou use LabVIEW or La bVIEW RT com patible libraries by switching the versi on present i n National InstrumentsL abVIEW m.ninstr.lib . This swap can b e facilitated by using the Install VI library for LabV IEW or LabVIEW Real-Time shortcut availabl e in the Shortcut folder unde [...]

3. Product Description 3.1. Overview DEMUX 256K A c q Mem PCI In terface 10- bit SH + ADC TIM EBA S E TRI GGER circuit Card Control ler Thr DAC Input Signal A mplifier Trigge r Signal A mplifier 10-bit PCI Bus Signal Input trigger Input 50 Ohms 50 Ohms Cal DAC Simplified Block Diagram once for each channe l The 10-bit DC series products are Com pac[...]

3.2. Channel Input The 10-bit digitizer family can be co nfigured with a variety of front-end m ezzanine boards offering different capabilities. The curren tly available front end options are detailed below: Front End Option Impedance Bandwidth Guaranteed (typical ) / Risetime BW Limiter selections FS Voltage Ranges Maximum Offset / Max. Voltage St[...]

3.2.5. Bandwidth and Rise Time The bandwidth specification indicates the frequ ency at which an input signal will be atten uated by 3 dB (approxim ately 30% loss of am plitude). The bandwidth a lso affects the m inimum rise and fall t imes that can be passed through the front-end electron ics. A pulse with a very sharp edge will be ob served to hav[...]

3.3. Data Acquisition The table below summ arizes the characteristics discussed in the sections that follow: Model Agilent # Max. Sampling Rate Max. CONVERTERS PER CHANNEL/ CHANNELS Default Memory points/ channel Maximum Optional Memory points/ channel Maximum Segments DC122 U1062A 4 GS/s 1 / 1 512K -- 1K DC152 U1062A 4 GS/s 2 / 2 256K -- 1K DC222 [...]

The Single Acquisition mode is the normal operation of most digitizer products. In this mode an acquisition cons ists of a waveform recorded with a single trigge r. The user se lects the sampling rate and acquisition memory size and sets the number of segments to 1 (default value). The Sequence Acq uisition m ode allows the capture a nd storage of [...]

This cannot be done in larger crates such as the Acqiri s CC121. The actual tran sfer speed obtainable will d epend on many other system characteris tics. 3.4. Trigger Normally the trigger settings applied to the d igitizer are used to determine the time at which th e device will stop acquiring data. They are also capable of a ‘Start on Tr igger?[...]

3.4.8. Pre- and Post-Trigger Delay To increase trigger flexibility a pre- or post-trigge r delay can be applied to the trigger positio n. The amount of pre-trigger del ay can be adjusted between 0 and 100% of th e acquisition time window (i.e. sampling interval x num ber of samples), whereas the post -trigger del ay can be adjusted with in the time[...]

A full internal calibration of a digitizer can b e very time consuming (> 100 s/digitizer), in particu lar for the HZ models. There fore, several other o ptions ar e available. They are documented in the Programmer's Reference Manual . A program can always be started with the digitizer in an uncalibrated state and data taken can be use d fo[...]

NOTE: The External Trigger Output functionality is implemented in the h ardware. No Trigger Out signa l occurs for software-ge nerated triggers s uch as those of the A UTO mode of Acqi risLive or thro ugh the use of t he function AcqrsD1_forceTrigger . However, AcqrsD1_forceTriggerEx does gener ate the signal. Trigger Outp ut Block di agram: The ou[...]

Crate DC1x2 all models DC2x2 Default Memory DC2x2 Optional Memory CC103 / CC105 None None None CC108 normal and low power None 4 4 CC108-600 None 7 4 CC121 None 15 9 If a third party crate is being used please check that the cu rrent drawn at 3.3 V does not sag below the effect ive PCI allowed tolerance at the beginning of the acquisition. The digi[...]

Complies with EN61326-1: Indus trial Environment EMC Emissions Complies with EN61326-1: Cla ss A for radiated emissions Required Airflow > 2 m/s in situ User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 37 of 55[...]

4. Running the AcqirisLive Application AcqirisLive is an application to contro l and demonstrate the capabilities o f Acqiris Digitizers on a single machine. AcqirisMAQS is a m ore advanced application offering many interesting possibilities for the control of acquisition systems in a single or multi-machine environment. Ask your salesman or Acqiri[...]

4.2. Control Panel and Functions 4.2.1. Control Panel Mode In AcqirisLive there are two control panel mode s available, Oscilloscope Mode and Transient Recorder Mode. The choice of m ode is entirel y determined by the preference of the use r. Both modes provide the same set of fun ctional capabilities but display the settin gs slightly differently.[...]

Oscillo scope Mode Transient Recorder Mode 4.2.2. Displaying Multiple Traces If multi-channel modules, or seve ral single channel modul es , are installed on the P CI bus, multiple waveform displays, one from each installed c han nel, are overlaid on t he display. The current channel is selected by clicking on the channel name w ithin the upper por[...]

As an alternative to contro lling the channels to be displayed fro m the control panel you can also control th em by selecti ng the desired c hannels from the list of channel gain s shown at the right hand side of the display window. Pressing the Finder button at the to p of the control panel will identify th e module associ ated with the cur rent [...]

1. Clicking on the white numeric display of the voltage scale will show a pop-up list. Select the desired gain setting with the mouse pointer. 2. Clicking on the Decrement / Increment icons will step th e voltage scale up or down to the next level for each click of th e mouse. 3. Clicking Max / Min will toggle to th e least sensitive gain setting o[...]

discussion, a valid trigger indicates a trigger signal meeting the trigger conditions at a time when the digitizer is armed and rea dy to acquire data. In Single and Norm al modes the display will only be updated after each active digitizer has recei ved a trigger. Stop will stop the acquisition and hold the latest complete a cquisition on the disp[...]

• Make sure the maximum num ber of sample s ( MAX samples in Memory panel) is large enough. • Select the desired tim e per division setti ng ( timebase panel): the fastest sampling rate for the curren t digitizer, compatible with the maximum number of samp les, will be selected and applied to all digitizers in the system. Any digitizer not capa[...]

image below. To clear the display in persistence disp lay mode, press th e “Clear” button that appears on the main display window. 4.3. Top Line Menu of AcqirisLive The top line menu contains fun ctions offering additional utility to the AcqirisLive application. Prov isions are included for storing instrument setups, wavefo rms, convertin g the[...]

Selecting the “Write files at end option” acquires all wavefo rms into memory first, before converting to the selected format and writing the data to disk. This op tio n allows for faster data capture times. Selecting the “Show waveforms” allows the user to see th e waveforms before writing them to disk. When all parameters are sel ected, c[...]

waveform display window. T he time windo w displayed can be m anipulated by allocating more or l ess memory t o the acquisition. The External 10 MHz Reference in AcqirisLive is designed to work either in Oscilloscope mode or in Transient Recorder mode. The timebase and sam ple rate for waveform captu re is fully selectable when using the ex ternal [...]

-l low priority process -m medium priori ty process -n no DMA for data transfers -p Use acquisition polling -r start in Transient Recorder (digitizer) m ode -s simulation mode -t temperature update off -v show acquisition state -x disable automatic multi-instruments Operation Mode Acqiris avera gers can be ope rated in Averager Mode or in standard [...]

When the program checks for an event from the operating system (e.g. to react to user input), it can put itself to sleep for a specified perio d of time. This gives other applications m o re processor tim e, but limits the performance of AcqirisLive in terms of maximum acquisition rate. The default is not to g o to sleep, but this can be overridden[...]

5. Running the GeoMapper Application 5.1. Who needs a Geographical Map of Modules The GeoMapper application giv es the user the possibility of telling the Acqiris driver crucial details of the physical position of modu les when this information canno t be deduced di rectly. It allows th e driver to correctly adjust trigger and clock delay s between[...]

Selecting a row will cause all of the LED's of modules i n that Bus to be t urned on RED. This should make it easy to identify which crate the modules are in. The third step is to specify the num ber of slots in each crate. This is shown below: The 4 th step consists of arranging the m odules of each crate into the correct order. T he menu sho[...]

The GeoMapper application will always work with the standard AqGeo.map file. If you need to have several such files corresponding to different configur ations it is up to you to either rename the file s or transfer them to other directories in an appropriate manner. User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 52 of 55[...]

6. Appendix A: ASBus 2 for CompactPCI/PXI Digitizers Specification and User Instructions User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 53 of 55[...]

7. Appendix B: XA001 Battery Backup for CompactPCI Digitiz ers Specification and Assembly Instructions User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 54 of 55[...]

8. Appendix C: XA100 BNC Input Overvoltage Protection Specifications and User Instructions User Manual: Family of 10-bit Digitizers Page 55 of 55[...]