National Instruments PCI-6110E/6111E manual

PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Multifunction I/O Boards for PCI Bus Computers April 1998 Edition Part Number 321759B-01 © Copyright 1998 National Instr uments Corporation. All rights reserved. PCI_E.book Page 1 Thursday , June 25, 1998 12:55 PM[...]

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Important Information Warranty The PCI-6110E/6111E 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 re place equipment that proves to be d efective during the warranty period. Thi[...]

© National Instruments Corporation v PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Table of Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual .............. .............. .............. .............. ............... .............. ... xi Conventions Used in This Manual .......................... ........... .............. .............. .............. . xii [...]

T able of Contents PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual vi © National Instruments Corporation Analog Output .................. ........... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ........... 3-5 Analog Trigger ................. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .....[...]

T able of Contents © National Instruments Corporation vii PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual General-Purpose Timing Signal Connections ........... ................. ................. ... 4-29 GPCTR0_SOURCE Signal ................ ............ .. ... .............. .............. . 4-29 GPCTR0_GATE Signal .......... .............. .............. .........[...]

T able of Contents PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual viii © National Instruments Corporation Figures Figure 1-1. The Relationship between the Programming Environment, NI-DAQ, and Your Hardware ..................... ... ... .............. .............. ........ 1-4 Figure 3-1. PCI-6110E Block Diagram .....................................................[...]

T able of Contents © National Instruments Corporation ix PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Figure 4-27. GPCTR0_GATE Signal Timing in Edge-Detection Mode ................... 4-31 Figure 4-28. GPCTR0_OUT Signal Timing ...................... .............. .............. ............ 4-31 Figure 4-29. GPCTR1_SOURCE Signal Timing .................. ........[...]

© Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n xi PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual About This Manual This manual describes the electrical and me chanical aspects of the 611 X E family of boards and contains i nformation concerning their operation and programming. The 611 X E family of boards includes: • PCI-6110E • PCI-6111E Your 611 X E board is a [...]

About This Manual PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual xi i © National Instruments Corporation • Appendi x C, Common Questions , contains a list of commonly asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special features of your 611 X E board. • Appendi x D, Customer Communication , contains forms you can use to request help f rom National In[...]

About This Manu al © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n xi ii PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should literally enter from the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. This font also is used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, pro[...]

About This Manual PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual xiv © National Instruments Corporation documentation or the NI- DAQ documentation to help you write your application. If you have a large, complicated system, it is worthwhile to look through the software documentation before you configure your hardware. • Accessory installation guides or manuals—[...]

© Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 1- 1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes your 611 X E board, lists what you need to get started, describes the o ptional software and op tional equipment, and explains how to unpack your 611 X E board. About the 611 X E Boards Thank you for buying a Nati onal Instr[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 1-2 © National Instruments Corporation and a ribbon cable to route timin g and trigger signals between several functions on as many as five DAQ boards in your computer. Detailed specifications of the 611 X E board are in Appendix A, Specifications . What You Need to Get Started To set up and use [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 1- 3 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual LabVIEW Data Acquisition VI Library, a series of VIs for using LabVIEW with National Instruments DAQ hardware, is included with LabVIEW. The LabVIEW Data Acquisition VI Library is functionally equivalent to NI-DAQ software. LabWindows/CVI features[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 1-4 © National Instruments Corporation NI-DAQ also internally addresses many of the complex issues between the computer and the DAQ hardware such as programming interrupts and DMA controllers. NI-DAQ maintains a consistent software interface among its different v ersions so that you can chan ge p[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 1- 5 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Optional Equipment National Instru ments offers a variety of products t o use with the 611 X E board, including cables, conn ector blocks, and other accessor ies, as follows: • Cables and cable assemblies • Connector blocks, shielded an d unsh[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 1-6 © National Instruments Corporation The following list gives recommended part numbers for connectors that mate to the I/O connector on the 611 X E board: • Honda 68-position, solder cup, female connector (part number PCS-E68FS) • Honda backshell (part number PCS-E68LKPA) Unpacking The 611 [...]

© Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n 2- 1 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration This chapter explains how to install and configure your 61 1 X E board. Software Installation Install your software before you install the 61 1 X E board. Refer to the appropriate release notes indicated below for specific instr[...]

Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 2-2 © National Instruments Corporation 5. Insert the 611 X E board into a 5 V PCI slot. Gently rock the board to ease it into place. It may be a tight fit, but do not force the board into place. 6. If required, scre w the mounting bracket of the 611 X E board to the back panel r[...]

© Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 3- 1 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Chapter 3 Hardware Overview This chapter present s an overview of the h ardware functions on your 611 X E board. Figure 3-1 shows a block diagram for the PCI-6110E board. Figure 3-1. PCI-6110E Block Diagram Timing PFI / Trigger I/O Connector RTSI Bus PCI Bus Digital I/[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3-2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 3-2 shows a block diagram for the PCI-6111E board. Figure 3-2. PCI-6111E Block Diagram Analog Input The analog input section for the 611 X E board is software configu rable. You can select different analog input con figurations through applicatio[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n 3- 3 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual configuration, refer to the Analog Input Si gnal Connections section in Chapte r 4, Signal Connections , whi ch contains diagrams showing the signal paths for DIFF input. Input Polarity and Input Range The 611 X E board has bipolar inputs on[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3-4 © National Instruments Corporation Considerations for Selecting Input Ranges The range you select depends o n the expected range of th e incoming signal. A large input range can accommodate a large signal variation but reduces the voltage resolution. Cho osing a smaller input range impro[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 3- 5 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual You cannot disable dither on the 611 X E board. This is because the ADC resolution is so fine that the ADC and the PGIA inherently produce almost 0.5 LSBr ms of noise. This is equiv alent to having a dither ci rcuit that is al ways enabled. [...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3-6 © National Instruments Corporation Analog Trigger In addition to supporting internal software t riggering and external digital triggering to initiate a data acqui sition sequence, these boards also support analog triggering. You can configure the analog trigger circuitry to accept either[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 3- 7 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Figure 3-5. Analog T rigger Block Diagram for the PCI-6111E Five analog triggeri ng modes are available, as shown in Figures 3-6 through 3-10. You can set lowValue and highValue independently in software. In below-low-level analog trigg erin[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3-8 © National Instruments Corporation In above-hig h-level an alog triggeri ng mode, the trig ger is generated when the signal value is greater than highValue , as shown in Figure 3-7. LowValue is unused. Figure 3-7. Above-High-Level Analog Triggering Mode In inside-region analog triggerin [...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 3- 9 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual In high-hysteresis ana log triggering mo de, the trigger is genera ted when the signal value is greater than highValue , with the hysteresis specified by lo wValue , as shown in Figure 3-9. Figure 3-9. High-Hysteresis Analog Triggering Mode [...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3 -1 0 © National Instruments Corporation Digital I/O The 611 X E board co ntains eight lines of digital I/O for ge neral-purpose use. You can individually software-configure each line for either input or output. At system startup and reset, the digital I /O ports are all high impedance. The[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 3- 11 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Timing Signal Routing The DAQ-STC provides a very flexible interface for connecting timing signals to other boards o r external ci rcuitry. The 61 1 X E boar d uses the RTSI bus to interconnect timing signals between boards, and the Programm[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 3-12 © National Instruments Corporation This figure shows that CONVERT* can be gen erated from a number of sources, including the external signals RTSI<0..6> and PFI<0..9> and the internal signals Sample Interval Counter TC and GPCT R0_OUT. Many of these timing signals are also a[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview © Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n 3- 13 PCI-6110E/6111E User Man ual RTSI Triggers The seven RTSI trigger lines on the RTSI bus provide a very flexible interconnection scheme for the 611 X E board sharing the RTSI bus. These bidirectional lines can drive any of eight timing signals onto the RTSI bus and can [...]

© Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 1 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Chapter 4 Signal Connections This chapter describes ho w to make input and output signal connections to your 611 X E board via the board I/O connector. The I/O connector for the 611 X E board has 68 pins that you can connect to 68-pin accessories with the SH6868EP shie[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 4-1. I/O Connector Pin Assignment for the 611 X E Board 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 DGND DIO4 NC DAC1OUT DAC0OUT NC NC NC NC NC NC ACH3GND [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 3 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual I/O Connector Signal Descriptions Table 4-1. Signal Descriptions for I/O Connector Pins Signal Name Reference Direction Description ACH <0..3> GND — — Analog Input Channels 0 th rough 3 ground—These pins are the bias current ret[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-4 © National Instruments Corporation PFI0/TRIG1 DGND Input Output PFI0/Trigger 1—As an input, this is either one of the Programmable Function Inputs (PFIs) or the source for the hardware analog trigger. PFI signals are explained in the Timing Connections section later in this chapter. T[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 5 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual PFI6/WFTRIG DGND Input Output PFI6/Waveform Trigger—As an input, this is one of the PFIs. As an output, this is the WFTRIG signal. In timed analog output sequences, a low-to-high transition indicates the initiation of the waveform generat[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-6 © National Instruments Corporation Table 4-2 shows the I/O signal summary for the 611 X E boards. Table 4-2. I/O Signal Summary for the 611 X E Signal Na me Signal Type and Direction Impedance Input/ Output Protection (Volts) On/Off Source (mA at V) Sink (mA at V) Rise Time (ns) Bias AC[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 7 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual PFI4/GPCTR1_GATE DIO — V cc +0.5 3.5 at (V cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu GPCTR1_OUT DO — — 3.5 at (V cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu PFI5/UPDATE* DIO — V cc +0.5 3.5 at (V cc -0.4) 5 at 0.4 1.5 50 k Ω pu PFI6/WFTRIG DIO — [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-8 © National Instruments Corporation Analog Input Signal Connections The analog input signals for the 611 X E board are ACH<0..3>+ and ACH<0..3>–. The ACH<0..3>+ signals are routed to the positive input of the PGIA, and signals connected to ACH<0..3>– are route[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 9 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Types of Signal Sources When making signal connections, yo u must first determine wh ether the signal sources are floating or ground -referenced. The following sections describe these two t ypes of signals. Floating Signal Sources A floatin[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-10 © National Instruments Corporation Table 4-3 summarizes the recommended DIFF signal connections and includes input examples for both types of signal sources. Differential Connection Considerations A differential connection is one in which the 611 X E board analog input signal has its o[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 11 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Differential Connections for Ground-Referenced Signal Sources Figure 4-3 shows how to connect a ground-referenced signal source to a channel on the 611 X E board. Figure 4-3. Differential Input Connections for Ground-Referenced Signals With[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-12 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 4-4. Differential Input Connections for Nonreferenced Signals Figure 4-4 shows a bias resistor con nected between ACH0 – and the floating signal source gro und. If you do not use the resi stor and the source is truly floating, the source is n[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 13 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Analog Output Signal Connections The analog output signals are DAC0OUT, DAC1OUT, and AOGND. DAC0OUT is the voltage out put signal for anal og output channel 0. DAC1OUT is the voltage out put signal for anal og output channel 1. AOGND is the[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-14 © National Instruments Corporation Caution: Exceeding the maximum input voltage ratings, which are listed in Table 4-2, can damage t he 611X E board and the computer. Natio nal Instruments is NOT liable for any damages resulting from such signal connections. Figure 4-6 shows signal con[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n 4- 15 PCI-6110E/6111E User Man ual Power Connections Two pins on the I/O 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 cond ition is removed. These pins are refere[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-16 © National Instruments Corporation All digital timing connections are referenced to DGND. This reference is demonstrated in Figure 4 -7, which shows how to connect an ex ternal TRIG1 source and an external CONVERT* source to t wo 611 X E board PFI pins. Figure 4-7. Timing I/O Connectio[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 17 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual for the PFI2/CONVERT* pin. Be careful not to drive a PFI si gnal externally when it is configured as an output. As an input, you can individuall y configure each PFI for edge or l evel detection and for po larity selection, as wel l. You ca[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-18 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 4-9. Typical Pretriggered Acquisition SCANCLK Signal SCANCLK is an output-only signal that generates a pulse with the leading edge occurring app roximately 50 to 100 n s after an A/D conversion begins. The polarity of this output is software-se[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru me nt s Cor pora tio n 4- 19 PCI-6110E/6111E User Man ual Figur e 4-11 shows the timing for the hardware-strobe mode EXTSTROBE* signal. Figure 4-11. EXTSTROBE* Signal Timing TRIG1 Signal Any PFI pin can externall y input the TRIG1 signal, which i s available as an output on the PFI 0/TRIG1 pin. R[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-20 © National Instruments Corporation Figures 4-12 an d 4-13 show the input and o utput timing requir ements for the TRIG1 signal. Figure 4-12. TRIG1 Input Signal Timing Figure 4-13. TRIG1 Output Signal Timing The board also uses the TRIG1 signal to init iate pretriggered DAQ operations. [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 21 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual of scans before TRIG2 can be recognized. After the scan counter decrements to zero, it is loaded with the number of posttrigger sc ans to acquire while the acquisiti on continues. The board ig nores the TRIG2 signal if it is asserted prior [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-22 © National Instruments Corporation 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 4-8 and 4-9 for the relationship of STARTSCAN to the DAQ sequence. As an input, the STARTSCAN signal is[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 23 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Figure 4-17. 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 when the onboard sample interval co[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-24 © National Instruments Corporation Refer to Fig ures 4-8 and 4 -9 for the re lationshi p of STARTSC AN to the DAQ sequence. As an input, the CONV ERT* signal is conf igured in the ed ge-detecti on mode. You can select any PFI pin as the source for CONVERT* and configure the polarity se[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 25 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual The sample interval counter on t he 611 X E board normally ge nerates the CONVERT* signal unl ess you select some external source. The coun ter is started by the STARTSCAN signal and continues to count down and reload itself until the scan [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-26 © National Instruments Corporation The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MHz, with a minimum pulse width of 23 ns high or low. There is no minimum frequency limitati on. Either the 20 MHz or 100 kHz internal timebase generates the SISOURCE signal unless you select some external source. F[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 27 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Figures 4-21 and 4- 22 show the input an d output timing req uirements for the WFTRIG signal. Figure 4-21. WFTRIG Input Signal Timing Figure 4-22. WFTRIG Output Signal Timing UPDATE* Signal Any PFI pin can externall y input the UPDATE* sign[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-28 © National Instruments Corporation Figures 4-23 an d 4-24 show the input and o utput timing requir ements for the UPDATE* signal. Figure 4-23. UPDATE* Input Signal Timing Figure 4-24. UPDATE* Output Signal Timing The DACs are updated within 100 ns of the leading edge. Separate the UPDA[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 29 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual polarity selection for the PFI pin for either active high or active low. Figure 4-25 shows the timing requirements for the UISOURCE signal. Figure 4-25. UISOURCE Signal Timing The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MHz, with a minimum pulse wi[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-30 © National Instruments Corporation Figure 4-26 shows the timing requirements for the GPCTR0_SOURCE signal. Figure 4-26. GPCTR0_SOURCE Signal Timing The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MHz, with a minimum pulse width of 10 ns high or low. There is no minimum frequency limitati on. The 2[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 31 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Figure 4-27 shows the timing requirements for the GPCTR0_GATE signal. Figure 4-27. GPCTR0_GATE Signal Timing in Edge-Detection Mode GPCTR0_OUT Signal This signal is available onl y as an output on th e GPCTR0_OUT pin. The GPCTR0_OUT signal [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-32 © 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 the edge-detection mode. You can select any PFI pin a[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 33 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual actions as startin g and stopping the co unter, generating interru pts, saving the counter conten ts, and so on. As an output, the GPCTR1_GATE signal monit ors the actual gate signal connected to general-purpose count er 1. This is true eve[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-34 © National Instruments Corporation GPCTR1_UP_DOWN Signal This signal can be externally inpu t on the DIO7 p in and is not available as an output on the I /O connector. General-purpose co unter 1 counts down when this pin is at a logic low and counts up at a logic high. This input can b[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 4- 35 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual low) for at least 10 ns before the risi ng or falling edge of a source signal for the gate to take effect at that source edge, as shown by t gs u and t gh in Figure 4-32 . The gate signal is not required to be held afte r the active edge of[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connections PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 4-36 © National Instruments Corporation 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 carefully. Keep cabling away from noise sources.[...]

© Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 5- 1 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual Chapter 5 Calibration This chapter discu sses the calibration procedu res for your 611 X E board. If you are usin g the NI-DAQ de vice driver, that software includes calibration functions for performing all of the steps in the calibration process. Calibration refers to[...]

Chapter 5 Calibration PCI-6110E/6111E User M anual 5-2 © National Instruments Corporation This method of calib ration is not very accurate b ecause 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 sel f-calibrate when the board is installed in the enviro[...]

Chapter 5 Calibration © Na ti on al In st ru ment s Cor por at io n 5- 3 PCI-6110E/6111E U ser Manual To externally calibrate your board, be sure to use a very accurate external reference. The reference should be several times more accurate than the board itself. For example, to calibrate a 16-bit board, the external reference should be at least ?[...]

© National Instruments Corporation A-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Appendix A Specifications This appendix lists t he specifications of your 611 X E board. These specifications are typical at 25° C unless otherwise noted. PCI-6110E/6111E Analog Input Input Characteristics Number of channels PCI-6110E ...................................4 different[...]

Appendix A Specifications PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual A-2 © National Instruments Corporation Input coupling .................................... DC/AC Max working voltage for all analog input channels + input ......................................... Should remain within ±11 V for ranges ≥ ±10 V; should remain within ±4 2 V fo r r a n ge s &l[...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-3 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual PCI-6110E/6111E Accuracy Information Nominal Range (V) Absolute Accuracy Relative Accu racy % of Reading Offset Noise + Quantization (mV) Te m p D r i f t Resolution (mV) Full Scale 24 Hours 90 Days 1 Y ear (mV) Single Pt. A veraged (%/ ° C) Theoretical A[...]

Appendix A Specifications PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual A-4 © National Instruments Corporation Transfer Characteristics INL .................................................... ±0.5 LSB typ, ±1 LSB max DNL ................................................... ±0.3 LSB typ, ±0.75 LSB max Spurious free dynamic range ( SFDR) . See table, analog input[...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-5 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Postgain .......................................±50 µV/° C Gain temperature coefficient ............... ±20 ppm/° C Onboard calibrat ion reference Level ............................................ 5.000 V (±2.5 mV) (actual value s tored in EEPROM) T[...]

Appendix A Specifications PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual A-6 © National Instruments Corporation Output impedance .............................. 50 Ω ±5% Current drive ...................................... ±5 mA min Output stability .................................. Any passive load Protection .......................................... Short-cir[...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-7 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Digital logic levels Power-on state ....................................Input (High-Z) Data transfers ...................................... Programmed I/O Timing I/O Number of channels ............................2 up/down counter/timers, 1 frequency scal[...]

Appendix A Specifications PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual A-8 © National Instruments Corporation Data transfers ..................................... DMA, interrupts, programmed I/O DMA modes ....................................... Scatter-gather Triggers Analog Trigger Source PCI-6110E ................................... All analog input channels , e[...]

Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporation A-9 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual RTSI Trigger Lines ......................................7 Bus Interface Type ................................................... Master, slave Power Requirement +5 VDC (±5%) PCI-6110E ................................... 2.5 A PCI-6111E ..................[...]

© National Instruments Corporation B-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Appendix B Cable Connector Descriptions This appendix descri bes the cable connectors on your 611 X E board. Figure B-1 shows the pin assignments for the 6 8-pin 611 X E conn ector. This connector is available when you use the SH6868EP cable assemblies with the 611 X E board. PCI_E[...]

Appendix B Cable Connector Descriptions PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual B-2 © National Instruments Corporation Figure B-1. 68-Pin 611 X 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 DGND DIO4 NC DAC1OUT DAC0OUT NC NC NC NC NC NC A[...]

© National Instruments Corporation C-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Appendix C Common Questions This appendix contain s a list of commonly asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special features of your 611 X E board. General Information What is the 611 X E board? The 611 X E board is a switchless and jumperless enhanced MIO board [...]

Appendix C Common Questions PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual C-2 © National Instruments Corporation What type of 5 V protec tion does the 61 1 X E board have? The 611 X E board has 5 V lines equipped with a self-resetting 1 A fuse. Installation and Configuration How do you set the base address for the 611 X E board? The base address of the 61 1 X E boa[...]

Appendix C Common Questions © National Instruments Corporation C-3 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Can I synchronize a one-channel analog input data acquisition with a one-channel analog output waveform generation on my 611 X E board? Yes. One way to accomplish this is to use the waveform generation timing pulses to control the analog input data acqui[...]

Appendix C Common Questions PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual C-4 © National Instruments Corporation up/down control , single or pulse trai n generation, equivalent t ime sampling, buffered period, and bu ffered semiperiod measurement. What is the difference in timebases between the Am9513 counter/timer and the DAQ-STC? The DAQ-STC-based MIO boards ha v[...]

Appendix C Common Questions © National Instruments Corporation C-5 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual connector, route external signals to internal timing sources, or tie internal timing signals t ogether. If you are us ing NI-DAQ with LabVIEW and you want to connect external signal sources to the PFI lines, you can use AI Clock Config, AI Trigger Config[...]

© National Instruments Corporation D-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Appendix D Customer Communication For your con venience, 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. When you contact us, we need the information o[...]

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PCI-6110E/6111E 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 current configuration. Completing this form accuratel[...]

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© National Instruments Corporation G-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Glossary Symbols/Numbers °d e g r e e s > greater than ≥ greater than or equal to < less than ≤ less than or equal to /p e r % percent ± plus or minus + positive of, or plus Prefix Meaning Value p- pico- 10 –12 n- nano- 10 –9 µ- micro- 10 –6 m- milli- 10 –3 k- [...]

Glossary PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual G-2 © National Instruments Corporation – negative o f, or minus Ω ohms square root of +5 V +5 VDC source signal A A amperes AC alternating current ACH a nalog input channel sign al ACH0GND analog input channel gro und signal A/D analog-to-digital ADC analog-to-digital converter—an electronic device, often[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-3 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual C CC e l s i u s CalDAC calibration DAC CH channel—pin or wir e lead to which you apply or from which you read the analog or d igital signal. Analog signals can b e single- ended or differential. For di gital signals, you gro up channels to form ports. Ports usually cons[...]

Glossary PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual G-4 © National Instruments Corporation general A/D and D/A system, such as a system containing the National Instruments E Series boards. dB decibel—the un it for expressing a logarithmic measure of the ratio of two signal levels: dB=2 0log10 V1/V2, for signal s in volts DC direct current DGND digital ground s[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-5 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual system memory. Programming the DMA controller and servicing interrupts can take several milliseconds in some cases. During this time, data accumulates in the FIFO for future retrieval. With a larger FIFO, longer latencies can be tolerated. In the case of analog output, a F[...]

Glossary PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual G-6 © National Instruments Corporation I INL integral nonlinearit y– For an ADC, deviat ion of codes of the act ual transfer function from a straight li ne. I/O input/output—the transfer of data to/from a computer system involving communi cations channels, operat or interface devices, and/or data acquisitio[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-7 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual mV millivolts N NC normally closed, or not connected NI-DAQ National Instruments driver software for DAQ hardware noise an undesirable electrical sign al—Noise comes from exter nal sources such as the AC power line, motors, generators, transformers, fluorescent lights, C[...]

Glossary PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual G-8 © National Instruments Corporation PFI4/GPCTR1_GATE PFI4/general-purpose counter 1 gate PFI5/UPDATE* PFI5/update PFI6/WFTRIG PFI6/wavef orm 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 Programmabl[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-9 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual S s seconds Ss a m p l e s SCANCLK scan clock signal SCXI Signal Conditioni ng eXtensions fo r 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 boar[...]

Glossary PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual G-10 © National Instruments Corporation THD total harmonic disto rtion—the ratio of the t otal rms signal due to harmonic distortion to the overall rms signal, in decibel or a percentage thermocouple a temperature sensor created by joining two dissimilar metals. The junction produces a small vo ltage as a fun[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-11 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual V OH volts, output high V OL volts, output low V ref reference voltage V rms volts, root mean square W WFTRIG waveform generation trigger signal PCI_E.book Page 11 Thursday, J une 25, 1998 12:55 PM[...]

© National Instruments Corporation I-1 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual Index Numbers +5 V signal description (table), 4-3 power connections, 4-15 self-resetting fuse, 4-15, C-2 A A C input coupling, 3-4 A CH<0..3>+ signal analog input connections, 4-8 description (table), 4-3 diff erential connections ground-referenced signal sources (figure), 4[...]

Index PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual I-2 © National Instruments Corporation below-lo w-l evel analog triggering mode (figure), 3-7 block diagrams PCI-6110E, 3-6 PCI-6111E, 3-7 high-hysteresis analog triggering mode (figure), 3-9 inside-region analog triggering mode (figure), 3-8 low-h ysteresis analog triggering mode (figure), 3-9 specifications, A-8[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I-3 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual data acquisition timing connections. See DAQ timing connections. DC input coupling, 3-4 DGND signal description (table), 4-3 digital I/O connections, 4-13 to 4-14 signal summary (table), 4-6 timing connections, 4-16 diff erential measurements, 4-9 to 4-12 common-mode signal r[...]

Index PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual I-4 © National Instruments Corporation GPCTR1_SOURCE signal, 4-32 GPCTR1_UP_DO WN signal, 4-34 to 4-35 questions about, C-4 to C-5 glitches, C-2 GPCTR0_GA TE signal, 4-30 to 4-31 GPCTR0_OUT signal description (table), 4-5 general-purpose timing connections, 4-3 1 signal summary (table), 4-7 GPCTR0_SOURCE signal, 4[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I-5 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual N NI-D A Q driv er software, 1-3 to 1-4 noise, av o iding, 4-35 to 4-36 NRSE (nonreferenced single-ended input), 4-11 to 4-12 O optional equipment, 1-5 output characteristic specif ications, A-5 P PCI-6110E/611 1E. See also hardware ov ervie w . custom cabling, 1-5 to 1-6 opt[...]

Index PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual I-6 © National Instruments Corporation pin assignments (figure), 4-2, B-2 polarity selection, analog input, 3-3 to 3-4 posttriggered data acquisition, 4-17 power connections +5 V po wer pins, 4-15 self-resetting fuse, 4-15 power requirement specif ications, A-9 pretriggered data acquisition, 4-17 to 4-18 programma[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I-7 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual general-purpose timing signal connections, 4-29 to 4-35 FREQ_OUT signal, 4-35 GPCTR0_GA TE signal, 4-30 to 4-31 GPCTR0_OUT signal, 4-31 GPCTR0_SOURCE signal, 4-29 to 4-30 GPCTR0_UP_DO WN signal, 4-31 GPCTR1_GA TE signal, 4-32 to 4-33 GPCTR1_OUT signal, 4-33 GPCTR1_SOURCE sign[...]

Index PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual I-8 © National Instruments Corporation typical posttriggered acquisition (figure), 4-17 typical pretriggered acquisition (figure), 4-18 general-purpose timing signal connections, 4-29 to 4-35 FREQ_OUT signal, 4-35 GPCTR0_GA TE signal, 4-30 to 4-31 GPCTR0_OUT signal, 4-31 GPCTR0_SOURCE signal, 4-29 to 4-30 GPCTR0_U[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I-9 PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual W wa veform generation, questions about, C-3 wa v efo rm generation timing conn ections, 4-26 to 4-29 UISOURCE signal, 4-28 to 4-29 UPD A TE* signal, 4-27 to 4-28 WFTRIG signal, 4-26 to 4-27 WFTRIG signal input signal timing (figure), 4-27 output signal timing (figure), 4-27 [...]