Measurement Specialties PCI-DAS1002 Network Card User Manual


 
Table of Contents
Preface
About this User's Guide .......................................................................................................................7
What you will learn from this user's guide .........................................................................................................7
Conventions in this user's guide .........................................................................................................................7
Where to find more information .........................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-DAS1002 ..............................................................................................................8
Overview: PCI-DAS1002 features .....................................................................................................................8
Software features ................................................................................................................................................8
PCI-DAS1002 block diagram.............................................................................................................................9
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-DAS1002 ................................................................................................................10
What is included with your PCI-DAS1002 ......................................................................................................10
Hardware .........................................................................................................................................................................10
Additional documentation................................................................................................................................................10
Optional components .......................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the PCI-DAS1002 ..........................................................................................................................11
Installing the software ......................................................................................................................................11
Installing the hardware .....................................................................................................................................11
Configuring the hardware.................................................................................................................................12
Differential input mode....................................................................................................................................................12
Single-ended input mode .................................................................................................................................................12
Connecting the board for I/O operations ..........................................................................................................12
Connectors, cables – main I/O connector.........................................................................................................................12
Pinout – main I/O connector............................................................................................................................................13
Cables ..............................................................................................................................................................................15
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................15
Chapter 3
Programming and Developing Applications ....................................................................................16
Programming languages ...................................................................................................................................16
Packaged applications programs.......................................................................................................................16
Register-level programming .............................................................................................................................16
Chapter 4
Calibrating the Board..........................................................................................................................17
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................17
Calibration theory.............................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 5
Specifications......................................................................................................................................18
Analog input .....................................................................................................................................................18
Accuracy..........................................................................................................................................................................19
Crosstalk ..........................................................................................................................................................................19
Noise performance...........................................................................................................................................................19
Analog output ...................................................................................................................................................20
Absolute accuracy............................................................................................................................................................20
Calibrated accuracy components......................................................................................................................................20
Counters............................................................................................................................................................21
Digital input/output...........................................................................................................................................22
Interrupts...........................................................................................................................................................22
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