National Instruments PCI-6023E Network Card User Manual


 
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National Instruments Corporation v PCI-6023E/6024E/6025E User Manual
Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual.........................................................................................xi
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................xii
National Instruments Documentation ............................................................................xiii
Related Documentation..................................................................................................xiv
Customer Communication .............................................................................................xiv
Chapter 1
Introduction
Features of the PCI-6023E, PCI-6024E, and PCI-6025E..............................................1-1
What You Need to Get Started ......................................................................................1-2
Unpacking...................................................................................................................... 1-2
Software Programming Choices ....................................................................................1-3
National Instruments Application Software....................................................1-3
NI-DAQ Driver Software................................................................................1-3
Register-Level Programming ..........................................................................1-5
Optional Equipment.......................................................................................................1-6
Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
Software Installation......................................................................................................2-1
Hardware Configuration ................................................................................................2-1
Hardware Installation.....................................................................................................2-2
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
Analog Input ..................................................................................................................3-2
Input Mode ......................................................................................................3-2
Input Range .....................................................................................................3-2
Dither...............................................................................................................3-3
Multichannel Scanning Considerations...........................................................3-4
Analog Output................................................................................................................3-5
Analog Output Glitch ......................................................................................3-5
Digital I/O......................................................................................................................3-6
Timing Signal Routing...................................................................................................3-6
Programmable Function Inputs .......................................................................3-7
Board and RTSI Clocks...................................................................................3-8
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