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Introduction....................................................................................................................... 6
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
General Information ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Different models of the MI.20xx series .................................................................................................................................... 7
Additional options................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Extra I/O (Option -XMF).................................................................................................................................................. 8
Extra I/O (Option -XIO)................................................................................................................................................... 8
Starhub ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Timestamp ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
The Spectrum type plate...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Hardware information......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Block diagram.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Technical Data ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Dynamic Parameters ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
Order information......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................... 13
System Requirements .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
ESD Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Cooling Precautions...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Sources of noise........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Installing the board in the system.......................................................................................................................................... 13
Installing a single board without any options.................................................................................................................... 13
Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs.................................................................................................................... 14
Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF) ............................................................................................................... 14
Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub............................................................................................................ 15
Installing multiple synchronized boards ........................................................................................................................... 16
Software Driver Installation............................................................................................. 17
Interrupt Sharing ................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Windows 98 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 18
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Windows 2000 ................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Windows XP...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Version control............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Windows NT..................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Adding boards to the Windows NT driver ....................................................................................................................... 24
Driver - Update............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Linux................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Software ......................................................................................................................... 27
Software Overview............................................................................................................................................................. 27
First Test with SBench.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
C/C++ Driver Interface....................................................................................................................................................... 28
Header files................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Microsoft Visual C++ .................................................................................................................................................... 28
Linux Gnu C................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Other Windows C/C++ compilers ................................................................................................................................. 29
National Instruments LabWindows/CVI........................................................................................................................... 29
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface.................................................................................................................................. 32
Type definition ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 32
Examples..................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 32
Visual Basic Programming Interface ...................................................................................................................................... 34
Include Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Visual Basic Examples................................................................................................................................................... 34
VBA for Excel Examples ................................................................................................................................................ 34
Driver functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 34