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Programming the Board .................................................................................................. 36
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Register tables ................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Programming examples....................................................................................................................................................... 36
Error handling.................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Initialization....................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Starting the automatic initialization routine ...................................................................................................................... 37
PCI Register ................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Hardware version......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Date of production........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Serial number .............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Maximum possible sample rate ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Installed memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Installed features and options......................................................................................................................................... 39
Used interrupt line ........................................................................................................................................................ 39
Used type of driver ....................................................................................................................................................... 39
Powerdown and reset ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Analog Inputs.................................................................................................................. 41
Channel Selection .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Important note on channels selection............................................................................................................................... 41
Setting up the inputs ........................................................................................................................................................... 42
Input ranges................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Input offset................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Input termination........................................................................................................................................................... 44
Automatical adjustment of the offset settings..................................................................................................................... 44
Standard acquisition modes ............................................................................................ 45
General Information ........................................................................................................................................................... 45
Programming..................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Memory, Pre- and Posttrigger ......................................................................................................................................... 45
Starting without interrupt (classic mode)........................................................................................................................... 46
Starting with interrupt driven mode ................................................................................................................................. 46
Data organization ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
Sample format.............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Reading out the data with SpcGetData............................................................................................................................ 47
FIFO Mode....................................................................................................................... 49
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 49
General Information...................................................................................................................................................... 49
Background FIFO Read ................................................................................................................................................. 49
Speed Limitations.......................................................................................................................................................... 49
Programming..................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Software Buffers ........................................................................................................................................................... 50
Buffer processing.......................................................................................................................................................... 51
FIFO mode .................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Example FIFO acquisition mode ..................................................................................................................................... 52
Data organization ........................................................................................................................................................ 52
Sample format.............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Clock generation ............................................................................................................. 54
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Internally generated sample rate .......................................................................................................................................... 54
Standard internal sample rate ........................................................................................................................................ 54
Using plain quartz with no PLL........................................................................................................................................ 55
Direct external clock ..................................................................................................................................................... 55
External clock with divider ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Trigger modes and appendant registers .......................................................................... 58
General Description............................................................................................................................................................ 58
Software trigger ................................................................................................................................................................. 58
External TTL trigger ............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Edge triggers ............................................................................................................................................................... 59
Pulsewidth triggers........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Channel Trigger................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Overview of the channel trigger registers......................................................................................................................... 62
Triggerlevel.................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Detailed description of the channel trigger modes............................................................................................................. 65