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Table of Contents
Preface
About this User's Guide .......................................................................................................................7
What you will learn from this user's guide .........................................................................................................7
Conventions used in this user's guide .................................................................................................................7
Where to find more information .........................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-2513......................................................................................................................8
Overview: PCI-2513 features .............................................................................................................................8
Software features ................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-2513..........................................................................................................................9
What comes with your PCI-2513 shipment? ......................................................................................................9
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Additional documentation................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the PCI-2513 ..................................................................................................................................10
Installing the software ......................................................................................................................................10
Installing the PCI-2513.....................................................................................................................................10
Configuring the hardware.................................................................................................................................11
Connecting the board for I/O operations ..........................................................................................................11
Connectors, cables – main I/O connector.........................................................................................................................11
Pinout – main I/O connector ............................................................................................................................................12
Cabling .............................................................................................................................................................12
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 3
Programming and Developing Applications ....................................................................................14
Programming languages ...................................................................................................................................14
Packaged applications programs.......................................................................................................................14
Chapter 4
Functional Details ...............................................................................................................................15
PCI-2513 block diagram...................................................................................................................................15
Synchronous I/O – mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning ....................................................................15
Bus mastering DMA.........................................................................................................................................16
Analog input .....................................................................................................................................................16
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................16
Digital I/O.........................................................................................................................................................16
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................17
Digital outputs and pattern generation .............................................................................................................................17
Triggering .........................................................................................................................................................17
Hardware analog triggering .............................................................................................................................................17
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................18
Software-based triggering................................................................................................................................................18
Stop trigger modes ...........................................................................................................................................................18
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes ........................................................................................................................18
Counter inputs ..................................................................................................................................................19
