Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Preface
  • General Information
  • Different models of the MC.31xx series
  • Additional options
    • Digital inputs
    • Extra I/O (Option -XMF)
    • Starhub
    • Timestamp
  • The Spectrum type plate
  • Hardware information
    • Block diagram
    • Dynamic Parameters
    • Order information
• Hardware Installation
  • System Requirements
  • Warnings
    • ESD Precautions
    • Cooling Precautions
    • Sources of noise
  • Installing the board in the system
    • Installing a single board without any options
    • Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs
    • Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF)
    • Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub
    • Installing multiple synchronized boards
• Software Driver Installation
  • Interrupt Sharing
  • Windows 98
    • Installation
    • Version control
    • Driver - Update
  • Windows 2000
    • Installation
    • Version control
    • Driver - Update
  • Windows XP
    • Installation
    • Version control
    • Driver - Update
  • Windows NT
    • Installation
    • Adding boards to the Windows NT driver
    • Driver - Update
  • Linux
    • Overview
    • Installation
• Software
  • Software Overview
  • First Test with SBench
  • C/C++ Driver Interface
    • Header files
    • Microsoft Visual C++
    • Borland C++ Builder
    • Linux Gnu C
    • Other Windows C/C++ compilers
    • National Instruments LabWindows/CVI
    • Driver functions
  • Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface
    • Type definition
    • Include Driver
    • Examples
    • Driver functions
  • Visual Basic Programming Interface
    • Include Driver
    • Visual Basic Examples
    • VBA for Excel Examples
    • Driver functions
• Programming the Board
  • Overview
  • Register tables
  • Programming examples
  • Error handling
  • Initialization
    • Starting the automatic initialization routine
    • PCI Register
    • Hardware version
    • Date of production
    • Serial number
    • Maximum possible sample rate
    • Installed memory
    • Installed features and options
    • Used interrupt line
    • Used type of driver
  • Powerdown and reset
• Analog Inputs
  • Channel Selection
    • Important note on channels selection
  • Channel rerouting
  • Setting up the inputs
    • Input ranges
    • Input offset
    • Overrange bit
    • Input termination
    • Automatical adjustment of the offset settings
• Standard acquisition modes
  • General Information
  • Programming
    • Memory, Pre- and Posttrigger
    • Starting without interrupt (classic mode)
    • Starting with interrupt driven mode
    • Data organization
    • Sample format
    • Reading out the data with SpcGetData
• FIFO Mode
  • Overview
    • General Information
    • Background FIFO Read
    • Speed Limitations
  • Programming
    • Software Buffers
    • Buffer processing
    • FIFO mode
    • Example FIFO acquisition mode
    • Data organization
    • Sample format
• Clock generation
  • Overview
  • Internally generated sample rate
    • Standard internal sample rate
    • Using plain quartz without PLL
  • External clocking
    • Direct external clock
    • External clock with divider
• Trigger modes and appendant registers
  • General Description
  • Software trigger
  • External TTL trigger
    • Edge triggers
    • Pulsewidth triggers
  • Channel Trigger
    • Overview of the channel trigger registers
    • Triggerlevel
    • Detailed description of the channel trigger modes
• Option Multiple Recording
  • Recording modes
    • Standard Mode
    • FIFO Mode
  • Trigger modes
    • Resulting start delays
• Option Gated Sampling
  • Recording modes
    • Standard Mode
    • FIFO Mode
  • Trigger modes
    • General information and trigger delay
    • End of gate alignement
    • Alignement samples per channel
    • Resulting start delays
    • Number of samples on gate signal
    • Allowed trigger modes
  • Example program
• Option Timestamp
  • General information
    • Limits
  • Timestamp modes
    • Standard mode
    • StartReset mode
    • RefClock mode (optional)
  • Timestamp Status
  • Reading out timestamp data
    • Functions for accessing the data
    • Data format
  • Example programs
    • Standard acquisition mode
    • Acquisition with Multiple Recording
• Option Extra I/O
  • Digital I/Os
    • Channel direction
    • Transfer Data
  • Analog Outputs
  • Programming example
• Option Digital inputs
• Synchronization (Option)
  • The different synchronization options
    • Synchronization with option cascading
    • Synchronization with option starhub
  • The setup order for the different synchronization options
    • Setup Order for use with standard (non FIFO) mode and equally clocked boards
  • Setup synchronization for use with FIFO mode and equally clokked boards
    • Additions for synchronizing different boards
    • Additions for equal boards with different sample rates
    • Resulting delays using different boards or speeds
• Appendix
  • Error Codes
  • Pin assignment of the multipin connector
    • Extra I/O with external connector(Option -XMF)
    • Option “Digital inputs“
  • Pin assignment of the multipin cable