Spectrum Brands MI.20xx - Manual (Page 6)

6 MI.20xx Manual
Preface Introduction
Introduction
Preface
This manual provides detailed information on the hardware features of your Spectrum instrumentation board. This information includes tech-
nical data, specifications, block diagram and a connector description.
In addition, this guide takes you through the process of installing your board and also describes the installation of the delivered driver package
for each operating system.
Finally this manual provides you with the complete software information of the board and the related driver. The reader of this manual will
be able to integrate the board in any PC system with one of the supported bus and operating systems.
Please note that this manual provides no description for specific driver parts such as those for LabVIEW or MATLAB. These drivers are provi-
ded by special order.
For any new information on the board as well as new available options or memory upgrades please contact our webside
http://www.spectrum-instrumentation.com. You will also find the current driver package with the latest bug fixes and new features on our site.
Please read this manual carefully before you install any hardware or software. Spectrum is not responsible
for any hardware failures resulting from incorrect usage.
General Information
The 4 models of the MI.20xx series are designed for the fast and high quality data acquisition. Every of the up to four input channels has its
own A/D converter and it's own programmable input amplifier.
This allows to record signals with 8 bit resolution without any phase delay between them. The inputs could be selected to one of seven input
ranges by software and could be programmed to compensate an input offset of ±400% of the input range. The extremely large on-board
memory allows long time recording even with highest sample rates. A FIFO mode is also integrated on the board. This allows to record data
continuously and to process it in the PC or to store it to hard disk.
Several boards of the MI.xxxx series may be connected together by the internal standard synchronisation bus to work with the same time base.
Application examples: Laboratory equipment, Supersonics, LDA/PDA, Radar, Spectroscopy, production test.