CH Tech Quad M-module Carrier i4000 User Manual
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i4000 - Quad M-module carrier for VMEbus
User Manual
Version: 1.2
AcQuisition Technology bv
P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP
Oss, The Netherlands
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1. I
NTRODUCTION
1.1.
V
ALIDITY OF THE
M
ANUAL
This is edition 1.2 of the i4000 user manual and applies to the following boards:
•
The i4000 VME M-module carrier board without P2 of revision R4 ( i4000 Rev 4 )
•
The i4000 VME M-module carrier board with P2 of revision R2 ( i4000/R2 )
The revision can be found on the printed circuit board.
1.2.
P
URPOSE
This manual serves as an instruction for the operation of the i4000 M-module carrier board with VMEbus
interface. Some examples for using the i4000 within an APIS software environment can be found in the APIS
programmers manual.
1.3.
S
COPE
The scope of this manual is the usage of the i4000 M-module Carrier for VMEbus.
1.4.
D
EFINITIONS
, A
CRONYMS AND
A
BBREVIATIONS
AcQ
AcQuisition Technology bv
APIS
AcQuisition Platform Interface Software
ESD
Electronic Static Discharge
i4000
M-module carrier board for VMEbus
M-module
Mezzanine I/O concept according to the M-module specification
VMEbus
Versa Modular Eurocard bus
1.5.
N
OTES
C
ONCERNING THE
N
OMENCLATURE
Hex numbers are marked with a leading “0x”-sign: for example: 0x20 or 0xff.
File names are represented in italic: filename.txt.
Code examples are printed in
courier.
Active-low signals are represented by a trailing asterisks (i.e. IACK*).
1.6.
O
VERVIEW
In chapter 2 a description of the i4000 hardware can be found. Chapter 3 covers the installation and setup of
the card as well as mounting M-modules. The VMEbus interface can be found in chapter 4. In chapter 5 the
operation and the usage of the i4000 is described. Finally this document contains an annex containing a
bibliography, component image, technical data and the document history.