National Instruments AT-MIO-16X - Manual (Page 4)

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Table
of
Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual ........................................................................................ xv
Conventions Used in This Manual................................................................................ xvi
Related Documentation................................................................................................. xvii
Customer Communication ............................................................................................ xvii
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the AT-MIO-16X ............................................................................................... 1-1
Analog Input ................................................................................................... 1-2
Analog Output ................................................................................................ 1-2
Digital and Timing I/O ................................................................................... 1-3
What You Need to Get Started ..................................................................................... 1-3
Software Programming Choices ................................................................................... 1-4
National Instruments Application Software ................................................... 1-4
NI-DAQ Driver Software ............................................................................... 1-5
Register-Level Programming ......................................................................... 1-6
Optional Equipment ...................................................................................................... 1-7
Unpacking ..................................................................................................................... 1-7
Chapter 2
Configuration and Installation
Board Configuration ..................................................................................................... 2-2
AT Bus Interface ............................................................................................ 2-2
Base I/O Address Selection ............................................................................ 2-3
Interrupt and DMA Channel Selection........................................................... 2-7
Analog Input Configuration.......................................................................................... 2-7
Input Mode ..................................................................................................... 2-7
DIFF Input (Eight Channels) ........................................................... 2-8
RSE Input (16 Channels) ................................................................. 2-9
NRSE Input (16 Channels) .............................................................. 2-9
Input Polarity and Input Range....................................................................... 2-10
Considerations for Selecting Input Ranges ...................................... 2-10
Analog Output Configuration ....................................................................................... 2-11