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Appendix A DAQ Hardware Capabilities
Measure Data Acquisition User Manual A-8 © National Instruments Corporation
Analog Output Only Devices Hardware Capabilities
Table A-11. Analog Output Characteristics—Analog Output Only Devices
Device Channel #s DAC Type Output
Limits (V)
Waveform Grouping Transfer Method
AT-AO-6
AT-AO-10 0 through 5,
6 through 9* 12-bit double-
buffered
with 1 K FIFO
for update clock 1
channels ±10V, ±Vref1,
0 to 10,
0 to Vref1,
4 to 20 mA,
4 to
Vref
mA
1 2 5
0 625
+
.
.
For update clock 1
channels are any one
channel N or set of
channel pairs: 0-N;
for update clock 2
channels are 2-N,
same rules as above:
N=6, N=10* Update clock 1
channels: DMA,
interrupts;
update clock 2
channels:
interrupts
PC-AO-2DC
(Plug and Play) 0, 1 0 to 10V, ±5V,
0-20mA sink
software-selectable
DAQCard-AO-2DC 0, 1 0 to 10V, ±5V,
0-10mA sink
software-selectable
*AT-AO-10 only