ADLINK PCI-7258 - Manual (Page 8)

iv • How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
This manual is intended to assist users to configure the PCI-7258 PhotoMos
Relay Card. It is divided into 5 chapters.
Chapter 1, “Introduction”, gives an overview of the product features,
applications, and specifications.
Chapter 2, “Getting Started”, describes how to install the PCI-7258.
The Board ID switch and connectors’ pin assignments are
also described.
Chapter3, “Registers”, describes the registers that are available to the
PCI-7258. The information is important for programmers who
want to control the hardware with low level programming
languages.
Chapter 4, “Operation Theory”, describes how to operate the PCI-
7258. The PhotoMos relay and isolated digital input are
introduced. Some programming concepts are also described.
Chapter 5, “C/C++ libraries”, describes the software utility and the
software libraries of the PCI-7258. This chapter also
outlines basic requirements for programming your own
software application.