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Operation Theory
This chapter provides the detailed operation information for the 
cPCI/PCI-7300A, including I/O configuration, block diagram, input/output FIFO, 
bus -mastering DMA, scatter/gather, clocking mode, starting mode, termination, 
I/O transfer mode, and auxiliary digital I/O. 
4.1 I/O Configuration
The 32-bit I/O data path of PCI-7300A can be configured as 8-bit, 16-bit, or 
32-bit, the possible configurati on modes are listed as follows. 
 
Mode
Channel
Description
DI32
PORTA (DI0…DI15) 
PORTB (DI16..DI31) 
Both PORTA and PORTB 
are configured as input 
channel 
DO32
PORTA 
(DO16…DO31) 
PORTB 
(DO0…DO15) 
Both PORTA and PORTB 
are configured as output 
channel 
DI16DO16 
(default mode) 
PORTA (DI0…DI15) 
PORTB 
(DO0…DO15) 
PORTA is 16-CH input 
PORTB is 16-CH output 
DI16DO8
PORTA (DI0…DI15) 
PORTB (DO0…DO7) 
PORTA is 16-CH input 
PORTB is 8-CH output 
DI8DO16
PORTA (DI0…DI7) 
PORTB 
(DO0…DO15) 
PORTA is 8-CH input 
PORTB is 16-CH output 
DI8DO8
PORTA (DI0…DI7) 
PORTB (DO0…DO7) 
PORTA is 8-CH input 
PORTB is 8-CH output