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PCI-2513 User's Guide Document Revision 3, June, 2007 © Copyright 2007, Measurement Computing Corporation
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Table of Contents Preface About this User's Guide .......................................................................................................................7 What you will learn from this user's guide .........................................................................................................7 Conventions used in this user's guide .................................................................................................................7 Where to find more
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PCI-2513 User's Guide What are detection setpoints? ..........................................................................................................................................24 Setpoint configuration overview......................................................................................................................................24 Setpoint configuration.................................................................................................................
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Preface About this User's Guide What you will learn from this user's guide This user's guide explains how to install, configure, and use the PCI-2513 so that you get the most out of its analog input, digital I/O, and counter/timer I/O features. This user's guide also refers you to related documents available on our web site, and to technical support resources. Conventions used in this user's guide For more information on … Text presented in a box signifies additional information and
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Chapter 1 Introducing the PCI-2513 Overview: PCI-2513 features ® ® The PCI-2513 is supported under popular Microsoft Windows operating systems. The PCI-2513 provides either eight differential or 16 single-ended analog inputs with 16-bit resolution. It offers seven software-selectable analog input ranges of ±10 V, ±5 V, ±2 V, ±1 V, ±0.5 V, ±0.2 V, and ±0.1V. The board has 24 high-speed lines of digital I/O, two timer outputs, and four 32-bit counters. It provides up to 12 MHz scanning
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Chapter 2 Installing the PCI-2513 What comes with your PCI-2513 shipment? As you unpack your PCI-2513, verify that the following components are included. Hardware PCI-2513 Optional components Cables and signal conditioning accessories that are compatible with the PCI-2513 are not included with PCI- 2513 orders, and must be ordered separately. If you ordered any of the following products with your board, they should be included with your shipment. Cables CA-68-3R CA-68-3S (3-f
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Installing the PCI-2513 Additional documentation In addition to this hardware user's guide, you should also receive the Quick Start Guide (available in PDF at www.mccdaq.com/PDFmanuals/DAQ-Software-Quick-Start.pdf). This booklet supplies a brief description of the software you received with your PCI-2513 and information regarding installation of that software. Please read this booklet completely before installing any software or hardware. Unpacking the PCI-2513 As wi
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Installing the PCI-2513 3. To test your installation and configure your board, run the InstaCal utility installed in the previous section. Refer to the Quick Start Guide that came with your board for information on how to initially set up and load InstaCal. If your board has been powered-off for more than 10 minutes, allow your computer to warm up for at least 30 minutes before acquiring data. This warm-up period is required in order for the board to achieve its rated
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Installing the PCI-2513 Pinout – main I/O connector 16-channel single-ended pin out (8-channel differential signals in parentheses) Signal name Pin Pin Signal name ACH0 (ACH0 HI) 68 34 ACH8 (ACH0 LO) • • AGND 67 • • 33 ACH1 (ACH1 HI) ACH9 (ACH1 LO) 66 32 AGND • • ACH2 (ACH2 HI) 65 31 ACH10 (ACH2 LO) • • AGND 64 • • 30 ACH3 (ACH3 HI) ACH11 (ACH3 LO) 63 29 AGND • • SGND 62 28 ACH4 (ACH4 HI) • • ACH12 (ACH4 LO) 61 • • 27 AGND ACH5 (ACH5 HI) 60 26 ACH13 (ACH5 LO) • • AG
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Installing the PCI-2513 34 68 34 68 1 35 135 Figure 2. CA-68-3S and CA-68-6S cable Field wiring and signal termination You can use the following MCC screw terminal boards to terminate field signals and route them into the PCI- 2513 board using the CA-68-3R, CA-68-3S, or CA-68-6S cable: TB-100: Termination board with screw terminals. Details on this product are available on our web site at www.mccdaq.com/cbicatalog/cbiproduct.asp?dept_id=98&pf_id=1787. RM-TB-100: 1
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Chapter 3 Functional Details This chapter contains detailed information on all of the features available from the board, including: a block diagram of board functions information on how to use, when to use, and when not to use the signals generated by the board diagrams of signals using default or conventional board settings PCI-2513 block diagram Figure 3 is a simplified block diagram of the PCI-2513. This board provides all of the functional elements shown in the figure. Figure
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details Bus mastering DMA The PCI-2513 supports bus mastering DMA. With multiple DMA channels, analog, digital, and counter input data, as well as digital output data, can flow between the PC and the PCI-2513 without consuming valuable CPU time. The driver supplied with the PCI-2513 automatically uses bus mastering DMA to efficiently conduct I/O from the PC to the PCI-2513. Analog input The PCI-2513 has a 16-bit, 1-MHz A/D coupled with 16 single-ended, or
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details Digital I/O Twenty-four TTL-level digital I/O lines are included in each PCI-2513. You can program digital I/O in 8-bit groups as either inputs or outputs and scan them in several modes (see "Digital input scanning" below). You can access input ports asynchronously from the PC at any time, including when a scanned acquisition is occurring. Digital input scanning Digital input ports can be read asynchronously before, during, or after an analog input
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details 3. Bring the analog input signal toward the desired threshold. When the input signal is at the threshold (± some tolerance) the sweep will be triggered. 4. Before re-arming the trigger, again move the analog input signal to a level that is more than 2.5% of the full-scale range away from the desired threshold. For example, if you are using the ±2 V full-scale range (gain = 5), and you want to trigger at +1 V on the rising edge, you would set the an
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes The PCI-2513 supports four modes of pre-triggering and post-triggering, providing a wide-variety of options to accommodate any measurement requirement. When using pre-trigger, you must use software-based triggering to initiate an acquisition. No pre-trigger, post-trigger stop event. In this simple mode, data acquisition starts when the trigger is received, and the acquisition stops when the stop- trigger
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details Mapped channels A mapped channel is one of four counter input signals that can get multiplexed into a counter module. The mapped channel can participate with the counter's input signal by gating the counter, latching the counter, and so on. The four possible choices for the mapped channel are the four counter input signals (post-debounce). A mapped channel can be used to: gate the counter decrement the counter latch to current count to the coun
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PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details Gating "on" mode Sets the gating option to "on" for the mapped channel, enabling the mapped channel to gate the counter. Any counter can be gated by the mapped channel. When the mapped channel is high, the counter is enabled. When the mapped channel is low, the counter is disabled (but holds the count value). The mapped channel can be any counter input channel other than the counter being gated. Decrement "on" mode Sets the counter decrement optio
