30
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
In modifying an existing Library, or writing a new software library, It is strongly advised that programmers should use the
current libraries for Basic or C, and transfer them to the different languages. The current libraries are 'bug free', so this
will help the programmer to produce 'bug-free' code.
The CLCI2000 is designed to plug into any AT/ISA PC Compatible bus. This is the bus used by most PC Manufacturers.
The CLCI2000 communicates over an 8-Bit bus. All information going into the board, and out of the board does so in
8 bit words. The CLCI2000 Indexer chip has a set of registers that can be written to through the bus. The description
of these registers follows below.
REGISTER # BITS SETTING RANGE DESCRIPTION
R0 24 0 to 16,777,215 INDEX NUMBER
R1 14 1 to 16,383 BASE SETTING (NOT IN HZ)
R2 14 1 to 16,383 MAX SETTING (NOT IN HZ)
R3 15 1 to 32,767 RAMP SETTING
R4 14 2 to 16,383 FACTOR
R5 24 0 to 16,777,215 POSITION REGISTER
R6 24 0 to 16,777,215 ENCODER REGISTER
REGISTER DESCRIPTION
The least significant byte (lowest) should always be written or read first, followed by the middle byte and then the most
significant (highest). For writing operations, the bytes being written will be "buffered" until the most significant is written.
At that time they will all be simultaneously transferred to the working registers. For reading operations, the read of the
least significant byte causes the upper bytes to be copied into a holding buffer simultaneously to the least significant read.
They can then be read afterwards without concern to their having possibly changed in the time between the successive
reads.