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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 information.........................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-2513......................................................................................................................8
Overview: PCI-2513 features.............................................................................................................................8
Software features................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-2513..........................................................................................................................9
What comes with your PCI-2513 shipment?......................................................................................................9
Hardware.......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Optional components........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Additional documentation................................................................................................................................................10
Unpacking the PCI-2513..................................................................................................................................10
Installing the software...................................................................................................................................... 10
Installing the PCI-2513.....................................................................................................................................10
Configuring the hardware.................................................................................................................................11
Connecting the board for I/O operations..........................................................................................................11
Connectors, cables – main I/O connector.........................................................................................................................11
Pinout – main I/O connector............................................................................................................................................12
Cabling.............................................................................................................................................................12
Field wiring and signal termination.................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 3
Functional Details...............................................................................................................................14
PCI-2513 block diagram...................................................................................................................................14
Synchronous I/O – mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning....................................................................14
Bus mastering DMA.........................................................................................................................................15
Analog input.....................................................................................................................................................15
Analog input scanning.....................................................................................................................................................15
Digital I/O.........................................................................................................................................................16
Digital input scanning......................................................................................................................................................16
Digital outputs and pattern generation.............................................................................................................................16
Triggering.........................................................................................................................................................16
Hardware analog triggering.............................................................................................................................................16
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................17
Software-based triggering................................................................................................................................................17
Stop trigger modes...........................................................................................................................................................17
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes........................................................................................................................18
Counter inputs.................................................................................................................................................. 18
Mapped channels.............................................................................................................................................................19
Counter modes.................................................................................................................................................................19
Debounce modes..............................................................................................................................................................20
Timer outputs....................................................................................................................................................23
Example: Timer outputs...................................................................................................................................................23
Multiple PCI-2513s per PC..............................................................................................................................23
Using detection setpoints for output control.....................................................................................................24