Appendix A Specifications for AT-MIO-16E-1, AT-MIO-16E-2 and AT-MIO-64E-3
AT-MIO/AI E Series User Manual A-6
National Instruments Corporation
Analog Output
Output Characteristics
Number of channels...........................2 voltage
Resolution..........................................12 bits, 1 in 4,096
Max update rate
FIFO mode waveform generation
Internally timed ...................1 MS/s per channel
Externally timed ..................950 kS/s per channel
Non-FIFO mode waveform generation
1 channel .............................600–950 kS/s (system
dependent)
2 channel .............................300–625 kS/s (system
dependent)
Type of DAC..................................... Double buffered, multiplying
FIFO buffer size ................................2,048 samples
Data transfers.....................................DMA, interrupts,
programmed I/O
DMA modes.......................................Single transfer, demand transfer
Transfer Characteristics
Relative accuracy (INL)
After calibration......................... ±0.3 LSB typ, ±0.5 LSB max
Before calibration....................... ±4 LSB max
DNL
After calibration......................... ±0.3 LSB typ, ±1.0 LSB max
Before calibration....................... ±3 LSB max
Monotonicity ..................................... 12 bits, guaranteed after
calibration
Offset error
After calibration......................... ±1.0 mV max
Before calibration....................... ±200 mV max
Gain error (relative to internal reference)
After calibration......................... ±0.01% of output max
Before calibration....................... ±0.5% of output max