
Chapter 4     Signal Connections
AT-MIO/AI E Series User Manual 4-6
 National Instruments CorporationDIO<0..7> DGND Input or 
Output Digital I/O signals—DIO6 and 7 can control the up/down 
signal of general-purpose counters 0 and 1, respectively.
PA<0..7> DGND Input or 
Output Port A—These pins are port A of the extra digital I/O signals 
on the AT-MIO-16DE-10.
PB<0..7> DGND Input or 
Output Port B—These pins are port B of the extra digital I/O signals 
on the AT-MIO-16DE-10.
PC<0..7> DGND Input or 
Output Port C—These pins are port C of the extra digital I/O signals 
on the AT-MIO-16DE-10.
+5 V DGND Output +5 VDC Source—These pins are fused for up to 1 A of 
+5 V supply.  The fuse is self-resetting.
SCANCLK DGND Output Scan Clock—This pin pulses once for each A/D conversion 
in the scanning modes when enabled.  The low-to-high edge 
indicates when the input signal can be removed from the 
input or switched to another signal.
EXTSTROBE* DGND Output External Strobe—This output can be toggled under software 
control to latch signals or trigger events on external devices. 
PFI0/TRIG1 DGND Input
Output
PFI0/Trigger 1—As an input, this is either one of the 
Programmable Function Inputs (PFIs) or the source for the 
hardware analog trigger.  PFI signals are explained in the 
Timing Connections section later in this chapter.  The 
hardware analog trigger is explained in the Analog Trigger 
section in Chapter 2.  Analog trigger is available only on the 
AT-MIO-16E-1, AT-MIO-16E-2, AT-MIO-16XE-10, 
AT-AI-16XE-10, and the AT-MIO-64E-3.
As an output, this is the TRIG1 signal.  In posttrigger data 
acquisition sequences, a low-to-high transition indicates the 
initiation of the acquisition sequence.  In pretrigger 
applications, a low-to-high transition indicates the initiation 
of the pretrigger conversions.
PFI1/TRIG2 DGND Input
Output
PFI1/Trigger 2—As an input, this is one of the PFIs.  
As an output, this is the TRIG2 signal.  In pretrigger 
applications, a low-to-high transition indicates the initiation 
of the posttrigger conversions.  TRIG2 is not used in 
posttrigger applications.
Signal Name Reference Direction Description    (Continued)