National Instruments AT-MIO-16X About This Manual, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Configuration and Installation

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Table
of
Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual........................................................................................xv
Conventions Used in This Manual................................................................................xvi
Related Documentation.................................................................................................xvii
Customer Communication............................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the AT-MIO-16X...............................................................................................1-1
Analog Input...................................................................................................1-2
Analog Output................................................................................................1-2
Digital and Timing I/O...................................................................................1-3
What You Need to Get Started.....................................................................................1-3
Software Programming Choices...................................................................................1-4
National Instruments Application Software...................................................1-4
NI-DAQ Driver Software...............................................................................1-5
Register-Level Programming.........................................................................1-6
Optional Equipment......................................................................................................1-7
Unpacking.....................................................................................................................1-7
Chapter 2
Configuration and Installation
Board Configuration.....................................................................................................2-2
AT Bus Interface............................................................................................2-2
Base I/O Address Selection............................................................................2-3
Interrupt and DMA Channel Selection...........................................................2-7
Analog Input Configuration..........................................................................................2-7
Input Mode.....................................................................................................2-7
DIFF Input (Eight Channels)...........................................................2-8
RSE Input (16 Channels).................................................................2-9
NRSE Input (16 Channels)..............................................................2-9
Input Polarity and Input Range.......................................................................2-10
Considerations for Selecting Input Ranges......................................2-10
Analog Output Configuration.......................................................................................2-11