©NationalInstruments Corporation 3-1 ATE Series User Manual
3
Hardware Overview

This chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on

the AT E Series device.

Figure 3-1 showsthe block diagram for the AT-MIO-16E-1 and

AT-MIO-16E-2.

Figure3-1. AT-MIO-16E-1and AT-MIO-16E-2 Block Diagram
Timing
PFI/ Trigger

I/O Connector

3
RTSIBus

AT – I/O Channel

DigitalI/O (8)
12-Bit
Sampling
A/D
Converter
EEPROM
Configuration
Memory
+
NI-PGIA
Gain
Amplifier
–
Calibration
Mux
MuxMode
Selection
Switches
Analog
Muxes
Voltage
REF
Calibration
DACs
Dither
Circuitry
Trigger
Analog
Trigger
Circuitry
2
TriggerLevel
DACs
6
Calibration
DACs
DAC0
DAC1
3
DAQ- STC
AnalogInput
Timing/Control
AnalogOutput
Timing/Control
DigitalI/O
Trigger
Counter/
TimingI/O
RTSIBus
Interface
DMA/
Interrupt
Request
Bus
Interface
(8)
(8)
DAC
FIFO
8
Data(16)
AIControl
Data(16)
Analog
Input
Control
EEPROM
Control
DMA
Interface
DAQ-PnP
DAQ-STC
Bus
Interface
Plug
and
Play
Analog
Output
Control
8255
DIO
Control
Bus
Interface
IRQDMA
Data
Transceivers
AOControl
ADC
FIFO