Appendix A Specifications
DIO 6533 User Manual A-6 © National Instruments Corporation
Handshaking
Direction............................................Input or output
Modes................................................6 (burst, level-ACK,
leading-edge pulse,
trailing-edge pulse, long pulse,
and 8255 emulation)
Transfer rate1 (max)
PCI-DIO-32HS........ .... ..... ...... .... . up to 76 MB/s
(19 M S/s) at 32 bits;
up to 38 MB /s
(19 M S/s) at 16 bits;
up to 19 MB /s
(19MS/s) at 8bits
PXI-6533.....................................up to 64 MB/s
(16 M S/s) at 32 bits;
up to 34 MB /s
(17 M S/s) at 16 bits;
up to 19 MB /s
(19MS/s) at 8bits
AT-DIO-32HS................ ...... .... ... up to 1.8 MB/s
(450 kS/s) at 32bits;
up to 1.8 M B/s
(900 kS/s) at 16bits;
up to 1.8 M B/s
(1.8 MS/s) at 8 bits
1. Handshaking rates depend on your computer, software, other bus activity, and handshaking protocol. The rates
shown were measured using NI-DAQ software and the burst-mode handshaking protocol, performing continuous
waveform generation using 100,000-point or larger buffers, with no other DAQ operations in progress. The PCI-
DIO-32HS, PXI-6533, and AT-DIO-32HS handshaking rates are DMA-based and do not necessar ily in creas e as the
speed of the computer increases. The PCI-DIO-32HS and AT-DIO-32HS rates shown were measured on a sample
100MHz Intel Pentium-based computer with an Intel 430FX (Triton I) chip set. The PXI-6533 rates were measured
using a 133MHz Pentium CompactPCI controller with a Triton I chip set. The DAQCard-6533 rates do tend to
increase as the speed of the computer increases. The DAQCard-6533 75MHz Pentium rates were measured using a
75MHz Pentium computer with the Triton I (430FX) chip set. The DAQCard-6533 133 MHz Pentium rates were
measured using a 133MHz Pentium computer with the Natoma (430HX) chip set. The DAQCard-6533 266 M Hz
Pentium II rates were measured using a 266MHz Pentium II computer with the Natoma (440FX) chip set.