©NationalInstruments Corporation vii NI5102 User Manual
Contents
About This Manual
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................ix
RelatedD ocumentation..................................................................................................x
Chapter 1
Introduction
AboutYour NI 5102 ......................................................................................................1-1
AcquiringData withYour NI 5102 ...............................................................................1-2
Interactively Controlling your NI 5102 with the Scope Soft Front Panel.......1-3
NI-SCOPEDriver ............................................................................................1-4
NI-DAQAPI . ..................................................................................................1-4
NIApplication Software..................................................................................1-4
UsingP XIwith CompactPCI .........................................................................................1-5
OptionalEquipment .......................................................................................................1-6
Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
WhatYou Need to Get Started ......................................................................................2-1
Unpacking......................................................................................................................2-2
Installingthe NI5102 ....................................................................................................2-3
HardwareConfiguration ................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 3
Digitizer Basics
UnderstandingD igitizers ...............................................................................................3-1
NyquistTheorem .............................................................................................3-1
AnalogBandwidth ...........................................................................................3-2
SampleRate .....................................................................................................3-3
VerticalSensitivity ..........................................................................................3-4
ADC Resolution ..............................................................................................3-4
RecordLength .................................................................................................3-4
TriggeringOptions ..........................................................................................3-5
MakingAccurate Measurements...................................................................................3-5
Understandingt heProbe and Its Effects on Your Waveform .......................................3-8
PassiveProbe ...................................................................................................3-8
How to Compensate Your Probe ......................................................3-9
Active and Current Probes...............................................................................3-11