©NationalInstruments Corporation 1-1 NI5620 User Manual
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Taking Measurementswith the NI 5620
Thank you for buying a National Instruments (NI) 5620 digitizer.
This chapter provides information on installing, connecting signals to,
and acquiring data from the NI 5620.
The NI5620 has the following features:
•One 14-bit, 64 MS/s analog-to-digital converter( ADC)
•Deeponboard sample memory (amount varies depending on model)

Installing the Software and Hardware

Forstep-by-step instructions for installing the NI-SCOPE software and the
NI 5620, see the Where to Start with Your NI 5620 Digitizer document.
There are two main steps involved in installation:
1. Install the NI-SCOPE driver.You use NI-SCOPE to write programs
to control your NI 5620 in different application development
environments(ADEs).
2. Installyour Spectral M easurements Toolset(SMT) CD, if included.
The SMT providesfrequency-domain functionality and examples.
3. Install your NI 5620. See the Where to Start with Your NI 5620
Digitizer document.