Spectrum Brands MI.61XX Starhub

Introduction Additional options

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Starhub

The star hub module allows the syn-

chronisation of up to 16 MI boards.

It is possible to synchronise boards

of the same type with each other as

well as different types.

The module acts as a star hub for

clock and trigger signals. Each

board is connected with a small ca-

ble of the same length, even the ma-

ster board. That minimises the clock

skew between the different boards.

The figure shows the piggyback mo-

dule mounted on the base board

schematically without any cables to

achieve a better visibility.

Any board could be the clock ma-

ster and the same or any other

board could be the trigger master. All trigger modes that are available on the master board are also available if the synchronisation star hub

is used.

The cable connection of the boards is automatically recognised and checked by the driver at load time. So no care must be taken on how to

cable the boards. The programming of the star hub is included in the standard board interface and consists of only 3 additional commands.

It is not possible to use this option together with the timestamp or extra I/O option, because the is just space for one

piggyback module on the on-board expansion slot.

Contents

Main Page Page Page Page Introduction Preface General Information Page Additional options Extra I/O (Option -XMF) Extra I/O (Option -XIO) Starhub The Spectrum type plate Introduction Hardware information (c) Spectrum GmbH 11 Hardware information Block diagram Technical Data 12 MI.61xx Manual Hardware information Introduction Dynamic Parameters Order information Hardware Installation System Requirements Warnings ESD Precautions Cooling Precautions Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs Installing a board with extra I/O (Option -XMF) Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub Installing multiple synchronized boards Software Driver Installation Interrupt Sharing Windows 98 Page Windows 2000 Page Windows XP Page Windows NT Adding boards to the Windows NT driver Linux Overview Page Software Software Overview First Test with SBench C/C++ Driver Interface Header files Microsoft Visual C++ Linux Gnu C Other Windows C/C++ compilers National Instruments LabWindows/CVI Page Page Delphi (Pascal) Programming Interface Type definition Include Driver Examples Page Visual Basic Programming Interface Include Driver Visual Basic Examples VBA for Excel Examples Page Programming the Board Register tables Programming examples Error handling Initialization Starting the automatic initialization routine PCI Register Hardware version Date of production Serial number Maximum possible sample rate Installed memory Installed features and options Used interrupt line Used type of driver Powerdown and reset Analog Outputs Channel Selection Important note on channels selection Disabling the outputs Setting up the outputs Output Amplifiers Output offset Maximum Output Range Output Filters Standard generation modes General description Singleshot mode Continuous Mode Posttrigger Mode Page Starting without interrupt (classic mode) Starting with interrupt driven mode Data organization Writing data with SpcSetData Sample format FIFO Mode General Information Background FIFO Write Speed Limitations Programming Software Buffers Buffer processing FIFO mode Example FIFO generation mode Data organization Sample format Clock generation Internally generated sample rate Standard internal sample rate Using plain quartz with no PLL External reference clock External clocking Direct external clock External clock with divider Trigger modes and appendant registers General Description Software trigger External TTL trigger Edge triggers Page Option Multiple Replay Output modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Trigger modes Option Multiple Replay Resulting start delays Option Gated Replay Output modes Standard Mode FIFO Mode Trigger modes Example program Option Extra I/O Digital I/Os Channel direction Transfer Data Analog Outputs Programming example Synchronization (Option) The different synchronization options Synchronization with option cascading Synchronization with option starhub The setup order for the different synchronization options Setup Order for use with standard (non FIFO) mode and equally clocked boards Page Page Page Setup synchronization for use with FIFO mode and equally clocked boards Page Additions for synchronizing different boards SumSampleRateNSampleRate=NActChPerModuleN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------= ClockDivider SyncSpeed SampleRateNActChPerModuleN Page Additions for equal boards with different sample rates Resulting delays using different boards or speeds = ResultingDelay ClockMasterDelay ClockSlaveDelayN Appendix Error Codes Appendix Error Codes Pin assignment of the multipin connector Extra I/O with external connector(Option -XMF) Pin assignment of the multipin cable Pin assignment of the internal multipin connector Extra I/O with internal connector (Option -XIO)