User`s guide

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Table of Contents
Preface
About this User's Guide ....................................................................................................................... 6
What you will learn from this user's guide ......................................................................................................... 6
Conventions in this user's guide ......................................................................................................................... 6
Where to find more information ......................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 1
Introducing the PCI-2513 ...................................................................................................................... 7
Overview: PCI-2513 features ............................................................................................................................. 7
Software features ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 2
Installing the PCI-2513 .......................................................................................................................... 8
What comes with your PCI-2513 shipment? ...................................................................................................... 8
Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Optional components ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Additional documentation ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Unpacking the PCI-2513 .................................................................................................................................... 9
Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Installing the PCI-2513 ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Configuring the hardware ................................................................................................................................. 10
Connecting the board for I/O operations .......................................................................................................... 10
Connectors and cables......................................................................................................................................................10
Connector pinout..............................................................................................................................................................11
Cabling ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Field wiring and signal termination .................................................................................................................................12
Installing multiple boards ................................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 3
Functional Details ............................................................................................................................... 13
PCI-2513 block diagram ................................................................................................................................... 13
Synchronous I/O – mixing analog, digital, and counter scanning .................................................................... 13
Bus mastering DMA ......................................................................................................................................... 14
Analog input ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Analog input scanning .....................................................................................................................................................14
Digital I/O ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Digital input scanning ......................................................................................................................................................15
Digital outputs and pattern generation .............................................................................................................................15
Triggering ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Hardware analog triggering .............................................................................................................................................15
Digital triggering..............................................................................................................................................................16
Software-based triggering ................................................................................................................................................16
Stop trigger modes ...........................................................................................................................................................17
Pre-triggering and post-triggering modes ........................................................................................................................17
Counter inputs .................................................................................................................................................. 17
Mapped channels .............................................................................................................................................................18
Counter modes .................................................................................................................................................................18
Debounce modes ..............................................................................................................................................................19
Encoder mode ..................................................................................................................................................................22
Timer outputs .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Example: Timer outputs ...................................................................................................................................................27