User`s guide

Introduction  1
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Introduction
The ACL-8316/12 series DAS cards are high resolution and high
performance data acquisition card based on the 16-bit PC/ISA Bus
architecture. Both ACL-8316 and ACL-8312 share a common architecture
and core features making each card is ideal for data logging and signal
analysis applications.
The ACL-8316/12 series features continuous, high speed, gap-free data
acquisition under Windows or DOS environments. An on-board FIFO buffer
and 16-bit DMA data transfer allows the acquisition of large amounts of data
without losing data. The channel auto-scanning lets a high speed acquisition
in a sequential order to select channel.
An lite(L) version of ACL-8316/12 are offered for the customer who does not
need any D/A analog output channels. It lets customers do not waste any
extra money to buy unnecessary source. The system block diagram is shown
on next page for further reference.