ADLINK Technology NuDAQ PCI-9222 User manual

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Manual Rev. 2.00
Revision Date: April 24, 2008
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NuDAQ®PCI-9222
NuDAQ® PCI-9223
16-bit High-Performance DAQ Card with
Programmable Function I/O
User’s Manual

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Using this manual
1.1 Audience and scope
This manual guides you when using ADLINK high-performance
data acquisition PCI card. The card’s hardware, signal connec-
tions, and calibration information are provided for faster applica-
tion building. This manual is intended for computer programmers
and hardware engineers with advanced knowledge of data acqui-
sition and high-level programming.
1.2 How this manual is organized
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction: This chapter introduces the ADLINK
NuDAQ PCI-9222 and NuDAQ PCI-9223 cards including their
features, specifications, software support information, and
package contents.
Chapter 2 Hardware Information: This chapter presents the
card’s layout, connector pin assignment, signal descriptions,
and analog input signal connection.
Chapter 3 Installation: This part describes the PCI-9222/PCI-
9223 installation and configuration.
Chapter 4 Operation Theory: The operation theory of the
PCI-9222/PCI-9223 card functions are discussed in this chap-
ter. These include A/D conversion, D/A conversion, program-
mable function I/O, application function I/O, digital waveform
acquisition, isolation encoder, and trigger sources.
Chapter 5 Calibration: The chapter offers information on how
to calibrate the PCI-9222/PCI-9223 for accurate data acquisi-
tion and measurement.
Warranty Policy: This presents the ADLINK Warranty Policy
terms and coverages.

1.3 Conventions
Take note of the following conventions used throughout the man-
ual to make sure that you perform certain tasks and instructions
properly.
NOTE Additional information, aids, and tips that help you per-
form particular tasks.
IMPORTANT Critical information and instructions that you MUST perform to
complete a task.
WARNING Information that prevents physical injury, data loss, mod-
ule damage, program corruption, and others when trying
to complete a particular task.

Table of Contents i
Table of Contents
List of Tables.......................................................................... iii
List of Figures ........................................................................ iv
1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1
1.1 Features............................................................................... 2
1.2 Applications ......................................................................... 2
1.3 Specifications....................................................................... 3
1.4 Unpacking Checklist ............................................................ 8
1.5 Software Support ................................................................. 8
Driver Support for Windows ............................................ 9
2 Hardware Information ...................................................... 13
2.1 Card Layout ....................................................................... 13
2.2 Connector Pin Assignment ................................................ 13
CN1 Pin Assignment ..................................................... 14
CN2 Pin Assignment ..................................................... 16
CN1/CN2 Signal Descriptions ....................................... 17
SSI Connector Pin Assignment .................................... 18
SSI Connector Signal Description ................................ 19
2.3 Analog Input Signal Connection ........................................ 20
Types of Signal Sources ............................................... 20
Input Configurations ...................................................... 21
3 Installation ........................................................................ 25
3.1 Before You Proceed .......................................................... 25
3.2 Installing the Card.............................................................. 25
3.3 Configuring the Card.......................................................... 26
Configuration ................................................................ 26
Troubleshooting ............................................................ 26
4 Operation Theory ............................................................. 27
4.1 Block Diagram ................................................................... 27
4.2 A/D Conversion.................................................................. 28
AI Data Format ............................................................. 29
Software Conversion with Polling Data Transfer
Acquisition Mode (Software Polling) ................... 29
Continuous Acquisition (Scanning) Mode ..................... 30

ii Table of Contents
Trigger Modes ............................................................... 33
Bus-mastering DMA Data Transfer ............................... 35
4.3 D/A Conversion.................................................................. 38
Bipolar Output Modes ................................................... 38
Software Update ........................................................... 38
Waveform Generation ................................................... 38
4.4 Programmable Function I/O............................................... 47
TTL DI/DO .................................................................... 47
General Purpose Timer/Counter ................................... 48
Basic Timer/Counter Functions .................................... 48
General Purpose Timer/Counter Modes ....................... 49
Digital Waveform Acquisition and Generation .............. 55
4.5 Isolation Encoder ............................................................... 57
4.6 Trigger Sources ................................................................. 62
Software Trigger ........................................................... 62
External Digital Trigger ................................................. 62
5 Calibration ......................................................................... 63
5.1 Loading Calibration Constants........................................... 63
5.2 Auto-calibration .................................................................. 63
5.3 Saving Calibration Constants............................................. 64
Warranty Policy ..................................................................... 65

List of Tables iii
List of Tables
Table 2-1: CN1 Pin Assignment for PCI-9222 ......................... 14
Table 2-2: CN1 Pin Assignment for PCI-9223 ......................... 15
Table 2-3: CN2 Pin Assignment for PCI-9222/PCI-9223 ......... 16
Table 2-4: CN1/CN2 Signal Description .................................. 17
Table 2-5: SSI Connector Pin Assignment .............................. 18
Table 2-6: SSI Connector Signal Description .......................... 19
Table 4-1: Bipolar Analog Input Range and
Output Digital Code ................................................ 29
Table 4-2: Bipolar Analog Input Range and
Output Digital Code ................................................ 29
Table 4-3: Bipolar Output Codes ............................................. 38
Table 4-4: Summary of Counters for Waveform Generation ... 40
Table 4-5: TTL DIO Pins in CN1 .............................................. 47
Table 4-6: Timer/Counter Mode Pins in CN1 ........................... 48
Table 4-7: Encoder Pins in CN2 .............................................. 57

iv List of Figures
List of Figures
Figure 1-1: ADLINK Software Support Overview ......................... 9
Figure 1-2: DAQPilot Main Interface ............................................ 9
Figure 1-3: DAQMaster Device Manager................................... 10
Figure 1-4: Legacy Software Support Overview ........................ 11
Figure 2-1: PCI-9222/PCI-9223 Layout...................................... 13
Figure 2-2: Floating Source and RSE Input Connections .......... 21
Figure 2-3: Ground-referenced Sources and
NRSE Input Connections......................................... 22
Figure 2-4: Ground-referenced Source and Differential Input.... 22
Figure 2-5: Floating Source and Differential Input ..................... 23
Figure 4-1: PCI-9222/PCI-9223 Block Diagram ......................... 27
Figure 4-2: PCI-9222/PCI-9223 AI Circuitry............................... 28
Figure 4-3: Continuous A/D Conversion Clock Source
Block Diagram ......................................................... 30
Figure 4-4: Scan Timing............................................................. 31
Figure 4-5: Post Trigger without Retrigger ................................. 33
Figure 4-6: Post Trigger with Retrigger ...................................... 34
Figure 4-7: Gated Trigger with Finite Scan Acquisition.............. 35
Figure 4-8: Scatter-gather DMA for Data Transfer..................... 36
Figure 4-9: FIFO Data In/Out Structure...................................... 39
Figure 4-10: Waveform Generation for Three Channels Update . 39
Figure 4-11: Waveform Generation Clock Source Selection ....... 40
Figure 4-12: Typical D/A Timing of Waveform Generation .......... 41
Figure 4-13: Post-Trigger Generation .......................................... 42
Figure 4-14: Delay-Trigger Generation ........................................ 43
Figure 4-15: Post-Trigger with Retrigger Generation ................... 44
Figure 4-16: Finite Iterative Waveform Generation with
Post-trigger .............................................................. 45
Figure 4-17: Infinite Iterative Waveform Generation with
Post-trigger .............................................................. 46
Figure 4-18: Mode 1 Operation.................................................... 49
Figure 4-19: Mode 2 Operation.................................................... 50
Figure 4-20: Mode 3 Operation.................................................... 51
Figure 4-21: Mode 4 Operation.................................................... 51
Figure 4-22: Mode 5 Operation.................................................... 52
Figure 4-23: Mode 6 Operation.................................................... 52
Figure 4-24: Mode 7 Operation.................................................... 53
Figure 4-25: Mode 8 Operation.................................................... 53