ADLINK Technology PXIe-9834 User manual

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PXIe-9834
4CH 16-bit 80MS/s PXIe Digitizer
User’s Manual
Manual Rev.: 1.0
Revision Date: September 12, 2019
Part No: 50-17057-1000

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Revision History
Revision Release Date Description of Change(s)
1.0 September 12, 2019 Initial release

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Preface
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Conventions
Take note of the following conventions used throughout this
manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and
instructions properly.
NOTE:
NOTE:
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tasks.
CAUTION:
Information to prevent minor physical injury, component dam-
age, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to com-
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Table of Contents vii
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Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................................... iii
List of Figures ........................................................................ ix
List of Tables.......................................................................... xi
1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1
1.1 Features............................................................................... 1
1.2 Applications ......................................................................... 2
1.3 Specifications....................................................................... 2
1.3.1 Analog Input ............................................................... 2
1.3.2 Accuracy..................................................................... 3
1.3.3 System Noise ............................................................. 3
1.3.4 Crosstalk, DC to 10MHz ............................................. 3
1.3.5 Spectral Characteristics.............................................. 4
1.3.6 Timebase.................................................................... 6
1.3.7 Triggers ...................................................................... 7
1.3.8 Mechanical and Environmental .................................. 9
1.3.9 Power Consumption ................................................... 9
1.4 Software Support ............................................................... 10
1.4.1 MAPS Core............................................................... 11
1.4.2 MAPS/LV, LabVIEW Support ................................... 14
1.4.3 MAPS/C, C & C++ Support ...................................... 14
1.5 Device Layout and I/O Connectors.................................... 15
2 Getting Started ................................................................. 19
2.1 Installation Environment .................................................... 19
2.2 Package Contents ............................................................. 20
2.3 Installing the Module.......................................................... 21
3 Operations ........................................................................ 23

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3.1 Functional Block Diagram .................................................. 23
3.2 Analog Input Channel ........................................................ 23
3.2.1 Analog Input Front-End Configuration ...................... 23
3.2.2 Input Range and Data Format .................................. 24
3.2.3 DMA Data Transfer...................................................26
3.3 Trigger Source ................................................................... 27
3.3.1 Software Trigger ....................................................... 28
3.3.2 External Digital Trigger ............................................. 28
3.3.3 Analog Trigger .......................................................... 29
3.3.4 PXI Trigger Bus ........................................................ 30
3.3.5 PXI Star .................................................................... 30
3.3.6 PXIe Differential Trigger ........................................... 30
3.4 Trigger Modes.................................................................... 31
3.4.1 Post Trigger Mode .................................................... 31
3.4.2 Delayed Trigger Mode .............................................. 32
3.4.3 Pre-Trigger Mode...................................................... 32
3.4.4 Middle Trigger Mode.................................................33
3.4.5 Acquisition with Re-Triggering .................................. 34
3.5 Timebase ........................................................................... 35
3.5.1 Internal Sampling Clock............................................35
3.5.3 External Reference Clock ......................................... 36
3.6 Acquisition Timing Control ................................................. 37
3.7 Synchronizing Multiple Modules ........................................ 39
3.7.1 Multi-module Synchronization Interfaces..................43
A Appendix: Calibration....................................................... 45
A.1 Calibration Constant .......................................................... 45
A.2 Auto-Calibration ................................................................. 46
Important Safety Instructions.............................................. 49
Getting Service ..................................................................... 53

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Figure 1-1: Typical Frequency Response, 1Minput impedance 4
Figure 1-2: Typical Frequency Response, 50input impedance . 5
Figure 1-3: ADLINK MAPS Architecture ..................................... 10
Figure 1-4: ADLINK Connection Explorer (ACE) ........................ 12
Figure 1-5: ADLINK Connection Explorer Soft Front Panel ........ 13
Figure 1-6: PXIe-9834 Dimensions............................................. 15
Figure 1-7: PXIe-9834 Front Panel ............................................. 16
Figure 3-1: Functional Block Diagram......................................... 23
Figure 3-2: Analog Input Architecture ......................................... 23
Figure 3-3: Linked List of PCI Address DMA Descriptors ........... 27
Figure 3-4: Trigger Architecture .................................................. 27
Figure 3-5: External Digital Trigger ............................................. 28
Figure 3-6: Analog Trigger Conditions ....................................... 29
Figure 3-7: Post-Trigger Acquisition ........................................... 31
Figure 3-8: Delayed Trigger Mode Acquisition............................ 32
Figure 3-9: Pre-Trigger Mode Acquisition ................................... 32
Figure 3-10: Middle Trigger Mode Acquisition .............................. 33
Figure 3-11: Re-Trigger Mode Acquisition .................................... 34
Figure 3-12: Timebase Architecture.............................................. 35
Figure 3-13: Varying Sampling Rates via Scan Interval Counter.. 37
Figure 3-14: Non-synched Digitizer Modules................................ 39
Figure 3-15: External Instrument Synchronization........................ 40
Figure 3-16: Module-based Synchronization ................................ 41
Figure 3-17: PXIe Instrumentation Signals ................................... 42
Figure 3-18: Trigger Architecture .................................................. 43
Figure 3-19: PXI_CLK10 as 10MHz Reference ............................ 44
Figure A-1: Auto-Calibration Block Diagram ............................... 46
Figure A-2: Auto-Calibration Flow ............................................... 47

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