ADLINK Technology PCI-9524 User manual

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Manual Revision: 2.00
Revision Date: April 09, 2008
Part No: 50-11236-1000
PCI-9524
24-Bit Precision Load Cell Input Card
User’s Manual

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Revision History
Revision Release Date Description of Change(s)
2.00 2008/04/09 Document Created
Initial Release

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Copyright 2008 ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
This document contains proprietary information protected by copy-
right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro-
duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form
without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice in order to improve reliability, design, and function and does
not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect,
special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the
use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if
advised of the possibility of such damages.
Environmental Responsibility
ADLINK is committed to fulfill its social responsibility to global
environmental preservation through compliance with the Euro-
pean Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) direc-
tive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
directive. Environmental protection is a top priority for ADLINK.
We have enforced measures to ensure that our products, manu-
facturing processes, components, and raw materials have as little
impact on the environment as possible. When products are at their
end of life, our customers are encouraged to dispose of them in
accordance with the product disposal and/or recovery programs
prescribed by their nation or company.
Trademarks
PC, PS/2, and VGA are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corp. Borland®, Borland®C, C++ Builder®,
and Delphi®are registered trademarks of the Borland Software
Corporation. LabVIEW™ is a trademark of National Instruments
Corporation. Microsoft®, Visual Basic®, Visual C++®, Windows®

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98, Windows®NT, Windows®2000, Windows®XP, and Windows®
Vista®are registered trademarks of Microsoft®Corporation.
PCI™, is a registered trademark of the Peripheral Component
Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG).
Product names mentioned herein are used for identification pur-
poses only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.

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Using this Manual
Audience and Scope
The PCI-9524 User’s Manual is intended for hardware technicians
and systems operators with knowledge of installing, configuring
and operating industrial grade PCI cards.
Manual Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Preface: Presents important copyright notifications,
disclaimers, trademarks, and associated information on the
proper understanding and usage of this document and its
associated product(s).
Chapter 1, Introduction: Introduces the PCI-9524, its
features, applications, specifications and operating software
environment.
Chapter 2, Installation: Describes how to install the PCI-9524
into your chassis and basic PCI configuration settings.
Chapter 3, Signal Connections: Describes signal
connections between PCI-9524 and external devices.
Chapter 4, Operation Theory: Describes A/D and D/A
conversions, pulse-commands, encoder inputs and isolated
digital I/O signals to assist users in understanding how to
configure and program the cPCI-9524.
Chapter 5, Calibration: Presents the calibration process to
minimize measurement and output errors.
Important Safety Instructions: Presents safety instructions
all users must follow for the proper setup, installation and
usage of equipment and/or software.
Warranty Information: Presents important warranty
information for users/manufacturers rights and responsibilities
regarding ADLINK products and services.

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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:
Additional information, aids, and tips that help users per-
form tasks.
CAUTION:
Information to prevent minor physical injury, component
damage, data loss, and/or program corruption when try-
ing to complete a task.
WARNING:
Information to prevent serious physical injury, compo-
nent damage, data loss, and/or program corruption
when trying to complete a specific task.

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Acronyms & Terminology
The following terms are used throughout this document. This list is
prepared in alphabetical order for clarity.
A/mA - (Ampere/amp/milliampere) a unit of electric current, or
amount of electric charge per second
AGND - Analog Ground
AI - Analog Input
AO - Analog Output
BIOS - Basic Input/Output System
bit - Binary digit, the basic unit of information storage in computing
byte - An 8-bit binary digit standard unit of information in
computing
CD - Compact Disk
ch (CH) - Channel
CLK/DIR - Clock Direction
CMRR - Common-mode rejection ratio
CW/CCW - Clock Wise, Counter Clock Wise
DAQ - Data Acquisition
dB - Decibel, a logarithmic unit of measurement in acoustics and
electronics
DC - Direct Current
DI - Differential Input
DLL (.dll) - Dynamic-link libraries, a library subroutine file type and
common filename extension in Microsoft Windows.
DMA (UDMA) - Direct Memory Access / Ultra DMA
DO - Digital Output
DSP - Digital Signal Processor
EEPROM (E2PROM) - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-
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EMI - Electromagnetic Interference
ENOB - Effective Number of Bits
FIFO - First In, First Out
FPGA - Field-Programmable Gate Array
GB - Gigabyte (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Hz/KHz/MHz - hertz / Kilo hertz / Mega hertz, standard unit of
frequency
I/O (IO) - Input / Output
IIH - Input current at logic high
IIL - Input current at logic low
IIR - Infinite impulse response
IOL - Output current at logic low
IRQ / SERIRQ - Interrupt Request / Serial Interrupt Request
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
LabVIEW - Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering
Workbench, a visual programming
LBS - Least significant bit
LED - Light Emitting Diode
MB - Megabyte (1,048,576 bytes)
MOSFET - Metal-Oxide Semiconducgtor Field Effect
ohm - a standard unit of electrical resistance “Ω“
OS - Operating System
PC - Personal Computer
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
RMS - Root Mean Square
RSV - Reserved
SNR - Singnal to Noise Ratio
SPS - Samples per Second
SSI - Synchronization System Interface

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TBD - To Be Determined
TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic, digital circuits built from bipolar
junction transistors and resistors.
V/mV/µV - Volt / milli Volt / micro Volt, a derived unit of electrical
potential difference
VHDCI - Very high density cable interconnect
VIH - Input voltage at logic high
VIL - Input voltage at logic low
VOH - Output volage at logic high
VOL - Output voltage at logic low
W - Watt

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Reference Documentation
The following list of documents may be used as reference materi-
als to support installation, configuration and/or the operation of the
PCI-9524. This list is prepared in alphabetical order (by vendor/
organization name, then by document title) for clarity.
Vendor(s) Title Rev.
American National
Standards Institute
TIA-422 Electrical Characteristics of
Balanced Voltage Differential Interface
Circuits
B
Telecommunications
Industry Association ITU-T Recommendation V.11 11