Advantech MIC-3716 User manual

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The MIC-3716,developed by ADVANTECH CO., LTD., has passed
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Part No.: 2003371600 1st Edition
Printed in Taiwan January 2004

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Contents
1. Introduction····································································································2
1.1 Product Description······································································· 3
1.2 What You Need to Get Started ······················································· 6
1.3 Software Programming Choices····················································· 8
1.4 Optional Accessories····································································· 9
2. Installation ····································································································12
2.1 Unpacking··················································································· 12
2.2 Software Installation ··································································· 14
2.3 Hardware Installation ·································································· 15
2.4 Device Setup & Configuration····················································· 20
2.5 Device Testing ············································································ 24
3. Signal Connections·······················································································32
3.1 Overview···················································································· 32
3.2 I/O Connector ············································································· 32
3.3 Analog Input Connections··························································· 36
3.4 Analog Output Connections························································· 41
3.5 Trigger Source Connections························································· 42
3.6 Field Wiring Considerations························································ 42
4. Software Programming Overview·····························································46
4.1 Programming Choices·································································46
4.2 DLL Driver Programming Roadmap············································ 47
5. Calibration····································································································52
5.1 Overview···················································································· 52
5.2 VR Assignment··········································································· 53

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5.3 Auto-Calibration ········································································· 54
5.4 Manual Calibration······································································ 62
Appendix A. Specifications·············································································68
Appendix B. Block Diagrams·········································································71
Appendix C. Register Structure and Format···············································73
C.1 Overview···················································································· 73
C.2 I/O Port Address Map·································································73
C.3 Channel Number and A/D Data —BASE+0 and BASE+1 ·········· 78
C.4 Software A/D Trigger —BASE+0·············································· 79
C.5 A/D Channel Range Setting —BASE+2····································· 80
C.6 MUX Control —BASE+4 and BASE+5····································· 82
C.7 Control Register —BASE+6 and BASE+7·································86
C.8 Status Register —BASE+6 and BASE+7··································· 89
C.9 Clear Interrupt and FIFO —BASE+8 and BASE+9···················· 90
C.10 D/A Output Channel 0 —BASE+10 and BASE+11 ·················· 90
C.11 D/A Output Channel 0 —BASE+10 and BASE+11 ·················· 91
C.12 D/A Output Channel 1 —BASE+12 and BASE+13·················· 92
C.13 D/A Output Channel 1 —BASE+12 and BASE+13·················· 93
C.14 D/A Reference Control —BASE+14········································· 94
C.15 Digital I/O Registers —BASE+16 and BASE+17····················· 95
C.16 Calibration Registers —BASE+18 and BASE+19 ···················· 96
C.17 Board ID Registers —BASE+20·············································· 98
C.18 Programmable Timer/Counter Registers BASE+24, BASE+26,
BASE+28 and BASE+30························································ 98
Appendix D. 82C54 Counter Chip Function ···············································99
D.1 The Intel 82C54 ······································································· 99

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D.2 Counter Read/Write and Control Registers·································101
D.3 Counter Operating Modes··························································105
D.4 Counter Operations····································································108
Appendix E. Manual Calibration································································110
E.1 A/D Calibration ·········································································111
E.2 D/A Calibration ·········································································114

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Tables
Table 3-1: I/O Connector Signal Description···················································35
Table C-1: MIC-3716 register format (Part 1)·················································74
Table C-1: MIC-3716 register format (Part 2)·················································75
Table C-1: MIC-3716 register format (Part 3)·················································76
Table C-1: MIC-3716 register format (Part 4)·················································77
Table C-2: MIC-3716 Register for A/D data····················································78
Table C-3: Register for A/D channel range setting··········································80
Table C-4: Gain codes for MIC-3716·······························································81
Table C-5: Register for multiplexer control ·····················································82
Table C-6: Control Register···············································································86
Table C-7: MIC-3716 Register for channel number and A/D data··············87
Table C-8: Status Register ·················································································89
Table C-9: Register to clear interrupt and FIFO··············································90
Table C-10: Register for load D/A channel 0 data···········································90
Table C-11: Register for D/A channel 0 data···················································91
Table C-12: Register for load D/A channel 1 data···········································92
Table C-13: Register for D/A channel 1 data···················································93
Table C-14: Register for D/A reference control···············································94
Table C-15: Register for digital input·······························································95
Table C-16: Register for digital output·····························································95
Table C-17: Calibration Command and Data Register····································96
Table C-18: Calibration Command and Data Register····································97
Table C-19: Register for Board ID ···································································98
Table E-1:A/D binary code table····································································113

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Table E-2:D/A binary code table····································································117

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Figures
Fig. 1-1:Installation Flow Chart·········································································7
Fig. 2-1:The Setup Screen of Advantech Automation Software····················14
Fig. 2-2:Different options for Driver Setup·····················································15
Fig. 2-3:The device name listed on the Device Manager·······························19
Fig. 2-4: The Device Manager dialog box························································21
Fig. 2-5: The Device Setting dialog box···························································22
Fig. 2-6: The Device Name appearing on the list of devices box················23
Fig. 2-7: The Advantech Device Test dialog box·············································24
Fig. 2-8: Analog Input tab on the Device Test dialog box·······························25
Fig. 2-9: Analog Output tab on the Device Test dialog box····························26
Fig. 2-10: Digital Input tab on the Device Test dialog box·····························27
Fig. 2-11: Digital Output tab on the Device Test dialog box···························28
Fig. 2-12: Counter tab on the Device Test dialog box·····································29
Fig. 3-1:I/O connector pin assignments for the MIC-3716····························34
Fig. 3-2:Single-ended input channel connection·············································37
Fig.3-3:Differential input channel connection -ground reference signal
source ································································································38
Fig.3-4:Differential input channel connection -floating signal source········39
Fig.3-5:Analog output connections·································································41
Fig. 5-1: MIC-3716 VR assignment ·································································54
Fig.5-2: Selecting the device you want to calibrate········································55
Fig. 5-3: Warning message before start calibration ·········································56
Fig.5-4: Auto A/D Calibration Dialog Box ·····················································57
Fig. 5-5: A/D Calibration Procedure 1······························································57

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Fig. 5-6: A/D Calibration Procedure 2······························································58
Fig. 5-7: A/D Calibration Procedure 3······························································58
Fig. 5-8: A/D Calibration is finished·································································59
Fig. 5-9: Range Selection in D/A Calibration ··················································60
Fig. 5-10: Calibrating D/A Channel 0·······························································60
Fig. 5-11: Calibrating D/A Channel 1·······························································61
Fig.5-12: D/A Calibration is finished ······························································61
Fig.5-13: Selecting Input Rage in Manual A/D Calibration panel·················63
Fig.5-14: Adjusting registers············································································63
Fig.5-15 & Fig.5-16: Selecting D/A Range and Choosing Output
Voltage·······························································································65
Fig.5-17: Adjusting registers············································································66