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Table of Contents
Preface
About this User's Guide .......................................................................................................................4
What you will learn from this user's guide .........................................................................................................4
Conventions in this user's guide .........................................................................................................................4
Where to find more information .........................................................................................................................4
Chapter 1
Introducing the USB-3101 ....................................................................................................................5
Overview: USB-3101 features............................................................................................................................5
USB-3101 block diagram ...................................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2
Installing the USB-3101 ........................................................................................................................7
Unpacking...........................................................................................................................................................7
Installing the software ........................................................................................................................................7
Installing the hardware .......................................................................................................................................7
Calibrating the hardware.....................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 3
Functional Details .................................................................................................................................8
External components ..........................................................................................................................................8
USB connector.................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Status LED........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Power LED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Screw terminal banks........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Analog voltage output terminals (VOUT0 to VOUT3)....................................................................................................10
Digital I/O terminals (DIO0 to DIO7)..............................................................................................................................10
Digital I/O control terminal (DIO CTL) for pull-up/down configuration ........................................................................11
Ground terminals (AGND, DGND) .................................................................................................................................11
Synchronous DAC load terminal (SYNCLD)..................................................................................................................11
Counter terminal (CTR)...................................................................................................................................................11
Power terminal (+5V) ......................................................................................................................................................11
Synchronizing multiple units............................................................................................................................12
Chapter 4
Specifications......................................................................................................................................13
Analog voltage output ......................................................................................................................................13
Analog output calibration .................................................................................................................................14
Digital input/output...........................................................................................................................................14
Synchronous DAC Load...................................................................................................................................15
Counter .............................................................................................................................................................15
Memory ............................................................................................................................................................16
Microcontroller.................................................................................................................................................16
Power ................................................................................................................................................................16
USB specifications ...........................................................................................................................................16
Environmental ..................................................................................................................................................17
Mechanical .......................................................................................................................................................17
Screw terminal connector .................................................................................................................................17
EU Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................................18