
Page 2 Pentek Model 71620 Operating Manual
Warranty
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Manual Revision History
Date Revision Comments
6/10 − 5/11 Preliminary Contact Factory for manual revision history.
6/21/11 A Sect 5.14, corrected description of BUSY bit in CDC Control/Status Register, per KBCase 1382.
Release manual Revision A.
7/21/11 A.1 Sect 5.33, added note to NUM BYTES, bits 3−0, for accessing board ID EEPROM.
8/18/11 A.2 Sect 2.7.1, corrected external CLK maximum input to +12 dBm.
10/25/11 A.3 Sect 7.17, corrected RAM Capture Count Register address to 0x30044 in Table 7−17.
11/4/11 A.4 Sect 3.5.3, Sect 5.14, & Sect 5.21, corrected description of CDC reset per KBCase 1391.
12/13/11 A.5 Sect 2.2.2, updated switch SW2 descriptions.
Sect 2.7.2, removed incorrect reference to Option 002.
12/22/11 A.6 Sect 5.34.1, added new EEPROM format for boards shipped in November 2011 or later.
Sect 2.5 & Sect 2.7.4, added Note of input limits for PMC P14 and front panel Sync Bus connectors.
1/16/12 2.0 Version number change only. (Starting January 2012 Pentek upgraded document Version numbering.)
4/20/12 2.1 Sect 1.14 & Sect 2.7.1, corrected external clock input voltage limit to +10 dBm.
5/10/12 2.2 Sect 1.14, deleted Output IF specification for Digital to Analog Upconverter.
11/20/12 2.3 Sect 2.5.1, add XMC P16 connector pin definition table.
4/22/13 2.4 Updated several graphics’ fonts.
5/28/13 2.5 Sect 1.14 & Sect 2.7.1, corrected external clock input frequency maximum to 800 MHz.
8/2/13 2.6 Table 3−20, corrected Min VCCINT address to 0x08094.
9/6/13 2.7 Verified & updated cross−reference links in manual.
2/19/14 2.8 Sect 3.2.2, increased minimum number of clock cycles to 5 for DELAY in ADC Input Linked List.
3/21/14 2.9 Sect 2.2.2, changed switch SW2−5 to OFF, factory use only.
4/21/14 2.10 Sect 1.14, spec update: removed environmental Option 700 − Option 701 is now default.
6/12/14 2.11 Sect 1.14 & Sect 3.5, changed external Sync unit needed to Pentek Model 7893.
9/18/14 2.12 Sect 5.30, changed Timestamp Start Time Register to Write Only.
6/25/15 2.13 Sect 2.7.4, provided Pentek Model numbers for available mating connectors.
12/27/17 2.14 Sect 2.5.2 & Table 2−8, removed references to VMEbus from P14 connector.
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