Pyramid Technical Consultants F3200E User manual

F3200E
Thirty-Two Channel
Fast Current Digitizer
User Manual
Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc.
1050 Waltham Street Suite 200, Lexington, MA 02421 USA
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1 Contents
1 CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
2 FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
3 SAFETY INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................... 8
4 MODELS .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
5 SCOPE OF SUPPLY ....................................................................................................................................... 11
6 OPTIONAL ITEMS ......................................................................................................................................... 12
6.1 P
OWER SUPPLIES
............................................................................................................................................ 12
6.2 S
IGNAL CABLES AND CABLE ACCESSORIES
..................................................................................................... 12
6.3 D
ATA CABLES
................................................................................................................................................. 12
6.4 F
IBER
-
OPTIC LOOP
.......................................................................................................................................... 12
7 INTENDED USE AND KEY FEATURES ..................................................................................................... 14
7.1 I
NTENDED
U
SE
............................................................................................................................................... 14
7.2 K
EY
F
EATURES
.............................................................................................................................................. 14
8 SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................ 16
9 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................. 21
9.1 M
OUNTING
..................................................................................................................................................... 21
9.2 G
ROUNDING AND POWER SUPPLY
................................................................................................................... 21
9.3 C
ONNECTION TO SIGNAL SOURCE
................................................................................................................... 22
9.3.1 Typical setup ........................................................................................................................................ 22
9.3.2 Signal cables ........................................................................................................................................ 23
9.3.3 Signal current path .............................................................................................................................. 23
10 HOW THE F3200E WORKS - AN OVERVIEW ......................................................................................... 25
10.1 C
URRENT RANGES
..................................................................................................................................... 25
10.2 T
RIGGERING
.............................................................................................................................................. 25
10.3 A
CQUISITION MODES AND AVERAGING
...................................................................................................... 25
10.4 S
ELF
-
TESTING AND CALIBRATION
.............................................................................................................. 29
10.5 M
ONITOR OUTPUT
..................................................................................................................................... 29
10.6 C
OMMUNICATION TO THE HOST COMPUTER
............................................................................................... 30
10.7 E
MBEDDED SOFTWARE
.............................................................................................................................. 30
11 USING THE PTC DIAGNOSTIC G2 HOST PROGRAM .......................................................................... 31
11.1 I
NSTALLATION
........................................................................................................................................... 31
11.2 C
ONNECTING TO THE
F3200E .................................................................................................................... 33
11.3 S
CREEN LAYOUT
........................................................................................................................................ 37
11.4 G
RAPHIC DISPLAY
...................................................................................................................................... 38
11.4.1 Strip chart display ........................................................................................................................... 38
11.4.2 Scope display .................................................................................................................................. 39
11.4.3 Histogram display ........................................................................................................................... 41
11.4.4 Vertical scale control ...................................................................................................................... 42

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11.4.5 Filtering .......................................................................................................................................... 43
11.4.6 Zero offset suppression ................................................................................................................... 43
11.5 D
ATA LOGGING
.......................................................................................................................................... 43
11.6 D
ATA PANEL
.............................................................................................................................................. 43
11.7 D
ATA
A
NALYSIS PANEL
............................................................................................................................. 44
11.7.1 Center of Gravity ............................................................................................................................ 44
11.7.2 Gaussian Fit (regression) ............................................................................................................... 45
11.8 S
ETUP PANEL
............................................................................................................................................. 46
11.8.1 Trigger pane.................................................................................................................................... 47
11.8.2 Channels ......................................................................................................................................... 50
11.8.3 Other ............................................................................................................................................... 51
11.9 C
ALIBRATION PANEL
................................................................................................................................. 51
11.9.1 Current measurement calibration ................................................................................................... 51
11.9.2 Using the calibration sources to test individual channels .............................................................. 52
11.9.3 Analog I/O and high voltage calibrations ....................................................................................... 53
11.9.4 Clearing calibrations ...................................................................................................................... 53
11.10 R
EAL
T
IME
P
ROCESSING PANEL
................................................................................................................. 54
11.11 P
ROPERTIES PANEL
.................................................................................................................................... 54
11.11.1 Updating firmware .......................................................................................................................... 55
11.11.2 Configuring the network settings .................................................................................................... 56
12 FIBER OPTIC LOOP COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................................. 57
12.1 U
SING THE
F3200E
AS A LOOP CONTROLLER
............................................................................................. 57
12.2 U
SING THE
F3200E
AS A LOOPED SUBDEVICE
............................................................................................ 59
13 IG2 AND EPICS CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................ 61
13.1 W
HAT IS
EPICS? ....................................................................................................................................... 61
13.2 I
NSTALLING AND
C
ONFIGURING
IG2 .......................................................................................................... 63
14 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 65
14.1 RS-485
CONNECTION EXAMPLE
................................................................................................................. 65
15 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION ...................................................................................................................... 67
15.1 T
RANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIERS
............................................................................................................ 67
15.2 F3200E C
IRCUIT
O
VERVIEW
..................................................................................................................... 68
15.2.1 Signal input stages .......................................................................................................................... 68
15.2.2 FPGAs ............................................................................................................................................. 69
15.2.3 Power supplies ................................................................................................................................ 70
16 TRIGGERS AND BUFFERING ..................................................................................................................... 71
16.1 I
NTERNAL TRIGGER MODE
......................................................................................................................... 71
16.2 D
ATA BUFFERS
.......................................................................................................................................... 71
16.2.1 F3200E internal buffer ................................................................................................................... 71
16.2.2 PTC DiagnosticG2 buffer ............................................................................................................... 72
16.3 E
XTERNAL TRIGGERING
............................................................................................................................. 72
16.3.1 Custom triggering ........................................................................................................................... 72
16.3.2 Pre-defined trigger modes .............................................................................................................. 73
16.4 S
WEEP MODE
............................................................................................................................................. 74
16.4.1 Repetitive signals ............................................................................................................................ 74
16.4.2 Single shot acquisition at 1 MHz .................................................................................................... 75
17 MONITOR OUTPUT ...................................................................................................................................... 77
18 REAL TIME PROCESSING .......................................................................................................................... 80

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19 HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY ............................................................................................................................ 81
19.1 S
ETTING THE
H
IGH
V
OLTAGE
S
UPPLY
....................................................................................................... 81
19.2 C
HANGING THE
H
IGH
V
OLTAGE
S
UPPLY
R
ANGE AND
P
OLARITY
............................................................... 82
20 USING THE GENERAL I/O CONNECTOR ................................................................................................ 83
20.1 A
NALOG INPUTS
........................................................................................................................................ 83
20.2 D
IGITAL INPUTS
......................................................................................................................................... 83
20.3 A
NALOG OUTPUTS
..................................................................................................................................... 83
20.4 D
IGITAL OUTPUTS
...................................................................................................................................... 84
21 USING THE ACTUATOR CONTROL CONNECTOR .............................................................................. 85
22 CONNECTORS................................................................................................................................................ 87
22.1 F
RONT PANEL CONNECTORS
...................................................................................................................... 87
22.1.1 Actuator .......................................................................................................................................... 87
22.1.2 General purpose I/O port ................................................................................................................ 87
22.1.3 Signal inputs 1-16 (red cable code) ................................................................................................ 88
22.1.4 Signal inputs 17-32 (green cable code) .......................................................................................... 88
22.1.5 High voltage out .............................................................................................................................. 89
22.1.6 High voltage in ................................................................................................................................ 89
22.2 R
EAR PANEL CONNECTORS
........................................................................................................................ 89
22.2.1 Ethernet communications ................................................................................................................ 89
22.2.2 RS-232 / RS-485 communications ................................................................................................... 89
22.2.3 Gate input ....................................................................................................................................... 90
22.2.4 Gate output ..................................................................................................................................... 90
22.2.5 Fiber-optic communications: .......................................................................................................... 90
22.2.6 Power input ..................................................................................................................................... 90
22.2.7 Ground lug ...................................................................................................................................... 91
23 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ................................................................................................................. 92
23.1 F
RONT PANEL CONTROLS
........................................................................................................................... 92
23.2 R
EAR PANEL CONTROLS
............................................................................................................................. 92
23.2.1 Reset button ..................................................................................................................................... 92
23.2.2 Address switch................................................................................................................................. 92
23.2.3 Mode switch .................................................................................................................................... 92
23.3 F
RONT PANEL INDICATORS
........................................................................................................................ 93
23.3.1 Power .............................................................................................................................................. 93
23.3.2 HV on .............................................................................................................................................. 93
23.4 R
EAR PANEL INDICATORS
.......................................................................................................................... 93
23.4.1 24 V ................................................................................................................................................. 93
23.4.2 2.5 V ................................................................................................................................................ 93
23.4.3 Initiated ........................................................................................................................................... 93
23.4.4 Active .............................................................................................................................................. 93
23.4.5 Com ................................................................................................................................................. 93
23.4.6 Ethernet ........................................................................................................................................... 93
23.4.7 Optical ............................................................................................................................................ 93
23.4.8 Ethernet ........................................................................................................................................... 94
24 A60 RECOVERY ............................................................................................................................................. 95
24.1 S
TARTING THE
A60 R
ECOVERY
U
TILITY
................................................................................................... 95
24.2 U
SING THE
A60 R
ECOVERY
U
TILITY
......................................................................................................... 96
25 FAULT-FINDING ............................................................................................................................................ 97
26 OPTIMIZING DATA QUALITY ................................................................................................................. 101

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27 MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 102
28 RETURNS PROCEDURE............................................................................................................................. 103
29 SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................................... 104
30 DISPOSAL ...................................................................................................................................................... 105
31 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ........................................................................................................ 106
32 REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................................................... 107

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2 Figures
Figure 1. F3200E front and rear panels. Dimensions mm. .................................................................................. 19
Figure 2. F3200E case plan and side views. Dimensions mm. .............................................................................. 20
Figure 3. Schematic sample F3200E installation .................................................................................................... 22
Figure 4. Circuit for measured current using an external power supply............................................................. 24
Figure 5. Circuit for measured current using the F3200E HV supply ................................................................. 24
Figure 6. Data acquisition in internal mode; ADC rate exceeds capacity of communications / host computer26
Figure 7. Data acquisition in internal mode; ADC rate reduced to match capacity of communications / host
computer ........................................................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 8. Data acquisition in internal mode; data rate reduced by downsampling to match capacity of
communications / host computer ..................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 9. Data acquisition in buffered mode .......................................................................................................... 28
Figure 10. Data acquisition in sweep mode ............................................................................................................ 29
Figure 11. PTC DiagnosticG2 installation stages ................................................................................................... 32
Figure 12. Direct connection to PC host ................................................................................................................. 33
Figure 13. Ping test of the Ethernet connection. .................................................................................................... 33
Figure 14. Discover devices window ........................................................................................................................ 34
Figure 15. Discovering loop controllers .................................................................................................................. 34
Figure 16. F3200E discovery – ready to connect to the device ............................................................................. 35
Figure 17. F3200E connected showing slave devices on its fiber optic loop port ................................................ 35
Figure 18. F3200E window after connection .......................................................................................................... 36
Figure 19. Reading background noise in internal trigger mode ........................................................................... 37
Figure 20. Strip chart display .................................................................................................................................. 39
Figure 21. Scope display, buffered acquisition – data sampled at 100 kHz ......................................................... 40
Figure 22. Scope display, sweep acquisition – data sampled at 1 MHz, 20 1000 point sweeps averaged .......... 41
Figure 23. Histogram display. Two channels de-selected for display. ................................................................. 42
Figure 24. Vertical scale selection and positive values only toggle. ...................................................................... 42
Figure 25. Filtering selections. ................................................................................................................................. 43
Figure 26. Peak position calculations. ..................................................................................................................... 44
Figure 27. Center of gravity calculation controls .................................................................................................. 45
Figure 28. Limiting channels included in the peak position calculation. ............................................................. 45
Figure 29. Gaussian regression fit control. ............................................................................................................. 45
Figure 30. Setup ADC and range control. .............................................................................................................. 46
Figure 31. Current range selections. ....................................................................................................................... 46
Figure 32. Trigger controls ...................................................................................................................................... 47
Figure 33. Acquisition modes ................................................................................................................................... 47
Figure 34. Sweep setup controls .............................................................................................................................. 49
Figure 35. Channels controls ................................................................................................................................... 50
Figure 36. Other setup controls ............................................................................................................................... 51
Figure 37. Calibration warning dialog .................................................................................................................... 52
Figure 38. 8.33 µA calibration current directed to channel 3, 10 µA current range .......................................... 53
Figure 39. Clear Calibrations warning dialog ........................................................................................................ 53
Figure 40. Real Time Processing controls ............................................................................................................... 54
Figure 41. Firmware information display............................................................................................................... 55
Figure 42. Firmware update warning ..................................................................................................................... 55
Figure 43. Firmware update progress display........................................................................................................ 55
Figure 44. Network settings ..................................................................................................................................... 56
Figure 45. Fiber optic communication ports (view looking at rear panel) .......................................................... 57
Figure 46. Example fiber optic loop configuration where the F3200E is the loop controller. ........................... 58
Figure 47. Example fiber optic loop configuration where the F3200E is the loop controller – Diagnostic
display. .............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Figure 48. Example fiber optic loop configuration where another device is the loop controller. ...................... 59

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Figure 49. Example fiber optic loop configuration where another device (A360) is the loop controller. ......... 60
Figure 50. Simple example network for EPICS communications. ........................................................................ 61
Figure 51. Example user interface created in Control System Studio BOY. ....................................................... 62
Figure 52. Example user interface created in LabView™. ................................................................................... 62
Figure 53. System.xml example................................................................................................................................ 64
Figure 54. RS-232 terminal session. ........................................................................................................................ 65
Figure 55. RS-485 cable F3200E to TC100. ............................................................................................................ 66
Figure 56. The basic I-V convertor circuit. ............................................................................................................ 67
Figure 57. F3200E block schematic. ........................................................................................................................ 68
Figure 58. F3200E analog stages block schematic. ................................................................................................ 69
Figure 59. Start, pause and stop conditions. ........................................................................................................... 72
Figure 60. Illustrative scanned beam example. ...................................................................................................... 74
Figure 61. Illustrative scanned beam example - analysis....................................................................................... 75
Figure 62. Burst of pulses captured in sweep mode, 20 sweep averaging. ........................................................... 75
Figure 63. Single shot measurement at 1 MHz sampling. ..................................................................................... 76
Figure 64. Selecting monitor mode. ......................................................................................................................... 77
Figure 65. Demonstration acquisition for monitor mode. ..................................................................................... 78
Figure 66. Monitor output voltage with all channels selected for monitoring..................................................... 78
Figure 67. Monitor output voltage with some channels de-selected. .................................................................... 79
Figure 68. Loopback validation of external high voltage connections ................................................................. 81
Figure 69. High voltage module jumper settings.................................................................................................... 82
Figure 70. Analog input circuit ................................................................................................................................ 83
Figure 71. Digital input circuit ................................................................................................................................ 83
Figure 72. Analog output circuit ............................................................................................................................. 83
Figure 73. Digital input circuit ................................................................................................................................ 84
Figure 74. Connecting a solenoid-operated actuator to the actuator control connector. ................................... 85
Figure 75. Actuator I/O : F3200E internal circuitry. ............................................................................................ 86
Figure 76. JPR 5 location; bootloader mode jumper position. ............................................................................. 95
Figure 77. A60 recovery screen. .............................................................................................................................. 96
Figure 78. Noise level as a function of averaging ................................................................................................ 101
Figure 79. Fan filter removal ................................................................................................................................ 102

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3 Safety Information
This unit is designed for compliance with harmonized electrical safety standard EN61010-
1:2000. It must be used in accordance with its specifications and operating instructions.
Operators of the unit are expected to be qualified personnel who are aware of electrical safety
issues. The customer’s Responsible Body, as defined in the standard, must ensure that operators
are provided with the appropriate equipment and training.
The unit is designed to make measurements in Measurement Category I as defined in the
standard.
CAUTION. According to installed options the F3200E can generate high voltages as follows,
present on the central conductor of the “HV out” SHV (Safe High Voltage) connector.:
+ or – 2000 V DC at 0.5 mA maximum.
or
+ or – 1000 V DC at 1.0 mA maximum
or
+ or – 500 V DC at 2.0 mA maximum
or
+ or – 200 V DC at 5.0 mA maximum
The hazardous live voltages on the SHV central conductor are not accessible under the
definitions of EN61010 but may nevertheless give a noticeable shock if misuse were to lead you
to come into contact with them. The user must therefore exercise appropriate caution when using
the device and when connecting cables. Power should be turned off before making any
connections.
In applications where high energy charged particle beams can strike electrodes which are
normally connected to the F3200E, voltages limited only by electrical breakdown can build up if
the F3200E is not connected to provide the earth return path. The user must ensure that a
suitable earth return path is always present when the particle beam may be present.
The unit must not be operated unless correctly assembled in its case. Protection from high
voltages generated by the device will be impaired if the unit is operated without its case. Only
Service Personnel, as defined in EN61010-1, should attempt to work on the disassembled unit,
and then only under specific instruction from Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc.
The unit is designed to operate from +24VDC power, with a maximum current requirement of
1100 mA. A suitably rated power supply module is available as an option. Users who make
their own power provision should ensure that the supply cannot source more than 5 A.

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A safety ground must be securely connected to the ground lug on the case.
Some of the following symbols may be displayed on the unit and have the indicated meanings.
Direct current
Earth (ground) terminal
Protective conductor terminal
Frame or chassis terminal
Equipotentiality
Supply ON
Supply OFF
CAUTION – RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
CAUTION – RISK OF DANGER – REFER TO MANUAL

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4 Models
F3200E Thirty-two channel fast current digitizer.
-XP20/10/5/2 Add positive 0 to 2000V / 1000 V / 500 V / 200 V auxiliary bias output
-XN20/10/5/2 Add negative 0 to 2000V / 1000V /500 V / 200 V auxiliary bias output
Example:
F3200E-XP10 F3200E with 1000V positive auxiliary high voltage output.

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5 Scope of Supply
F3200E model as specified in your order.
PSU24-40-1R 24 VDC power supply.
USB memory stick containing:
F3200E User manual
F3200E datasheet
Pyramid DiagnosticG2 software installation files
Pyramid IG2 software installation files
Firmware files
Test data
ADAP-D9F-MINIDIN Serial port adaptor
ADAP-USB-RS232 USB to RS232 adaptor
ADAP-LEMO-BNC Lemo 00 to BNC coaxial adaptor.
Optional items as specified in your order.
OEM customers may not receive all the accessories noted above.

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6 Optional Items
6.1 Power supplies
PSU24-40-1R +24 VDC 40W PSU (universal voltage input, plug receptacle for standard IEC
C14 three-pin socket) with output lead terminated in two-pin Redel PXG locking connector.
PD-8 Eight output +24 VDC power supply unit, 19” rack mounting
6.2 Signal cables and cable accessories
CAB-D25F-25LN-D25M Cable, low-noise screened, D25 female to D25 male, 25’.
CAB-D25F-25-D25M Cable, standard screened, D25 female to D25 male, 25’.
CAB-SHV-25-SHV Cable, coax HV, SHV to SHV, 25’.
CAB-L00-25-L00 Cable, coax 50 ohm, Lemo 00 to Lemo 00, 25’
CAB-L00-25-BNC Cable, coax 50 ohm, Lemo 00 to BNC, 25’
Other cable lengths are available from 2’ up to 100’.
ADAP-LEMO-BNC Adaptor, Lemo 00 to BNC (for gate in and out adaption)
6.3 Data cables
ADAP-D9F-MINIDIN AB450K-R Adaptor RS-232 6 pin DIN male to 9 pin D sub female
adaptor for serial port.
CAB-ST-HCS-xxx-ST Fiber-optic cable 200 µm multimode silica fiber ST terminated with
color-coded sleeves, xxx foot length. A pair of cables is required to connect a single device.
6.4 Fiber-optic loop
A360 Fiber optic loop controller for two loops.
A560 intelligent real-time cell controller for ten loops with Ethernet interface and interlock
functions.

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X14 fiber optic fanout, one input, four outputs for trigger distribution.
X22 bidirectional TTL to optical converter for trigger distribution.

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7 Intended Use and Key Features
7.1 Intended Use
The F3200E is intended for the parallel measurement of currents (from nA to mA) generated by
devices such as Faraday cup arrays, ionization chambers, in-vacuum wire grid arrays, multiwire
proportional chambers and photodiode arrays. The F3200E has design features which make it
tolerant of electrically noisy environments, but the place of use is otherwise assumed to be clean
and sheltered, for example a laboratory or light industrial environment. The unit may be used
stand-alone or networked with other devices and integrated into a larger system. Users are
assumed to be experienced in the general use of precision electronic circuits for sensitive
measurements, and to be aware of the dangers that can arise in high-voltage circuits.
7.2 Key Features
Thirty-two fully-parallel multi-range transconductance amplifiers (I-V converters).
Thirty-two fully parallel 1 MSa/s analog to digital converter channels.
External gate input for synchronized data collection.
External gate output for triggering external events.
Analog monitor output which can track any arithmetic sum of selected input channels
Multiple data acquisition modes
- Unbuffered continuous streaming
- Buffered contiguous data capture at high rates
- Sweep mode for repetitive signals with 1 MHz sampling within the sweep.
Dynamic range 0.1nA to 10 mA.
Built-in calibration check current sources which can be switched to each channel.
Fully-automated internal self-calibration.
Built-in switched 5V test voltage for connection to external resistor arrays, for continuity
checking.
Ethernet interface with TCP/IP and UDP messaging.
Fiber optic looped device capability (future option).
F3200E can act as a fiber-optic loop controller.
F3200E can be operated in a fiber-optic serial communication loop with up to fifteen other
devices.
RS-232, RS-485 serial interfaces built-in. Selectable baud rates.

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Actuator I/O port with switched +24 VDC, switched +5 VDC output suitable for driving a
pneumatic actuator solenoid plus two opto-isolated digital inputs suitable for reading limit
switches.
General purpose I/O port with three precision analog outputs, four precision differential analog
inputs, four TTL digital outputs, four TTL digital inputs.
Analog output 1 can be set as a real time monitor of sum of any selected channels.
Two fiber-optic digital outputs for process control
Auxiliary HV output option up to + or – 2000 VDC.
HV input for loopback verification of HV bias on external electrodes.

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8 Specification
Current inputs Thirty-two, independent parallel
Current ranges Four, 10 mA, 1 mA, 100 µA, 10 µA, fully bipolar.
Ranges can be set for each group of two channels (future option).
Input impedance <= 40 ohm
Input protection Back to back fast diode pair to analog ground.
Optional series resistor.
Equivalent noise current
(unloaded)
< 0.1% of full scale, any current range for 1 MHz conversion rate.
Improves by 1/√N where N is number of conversions averaged
into each sample, to a minimum of 0.001% of full scale.
External accuracy Maximum deviation from a reference external current source <
+/-(0.1% of full scale current + 0.1% of nominal current), after
calibration.
Internal calibration currents 83.33 (+/- 0.03) mA (10 mA range)
8.333 (+/- 0.003) mA (1 mA range)
833.3 (+/- 0.3) µA (100 µA range)
83.33 (+/- 0.03) µA (10 µA range)
Used by automated internal calibration routine to derived gain and
offset for each channel on each range.
Analog bandwidth Anti-aliasing filter DC to 250 kHz (-3dB) with four pole filter roll
off on 10 mA and 1 mA ranges. 100 µA and 10 µA ranges have
DC to greater than 50 kHz bandwidth.
Measurement drift < 0.5% over 12 hours (environment 20 (+/- 2) C.
Calibration source drift < 3 ppm / C
Linearity Deviation from best fit line of individual readings < 0.1% of full
scale.
Digitization 14 bit over bipolar range, 1 MHz. Thirty-two ADC channels.
Effective digitization increased by averaging.
Simultaneity All ADCs convert together to <20 nsec.
Data capture 32 channels converted and transferred to local memory in < 500
nsec.
Digital filtering Block averages of 1 to 65534 ADC conversions (downsampling).
32 bit counter depth.

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Local buffering Up to 65535 points each of 32 channels in buffered mode.
Up to 1000 points each 32 channels in sweep mode.
Acquisition modes Internal (free running and continuous transfer to host)
Buffered mode (on-board buffering of contiguous blocks of
readings).
Sweep mode (on-board buffering of triggered acquisitions,
averaging across multiple sweeps for repetitive signals).
External gate input 0 / +5 V (TTL level), 10 kohm input impedance.
External gate output TTL levels, 120 mA maximum current.
Analog outputs Three general purpose, +/-10V, 10 mA compliance. 16 bit
resolution, low transition glitch energy. Maximum update rate
250 kHz.
Analog monitor output Analog output 1 can be assigned to monitor function.
Analog inputs Four general purpose, differential, two-pole analog low pass filter
17 kHz. 16 bit resolution, maximum conversion rate 400 kHz
(downsampled to 10 kHz maximum).
Digital outputs Four general purpose, TTL levels, 5 mA typical, 35 mA
maximum (single output)
Digital inputs Four general purpose, TTL levels. 50 kohm pull up to +5VD.
Auxiliary HV PSU (option) 0 to 2000 V / 1000 V / 500V / 200V programmable, 1W max
output power.
Noise and ripple <0.1% of full scale.
Actuator I/O Two opto-coupled inputs (24 VDC nominal) for limit switch
readback, one +24 V relay-switched output for actuator solenoid,
one +5 VDC relay-switched test output for general purpose.
Test output +5 VDC also available on signal inputs for remote test resistor
arrays.
Power input +24 VDC (+/-2 V), 750 mA (excluding current supplied to
actuator solenoid).
Communications interfaces Ethernet 10/100 Base T, TCP/IP and UDP.
RS-232 / RS-485 115.2kbps, binary serial protocol.
Fiber optic 10 Mb/s binary serial proprietary protocol.
Controls Two rotary switches for loop address and communications mode.

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One push button for soft-reset.
Indicators Front panel illuminated logo for power.
Front panel LED for HV enabled.
Eight rear panel LEDs for power, status and communications.
Case 1U 19” 250 mm deep rack mounting steel chassis with Al alloy
front panel and polycarbonate decals.
Fan-cooled.
Case protection rating The case is designed to rating IP43 (protected against solid
objects greater than 1mm in size, protected against spraying
water).
Weight 2.8 kg (6.2 lb).
Operating environment 0 to 35 C (15 to 25 C recommended to reduce drift and offset)
< 70% humidity, non-condensing
vibration < 0.1g all axes (1 to 100 Hz)
Shipping and storage
environment
-10 to 50C
< 80% humidity, non-condensing
vibration < 2 g all axes, 1 to 100 Hz
Dimensions (see figures 1 and 2).

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HV OUT (SHV)
CHANNELS 1-16 (DB25)
ACTUATOR (DB9)
43.6
(1U)
482.6
(19")
FRONT VIEW
"HV-ON" LED
HV IN (SHV)
CHANNELS 17-32 (DB25)
I/O (DB25)
"HV-ON" LED
+24VDC
POWER IN (LEMO-REDEL PXG)
RS-485/232
FIBER-OPTIC RX (ST)
ADDRESS
COMMS MODE
M4 GROUND LUG
REAR VIEW
(ROTATED)
ETHERNET
STATUS LEDs
RESET SWITCH
GATE OUT
GATE IN (LEMO)
FIBER-OPTIC TX (ST)
Figure 1. F3200E front and rear panels. Dimensions mm.

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482.6
(19")
448.0
248.8 3.0
221.0
42.6 43.6
(1U)
19.3
TOP VIEW
Figure 2. F3200E case plan and side views. Dimensions mm.