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MI.61xx
fast 8 bit arbitrary waveform generator
D/A converter board
for PCI bus
Hardware Manual
Driver Manual
English version October 5, 2004
SPECTRUM SYSTEMENTWICKLUNG MICROELECTRONIC GMBH · AHRENSFELDER WEG 13-17 · 22927 GROSSHANSDORF · GERMANY
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(c) SPECTRUM SYSTEMENTWICKLUNG MICROELECTRONIC GMBH AHRENSFELDER WEG 13-17, 22927 GROSSHANSDORF, GERMANY SBench is a registered trademark of Spectrum Systementwicklung Microelectronic GmbH. Microsoft, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows 98, Windows NT, Window 2000 and Windows XP are tradenarks/registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. LabVIEW, DASYLab, Diadem and LabWindows/CVI are tradenarks/registered trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. MATLAB is a tradenark/register
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Introduction....................................................................................................................... 6 Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 General Information ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
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Programming the Board .................................................................................................. 36 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Register tables ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Programmin
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Option Gated Replay....................................................................................................... 63 Output modes .................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Standard Mode............................................................................................................................................................ 63 FIFO Mode ..........
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Preface Introduction Introduction Preface This manual provides detailed information on the hardware features of your Spectrum instrumentation board. This information includes tech- nical data, specifications, block diagram and a connector description. In addition, this guide takes you through the process of installing your board and also describes the installation of the delivered driver package for each operating system. Finally this manual provides you with the complete software information o
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Introduction Different models of the MI.61xx series Different models of the MI.61xx series The following overwiew shows the different available models of the MI.61xx series. They differ in the number mounted generation modules and the number of available channels. You can also see the model dependant allocation of the output connectors. • MI.6110 • MI.6111 (c) Spectrum GmbH 7
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Additional options Introduction Additional options Extra I/O (Option -XMF) With this simple-to-use enhancement it is possible to control a wide range of external instruments or other equipment. Therefore you have 24 digital I/O and the 4 analog outputs available. The extra I/O option is useful if an external amplifier should be control- led, any kind of signal source must be programmed, an antenna must be adjusted, a status information from external machine has to be ob- tained or diffe
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Introduction Additional options Starhub The star hub module allows the syn- chronisation of up to 16 MI boards. It is possible to synchronise boards of the same type with each other as well as different types. The module acts as a star hub for clock and trigger signals. Each board is connected with a small ca- ble of the same length, even the ma- ster board. That minimises the clock skew between the different boards. The figure shows the piggyback mo- dule mounted on the base board schem
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The Spectrum type plate Introduction The Spectrum type plate The Spectrum type plate, which consists of the following components, can be found on all of our boards. The board type, consisting of the two letters describing the bus (in this case MI for the PCI bus) and the model number. The size of the on-board installed memory in MSamples. In this example there are 8 MS (16 MByte) installed. The serial number of your Spectrum board. Every board has a unique serial number. The board revision, cons
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Introduction Hardware information Hardware information Block diagram Technical Data Resolution 8 Bit Dimension 312 mm x 107 mm Integral linearity (DAC) ± 1.5 LSB typ. Width (Standard) 1 full size slot Differential linearity (DAC) ± 1.0 LSB typ. Width (with star hub option) 2 full size slots Output resistance < 1 Ohm Analogue connector 3 mm SMB male Max output swing in 50 Ohm ± 3 V (offset + amplitude) Warm up time 10 minutes Max slew rate (no filter) > 0.9 V/ns Operating temperature 0°C - 50°C M
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Hardware information Introduction Dynamic Parameters MI.6110 MI.6111 Test - Samplerate 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Filter 3 Characteristics 5th order Butterworth -3 dB bandwidth 25 MHz 25 MHz SNR ±1 V in 50 ohm -49 dB THD ±1 V in 50 ohm -42 dB Filter 2 Characteristics 4th order Butterworth -3 dB bandwidth 5 MHz 5 MHz SNR ±1 V in 50 ohm -42 dB THD ±1 V in 50 ohm -67 dB Filter 1 Characteristics 4th order Butterworth -3 dB bandwidth 500 kHz 500 kHz SNR ±1 V in 50 ohm -72 dB
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Hardware Installation System Requirements Hardware Installation System Requirements All Spectrum MI.xxxx instrumentation boards are compliant to the PCI standard and require in general one free full length slot. Depending on the installed options additional free slots can be necessary. Warnings ESD Precautions The boards of the MI.xxxx series contain electronic components that can be damaged by electrostatic discharge (ESD). Before installing the board in your system or even before touching it,
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Installing the board in the system Hardware Installation Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs Before installing the board you first need to unscrew and remove the dedicated blind-brackets usually mounted to cover unused slots of your PC. Please keep the screws in reach to fasten your Spectrum board and the extra bracket afterwards. All Spectrum boards require a full length PCI slot with a track at the backside to guide the board by it’s retainer. Now insert the board and the extra br
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Hardware Installation Installing the board in the system Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub Hooking up the boards Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi channel system into the PC you can hook up the boards with their synchronization cables first. If there is enough space in your computer’s case (e.g. a big tower case) you can also mount the boards first and hook them up afterwards. Spectrum ships the boards together with the needed amount of synchronization ca
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Installing the board in the system Hardware Installation Installing multiple synchronized boards Hooking up the boards Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi channel system into the PC you can hook up the boards with the synchronization cable first. If there is enough space in your computer’s case (e.g. a big tower case) you can also mount the boards first and hook them up afterwards. Spectrum ships the boards together with the needed synchronization cable. All of the possible
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Software Driver Installation Interrupt Sharing Software Driver Installation Before using the board a driver must be installed that matches the operating system. The installation is done in different ways depending on the used operating system. The driver that is on CD supports all boards of the MI, MC and MX series. That means that you can use the same driver for all boards of theses families. Interrupt Sharing This board uses a PCI interrupt for DMA data transfer and for controlling the FIFO
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Windows 98 Software Driver Installation Windows 98 Installation When installing the board in a Win- dows 98 system the Spectrum board will be recognized automatically on the next start-up. The system offers the direct installa- tion of a driver for the board. Let Windows search automatically for the best driver for your system. Select the CD that was delivered with the board as installation source. The driver files are located on CD in the directory \Driver\Win98_2k_XP. The hardware assis
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Software Driver Installation Windows 98 After clicking the driver info button the detailed version information of the driver is shown. In the case of a support question this information must be presented together with the board’s serial number to the support team to help finding a fast solution. Driver - Update If a new driver version is to be installed no Spectrum board should be in use. So please stop and exit all software that could access the boards. New drivers are available at http://ww
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Windows 2000 Software Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation When installing the board in a Windows 2000 system the Spectrum board will be rec- ognized automatically on the next start-up. The system offers the direct in- stallation of a driver for the board. Let Windows search automa- tically for the best driver for your system. Select the CD that was deliv- ered with the board as instal- lation source. The driver files are located on CD in the di- rectory \Driver\Win98_2k_XP. The h
