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MC.31xx
fast 12 bit transient recorder,
A/D converter board
for CompactPCI bus
Hardware Manual
Software Driver Manual
English version April 27, 2006
SPECTRUM SYSTEMENTWICKLUNG MICROELECTRONIC GMBH · AHRENSFELDER WEG 13-17 · 22927 GROSSHANSDORF · GERMANY
PHONE: +49 (0)4102-6956-0 · FAX: +49 (0)4102-6956-66 · E-MAIL: info@spec.de · INTERNET: http://www.spectrum-instrumentation.com
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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 trademarks/registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. LabVIEW, DASYLab, Diadem and LabWindows/CVI are trademarks/registered trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. MATLAB is a trademark/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 Multiple Recording ............................................................................................... 77 Recording modes ............................................................................................................................................................... 77 Standard Mode............................................................................................................................................................ 77 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 MC.31xx series Different models of the MC.31xx series The following overview shows the different available models of the MC.31xx series. They differ in the number of mounted acquisition modules and the number of available channels. You can also see the model dependant allocation of the input connectors. • MC.3110 • MC.3120 • MC.3130 • MC.3111 • MC.3121 • MC.3131 (c) Spectrum GmbH 7
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Different models of the MC.31xx series Introduction • MC.3112 • MC.3122 • MC.3132 8 MC.31xx Manual
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Introduction Additional options Additional options Digital inputs This option allows the user to acquire additional digital channels synchronous and phase-stable along with the analog data. Therefore the analog data is filled up with the digital bits up to 16 Bit data width. This leads to a possibility of acquiring 4 additional digital bits per channel with 12 bit res- olution boards, and 2 additional digital bits per channel with 14 bit resolution boards. The connectors for these digital inpu
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Additional options Introduction Starhub The star hub module allows the synchronisation of up to 16 MC 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 cable of the same length, even the master board. That minimises the clock skew between the different boards. The figure shows the piggyback module mounted on the base board schematically wit
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Introduction The Spectrum type plate 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 MC for the CompactPCI 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 revisio
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Hardware information Introduction Hardware information Block diagram Technical Data Resolution 12 bit Dimension 160 x 233 mm (Standard 6U) Differential linearity error ≤ 1 LSB (ADC) Width (Standard) 1 slot Integral linearity error ≤ 2.5 LSB (ADC) Width (with digital inputs) 2 slots Multi: Trigger to 1st sample delay fix Connector 3 mm SMB male Multi: Recovery time < 20 samples Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm || 25 pF ext. Trigger accuracy 1 Samples Overvoltage protection (range ≤ ±1 V) ±5 V int.
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Introduction Hardware information Dynamic Parameters MC.3110 MC.3112 MC.3120 MC.3122 MC.3130 MC.3132 MC.3111 MC.3121 MC.3131 Test - Samplerate 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s Testsignal frequency 90 kHz 90 kHz 1 MHz 1 MHz 1 MHz 1 MHz SNR (typ) > 67.5 dB > 66.9 dB > 64.9 dB > 64.9 dB > 63.1 dB > 62.4 dB THD (typ) < -62.8 dB < -62.8 dB < -62.5 dB < -62.5 dB < -62.5 dB < -62.5 dB SFDR (typ), excl harm. > 80.8 dB > 80.5 dB > 80.5 dB > 78.5 dB > 79.5 dB > 79.3 dB SINAD (typ) > 61.5 dB >
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System Requirements Hardware Installation Hardware Installation System Requirements All Spectrum MC.xxxx instrumentation boards are compliant to the CompactPCI 6U standard and require in general one free slot. Depending on the installed options additional free slots can be necessary. Warnings ESD Precautions The boards of the MC.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, i
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Hardware Installation Installing the board in the system Installing a board with digital inputs/outputs The locks on the top and bottom side of both CompactPCI brackets need to be unlocked and opened before installing the board into a free slot of the system. Therefore you need to press the little buttons on the inside of the fasteners and move them outwards (see figure). Now slowly insert the card into the host system using the key ways until both locks snap in with a „click“. While inserting
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Installing the board in the system Hardware Installation Installing multiple boards synchronized by starhub Hooking up the boards Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi channel system into the chassis you have to hook up the boards with their synchronization cables first. Spectrum ships the boards together with the needed amount of synchronization ca- bles. All of them are matched to the same length, to achieve a zero clock delay between the boards. Only use the included flat
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Hardware Installation Installing the board in the system Installing multiple synchronized boards Hooking up the boards Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi channel system into the chassis you have to hook up the boards with their syncronization cables first. Spectrum ships the boards together with the needed synchronization cable. All of the possible four boards must be wired with deliv- ered synchronization cable. The figure is showing that ex- emplarily for three synchro
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Interrupt Sharing Software Driver Installation 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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Software Driver Installation Windows 98 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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Windows 98 Software Driver Installation 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
