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DAQ NI 6013/6014 User Manual Multifunction I/O Devices for PCI Bus Computers NI 6013/6014 User Manual October 2002 Edition Part Number 370636 A-01.
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© National Instruments Corporatio n vii NI 6013/6014 User Manual Contents About This Manual Conventions Used in This Manual ................. ............ .............. ........... .............. ............. xi Related Documentation ............ .
Contents NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al viii ni.com Chapter 4 Connecting Signals I/O Connector ............. ........... ........... ............... ........... ........... .............. ............ .............. 4-1 Analog Input Signal Overview .... .
Contents © National Instruments Corporatio n ix NI 6013/6014 User Manual GPCTR1_OUT Signal ......... .............. ............ ........... .............. .......... 4-38 GPCTR1_UP_DOWN Signal ............ .............. ............ .............. .
© National Instruments Corporatio n xi NI 6013/6014 User Manual About This Manual The National Instruments 60 13/6014 devices are high-performance multifunctio n analog, digital, and t iming I/O devices for PCI.
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© National Instruments Corporatio n 1-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter describes the NI 6013/6014 , lists what you need to get started, describes the optional soft ware and equipment, and expl ains how to unpack the NI 6013/6014.
Chapter 1 Introduction NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 1-2 ni.com ❑ One of the follo wing software packages and documentation: – LabVIEW (for W indo ws) – Measurement Studio (for W indo ws) – VI Lo.
Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporatio n 1-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figur e 1-1. The Relationship Among the Programming Environment, NI-DAQ, and the Hardware T o download a free copy of the most recent version of NI-D A Q, click Downloa d Software at ni.
Chapter 1 Introduction NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 1-4 ni.com Acti veX controls, and classes are av ailable with Measurement Studio and NI-D A Q. Using LabVIEW , Measurem ent Studio, or VI Logger great ly reduces the dev elopment time for your data acquisition and control application.
Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporatio n 1-5 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Safety Information The following section contains important safet y information that you must follow during installation and use of the product. Do not operate the product in a manner n ot specified in this document.
Chapter 1 Introduction NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 1-6 ni.com Operate this product only at or below the installation category stated in Appendix A , Specifications . The following is a description of installation categories: • Installation Category I is for m easurements performed on circuits not directly connected to MAINS 1 .
Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporatio n 1-7 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Belo w is a diagram of a sample installati on..
© National Instruments Corporatio n 2-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual 2 Installing and Configuring the NI 6013/6014 This chapter explains how to install and co nfigure the NI 6013/6014. Installing the Software Complete the followi ng steps to install th e software before instal ling the NI 6013/6014.
Chapter 2 Installing and Co nfiguring the NI 6013/60 14 NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 2-2 ni.com 3. Make sure there are no lighted LEDs on the motherboard. If any are lit, wait until they go out before continuing the installation. 4. Remov e the e xpansion slot cov er on the back panel of the computer .
Chapter 2 Installing an d Configuring t he NI 6013/6 014 © National Instruments Corporatio n 2-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual T o configure the NI 6013/6014 in Measurement & Aut omation Explorer (MAX), refer to ni.
© National Instruments Corporatio n 3-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual 3 Hardware Overview This chapter presents an ov erview of the hardware functions on t he NI 6013/6014.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 3-2 ni.com Analog Input The AI section of the NI 6013 /6014 is software configu rable. The following sections describe in detail each AI setting. Input Mode The NI 6013/6014 has two input mod es — nonreferenced single-ended (NRSE) mode and differential (DIFF) mode.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Input Range The NI 6013/6014 has a bipolar input range that changes with the programmed gain. Each channel may be program med with a unique gain of 0.5, 1.0, 10, or 100 to maximize the A/D conv erter (ADC) resolution.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 3-4 ni.com Settling times can also increase when s canning high-impedance signals because of a phenomenon called charge injection , where the A I multiplexer injects a small amount of charge into each signal source when tha t source is selected.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view © National Instruments Corporatio n 3-5 NI 6013/6014 User Manual control signals, GPCTR0_UP_DOWN and GPCTR1_UP_DO WN, are input only and do not affect the operation of the DIO lines.
Chapter 3 Hardware Over view NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 3-6 ni.com Programmable Function Inputs The 10 PFI pins are connected to the signal routing multiplexer for each timing signal, and software can select any PFI pin as the external source for a given timing si gnal.
© National Instruments Corporatio n 4-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual 4 Connecting Signals This chapter describes how to make input an d output signal connections to the NI 6013/6014 using the I/O connector. Table 4-1 shows t he cables that can be used with the I/O connectors to connect to different accessories.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-2 ni.com Figure 4-1. I/O Connector Pin Assignment for the NI 6013/6014 FREQ_OUT GPCTR0_OUT PFI9/GPCTR0_GATE DGND PFI6/WFTRIG PFI5/UPDATE* DGND.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Table 4-2. Signal Descriptions for I/O Connector Pin s Signal Name Reference Dir ection Description AIGND — — Analog Input Ground — These pins are the bias current return point for AI measurements.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-4 ni.com PFI0/TRIG1 DGND Input Output PFI0/T rigger 1 — As an input, this signal is a Programmable PFI. PFI signals are explained in the Connecting Timing Signals section. As an output, this signal is the TRIG1 (AI Start Trigger) signal.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-5 NI 6013/6014 User Manual PFI8/GPCTR0_SOURCE DGND Input Output PFI8/Counter 0 Sour ce — As an input, this signal is a PFI. As an output, this signal is the GPCTR0_SOURCE signal. This signal reflects the actual source connected to the general-pu rpose counter 0.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-6 ni.com Analog Input Signal Over view The AI signals for the NI 601 3/6014 are ACH<0..15>, AISENSE, and AIGND. Connection of these AI signals to the device depends on the type of input signal source and the configurati on of the AI channels you are using.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-7 NI 6013/6014 User Manual T ypes of Signal Sources When making signal connecti ons, you must first determine whether the signal sources are floating or ground-referenced. The following sections describe these two types of signals.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-8 ni.com Figure 4-2. Programmable Gain Instrumentation Amplifier (PGIA) In NRSE mode, signals co nnected to A CH<0..15> are routed to the positiv e input of the PGIA , and AISENSE is connected t o the negati v e input of the PGIA.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-9 NI 6013/6014 User Manual setting of the amplif ier . The amplifier output voltage is referenced to the de vice ground. The de vice ADC measures this outp ut v oltage when it performs A/D con v ersions.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-10 ni.com Differential Connection Considerations A differential connection is one in which the AI signal has its own reference signal or signal return path. These connections are available wh en the selected channel is configured in DIFF input mode.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-11 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Differential Connections for Ground-Referenced Signal Sources Figure 4-4 shows how to connect a ground-referenced sig nal source to a channel on the device configured in DIFF i nput mode.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-12 ni.com Differential Connections for Nonreferenced or Floating Signal Sources Figure 4-5 shows h ow to connect a floating s ignal source to a channel configured in DIFF input mode on the N I 6013/6014.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-13 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Y ou must reference the source to AIGND. The easiest way is to connect the positiv e side of the signal .
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-14 ni.com Single-Ended Connection Considerations A single-ended connection i s one in which the AI signal of the NI 6013/6014 is referenced to a common grou nd that can be shared with other input signals.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-15 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Single-Ended Connections for F loating Signal Sources Figure 4-6 shows h ow to connect a floating s ignal source to a channel configured for NRSE mode on the NI 6013/ 6014.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-16 ni.com Figure 4-7 shows ho w to connect a grounded signal source to a channel configured for NRSE mode on the NI 6013/6014.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-17 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Connecting Analog Output Signals ♦ NI 6014 only The A O signals are D A C0 OUT , D A C1OUT , and A OGND. D A C0OUT and D A C1OUT are not av ailable on the NI 6013.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-18 ni.com Connecting Digital I/O Signals The DIO signals on the NI 6013/601 4 are DIO<0..7> and DGND. DIO<0..7> are the signals making up the DIO port, and D GND is the ground-reference signal for the DIO port.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-19 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figure 4-9 shows DIO<0..3> conf igured for digital input and DIO<4 .
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-20 ni.com All digital timing connections are referenced to DGND. This reference is demonstrated in Figure 4-10, which shows ho w to connect an external T R I G 1s o u r c ea n da ne x t e r n a lC O N V E R T *s o u r c et ot w oP F Ip i n so nt h e NI 6013/6014.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-21 NI 6013/6014 User Manual As an input, each PFI pin can be indi vidually conf igured for edge or le v el detection and for polarity selection.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-22 ni.com Pretriggered data acquisition allo ws you to vie w data that is acquired before the trigger of interest in ad dition to data acquired after the trigger . Figure 4-12 shows a typical pretriggered D A Q sequence.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-23 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figures 4-13 and 4-14 sho w the input and output timing requiremen ts for TRIG1. Figure 4-13. TRIG1 Input Signal Timing Figure 4-14. TRIG1 Output Signal Timing The de vice also uses TRIG1 to ini tiate pretriggered D A Q operations.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-24 ni.com ignores TRIG2 if it is asserted prior to the SC decrementing to zero. After the selected edge of TRIG2 is recei v ed, the de vice acquires a f ix ed number of scans and the acquisition sto ps.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-25 NI 6013/6014 User Manual ST AR TSCAN Signal Any PFI pin can receive as an input the STARTSCAN signal, which is available as an output on the PFI7/STARTSCAN pin. Refer to Figures 4-11 and 4-12 for the relationship of STARTSCAN to the DAQ sequ ence.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-26 ni.com Figure 4-18. ST AR TSCAN Output Signal Timing The CONVER T* pulses are masked of f until the device generates the ST AR TSCAN signa l. If you are using internal ly generated con versions, the first CONVER T * appears when the onboard sample interval counter (SI2) reaches zero.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-27 NI 6013/6014 User Manual CONVER T* Signal Any PFI pin can externally input th e CONVERT* signal, which is available as an output on the PFI2/CONVERT* pin. Refer to Figures 4-11 and 4-12 for the relationship of CON VER T* to the D A Q sequence.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-28 ni.com Figure 4-20. CONVERT* Output Signal T iming The SI2 counter on the NI 6013/6014 normally gen erates CONVER T* unless you select some external source. The counter is started by the ST AR TSCAN signal and cont inues to count down and reload itself until the scan is finished.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-29 NI 6013/6014 User Manual SISOURCE Signal Any PFI pin can externally input the SISOURCE signal, which is not available as an output on the I/O connector. Th e onboard scan interval (SI) counter uses SISOURCE as a clock to time the generation of the STARTSCAN si gnal.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-30 ni.com Figure 4-22 sho ws the timing for SCANCLK. Figure 4-22. SCANCLK Signal Timing Note When using NI-D A Q, SCANCLK polarity is low-to-high and cannot be changed programmatically .
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-31 NI 6013/6014 User Manual W aveform Generation T iming Connections The analog group defined for the devi ce is controlled by WFTRIG, UPDATE*, and UISOURCE. WF TRIG Signal Any PFI pin can externally input the WFTRIG signal, which is available as an output on the PFI6/WFTRIG pin.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-32 ni.com Figure 4-25. WF TRIG Output Signal Timing UPDA TE* Signal Any PFI pin can externally input the UPDATE* signal, which is avail able as an output on the PFI5/UPDATE* p in. As an input, UPD A TE* is conf igured in the edge-detection mode.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-33 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figure 4-27. UPDA TE* Output Signal Timing The D A Cs are updated wit hin 100 ns of the leading edge. Separate the UPD A TE* pulses with enough time that new data can be written to the DA C latches.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-34 ni.com The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MH z, with a minimum pulse width of 23 ns high or low . There is no minimum frequency limitation. Either the 20 MHz or 100 kHz intern al timebase normally generates UISOURCE unless you select some external source.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-35 NI 6013/6014 User Manual GPCTR0_GA TE Signal Any PFI pin can externally input the GPCTR0_ GATE signal, which is available as an output on the PFI9/GPCTR0_GATE pin. As an input, G PCTR0_GA TE is c onfigured in the edge-detection mode.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-36 ni.com Figure 4-31. GPCTR0_OUT Signal Timing GPCTR0_UP_DOWN Signal This signal can be externally input on the DIO6 pin and is not available as an output on the I/O connector.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-37 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figure 4-32 shows the timing requirement s for GPCTR1_SOURCE. Figure 4-32. GPCTR1_SOURCE Signal Timing The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MH z, with a minimu m pulse width of 23 ns high or low .
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-38 ni.com Figure 4-33 shows the timing requirements for GPCTR1_GATE. Figure 4-33. GPCTR1_GA TE Signal Timing in Edge-Detection Mode GPCTR1_OUT Signal This signal is available only as an outpu t on the GPCTR1_OUT pin.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-39 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Figure 4-35. GPCTR Timing Summary The GA TE and OUT signal transitions shown in Figure 4-35 are referenced to the rising edge of the SOURC E signal. The assumption for this timin g diagram is that the counters are programmed to count rising edg es.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 4-40 ni.com The OUT output timing parameters are referenced to the signal at the SOURCE input or to one of the internally g enerated clock signals on the NI 6013/6014. Figure 4-35 shows the OUT signal referenced to the rising edge of a source sig nal.
Chapter 4 Connecting Signals © National Instruments Corporatio n 4-41 NI 6013/6014 User Manual • Do not run signal lines through con duits that also contain power lines. • Protect signal lines from magnetic f ields caused b y electric motors, welding equipment, br eakers, or transformers by running them through special metal conduits.
© National Instruments Corporatio n 5-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual 5 Calibration This chapter discusses the calibration procedures for the NI 6013/6014. NI-DAQ includes cal ibration functions f or performing all o f the steps in the calibration process.
Chapter 5 Calibration NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al 5-2 ni.com account the fact that the de vice measurement and output voltage errors can v ary with time and temperature. It is better to self-calibrate when the de vice is installed in the en vironment in which it is used.
© National Instruments Corporatio n A- 1 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual A Specifications This appendix list s the specifications of the NI 6013/6014. These specif ications are typical at 25 ° C unless otherwise noted. Analog Input Input Characteristics Number of channels .
Appendix A Specifications NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al A-2 ni.com FIFO buffer size ............... ........... ............512 samples Data transfers ................ ........... .............. .DMA, interrupts, programmed I/O DMA modes ................
Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporatio n A- 3 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Gain error (relative to calibratio n reference) After calibration (gain = 1) ............ . ±74 ppm of reading max Before calibration ............ .........
Appendix A Specifications NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al A-4 ni.com Crosstalk ................. ............ .............. ......DC to 100 kHz Adjacent channels ............................ – 75 dB Other channels .................. ........... ....≤ – 90 dB Stability Recommended warm-up time .
Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporatio n A- 5 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Accuracy Information T ransfer Characteristics Relative accuracy (INL) ......................... ±3 LSB, typ DNL .................... ............ .........
Appendix A Specifications NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al A-6 ni.com Power reset glitch Magnitude ......................... ........... ....±3.0 V Duration ......................... ............ ......3 ms Dynamic Characteristics Settling time for full-scale step .
Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporatio n A- 7 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Po wer-on state ................. .............. ......... Input (high-impedance), 1.5 k Ω pull do wn to DGND Data transfers .................. ...........
Appendix A Specifications NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al A-8 ni.com T riggers Digital T rigger Compatibility ............. .............. ........... ....TTL Response ................................................. Rising or falling edge Pulse width ...
Appendix A Specifications © National Instruments Corporatio n A- 9 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Maximum W orking V oltage Maximum working voltage refers to th e signal voltage plus the common-mode voltage. Channel-to-earth......................... .....
© National Instruments Corporatio n B- 1 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual B Custom Cabling and Optional Connectors This appendix describes the v arious cabling and connector opt ions for the NI 6013/6014. Custom Cabling NI offers cables and accessories for you to prototype your application or to use if you frequently change device interconnections.
Appendix B Custom Cabl ing and Optional Connecto rs NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al B-2 ni.com Figure B-1. 68-Pin Connector Pin Assignments FREQ_OUT GPCTR0_OUT PFI9/GPCTR0_GATE DGND PFI6/WFTRIG PFI5/UPDATE.
Appendix B C ustom Cabling and Optiona l Connecto rs © National Instruments Corporatio n B- 3 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Figure B-2 shows the pin assignments for the 50-pin connector . This connector is av ailable when you use the SH6850 or R6850 cable assemblies.
© National Instruments Corporatio n C- 1 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual C Common Questions This appendix contains a list of commonl y asked questions and their answers relating to usage and special features of the NI 6013/6014 .
Appendix C Common Q uestions NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al C-2 ni.com How do I use the NI 6013/ 6014 with the C A PI in NI-DA Q ? The NI-D A Q User Manu al for PC Compatibles contains example code and describes the general programmi ng flo w when using the NI-D A Q C API.
Appendix C Common Questio ns © National Instruments Corporatio n C- 3 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual Analog Input and Output I am using the device in differ ential AI mode, and I ha v e connected a differential input signal, b ut the r eadings ar e random and drift rapidly .
Appendix C Common Q uestions NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al C-4 ni.com Figure C-1. Configuring Channels to Acquire in Different Modes in LabVIEW T o enable multim ode scanning in using NI-D A Q function s, call the AI_Conf igure function for each channel.
Appendix C Common Questio ns © National Instruments Corporatio n C- 5 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual How can I use the ST AR TSCAN and CONVE R T* signals on the NI 6013/6014 to sample the AI channel(s)? The NI 6013/6014 uses the ST AR TSCAN and CONVER T* signals to perform interval sampling.
Appendix C Common Q uestions NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al C-6 ni.com T iming and Digital I/O What types of triggering can be hardwar e-implemented on the NI 6013/6014? Digital triggering is hard ware-supported on the NI 6013/6014.
Appendix C Common Questio ns © National Instruments Corporatio n C- 7 NI 6013/60 14 User Manual T able C-1 corresp onds the hardware signal names to the software signal names in LabVIEW and NI-D A Q.
© National Instruments Corporatio n D-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual D T echnical Support and Professional Ser v ices Visit the following sections of th e NI Web site at ni.
© National Instruments Corporatio n G-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Glossar y Pref ix Meanings V alue p- pico 10 – 12 n- nano- 10 – 9 µ -m i c r o - 1 0 – 6 m- milli- 10 – 3 k- kilo- 10 3 M- me.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-2 ni.com ADC analog-to-digital con v erter — an electronic de vice, often an inte grated circuit, that con verts an analog v oltage to a digital number AI analo.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual CMRR common-mode rejection ratio — a measure of an instrument ’ s ability to reject interference from a common-mode signa.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-4 ni.com dithering the addition of Gaussian noise to an AI signal DMA direct memory access — a method b y which data can be transferred to/from computer memory from/to a device or memory on the bus while the processor does somethin g else.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-5 NI 6013/6014 User Manual floating signal sources signal sources with v oltage signals that are not connected to an absolute reference or system ground. Also called nonreferenced signal sources. Some common example of floating signal sources are batteries, transformers, or thermocouples.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-6 ni.com I I/O input/output — th e transfer of data to/from a computer system inv olving communications channels, operator interface de vices, and/or data acquisition and control interfaces in.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-7 NI 6013/6014 User Manual library a f ile containing compiled object modules, each comprised of one of more functions, that can be linked to other o bject modules that make use of these functions. NIDAQMSC.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-8 ni.com O OUT output pin — a counter output pi n where the counter can generate various TTL pulse wa v eforms P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect — a high-performance expansion bus architecture originally de veloped b y Intel to replace ISA and EISA.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-9 NI 6013/6014 User Manual ppm parts per million pu pull up Q quantization error the inherent uncertainty in digitizing an analog value due to the f ini.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-10 ni.com SC scan counter scan one or more analog or d igital input samples. T ypically , the number o f input samples in a scan is equal to the nu mber of channels in the inp ut group.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporatio n G-11 NI 6013/6014 User Manual t p pulse period TRIG trigger signal trigger an y ev ent that causes or starts some form of data capture t sc source clock p.
Glossary NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al G-12 ni.com V in v olts in V m measured v oltage V OH v olts, output high V OL vo lt s , o u t p ut l ow V rms v olts, root mean square W wa veform multi ple voltag.
© National Instruments Corporatio n I-1 NI 6013/6014 User Manual Index Numbers +5 V signal description (table), 4-3 self-resetting fuse, C-1 A ACH <0..15> signals analog input modes, 4-8 analog input signal connecti ons, 4-6 description (table), 4-3 I/O signal summary (t able), 4-5 acquisition tim ing connections.
Index NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al I-2 ni.com stability, A-6 transfer characteristics, A-5 voltage output, A-5 to A-6 AOGND signal analog output s ignal connecti ons, 4-17 description (table), 4-3 I/O signal summary (t able), 4-5 B base address configuration, C-2 bipolar input rang e, 3-3 block diagram, 3-1 C C API, using with NI-DAQ, C-2 cables.
Index © National Instruments Corporatio n I-3 NI 6013/6014 User Manual digital I/O overview, 3-4 to 3-5 questions about, C-6 to C-7 signal connections, 4 -18 to 4-19 specifications, A-6 to A-7 digital trigger specifications, A-8 DIO<0.
Index NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al I-4 ni.com ground-referenced signal sources description, 4-7 differential connections, 4-11 single-ended connect ions (NRSE configuration), 4-15 to 4-16 H hardware ins.
Index © National Instruments Corporatio n I-5 NI 6013/6014 User Manual National Instruments ADE software, 1 - 3t o1 - 4 NI-DAQ driver soft ware, 1-2 to 1-3 unpacking, 1-4 NI-DAQ driver soft ware corr.
Index NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al I-6 ni.com pretriggered acquisition overview, 4-22 typical acquisition (figure), 4-22 professional services and technical support, D-1 programmable function inputs (PFIs). See PFIs (programmab le function inputs). programmable gain instrum entation amplifier.
Index © National Instruments Corporatio n I-7 NI 6013/6014 User Manual single-ended connect ions, 4-14 to 4-16 grounded signal sources (NRSE configuration), 4-15 to 4-16 when to use, 4-14 SISOURCE si.
Index NI 6013/601 4 User Manu al I-8 ni.com timing I/O questions about, C-6 to C-7 specifications, A-7 timing signal routing, 3-5 to 3-6 CONVERT* signal routing (figure), 3-5 programmable function inp.
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