
©
National Instruments Corporation 5-1 DAQ Hardware Overview Guide
5
AT-AO-6/10 Analog
Output Devices
This chapter contains overview information on the AT-AO-6/10 analog
output devices, including the AT-AO-6 and the AT-AO-10.
AT-AO-6/10 Analog Output
The AT-AO-6 and AT-AO-10 contain six or 10 analog output channels,
respectively. Each analog output channel contains a 12-bit DAC. The
DACs are double buffered, which facilitates accurate waveform generation
via the delayed update mode. You can hardware jumper configure each
analog output channel for unipolar or bipolar voltage output. An onboard
voltage of +10 V or an externally connected voltage signal is available for
analog output channel pairs as a voltage reference. There is a 4 to 20 mA
current output associated with each analog output channel. You control the
current output by writing voltages to the DACs with the NI-DAQ function
AO_Write or AO_VWrite or the LabVIEW AO_Single_Update.vi.
See the AT-AO-6/10 User Manual for the voltage/current relationship.
AT-AO-6/10 Waveform Generation
The waveform generation functions (WFM) can write values continuously to
any number of analog output channels using an onboard or external clock
to update the DACs at regular intervals. You can assign output channels to
one of two groups. Each group has its own dedicated update clock. The
values written to the DACs are contained in a buffer that you allocate and
fill. The resultant voltages produced at the analog output channels depend
on the value of the integer numbers in the buffer, the level of the reference
voltage, and the polarity setting.
Waveform Generation Using Onboard Memory
The AT-AO-6/10 supports FIFO mode waveform generation. In this mode,
the device transfers the values for one cycle of waveform to onboard DAC
FIFO memory only once. Then the device cycles through these values to
Comentários a estes Manuais