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ATS9462 User Manual
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION .............................................................1
About Your ATS9462 ..............................................................................2
Acquiring Data with Your ATS9462.........................................................4
Interactively Controlling your ATS9462 with AlazarDSO.....................5
ATS-SDK API .....................................................................................6
ATS-VI LabVIEW VI............................................................................6
ATS-Linux for ATS9462 ......................................................................7
Optional Upgrades ..................................................................................8
CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION.......................9
What You Need to Get Started .............................................................10
Unpacking.............................................................................................12
Installing the ATS9462..........................................................................13
Installing the ATS9462 in a Linux System.............................................24
Compiling the ATS9462 Linux Driver ....................................................25
Updating ATS9462 Driver .....................................................................26
CHAPTER 3 - HARDWARE OVERVIEW .............................................28
Input Connectors...................................................................................29
Signal Connections ...............................................................................30
Analog Input..........................................................................................31
Pipelined ADC...................................................................................32
Multiple Record Acquisition...............................................................32
Specifying Record Length.................................................................32
Specifying Pretrigger Depth ..............................................................32
Specifying Record Count ..................................................................32
Amplifier Bypass Option........................................................................33
Calibration.............................................................................................37
Master/Slave Operation ........................................................................38
Restrictions .......................................................................................39
Optional External Clock ........................................................................41
Fast External Clock...........................................................................42
Slow External Clock ..........................................................................42
10 MHz Clock Reference ..................................................................42
Streaming Using Data FIFO..................................................................43
The Effects of the Operating System ................................................43
Real-Time Operating Systems ..........................................................44
Dual Port Memory .............................................................................45
Asynchronous DMA ..........................................................................46
APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................49
