Data Translation DT9828, User Manual

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About this Manual
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• Appendix A , “Specifications,” lists the specifications of the modules.
• Appendix B , “Pin Assignments and LED Status Indicators,” shows the pin assignments
for the connectors and screw terminals on the modules, and describes the LEDs on the
modules.
• An index completes this manual.
Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
• Notes provide useful information or information that requires special emphasis, cautions
provide information to help you avoid losing data or damaging your equipment, and
warnings provide information to help you avoid catastrophic damage to yourself or your
equipment.
• Items that you select or type are shown in bold .
Related Information
Refer to the following documents for more information on using the DT9828 module:
• Benefits of the Universal Serial Bus for Data Acquisition. This white paper describes why USB
is an attractive alternative for data acquisition. It is available on the Data Translation web
site (www.datatranslation.com).
• QuickDAQ 2103 User’s Manual (UM-24774). This manual describes how to create a
QuickDAQ application to acquire and analyze data from a DT9282 module.
• DT-Open Layers for .NET User’s Manual (UM-22161). For programmers who are developing
their own application programs using Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET, this manual
describes how to use the DT-Open Layers for .NET Class Library to access the capabilities
of Data Translation data acquisition devices.
• DataAcq SDK User’s Manual (UM-18326). For programmers who are developing their own
application programs using the Microsoft C compiler, this manual describes how to use
the DT-Open Layers DataAcq SDK
TM to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition devices.
• DAQ Adaptor for MATLAB (UM-22024). This document describes how to use Data
Translation’s DAQ Adaptor to provide an interface between the MATLAB Data
Acquisition subsystem from The MathWorks and Data Translation’s DT-Open Layers
architecture.
• LV-Link Online Help . This help file describes how to use LV-Link
™
with the LabVIEW
™
graphical programming language to access the capabilities of Data Translation data
acquisition devices.
• Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 documentation.
• USB web site (http://www.usb.org).
• Omega Complete Temperature Measurement Handbook and Encyclopedia®. This document,
published by Omega Engineering, provides information on how to linearize voltage
values into temperature readings for various thermocouple types.