4-6 Software and Board Operation
988994
DaqBoard/500
Series
Stopping an ADC Acquisition (CLOCK)
Typical ways of halting an acquisition involve use of one of the following:
o
Software
o
External Gate (ADTRGIN)
o
External Trigger (ADTRGIN)
ADC Software
The acquisition can be stopped by software control.
ADC External Gate
An ADC clock may also be “switched off” with the external trig/gate input (ADTRGIN).
Refer to the section entitled
ADC External Gate
(on page 4-5 ) for additional information about this mode.
ADC External Trigger
The external gate/trig input (ADTRGIN) may also be used to stop an acquisition. In this mode, referred to as
ABOUT Trigger Mode, the ADC is disabled after a certain number of conversions are performed following a
trigger. The number of conversions may be anywhere from 1 to 65,536, which represents the number of post trigger
conversions. Once triggered the ADC Conversion Counter immediately increments after each conversion until it
reaches 0, whereupon ADC conversions are automatically disabled. If the timer is loaded with a value of -1 the
ADC will be stopped after one valid clock. If this register is loaded with the value 0 the full count (65,536
conversions) will occur.
Note that the Software and External Gate modes described in the section entitled
Starting (Triggering) an ADC
Acquisition
(page 4-5 ) are ignored, i.e., the trigger source is always external when in the ABOUT Trigger Mode.
If the External Trigger input is disabled, conversions are enabled as soon as the ADC is enabled and the next valid
trigger will enable the internal counter to count conversions. If the External Trigger input is enabled, the first
external trigger will start the conversions and the next valid trigger will enable the internal counter to count
conversions.
ADC Clock and FIFO Errors
If the ADC is running in DMA operating modes the board will automatically interrupt if clock errors or FIFO
overflows become active.
