Meilhaus Electronic ME-5004, Manual

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Content
1 Introduction ........................................................... 5
1.1 Important Notes ............................................................... 5
1.1.1 Use in Accordance with the Requirements ....................... 5
1.1.2 Improper Application ...................................................... 6
1.1.3 Unforeseeable Misapplications ........................................ 6
1.2 Package Contents ............................................................. 7
1.3 Features .......................................................................... 7
1.4 System Requirements ....................................................... 8
1.5 Software Support ............................................................. 9
2 Starting up .......................................................... 10
2.1 Software Installation ....................................................... 10
2.2 Test Program .................................................................. 10
2.3 Fitting the Plug-on Boards ............................................... 11
3 Hardware ............................................................ 13
3.1 Block Diagram ................................................................. 13
3.2 ME-5004 cPCI/PCIe ......................................................... 14
3.3 Digital Input/Output ......................................................... 14
3.3.1 Opto-Isolated Inputs .................................................... 15
3.3.2 Opto-Isolated Outputs ................................................. 15
3.3.2.1 Sink Driver ........................................................ 16
3.3.2.2 Source Driver .................................................... 18
3.3.3 External Trigger ........................................................... 19
3.4 Frequency Input/Output ................................................... 19
3.5 External Interrupt ........................................................... 20
4 Programming ....................................................... 21
4.1 Single Operation Mode ..................................................... 22
4.1.1 Digital Input/Output ..................................................... 22
4.1.2 Frequency Input/Output ................................................ 23
4.1.2.1 Frequency Measurement .................................... 25
4.1.2.2 Pulse Generator ................................................ 25
4.2 Interrupt Operation ......................................................... 25