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Chapter 3
Counters
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CI.CtrTimebase.Src
—To change the signal used as the counter timebase, set this property
to a different terminal.
Sample Clock (without Averaging)
With this method, for each sample clock the counter detects the last full period of the
signal-to-measure that occurs before the sample clock. The counter measures the duration of this
one period by counting the number of cycles (
T2)
of the timebase.
At each sample clock, the device stores
T2
in a buffer. DAQmx reads this value, and uses the
known frequency of the timebase (
f
k
), to calculate the frequency of the input signal (
f
x
) as:
Figure 3-16.
Frequency Measurement: Sample Clock without Averaging
To use the Sample Clock (without Averaging) method, configure the following:
•
DAQmx Create channel (CI-Frequency)
—Use this VI or function to create the channel.
•
DAQmx Timing (Sample Clock)
—Use this VI or function to set the number of samples,
samples clock source, and other properties.
•
CI.Freq.EnableAveraging
—Set this property to False.
By default, the counter measures the frequency on a default PFI terminal (refer to Chapter 5,
Counter Signal Routing and Clock Generation
, for more information) and use an onboard
100 MHz clock as the timebase. To change the signals used for this measurement, configure the
following:
•
CI.Freq.Term
—The signal-to-measure comes from an input terminal. To change the
signal-to-measure, set this property to a different terminal.
•
CI.CtrTimebase.Src
—To change the signals used as the counter timebase, set this
property to a different terminal.
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