Introduction
This document describes all of the features and functions of the Pi-Plates DAQC2plate. New to this design is a
feature that allows the DAQC2plate to operate in four different functional modes. These are:
● Legacy Mode - the DAQC2plate will operate and use the same instruction set as the original
DAQCplate
● Function Generator - in this mode, the DAQC2plate outputs two adjustable analog signals on DAC
outputs 1 and 2
● Stepper Motor Controller - in this mode the DAQC2plate can independently drive two, unipolar stepper
motors using the DOUT connectors
● Oscilloscope - in this mode the the DAQC2plate can be used as a two channel oscilloscope with a
sample rate of 1 million samples / second. Analog inputs 0 and 4 are used in this mode.
Although the examples below have been written for Python 2.7, there are also modules available for Python 3.
Finally, all of the code examples below assume that the DAQC2plate module was imported with the following
statement:
import piplates.DAQC2plate as DAQC2
