SpinCore Technologies PulseBlasterESR-PRO SP18A, Owner'S Manual

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PulseBlasterESR-PRO
Table of Contents
I. Introduction .................................................................................................. 5
Product Overview .................................................................................................................... 5
Board Architecture .................................................................................................................. 6
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................... 6
Output Signals ........................................................................................................... 6
Timing Characteristics ............................................................................................... 7
Instruction Set ............................................................................................................ 7
External Triggering ..................................................................................................... 7
Summary .................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 8
TTL Specifications ..................................................................................................... 8
Pulse Parameters (using 500 MHz clock frequency) ................................................ 8
Pulse Program Control Flow (Common) .................................................................... 8
II. Installation ................................................................................................... 9
Installing the PulseBlasterESR-PRO ....................................................................................... 9
III. Programming the PulseBlasterESR-PRO .............................................. 10
The PulseBlaster Interpreter .................................................................................................. 10
LabVIEW Extensions .............................................................................................................. 11
C/C++ Programming ............................................................................................................... 12
Using C Functions to Program the PulseBlasterESR-PRO ................................................. 14
Example Use of C Functions ................................................................................... 16
IV. Connecting to the PulseBlasterESR-PRO ............................................. 17
Connector Information for PulseBlasterESR-PRO Boards .................................................. 17
Connector Locations for the SP4B board ................................................................ 17
BNC Headers ........................................................................................................... 17
IDC Headers for SP4B and SP18A ......................................................................... 18
HWTrig/Reset Header for SP4B .............................................................................. 20
Connector Locations for the SP18A board .............................................................. 21
SMA Headers for SP18A ......................................................................................... 21
HW_Trig/Reset Header for SP18A and SP19 ......................................................... 21
Connector Locations for the SP19 board ................................................................ 23
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