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PulseBlasterESR-PRO-II™

PCI and CompactPCI Boards

Owner's Manual

SpinCore Technologies, Inc.

http://www.spincore.com 

Summary of Contents for PulseBlasterESR-PRO-II

Page 1: ...PulseBlasterESR PRO II PCI and CompactPCI Boards Owner s Manual SpinCore Technologies Inc http www spincore com...

Page 2: ...inCore Technologies Inc reserves the right to make changes to the product s or information herein without notice PulseBlasterESR PRO II PulseBlasterESR PulseBlaster SpinCore and the SpinCore Technolog...

Page 3: ...ecifications 7 Pulse Parameters 7 III Installation 8 Installing the PulseBlasterESR PRO II 8 IV Connecting to the PulseBlasterESR PRO II 9 Connector Information 9 BNC Connectors 9 IDC Headers 10 HWTRI...

Page 4: ...PulseBlasterESR PRO II example3_8bit 14 example4_24bit 15 example5_24bit 15 reset 15 trigger 15 Example Use of C Functions 16 Related Products and Accessories 18 Contact Information 18 Document Inform...

Page 5: ...urations or gaps as short as one clock period Pulse sequences attributes can be configured in any combination of the one clock period resolution see Figure 1 for example pulse sequences Figure 1 below...

Page 6: ...will step through each memory location and output the desired pulse sequence Once the last programmed memory location has been reached the device will loop back to the start of the pulse sequence Out...

Page 7: ...k resistor Summary PulseBlasterESR PRO II is a versatile multichannel high performance pulse pattern TTL signal generator It can operate at speeds of up to 250 MHz and is capable of generating pulse s...

Page 8: ...ket securely with a screw 3 Plug the power cord back in turn on the computer and follow the installation prompts We recommend running example programs after you installed the PulseBlasterESR to verify...

Page 9: ...to the PCI If using a high input impedance oscilloscope to monitor the PulseBlasterESR PRO II s output via the BNC connectors place a resistor that matches the characteristic impedance of the transmi...

Page 10: ...lag12 23_Out On each IDC header the top row of pins 14 26 are grounds and signals are carried on bottom pins 1 13 of each header Each pin on an IDC header corresponds to a bit in the flag field of an...

Page 11: ...for hardware triggering HW_Trigger and resetting HW_Reset Pins 1 and 2 are the reset and trigger inputs respectively and pins 3 and 4 are grounds Both inputs are pulled high by an on board 10 k pull u...

Page 12: ...cking Rebuild All see Figure 8 below You can get this compiler on our website at http www spincore com CD Setup SpinCore_SpinAPI_Tools_2007_07_11 exe Making changes to an example program requires unde...

Page 13: ...oad SpinCore s pre configured compiler package see the link below If you wish to use your own compiler you may look at our SpinAPI compilation instructions document also available at the link below ht...

Page 14: ...ncluded SpinAPI Programs Included in the PBESR PRO II directory of the SpinAPI package default installation location C Program Files SpinCore Examples PulseBlasterESR PRO II are several example progra...

Page 15: ...he end of your cable example5_24bit This example program demonstrates the ability to change outputs every clock period NOTE It is important to terminate all signals properly i e with a 50 Ohm terminat...

Page 16: ...m pulse sequence onto the PulseBlasterESR PRO II board and then triggers it This is a high speed output function that will not work for any other PulseBlaster or RadioProcessor board include stdio h i...

Page 17: ...000000001 4 768 us pb_inst_hs24 000000000000000000000010 2 0 us pb_inst_hs24 000000000000000000000100 2 0 us pb_inst_hs24 000000000000000000000010 2 0 us pb_inst_hs24 000000000000000000000100 2 0 us p...

Page 18: ...ming synchronization between the cores For more information please visit http www spincore com products PulseBlasterESR_MultiCore PulseBlasterESR_MultiCore shtml 3 If you require an Oven Controlled Cl...

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