3.2 Simultaneous acquisition and readout (CST option)
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Acqiris SA240P User's Manual
3.2 Simultaneous acquisition and readout (CST
option)
Overview
The streaming mode (CST) answers the need for simultaneous ADC card acquisition and readout
with triggered acquisitions. Compared with standard acquisition mode, this mode enables longer
acquisition duration, and is dedicated to applications requiring no trigger loss.
Figure 3.3 -
Acquisition sequence using a simultaneous acquisition and readout.
Functional description
The CST option allows the user to readout multiple data streams while the acquisition is still running.
This feature can be used with digitizer mode or averaging mode. This section focuses on the usage
of simultaneous acquisition and readout in digitizer mode . The next section presents the
with simultaneous acquisition and readout (AVG & CST) (page 41)
.
In a standard readout mode, acquisition and readout are sequential; the readout of the data is
performed after the acquisition has stopped. Consequently, the duration of the acquisition is limited
by the ADC card internal buffer memory size.
In CST mode, acquired records are streamed to the host computer while the ADC card is acquiring
the next records. This mode supports acquisitions of triggered records of same length.
By enabling gaps between the triggered records, The CST mode allows acquisition over longer
periods. There is no maximum duration for the acquisition. The maximum trigger rate and record
size depend on the readout data throughput.
There is a re-arm time between the records (~ 100 ns).