Appendix C
Common Questions
PCI-MIO E Series User Manual
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c.
Initiate analog input data acquisition, which will start only
when the analog output waveform generation starts.
d.
Initiate analog output waveform generation.
Timing and Digital I/O
12. What types of triggering can be hardware-implemented on my
PCI-MIO E Series board?
Digital triggering is hardware-supported on every
PCI-MIO E Series board. In addition, the PCI-MIO-16E-1,
PCI-MIO-16E-4, and PCI-MIO-16XE-10 support analog triggering
in hardware.
13. What added functionality does the DAQ-STC make possible in
contrast to the Am9513?
The DAQ-STC incorporates much more than just 10 Am9513-style
counters within one chip. In fact, the DAQ-STC has the complexity
of more than 24 chips. The DAQ-STC makes possible PFI lines,
analog triggering, selectable logic level, and frequency shift
keying. The DAQ-STC also makes buffered operations possible,
such as direct up/down control, single or pulse train generation,
equivalent time sampling, buffered period, and buffered
semiperiod measurement.
14. What is the difference in timebases between the Am9513
counter/timer and the DAQ-STC?
The DAQ-STC-based MIO boards have a 20 MHz timebase. The
Am9513-based MIO boards have a 1 MHz or 5 MHz timebase.
15. Will the counter/timer applications that I wrote previously work
with the DAQ-STC?
If you are using NI-DAQ with LabVIEW, some of your
applications drawn using the CTR VIs will still run. However, there
are many differences in the counters between the
PCI-MIO E Series and other boards; the counter numbers are
different, timebase selections are different, and the DAQ-STC
counters are 24-bit counters (unlike the 16-bit counters on boards
without the DAQ-STC).
If you are using the NI-DAQ language interface or
LabWindows/CVI, the answer is no, the counter/timer applications
that you wrote previously will not work with the DAQ-STC. You
must use the GPCTR functions; ICTR and CTR functions will not