Analog Input Features
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DAS-1800ST/HR Series boards use positive magnitude to represent
unipolar input signals and 2’s complement for bipolar input signals. In a
given input range with the same peak voltage capacity for both modes, the
unipolar mode doubles the converter’s resolution.
Channel-Gain Selection
DAS-1800ST/HR Series boards offer up to 16 single-ended or eight
differential onboard analog input channels. Using expansion accessories,
you can increase the number of available channels to 256. To
accommodate channel and gain settings for up to 256 channels,
DAS-1800ST/HR Series boards contain a RAM storage circuit (QRAM)
for a 256-position channel-gain queue. Each of the 256 queue positions
holds your choice of a channel number and a corresponding gain. You can
enter multiple channels sequentially or non-sequentially and with the
same or different gain codes. Channel expansion, channel sequencing
control, and available gains and input ranges for DAS-1800ST/HR Series
boards are discussed in the following sections.
Channel Expansion
If you require additional analog input channels, you can configure your
DAS-1800ST/HR Series boards for single-ended inputs and attach up to
16 EXP-1800 expansion accessories or up to 16 MB02 backplanes. Either
option can increase your input capacity to 256 channels.
You can daisy-chain EXP-1800 expansion accessories to a
DAS-1800ST/HR Series board using CDAS-2000 or CDAS-2000/S
cables (see Section 4). Since a DAS-1800ST/HR Series board cannot
power a full complement of EXP-1800 expansion accessories, each
EXP-1800 contains screw terminals for attaching external power, a
receptacle for a DC/DC converter, and a switch for changing between
internal and external power.
If you use MB02 backplanes, use one STA-1800U for every four
backplanes. Connect each group of four backplanes to an STA-1800U as
shown in Section 4, and daisy chain any additional STA-1800U
accessories to the first STA-1800U.
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