Appendix A
Device-Specific Information
Analog Output Series User Manual
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NI 6731/6733
The following sections contain more information on the NI 6731/6733.
Features (NI 6731/6733)
The NI 6731/6733 are Plug-and-Play, analog output (AO), digital I/O
(DIO), and timing I/O (TIO) devices for PCI bus computers. The NI 6731
features:
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four AO channels with 16-bit resolution
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eight lines of TTL-compatible DIO
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two 24-bit counter/timers for TIO
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a 68-pin AO I/O connector
The NI 6733 features:
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eight AO channels with 16-bit resolution
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eight lines of TTL-compatible DIO
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two 24-bit counter/timers for TIO
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a 68-pin AO I/O connector
Because the NI 6731/6733 have no DIP switches, jumpers, or
potentiometers, they are easily software-configured and calibrated.
For the NI 6731/6733 connector pinouts, refer to Chapter 2,
.
Analog Output (NI 6731/6733)
The NI 6731 has four channels of voltage output at the I/O connector, and
the NI 6733 has eight channels of voltage output at the I/O connector. The
reference for the AO circuitry is software-selectable per channel. The
reference can be either internal or external, but the range is always bipolar.
This means that you can generate signals up to ±10 V with internal
reference selected or ±EXT REF voltage with external reference selected.