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3
Connector and LED Information
The
I/O Connector Signal Descriptions
and
sections contain
information abo
u
t NI USB-621
x
section contains information abo
u
t the NI USB-621
x
PWR/ACT LED.
Refer to Appendix A,
, for device I/O
connector pino
u
ts. Refer to the
Applying Signal Labels to the USB-621x
section of Chapter 1,
, for information abo
u
t applying signal
labels.
I/O Connector Signal Descriptions
Table 3-1 describes the signals fo
u
nd on the I/O connectors. Not all signals
are available on all devices.
Table 3-1.
I/O Connector Signals
Signal Name
Reference
Direction
Description
AI GND
—
—
Analog Input Ground
—These terminals are the reference
point for single-ended AI meas
u
rements in RSE mode and the
bias c
u
rrent ret
u
rn point for DIFF meas
u
rements. All three
gro
u
nd references—AI GND, AO GND, and D GND—are
connected on the device.
AI <0..31>
Varies
Inp
u
t
Analog Input Channels 0 to 31
—For single-ended
meas
u
rements, each signal is an analog inp
u
t voltage channel.
In RSE mode, AI GND is the reference for these signals. In
NRSE mode, the reference for each AI <0..31> signal is
AI SENSE.
For differential meas
u
rements, AI 0 and AI 8 are the positive
and negative inp
u
ts of differential analog inp
u
t channel 0.
Similarly, the following signal pairs also form differential inp
u
t
channels:
<AI 1, AI 9>, <AI 2, AI 10>, <AI 3, AI 11>, <AI 4, AI 12>,
<AI 5, AI 13>, <AI 6, AI 14>, <AI 7, AI 15>, <AI 16, AI 24>,
<AI 17, AI 25>, <AI 18, AI 26>, <AI 19, AI 27>,
<AI 20, AI 28>, <AI 21, AI 29>, <AI 22, AI 30>,
<AI 23, AI 31>
AI SENSE
—
Inp
u
t
Analog Input Sense
—In NRSE mode, the reference for each
AI <0..31> signal is AI SENSE.