Chapter 2
NI 5450 Overview
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The following figure shows the possible trigger sources for the NI 5450.
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Refer to Exporting Signals for more information routing signals.
All triggers are ignored until you call the niFgen Initiate Generation VI or
the
niFgen_InitiateGeneration
function.
The default trigger source for NI-FGEN is Immediate, which causes an
automatic Start trigger pulse to be generated internally as soon as hardware
can generate signals after generation has been initiated. You can configure
the trigger source with niFgen Configure Trigger VI or the
niFgen_ConfigureTriggerSource
function. Refer to the niFgen Send
Software Edge Trigger VI or the
niFgen_SendSoftwareEdgeTrigger
function for more information about programmatically triggering the
device.
Refer to the device specifications for the minimum Start trigger pulse width
required for operation.
Trigger Modes
The NI 5450 has four trigger modes: Single, Continuous, Stepped, and
Burst. These trigger modes are available for Arbitrary Waveform, and
Arbitrary Sequence output modes.
PXI
Trigger Bus
PXI_Trig <0..7> (PXI)
PFI 0
PFI 1
Start Trigger
Start Trigger Out
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Software Trigger
MUX