ADLINK PXI-2022 User Manual

PXI-2020/2022

8/16-CH 16-Bit 250 KS/s

Simultaneous Sampling Card

User’s Manual

Manual Rev. 2.01
Revision Date: October 4, 2010
Part No: 50-17032-2010

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents..................................................................... i

List of Tables.......................................................................... iii

List of Figures........................................................................ iv

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Features............................................................................... 2

1.2 Applications ......................................................................... 3

1.3 Specifications....................................................................... 3

1.4 Performance ........................................................................ 8

2 Getting Started ................................................................... 9

2.1 Installation Environment ...................................................... 9

2.2 Package Contents ............................................................. 10

2.3 Mechanical Drawing and I/O Connectors .......................... 11

2.4 Installing the module.......................................................... 14

2.5 Software Support............................................................... 15

Programming Library .................................................... 15

2.6 PCI Configuration .............................................................. 16

3 Signal Connections.......................................................... 17

3.1 Connectors Pin Assignment .............................................. 17

3.2 Analog Input Signal Connection ........................................ 20

Types of Signal Sources ............................................... 20

Input Connect Configurations - Differential Input Mode 21

4 Function Block and Operation Theory........................... 23

4.1 Overall Function Block Diagram ........................................ 23

4.2 Basic AI Acquisition ........................................................... 24

Analog Input Path ......................................................... 24

Basic Acquisition Timing ............................................... 24

AI Data Format ............................................................. 26

4.3 ADC Sampling Rate and TIMEBASE Control.................... 28

Internal Oscillator .......................................................... 28

External Clock through Front Panel .............................. 28

External Clock from PXI Interfaces ............................... 29

Sampling Rate Control .................................................. 30

Table of Contents i

Timebase Exporting ...................................................... 30

4.4 Trigger Sources ................................................................. 31

Software Trigger ........................................................... 31

External Digital Trigger ................................................. 31

PXI Star Trigger ............................................................ 32

PXI Trigger Bus ............................................................ 32

Trigger Signal Exporting ............................................... 33

4.5 User-controllable Timing Signals ....................................... 34

DAQ timing signals ....................................................... 35

Auxiliary Function Inputs (AFI) ...................................... 36

4.6 Trigger Modes.................................................................... 37

Post-trigger Acquisition ................................................. 37

Pre-trigger Acquisition .................................................. 37

Middle-trigger Acquisition ............................................. 38

Delay-trigger Acquisition ............................................... 39

4.7 Synchronizing Multiple Modules ........................................ 40

SSI_TIMEBASE ............................................................ 41

4.8 General Purpose Timer/Counter Operation....................... 43

Timer/Counter Functions Basics ................................... 43

General Purpose Timer/Counter Modes ....................... 44

5 Calibration......................................................................... 49

5.1 Loading Calibration Constants........................................... 49

5.2 Auto-calibration.................................................................. 50

5.3 Saving Calibration Constants............................................. 50

Important Safety Instructions............................................... 51

ii Table of Contents

List of Tables

Table 1-1: Basic Specifications .................................................. 3

Table 1-2: Triggers .................................................................... 4

Table 1-3: Digital I/O .................................................................. 5

Table 1-4: General Purpose Timer/Counter .............................. 5

Table 1-5: Timebase System ..................................................... 6

Table 1-6: Auto Calibration ........................................................ 6

Table 1-7: General ..................................................................... 7

Table 1-8: Power Requirements ................................................ 7

Table 1-9: Performance ............................................................. 8

Table 2-1: SMB Connector ...................................................... 12

Table 2-2: TRG IO, as an Input Port ........................................ 12

Table 2-3: TRG IO, as an Output Port ..................................... 13

Table 2-4: CLK IN .................................................................... 13

Table 2-5: CLK OUT0/OUT1, as an Output Port ..................... 13

Table 3-1: PXI-2020/2022 68-pin VHDCI-type Pin Assignment 17

Table 3-2: 68-pin VHDCI-type Connector Legend ................... 18

Table 4-1: Basic Counters ....................................................... 25

Table 4-2: Bipolar Analog Input Range and Output Digital Code 27
Table 4-3: Summary of User-controllable Timing Signals and Corre-

sponding Functionalities ......................................... 35

Table 4-4: SSI Timing .............................................................. 40

List of Tables iii

List of Figures

Figure 2-1: PXI-2020/2022 PCB Layout..................................... 11

Figure 3-1: Ground-referenced Source and Differential Input.... 21

Figure 3-2: Floating Source and Differential Input ..................... 22

Figure 4-1: PXI-2022 Functional Block Diagram........................ 23

Figure 4-2: PXI-2020/2022 Analog Input Path ........................... 24

Figure 4-3: Basic Acquisition Timing of PXI-2020/2022............. 26

Figure 4-4: PXI-2022 Timebase Source and Architecture. ........ 28

Figure 4-5: Configuring Different Sampling Rate of PXI-2022. .. 30

Figure 4-6: PXI-2020/2022 Trigger Sources .............................. 31

Figure 4-7: External Digital Trigger Polarity and Pulse Width Re-

quirement................................................................. 32

Figure 4-8: TRG IO Output Signal Timing.................................. 33

Figure 4-9: DAQ Signal Routing................................................. 34

Figure 4-10: Post-trigger Acquisition............................................ 37

Figure 4-11: Pre-trigger Mode Operation ..................................... 37

Figure 4-12: Pre-trigger Mode Operation ..................................... 38

Figure 4-13: Middle-trigger Mode Operation ................................ 38

Figure 4-14: Delay-trigger Mode Operation ................................. 39

Figure 4-15: SSI Mode Operation ................................................ 41

Figure 4-16: Mode 1 Operation .................................................... 44

Figure 4-17: Mode 2 Operation .................................................... 45

Figure 4-18: Mode 3 Operation .................................................... 45

Figure 4-19: Mode 4 Operation .................................................... 46

Figure 4-20: Mode 5 Operation .................................................... 46

Figure 4-21: Mode 6 Operation .................................................... 47

Figure 4-22: Mode 7 Operation .................................................... 47

Figure 4-23: Mode 8 Operation .................................................... 48

iv List of Figures

1 Introduction

ADLINK's PXI-2020/2022 are simultaneous-sampling multi-func­tion DAQ cards to meet a wide range of application requirements
for PXI systems. The devices can simultaneously sample 8/16 AI
channels with differential input configurations in order to achieve
maximum noise elimination. If more analog input channels are
required, multiple cards can be synchronized through the PXI Trig­ger bus. The PXI-2020/2022 feature digital triggering, 4-CH pro­grammable digital I/O lines, and 2-CH 32-bit general-purpose
timer/counter. The auto-calibration functions adjust the gain and
offset to be within specified accuracies such that you do not have
to adjust trim pots to calibrate the cards.

Flexible Triggering

The PXI-2020/2022 feature flexible triggering options such as a
software trigger, external digital trigger and triggers from the PXI
Star trigger and trigger bus. These versatile trigger sources allow
you to configure the PXI-2020/2022 to fit your application needs.
Post-trigger, delay-trigger, pre-trigger and middle-trigger modes
are also available to acquire data around the trigger event. The
PXI-2020/2022 also feature repeated trigger acquisition, so you
can acquire data in multiple segments with successive trigger
events at extremely short rearming intervals.

Multiple-Module Synchronization

The versatile trigger options provided by the PXI backplane allow
the PXI-2020/2022 to achieve multi-module synchronization in a
simplified way. Utilizing the PXI Trigger bus, the PXI-2020/2022
can output trigger signals and the timebase to the PXI trigger bus
when configured as a master, or receive trigger signals and the
timebase from the PXI trigger bus when configured as a slave.
Moreover, when the PXI-2020/2022 are plugged into a peripheral
slot of a PXI system, they can also receive triggers or the time­base from the PXI Star trigger controller slot. The precision 10
MHz clock that comes from the PXI backplane can also be used
as one of the timebase sources. Combining these PXI trigger fea­tures with the interface of the PXI-2020/2022 makes it very easy to
synchronize multiple modules.

Introduction 1

Calibration

The PXI-2020/2022 includes a precision on-board reference with
very low temperature drift. This feature not only provides a stable
calibration source for auto-calibration but also maintains stable
acquisition accuracy over a wide temperature range. The auto­mated calibration process can be done through software without
need for any manually adjustments. Once the calibration process
has completed, the calibration information will be stored in the on­board EEPROM so that the values can be loaded and used as
needed by the board.

1.1 Features

The PXI-2020/2022 Simultaneous Data Acquisition Card provides
the following advanced features:

 Supports 3.3V and 5V PCI signal

 PXI specification Rev 2.2 compliant

 8/16-CH differential analog inputs

 Bipolar analog input

 Programmable gains of x1, x4

 Scatter gather DMA transfer for AI continuously data acqui-

sition

 4-CH TTL digital input/output

 2-CH 32-bit general purpose timer/counters

 Digital triggering

 Fully auto calibration

 Multiple cards synchronization through PXI trigger bus

 Onboard 16 K sample memory for data storage

2Introduction

1.2 Applications

 Automotive Testing

 Cable Testing

 Transient signal measurement

 ATE

 Laboratory Automation

 Biotech measurement

1.3 Specifications

Basic Specifications

Analog Input[1]

Model Number PXI-2020 PXI-2022

Number of channels: (pro-grammable) 8 differential 16 differential

A/D converter : AD7685 or equivalent

Maximum sampling rate: 250 kS/s (each channel)

Resolution: 16 bits

Input coupling: DC

Programmable input range: ±10V, ±2.5V

Operational common mode voltage
range:

Overvoltage protection:

FIFO buffer size: 16 K samples (8192 x 32 bits)

Data transfers:

Input impedance 1 GΩ

Trigger mode:

Time-base source Internal 80Mhz

Power on: Continuous ±30V

Power off: Continuous ±30V

Polling Mode, Bus-mastering DMA with

Pre-Trigger, Post-Trigger, Middle-Trigger,

Table 1-1: Basic Specifications

±8V

scatter/gather

Delay-Trigger

Introduction 3

Triggers

Trigger Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

(1)Software
(2)AFI [0..7]

(3)PXI Star Trigger
Trigger Sources
(refer to section 4.4 for details)

Trigger Mode

AFI (Auxiliary Function Interface)

Number of Channel 8 input/output (refer to pin legend definition)

Compatibility Output 3.3 V TTL

Input Logic Levels

Output Logic Levels

Output Driving Capacity ±24 mA

Maximum Input Overload -0.5 V to +5.5 V

Trigger Condition Rising or Falling, software selectable

Minimum Pulse Width 12.5 ns

Power-on State Input, pull-low with 10KΩ resistor

Data Transfer Polling mode

PXI Star Trigger

Receive Trigger from PXI Star Trigger

Compatibility Output 3.3 V TTL

Pulse Duration 12.5 ns

Pulse Logic Rising or Falling edge, software selectable

PXI Trigger Bus[0..7]

Receive Trigger from PXI Trigger Bus line 5

Compatibility

Pulse Duration 12.5 ns

Pulse Logic Rising or Falling edge, software selectable

Table 1-2: Trigger s

(4)PXI Trigger Bus[5] (SSI)

(5)SMB Trigger I/O (please refer to chapter

2.3 for details)

*GA 3-8 can use (1), (2), (4), (5) as output

signals. GA2 can use all options.

Pre-Trigger, Post-Trigger, Middle-Trigger,

Delay-Trigger

Input low voltage: 0.8 V (max)

Input high voltage: 2.0 V(min)

Output low voltage: 0.4 V (max)

Output high voltage: 2.8 V (min)

Input 3.3 V or 5 V TTL

Output 3.3 V TTL

4Introduction

Digital I/O

Digital I/O Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

Number of Channel 4 input/output

Compatibility

Input Logic Levels

Output Logic Levels

Output Driving Capacity ±24 mA

Power-on State Input, pull-low with 10KΩ resistor

Data Transfer Polling mode

Input 3.3 V or 5 V TTL
Output 3.3 V TTL

Input low voltage: 0.8 V (max)
Input high voltage: 2.0 V(min)

Output low voltage: 0.4 V (max)
Output high voltage: 2.8 V (min)

Table 1-3: Digital I/O

General Purpose Timer/Counter (GPTC)

General Purpose Speci f ic ations

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

Number of Channels 2 up/down counter/timers (by AFI)

Resolution 32-bit

Compatibility

Base clock available 20 MHz

Data Transfer Polling mode

Table 1-4: General Purpose Timer/Counter

Input 3.3 V or 5V TTL
Output 3.3 V TTL

Introduction 5

Timebase System

Timebase Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

Timebase Source

Sampling Rate Range

Internal Timebase Accuracy <±25ppm (typical)

(1) Internal: onboard 80MHz oscillator

(2) External from hardware IO

Timebase divided by 32-bit counter.

TIMEBASE(80MHz) divider to the achieve

equivalent sampling rate of DAQ. The equa-

tion is:

Sampling rate = TIMEBASE / ScanIntrv

The value of TIMEBASE depends on the

card type. Take PXI-2022 (250KS/s) as an

example, the ScanIntrv = 320 results in

250KS/s and ScanIntrv = 640 results in

125KS/s, and so on.

External Timebase Clock

(1) PXI_10M

Sources (External from hardware IO)
(refer to section 4.3 for details)

(2) AFI [0..7]

(3) PXI Trigger BUS[0]

(4) PXI Star Trigger

(5) SMB_CLK

Dedicate External Clock Input From IO Connector

Clock Type Digital TTL

Input Frequency Range 1MHz ~ 20MHz

Input Coupling DC

Input Compatibility Input 3.3V or 5V TTL

Table 1-5: Timebase System

Auto Calibration

Auto Calibration Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

Onboard reference +5.000 V

Recommended warm-up time: 15 minutes

Temperature drift ±3 ppm°C (ADR02 5V Reference Chip)

Stability

50 ppm/1000hrs

(ADR02 5V Reference Chip)

Table 1-6: Auto Calibration

6Introduction

General

General Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

Dimensions

Connector 68-pin VHDCI-type female

Operating Environment

Storage Environment

Single 3U PXI module, 100mm by 160mm
(not including connector)

Ambient temperature: 0 to 55°C
Relative humidity: 10% to 90% non-con­densing

Ambient temperature: -20 to 80°C
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condens­ing

Table 1-7: General

Power Requirements

Power Specifications

Model Name PXI-2020/2022

+3.3 V 1.5 A (typical)

+5 V 1.3 A (typical)

+12 V 0.35 A (typical)

Table 1-8: Power Requirements

Introduction 7

1.4 Performance

Analog Input Measurement[1]

Model Number PXI-2020/2022

Function Result under 25°C ± 5°C

Offset Error (gain = 1) ±0.6 mV (Typical)

Gain Error (gain = 1) ±0.02% (Typical)

–3dB small signal bandwidth

System Noise

CMRR*(2) (DC)

Spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) 87 dB

Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio
(SINAD)

Total harmonic distortion (THD) –85 dB

Signal-to-noise ration (SNR) 84 dB

Effective number of bits (ENOB) 13.3 bits

T able 1-9: Performance

Notes for Table 1-9:

SFDR, SINDA, THD, SNR, ENOB Data are based on below
condition

gain = 1 : 1 MHz

gain = 4 : 700 KHz

gain = 1 : 0.5 mVrms

gain = 4 : 0.2 mVrms

gain = 1 : 80 dB

gain = 4 : 80 dB

82 dB

 Gain = 1

 0.9803771 KHz input tone, 18 Vpp input amplitude, 257

Sine waves, 65536 points

 9.99832 KHz input tone, 18 Vpp input amplitude, 2621

Sine waves, 65536 points

8Introduction

2 Getting Started

This chapter describes the proper installation environment, instal­lation procedures, its package contents and basic information user
should be aware of. The PXI-2020/2022 performs an automatic
configuration of the IRQ, and port address. The PCI_SCAN soft­ware utility can be used to read the system configuration.

NOTE: Diagrams and images of equipment mentioned are used for

reference only. Actual system configuration and specs may
vary.

2.1 Installation Environment

Whenever unpacking and preparing to install any equipment
described in this manual, please refer to the Important Safety
Instructions chapter of this manual. Only install equipment in well
lit areas on flat, sturdy surfaces with access to basic tools such as
flat and cross head screwdrivers, preferably with magnetic heads
as screws and standoffs are small and easily misplaced.

Recommended Installation Tools

 Philips (cross-head screwdriver)

 Flat-head screwdriver

 Anti-static wrist strap

 Anti-static mat

The PXI-2020/2022 contains several electro-static sensitive com­ponents that can be easily be damaged by static electricity. The
equipment should be handled on a grounded anti-static mat and
the operator should wear an anti-static wristband during the
unpacking and installation procedure. Please also inspect the
components for apparent damage. Improper shipping and han­dling may cause damage to the components. Be sure this is no
shipping and handling damage on the components before continu­ing. CAUTION The equipment must be protected from static dis­charge and physical shock. Never remove any of the socketed
parts except at a static-free workstation. Use the anti-static bag
shipped with the product to handle the equipment and wear a
grounded wrist strap when servicing.

Getting Started 9

2.2 Package Contents

Before continuing, check the package contents for any damage
and check if the following items are included in the packaging:

 PXI-2020/2022 Simultaneous Data Acquisition Card

 ADLINK All-in-one DVD

 Software Installation Guide

 PXI-2020/2022 User’s Manual.

Caution Do not install or apply power to equipment that is damaged

or if there is missing/incomplete equipment. Retain the ship­ping carton and packing materials for inspection. Please
contact your ADLINK dealer/vendor immediately for assis­tance. Obtain authorization from your dealer before returning
any product to ADLINK.

10 Getting Started