
Chapter 3 LPM Devices
DAQ Hardware Overview Guide 3-2 www.ni.com
channel 0 is reached and the scan begins anew with the starting channel.
If the starting channel is channel 3, for example, the scan sequence is as
follows:
channel 3, channel 2, channel 1, channel 0, channel 3, and so on
You can use both the single-channel and multiple-channel acquisitions with
the double-buffered mode. Double-buffered mode fills the user-specified
buffer continuously. You can call the NI-DAQ function
DAQ_DB_Transfer or the LabVIEW AI_Read.vi or
AI_Buffer_Read.vi to transfer old data into a second buffer before
overwriting the old data with new data. NI-DAQ transfers data out of one
half of the buffer while filling the other half with new data.
LPM Device Data Acquisition Timing
Timing for data acquisition can be performed by the onboard MSM82C53
counter/timer or externally. The MSM82C53 Counter/Timer has three
independent 16-bit counters/timers, which are assigned as follows:
• Counter 0 is a sample-interval counter for data acquisition that is
available if no data acquisition is in progress.
• Counter 1 is available for general-purpose counting functions.
• Counter 2 is available for general-purpose counting functions.
Data acquisition timing involves the following timing signals:
•A conversion pulse is a signal that generates a pulse once every sample
interval, causing the device to initiate an A/D conversion. This signal
can be generated by the onboard, programmable sample-interval clock
supplied by the MSM82C53 Counter/Timer on the LPM device, or can
be supplied externally through the I/O connector EXTCONV* input.
You can select external conversion pulses by calling
DAQ_Config.
If you do not want to use external conversion pulses, you should
disconnect the EXTCONV* pin on the I/O connector to prevent extra
conversions.
•A timebase clock is a clock signal that is the timebase for the
sample-interval counter. Counter 0 of the MSM82C53 uses a 1 MHz
clock as its timebase.
See your device user manual for more information regarding these signals.
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