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News Release from: Measurement Computing | Subject: PCI-2500 and USB-2500
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2006
Multifunction DAQ devices cover USB and
PCI
Boards provide true multifunction high-speed performance with analogue inputs, waveform capable analogue outputs, 24 high-speed digital I/Os, four counter/quadrature inputs and two timer outputs.
Measurement Computing Corporation has introduced eight new multifunction DAQ boards Both the PCI-2500 series and the USB-2500 series boards provide true multifunction high-speed performance with analogue inputs, waveform capable analogue outputs, 24 high-speed digital I/Os, four counter/quadrature inputs and two timer outputs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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A 16bit/1MHz A/D convertor on each of the products can scan any sequence of channels at 1us per channel.
Except for the PCI-2511, which has a fixed analogue input range of +/-10V, the whole product line provides seven programmable input ranges from +/-100mV to +/-10V, full scale.
Four of the analogue inputs on the USB products can be configured as differential thermocouple inputs.
All eight of the boards in the PCI- and USB-2500 series feature a unique, low-latency control output mode, whereby any input-analogue, digital, or counter, can control an output-digital, analogue, or timer, based on predefined limits.
The outputs are controlled directly from the board and do not require PC intervention, resulting in response times that are deterministic and measured in microseconds, compared with nondeterministic response times measured in milliseconds for PC-based control outputs.
For example, a digital output can be programmed to be a logic 1 when an analogue input channel is above 5V, and a logic zero when below 5V.
Unlike other products, which require PC software to make decisions, with typical, nondeterministic output rates of 1 to 10ms, the PCI- and USB-2500 series boards can respond to inputs in as fast as 2us - nearly 1000 times faster.
Bill Kennedy, Measurement Computing's Vice President of Marketing and Sales, said: "This product line represents a tremendous value to our DAQ customers".
"The 2500 series coupled with our broad range of software offerings provides four new features: synchronous scan support for analogue inputs, digital inputs, and counters up to 1MHz throughput; synchronous scan support for analogue outputs and digital outputs up to 1MHz throughput; high-speed digital input support up to 12MHz; and pattern recognition for the digital I/O.
Our customers will appreciate the new features, added functionality, and of course the low cost that MCC is known for".
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