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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: PXI-6542 and PXI-6541
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 August 2004
Analysers offer flexible digital
interfacing
Two new PXI digital waveform generator/analysers are ideal for interfacing to high-pin-count digital ICs and electronics in a variety of industries.
National Instruments has released two new PXI digital waveform generator/analysers for common logic families The new PXI modules are ideal for interfacing to high-pin-count digital ICs and electronics in a variety of industries including semiconductor, military/aerospace and manufacturing test
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new NI PXI-6542 and PXI-6541 digital waveform generator/analysers offer 100 and 50MHz maximum clock rates, respectively, and 32 channels with per-channel direction control.
Design and test engineers can software-configure the modules to interface with a broad set of common logic families of 5.0, 3.3, 2.5 and 1.8V.
The new modules add high-density digital capabilities to the NI 100Msample/s mixed-signal suite of instrumentation introduced in August 2003.
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They are built on the company's synchronisation and memory core (SMC) architecture, a fundamental technology in the mixed-signal suite.
The SMC architecture delivers a timing and synchronisation engine, data transfer cores and deep, flexible memory.
The architecture's synchronisation engine can lock multiple instrument modules together through a set of shared clocks and trigger signals.
Using SMC-based modules, engineers can synchronise multiple digital modules for high-channel-count applications or synchronise digital with analogue modules for mixed-signal applications.
The architecture preserves system investments by scaling software and test hardware across multiple applications or installations.
For example, engineers can characterise a design using the 10mV programmable levels on the PXI-6552 digital waveform generator/analyser module and functionally test that design in production with the lower-cost PXI-6542 module while reusing their existing software test modules.
Alternatively, an engineer can start with the PXI-6542 module for common logic families and move to the PXI-6552 digital waveform generator/analyser module as the design's logic level technology changes.
Engineers can quickly create test applications with the modules by using two powerful software tools: Express VIs in the National Instruments LabView 7.1 graphical development environment and the NI Digital Waveform Editor for interactively creating and editing digital patterns.
The NI mixed-signal suite of modular instrumentation combines high-performance hardware, flexible software and innovative timing and synchronisation technology for test and design applications.
The mixed-signal suite includes: 100/50MHz digital waveform generator/analysers for common logic families (NI PXI-6542/PXI-6541); 100/50MHz digital waveform generator/analysers with programmable levels (NI PXI-6552/PXI-6551); a 100Msample/s, 14bit high-resolution digitiser (NI PXI-5122); and a 100Msample/s, 16bit arbitrary waveform generator (NI PXI-5421). Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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