Spectrum Brands MC.31XX - Manual (Page 6)

6 MC.31xx Manual
Preface Introduction
Introduction
Preface
This manual provides detailed information on the hardware features of your Spectrum instrumentation board. This information includes tech-
nical data, specifications, block diagram and a connector description.
In addition, this guide takes you through the process of installing your board and also describes the installation of the delivered driver package
for each operating system.
Finally this manual provides you with the complete software information of the board and the related driver. The reader of this manual will
be able to integrate the board in any PC system with one of the supported bus and operating systems.
Please note that this manual provides no description for specific driver parts such as those for LabVIEW or MATLAB. These drivers are pro-
vided by special order.
For any new information on the board as well as new available options or memory upgrades please contact our website
http://www.spectrum-instrumentation.com. You will also find the current driver package with the latest bug fixes and new features on our site.
Please read this manual carefully before you install any hardware or software. Spectrum is not responsible
for any hardware failures resulting from incorrect usage.
General Information
The MC.31xx series allows recording of up to 8 channels in the middle speed segment. Due to the proven design a wide variety of 12 bit
A/D converter boards for CompactPCI bus can be offered. These boards are available in several versions and different speed grades making
it possible for the user to find a individual solution.
These boards offer two, four or eight channels with sample rates of 1 MS/s, 10 MS/s or 25 MS/s. As an option 4 digital inputs per channel
can be recorded synchronously. The installed memory of up to 256 MSample will be used for fast data recording. It can completely be used
by the current active channels. If using slower sample rates the memory can be switched to a FIFO buffer and data will be transferred online
to the PC memory or to hard disk.
Several boards of the MC.xxxx series may be connected together by the internal standard synchronisation bus to work with the same time
base.
Application examples: Laboratory equipment, Super-sonics, LDA/PDA, Radar, Spectroscopy.