Data Acquisition (DAQ) and Control from Microstar Laboratories

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General Specifications

Current DAP 5216a/627

Obsolete DAP 5216a/626

Dimensions

12.28 inches x 4.2 inches

12.28 inches x 4.2 inches

Power requirements

+5V, 7.0 Amps

+5V, 7.0 Amps

Operating temperature

0-40 degrees Celsius

0-40 degrees Celsius

Accuracy of crystal clocks

100 parts per million

100 parts per million

Type of A/D converter

Successive Approximation

Successive Approximation

Input

Current DAP 5216a/627

Obsolete DAP 5216a/626

Analog Inputs

16

16

Expandable to

512

512

Voltage Ranges

+/-5 volts, +/-10 volts
(also +/-1.25 volts and +/-2.5 volts using gain 4)

+/-2.5 volts, +/-5 volts, +/-10 volts

Samples (x 1000) per second*

500

333

Time increment (nanoseconds)

50

50

Minimum time interval (microseconds)*

2.0

3.0

Maximum Gain**

40 (other options: 1, 4, 10)

500 (other options: 1, 10, 100)

A/D Converters / Resolution (bits)

1/16

1/16

Digital Inputs (synchronous)

16

16

Expandable to

128

128

Samples (x 1000) per second

2000

1666

Minimum time interval (microseconds)

0.5

0.6

Output

Current DAP 5216a/627

Obsolete DAP 5216a/626

Analog Outputs

2

2

Expandable to

66

66

Voltage Ranges

+/-5 volts, +/-10 volts

+/-5 volts, +/-10 volts

Updates (x 1000) per second*

1000

400

Minimum time interval (microseconds)*

1.0

2.5

DAC Resolution (bits)

16

16

Digital Outputs

16

16

Expandable to

1024

1024

Updates (x 1000) per second

2000

1666

Minimum time interval (microseconds)

0.5

0.6

Microprocessor

Current DAP 5216a/627

Obsolete DAP 5216a/626

Processor

AMD K6-III+

AMD K6-III+

Clock Speed(MHz)

400

400

Onboard Operating System

DAPL 2000

DAPL 2000

RAM (Mbytes)

32

32

PC Interface Specifications

Current DAP 5216a/627

Obsolete DAP 5216a/626

PC Interface

PCI

PCI

Samples (x1000) transferred per second***

2000

1666

Samples (x1000) logged/second***

2000

1666

* To maintain full 16-bit resolution may require a lower sample rate when sampling more than one channel per ADC.
** Top sampling speeds are available only with gain=1.
*** Disk logging and data transfer rates vary with PC platform.

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