PXI digital waveform generator/analysers for flexible digital interfacing

25 August 2004 Test & Measurement

National Instruments is offering two new PXI digital waveform generator/analysers for common logic families. The 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. The company plans to also release PCI versions soon.

The NI PXI-6542 and PXI-6541 digital waveform generator/analysers offer 100 MHz and 50 MHz maximum clock rates and 32 channels with per-channel direction control. Engineers can software-configure the modules to interface with a broad set of common logic families of 5,0 V, 3,3 V, 2,5 V and 1,8 V.

The modules add high-density digital capabilities to NI's 100 MS/s mixed-signal suite of instrumentation devices. They are built on the company's synchronisation and memory core (SMC) architecture, a fundamental technology of the mixed-signal suite. The SMC architecture delivers a timing and synchronisation engine, data transfer cores and deep, flexible memory. The synchronisation engine can lock multiple instrument modules together through a set of shared clocks and trigger signals.

Using the SMC-based modules, engineers can synchronise multiple digital modules for high-channel-count applications or synchronise digital with analog modules for mixed-signal applications.

Test applications can be created 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.

For more information contact National Instruments SA, 0800 203 199.

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