Measurement Computing's PC-CARD-DAC08 is an eight-channel, analog output control board for PC compatible computers having PCMCIA-type slots. The heart of the board is an octal, 13-bit digital-to-analog converter, of which only 12 bits are used for each output. Analog voltage signals are generated by the D/A from registers. Control of I/O operations is done by the field programmable gate array (FPGA) on the board. Double-buffering of the output registers permits simultaneous output changes. The analog output range is bipolar, ±5 V.
The PC-CARD-DAC08 also provides eight bi-directional digital I/O lines arranged in two 4-bit ports. The digital I/O lines provide the capability of sensing and controlling discrete events (via external signal-conditioning hardware). You can configure the digital ports as eight inputs, eight outputs, or four inputs and four outputs.
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