Application Information

The TPMC542 is a standard single-wide PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) compatible module providing 16 or 8 channels of simultaneous update single-ended unipolar/bipolar 16bit analog output and 20 channels of tristate capable 5V-tolerant LVTTL/TTL digital input/output.

A 32 bit 33 MHz PCI interface is provided at the PMC P11 and P12 connectors. The digital I/O signals and analog output signals are accessible via a Mini D Ribbon (MDR68) type front I/O connector.

For each individual D/A channel, the following output ranges are configurable:

• 0V to 5V Voltage Range

• 0V to 10V Voltage Range

• ±5V Voltage Range

• ±10V Voltage Range

• 4mA to 20mA Current Range

• 0mA to 20mA Current Range

• 0mA to 24mA Current Range

Additionally, for each Voltage Range a 20% over-range may be enabled.

The TPMC542 provides a D/A Sequencer unit for periodic simultaneous digital to analog conversions at a configurable conversion rate. In sequencer mode, the D/A conversion data is fetched from buffers in host memory by PCI master DMA transfer and is temporarily stored in an on-board data buffer. The Sequencer provides a Frame Mode used for repetitive frames of simultaneous D/A conversions upon an appropriate frame trigger signal event.

Conversion clock (conversion rate) and frame trigger signals may be generated on-board for internal use and may also be driven out on P14 rear I/O if the card is operating as a master card in a Multi-Board configuration. The conversion clock (conversion rate) and frame trigger signals may also be sourced externally via the P14 rear I/O interface if the card is operating as a target card in a Multi-Board configuration.

Each TPMC542 is factory calibrated. The correction data is stored in an on-board serial EEPROM unique to each PMC module. These correction values may be used to perform a hardware correction for every D/A channel and output range.