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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: PC/104 ADC recommendations
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:40:28 -0000
Hi Matthew --

--- In  Matthew Harrell
<> wrote:
>
> >> General requirements
> >>  need to be able to capture 3 or 4 simultaneous readings
> >>  12 bit resolution or more would be nice
> >>  want to take readings from the ADC about every 10 microseconds
> >>  would prefer an interrupt based system over polling
> >
> > err... interrupt every 10usec? That's 100,000 Interrupts per sec. My 
> > experience with the ts7200 leaves me to think that the max
interrupt rate 
> > is more like 10,000 per sec. I think you'd need hardware that can
do the 
> > timing and sampling, stuffing the samples into a buffer.
> 
> Actually more what I meant is that the ADC could take a sample on each 
> channel every 10 microseconds, store it in a FIFO of, say 256 per
channel,
> and then generate an interrupt when the FIFO is full.  Does that sound 
> more reasonable?

I think that both the ADC-16 and ADC-24 hardware will do that, they
both have a 512 sample fifo.  Looks like you can do two simultaneous
samples on the ADC-16, and four on the ADC-24.  External triggering is
only available on the ADC-16 though, if your app needs it.

But the only software I've seen for those TS boards is a shell
library, kind of a proof-of-concept, test-the-hardware thing, although
the TS website says a driver is available.  I think the HW can do what
you want; it's a question of getting software to fully exercise the
board.  If you roll your own (as I guess you do, being a bit-twiddler
:), no problem.

I'd read through the ADC data sheets (LTC1859 and AD7266) to see if
either would work for you.

regards, .......... Charlie 

> 
> -- 
>   Matthew Harrell
>   Bit Twiddlers, Inc.
>   
>



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