Data Acquisition (DAQ) and Control from Microstar Laboratories

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General Specifications

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

Dimensions

12.28 inches x 4.2 inches

12.28 inches x 4.2 inches

Power requirements

+5V, 7.0 Amps

+5V, 3.0 Amps

Operating temperature

0-40 degrees Celsius

0-50 degrees Celsius

Accuracy of crystal clocks

100 parts per million

100 parts per million

Type of A/D converter

Successive Approximation

Successive Approximation

Input

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

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)

-0 to +5 volts, +/-2.5 volts, +/-5 volts, +/-10 volts

Samples (x 1000) per second*

800

769

Time increment (nanoseconds)

50

100

Minimum time interval (microseconds)*

1.25

1.30

Maximum Gain**

40 (other options: 1, 4, 10)

500 (other options: 1, 10, 100)

A/D Converters / Resolution (bits)

1/14

1/14

Digital Inputs (synchronous)

16

16

Expandable to

128

128

Samples (x 1000) per second

1666

1666

Minimum time interval (microseconds)

0.6

0.6

Output

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

Analog Outputs

2

2

Expandable to

66

66

Voltage Ranges

+/-5 volts, +/-10 volts

-0 to +5 volts, +/-2.5 volts, +/-5 volts, +/-10 volts, 0 to +10 volts

Updates (x 1000) per second*

833

833

Minimum time interval (microseconds)*

1.2

1.2

DAC Resolution (bits)

12

12

Digital Outputs

16

16

Expandable to

1024

1024

Updates (x 1000) per second

1666

1666

Minimum time interval (microseconds)

0.6

0.6

Microprocessor

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

Processor

Intel Pentium

486:DX4

Clock Speed(MHz)

233

96

Onboard Operating System

DAPL 2000

DAPL 2000

RAM (Mbytes)

32

16

PC Interface Specifications

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

PC Interface

PCI

PCI

Samples (x1000) transferred per second***

1666

1666

Samples (x1000) logged/second***

1666

1666

DSP

DAP 5000a

DAP 4200a

Onboard DSP support

Enhanced

Yes

* To maintain full 14-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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