Theory Of Operation

This chapter presents the theory of operation for the GC5050 boards, with an overview of operation and a simple description of operation for one channel (I/O pin). Other topics covered in this chapter are:

• Operation of clock (CLK) and strobe signals.

• Memory management.

• Program sequencer and command conditions.

• Basic states of operation internal and external trigger operation.

• Internal and external pause operation.

The following topics are available:

Architecture

Masters and Slaves

I/O Pin

Clock and Strobe Signals

GC5050 Memory Management

Program Sequencer

Commands

Conditions

GC5050 States

Halt State

Pause State

Run State

Trigger Command

PC (Software) Trigger

External Trigger

Pause Command

External Pause

Other Features of the GC5050 Board