Theory Of Operation

The following topics present the theory of operation for the GT25/50-DIO circuit 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:

 

Architecture

Masters and Slaves

I/O Pin

Clock and Strobe Signals

GT-DIO Memory Management

Program Sequencer

Commands

Conditions

GT-DIO States

Halt State

Pause State

Run State

Trigger Command

PC (Software) Trigger

External Trigger

Pause Command

External Pause

Other Features of the GT-DIO Board