Theory of Operation

This chapter presents the theory of operation for the GX5055 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

Channel Output Data operation

Channel Input Data operation

Channel I/O block diagram

Clock and Strobe Signals

GX5055 Memory Management

Program Sequencer

Commands

GX5055 States

Trigger

Pause

Programmable Current Load

Input Load Current Voltage Clamps

Programmable Resistive Load

Input Threshold Voltages

Output Data Formatting

Output Slew Rate

Output Voltage Levels

PMU Functionality