Theory of Operation

This chapter presents the theory of operation for the GX5280 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 Channels

Clock and Strobe Sources

Clock and Strobe Signals

Memory Management

Vector Program Control

Vector Program Control States

Pause State

Run State

Trigger Command

PC (Software) Trigger

External Trigger

PXI Trigger Bus Line Trigger

Pause Command

PC (Software) Pause

External Pause

Other Features of the GX5280 Board