Theory of Operation

This chapter presents the theory of operation for the GX5295 board, with an overview of operation and a simple description of operation for one channel (I/O pin). Topics covered in this chapter include:

Architecture

Masters and Slaves

Output Data operation

Input Data operation

PMU operation

Measurements

I/O Channels

Clock and Strobe Sources

Clock and Strobe Signals

Memory Management

Run Time Engine

Commands

Vector Program Control

Vector Program Control States

Halt State

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

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