USB-2416-4AO User's Guide
Functional Details
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Figure 9 below shows a typical thermocouple connection.
Figure 9. Differential thermocouple connection example
Noise filtering, data rate, and throughput rate
Although the USB-2416-4AO A/D converter has a maximum data rate of 3,750 S/s, the actual throughput rate
you observe for voltage and temperature data is determined by these formulas.
Maximum single-channel throughput:
s
rate
data
µ
640
1
1
+
Maximum multiple-channel throughput:
∑
+
n
μs
640
rate
data
1
1
where
n
is the number of channels
See Table 18 and Table 19 in the
Specifications
chapter for details.
This drop-off in throughput rate is due to the USB-2416-4AO's noise filtering feature. You can control the
amount of the noise filtering by adjusting the data rate setting. By reducing the data rate, the averaging of
samples increases, and noise drops correspondingly.
