Measurement Computing USB-4301, User Manual

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Page 2: ...USB 4301 9513 based Counter Timer User s Guide Document Revision 5 March 2009 Copyright 2009 Measurement Computing Corporation...

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Page 5: ...Details 11 USB 4301 block diagram 11 External components 12 USB connector 12 Status LED 12 Power LED 12 Screw terminal banks 12 Counter terminals INP1 to INP5 GAT1 to GAT5 and OUT1 to OUT5 14 Digital...

Page 6: ...21 Counter 21 Digital input output 22 Interrupt Input 22 Memory 23 Microcontroller 23 USB 5V voltage 23 LEDs 23 Power 23 USB specifications 24 Environmental 24 Mechanical 24 Screw terminal connector t...

Page 7: ...s of manuals and help topic titles and to emphasize a word or phrase For example The InstaCal installation procedure is explained in the Quick Start Guide Never touch the exposed pins or circuit conne...

Page 8: ...with your USB 4301 refer to the Quick Start Guide that shipped with your device The Quick Start Guide is also available in PDF at www mccdaq com PDFmanuals DAQ Software Quick Start pdf Check www mccd...

Page 9: ...al documentation In addition to this hardware user s guide you should also receive the Quick Start Guide available in PDF at www mccdaq com PDFmanuals DAQ Software Quick Start pdf This booklet supplie...

Page 10: ...301 To connect the USB 4301 to your system turn your computer on and connect the USB cable to a USB port on your computer or to an external USB hub that is connected to your computer The USB cable pro...

Page 11: ...igital output 9513 CTR1 Input CTR1 Gate CTR2 Input CTR2 Gate CTR2 Output CTR3 Gate CTR3 Output CTR4 Input CTR4 Gate CTR4 Output CTR5 Input CTR5 Gate Counter 1 Counter 2 Counter 3 Counter 4 Counter 5 U...

Page 12: ...power supply is required Status LED The Status LED indicates the communication status of the USB 4301 It flashes when data is being transferred and is off when the USB 4301 is not communicating This L...

Page 13: ...connection DI CTL One oscillator output connection OSC One interrupt input connection INT Two voltage output power connections 5V Two ground connections GND Seven pins are reserved RSVD Do not connect...

Page 14: ...ck gate and output sources are software selectable You can configure each counter to count up or down Digital input DI0 to DI7 and output DO0 to DO7 terminals You can connect up to eight digital input...

Page 15: ...th this option digital outputs are not set to the value written until an active edge occurs on this pin Save the current value of a counter You can configure this option for each counter individually...

Page 16: ...ounter 1 gate pin GATE2 Counter 1 gate pin GATE3 Counter 1 gate pin GATE4 Counter 1 gate pin GATE5 Counter 1 gate pin FREQ1 Internal base frequency FREQ2 Internal base frequency 10 FREQ3 Internal base...

Page 17: ...as two associated 16 bit registers which can be used to store count values the Load register and the Hold register The Load register is used to load the starting value for the counter The Hold registe...

Page 18: ...s it easy to decode long binary numbers For example 0b1001 0001 0000 1001 equals 9109 in BCD Binary Coded Decimal mode and equals 37 129 in binary mode In BCD mode the counter can only contain values...

Page 19: ...onfigure Counter 1 1 Using InstaCal configure the counter 1 source for 1 MHz As shown in the Internal frequency values table on page 16 an internal base frequency of 1 0000 MHz corresponds to FREQ1 Th...

Page 20: ...is option is active the digital inputs always return the same value until a new active edge is received on the interrupt pin When the active edge is received the current value is latched at the input...

Page 21: ...l or edge counter 1 5 gate input Active high level previous gate or next gate All external gate signals GATx individually pulled up through 47 K resistors to 5 V Internal Active high previous counter...

Page 22: ...ll down configurations are available using the DI CTL terminal block pin 19 The pull down configuration requires the DI CTL pin pin 19 to be connected to a GND pin pin 10 20 38 or 48 For a pull up con...

Page 23: ...ange terminal block pin 8 and 18 Connected to self powered hub Note 4 4 75 V min to 5 25 V max User 5V output current terminal block pin 8 and pin 18 Bus powered and connected to a self powered hub No...

Page 24: ...ND min 28 AWG D D USB cable length 3 meters max Environmental Table 10 Environmental specifications Operating temperature range 0 to 60 C Storage temperature range 40 to 85 C Humidity 0 to 90 non cond...

Page 25: ...round 11 RSVD Do not connect 39 RSVD Do not connect 12 RSVD Do not connect 40 RSVD Do not connect 13 RSVD Do not connect 41 RSVD Do not connect 14 RSVD Do not connect 42 RSVD Do not connect 15 RSVD Do...

Page 26: ...the following conditions must be met The host computer peripheral equipment power sources and expansion hardware must be CE compliant Equipment must be operated in a controlled electromagnetic enviro...

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