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PulseBlaster

Specifications

TTL Specifications

24 individually controlled digital output lines (TTL levels)

variable pulses/delays for every TTL line

25 mA output current per TTL line

output lines can be combined to increase the max. output current

 

Pulse Parameters

50 ns shortest pulse/interval for 512 memory-words models at 100 MHz

90 ns shortest pulse/interval for 32k memory words models at 100 MHz.

2 years longest pulse/interval

10 ns pulse/interval resolution (at 100 MHz)

32k instructions max. memory space (512 instructions for internal memory models)

external  triggering and reset – TTL levels

 

Pulse Program Control Flow (Common)

loops, nested 8 levels deep

20 bit loop counters (max. 1,048,576 repetitions)

subroutines, nested 8 levels deep

wait for trigger – 8 clock cycle latency (80ns at 100 MHz), adjustable to 2 years in duration

5 MHz max. re-triggering frequency\

http://www.spincore.com

5/19/2006

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Summary of Contents for PulseBlaster PB24-100-32k-PCI

Page 1: ...PulseBlaster PCI Board Rev 01 Owner s Manual Models PB24 100 PCI PB24 100 32k PCI SpinCore Technologies Inc http www spincore com...

Page 2: ...gies Inc reserves the right to make changes to the product s or information herein without notice PulseBlasterDDS PulseBlaster SpinCore and the SpinCore Technologies Inc logos are trademarks of SpinCo...

Page 3: ...nstalling the PulseBlaster Driver 8 III Programming the PulseBlaster 8 The PulseBlaster Interpreter 8 IV Connecting to the PulseBlaster Board 9 Connector Information 9 DB 25 and JP300 TTL Output Signa...

Page 4: ...PulseBlaster Appendix II Sample C Program 15 Contact Information 17 http www spincore com 5 19 2006 4...

Page 5: ...is that the execution time of instructions is user programmable This feature makes the PulseBlaster processor capable of executing complex patterns at greatly varying update rates ranging from nanose...

Page 6: ...to a 50 ns pulse delay update with a 100 MHz clock The external memory models up to 32k words have a nine clock period minimum instruction cycle Instruction set PulseBlaster s design features a set of...

Page 7: ...pulse interval for 32k memory words models at 100 MHz 2 years longest pulse interval 10 ns pulse interval resolution at 100 MHz 32k instructions max memory space 512 instructions for internal memory...

Page 8: ...ter The PulseBlaster Interpreter The PulseBlaster board is now programmable via the PulseBlaster Interpreter which is a free programming utility provided by SpinCore for writing pulse programs This ea...

Page 9: ...is active pin 2 GND When a falling edge is detected e g when shorting pins 1 2 it initiates code execution This trigger will also restart execution of a program from the beginning of the code if it i...

Page 10: ...elf control by one of the fields of the instruction word the shortest being five clock cycles for 512 memory word models and the longest being 2 52 clock cycles All instructions have the same format a...

Page 11: ...tion 0 CONTINUE Ignored Program execution continues to next instruction 1 STOP Ignored Stop execution of program Note all TTL values remain from previous instruction and analog outputs turn off 2 LOOP...

Page 12: ...and facilitate the construction of pulse program instructions IIn order to use these functions the DLL spinapi dll the library file libspinapi a for mingw spinapilibgcc for borland and spinapi lib fo...

Page 13: ...to be executed Please see Table 2 for details int inst_data data to be used with the previous inst field Please see Table 2 for details int length duration of this pulse program instruction specified...

Page 14: ...rt_programming PULSE_PROGRAM Instruction 0 Continue to instruction 1 in 100ms Flags 0xFFFFFF OPCODE CONTINUE start pb_inst 0xFFFFFF CONTINUE 0 200 0 ms Instruction 1 Continue to instruction 2 in 100ms...

Page 15: ...by hand Instructions start at 0 and count up sub 5 Instruction format int pb_inst int flags int inst int inst_data int length Instruction 0 Jump to Subroutine at Instruction 4 in 1s start pb_inst 0xF...

Page 16: ...om Subroutine to Instruction 1 in 5 s pb_inst 0xF0F0F0 RTS 0 500 0 ms End of pulse program pb_stop_programming Trigger the pulse program pb_start Read the status register status pb_read_status printf...

Page 17: ...PulseBlaster Contact Information Email sales spincore com Web http www spincore com Product URL http www pulseblaster com CD PulseBlaster PCI SP2 http www spincore com 5 19 2006 17...

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