The PCI-Express analog I/O card APCIe-3121 has 8 SE and 4 differential inputs, 8 or 4 analog outputs, 16-bit, and 8 digital I/O. The card is especially suited for applications in industrial process control, measurement technology and monitoring, for example for multichannel data acquisition, for the control of chemical processes, for the acquisition of sensor data, current measurement etc. in the harsh industrial environment.
Analog inputs
Throughput: 100 kHz
Input ranges: 0-10 V, ±10 V, 0-5 V, ±5 V, 0-2 V, ±2 V, 0-1 V, ±1 V, 0-20 mA (option) freely programmable through software for each channel
Gain PGA x1, x2, x5, x10 freely programmable through software for each channel
PCI Express DMA for analog data acquisition
Overvoltage protection
Input filters: 159 kHz
Analog acquisition
One single channel, several channels, several channels through scan list
Automatic analog acquisition through cyclic timer control
Acquisition through scan list: up to 16 entries with gain, channel, unipolar/bipolar
Acquisition triggered through software, timer, external event
Trigger functions: Software trigger or external trigger: the analog acquisition (single or sequence) is started through signal switching from 0 V to 24 V at the digital input 0.
Interrupt: end of single channel, end of multichannel, end of scan list
Analog outputs
Voltage or current outputs
Output voltage: ± 10 V, 0-10 V (through software)
Output voltage after reset: 0 V
Each output has its own ground line (without optical isolation)
Output current ± 5 mA max. for voltage outputs
Current outputs: 0-20 mA, min. load 10 Ω, max. load 560 Ω, at 20 mA
EMI filters