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Data Acquisition Boards

Chico is a Bus Mastering PCI card that is designed for high-performance data acquisition. It features 32 b of digital I/O, two 24-b timers, and a proprietary Synclink for multicard synchronization. Chico has a real-time event-driven data streaming engine, which automatically streams data between the PCI bus and add-on I/O modules. The card handles bidirectional data streams through the PCI bus while controlling A/Ds, D/As, timers, and digital I/O completely independent from the Host CPU and can sustain gap-free data acquisition.

Chico uses the OMNIBUS I/O module family of products to achieve a variety of analog and digital I/O combinations. These I/O modules connect to the Chico card and provide up to 16 channels, sample rates up to 40 MHz/channel, resolutions up to 18-b, various converter configurations, and S/N ratios as high as 100 dB.

A proprietary SyncLink timing hitch provides accurate inter-board triggering for up to 16 Chico boards in large data acquisition systems. Chico may also be linked directly to Innovativeŭs compatible DSP cards through an 80-MBps FlFO port.

The card does not require complex programming to achieve real-time performance. It comes fully equipped with Innovativeŭs rapid application development (RAD) software, Armada. Armada is an entirely new way to develop sophisticated, hardware-accelerated, real-time data acquisition and control application programs under Win 9x/NT using high-level C++ software components. Data acquisition packages such as LabView can also be used.

Chico sells for $395. The add-on OMNIBUS I/O modules range from $845 to $1645.

Innovative Integration
(818) 865-6150
Fax: (818) 879-1770
www.innovative-dsp.com

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