100 and 50 MHz Digital Waveform
Generator/Analyzers
NEW
NI 654x
•
100 MHz maximum clock rate
Operating Systems
• Compatible with 5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or
1.8 V logic (software-selectable)
• 32 channels with per-channel
direction control
• Windows 2000/NT/XP
Recommended Software
• LabVIEW 7 Express or later
• LabWindows/CVI
• 1, 8, or 64 Mb/channel
onboard memory
• Interactive waveform and script
editor software
Driver and Editing Software
(included)
• NI-HSDIO
• Synchronization and Memory Core
(SMC) for tight synchronization
with other SMC-based devices
• LabVIEW 7.1 Express VIs
• Script Editor
• Digital Waveform Editor
(included with 8 and 64
Mb/channel models only)
Maximum
Compatible
Programmable
Product
NI 6542
NI 6541
Platform
PCI, PXI
PCI, PXI
Channels
32
32
Rate (MHz)
100
50
Logic Levels (V)
5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or 1.8
5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or 1.8
Memory (Mb/channel)
1, 8, or 64
Scripting
ꢀ
ꢀ
Data Delay
ꢀ
ꢀ
1, 8, or 64
Table 1. NI 654x Specifications Overview
Description
Create and Edit Patterns Interactively
The National Instruments 6542 and 6541 devices are 100 and 50 MHz with the Digital Waveform Editor
digital waveform generator/analyzers, respectively, for interfacing to
digital electronics. These modules feature 32 channels with per-
channel direction control and deep onboard memory with triggering
and pattern sequencing. Through the NI-HSDIO driver, you can
•
Import existing waveforms into LabVIEW from VHDL simulation and
spreadsheet tools in Value Change Dump (.VCD) or ꢀSCII formats
Create new waveforms using built-in fill patterns
•
•
Edit waveforms interactively in the user interface
interface with 5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or 1.8 V logic. You can also use these devices • Link and loop created digital waveforms with the Script Editor
with the NI Digital Waveform Editor, an interactive software tool for
creating and editing digital waveforms. With the SMC, you can create
mixed-signal test systems with digitizers, arbitrary waveform
generators, and other digital waveform generator/analyzers, or you can
synchronize multiple digital devices to build low-skew multichannel
systems for interfacing to high pin count digital ICs and electronics.
Ordering Information
NI PCI-6541 ..............................................................778988-0M
NI PXI-6541 ..............................................................778952-0M1
NI PCI-6542 ..............................................................778989-0M
NI PXI-6542 ..............................................................778953-0M1
1Where M is: 1 (1Mb/channel), 2 (8 Mb/channel), or 3 (64 Mb/channel)
Includes NI-HSDIO driver and Script Editor. The 8 and 64 Mb/channel models also
include the Digital Waveform Editor.
Design High-Density Interfaces
• Data delay for clock frequencies ≥25 MHz
• Data delay resolution of 0.4%
Software
NI Digital Waveform Editor ........................................778724-03
Applications
Semiconductor
Mixed-signal design validation and test
Interfacing to digital electronics
Aerospace/Defense
Subsystem emulation
Communications
Multimedia chipset emulation
Medical Electronics
Emulation of IC communications
Consumer Electronics
of clock period
Cable
• Internal or external sample or reference
clock sources
SHC68-C68-D2 ............................................................188142-01
Accessory
•
•
600 ps channel-channel skew (typ)
32 mꢀ maximum DC drive strength
per channel (configured for 3.3 V logic)
CB-2162 ........................................................................778592-01
SMB-2163 ......................................................................778747-01
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• Multidevice synchronization with other
SMC-based modular instruments
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