100 and 50 MHz Digital Waveform
Generator/Analyzers
NEW
NI PXI-654x
•
100 MHz maximum clock rate (NI 6542), Operating Systems
50 MHz maximum clock rate (NI 6541)
• Windows 2000/NT/XP
• Compatible with 5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or
1.8 V logic (software-selectable)
• 32 channels with per-channel
direction control
Recommended Software
• LabVIEW 7 Express or later
• LabWindows/CVI
• Measurement Studio
• 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
Channels
32
Voltage
Levels
5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or
1.8 V logic
Programmable
Data Delay
√
Product
Platform
Rate (MHz)
100
Memory
1, 8, or 64
Mb/channel
Scripting
√
NI 6542
PXI
NI 6541
5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or
1.8 V logic
PXI
32
50
1, 8, or 64
Mb/channel
√
√
Table 1. NI 654x Specifications Overview
Create and Edit Patterns Interactively
with the Digital Waveform Editor
Description
The National Instruments PXI-6542 and PXI-6541 devices are 100 and
50 MHz 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
•
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
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•
Edit waveforms interactively in the user interface
triggering and pattern sequencing. Through the NI-HSDIO driver, you • Link and loop created digital waveforms with the Script Editor
can interface with 5.0, 3.3, 2.5, or 1.8 V logic. You can also use these
devices 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 PXI-6541 ..............................................................778952-0M1
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.
Software
NI Digital Waveform Editor ........................................778724-03
Design High-Density Interfaces
• Data delay for clock frequencies ≥ 25 MHz
• Data delay resolution of 0.4%
Cable
Applications
Semiconductor
Mixed-signal design validation and test
Interfacing to digital electronics
Aerospace/Defense
SHC68-C68-D2 ............................................................188142-01
Accessory
of clock period
CB-2162 ........................................................................778592-01
SMB-2163 ......................................................................778747-01
• Internal or external sample or reference
clock sources
Subsystem emulation
Interconnect testing
Communications
Multimedia chipset emulation
Medical Electronics
Emulation of IC communications
Consumer Electronics
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•
600 ps channel-channel skew (typ)
32 mꢀ maximum DC drive strength
per channel (configured for 3.3 V logic)
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• Multidevice synchronization with other
SMC-based modular instruments
CMOS and CCD imaging sensors