User`s guide

How to Use This Guide
This manual is designed to help you use the ACL-8316/12. The manual
describes how to modify various settings on the ACL-8316/12 card to meet
your requirements. It is divided into six chapters:
 Chapter 1: "Introduction", gives an overview of the product features,
applications, and specifications.
 Chapter 2: "Installation", describes how to install the ACL-8316/12.
The layout of ACL-8316/12 is shown, the switch setting for
base address, and jumper setting for analog input channel
configuration, output channel configuration, clock source for
timer/counter, interrupt level and DMA channel are specified.
The connectors' pin assignment and daughter board
connection are also described here.
 Chapter 3: "Registers format", describes the details of register format
and structure of the ACL-8316/12, this information is very
important for the programmers who want to control the
hardware by low-level programming.
 Chapter 4: "Operation Theorem", describes how to operate the ACL-
8316/12. The A/D, D/A, DIO and timer/counter functions are
introduced. Also, some programming concepts are specified.
 Chapter 5: "C/C++ library", describes high-level programming interface
in C/C++ language. It helps programmer to control ACL-
8316/12 in high level language style.
 Chapter 6: "Calibration", describes how to calibrate the ACL-8316/12
for accurate measurement.