Network Card User Manual
Table Of Contents
- SCXI-1121 User Manual
- Support
- Important Information
- Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Configuration and Installation
- Chapter 3 Theory of Operation
- Chapter 4 Register Descriptions
- Chapter 5 Programming
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B Rear Signal Connector
- Appendix C SCXIbus Connector
- Appendix D SCXI-1121 Front Connector
- Appendix E SCXI-1121 Cabling
- Appendix F Revision A and B Photo and Parts Locator Diagrams
- Appendix G Technical Support Resources
- Glossary
- Index
- Figures
- Figure 2-1. SCXI-1121 General Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-2. SCXI-1121 Detailed Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-3. SCXI-1121 Front Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 2-4. Ground-Referenced Signal Connection with High Common-Mode Voltage
- Figure 2-5. Floating Signal Connection Referenced to Chassis Ground for Better Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- Figure 2-6. Floating AC-Coupled Signal Connection
- Figure 2-7. AC-Coupled Signal Connection with High Common-Mode Voltage
- Figure 2-8. Assembling and Mounting the SCXI-1330 Connector-and-Shell Assembly
- Figure 2-9. Nulling Circuit
- Figure 2-10. Shunt Circuit
- Figure 2-11. SCXI-1320 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-12. SCXI-1328 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-13. SCXI-1321 Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure 2-14. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 2-15. SCANCLK Timing Requirements
- Figure 2-16. Slot-Select Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-17. Serial Data Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-18. Configuration Register Write Timing Diagram
- Figure 2-19. SCXI-1121 Module ID Register Timing Diagram
- Figure 3-1. SCXI-1121 Block Diagram
- Figure 3-2. SCXIbus Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure 3-3. Digital Interface Circuitry Block Diagram
- Figure 3-4. SCXI-1121 Digital Control
- Figure 3-5. Analog Input Block Diagram
- Figure 3-6. Analog Output Circuitry
- Figure 3-7. Single-Module Parallel Scanning
- Figure 3-8. Single-Module Multiplexed Scanning (Direct)
- Figure 3-9. Single-Module Multiplexed Scanning (Indirect)
- Figure 3-10. Multiple-Module Multiplexed Scanning
- Figure 3-11. Multiple-Chassis Scanning
- Figure B-1. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure C-1. SCXIbus Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure D-1. SCXI-1121 Front Connector Pin Assignment
- Figure E-1. SCXI-1340 Installation
- Figure E-2. SCXI-1180 Rear Connections
- Figure E-3. SCXI-1180 Front Panel Installation
- Figure E-4. Cover Removal
- Figure F-1. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 Signal Conditioning Module
- Figure F-2. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 General Parts Locator Diagram
- Figure F-3. Revision A and B SCXI-1121 Detailed Parts Locator Diagram
- Tables
- Table 2-1. Digital Signal Connections, Jumper Settings
- Table 2-2. Jumper W33 Settings
- Table 2-3. Gain Jumper Allocation
- Table 2-4. Gain Jumper Positions
- Table 2-5. Filter Jumper Allocation
- Table 2-6. Voltage and Current Mode Excitation Jumper Setup
- Table 2-7. Maximum Load per Excitation Channel
- Table 2-8. Excitation Level Jumper Selection
- Table 2-9. Completion Network Jumpers
- Table 2-10. Trimmer Potentiometer and Corresponding Channel
- Table 2-11. Nulling Resistors and Corresponding Channel
- Table 2-12. Jumper Settings of the Nulling Circuits
- Table 2-13. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1320 Terminal Block
- Table 2-14. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1328 Terminal Block
- Table 2-15. Jumper Settings on the SCXI-1321 Terminal Block
- Table 2-16. SCXIbus to SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector to Data Acquisition Board Pin Equivalences
- Table 3-1. SCXIbus Equivalents for the Rear Signal Connector
- Table 3-2. Calibration Potentiometer Reference Designators
- Table 5-1. SCXI-1121 Rear Signal Connector Pin Equivalences
- Table E-1. SCXI-1121 and MIO-16 Pinout Equivalences
- Table E-2. SCXI-1341 and SCXI-1344 Pin Translations
- Table E-3. SCXI-1342 Pin Translations
- Table E-4. SCXI-1343 Pin Connections
Chapter 3 Theory of Operation
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• You also need a 120 Ω 1/4 W precision resistor with tempco less than
or equal to 5 ppm, or an ammeter with the following specifications:
– Accuracy: ±0.004% standard
±0.016% sufficient
– Range: 0.5 mA
– Resolution: 6 1/2 digits
• If you use the resistor to calibrate the current excitation, you also need
an ohmmeter with four-wire measurement and the following
specifications:
– Accuracy: ±0.004% standard
±0.016% sufficient
– Range: 200 Ω
– Resolution: 5 1/2 digits
A multiranging 5 1/2-digit digital multimeter can provide you with most of
the necessary functions described previously. We will refer to the
measuring instrument as a digital multimeter (DMM).
Each channel on the SCXI-1121 has two potentiometers dedicated for
calibration. For the amplifier channels, one potentiometer is used to null the
output offset; the other is used to null the input offset. On the excitation
channels, one potentiometer is used to adjust the voltage reference, while
the other is used to adjust the current source.
Offset Null Adjust
Follow these steps to null the offset of the amplifier channels:
1. Short the inputs of the DMM together and then connect them to chassis
ground.
2. Record the measurement indicated by the DMM display. This is the
DMM inherent offset and should be subtracted from subsequent
measurements.
3. Short the channel inputs of interest together and then to chassis
ground.
4. Set the amplifier gain to 1.
5. Connect the amplifier output to the DMM. Make sure that the DMM
can achieve the accuracy and resolution you need.
6. Adjust the output potentiometer of the channel of interest until the
output is 0 ± 3 mV.
7. Set the amplifier gain to 1,000.