Datenblatt PD-PCI01V10 pages

PCI Bus Interface Electronics
for Spectral Data Acquisition
In der Au 27
61440 Oberursel / Germany

PD-PCI01V1

Phone: +49 (0) 6171 / 9758 – 0
Fax: +49 (0) 6171 / 9758 – 50
E-Mail: sales@tec5.com
Internet: www.tec5.com

Product-ID: 06012.10
Document: ds_pd-pci01v1_112e.doc

An integrated I²C bus allows additional information exchange between attached electronics modules (e.g.
parameters or coefficients, identification / version).

PC - Requirements
For operation, a PC with Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
operating system with a free PCI slot is needed.
Power requirements (supplied from PCI bus):
• +5 V: < 500 mA (without external electronics)
• ±12V: depending on external electronics
(FEE, DZA, sensor)

Installation of Driver & AdminTool
The interface card has to be installed before installing
the driver.

Short Description
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Digital spectra acquisition controller/buffer
Add-on card for PCI bus
Input from device: ‘Interface_40’
Front End Electronics via 2m / 5m cable
Output to device: PC / Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
External I/O for illumination control and
scan synchronization

General
The OEM Interface Electronics PD-PCI01V1 is a digital
spectral data acquisition controller and data buffer with
a PCI bus interface. The board is directly compatible to
all Front End Electronics (FEE) which comply to tec5
specification ‘Interface_40’ (e.g. FEE-HS and FEE-1M).
Combined with other modules from the tec5 range of
OEM electronics for spectroscopy, the PCI Bus Interface Electronics supports photodiode arrays and Spectral Sensors based on NMOS, CCD or InGaAs diode
array technology. In this way, the UV-VIS to NIR spectral ranges (180 nm – 2500 nm) can be covered by
ready-to-use subunits.
Once parameterized and started by the PC, the board’s
data acquisition controller provides a fully autonomous
management of the photodiode array readout cycle.
During spectral data acquisition the PC is able to perform other jobs. The state of data acquisition is accessible at any time by reading the status of the spectra
data buffer.

Driver for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista:
During startup, Windows shows a message that it has
found a new PCI device. Select the recommended option and choose CD-ROM drive. Change to directory
‘Software & Drivers\Operation Electronics drivers\PCICard - MultiSpecDesktop\Windows 2000-XP-Vista on
the CD and continue. The installation of the WDM driver
is started.
AdminTool:
Change to directory ‘Software & Drivers\SoftwareTools\Admin-Tool’ on the tec5 CD-ROM and execute
sdacq32at.exe from this directory. Follow the instructions of the setup program.
Reboot the PC after the installation is completed.

Getting started with AdminTool
Start the test program AdminTool: Start / Programs /
tec5 SDACQ32 AdminTool / SDACQ32Admin or click to
the Shortcut Icon.
After the program start select the operating electronics
type “PD-PCI01V1” from the list. A mouse click on
Search starts the program search for attached devices
of that type. If the process is successful, the message
„1 (or more) operating electronics found and opened“
appears.
To display the hardware configuration click on the button ‚Show Config’. The sensor parameters may be displayed or modified in the menu ‘Sensors’.
The menu ‘Measurement’ may be used to acquire spectral data for test purposes.