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New Industry Pack Analog Output Modules provide a "triple high" solution with high channel density, high speed processing and high resolution D/A conversion.
 Acromag introduces IP231 Industry Pack mezzanine modules with up to sixteen 16-bit D/A converters per board for faster, more precise data processing with better cost and space-efficiency.
Acromag's new IP231 analog output Industry Pack modules provide up to sixteen output channels, each with its own high-resolution 16-bit D/A converter, on a compact mezzanine card. Simultaneous D/A conversion across all channels enables the IP231 to write sixteen outputs in just 13µS for very high speed processing. Also, populating a VME, PCI, or CompactPCI mezzanine carrier card with four or more IP231 modules produces a single-slot solution with extremely high channel density. This approach preserves card slots for other uses and greatly reduces overall costs. A 16-channel IP231 carries a list price of $1250 while an 8-channel model is available for $950. Other optional versions offer extended temperature ratings for harsh environments.
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Application Spotlight
The National Research Council (NRC) is the Government of Canada’s premier organization for research and development for over 80 years. Leading-edge research and development is at the core of the NRCs contribution to Canada and all Canadians
Working across Canada and around the world, NRC pursues cutting-edge R&D that:
• Helps build Canada’s innovation and technology capacity;
• Supports the growth of Canadian industry;
• Uncovers solutions to national challenges in health, climate change, the environment, clean energy and other fields.
Recently, Acromag was selected to supply the I/O hardware for a recent project for the NRC Canadian Hydraulics Centre in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The NRC-CHC is Canada’s largest hydraulics and coastal engineering laboratory. It is a non-subsidized, self-supporting business unit within the National Research Council of Canada. They develop and provide technologies for studying maritime structures, coastal processes, environmental hydraulics and cold regions engineering. The NRC-CHC continues to establish itself as a centre of excellence for hydraulic studies that are relevant to both Canada and her U.S. partners.
The CHC selected Acromag’s Industry Pack Modules and PMC464 Digital I/O to upgrade and replace older VME boards. The acromag I/O is housed within a VME rack running under an RT Linux operating system.
New Representative
Acromag is pleased to announce Robinson Sales Associates as our newest representative covering Northern California. Located in San Jose, Robinson Sales Associates can help you with all your Embedded Bus Board Solutions.
Digital Camera Sweepstakes Winner.
Congratulations to Mr. Chris Wayne of Kemet Electronics. He was the winner of the October 1, 2004 digital camera drawing. To enter for our next drawing, please go to www.acromag.com/io.cfm
Real-Time Show
See Acromag at the Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference which is designed for those developing computer systems and time-critical applications serving multiple industries; data communication and telephony, military and aerospace, industrial control, instrumentation, consumer electronics, image processing, process control, medical instrumentation, vehicular control and maintenance, embedded appliances and more.
Next Show: December 7, 2004 - Atlanta, GA
Ask the I/O Experts
Question: When using the Acromag IP1K110 IP modules, is it necessary to replicate the ID space registers within the user's FPGA application? At configuration time, the CPLD provides the ID space registers as well as the two configuration registers within I/O space. Does it also provide access to the ID space when in user mode?
Answer: It is important to replicate the ID Space within your FPGA application code. The IP1K110 is designed to operate from the CPLD until the customer has downloaded their VHDL code to the on-board FPGA. Therefore, the ID space is available from the CPLD only when in configuration mode. Once the module switches to User mode (i.e. running from the FPGA), the CPLD is disengaged. If the ID space is not replicated within the FPGA application code, the ID information will not be available.
Acromag’s driver software uses the data contained within the ID space to verify that a board is present in a given slot. Note that example VHDL code provided as part of the IP1K110 and IP1K125 Engineering Design Kits includes code needed to replicate the ID Space.
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