AcPC483: Counter/Timer with Quadrature

Several models with a variety of configurations provide up to ten counter/timer channels for counting events, generating waveform control signals, measuring pulse-widths, periodic rates, or quadrature position and monitoring operations.

Support for internal or external triggering simplifies the synchronization of operations to specific events. Counter functions can use internally generated clocks or an externally supplied clock.

• Most configuration is handled by a single register which minimizes programming.
• Pullups are socketed for easy adjustment.

Specifications

Counter/Timers

Counter/timer configuration: AcPC483: Four 16-bit counters – TTL, Four 32-bit counters – RS422 – Other I/O mixes can be made available as specials.
Clock frequency: 20MHz.
Field I/O: Front panel SCSI-3 connector.
Speed (with 20MHz internal clock):
Maximum output pulse/square wave freq.: 200nS.
Minimum event pulse width: 100nS.
Minimum pulse width measurement: 100nS.
Minimum period measurement: 200nS.
Mode accuracy (with external clocking):
Waveform generation: Period is ±125nS.
Watchdog: Timeout occurs within ±1 clock cycle.
Pulse/period measurement: ±1 clock cycle.
Internal clocks: Programmable 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20MHz via the counter control register.
External clocks: Supported on a per-counter basis via clock line. Maximum frequency 8MHz.
Interrupts: Supported for watchdog timer time-out, event count complete, pulse width or periodic rate measurement complete, pulse wave complete (one-shot mode), successive waveform generation (continuous).
Triggering/gate: Programmable via register write or external trigger. Minimum pulse width 100nS. Line may be used for gating of counter.
Counter trigger: Interface for triggering counter functions. Input level is TTL or RS422 differential digital.
Counter input: Interface for events and pulse/period measurements. Also triggers load of watchdog timer register. Level is TTL or RS422 differential digital.
TTL compatibility: VIH = 2.0V and VIL = 0.8V. Inputs are buffered and include 4.7K ohm pull-ups to 5V.
Counter output: Level is TTL or RS422 differential digital.

Digital I/O

I/O channel configuration: 16 bi-directional TTL transceivers.Direction controlled as 16 independent channels.

CompactPCI bus Compliance

Meets PCI spec. V2.2 and PICMG 2.0, R3.0.
Data transfer bus: Slave with 32-bit, 16-bit, and 8-bit data transfer operation.
Interrupts (INTA#): Interrupt A is used to request an interrupt.
Plug-and-Play: The system maps the base address into the PCI bus 32-bit memory space.

Environmental

Operating temperature: 0 to 70°C or -40 to 85°C (E versions).
Storage temperature: -55 to 125°C.
Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing.
Power: 320mA at 5V, typical.
MTBF: Hours at 25°C, MIL-HDBK-217F, notice 2 1,727,707

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