CH Tech i4000 Manual De Usuario

i4000 - Quad M-module carrier for VMEbus
User Manual

Version: 1.2

AcQuisition Technology bv

P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP
Oss, The Netherlands

Page 5 of 25

1.1.

V

ALIDITY OF THE

 M

ANUAL

This is edition 1.2 of the i4000 user manual and applies to the following boards:
•

The i4000 VME M-module carrier board without P2 of revision R4 ( i4000 Rev 4 )

•

The i4000 VME M-module carrier board with P2 of revision R2 ( i4000/R2 )

The revision can be found on the printed circuit board.

1.2.

P

URPOSE

This manual serves as an instruction for the operation of the i4000 M-module carrier board with VMEbus 
interface. Some examples for using the i4000 within an APIS software environment can be found in the APIS 
programmers manual.

1.3.

S

COPE

The scope of this manual is the usage of the i4000 M-module Carrier for VMEbus.

1.4.

D

EFINITIONS

, A

CRONYMS AND

 A

BBREVIATIONS

AcQ 

AcQuisition Technology bv

APIS

AcQuisition Platform Interface Software

ESD

Electronic Static Discharge

i4000

M-module carrier board for VMEbus

M-module

Mezzanine I/O concept according to the M-module specification

VMEbus 

Versa Modular Eurocard bus

1.5.

N

OTES

 C

ONCERNING THE

 N

OMENCLATURE

Hex numbers are marked with a leading “0x”-sign: for example: 0x20 or 0xff.

File names are represented in italic: filename.txt.

Code examples are printed in 

courier.

Active-low signals are represented by a trailing asterisks (i.e. IACK*).

1.6.

O

VERVIEW

In chapter 2 a description of the i4000 hardware can be found. Chapter 3 covers the installation and setup of 
the card as well as mounting M-modules. The VMEbus interface can be found in chapter 4. In chapter 5 the 
operation and the usage of the i4000 is described. Finally this document contains an annex containing a 
bibliography, component image, technical data and the document history.