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Chapter 2
Using Your 653X
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Choosing DMA or Interrupt Transfers
When using DMA (by default), the 6534 device transfers data in 32-byte 
blocks and the 6533 device transfers data in 4 byte blocks. Therefore, at any 
time during a continuous operation, there may be up to 31 bytes (or 3 bytes 
for 6533 devices) of data in an internal device FIFO. You can use interrupt 
driven transfers if you need to retrieve data immediately as it is acquired. 
Interrupt driven transfers are slower and take more processing time from 
the computer than DMA driven transfers.
Connecting Signals
Connect digital input signals to the I/O connector using the pinout 
diagrams, Figures C-1, 
.
If you are using external start and/or stop triggers, connect to the 
appropriate pins—start trigger (ACK or STARTTRIG) and/or stop trigger 
(STOPTRIG). 
Creating a Program
Using the following flowcharts as a guide, create a program to perform 
change detection. Figure 2-21 and 2-22 display flowcharts for C 
programming using NI-DAQ, while Figure 2-22 shows a LabVIEW 
programming flowchart.
The boxes represent function names for the appropriate software, and the 
diamonds represent decision points.