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Does DSA Hardware Support Single Point Acquisition?

Hardware: Modular Instruments>>Dynamic Signal Acquisition and Analysis (DSA)

Problem:
Is it possible to do single point acquisition (on-demand or hardware timed) with Dynamical Signal Analyzer (DSA) hardware?

Solution:
No, at the present time Dynamic Signal Analyzer (DSA) hardware does not support single point (on-demand) acquisition.  DSA hardware also does not support hardware timed single point acquisition.  In both cases it is because of hardware limitations, namely the use of a Delta-Sigma analog-digital converter.

Delta-Sigma ADCs provide excellent noise reduction and high dynamic ranges by over-sampling and then averaging those values. For this reason single point acquisitions are not supported by any hardware that uses Delta-Sigma ADCs.

If single point (on-demand) is specified with DSA hardware, NI-DAQmx will throw the following error:



If Single point (hardware timed) is specified with DSA Hardware, NI-DAQmx will throw the following error:




Related Links:
Product Support: Dynamic Signal Analyzers (DSA) Support
Product and Services: Sound and Vibration Hardware

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Report Date: 12/31/2008
Last Updated: 03/17/2009
Document ID: 4SU94SH7

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