Re: NI-6025E Question

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:44:16AM -0500, Bernard Puc wrote:
> I am using one of the DIO channels to output a 50 millisecond pulse at 1 
> Hz.  Is the best (only?) way to generate that pulse through a software 
> function which calls comedi_dio_write, usleep for the 50 milliseconds, 
> then call comedi_dio_write again?  Or is there some way to generate a 
> pulse via a hardware feature?  Thanks for any help!

It is possible to use the GPTCs (general purpose counter/timers)
to get a clean waveform, but the current interface isn't well
documented (and will eventually be replaced).  Sleeping in a
user-space application will not create a steady waveform.



dave...

Received on 2003-01-30Z23:23:22