Streaming AT-MIO-16E-2

I have a NI AT-MIO-16E-2 500ksps analog aquisition card.  This card is 
supported under the ni_atmio driver.  The card has an internal 2048 
sample buffer and I would like to use it for continuous sampling at 
500ksps.  Is the EISA bus (using DMA I assume) capable of sustaining 
this rate without dropping samples?  I understand the bus bandwidth is 
high enough but will there be lost samples say while the DMA controller 
is being reprogrammed?  (The buffer will only hold 4ms worth of 
samples.)  I'm just trying to determine whether or not this type of 
aquisition will be possible.  FYI the hardware is a K6-2 450mhz and its 
only other task is to send the samples out the ethernet interface.

Thanks for your insight,
David Carr

Received on 2004-01-11Z22:54:38