Re: Yet another request for DAQ hardware recommendations

Hi Michael,

(it's top secret but... :-) I'm just preparing an A/D USB 2.0 card with 
max 1MHz/12bit continous sampling rate and 30MHz burst sampling/trigger 
and 16 inputs. It has just passed CE marking. If you want to test the 
driver with me you can get the card in about a month. I'll merge the new 
driver into comedi CVS as soon as Frank has released a new version of 
comedi. Don't want to screw this up now.

BTW: the usbdux also runs under 2.0 but it does only 8kHz sampling...

/Bernd

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Michael Bird wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for a multifunction DAQ card for a laptop
> computer with at least 16/8+ SE/DI analog input
> channels, 500+ kHz total throughput, two or more
> analog outputs and some number of DIO, timer, etc
> ports.
> 
> In numerous online searches, I've only found two
> suitable options, 
> 
>  - NI DAQCard 6062E
>  - Data Translations USB DT 9834
> 
> I've used the 6062 in the past and was dissapointed by
> its performance. I was rarely able to get throughput
> numbers above ~230 kHz for data collection times above
> a few seconds. I was never able to determine if the
> problem was driver related, computer related (Compaq
> Presario 2700T, 1.2 Ghz P3 Mobile M, 512 MB RAM) or
> the DAQCard itself (my particular card or the whole
> line). 
> 
> I like the specs on the DT 9834 but it has no linux
> support. I spoke with a guy at DATX and he promised to
> try to get approval to send me a DDK. If I get that I
> may purchase the card and TRY to write a comedi
> compatible driver myself. If I can't get the DDK, then
> the DATX option is out.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1) Does anyone know of a different card that meets my
> requirements that is already or nearly supported by
> comedy?
> 
> 2) Has anyone had better luck with the NI DAQCard
> 6062E?
> 
> 3) What's the status of comedi's USB 2 and Firewire
> support? (I've been drooling over the NI DAQPad 70XXE)
> 
> Again, I need a card for a notebook with CardBus, USB
> 2.0 and Firwire ports. I'm willing to take a crack at
> writing the device driver myself if the company
> provides adequate documentation.
> 
> I need a solution in the immediate future since I have
> a number of experiments to run requiring
> multi-channel, high bandwidth data collection.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any info.
> 
> Mike Bird
> 
> 
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> 
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Received on 2004-10-06Z08:43:52