Re: Preliminary Register-Level Documentation for NI M Series

From: <malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com> · Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:00:05 -0500

RLP documentation and MHDDK support for the NI 6143 is not currently
available.  The biggest issue is that the memory controller on the board is
very complicated to program.  In general, we provide RLP documentation and
examples based on customer demand.  So far, we have not had a lot of
requests for the NI-6143.   I'll reply off list to get more information on
your application.

A Comedi interface to the MHDDK is an interesting idea.  I'm curious how
many people would use such an interface.

Malcolm Borgendale | Measurements Software | malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com |
512-683-8336

             Terry Barnaby                                                 
             <terry1_at_beam.ltd.                                             
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                                       Re: Preliminary Register-Level      
                                       Documentation for NI M Series       

malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We have just released preliminary register-level programming
documentation
> for our NI M Series data acquisition devices (see link below).  The
> preliminary documentation is a set of examples showing common
applications
> and a basic register map.  The examples are built in our Measurement
> Hardware DDK which provides an open, C++ interface for many NI device
> families including M Series.  While we are still working on additional
> register-level documentation, the examples and register map provide
> sufficient information for a large percentage of applications.
Additional
> M Series  information and answers to specific questions will be provided
> through our discussion forums (ni.com/forums).
>
> Links
> Download the MHDDK examples and register map (just click on the download
> link) - http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/11737
> NI Discussion Forums - http://forums.ni.com/ni/board?board.id=90
>
> I'd also like to thank the Comedi developers and users for your continued
> support and interest in NI data acquisition on Linux.
>
> Malcolm Borgendale
> Measurements RLP Software
> National Instruments
> malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com
> 512-683-8336
>
>
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Hi Malcolm,

Thanks for an update.
We would like to use a set of NI PCI-6143 A/D cards under Linux Fedora
Core 3 (2.6.x kernel) in a real-time data acquistion/processing
project we have just started.

Some questions:
1. Does the MHDDK kit support the S series NI PCI-6143 A/D cards, if
             not when will it ?
2. Is register map documentation available for this card so that we
             could implement a driver for it ?
3. Is there any plans to produce a Comedi interface layer to the MHDDK ?
             This would allow all the NI cards supported by the MHDDK to
             be supported under Linux using Comedi ?

Cheers

Terry