Re: Preliminary Register-Level Documentation for NI M Series

malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com wrote:
> 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
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>              Terry Barnaby                                                 
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> malcolm.borgendale_at_ni.com wrote:
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>>Greetings,
>>
>>We have just released preliminary register-level programming
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> documentation
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>>for our NI M Series data acquisition devices (see link below).  The
>>preliminary documentation is a set of examples showing common
> 
> applications
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>>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.
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> Additional
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>>M Series  information and answers to specific questions will be provided
>>through our discussion forums (ni.com/forums).
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>>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
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>>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
> 
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> Terry
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Hi Malcolm,

Thanks for the reply. As to not seeing much demand for MHDDK kit
support for the NI-6143, this could also be due to people seeing
that it is not supported well under Linux and going else where
for their boards ... Obviously this can be a chicken and egg
situation :)

A Comedi interface to the MHDDK sounds to me like a good idea.
It would allow NI to provide Open Source drivers for their boards
with minimal effort by NI. This opens up use of NI boards in
all flavours of Linux including embedded systems and Network
Appliances.

Terry

Received on 2005-09-30Z07:41:41