06-25-2014 01:15 PM - edited 06-25-2014 01:17 PM
I have a digital instrument with the setup that is shown below. I wish to measure the logic state of the line with a National Instruments device. Which one do you recommend?
Trials and Failures: I tried using the usb-6501 but because of the 5V and 5k ohm pull-up on the insides of this device, I was getting bad readings and was told by my peers that this was the wrong instrument to use. I also tried using the digital pins on the usb-8451 and received the incorrect measurements. I need to figure out why the usb-8451 seemed to have the input pins floating when the logic level I provided as an input was a LOW.
The figure below is a representation of my signal source:
06-25-2014 01:28 PM
Because NI (and many other manufacturers) like to have pull up or pull down resistors in their intruments, I would recommend adding a digital buffer chip between your circuit and the NI DIO. That will provide some isolation between the circuit and the DIO's bias resistors.
06-26-2014 02:16 PM
Thank you for the response. Since my DUT is already assembled, it is a little late to add chips. However, a coworker suggested adding a 0 ohm jumper on top fo the 10k resistor. I will see if this works and provide an update.
06-26-2014 02:33 PM
Measure it with an analog input?
Lynn
06-26-2014 03:17 PM
@Denn2 wrote:
Thank you for the response. Since my DUT is already assembled, it is a little late to add chips. However, a coworker suggested adding a 0 ohm jumper on top fo the 10k resistor. I will see if this works and provide an update.
I was recommending adding the chip to your test circuitry, not the DUT.
09-04-2014 04:21 PM
We purchased a couple of USB-6001 that have 13 DIO, 8AI, and 2AO and I will be connecting these to the lines to see if they are able to detect the correct LOW and HIGH voltages. My guess is that because of the high-input impedance of the analog inputs (>1G Ohm), this will surely work.
I will come back and post an update once I have tested this.
Thank you all for your time.