SEC-PCI Quadrature Counter/Decoder from Fischer Computer Systems

SEC-PCI Quadrature Counter/Decoder USER MANUAL

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Print a copy of the SEC-PCI Manual using Acrobat (PDF) Format.
Download Install/Demo Program Disk (Updated 1/19/2002).
Download Software Source Code and Examples Disk (Updated 1/19/2002).
The download data is compressed and must be opened with a compression program.
Softer Hardware develops custom reconfigurable hardware solutions based on the SEC-PCI.

OVERVIEW

The SEC-PCI provides real-time hardware-based quadrature decoding, counting and response facilities via a reconfigurable PCI form-factor PC card. SEC-PCI features include:

4 quadrature channels or axes
4 input, 12 output and 8 input/output external general purpose signals
4 input and 4 output external real-time signals
24-bit counters
4 MHz maximum count rate
Digital filtering with error detection
Up/Down, quadrature ´1, ´2 and ´4 decoding
Real-time compare, capture, preset, underflow and overflow functions
Robust user notification system via polling or interrupt
Windows 98/NT/2000 and Linux drivers
Simplified API library
Customizable FPGA-based design
Customizable external card connector and front-end circuitry
33 MHz, 32-bit Universal PCI card
User programmable EEPROM