M.2-ADIO16-8F

The M.2-ADIO16-8F is an ideal solution for adding high-speed analog I/O capabilities to any computer with an M.2 slot.

The M.2-ADIO16-8F is a 16-bit resolution A/D & D/A board with 16 flexible digital I/O, with 8 single ended or 4 differential analog inputs. Each channel can be independently software configured to accept any input ranges.

Sixteen digital I/O configured in 9 “I/O Groups” as input or output per group. Bits 0-7 form one group, and bits 8-15 can be configured for input/output mode individually. The digital inputs implement various “alternate functions” including external trigger of ADC or DAC.

Four analog outputs with uni- and bipolar 5 and 10 volt ranges and a ±2.5V range round out the feature set.

The “FDS” model includes a new DMA-driven hardware-timed buffered DAC output feature, “DAC Waveform Streaming”. This feature allows one or more of the DACs to output voltage levels at a software-configurable rate as high as 1 million samples/second. Although the maximum rate is divided by the number of DACs being used, all DACs’ outputs update simultaneously on the hardware clock’s tick — all four DACs can output simultaneous data at 250 kilosamples/second, or one at 1 MHz! All the data is transfered by DMA to minimize CPU utilization, with IRQs so applications can send additional buffers of data as needed.

This tiny analog I/O board provides the user with everything needed to start acquiring and controlling signals in a variety of applications. The mPCIe-ADIO16-8F data acquisition board can be used in many current real-world applications such as embedded equipment monitoring, precision PC-based and portable environmental measurements, and mobile data acquisition.