NI PXI-5922 Specifications Flexible Resolution Digitizer This document lists the specifications for the National Instruments PXI-5922 (NI 5922) flexible resolution digitizer. Unless otherwise noted, these specifications are valid for the following conditions: • Full operating temperature range • All impedance selections • All sample rates • Source impedance ≤50 Ω Typical values are representative of an average unit operating at ambient temperatures of 15 ºC to 35 ºC. Specifications are subject to change without notice. For the most recent NI 5922 specifications, visit ni.com/manuals. To access the NI 5922 documentation, including the NI High-Speed Digitizers Getting Started Guide, which contains functional descriptions of the NI 5922 signals, navigate to Start»Programs»National Instruments» NI-SCOPE»Documentation. Hot Surface If the NI 5922 has been in use, the device or the shield may exceed safe handling temperatures and cause burns. Allow the NI 5922 to cool before removing it from the chassis or touching the shield. Contents Vertical.................................................................................................... 2 Analog Input (Channel 0 and Channel 1) ........................................ 2 Impedance and Coupling .......................................................... 2 Voltage Levels .......................................................................... 3 Accuracy ................................................................................... 3 Bandwidth and Transient Response ......................................... 5 Spectral Characteristics ............................................................ 7 Skew, Input Bias Current.......................................................... 10 Horizontal ................................................................................................10 Sample Clock....................................................................................10 Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Reference Clock ...................................11 Trigger .....................................................................................................12 Reference (Stop) Trigger..................................................................12 TRIG (External Trigger, Front Panel Connector) ............................13 PFI 0 and PFI 1 (Programmable Function Interface, AUX Front Panel Connectors) ......................................................13 Waveform Specifications ........................................................................14 Calibration ...............................................................................................15 Power .......................................................................................................16 Software...................................................................................................16 Environment ............................................................................................17 Safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and CE Compliance .................18 Physical....................................................................................................19 Front Panel Connectors ....................................................................19 Front Panel Indicators.......................................................................19 Where to Go for Support .........................................................................20 Vertical Analog Input (Channel 0 and Channel 1) Specification Value Number of Channels Two simultaneously sampling single-ended or unbalanced differential channels Comments Software selectable or One differential channel Connector BNC — Impedance and Coupling Specification Value Input Impedance 50 Ω ±2.0% Input Coupling AC, DC, GND NI PXI-5922 Specifications 1 MΩ ±2.0% in parallel with a typical capacitance of 40 pF Comments Software selectable — 2 ni.com Voltage Levels Specification Value Full Scale (FS) Input Range Maximum Input Overload Comments ±1 V (2 Vpk-pk) ±5 V (10 Vpk-pk) 50 Ω 1 MΩ 7 Vrms with |Peaks| ≤10 V |Peaks| ≤ 42 V — — Accuracy Specification Resolution Value Sample Rate Resolution 50 kS/s 24 bits 500 kS/s 24 bits 1 MS/s 22 bits 5 MS/s 20 bits 10 MS/s 18 bits 15 MS/s 16 bits Range Accuracy 2 Vpk-pk ±(500 ppm (0.05%) of Input + 50 µV) DC Accuracy 10 Vpk-pk ±(500 ppm (0.05%) of Input + 100 µV) Range Drift 2 Vpk-pk ±(20 ppm of Input + 5 µV per °C) 10 Vpk-pk ±(20 ppm of Input + 10 µV per °C) DC Drift AC Amplitude Accuracy, Typical Comments ±600 ppm (0.06%) at 1 kHz © National Instruments Corporation — 1 MΩ input impedance Within ±5 °C of self-calibration temperature 1 MΩ input impedance 1 MΩ input impedance Within ±5 °C of self-calibration temperature 3 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Specification Value Comments ≤ –110 dB at 100 kHz Crosstalk, Typical CH 0 to/from CH 1, External Trigger to CH 0 or CH 1 ≤ –100 dB at 1 MHz ≤ –80 dB at 6 MHz Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) 50 dB up to 1 kHz Unbalanced differential input terminal configuration –60 –65 CMRR (dB) –70 –75 –80 –85 –90 –95 1k 10 k 100 k 1M 10 M Frequency (Hz) Figure 1. NI 5922 CMRR with Differential Terminal Configuration (Typical) NI PXI-5922 Specifications 4 ni.com Bandwidth and Transient Response Specification Alias-Free Bandwidth Value 0.4 × Sample Rate Alias Protection, Typical Passband Flatness — Sample Rate <5 MS/s 5 MS/s <7.5 MS/s ≤15 MS/s 100 dB 96 dB 90 dB 80 dB Attenuation AC Coupling Cutoff (–3 dB) Comments 90 Hz Input frequencies ≥ 0.6 × Sample Rate — Sample Rate 50 Ω and 1 MΩ 1 MS/s 0.03 dB 5 MS/s 0.06 dB 10 MS/s 0.15 dB 15 MS/s 0.3 dB © National Instruments Corporation 5 Referenced to DC Input frequencies up to 0.4 × Sample Rate NI PXI-5922 Specifications 0.2 Phase (degrees) Amplitude (dB) 0.2 0.1 0 –0.1 0 –0.1 –0.2 –0.2 0 10 k 20 k 30 k Frequency (Hz) 40 k 0 50 k 10 k 30 k 40 k 300 k 400 k 3M 4M 100 kS/s Phase Response 0.2 Phase (degrees) 0.2 0.1 0 –0.1 0.1 0 –0.1 –0.2 –0.2 0 100 k 200 k 300 k 400 k 0 500 k 100 k Frequency (Hz) 1 MS/s Frequency Response 200 k Frequency (Hz) 1 MS/s Phase Response 0.2 1 Phase (degrees) Amplitude (dB) 20 k Frequency (Hz) 100 kS/s Frequency Response Amplitude (dB) 0.1 0.1 0 –0.1 0.5 0 –0.5 –0.2 –1 0 1M 2M 3M Frequency (Hz) 4M 5M 0 10 MS/s Frequency Response 1M 2M Frequency (Hz) 10 MS/s Phase Response Figure 2. NI 5922 Frequency and Phase Response (Typical) NI PXI-5922 Specifications 6 ni.com Spectral Characteristics Specification Value Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR), Typical Comments Input Frequency –1 dBFS input signal Range 100 kHz 1 MHz 10 Vpk-pk 108 dBc 96 dBc 2 Vpk-pk 103 dBc 92 dBc Includes the 2nd through the 5th harmonics Within ±2 °C of self-calibration temperature 0 –20 Amplitude (dBFS) – 40 –60 –80 –100 –120 –140 –160 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 Frequency (kHz) 1 MΩ, 10 Vpk-pk Range, 500 kS/s Unbalanced Differential, 10,000 Point FFT with 10 Averages Figure 3. NI 5922 Dynamic Performance with 10 kHz Input Signal (Typical) © National Instruments Corporation 7 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Specification Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), Typical Value Input Frequency Range 100 kHz 1 MHz 10 Vpk-pk –106 dBc –94 dBc 2 Vpk-pk –101 dBc –90 dBc Specification Signal to Noise and Distortion (SINAD), Typical Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) without Harmonics, Typical Comments Value –1 dBFS input signal Includes the 2nd through the 5th harmonics Within ±2 °C of self-calibration temperature Comments Sample Rate –1 dBFS input signal Range 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 Vpk-pk 103 dB 89 dB 2 Vpk-pk 99 dB Input frequency is 0.1 × Sample Rate Within ±2 °C of self-calibration 87 dB Sample Rate Calculated from THD and rms noise –1 dBFS input signal Range 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 Vpk-pk 106 dB 91 dB 2 Vpk-pk 103 dB 90 dB Input frequency is 0.1 × Sample Rate Within ±2 °C of self-calibration temperature Calculated from SINAD and THD NI PXI-5922 Specifications 8 ni.com Specification Value RMS Noise Comments Range 10 Vpk-pk 100 Hz to 0.4 × Sample Rate 2 Vpk-pk Sample Rate dBFS µVrms dBFS µVrms 50 kS/s –120 3.4 –117 1.0 100 kS/s –118 4.3 –115 1.2 1 MS/s –108 13 –104 4.2 5 MS/s –101 31 –98 8.7 10 MS/s –91 92 –91 20 15 MS/s –79 401 –79 80 DC coupling Input 50 Ω terminated Noise Density (dBFS/Hz) –140 –145 15 MS/s –150 10 MS/s –155 5 MS/s and Below –160 –165 –170 –175 100 1k 10 k 100 k Frequency (Hz) 1M 10 M Figure 4. NI 5922 Noise Density (Typical) © National Instruments Corporation 9 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Skew, Input Bias Current Specification Value Comments Channel-to-Channel Skew, Typical ≤500 ps 1 MHz input, 5 MS/s sample rate Input Bias Current ≤500 nA Within ±5 °C of self-calibration temperature Horizontal Sample Clock Specification Value Comments Sample Clock Sources Internal onboard clock (internal VCXO) Internal sample clock is locked to the reference clock or derived from the onboard VCXO Onboard Clock (Internal VCXO) Sample Rate Range Real-Time Sampling (Single Shot) 50 kS/s to15 MS/s Available rates are 60 MS/s / n, where n is an integer value from 4 to 1200 Phase Noise Density, Typical < –133 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz 5 MHz input signal Sample Clock Jitter, Typical ≤ 3 ps rms (100 Hz to 1 MHz) < –145 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz Includes the effects of the converter aperture uncertainty and the clock circuitry jitter Excludes trigger jitter Timebase Frequency NI PXI-5922 Specifications 120 MHz — 10 ni.com Specification Timebase Accuracy Value Not Phase-Locked to Reference Clock ±50 ppm, typical Comments Phase-Locked to Reference Clock — Equal to the reference clock accuracy Sample Clock Delay Range ±1 Sample clock period — Sample Clock Delay Resolution 400 ps — Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Reference Clock Specification Value Reference Clock Sources PXI_CLK10 (backplane connector) Frequency Range 1 MHz to 20 MHz in 1 MHz increments; the default value is 10 MHz Comments — CLK IN (front panel SMB connector) — Must be accurate to ±50 ppm Duty Cycle Tolerance 45% to 55% — Exported Reference Clock Destinations CLK OUT (front panel SMB connector) — PXI_TRIG<0..6> (backplane connector) PFI<0..1> (front panel 9-pin mini-circular DIN connector) CLK IN (Reference Clock Input, Front Panel Connector) Input Voltage Range Square wave: 0.2 Vpk-pk to 1 Vpk-pk — Maximum Input Overload 7 Vrms with |Peaks| ≤10 V — Impedance 50 Ω — Coupling AC — © National Instruments Corporation 11 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Specification Value Comments CLK OUT (Reference Clock Output, Front Panel Connector) Output Impedance 50 Ω — Logic Type 5 V CMOS — Maximum Drive Current ±50 mA — Trigger Reference (Stop) Trigger Specification Trigger Types Value Edge, window, hysteresis, digital, immediate, and software Comments Refer to the NI High-Speed Digitizers Help for more information about the sources available for each trigger type Trigger Sources CH 0, CH 1, TRIG, PXI_Trig <0..6>, PFI <0..1>, PXI star trigger, and software — Time Resolution Sample clock period — Rearm Time 144 × sample clock period Holdoff Up to (232 – 1) × sample clock period Holdoff set to 0 — Analog Trigger (Edge, Window, and Hysteresis Trigger Types) Sources CH 0 (front panel BNC connector) CH 1 (front panel BNC connector) 1 TRIG—analog edge trigger only TRIG1 (front panel BNC connector) Trigger Level Range Edge Trigger Sensitivity NI PXI-5922 Specifications 100% FS CH 0, CH 1 2% FS — TRIG (External Trigger) — 0.3 Vpk-pk typical, up to 1 MHz 12 ni.com Specification Jitter Value Sample Clock Period Comments — Digital Trigger (Digital Trigger Type) Sources PXI_Trig <0..6> (backplane connector) — PFI <0..1> (front panel SMB connector) PXI star trigger (backplane connector) TRIG (External Trigger, Front Panel Connector) Specification Value Comments Connector BNC — Impedance 100 kΩ in parallel with 52 pF — Input Voltage Range ±2.5 V — Coupling DC — Level Accuracy, Typical ±0.3 V up to 100 kHz — Maximum Input Overload |Peaks| ≤ 42 V — PFI 0 and PFI 1 (Programmable Function Interface, AUX Front Panel Connectors) Specification Value Comments Connector 9-pin mini-circular DIN — Direction Bidirectional — Start Trigger (Acquisition Arm) — As an Input (Trigger) Destinations Reference (Stop) Trigger Arm Reference Advance Trigger Input Impedance 150 kΩ © National Instruments Corporation — 13 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Specification Value Comments VIH 2.0 V — VIL 0.8 V — Maximum Input Overload –0.5 V to 5.5 V — Maximum Frequency 25 MHz — Start Trigger (Acquisition Arm) — As an Output (Event) Sources Reference (Stop) Trigger End of Record Done (End of Acquisition) Output Impedance 50 Ω — Logic Type 3.3 V CMOS — Maximum Drive Current ±24 mA — Maximum Frequency 20 MHz — Waveform Specifications Specification Onboard Memory Size Value 8 MB/channel 2 MS/channel 32 MB/channel 8 MS/channel 256 MB/channel 64 MS/channel Minimum Record Length 1 Sample Number of Pretrigger Samples 0 up to full Record Length NI PXI-5922 Specifications Comments — — Single-record mode and multiple-record mode 14 ni.com Specification Value Number of Posttrigger Samples 0 up to full Record Length Maximum Number of Records in Onboard Memory 8 MB/channel 13,107 32 MB/channel 52,428 256 MB/channel 419,430 Allocated Onboard Memory per Record (Record Length × 4 bytes/S) + 400 bytes, rounded up to next multiple of 128 bytes Comments Single-record mode and multiple-record mode — — or 640 bytes, whichever is greater Calibration Specification Value Comments Self-Calibration Self-calibration is done on software command. The calibration corrects for gain and offset for all input ranges, input bias current, and nonlinearities in the ADCs. — External Calibration (Factory Calibration) The external calibration calibrates the VCXO and the voltage reference. Appropriate constants are stored in nonvolatile memory. — Interval for External Calibration 2 years — Warm-Up Time 15 minutes — © National Instruments Corporation 15 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Power Specification Typical Value Comments +3.3 VDC 2.0 A — +5 VDC 1.4 A — +12 VDC 330 mA — –12 VDC 280 mA — Total Power 20.9 W — Software Specification Driver Software Comments NI-SCOPE 2.8 or later NI-SCOPE is an IVI-compliant driver that allows you to configure, control, and calibrate the NI 5922. NI-SCOPE provides application programming interfaces for many development environments. Application Software NI-SCOPE provides programming interfaces, documentation, and examples for the following application development environments: • LabVIEW • LabWindows™/CVI™ • Measurement Studio • Microsoft Visual C/C++ • Microsoft Visual Basic Interactive Soft Front Panel and Configuration NI PXI-5922 Specifications The Scope Soft Front Panel 2.2 or later supports interactive control of the NI 5922. The Scope Soft Front Panel is included on the NI-SCOPE CD. National Instruments Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) also provides interactive configuration and test tools for the NI 5922. MAX is also included on the NI-SCOPE CD. 16 ni.com Environment To ensure that the NI PXI-5922 cools effectively, follow the guidelines in the Maintain Forced Air Cooling Note to Users included in the NI PXI-5922 kit. The NI PXI-5922 is intended for indoor use only. Note Specification Operating Temperature Value Comments 0 ºC to +55 ºC in all NI PXI chassis except the following: — 0 ºC to +45 ºC when installed in an NI PXI-1000/B or PXI-101x chassis Meets IEC-60068-2-1 and IEC-60068-2-2. Storage Temperature –40 ºC to +71 ºC. Meets IEC-60068-2-1 and IEC-60068-2-2. — Operating Relative Humidity 10% to 90%, noncondensing. Meets IEC-60068-2-56. — Storage Relative Humidity 5% to 95%, noncondensing. Meets IEC-60068-2-56. — Operating Shock 30 g, half-sine, 11 ms pulse. Meets IEC-60068-2-27. Test profile developed in accordance with MIL-PRF-28800F. — Storage Shock 50 g, half-sine, 11 ms pulse. Meets IEC-60068-2-27. Test profile developed in accordance with MIL-PRF-28800F. — Operating Vibration 5 Hz to 500 Hz, 0.31 grms. Meets IEC-60068-2-64. — Storage Vibration 5 Hz to 500 Hz, 2.46 grms. Meets IEC-60068-2-64. Test profile exceeds requirements of MIL-PRF-28800F, Class B. — Altitude 2,000 m maximum (at 25 °C ambient temperature) — Pollution Degree 2 — © National Instruments Corporation 17 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and CE Compliance Specification Safety Value Comments The NI 5922 meets the requirements of the following standards of safety for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use: • IEC 61010-1, EN 61010-1 • UL 61010-1 • CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1 For UL and other safety certifications, refer to the product label or visit ni.com/certification, search by model number or product line, and click the appropriate link in the Certification column. Emissions EN 55011 Class A at 10 m FCC Part 15A above 1 GHz — Immunity EN 61326:1997 + A2:2001, Table 1 — EMC/EMI CE, C-Tick, and FCC Part 15 (Class A) Compliant — For EMC compliance, operate this device with shielded cabling This product meets the essential requirements of applicable European Directives, as amended for CE marking, as follows: Low-Voltage Directive (safety) 73/23/EEC — Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC) 89/336/EEC — Refer to the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for this product for any additional regulatory compliance information. To obtain the DoC for this product, visit ni.com/certification, search by model number or product line, and click the appropriate link in the Certification column. NI PXI-5922 Specifications 18 ni.com Physical Specification Value Comments Dimensions 3U, One slot, PXI/cPCI Module 16.0 × 10.0 × 2.0 cm (8.5 × 5.1 × 0.8 in.) — Weight 336 g (11.8 oz.) — Front Panel Connectors Label Function Connector Type CH 0 Analog input BNC female CH 1 Analog input BNC female TRIG External trigger BNC female CLK IN Reference clock input SMB jack CLK OUT Reference clock output SMB jack AUX I/O PFI 0, PFI 1 9-pin mini-circular DIN Front Panel Indicators Label Function ACCESS The ACCESS LED indicates the status of the PCI bus and the interface from the NI PXI-5922 to the controller. ACTIVE The ACTIVE LED indicates the status of the onboard acquisition hardware of the NI PXI-5922. © National Instruments Corporation 19 NI PXI-5922 Specifications Where to Go for Support The National Instruments Web site is your complete resource for technical support. 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