Mesa Card Selection Help

More
05 Dec 2019 16:07 #152074 by mmt
Mesa Card Selection Help was created by mmt
I have a YAG laser system running that I built about 7 or 8 years ago. It is running off of 2 parallel ports. I would love to redo the whole system with Mesa cards however this is not an option due to down time required. So what I need, is to add 2 sub-systems that require analog inputs of -10v to +10v range.

My only experience with Mesa is the 5i25-7i76.
Is there an appropriate card or cards from Mesa that can be interfaced with HAL that can provide 2 analog channels of output?

Thanks,
Kent

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
05 Dec 2019 20:42 - 05 Dec 2019 20:42 #152104 by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Mesa Card Selection Help
Unfortunately; there is no standalone card that will do this other than the quite new 7I97
(and it has 6 analog channels and things you don't need like 6 encoder inputs)

If this is for laser deflection, is there any chance of using a XY2-100 interface instead of analog?
Last edit: 05 Dec 2019 20:42 by PCW.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Dec 2019 17:06 #152163 by mmt
Replied by mmt on topic Mesa Card Selection Help
I am switching out the old power supply and RF driver. They had a built in serial interface. I used serial commands to set power and frequency.

The new units both have analog input for the power and RF.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Dec 2019 19:22 - 06 Dec 2019 19:22 #152170 by Todd Zuercher
Replied by Todd Zuercher on topic Mesa Card Selection Help
There may not be a single card option, but you could use something like a 7i83 , plus what ever you'd need to connect it (such as a 7i96, 7i76e, or 5i25+7i76).

You would not have to replace your existing parallel port connections, but since you would have to install all of the hardware you'd need to replace them, why not just do it all right from the beginning.
Last edit: 06 Dec 2019 19:22 by Todd Zuercher.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: PCWjmelson
Time to create page: 0.051 seconds
Powered by Kunena Forum