The National Instruments DAQCARD-500 is a legacy PCMCIA data acquisition card with 8 single-ended analog inputs, 12-bit resolution and a maximum sampling rate of 50 kS/s.
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Key product information and technical features.
The DAQCARD-500 belongs to NI's portable DAQCard family and uses a PCMCIA host interface. NI identifies it as a multifunction I/O device.
Software support is a key integration constraint. NI's archived support matrix lists Traditional NI-DAQ 6.9.3 for this model on selected legacy Windows systems; NI-DAQ 7.x and NI-DAQmx do not support it.
Verified product specifications.
| Host interface | PCMCIA |
|---|---|
| Analog input channels | 8 single-ended channels |
| Analog input resolution | 12 bits |
| Maximum sampling rate | 50 kS/s |
| Analog input range | ±5 V |
| Analog input gain | 1 |
| Analog input FIFO | 16 samples |
| Acquisition trigger | Software only |
| Data transfer method | Interrupts |
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Traditional NI-DAQ 6.9.3 is listed in NI's archived support matrix.
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Product-specific answers based on available technical information.
No. NI lists it among devices unsupported by NI-DAQ 7.x, including NI-DAQmx and Traditional NI-DAQ 7.x. The archived support matrix lists Traditional NI-DAQ 6.9.3.
NI's hardware capability table lists 8 single-ended inputs, not differential inputs.
The DAQCard-500 row lists Traditional NI-DAQ 6.9.3 for Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98/Me and 95. The host system must also support the driver version.