The National Instruments PCI-6551 is a 50 MHz, 20-channel digital waveform generator/analyzer for PCI systems. It supports per-channel, per-cycle bidirectional control.
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Key product information and technical features.
NI-HSDIO identifies the PCI-6551 as a digital waveform generator/analyzer. Its stimulus-response capabilities include real-time comparison of acquired data against expected responses.
Verified product specifications.
| Data channels | 20 channels |
|---|---|
| Maximum sample clock frequency | 50 MHz |
| Generation voltage range | -2.0 to 5.5 into 1 MΩ; level-pair and swing restrictions apply V |
| Generation level resolution | 10 mV |
| Maximum data channel toggle rate | 25 MHz |
| Digital data connector | 68-pin VHDCI |
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NI-HSDIO supports the PCI-6551. Check the readme for the intended driver release to establish operating-system and development-environment support.
No. Generation channels share one low and one high level; acquisition channels share a separately configurable threshold pair.
The installed capacity is unspecified. NI documents 1, 8, and 64 Mbit/channel variants.