Data Acquisition (DAQ) and Control from Microstar Laboratories

Data Acquisition Processor (DAP) Board Specifications

Compare DAP board technical specifications

This is an abbreviated version of our complete specifications table.

For DAP boards, download the table for additional information:
Microstar Laboratories Specifications Table (30kB PDF file) or request a copy from Microstar Laboratories.

For more information on xDAP systems, view the specifications in the xDAP pages.

Microstar Laboratories also offers the iDSC 1816 board, a specialized DAP with onboard filters. It combines brick-wall anti-aliasing filters on each of 8 simultaneous channels with 16-bit data acquisition all on one board.

 

xDAP systems for the USB bus

DAP boards for the PCI bus

xDAP 7410

xDAP 7400

DAP 5400a

DAP 5380a

DAP 5216a

DAP 5200a

DAP 5016a

DAP 5000a

DAP 4000a

DAP 840

INPUT

Analog inputs

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

8

Expandable to

32

32

512

512

512

512

512

512

512

n/a

Samples (x1000) per second

8000*

8000*

10000*

5000*

500*

800*

500*

800*

800*

800*

A/D Converters / Resolution (bits)

8/16

8/16

8/14

8/14

1/16

1/14

1/16

1/14

1/14

1/14

Digital inputs (asynchronous)

16

16

Digital inputs (synchronous)

16

16

16

16

16

8

Expandable to

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

128

128

128

128

128

n/a

Samples (x1000) per second

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2000

1666

1666

1666

800

800

OUTPUT

Analog outputs

2

2

2

2

2

2

Expandable to

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

66

66

66

66

66

n/a

Updates (x1000) per second per onboard channel

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1000

833

833

833

400

400

Digital outputs (asynchronous)

16

16

Digital outputs (synchronous or asynchronous)

16

16

16

16

16

8

Expandable to

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1024

1024

1024

1024

1024

n/a

Updates (x1000) per second

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2000

1666

1666

1666

800

800

MICROPROCESSOR

Onboard Processor

Intel Celeron 575

Intel Pentium M

AMD K6 III+

Intel Pentium

AMD K6 III+

AMD K6 III+

Intel Pentium

Intel Pentium

486SXLC2

486SXLC2

Clock Speed (MHz)

2000

1800

400

233

400

400

233

233

50

50

Onboard RAM (Mbytes)

1000

1000

128

128

32

32

32

32

8

8

PC INTERFACE

Samples (x1000) transferred per second**

8000

8000

5000

3200

2000

1666

1666

1666

800

800

Samples (x1000) logged per second**

8000

8000

5000

3200

2000

1666

1666

1666

800

800

* To maintain full 14-bit or 16-bit resolution may require a lower sample rate when sampling more than one channel per ADC.
** Maximum disk logging and data transfer rates vary with PC platform.

For more information, browse the Data Acquisition Processor Web pages.