How to SEE and USE Pulse Counter Output signal INSIDE my VI?????

[FLAGGJSL]

Hello.

I am using a 6216 AOM board and I currently need to generate a 50 kHz signal for an external AOM, and this has been no problem.

However, I also need to be able to SEE and USE this signal in my VI (for example, to be able to view the signal in a graph, and more importantly, to be able to use the signal as an input for a software based Lock-In Amplifier).

How can I do this?

I've been reading about routing signals and I believe I can do this, however, the routing does not solve the problem that I need to be able to see and use the signal inside my software.

Please help!

Sincerely
JSL

[Tania_Lozoya]

HI JSL!

When you route the signal, you can “see” in an input channel the signal been generating by the output channels being routed, but you need to create the code for the acquisition and this code must have synchronization (start trigger and same sample rate) with the generation code. Then we can use it.

If this is what you need, please let me know so that we can work on generating a little example. Can you give me more details about how is the signal (sample rates, etc.)?

Please let me know in case I misunderstood your problem.

Tania Lozoya | National Instruments

[FLAGGJSL]

Hello.

Thank you for the response.

I actually tried to rout the signal to the other cunter input, however I get the error that the resourse is reserved (I assume that it's because they share the sampling clock)... I don't want to have to physically connect the signal to an analog input, or via software because I am already aquiring a signal through another analog channel and I need the whole range of the sampling rate for this channel...

[Tania_Lozoya]

Hi JLS!

Can you tell me if you need a counter output to a counter input, digital output to digital input, counter to digital or digital to counter? So that I can start working on some example.

Thanks!

Tania Lozoya | National Instruments