S Series Multifunction DAQ 12 or 16-Bit,
1 to 10 MS/s, 4 Analog Inputs
NI 6120, NI 6115, NI 6110, NI 6111
• 2 or 4 analog inputs; dedicated
A/D converter per channel
• 1 to 10 MS/s per channel
maximum sample rate
• Analog and digital triggering
• AC or DC coupling
• 8 input ranges from ±200 mV
to ±42 V
• 2 analog outputs at 4 MS/s single
channel or 2.5 MS/s dual channel
• 8 digital I/O lines
(5 V TTL/CMOS)
• Two 24-bit counter/timers
• Measurement services that simplify
configuration and measurements
Recommended Software
• LabVIEW 7.x or higher
• LabWindows/CVI 7.x or higher
• Measurement Studio 7.x or higher
• Digital Waveform Editor
• SignalExpress 1.x or higher
Other Compatible Software
• VI Logger 2.x or higher
• Visual Studio .NET
• Visual Basic, C/C++, and C#
Measurement Services
Software (included)
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• NI-DAQmx driver software
• Measurement & Automation
Explorer configuration utility
• VI Logger Lite data-logging software
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Mac
Operating Systems
• Windows 2000/NT/XP
• Mac OS X
• Linux
OS X and Linux applications
must use NI-DAQmx Base driver software.
Calibration Certificate Available
Analog
Inputs
4
4
4
2
Input
Resolution (bits)
16
12
12
12
Sampling
Rate (MS/s)
1
3
10
5
5
Input
Range (V)
±0.2 to ±42
±0.2 to ±42
±0.2 to ±42
±0.2 to ±42
Analog
Outputs
2
2
2
2
Max Output
Rate (MS/s)
4
1
4
1
4
1
4
1
Output
Range (V)
±10
±10
±10
±10
Digital
I/O
8
2
8
2
8
8
Counter/
Timers
2, 24-bit
2, 24-bit
2, 24-bit
2, 24-bit
Family
NI 6120
NI 6115
NI 6110
NI 6111
1
4
Bus
PCI, PXI
PCI, PXI
PCI
PCI
Triggers
Analog, digital
Analog, digital
Analog, digital
Analog, digital
MS/s single channel; 2.5 MS/s on two channels
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Hardware-timed up to 10 MB/s
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800 kS/s with NI-DAQmx, 1 MS/s with additional download. Special conditions apply.
Table 1. Channel, Speed, and Resolution Specifications
Overview and Applications
National Instruments S Series devices combine the latest in PC
technologies to deliver simultaneous-sampling, high-bandwidth
capabilities for low and high-channel-count data acquisition and control
systems. Use S Series devices in a variety of applications including:
• Stimulus/response applications where synchronization among high-
speed analog input (AI), analog output (AO), and digital I/O is required
• 42 V automotive applications
• Radar, sonar, ultrasound
• Transient/ballistics measurements
• High-energy physics
• IF digitization
Features
The NI high-performance S Series DAQ devices have the same
basic features of a typical multifunction device – eight digital I/O lines,
two counter/timers, two analog outputs, RTSI or PXI trigger bus for
multidevice synchronization, and PFI lines for software-controlled routing
of timing and triggering signals. S Series devices exceed the analog input
performance of traditional multiplexed devices with features including:
Family
NI 6120
NI 6115
NI 6110
NI 6111
1
Filter
Onboard Memory
(samples)
Antialias Filters
1
64 M
5-pole Bessel,
100 kHz
32 M or 64 M
3-pole Bessel
50 and 500 kHz
8,192
–
8,192
–
Signal
Coupling
AC and DC
AC and DC
DC
DC
Input
Configuration
Pseudodifferential
Pseudodifferential
Pseudodifferential
Pseudodifferential
DIO
Hardware-timed
Hardware-timed
Software-timed
Software-timed
can be bypassed.
Table 2. Special Features
S Series Multifunction DAQ 12 or 16-Bit,
1 to 10 MS/s, 4 Analog Inputs
Dedicated A/D Converters per Channel
– help you achieve faster
sampling rates per channel, simultaneous sampling, and better
dynamic accuracy for transient or frequency measurements.
200 mV to 42 V Input Ranges
– configure each analog input channel
to read from a very wide variety of voltage ranges. The input
impedance is lower for 20 and 42 V ranges, preserving the bandwidth
for signals with high frequencies and large amplitudes.
AC or DC Coupling
– configure analog inputs for AC or DC coupling
on a per-channel basis. AC coupling removes the DC offset for
applications only analyzing signals in the frequency domain.
Antialias Filters (NI 6115 and NI 6120)
– the antialias filters are turned
on from software on a per-channel basis. NI 6115 devices have 50 or
500 kHz filters for each channel, and NI 6120 devices have 100 kHz
filters for each channel.
Large Onboard Memory (NI 6115 and NI 6120)
– NI 6120 devices
feature a 64 MS onboard memory, and NI 6115 devices feature a
64 or 32 MS onboard memory. With the extra memory, which
requires no extra programming, you can capture high-bandwidth
signals over long periods of time, even if multiple devices are sharing
the same PCI or PXI bus.
Hardware-Timed Digital I/O
– the digital I/O lines can synchronize
with the analog input, analog output, counter/timer I/O, or an
external clock for mixed-signal measurement applications. Using the
onboard FIFO, you can achieve reliable data transfers to 10 MB/s.
Phase Locking (PXI only)
– synchronize multiple devices to a
common PXI backplane clock to preserve the phase between
measurements across multiple device analog input channels.
Figure 1. Sound and Vibration Toolkit
NI LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolkit
This toolkit includes a full set of frequency-domain analysis and
presentation tools required for sound and vibration applications.
These tools include:
• Distortion, gain, phase, cross-talk, and dynamic range measurements
• Octave analysis
• Swept-sine analysis
• Linear, exponential, and peak hold measurements
• Baseband and zoom FFT, power, FFT, power spectral density (PSD)
• Limit testing
• Short-time Fourier transform and shock response spectrum
• Weighting filters
• System calibration
• Waterfall/colormap display
NI LabVIEW Signal Processing Toolkit
This toolkit is a suite of software tools, example programs, and
utilities for time-frequency analysis and digital filter design. The
toolkit includes:
• Wavelet and filter-bank design
• Digital filter design of FIR and IIR filters
• Joint time-frequency analysis (JTFA) with the Gabor spectrograph
• High-frequency resolution model-based spectral estimation for
small datasets
Professional Analysis and
Presentation Toolkits
There are several analysis and presentation add-on toolkits available
from National Instruments that help make you more productive
when developing custom applications with your S Series devices.
Turn your S Series device into a transient recorder, spectrum
analyzer, or one of several other instruments with these toolkits.
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S Series Multifunction DAQ 12 or 16-Bit,
1 to 10 MS/s, 4 Analog Inputs
NI Spectral Measurements Toolkit
This toolkit includes all of the analysis and presentation tools to
convert your S Series device into a full-featured spectrum analyzer.
The toolkit includes:
• Measurements such as in-band power and adjacent-channel power
• 3D spectrogram
• Analog modulation and demodulation
• I-Q data for digital demodulation
• Highly optimized FFT processing
SCXI is limited to 100 kS/s for 16-bit accuracy and 333 kS/s for
12-bit accuracy when used in multiplexed mode. However, in
parallel mode, the sample rate is limited by the maximum scan rate
of the data acquisition device. When SCXI is used in parallel mode
with S Series, all channels are simultaneously sampled and the
sampling rate is limited by the S Series device, from 250 kS/s per
channel to 10 MS/s per channel.
Measurement Services Software
National Instruments measurement services software, built
around NI-DAQmx driver software, includes intuitive application
programming interfaces, configuration tools, I/O assistants, and
other tools designed to reduce system setup, configuration, and
development time.
Automatic Code Generation
– DAQ Assistant is an interactive guide
that helps you navigate through configuring, testing, and programming
measurement tasks and automatically generates the necessary code
for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, or Measurement Studio.
Cleaner Code Development
– Basic and advanced software functions
have been combined into one easy-to-use yet powerful set to help
you build cleaner code and move from basic to advanced
applications without replacing functions.
High-Performance Driver Engine
– NI-DAQmx delivers maximum
I/O system throughput with a multithreaded driver.
Test Panels
– With the Measurement & Automation Explorer
configuration utility, you can test all of your module functionality
before you begin development.
Scaled Channels
– Easily scale your voltage data into the proper
engineering units using the NI-DAQmx Measurement Ready virtual
channels by choosing from a list of common sensors and signals or
creating your own custom scale.
Data-Logging Software –
VI Logger Lite is configuration-based
software designed specifically for data logging. Features include
easy logging and viewing of data, data extraction to Microsoft
Excel, and code generation in LabVIEW.
LabVIEW Integration
– All NI-DAQmx functions create the
waveform data type, which carries acquired data and timing
information directly into more than 400 LabVIEW built-in analysis
routines for display of results in engineering units on a graph.
High-Performance Data Throughput
Using NI-DAQmx driver software and S Series, you can take full
advantage of your PC’s throughput potential, which is useful in
many applications including transient recording.
Flexible Data Transfer
With NI-DAQmx, you can choose where to accumulate data – on the
onboard memory, PC RAM memory, or PC hard drive memory.
Thus, you can balance your PC application requirements and
stream-to-disk/memory capabilities. In any case, NI-DAQmx
optimizes data transfers by using DMA (direct memory access) and
transferring large chunks of data, while ensuring no data loss. You
can also choose the format of your data, further optimizing
throughput. Choices include raw (binary), scaled, or the high-level
waveform data type. Using these techniques, you can achieve rates of
more than 40 MS/s sustained over the PCI/PXI bus to hard drive
(depending on the PC).
Data Compaction
With the release of NI-DAQmx 7.4 or later, data compaction is
available for stream-to-disk applications. The NI-DAQmx
compaction feature strips unused or unwanted bits of data from
each sample taken from your S Series device before it is permanently
recorded to hard disk. This is helpful because hard drives are
typically the throughput bottleneck compared to the PCI/PXI bus
and PC RAM memory read/write speed. Using data compression,
users with standard hard drives can see up to 20 percent higher
throughput when streaming-to-disk.
Signal Conditioning
With the release of NI-DAQmx 7.4 or later, all S Series devices are
compatible with parallel-mode SCXI modules.
Model
SCXI-1520
SCXI-1125
SCXI-1141/2/3
Description
Universal Strain Gage Input
Isolation Amplifier
8-Pole Lowpass Filters
Channels
8
8
8
Table 3. Most Popular Parallel-Mode SCXI Modules
NI-DAQmx Base Driver
NI-DAQmx Base (available at
ni.com/downloads)
offers Mac OS X
and Linux users a programming interface similar to NI-DAQmx. It
includes ready-to-use LabVIEW VIs and C function features similar
to those included in NI-DAQmx driver software.
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S Series Multifunction DAQ 12 or 16-Bit,
1 to 10 MS/s, 4 Analog Inputs
CH0+
CH0–
CH1+
CH1–
CH2+
CH2–
CH3+
CH3–
AI CH3
Mux
AI CH2
Mux
AI CH1
Mux
AI CH0
Mux
+
CH0
Amplifier
–
+
CH1
Amplifier
–
+
CH2
Amplifier
–
+
CH3
Amplifier
–
Anti-
Aliasing
Filter
CH0
12-Bit
ADC
12
CH0
Latch
Data (16)
Anti-
Aliasing
Filter
CH1
12-Bit
ADC
12
CH1
Latch
Data (16)
Anti-
Aliasing
Filter
CH2
12-Bit
ADC
12
CH2
Latch
Data (16)
Control
ADC
FIFO
Data (32)
Generic Mini
PCI
Bus
Bus
MITE
Interface
Interface
Address/Data
Anti-
Aliasing
Filter
CH3
12-Bit
ADC
12
CH3
Latch
Data (16)
I/O Connector
Calibration
Mux
2
Analog
Trigger
Circuitry
Trigger
Counter/
Timing I/O
Analog Input
Timing/Control
AI Control
EEPROM
IRQ
DMA
Trigger
Trigger Level
DACs
PFI / Trigger
DMA/IRQ
Bus
Interface
RTSI Bus
Interface
Analog Input
Control
DAQ-STC
Bus Interface
Analog
Output Control
EEPROM
Control
FPGA
DIO
Control
DMA
Interface
DIO
FIFO
I/O Bus
Interface
Timing
STC DIO (8)
Digital I/O (8)
DIO
Mux
DIO FIO
DAQ - STC
Analog Output
Timing/Control
Digital I/O
AO Control
FPGA Digital I/O (8)
DAC0
Data (12)
DAC
FIFO
Data (32)
DAC1
RTSI Bus
Calibration
DACs
Figure 2. NI 6120 and NI 6115 Hardware Block Diagram
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PXI/CompactPCI Bus
S Series Multifunction DAQ 12 or 16-Bit,
1 to 10 MS/s, 4 Analog Inputs
Voltage
REF
Calibration
DACs
Gain
Amplifier
ACH0+
ACH0-
ACH1+
ACH1-
ACH2+
ACH2-
ACH3+
ACH3-
1
AI CH0
Mux
AI CH1
Mux
AI CH2
1
Mux
AI CH3
1
Mux
Not available on PCI-6111
+
-
CH0
12-Bit ADC
CH1
12-Bit ADC
CH2
12-Bit ADC
CH3
12-Bit ADC
ADC
FIFO
Generic
Bus
Interface
MITE
PCI
Bus
Interface
+
-
+
-
Control
+
-
Address/Data
I/O Connector
AI Control
Data (32)
Calibration
Mux
Trigger Level
DACs
Trigger
PFI / Trigger
EEPROM
Address (5)
Analog
Trigger
Circuitry
Trigger
Counter/
Timing I/O
Digital I/O
Analog Input
Timing/Control
DMA/
Interrupt
Request
Bus
Interface
RTSI Bus
Interface
IRQ
DMA
Analog
Input
Control
DAQ-STC
Bus
Interface
Analog
Output
Control
EEPROM
Control
DMA
Interface
Timing
DAQ - STC
Analog Output
Timing/Control
MIO
Interface
I/O
Bus
Interface
Digital I/O (8)
AO Control
DAC0
DAC1
DAC
FIFO
Data (32)
Calibration
DACs
RTSI Bus
Figure 3. NI 6110 and 6111 Hardware Block Diagram
Ordering Information
PCI
PXI
NI PCI-6120 ..................................................................778397-01
NI PCI-6115 with
32 MS ........................................................................778534-01
64 MS ........................................................................778554-01
NI PCI-6111 ..................................................................777530-01
NI PCI-6110 ..................................................................777475-01
NI PXI-6115 with
32 MS ........................................................................778194-01
64 MS ........................................................................778204-01
NI PXI-6120 ..................................................................778396-01
Includes data acquisition driver software.
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