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Applications:

• Rapid Control Prototyping

• Real-Time Simulation• Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing• Robotics• Hardware Controller Design• Monitor & Control Production

Equipment• Process Control• Automation• And Many More

Designed by controls engineers FOR controls engineers!

Description

Quanser's innovative Q8 Hardware-in-the-Loop (H.I.L.) Control Board is a versatile and powerfulreal-time measurement and control board offering an extensive range of hardware features andsoftware support.

This robust single-board solution was developed for multifaceted control systems and complexmeasurement applications. With the Q8’s wide range of inputs and outputs, you can easilyconnect and control a wide variety of devices instrumented with analog and digital sensors, includingquadrature encoders – all with one board!

The open-architecture Q8 is extensively supported by leading real-time targets including QuaRC,xPC and RT-Lab. The Q8 SDK also provides APIs for C, C++, ActiveX, .NET, LabVIEW, MATLABand MATRIXx. Windows XP driver is provided together with Ardence RTX drivers for real-timeoperations. The Q8 supports the tools and environments you work with every day, regardless of

your design.

With ultra-low I/O conversion times and simultaneous sampling of each I/O type, the Q8 is idealfor all complex controls configurations. Additional Q8 boards can be added in an unlimited master-slave arrangement to support more I/O channels.

Visit www.quanser.com/qstudiorp for additional information regarding software tools and boardfeatures.

Key Features

• Optimized for real-time control performance with proven real-time targets or custom code

• No expensive or inflexible DSP used, all processing via CPU

• Quick-connect terminal board and cabling provided• Programmable counters and watchdog timer for maximum safety and flexibility

• Full register information provided for custom driver development

• Multiple OS compatibility: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Ardence RTX, QNX

• Multiple boards configurable in master-slave approach

Requirements

• Full-Size PCI Slot (board is 275mm x 98mm / 11" x 3 15/16")

Q8 High-Performance H.I.L. Control Board

C O N T R O L S O L U T I O N S

Product Information Sheet C1 - 1 - rev. D

• Extensive I/O:- 8 A/D- 8 D/A- 8 encoder inputs- 32 DIO

• Simultaneous sampling ofall A/D, encoder and DIO

• Simultaneous update ofD/A and DIO

• Supported by industrialreal-time targets:

- QuaRC for Windows- QuaRC for QNX- xPC- RT-LAB

• Q8 SDK supports manyAPIs & drivers

Also availablein Q4 version

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Products and/or services referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quanser Inc. and/or its affiliates. Other product and companynames mentioned herein are trademarks or registered t rademarks of their respective owners. © 2008 Quanser Inc. All rights reserved. Specificationsare subject to change without notice. Errors and omissions excepted.

Q8 High-Performance H.I.L. Control Board

C O N T R O L S O L U T I O N S

Product Information Sheet C1 - 2 - rev. D

Specificationand Features

G ENERAL

Interface PCIPCI Bus Width 32-bi tBus Speed 33 MHz

A NALOG INPUTS

Channels 8 SEResolution 14-bi tInput Range ( fixed) ± 10VConversion Time & Sampling Frequency* 1 o r 2 c ha nn el s s im ul ta ne ou s 5 .2 µ s / 1 92 k HzA ll 8 c ha nn el s s im ul ta ne ou s 1 7. 8 µ s / 5 6 k Hz* The values above are measurements of the computation time of the

I/O specified. On-board hardware FIFO allows A/D conversions to beperformed in the background by the hardware, thus permitting controlcalculations and A/D to be overlapped.

Features Simultaneous Sample & Hold

A NALOG O UTPUTS

Channels 8Resolution 12-bi tSlew Rate 2.5 V / µs

Output range:Bipolar: ± 5V, ± 10VUnipolar : 0-10V

Conversion Time ** 1 channel 0.62 µs2 channels simultaneous 0.62 µs8 channels simultaneous 1.35 µs** The values above are measurements of time to write to the D/A.

On-board double-buffering allows D/A conversions to be performed inthe background by the hardware, thus permitting control calculationsand D/A to be overlapped.

Features Individual mode and gain selectabilityKnown state on power-up or resetSimultaneous output

E NCODER INPUT COUNTERS

Quadrature Encoder Inputs supported 8Counter size 24-bitMax. A and B Frequency in Quadrature 2 MHzMax. Count Frequency in 4X Quadrature 8 MHzMax. Count Frequency in Non-quadrature 15 MHzConversion Time Single Encoder Read 2.50 µs4 Simultaneous Encoder Reads 2.50 µsAll 8 channels simultaneous 4.72 µsFeatures Simultaneous SamplingSingle-Ended InputsNon-quadrature (count/direction) and 1X, 2X or 4Xquadrature modesExtensive Index Pulse Signal SupportIndividually programmable count and index modes,and filter clocksTTL/CMOS compatible

D IGITAL I/ ONumber of l ines 32Conversion Time Single Digi tal Output 0.18 µs

M ul ti pl e D ig it al Ou tp ut (3 2 l in es ) 0 .1 8 µ sSingle Digi tal Input 0.68 µsM ul ti pl e D ig it al I np ut ( 32 l in es ) 0 .7 9 µsFeatures Totem-pole outputsKnown state on power-up or resetIndividually Software ProgrammableSingle access read/write of all channels

G ENERAL P URPOSE C OUNTER -T IMERS

Number of counter- timers 2Counter-Timer Size 32-bi tTimer Resolut ion 30 nsFeatures Configurable as PWM OutputsOne Counter Configurable as Watchdog TimerOne Counter Allows Hardware Gating

Software enabling/disablingW ATCHDOG T IMERS (reconfigured GP Counter-Timers)

User programmable Watchdog Timers 1Features Software enabling/disablingAutomatic reset of Analog Outputs & Digital I/O

PWM O UTPUTS (reconfigured GP Counter-Timers)

User-programmable PWM outputs 2

E XTRA F EATURES

Fused Encoder Section with LED statusFuse monitoring with watchdog and interrupt capability55 configurable interrupt sourcesExternal A/D Triggering Support

S OFTWARE S UPPORT

Real-Time Target Support ***

Quanser QuaRC for Windows®

, QuaRC for QNXThe Mathworks xPC TargetOPAL-RT RT-LABNational Instruments LabVIEW*** Software support provided by their respective vendors.

OS Drivers Microsoft ® Windows ® XP and Windows Vista ®

QN X ®

Ardence RTXAPI CC+ +ActiveX.NET (VB, C#, C++ and others)LabVIEWMATLABMATRIXx