Accessing the Sample Clock

[cochenob]

I wish to use the sample clock of my E-Series board to establish a time base (which will have greater resolution than LabViews standard millisecond timers).

How can I do this?

Also, do I have to be acquiring data in order to use the clock? Or, can I still access the clock to use as a counter even when I'm not taking data?

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BC

[Salvador_Santolucito]

Hi,

You can use the "timed loop" functionality in LabVIEW 7.1 to use your E-series card's timing to control your software.

Check out this example:

http://venus.ni.com/stage/we/niepd_web_display.DISPLAY_EPD4?p_answer=&p_guid=EDFBFDB844C96972E0340003BA7CCD71&p_node=%20201207&p_rank=&p_source=External&p_submitted=N

You basically set up a while loop that uses a DAQmx Task to perform timing.

-Sal