Analog out card

[Andrew York]

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I'm currently using one of these:
http://www.mccdaq.com/usb-data-acquisition/usb-3101fs.aspx

On paper, it's everything I want. However, the C DLL driver has a bug that
I'm told won't be fixed for a few months. What should I get instead?

Important features:
+/- 10 V
4 or more analog output channels (more would be nice)
Channels update simultaneously, at least 10 kS/s per channel (faster would
be nice).
Controlled by a C DLL (or python, ideally)

USB or PCI are both acceptable. I'm using Windows, but I wouldn't complain
about cross platform. I'd like the output to be "hardware clocked",
meaning, if Windows hiccups, the DAQ will still output its loaded waveforms
smoothly.

[Nuno Moreno]

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Hi,

If you can use pulse-width modulation, why don't you try Arduino? They are cheap and you can plug them with micromanager.

All the best,
Nuno Moreno

[Andrew York]

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I don't think I can use pulse-width modulation.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Nuno Moreno <[hidden email]>wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> If you can use pulse-width modulation, why don't you try Arduino? They are
> cheap and you can plug them with micromanager.
>
> All the best,
> Nuno Moreno
>