Keithley KPCI-3116A

The Keithley KPCI-3116A is a multifunction data acquisition board for PCI bus systems, delivering 16-bit analog input and output capabilities alongside digital I/O and counter/timer functionality. This board integrates high-speed analog acquisition, precision waveform generation, and real-time digital control in a single PCI form factor, enabling demanding measurement and control applications across engineering and laboratory environments.

Technical Specifications Analog Input

16-bit resolution

32 single-ended or 16 differential input channels

Sampling speed: Up to 250 kS/s

Input range: -10 V to +10 V

Programmable gains: 1, 2, 4, 8

1024-location channel-gain queue

Triggered and continuously-paced scan modes

Pre-trigger, post-trigger, and about-trigger capability

Analog or digital trigger sources

Up to 256 re-triggers per scan; 262,144 samples maximum per trigger Analog Output

2 high-resolution DAC outputs

Output speed: Up to 200 kS/s

16-bit resolution (0 to 65535 code range for 10 V output)

20 kHz configurable output filters Digital I/O

16 programmable lines (two 8-line banks)

Scanning speed: Up to 3 MHz

Dynamic digital input integration with analog channel-gain queue

2 auxiliary digital outputs for analog-triggered synchronization Counter/Timers

4 user-accessible 16-bit counter/timers

Event counting, frequency measurement, one-shot and frequency output modes

Configurable duty cycle and output polarity Bus Interface

PCI bus with bus mastering support

Key Features

High-speed simultaneous sampling via triggered scan mode with sample-and-hold emulation

Integrated analog and digital measurement in single acquisition queue

Time-stamped digital input relative to analog channels

32-bit DriverLINX software drivers with Windows OS support

Typical Applications Multichannel data logging, real-time process control, waveform synthesis and analysis, event timing, and synchronized analog-digital measurement systems.

Compatibility & Integration Supports LabVIEW, ExceLINX, VisualSCOPE, and TestPoint environments. Includes bundled application software and startup utilities.