Chapter 7 Counters
© National Instruments 7-31 X Series User Manual
Single Pulse Generation with Start Trigger
The counter can output a single pulse in response to one pulse on a
hardware Start Trigger signal. The pulse appears on the Counter n Internal
Output signal of the counter.
You can route the Start Trigger signal to the Gate input of the counter. You
can specify a delay from the Start Trigger to the beginning of the pulse. You
also can specify the pulse width. The delay and pulse width are measured
in terms of a number of active edges of the Source input.
After the Start Trigger signal pulses once, the counter ignores the Gate
input.
Figure 7-28 shows a generation of a pulse with a pulse delay of four and a
pulse width of three (using the rising edge of Source).
Figure 7-28. Single Pulse Generation with Start Trigger
Pulse Train Generation
Refer to the following sections for more information about the X Series
pulse train generation options:
• Finite Pulse Train Generation
• Retriggerable Pulse or Pulse Train Generation
• Continuous Pulse Train Generation
• Finite Implicit Buffered Pulse Train Generation
• Continuous Buffered Implicit Pulse Train Generation
• Finite Buffered Sample Clocked Pulse Train Generation
• Continuous Buffered Sample Clocked Pulse Train Generation
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