DS210x D/A Boards

DS210x D/A Boards¹⁾

Fast D/A conversion

Many control applications require D/A conversion to provide the control signals for the actuators. The DS210x D/A boards provide various channel numbers, resolutions, and speeds for you to choose from.

The end of life for this product has been set. Please see the footnote for more detailed information.

D/A boards with various resolutions, channel numbers, and speeds
Up to 32 channels, resolution up to 16 bits
Minimum settling time of 1.6 μs

Application Areas

D/A conversion is required by many rapid control prototyping applications to provide the control signal for actuators. In the other direction, in hardware-in-the-loop applications, sensors that provide analog signals have to be simulated.

Key Benefits

The D/A boards provide various channel numbers, resolutions, and speeds for you to choose from. The following table gives you an initial overview. All three boards can be configured from Simulink^® with Real-Time Interface. You can select the voltage range for each channel individually.

Board	Channels	Resolution	Sample Time ²⁾
DS2101 D/A Board	5 out	12 bit	3.0 μs
DS2102 High-Resolution D/A Board	6 out	16 bit	1.6 μs
DS2103 Multi-Channel D/A Board	32 out	14 bit	10.0 μs

Technical Details

Parameter		Specification
General		5 parallel D/A converters 12-bit resolution ±5 V, ±10 V or 0 ... +10 V output voltage range (programmable) Reset to 0 V on I/O error (programmable)
D/A channels ^{1), 2)}	Settling time	3 µs typ. (4 µs max.) to ±0.01% of FSR (full-scale range) 1 µs typ. at major carry
	Output current	±5 mA max.
	Output impedance	0.3 Ω
	Offset error	< 3 mV
	Offset drift	±10 ppm of FSR/K
	Gain drift	±30 ppm of FSR/K
	Linearity error	±1/2 LSB
	Differential linearity error	±3/4 LSB
	Monotonicity	Fully monotonic
Triggering		By software from the processor board Immediate output or simultaneous output
Physical connections		25-pin female Sub-D output connector
Host interface		One 8- or 16-bit ISA slot (power supply only)
Physical characteristics	Physical size	340 x 125 x 15 mm (13.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 in)
	Ambient temperature	0 ... 70 ºC (32 ... 158 ºF)
	Power supply	+5 V ±5%, 2.25 A

¹⁾ Speed and timing specifications describe the capabilities of the hardware components and circuits of dSPACE products. Depending on the software complexity, the attainable overall performance can deviate significantly from the hardware specification.
²⁾ Typical values at 25 °C and ±10 V output voltage range (FSR = full-scale range).

Technical Details

Parameter		Specification
General		6 parallel D/A converters 16-bit resolution ±5 V, ±10 V or 0 ... +10 V output voltage range (programmable) Reset to 0 V on I/O error (programmable)
D/A channels ^{1), 2)}	Settling time	Board revisions DS2102-01 … DS2102-04³⁾: Deglitcher disabled: 1.3 µs to ±0.025% of FSR (full-scale range) Deglitcher enabled: 2 µs to ±0.025% of FSR
	Settling time	Board revision DS2102-053): 1.6 µs to ±0.025% of FSR
	Output current	±5 mA max.
	Output impedance	±1 mV
	Offset error	0.05%
	Offset drift	±14 ppm of FSR/K
	Gain drift	±25 ppm of FSR/K
	Linearity error	±2 LSB
	Differential linearity error	±4 LSB
	Monotonicity	14 bits
	THD (total harmonic distortion)	-90 dB (at 10 KHz)
Triggering		By software from the processor board Immediate output or simultaneous output
Physical connections		37-pin female Sub-D output connector
Host interface		One 8- or 16-bit ISA slot (power supply only)
Physical characteristics	Physical size	340 x 125 x 15 mm (13.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 in)
	Ambient temperature	0 ... 70 ºC (32 ... 158 ºF)
	Power supply	+5 V ±5%, 3.3 A (DS2102-01 ... DS2102-04) +5 V ±5%, 1.6 A (DS2102-05) ±12 V ±5%, 50 mA

¹⁾ Typical values at 25 °C and ±10 V output voltage range.
²⁾ Speed and timing specifications describe the capabilities of the hardware components and circuits of dSPACE products. Depending on the software complexity, the attainable overall performance can deviate significantly from the hardware specification.
³⁾ Up to board revision DS2102-04, deglitchers are available that you can enable/disable via software (RTI or RTLib). As of board revision DS2102-05, the DS2102 uses D/A converters with reduced output spikes.

Technical Details

Parameter		Specification
General		32 parallel D/A converters 14-bit resolution ±5 V or ±10 V ouput voltage range (programmable) Reset to 0 V on I/O error (programmable)
D/A channels ^{1), 2)}	Settling time	10 µs to ±0.012% of FSR (full-scale range)
	Output current	±5 mA max.
	Offset error	±1 mV
	Gain error	±0.2% of FSR
	Offset drift	±10 ppm of FSR/K
	Gain drift	±10 ppm of FSR/K
	Differential linearity error	±1 LSB
	Monotonicity	14 bits
	THD (total harmonic distortion)	-92 dB (at 10 kHz)
Triggering		By software from the processor board Immediate output or simultaneous update in groups of four channels
Physical connections		50-pin female Sub-D output connector
Host interface		One 8- or 16-bit ISA slot (power supply only)
Physical characteristics	Physical size	340 x 125 x 15 mm (13.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 in)
	Ambient temperature	0 ... 70 ºC (32 ... 158 ºF)
	Power supply	+5 V ±5%, 3.0 A n ±12 V ±5%, 50 mA

¹⁾The end of life of the dSPACE PHS (peripheral high-speed) hardware for modular systems is planned for December 31, 2024. You can still buy the related products up to and including December 31, 2021. New Releases of dSPACE software will still support the dSPACE PHS hardware for modular systems until at least the end of 2023. After the end of life, no services of any kind will be available for these products. We advise against using the PHS hardware products in new projects. For new projects we recommend that you use SCALEXIO, the latest dSPACE technology for modular real-time systems.

²⁾ Speed and timing specifications describe the capabilities of the hardware components and circuits of dSPACE products. Depending on the software complexity, the attainable overall performance can deviate significantly from the hardware specification.