General |
| Operating system: |
Windows 95 or
later |
| Stimulus source: |
Bitmap files |
| Drawing technology: |
DirectDraw 5 or later |
| Application control: |
ActiveX (COM) |
| Digital IO: |
National Instruments digital
boards |
| Documentation: |
90 pages, including a programming tutorial |
Graphics
|
| Graphic modes: |
All modes supported by the
system |
| Color coding depth: |
8, 16 and 32 bit |
| Palette selection: |
YES (8 bit color depth) |
Stimulus presentation
|
| Maximum number
of bitmap images: |
32768 |
| Maximum number of films: |
2048 |
| Maximum script
size: |
unlimited |
| Film construction: |
concatenated bitmap files |
| Maximum film size: |
unlimited |
| Bitmap operations: |
Position, Show, Hide, Smooth move |
| Film operations: |
Position, Show, Stop, Speed,
Frame change |
Temporal accuracy
|
| Stimulus events: |
Screen refresh rate |
| Alignment of stimulus events and output TTL
pulses: |
< 5 µs |
Response time
to TTL pulses:
|
|
IO Dedicated: |
|
< 5 µs |
Updating
stimuli: |
|
1 ms |
| Accuracy of time measurement: |
|
IO Dedicated: |
|
< 10 µs |
Updating stimuli: |
|
~1 ms |
Client control
|
| ActiveX interface: |
27 functions, 6 read values,
3 set values |
| Remote control over LAN: |
YES (Client-Server through DCOM) |
| Tested environments
for ActiveX control demos: |
Matlab, LavVIEW, Borland Builder
C++, Visual C++, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Borland Delphi |
Digital IO |
| Maximum number
of ports used: |
3 (output TTL, input TTL,
output label) |
| Duration of generated TTL pulses: |
1 ms ± 5 µs |
| Setup: |
Automatic IO board detection,
built in test utility |
Recommended hardware |
| Processor: |
700 MHz or faster, fast data
bus |
| RAM: |
128 MB or more |
| Hard disk space: |
300 MB (full installation) |
| Graphic card: |
DirectDraw support, large RAM |
| Digital IO board: |
National Instruments PCI-6503 |
Debugging |
| Log file: |
Invoked functions, screen
frames, parameters |
| Onscreen monitoring: |
Loaded images, Drawing/idle time, Frame skips,
Application state, IO board state, File path, Label |
| Browsing loaded images: |
Bitmaps, Films, Palettes |
