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The Universal Driver is provided by Diamond Systems free of charge to owners of relevant Diamond products, and is included with every order. It may also be downloaded from the company's website. Complete details on the Universal Driver are available from Diamond's online Universal Driver Reference Manual.

 Online Universal Driver Reference Manual

The Universal Driver also provides low-level functions to enable read/write operations directly to the board registers for custom applications. This is useful in some operating systems where direct I/O access to hardware is normally prohibited.
 

 Low-Level Read/Write Support

The Universal Driver includes advanced counting/timing functions such as frequency/period measurement and pulse width modulation. It also has support for the watchdog timer circuit on our single board computers.

 Counter/Timer & Watchdog Support

Each board has its own set of example programs for most or all of the applicable functions. The programs are provided both in source code and pre-compiled for each supported operating system. The programs are extensively commented, so you can get familiar with the Universal Driver quickly. In addition, the example programs are provided with project files with all the necessary settings, so you can use it as a starting point and recompile it with a minimum of hassle.

 Extensive Programming Examples

Write your own interrupt routine and have it execute each time your board generates an interrupt. Your own code can run together with, or instead of, the standard interrupt routines. For example, you can provide real-time FFT calculations on analog data as it is acquired, or you can synchronize your code to run at a programmed interval or in response to an external event.

 User Interrupts

The Universal Driver provides full support for the advanced autocalibration features of Diamond's line of analog I/O boards. Calibrate your board as often as you want with simple software commands.

 Auto-calibration

The Universal Driver's command syntax is consistent from board to board and across operating systems. You can re-target your application for a different board or operating system with a minimum of re-engineering.

 Consistent API

Control up to 16 I/O boards simultaneously, including multiple units of the same board type.

 Multi-board Operation

Key features of the Universal Driver are described in the table below.

 Key Features

The Universal Driver tool kit is included free with all of Diamond's single-board computers, embedded-ready subsystems, and I/O expansion modules that integrate data acquisition functions. It provides a high level C language interface for DOS, Windows, Windows CE, and Linux. Multiple libraries are provided to support each operating system. Additionally, example programs and projects are provided for use with Borland, Microsoft, and the GNU C compilers.

DSC Universal Driver
The Diamond Systems' Universal Driver is a software toolkit that provides C programming language support for most Diamond products having on-board data acquisition functions. Supported features include analog I/O, digital I/O, timer/counter controllers, and watch-dog timers.

The Diamond Systems' Universal Driver is a software toolkit that provides C programming language