M.2-ADIO16-8FDS Family
M.2 Card with 8 Single-Ended or 4 Differential Analog Inputs, 4 Analog Outputs, & 16 DIO
FEATURES
- M.2 2260/2280 “B/M” size Card with latching I/O connectors
- 16-Bit 1MSPS Complete Data Acquisition System
- Sustained Sampling Rates Up To 1MHz
- High Impedance, 8-Channel Input: 1 MΩ
- Differential Input Voltage Ranges from ±0.64V to ±24.576V
- Flexible, Software Configured Functionality
- 8 Pseudo-differential (Single-Ended) or 4 Differential Inputs
- Fast DMA transfers from 4 kSample FIFO
- Four 16-Bit Analog Outputs
- Independently Programmable Output Ranges:
0V To 5V, 0V To 10V, ±2.5V, ±5V, ±10V - Outputs Drive ±10Ma Guaranteed
- FDS models support Waveform playback on 1, 2, 3, or 4 DACs simultaneously at up to 1MHz (aggregate)
- Independently Programmable Output Ranges:
- Onboard Watchdog with status output
- FDS models include ADC CH 0 Low/High Threshold Alarms / IRQs
- 16 Digital lines with alternate functions including ADC and DAC Trigger
- RoHS Standard
- Available in PCI Express Mini (mPCIe) form!
- Designed, made, supported, and manufactured in the USA
FACTORY OPTIONS
- 4-20mA or 10-50mA ADC input ranges
(Single Ended or Differential options) - Digital Integration Features: Pulse and PWM generation and measurement, edge-specific IRQs and counting.
- Extended temperature operation (-40°C to +85°C)
- Support for Wind River VxWorks (call for ordering information)
Price range: $249.00 through $669.00
In StockDescription
The M.2-ADIO16-8F is an ideal solution for adding high-speed analog I/O capabilities to any computer with an M.2 slot.
The M.2-ADIO16-8F is a 16-bit resolution A/D & D/A board with 16 flexible digital I/O, with 8 single ended or 4 differential analog inputs. Each channel can be independently software configured to accept any input ranges.
Sixteen digital I/O configured in 9 “I/O Groups” as input or output per group. Bits 0-7 form one group, and bits 8-15 can be configured for input/output mode individually. The digital inputs implement various “alternate functions” including external trigger of ADC or DAC.
Four analog outputs with uni- and bipolar 5 and 10 volt ranges and a ±2.5V range round out the feature set.
The “FDS” model includes a new DMA-driven hardware-timed buffered DAC output feature, “DAC Waveform Streaming”. This feature allows one or more of the DACs to output voltage levels at a software-configurable rate as high as 1 million samples/second. Although the maximum rate is divided by the number of DACs being used, all DACs’ outputs update simultaneously on the hardware clock’s tick — all four DACs can output simultaneous data at 250 kilosamples/second, or one at 1 MHz! All the data is transfered by DMA to minimize CPU utilization, with IRQs so applications can send additional buffers of data as needed.
This tiny analog I/O board provides the user with everything needed to start acquiring and controlling signals in a variety of applications. The mPCIe-ADIO16-8F data acquisition board can be used in many current real-world applications such as embedded equipment monitoring, precision PC-based and portable environmental measurements, and mobile data acquisition. The board is designed to be used in rugged industrial environments and is double sided, mPCIe F1 sized.
Applications: Optical Networking, Instrumentation, Multichannel Data Acquisition and system monitoring, Automatic Test Equipment, Process Control and Industrial Automation, Power line monitoring.
Accessories and Connections
Available accessories include a variety of screw terminal boards for quick and easy connectivity as well as 2mm and 2.5mm mounting hardware. Alternately, custom hardware cables and/or interfaces can be produced to fit your specific application requirement.
SOFTWARE
The card is supported for use in most operating systems and includes a free Linux and Windows compatible software package. This package contains sample programs and source code in C#, Delphi, and Visual C++ for Windows. Also provided is a graphical setup program in Windows. Linux support includes installation files and basic samples for programming from user level via an open source kernel driver. Third party support includes a Windows standard DLL interface usable from the most popular application programs. Embedded OS support includes the family of Windows Operating Systems including IoT. ACCES is also now offering a VxWorks driver/library for the ultimate real-time process monitoring and control solution.
Custom M.2 DAQ Solutions (MCOTS)
As a leading provider of M.2-format DAQ solutions, ACCES supports MCOTS customization of channels, ranges, isolation, sampling behavior, firmware, thermal solutions, and connector changes. If you need a highly integrated M.2 solution tailored to your platform, our engineering team can turn around a modified version quickly.
Downloads
Data Sheets
Manuals
Software
- M.2- and mPCIe-ADIO16-8F Software Package ( -- Last Uploaded 2025-05-07)
Drivers and Downloads
Full list of available Downloads: Software Packages, Drivers, Manuals, and other documents
Information about our Free Software packages:
ACCES is proud to provide a full suite of software support with every Data Acquisition product. We are committed to supporting the most popular operating systems and platforms for our customers. Currently we are actively supporting 7 -> 11, both 32 & 64 bit, including “Server 2008,” “Embedded,” and “Compact” flavors for all plug-and-play products including PCI, PCI Express, USB, and more. Many products continue to ship with support for additional operating systems such as DOS, Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, and XP.
Samples
Among the software we deliver with our products are sample programs in a wide variety of programming languages. These samples are used to demonstrate the software interfaces to our products — and many can be used as-is in your production environments, or to test functionality of the devices out-of-the-box. We’re currently actively supporting sample programs in Microsoft Visual C#, and Delphi, with many devices including samples in Visual Basic (5 and .NET), Visual C/C++, and Borland C/C++ 3.1 for DOS. Additionally we provide National Instruments LabVIEW compatible DLLs and many demonstration VIs for our devices.
Drivers
Drivers for various operating systems are also provided, including active support for Windows 7 -> 11 — all in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors, and including consumer, server, and embedded varieties — as well as the 2.6 and newer Linux kernels and recent OSX / macOS versions. Many products continue to ship with driver support for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, Windows 2000, XP, and more, but support for these operating systems is considered deprecated.
Setup Programs and Utilities
Our Data Acquisition devices also include a graphical setup utility that walks you through the process of configuring any option jumpers or switches on the device, as well as explaining a little about the various connectors present.
Many devices also include utility programs – little tools to make your use of the device easier, such as EWriter, a program that allows you to read and write data in the user-accessible EEPROM locations on all our USB data acquisition products; or WinRISC, a “Really Incredibly Simple Communications” terminal program that lets you get started instantly with serial devices.
“Register Level” Documentation
Besides all this software in all these languages and operating systems ACCES has a policy of open and transparent development: none of our lowest-level “register” interfaces are hidden from you — we document every register in every bus card, every command in every serial board, and every usb control transfer in every USB Data Acquisition board. These lowest-level interfaces allow you to develop for our products in ANY operating system or language, regardless of our actively supporting it or having a driver for it. We have customers actively developing in ADA, Android, Python, Java, MATLAB, Solaris, and more, just by referring to our complete low-level interface documentation! And we provide the full source code to all of our drivers, regardless of operating system, to give you an even bigger head start in your own development tasks.
No Fees or Royalties
All of this software is provided at no additional charge, and is licensed under any of a variety of flexible — and royalty free — options. Check out our software license explanation if you’d like more information.
Custom Software
ACCES also offers Custom Software Services for our products. Our prices are unbelievably low, often as inexpensive as free! If you need something tweaked to support your needs, or an entire enterprise application developed from scratch, it is definitely worth your time to inquire with us, first.
Further information about available ACCES Software:
Redistributing Windows Drivers
A list of ACCES drivers and the files that compose them under different versions of Windows, so you can easily redistribute ACCES cards and drivers.
PC Interface
- M.2 2260/2280 with B & M key1.2
Analog Inputs
- ADC Type: Successive Approximation
- Resolution: 16-bit
- Sampling Rate: 1 Msamples/second aggregate
- Number of Channels: 8 Single Ended or 4 Differential (software selectable)
- Ranges: ±12, ±10, ±5, ±2.5, ±1.25, ±0.625, ±0.3125V with 0, 0, ±5.12, ±7.68, ±8.96, ±9.60, ±9.92V common mode rejection, respectively (software selectable, per-channel)
- 4-20mA or 10-50mA: Factory Option
- Accuracy: 0.094% Full-Scale (FS) Uncalibrated, 0.0015% FS Calibrated (for best accuracy, system calibration is recommended)
- Integral Nonlinearity Error: ±0.6 LSB to ±1.5 LSB depending on gain
- No Missing Codes: 16 bits
- Input Impedance: >500MΩ
- Overvoltage Protection: Current limiting through 2 KΩ
- Crosstalk: -120dB @ 10kHz
Analog Outputs
- Number: 4
- Type: Single-Ended
- Resolution: 16-bit
- Unipolar Ranges: 0-5V, 0-10V (factory option)
- Bipolar Ranges: ±2.5V, ±5V, ±10V (default)
- Settling Time: 20 μs typical, ±10 V (±1 LSB at 16 bits)
- Slew Rate: 5V / μs
- Waveform Update Rate: 1 MSPS ÷ Number of DACs streaming (FDS models only)
- Output Current: ±10mA per channel
Digital Inputs/Outputs
- Lines: 16, one 8-bit I/O Group and eight 1-bit I/O Groups, each software configurable as input or output
- Input voltage:
- Logic low: 0V to 0.8V
- Logic high: 2V to 5V
- Input current: ±20µA (max)
- Output voltage:
- Logic low: 0V to 0.55V
- Logic high: 2V to 5V
- Output current:
- Logic low: 64mA sink (max)
- Logic high: 32mA source (max)
- Alternate Functions: ADC Conversion Start, ADC Scan Start, ADC Trigger, ADC Gate, DAC Trigger (“LDAC”), External IRQ
Environmental
- Temperature
- Operating: 0°C to 70°C (order -T option for industrial temperature -40°C to +85°C)
- Storage: -40°C to 105°C
- Humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing
- Power required: +3.3VDC @ 300ma (typical)
Physical
- Weight:5.8 grams (plus 22.2g for the cable)
- Length:80mm with breakaway to shorten to 60mm
- Width: 22mm
- I/O connector
- On-card: Molex 501190-4017 40-pin latching
- Mating: Molex 501189-4010
Regulatory Compliance
- This product is designed to be in full compliance with CE requirements.
| Model | Description | Price (USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.2-ADIO16-8FDS | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 1M Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO with Waveform Output feature | $669.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO16-8F | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 1M Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $569.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO16-8A | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 500K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $499.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO16-8E | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 250K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $414.00 | |
| M.2-ADI16-8F | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 1M Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $489.00 | |
| M.2-ADI16-8A | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 500K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $414.00 | |
| M.2-ADI16-8E | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 16-Bit 250K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $334.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO12-8A | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 500K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $399.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO12-8 | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 250K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $364.00 | |
| M.2-ADIO12-8E | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 100K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO, 4 AO | $329.00 | |
| M.2-ADI12-8A | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 500K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $324.00 | |
| M.2-ADI12-8 | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 250K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $289.00 | |
| M.2-ADI12-8E | M.2 Card, 8 SE or 4 Diff 12-Bit 100K Samples/sec AI, 16 DIO | $249.00 |
| Model Options | |
|---|---|
| -T | Extended Temperature Operation (-40° to +85°C) |
| -I | 4-20mA inputs (Single-ended) |
| -ID | 4-20mA inputs (Differential) |
| -PD | Pull downs on digital bits |
| -Sxx | Special configurations (10-50mA inputs, input voltage dividers, conformal coating, etc.) |
| -VCCIO | User-supplied digital I/O VCC |
| Accessories | |
| Cable to DB37M Connector | |
| CAB-mPCIe & M.2-ADIO | Cable, Twisted pair, Molex 40 pin to Male DB37, 9″ $39 |
| LF-BRK-P9259-37 | Mounting bracket for DB37M on CAB-mPCIe-AIO |
| Direct Connect Terminal Board to DB37 | |
| ADAP37F-MINI | Direct plug-on terminal board mates with DB37M on CAB-mPCIe-AIO $40 |
| Cable Connectivity to DB37 | |
| CAB37-18 | Cable, Ribbon, DB37F-F, 18″ (Other lengths available) |
| STB-37 | Screw terminal board, DB37M, DIN-rail mountable |
| Mounting Hardware | |
| DIN-SNAP-6 | 6” SNAPTRACK, DIN-Rail mounting clips to mount an STB-37 $15 |
| mPCIe-HDW-KIT2 | 2mm mounting hardware kit $1 |
| mPCIe-HDW-KIT2.5 | 2.5mm mounting hardware kit $1 |