I. Basic Information

Product Name: PCI-4452

Manufacturer: National Instruments NI

Product Type: PCI Bus Dynamic Signal Acquisition Card DSA

Status: Out of Production. No new stock available after 2026.

Alternative Model: PXIe-4452

Part Number: 778317-01

II. Main Applications

Vibration testing, acoustic measurement, noise analysis, audio testing, modal analysis, industrial equipment fault diagnosis

III. Analog Input

Number of channels: 4 differential synchronous sampling

Resolution: 16-bit Delta-Sigma ADC

Sampling rate: 5kS/s to 204.8kS/s programmable

Bandwidth: DC to 95kHz

Dynamic range: 90dB

Total harmonic distortion: -90dB at 1kHz

Input coupling: software selectable AC/DC

Input range (software programmable)

Gain: 0.1 ±42.4V

Gain: 0.316 ±31.6V

Gain: 1 ±10V

Gain: 3.16 ±3.16V

Gain: 10 ±1V

IV. Analog Output AO

Number of channels: 2 synchronous update

Resolution: 16-bit

Update rate: up to 51.2kS/s

Output range: ±10V

Bandwidth: DC to 20kHz

V. Digital IO and Counter

Digital IO: 8 channels 5V TTL bidirectional

Counter: 2 channels 24-bit for pulse encoding and frequency measurement

VI. Synchronization and Triggering

Triggering methods: software trigger, hardware trigger, external trigger

Synchronization bus: supports RTSI bus, multi-card synchronization

Anti-aliasing: built-in high-order low-pass filter, no external filtering required

VII. Electrical and Mechanical

Bus interface: PCI 2.0 32-bit 33MHz

Board size: standard PCI half-length card, full-height

Power supply: PCI slot 5V, no external power supply required

Operating temperature: 0 to 55 degrees Celsius

Relative humidity: 10% to 90% without condensation

VIII. Software Support

Driver: NI-DAQmx compatible with LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Visual Studio

Operating system: Windows XP, 7, 10 32/64-bit

IX. Key Features

4-channel synchronous acquisition, 2 channels more than PCI-4451

16-bit high precision, low noise, low distortion

AC/DC coupling selectable, multi-range programmable

Built-in anti-aliasing filter, multi-card synchronization RTSI

Suitable for multi-channel vibration and acoustic measurement