Electronic circuit card and corresponding signal acquisition and generation system, including one or more programmable digital matrix switches

A data acquisition and generation system, comprising:

• an electronic circuit card for a system for acquiring and generating signals, comprising:
• (1) means for conditioning input signals of at least two types chosen from the following types:
• digital, discrete, and analog;
• means for binary modulation of said input signals;
• processing resources for processing the input signals, including at least one resource for processing input signals of one of the two types and at least one other resource for processing input signals of the other type;
• a programmable digital matrix switch for input signals, placed between the binary modulation means and the processing resources, said programmable digital matrix switch being configured to route the modulated input signals to the processing resources as a function of their type;
• and
• (2) output signal binary modulation means for modulating signals of at least two types;
• output signal amplification means;
• and
• a programmable digital matrix switch for output signals, placed between said output signal modulation means and the output signal amplification means, said output signal programmable digital matrix switch being configured to route the modulated output signals to the output signal amplification means as a function of their type;
• and at least one of
• means for matching input signals as a function of their type, and
• means for matching modulated output signals as a function of their type;
• wherein each of said means for conditioning, said means for binary modulation, said processing resources, said programmable digital matrix switch for input signals, said output signal binary modulation means, said output signal amplification means, and said programmable digital matrix switch for output signals are on the same electronic circuit card;
• wherein the card further comprises a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), wherein both the programmable digital matrix switch for input signals and the programmable digital matrix switch for output signals are implemented in said FPGA or in said ASIC.