| CIRCUIT MASTER CARD | VERSION 1.2 | CONNECTS TO PARALLEL PORT OR EXPANSION CARD | FEATURES 64 DIGITAL OUTPUTS, 72 DIGITAL INPUTS AND A DEDICATED BUS FOR OTHER CIRCUITS |
| DIAGRAM | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) NOT AVAILABLE | GERBER FILES | |
| DESCRIPTION THIS CIRCUIT IS THE HEART OF PROJECT IOCARDS . IT CONNECTS THE COMPUTER WITH THE REST OF CIRCUITS AND ELEMENTS. THE CARD HAS SEVERAL CONNECTORS WHERE WE CAN CONNECT DIGITAL OUTPUTS AND INPUTS. A TOTAL OF 64 OUTPUTS AND 72 INPUTS CAN BE MANAGED. IN ADDITION IT HAS A SPECIAL BUS THAT LETS US TO CONNECT OTHER SPECIFIC CARDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISPLAYS CARDS. THIS CARD NOT ONLY CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE PC VIA PARALLEL PORT; IT CAN BE ALSO CONNECTED TO AN EXPANSION CARD WITH 3 MORE MASTER CARDS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF EXPANSION CARDS: ONE CONNECTED THROUGH PARALLEL PORT (LPT) AND OTHER BY USB PORT. | |||
| PURPOSE THIS CARD IS NEEDED TO CONNECT OTHER CIRCUIT, BUT IN ADDITION, ELEMENTS AS SWITCHES, CERTAIN MODELS OF ROTARY ENCODERS, SIMULATED ROTARY-ENCODERS, PUSH BUTTONS... CAN BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ITS INPUTS. YOU CAN DIRECTLY CONNECT LEDS AND OTHER CIRCUITS TO ITS OUTPUTS. ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN ANY COCKPIT PANEL CAN BE USED BY THIS HARDWARE. | |||
| HOW TO BUY IT: HERE | PCB: YES ASSEMBLY KIT YES CARD BUILT AND TESTED YES | ||
EXAMPLE OF USE HERE YOU CAN SEE A MCP IN WHICH ALL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS (LEDS, ROTARY-ENCODERS AND SWITCHES) ARE CONNECTED TO ONE MASTER CARD. IN ADDITION, A DISPLAYS CARD IS CONNECTED TO THE MASTER ONE JUST TO MANAGE THE DISPLAYS.
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Updated on June 27, 2005
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