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SKU 1013 

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Phidgets 

Inc. 

PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 

Phidgets are the most user-friendly 

system available for controlling and 

sensing the environment from your 

computer.  People with absolutely 

no hardware knowledge or experi-

ence can include things like 

switches, sensors, and low-powered 

output devices such as LEDs into 

their projects.  It is just a matter of 

plugging our off the shelf  devices 

into the Interface Kit, which in turn 

is plugged into the USB port on your 

computer.  After that, you can use 

the simple to program Phidgets 

software libraries to access these 

devices. 

The PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 board is our most versatile Phidget, designed to be the 

core of a wide variety of projects.  It is a USB based controller with:   

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8 Analog Inputs 

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8 Digital Inputs 

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8 Digital Outputs 

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1 USB input port 

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2 USB output ports 

An external power supply is required only to operate the USB output ports.  The 

PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 board can be controlled from Windows, Linux, and 

Mac OS X.  High-level programming interfaces are available for Visual Basic, C, C++, 

Flash, .NET, Java, LabVIEW, etc. 

Summary of Contents for SKU 1013

Page 1: ...rn is plugged into the USB port on your computer After that you can use the simple to program Phidgets software libraries to access these devices The PhidgetInterfaceKit 8 8 8 board is our most versatile Phidget designed to be the core of a wide variety of projects It is a USB based controller with 8 Analog Inputs 8 Digital Inputs 8 Digital Outputs 1 USB input port 2 USB output ports An external p...

Page 2: ...ware Development Environments The PhidgetInterfaceKit software component provides a high level programmer interface to the Phidget libraries details can be found in the API Manual for your chosen development environment Documentation link on our website Here is how to get started under Windows 2000 or Windows XP For users of Windows CE MAC OSX or Linux please go to the Downloads section of our web...

Page 3: ...the zip file to a place of your choosing and then uncompress it You will find many executables in the Visual Basic folder and their source in the sub folders PhidgetMonitor exe will show you what Phidgets are plugged in If you have followed Step 2 and Step 3 a PhidgetInterfaceKit should be displayed in the list along with its serial number The source for this exe is in the PhidgetManagerExamples f...

Page 4: ...0 and 1024 so a sensor value of 1 unit represents a voltage of approximately 5 millivolts Each analog input uses a 3 pin 0 100 inch pitch locking connector Pictured here is a plug with the connections labeled If this is wired backwards damage to your sensor may result The Interface Kit provides 5 VDC ground and an analog input with a range of 0 to 5V We offer an expanding line of packaged sensors ...

Page 5: ...the case of an LED wire the anode to a digital output labeled 0 to 7 on the Interface Kit and the cathode to a supplied ground labeled G The 300 ohm resistance is internal to the PhidgetIntefaceKit 8 8 8 and limits the current that can flow through the output This is intended to protect the device from being damaged if there is a short to ground or if an LED is used The output is intended to drive...

Page 6: ...alog Inputs 8 Digital Inputs 8 Digital Outputs 2 USB output ports An external power supply is required only to operate the USB output ports Device Specification Digital Output Resistance 300 ohm Digital Output Update Rate Approx 125 Updates sec Digital Input Update Rate 125 sec Analog Input Update Rate 65 sec USB Current Consumption Max 500 mA External Power Supply Voltage 6 to 12 V DC External Po...

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