Contents
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1
O
VERVIEW
.............................................................................................................1
W
HAT
’
S
I
NCLUDED
...............................................................................................1
INSTALLATION....................................................................................................1
C
ARD
S
ETUP
..........................................................................................................1
S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
....................................................................................1
Linux Users.....................................................................................................1
S
YSTEM
I
NSTALLATION
.........................................................................................2
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................3
F
EATURES
..............................................................................................................3
W
INDOWS
S
OFTWARE
...........................................................................................3
L
INUX
S
OFTWARE
.................................................................................................3
3
RD
P
ARTY
S
OFTWARE
S
UPPORT
............................................................................4
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PIN RIBBON CABLE PIN OUT
...............................................................................5
E
LECTRICAL
C
HARACTERISTICS
.............................................................................6
Pull Ups...........................................................................................................7
PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................8
A
PPLICATION
P
ROGRAMMERS
I
NTERFACE
(API) ...................................................8
Presetting an Output Port:...........................................................................8
Interrupts:.......................................................................................................8
Port Configuration: ......................................................................................8
Relative Addressing vs. Absolute Addressing ...........................................9
P
ORT
A
DDRESSING
.............................................................................................. 10
Addressing Continued ............................................................................... 11
D
IRECT
H
ARDWARE
C
ONTROL
........................................................................... 12
Reading the Inputs: .................................................................................... 12
Reading the Outputs: ................................................................................. 12
Presetting an Output Port:........................................................................ 12
Writing the Outputs: .................................................................................. 12
Port Configuration: ................................................................................... 12
Interrupts ..................................................................................................... 12
Register Description (for direct hardware control) .............................. 13
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 14
E
NVIRONMENTAL
S
PECIFICATIONS
..................................................................... 14
P
OWER
C
ONSUMPTION
....................................................................................... 14
M
EAN
T
IME
B
ETWEEN
F
AILURES
(MTBF) ......................................................... 14
P
HYSICAL
D
IMENSIONS
...................................................................................... 14