The IO-Expander is connected to the back side of the NerdSEQ (PAD-Midi) with a 12 pole
IDC ribbon cable
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2HP TRS-A Midi-Expander. Smaller version of the Midi Expander without the Sega
Gamepad port. It has 1 TRS-A input, 1 TRS-A output and a TRS-A Thru port which can be
used as output as well. Cable adapters to regular 5pin DIN size are delivered with the
expander.
NSA (Nerd Sound Adapter) Expanders
You can use up to 4 NSA expanders with one NerdSEQ. All NSA Expanders are connected to the
NSA port of the NerdSEQ, either directly or daisy chained from one to the next expander.
Please be aware that you should never connect/disconnect an expander in a powered system. The
expanders / NerdSEQ could suffer from electrostatic peaks when connected while the power is on!!
The current available expanders are:
More Triggers 16
Adds 16 more triggers/gates to the NerdSEQ. Next to all known trigger/gate functions there are
many new functions and a nice drum-matrix screen when connected.
NerdSEQ – a tracker based Eurorack sequencer
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User Manual Revision V1.26 for Firmware V1.26
12 July 2022
Figure 26: Trigger16 Expanders