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Phidgets - 1018 - Phidgets Interface Kit 8/8/8


Phidgets are an easy to use set of building blocks for low cost sensing and control from your PC. Using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) as the basis for all Phidgets, the complexity is managed behind an easy to use and robust Application Programming Interface (API). Applications can be developed quickly in Visual Basic, VBA (Microsoft Access and Excel), LabView, Java, Delphi, C and C++.


PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8
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Phidgets Interface Kit 8/8/8

Phidgets are the most user-friendly system available for controlling and sensing the environment from your computer. The PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 board is the most versatile Phidget, designed to be the core of a wide variety of projects.

Analog inputs

The Analog Inputs are used to measure continuous quantities, such as temperature, humidity, position, pressure, etc. Phidgets offers a wide variety of sensors that can be plugged directly into the board using the cable included with the sensor.

Sampling rates can be set at 1ms, 2ms, 4ms, 8ms and multiple of 8ms up to 1000ms.

Product Code: 1018
PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8

£57.00  (Inc VAT £66.98) Qty STATUS: In Stock

Digital Inputs

The Digital Inputs have a Digital Input Hardware Filter to eliminate false triggering from electrical noise. They can be used to convey the state of devices such as push buttons, limit switches, relays, and logic levels.

Digital Outputs

The Digital Outputs can be used to drive LEDs, solid state relays (such as the 3052 SSR Relay Board), transistors; in fact, anything that will accept a CMOS signal.

Features

  • 8 Analog Inputs with configurable data acquisition rates
  • 8 Digital Inputs with hardware noise filtering
  • 8 Digital Outputs
  • 5V terminal block besides Analog Input 7 and Digital Output 7
  • Connects directly to a computer’s USB port

Product Specifications

Characteristic Value
Analog Inputs
Impedance900K ohms
5V Reference ErrorMax 0.5%
Update Rate1000 samples/second max for 4 channels
500 samples/second max for all 8 channels
Digital Inputs
Pull-Up Resistance15K ohms
Low Voltage (True)1.25V Max
High Voltage (False)3.75V Min
Maximum Voltage±15V
Update Rate~125 samples/second
Recommended Wire Size16-26 AWG
Wire Stripping5-6mm strip
Digital Outputs
Series Resistance300 ohms
Update Rate~125 samples/second
Recommended Wire Size16-26 AWG
Board
USB-Power Current SpecificationMax 500 mA
Quiescent Current Consumption13 mA
Available External Current (source)487 mA

Comes packaged with:

  • 180cm USB Cable
  • A mounting hardware kit

Datasheets

Technical Information / Product Manual - revision 1 (new version) Download PDF (1.96 mb)
Technical Information / Product Manual - revision 0 (old version) Download PDF (626 Kb)
COM API Manual - Windows Download PDF (487 Kb)
C API Manual-Windows/MacOSX/Linux Download PDF (339 Kb)
Action Script API Manual Download PDF (470 Kb)
.Net API Manual ZIP Download (579 Kb)
Java Docs ZIP Download (181 Kb)

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