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News Release from: Amplicon | Subject: Reed relay output board
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2000
16 channel reed relay output board
launched
Amplicon is showing its new PCI263, 16 channel reed relay output board for PCI bus on its stand at Electronica.
Amplicon is showing its new PCI263, 16 channel reed relay output board for PCI bus on its stand at Electronica The device is a plug in board providing 16 isolated reed relay contact outputs, and may be used with any PC supporting PCI bus version 2.1
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new board, designed and manufactured by the company, is backwardly compatible with the popular PC263 for ISA bus, and makes use of the new PCI-ISA interface chip - the PLX9052 - to reduce cost.
The board features 16 independently controlled single pole, single throw, dry reed relays, each of these associated with an LED in order to show its output status, and with every contact pair isolated.
With the benefit of being a low-cost entry level product, priced at £260, the Amplicon product is ideal for on/off control from a PC, as the relays are capable of switching 200VDC at 15 Watts in a time of 0.5ms (max).
Also included with Amplicon's new board is device driver software compatible with Windows NT, 95, 98 and 2000, as well as Agilent VEE, Delphi and Visual Basic example software.
Every product is provided with the drivers on CD ROM, together with a manual in PDF format.
Part of the 200 series of Data Acquisition and Serial Communication boards, this particular device complements the other DIO products in the family as it suits applications where the TTL levels of standard boards are not great enough to switch higher voltages and power levels.
With the company providing a complete system and also driver development, customers will find this assists with both system integration and upgrades.
Pre and post sales support is also provided by Amplicon, with its fully qualified technical support team at hand five days a week.
This new product is ideal for use in applications that require a simple output control via a PC such as motor starter control, monitoring the status of alarms, external contact relays and providing simple on/off control for external devices requiring a greater electrical current than TTL levels.
The device is CE marked for EMC, and operates in the temperature range 0 to 60C.
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