I second the recommendation to use a 7i84. I use one on all my machines. For extra io. They are awesome
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 2:04 PM Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Peter and Andy, > > I re read through the manual and found the SSERIAL port connection and the > recommendation of using a CAT5 cable cut in half. I missed that part so I > was a little confused about how to expand the I/Os. So, I'll be more than > ok with this board :) > > El lun, 21 jun 2021 a las 4:45, andy pugh (<bodge...@gmail.com>) escribió: > > > On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 at 03:27, Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Is the 7i75 > > > breakout board the way to add more I/Os to the 7i76E? And in that case > I > > > suppose the direction of the I/O pins in determined in HAL at the > startup > > > right? > > > > That depends on what you want. If it is just GPIO then look at > > smart-serial boards on the built-in port. > > If that still isn't enough, you could add one or two 7i74 boards to > > the 7i76E for a theoretical extra 3584 extra IO lines.... > > > > (smart serial has been recently expanded from 96 to 224 bits, but I am > > not sure if any available boards actually add more than 48 io pins > > each) > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
