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PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8
Phidgets are the most user-friendly
system available for controlling and
sensing the environment from your
computer.
People with absolutely
no hardware knowledge or experi-
ence
can
include
switches, sensors, and low-powered
output devices such as LEDs into
their projects. It is just a matter of
plugging our off the shelf
into the Interface Kit, which in turn
is plugged into the USB port on your
computer.
After that, you can use
the
simple
to
program
software libraries to access these
devices.
The PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 board is our most versatile Phidget, designed to be the
core of a wide variety of projects. It is a USB based controller with:
8 Analog Inputs
•
8 Digital Inputs
•
8 Digital Outputs
•
1 USB input port
•
2 USB output ports
•
An external power supply is required only to operate the USB output ports.
PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 board can be controlled from Windows, Linux, and
Mac OS X. High-level programming interfaces are available for Visual Basic, C, C++,
Flash, .NET, Java, LabVIEW, etc.
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Summary of Contents for Phidgets SKU 1013
- Page 1 SKU 1013 PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 Phidgets are the most user-friendly system available for controlling and sensing the environment from your computer. People with absolutely no hardware knowledge or experi- ence include things like switches, sensors, and low-powered output devices such as LEDs into their projects.
- Page 2 Digital outputs can be used to drive LEDs, solid state relays, transistors; in fact, anything that will accept a CMOS signal. The two USB output ports can be used to add more Phidgets to your project without using more USB ports on your PC. Phidgets are modular devices; if there is something that the PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 cannot do –...
- Page 3 Plug the rectangular end of the USB cable into the USB connector on your computer (you can do this at any time). Step 3. Install the software Phidgets use a library installed on your computer. This only has to be installed once no matter how many different types of Phidgets you have. •...
- Page 4 While the Interface Kit and its off the shelf devices will satisfy almost all needs, the occasional developer may want to include a sensor, switch or output type that is not available through Phidgets. Fortunately, this is still very easy to do, and only a rudimentary knowledge of electronics is needed. Read on!
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Page 5: Using The Digital Inputs
SKU 1013 Using the Digital Inputs To wire a switch to a digital input, connect the switch between an input, labeled 0 to 7, and a provided ground, labeled G. When the switch is closed, or electrical contact is made, software will report this as a DigitalInputChanged event, reporting True for this input. -
Page 6: Hardware Description
SKU 1013 Hardware Description The PhidgetInterfaceKits are the most versatile of the Phidgets currently available. This versatility comes at the price of some complexity. addition input port, PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 has: • 8 Analog Inputs, • 8 Digital Inputs, • 8 Digital Outputs, •...
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