Cabling And Wiring; Attaching Accessory And Expansion Boards - Keithley DAS-800 series User Manual

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Cabling and Wiring

This chapter describes how to attach accessory and expansion boards
to a DAS-800 Series board, how to connect signals to a DAS-800 Series
board, and how to synchronize conversions on multiple DAS-800
Series boards.
Before you make any connections to a DAS-800 Series board,
Note:
make sure that power to your computer and any accessories attached to
the DAS-800 Series board are OFF.

Attaching Accessory and Expansion Boards

You attach an STC-37 screw terminal connector, STA-08 or STA-08PGA
screw terminal accessory, or EXP-16, EXP-16/A, or EXP-GP expansion
board to a DAS-800 Series board through the main I/O connector, a
37-pin, D-type connector that is labeled J2 on the board. The main I/O
connector and its pin assignments on a DAS-800 board are shown in
Figure 4-1; the main I/O connector and its pin assignments on a DAS-801
or DAS-802 board are shown in Figure 4-2. Refer to Appendix B for a
more detailed description of the pins.
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