Cabling And Wiring; Attaching Accessory And Expansion Boards - Keithley DAS-8 Series User Manual

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Cabling and Wiring

This chapter describes how to attach accessory and expansion boards to a
DAS-8 Series board, how to connect signals to a DAS-8 Series board, and
how to synchronize conversions on multiple DAS-8 Series boards.
Note: Before you make any connections to a DAS-8 Series board, make
sure that power to your computer and any accessories attached to the
DAS-8 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-8 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-8 board are shown in Figure 4-1; the
main I/O connector and its pin assignments on a DAS-8/PGA(G2) board
are shown in Figure 4-2; the main I/O connector and its pin assignments
on a DAS-8/AO board are shown in Figure 4-3. Refer to Appendix B for a
more detailed description of the pins.
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