Summary of Contents for National Instruments USB-6221
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There are no product safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), or Caution CE marking compliance claims made for the USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM devices. Conformity to any and all compliance requirements rests with the end product supplier. Figure 1 shows the USB-6221/6251 OEM and USB-6229/6259 OEM devices.
I/O Connector Pinouts Figures 4 through 7 show the connector pinouts for the USB-6221 OEM, USB-6229 OEM, USB-6251 OEM, and USB-6259 OEM devices. Refer to the M Series User Manual at for more ni.com/manuals information about USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 signals and how to connect them.
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AI GND AO GND AO 3 AO GND AO 1 AO GND AO 2 AO GND AO 0 AO GND NC = No Connect NC = No Connect Figure 5. USB-6229 OEM Connector Pinout NI USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM User Guide ni.com...
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AI GND APFI 0 AI GND AO GND AI GND AO GND AO 3 AO GND AO 1 AO GND AO 2 AO GND AO 0 AO GND Figure 7. USB-6259 OEM Connector Pinout NI USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM User Guide ni.com...
LEDs USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM devices have two LEDs that reflect the device state. The green READY LED indicates whether the device is powered on and configured as a USB device. The yellow ACTIVE LED indicates whether there is USB bus activity.
The VDC is the voltage provided by the power supply through the power connector (reference designator J4) and must be 11–30 V, 20 W. Pin 2 provides power to the circuitry on the USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM device. When the switch is in the On position, the VDC power supply from pin 1 is routed to pin 2.
A, shown in Figure 12. The chassis ground directly connects to USB shield ground. The USB-6221/6229/6251/6259 OEM device includes several mounting holes that are plated and designed for user-configured ground connections between the device chassis ground and the appropriate system ground.
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