Communications
Module Provides 16 TTL/LVTTL Digital I/O and 8 Relay Outputs
ACCES I/O Products has announced the first of a new line of small form factor products—Pico-I/O Model PICO-DIO16RO8. Designed for expansion on Pico-ITXe single board computers, this product features 16 industrial strength TTL/LVTTL digital I/Os and 8 form C electromechanical relay outputs. This mix of programmable inputs and outputs together with the dedicated relays allows system designers greater flexibility while containing overall costs.
The The development of this new board form factor together with the widespread need for low-cost high reliability digital I/O and relays will surely promote industry acceptance of this platform standard as a viable option when making system architecture decisions.
The 16 non-isolated digital I/O lines are programmable as inputs for monitoring dry contacts or outputs for controlling external devices such as LEDs and other indicators or system equipment. The relay outputs are robust with NO, NC and C contacts available and the choice of many embedded system designers.
The PICO-DIO16RO8 utilizes a high-speed custom function driver optimized for a maximum data throughput that is 50-100 times faster than the USB human interface device (HID) driver used by many competing products. This approach maximizes the full functionality of the hardware along with capitalizing the advantage of high-speed USB 2.0. The PICO-DIO16RO8 is supported for use in most USB supported operating systems and includes a free Linux and Windows 98se/Me/2000/XP/2003 compatible software package. This package contains sample programs and source code in Visual Basic, Delphi, and Visual C++ for Windows. Also incorporated is a graphical setup program in Windows. Third party support includes a Windows standard DLL interface usable from the most popular application programs. Embedded OS support includes Windows Xpe.