Phidgetinterfacekit 8/8/8

PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8

Operating Systems:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows CE, Linux, and Mac OS X

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs):
Visual Basic, VB.NET, C, C++, C#, Flash 9, Flex, Java, LabVIEW, and Matlab

Examples:
You will find program examples in the download section of www.phidgets.com

1018_0_Product_Manual created: 10/12/07

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What Can thePhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 Do?
The PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 allows you to connect devices to any of 8 analog inputs, 8 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs. It provides a generic, convenient way to interface your PC with various devices.

Analog inputs They are used to measure continuous quantities, such as temperature, humidity, position, pressure, etc. Phidgets offers a wide variety of sensors that can beplugged directly into the board using the cable included with the sensor. Here is a list of sensors currently available:

IR Distance Sensor Force Sensor Rotation Sensor Mini Joy-Stick Slide Sensor

IR Reflective Sensor Humidity Sensor Voltage Divider Pressure Sensor

Vibration Sensor Temperature Sensor Touch Sensor Voltage Sensor

Light Sensor Magnetic Sensor Motion Sensor Current Sensor1018_0_Product_Manual created: 10/12/07

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Non Phidgets Sensors
In addition to Phidgets sensors, any sensor that returns a signal between 0 and 5 volts can be easily interfaced. Here is a list of interesting sensors that can be used with the PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8. Note: these sensors are not “plug & play” like Phidgets sensors. Manufacturer MSI Sensors Humirel MeasurementSpecialties Freescale Semiconductor Allegro Allegro Analog Panasonic Part Number FC21/FC22 HTM2500VB MSP-300 MPXA/MPXH ACS7 series A1300 series Description Load cells - measure up to 100lbs of force Humidity sensors Pressure sensors - ranges up to 10,000 PSI Gas Pressure Sensors Current Sensors - ranges up to 200 Amps Linear Hall Effect Sensors - to detect magnetic fields TMP35 TMP36 Temperature SensorTMP37 AMN series Motion Sensors

Note: Most of the above sensors can be bought at www.digikey.com.

Digital Inputs Digital Inputs can be used to convey the state of push buttons, limit switches, relays (check out our Dual Relay Board), logic levels, etc... Digital Outputs Digital Outputs can be used to drive LEDs, solid state relays (have a look at our SSR board), transistors; in fact,anything that will accept a CMOS signal. Digital outputs can be used to control devices that accept a +5V control signal. With transistors and some electronics experience, other devices can be controlled, such as buzzers, lights, larger LEDs, relays.

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Getting Started
Installing the hardware The kit contains: • A PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 • A USBCable You will also need: • A piece of wire to test the digital inputs • An LED to test the digital outputs • An Analog Sensor to test the analog inputs

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1. Connect the Analog Sensor to any of the analog input ports (labeled 0 to 7) using a Phidgets sensor cable. 2. Connect the InterfaceKit board to the PC using the USB cable. 3. Connect one end of the wire to a digital input port andthe other end to the ground connection. 4. Connect the LED to one of the digital output by inserting the long LED wire into any of the digital outputs (labeled 0 to 7) and the shorter wire to Ground.
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Download and Install the software Go to www.phidgets.com >> downloads Select your operating system (Windows, Linux, MAC OS) Select the languageyou want to use and download the appropriate examples and Libraries. Install the Libraries and decompress the Example file.

Testing the PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 using Windows
• Note that some examples are not available for Linux, Mac OSX or Windows CE. • Make sure that you have installed the libraries and decompressed your example file.

Run the program Manager-full to make sure that the...