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AndyWarne:
Our new USB output output driver board is now available as a dev kit to bona-fide developers of plug-ins and other software.
The board is a simple 16-channel driver which is low-cost and very easy to use. It can be used for any devices such as LEDs, solenoids etc.
16 LEDs can be controlled per board with no additional power, more if a power source is connected.
Up to 4 boards can be connected.
The dev kit consists of a board with test LEDs attached and a sample VB application with source, plus sample C++ code snippets. All driver software is fully open-source.
Note that Mala and Game-Ex are already covered.
more details: andy@ultimarc.com

Grasshopper:

--- Quote from: AndyWarne on June 23, 2007, 11:48:36 am ---All driver software is fully open-source.

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 :applaud:

I think this will massively increase the appeal and usefulness of this product.

yugffuts:
Andy,


--- Quote ---The board is a simple 16-channel driver which is low-cost and very easy to use. It can be used for any devices such as LEDs, solenoids etc.
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Would that power 16 solenoids as well?  And you can chain 4?  So, 64 solenoids could potentially be powered through this?

I'm thinking custom pinball if that the case...Any plans to make a board with more capacity (meaning more than 16 outputs) down the line?

Thanks!

AndyWarne:
Yes solenoids too, but this would require an external power supply.
Also a diode across each solenoid to remove back-emf discharge (standard practice when using solenoids with transistor drivers).
The main reason for sticking with 16 was that is the maximum number of standard LEDs which can be driven from the USB power. I wanted to keep it simple.
Down the line I could produce a larger board yes.
Andy

yugffuts:
Andy,

Available for Dev Kits at the moment, so not available to the general public?  Any idea on cost?

Thanks

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