For Resellers and High Volume Orders: Please request a quote to obtain preferred pricing.
Introduction
The PCO24 is an 8-bit ISA bus add-on board providing 24 opto-isolated outputs. These outputs are organized into three groups of 8. The board also includes a link for defining the state of the outputs on power-up/reset. The board is designed for driving relays, lamps and solenoids whilst maintaining electrical isolation between the devices being driven and the PC. It is necessary to provide an isolated external power supply to drive the devices that the PCO24 is switching.
Features
24 opto-isolated digital outputs
A separate common connection supplies bias current and a common point for the output protection diodes on each group
Board access LED
CE compliant design
Channel/Channel Isolation: 100V DC
Compact I/O addressing scheme (switch selectable base address)
Darlington configuration transistor output devices with reverse protection diodes
Each output can sink up to 400mA of current to the group’s common 0V line while withstanding voltages of up to 50V
Input/Output Isolation: 100V DC
MTBF: 273,586 hours (using generic figures from MIL-HDBK-217F at benign ground)
Operating temperature range, 0°C to 55°C
Opto-isolator fall time 40 microseconds
Opto-isolator rise time 60 microseconds
Output current per line: one line per group on 400mA all eight lines on 175mA