Originally Posted by
taggalucci
Awesome work guys!
I assume I've interpreted correctly that once you move beyond the single power board (giving 1 buffered ILDA output), you then get another 2 buffered ILDA outputs per output board. So the options are:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 or 15 buffered outputs per power board.
Please count me in for 1 power board and 1 output board?
Out of interest will it be technically possible to daisy chain one of the buffered outputs to a second power board, and what considerations need to be made for interlock and shutter signals?
Thanks
Yes, you got it in one. They step up in odd numbers. Number of outputs = (2n-1) where 'n' is no. of boards.
Yes is is perfectly feasible to 'cascade' boards to further expand capability.
The maximum limit to *stacking* is 7 output boards per power board i.e. 15 outputs (this is due to the current ceiling from the power supply (~1A) and on board diodes).
However there is nothing to stop you daisy chaining or cascading more "stacks" on a new power board.
e.g. If you had two stacks of boards, each (7 output & 1 PSU). Then you could get 29 buffered outputs! By feeding the signal output from 1 port into the signal in of the other stack.
I will double check about the interlocks+shutter to make sure I'm giving you 100% correct information.
Regards,
Dan
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