DB-25 ILDA breakout board

[DZ]

Hey guys, ok, I'm getting ready to order the next run of these ilda boards. Here is a photo of the changes. The board will have the option of having either the screw terminals or molex connectors for the output. I've also added a single row pin header between the DB-25 and switch block. The pin header has the signals for the other 3 color lines, there wont be a nice breakout board for those, they will just be available on the pin header. Anything else anyone is interested in adding?

[ljk]

Looks great DZ I am excited to get one of the new boards. Keep up the great work.

[DZ]

Thanks ljk! I was going to wait until I had the color board ready, however, since the list of folks that wants one keeps growing, that it might be a good idea to get them started now.

[jeejeedr]

When you make the next batch I would like one too.

[keeperx]

is there an upgrade program (j/k)

[allthatwhichis]

YAY! Need color channels... I have been playing with the two reds and I think using them on different channels will make things interesting. So... what about a DB-25/color correction breakout board?

[outcry]

i know i aint got a fraction of the tech you guys have , but would this mean i would'nt have to spend 200£ on a interface ?
my hands shake and i can hardly see ,lol , but if it saves me £££££ and will work with mamba or any other software i would be very intrested ,even a newbie like me would have a go .gota start somewhere .......

[keeperx]

no this simply makes the ILDA connection easier to work with when it comes to geting the signals to the parts of your scanner

[outcry]

no this simply makes the ILDA connection easier to work with when it comes to geting the signals to the parts of your scanner

right fair enough but as a newbie would this help me in any way or make my life a tiny bit better ? come on guys im new to this , done (god) hours of reading but as you know its a very tech subject !!!!! any help would go down nice . ask me to wire your rig (7way ,so far)and im there, but lighting/laser's are new to me !!! any help will not go a miss !

[Stuka]

right fair enough but as a newbie would this help me in any way or make my life a tiny bit better ? come on guys im new to this , done (god) hours of reading but as you know its a very tech subject !!!!! any help would go down nice . ask me to wire your rig (7way ,so far)and im there, but lighting/laser's are new to me !!! any help will not go a miss !

I think it would definitely help!

What this will do is give you a board with screw terminals that serves as a distribution point between the DB-25 panel jack on the projector, and the actual wiring connections to the scanners, lasers, shutter, and interlock in the projector. MUCH easier than just soldering all those wires straight to the DB-25 panel jack, plus it gives you some monitoring and switching options to reconfigure for different scanners, lasers, etc, without having to rewire the DB-25 panel jack.

SO, hooking everything up is something like this:

The computer is connected to the DAC controller card, either internally in the computer, via USB, or via ethernet, depending on your controller. The controller, in turn (unless wired directly inside the projector) is connected to the DB-25 ILDA panel jack on the projector via a DB-25 computer extension cable. Inside the projector, the connections from the DB-25 panel jack break out (either direct wired or through a break-out board, such as DZ's) to the scanners, lasers, shutter, and interlock in the projector.

Hope that helps!!