PASCO CI-6685 BNC ADAPTER User Manual

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BNC Adapter

012-07157A

Setup Procedure

Connect the BNC Adapter to any analog channel

on the ScienceWorkshop computer interface box

with the interface cable (Figure 1a),

Insert the DIN plug of the BNC Adapter into the

jack of any analog channel on the

ScienceWorkshop computer interface box (Figure

1b).

Figure 1
Connecting the BNC Adapter to the

Science-

Workshop computer interface

2. Connect the BNC connector of the probe to the

BNC Adapter as shown in Figure 2.

About the BNC Adapter

The BNC Adapter allows probes equipped with BNC

connectors (including those sold by Pomona

Electronics) to be used with ScienceWorkshop

interfaces.

The CI-6685 BNC Adapter adapts a probe with a male

BNC connector to a 5-pin DIN style input. The

adapter allows only single-ended measurements (i.e.,

measurements that are ground referenced).

Caution: Connecting a probe’s ground lead to any

potential other than ground could cause damage to the

circuit being measured, the BNC Adapter, or the

ScienceWorkshop Interface.

Mounting on an Experimental Apparatus

1. Use the 1/4–20 threaded screw connector located

on the bottom of the sensor box to secure the BNC

Adapter to an experimental apparatus (Figure 3).

The alignment hole fits over an alignment pin

included on some PASCO apparatuses.

Figure 3
Connections for mounting on some PASCO
experimental apparatuses

Figure 2
Connecting the user-supplied probe with a BNC
connector to the BNC Adapter

Set up the BNC adapter in the data acquisition

software program (ScienceWorkshop or

DataStudio) as if it were a Voltage Sensor:

Associate the Voltage Sensor icon with the picture

of the analog channel that the BNC Adapter is

plugged into.

Plug into
any analog
channel.

Connect user-
supplied probe.

1/4–20 threaded
screw connector

alignment hole