Gilderfluke&Co Br-miniBrick8 - Manual (Page 15)

Wire # Color Function
1 Brown Circuit Ground
2 Red Data bit 7
3 Orange Data bit 6
4 Yellow Data bit 5
5 Green Data bit 4
6 Blue Data bit 3
7 Violet Data bit 2
8 Gray Data bit 1
9 White Data bit 0
10 Black
9-24 vdc Power
(PTC fused for 1 Amp)
Any eight digital devices or one eight bit analog device can be connected to any 1/4
J-6 cable as shown. The LED between the ground (pin #1 brown) wire and supply (pin
#10 black) wire acts as an indicator which is lit if the fuse for that channel is OK.
All outputs are open collector switches to ground. Flyback diodes are included in the
outputs for driving inductive loads. Power is supplied through a diode and a solid state
circuit breaker to the common pin(s) on the connector. A safe level of current is 150 mil-
liamperes simultaneously on each output. This is sufficient to drive most small relays,
valves and other similar loads directly. If fewer than eight outputs are on at one time,
then the outputs are rated as follows.
The supply line for each 1/4 J-6 is PTC fused for 1 amp. You should treat each 1/4 J-
6 as an individual, and not cross the outputs or supply lines from one channel to the
lines from any other channel. Doing this wonʼt cause any damage, but can reduce the
protection for the outputs that the fuses normally provide.
The current Output Capacity of each output is as shown in the following chart.
Since it is unusual to have more than 50% of the outputs on at any one time, you
can usually assume the system has at least a 250 ma output current capacity. If you are
going to be turning on lots of heavy loads at the same time, you should derate this to
150 ma.. This is sufficient to drive the majority of loads which will be directly connected
to the outputs of the animation system. If additional current capacity is needed, or if you
need to drive higher voltage loads, you can connect relays as needed to the outputs of
the animation system. Coincidentally, boards for doing this are available from
Gilderfluke & Company. These include:
1. DPDT relay board: A set of eight electromechanical relays with double pole/double
throw contacts rated at 5 amps each.
2. DRV-03: This is an eight channel, solid state relay board. Each output is PTC fuse
protected for up to 9 Amps of continuous current flow. It will work with DC voltages
between 9 and 24 volts.
Gilderfluke & Co.• 205 South Flower Street • Burbank, California 91502 • 818/840-9484 • 800/776-5972 • fax 818/840-9485
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