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IOPoint-USB
USB I/O interface with 16 Isolated High Current Digital Outputs
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IOPoint-USB by Mark Stubbs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.bibaja.com.
Bibaja's IOPoint-USB provides 16 high current mosfet switches capable of directly driving motors, fans, lamps, solenoids, and more without relays. Isolation helps protect the USB and computer from the high currents and voltages switched at the 16 outputs.	(Click to zoom)
Each output is rated 12 volts DC at 9 amps. For driving much larger loads, 12VDC relays or heavy-duty contactors may be connected to the outputs to switch industrial equipment and high voltage/high current AC loads.
Bibaja's IOPoint-USB features: 16 High Current Digital Outputs (Up to 9A @ 12V per output) Isolation between USB and outputs Outputs support 5V to 18V at 9 amps 16 LED indicators (one per output) USB Power/Status LED USB B Connector 19 Durable Quick Disconnect Terminals Applications for the IOPoint-USB include: DC Motor Control 4-axis Unipolar Stepper Motor Control Solenoids, Relays, Contactors Horns, Bells, Alarms Blowers/Fans Pumps Low Voltage DC Lighting 12V LED Drivers Enclosures for the IOPoint-USB are available from Unibox: Unibox 744 Enclosure Drawing Unibox Website
Example Applications
A group of enterprising students from the robotics team at Lee's Summit West High School in Lee's Summit, MO, used the IOPoint-USB plus machine vision software to create a very cool robot that plays Guitar Hero. You can see the IOPoint-USB in action at 2:13 in this video: More videos of the Guitar Hero robot may be found on the Team Titanium Robotics YouTube channel. Using an IOPoint-USB, you can create your own "Solenoid Concert" similar to this one: Use Pure Data (Pd) (Free download) and access the IOPoint-USB as serial interface (using the Pd 'comport' object) and you'll be up and banging on things with solenoids in no time. All you will need is an IOPoint-USB, power supply, solenoids, things to bang on, and a computer running the Pd application. See the Pure Data example code below for examples of how to interface from your Pd sequencer to the IOPoint-USB. Pure Data (Pd) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. It's also a handy tool for control applications.
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Documentation
IOPoint-USB Datasheet (282KB) IOPoint-USB Schematic (586KB) IOPoint-USB Manual/Programmer's Guide (973KB)
Downloads
IOPoint-USB Driver (819KB Win 2K, XP, Vista 32 & 64) VB.NET Demo App Installer (235KB Windows 2K, XP) VB.NET Demo App Source (394KB Windows 2K, XP) TCL/TK Demo Application (16KB Windows 2K, XP) Windows Command Line Tools (41KB Windows 2K, XP) Pure Data (Pd) Examples (3KB Windows 2K, XP, Linux) Linux TCL & Command Line Tools and Source (4KB Linux) Cadsoft Eagle Schematic and Board layout for IOPoint-USB (71KB)