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Re: Can some kind electronics bod help?



Hi Shane
                On  the original post the guy mentions that the ocelet has
open collector outputs and that the Kustom system  wqs looking for 5v
signal..So Paul has the same problem..if an opto is used ..Tie the collector
to +5v via say 100 ohm resistor and connect the emitter to the zone tx
line.....Some connection diagrams might help??

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:08 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Can some kind electronics bod help?


> See comments below
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul S. Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2003 1:36 a.m.
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Can some kind electronics bod help?
> >
> >
> > Yes - it seems that the Kustom amp is based on 5V IR signals
> > - how could I tell for sure without a scope? Would a digital
> > multimeter give an accurate enough reading on the IR lines?
> > (or should the IR output from the wall controller be the same
> > voltage as the supply voltage?)
>
> If you are lucky and the Kustom input has an internal pullup
> (essentially a resistor to the power rail) then the input will sit at
> the power rail voltage when no signal is applied to it.  If it has no
> internal pullup then pretty hard to tell with out scoping the the
> existing IR signal being fed in.
> >
> >
> >
> > As both Kustom and HV seem to use 5V, should I just try it
> > without any electronics? Given they're both 5V could I do any
> > damage? Is all this talk of transistors not needed as both
> > systems run at 5V?
> If the HV expansion board is open collector as Frank thinks, then you
> can't really do any damage if you connect them together.  However with
> open collector outputs (essentially it is a switch to ground only,
> either the output is grounded or not grounded (floating)) you need
> something to "pull" the signal up to a positive voltage when the open
> collector "switch" is not switched to ground.  This can be an external
> resistor (say 10K) or if you are lucky the Kustom has internal pullups
> as discussed above.
>
> HTH (and makes sense)
>
> Shane
>
>
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