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Laser Show Systems - Pinouts

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New Method Lasers - X29 pinout and Signal Specifications

Pinout for the connectors on the X29 full length and short interface cards. This is NOT an official New Method Lasers document - for complete details, contact NML@laser-light-show.com

X-29 card diagram

Connector CN2: Analogue X-Y galvo outputs

Board Pin DB25 pin Function Usage
13 7 X out (+/-) 8V Bipolar output to X galvo
14 20 X ground Analogue ground
15 8 Y out (+/-) 8V Bipolar output to Y galvo
16 21 Y ground Analogue ground

Connector CN3: Digital RGB and trigger outputs

Board Pin DB25 pin Function Usage
1 1 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
2 14 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
3 2 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
4 15 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
5 3 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
6 16 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
7 4 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
8 17 Trigger Out TTL out (see note 1)
9 5 Red low TTL out (see note 2)
10 18 Red High TTL out (see note 2)
11 6 Green low TTL out (see note 2)
12 19 Green High TTL out (see note 2)
13 7 Blue low TTL out (see note 2)
14 20 Blue High TTL out (see note 2)
15 8 N/C Not used
16 21 Blanking TTL blanking signal
17 9 Ground Digital Ground (see note 3)
18 22 Ground Digital Ground (see note 3)
19 10 +5 VDC Vcc for TTL buffers etc (see note 4)
20 23 +12 VDC Vcc for mini relays etc (see note 4)

NOTES

1/ Pins 1-8 can be used either to drive eight actuators with digital (on/off) signals, or can be digitally decoded to give 255 lines of digital (on/off) control.
2/ For colour control use the G, G and B High lines in digital mode to get 7 colour control. Each of the the Red low and high signals can be decoded to give 4 levels of brightness for each colour.
3/ The digital ground and analogue grounds are separate. Do not use the digital ground with analogue signals and vice versa.
4/ CAUTION: do not short these pins to ground or any other voltages as it may cause damage to your computer power supply. Insulate from any nearby pins and fuse at 1 amp max.

Connector CN4: Digital trigger inputs

Board Pin DB25 pin Function Usage
1 1 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
2 14 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
3 2 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
4 15 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
5 3 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
6 16 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
7 4 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)
8 17 Trigger in TTL input (see note below)

NOTE: The input lines can be used as 8 individual inputs for triggering or can be encoded with an external device to give 255 trigger combinations.

 

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