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C - Additional hardware

Additional Hardware

DanioVision offers additional connectors to attach and control custom

hardware. These are Expansion 1 and Expansion 2 located on the back

panel.

Expansion 1

Expansion 1 is a female 25-pin DB connector. It provides four additional

TTL out lines to control external hardware and input/output lines to

trigger the DanioVision camera (for example at a specific event). Numbers in black indicate pins currently available.

Pin number

Description

TTL-out port 1 TTL-out port 2 TTL-out port 3 C - Additional hardware TTL-out ports are open collector outputs with a common emitter on pin 9 and 10. Voltage range 0 to 5 V.

Specify the custom hardware in the corresponding row of the Device

Configuration window. For details, see experiment settings. For more technical details and how to use these connections, contact Noldus Information Technology. TTL-out port 4 5 - 8 Not available Common emitter for TTL-out ports Common emitter for TTL-out ports I/O output camera 12-21 Not available GND I/O camera I/O input camera 24-25 Not available C - Additional hardware

Expansion 2

Expansion 2 is a 8-pin modular RJ45 feed through

connector. You can use it to connect internal add-on hardware and get external signals in the DanioVision Observation Chamber.

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Source: Reference Manual - DanioVision DVOC-0041