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RS232 "relay board" sources?
I'm interested in controlling my station via an RS232 bus and am
in the market for "relay boards." IE, send RS232 commands and open and close relays (or TTL outputs). Also want some inputs to send alarms (like high SWR) back. I searched on the net and found that numerous companies make "me-too" relay boards. They tend to all be 8 relays and 4 inputs for about $100. If you want 16 relays, you buy two of these for $100 each. Actually, I'd rather have all TTL outputs and no relays, but I haven't found any boards like that. I'm wondering if anyone has had good or bad feedback about vendors of these things. Also, would appreciate hearing about any cheaper solutions than $10 per I/O pin. Any sources of preprogrammed PIC or similar ucontrollers I can use to make my own? It would seem that one PIC chip could replace one of these relay boards (assuming I don't need relays). Unfortunately, I don't have time to become a PIC programmer. Rick N6RK email: richard "at" karlquist "dot" com |
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www.des.com.au have a kit that allows you to do something like what you want
for use with a Parallel Port check it out at http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/K2805 or www.altronics.com.au have alternative one like http://www.altronics.com.au/cat.asp?...p=424&id=K2852 or http://www.altronics.com.au/cat.asp?...p=424&id=K2850 Both of these companies are decent Australian Electronic retailers that I deal with alot. I have never used either of these kits, but have always wan't to have a reason to do so. Hope this is of some help. Regards Jamie 43JC218 http://au.geocities.com.au "Rick Karlquist N6RK" wrote in message news:nwkEb.587927$Tr4.1560485@attbi_s03... I'm interested in controlling my station via an RS232 bus and am in the market for "relay boards." IE, send RS232 commands and open and close relays (or TTL outputs). Also want some inputs to send alarms (like high SWR) back. I searched on the net and found that numerous companies make "me-too" relay boards. They tend to all be 8 relays and 4 inputs for about $100. If you want 16 relays, you buy two of these for $100 each. Actually, I'd rather have all TTL outputs and no relays, but I haven't found any boards like that. I'm wondering if anyone has had good or bad feedback about vendors of these things. Also, would appreciate hearing about any cheaper solutions than $10 per I/O pin. Any sources of preprogrammed PIC or similar ucontrollers I can use to make my own? It would seem that one PIC chip could replace one of these relay boards (assuming I don't need relays). Unfortunately, I don't have time to become a PIC programmer. Rick N6RK email: richard "at" karlquist "dot" com |
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www.des.com.au have a kit that allows you to do something like what you want
for use with a Parallel Port check it out at http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/K2805 or www.altronics.com.au have alternative one like http://www.altronics.com.au/cat.asp?...p=424&id=K2852 or http://www.altronics.com.au/cat.asp?...p=424&id=K2850 Both of these companies are decent Australian Electronic retailers that I deal with alot. I have never used either of these kits, but have always wan't to have a reason to do so. Hope this is of some help. Regards Jamie 43JC218 http://au.geocities.com.au "Rick Karlquist N6RK" wrote in message news:nwkEb.587927$Tr4.1560485@attbi_s03... I'm interested in controlling my station via an RS232 bus and am in the market for "relay boards." IE, send RS232 commands and open and close relays (or TTL outputs). Also want some inputs to send alarms (like high SWR) back. I searched on the net and found that numerous companies make "me-too" relay boards. They tend to all be 8 relays and 4 inputs for about $100. If you want 16 relays, you buy two of these for $100 each. Actually, I'd rather have all TTL outputs and no relays, but I haven't found any boards like that. I'm wondering if anyone has had good or bad feedback about vendors of these things. Also, would appreciate hearing about any cheaper solutions than $10 per I/O pin. Any sources of preprogrammed PIC or similar ucontrollers I can use to make my own? It would seem that one PIC chip could replace one of these relay boards (assuming I don't need relays). Unfortunately, I don't have time to become a PIC programmer. Rick N6RK email: richard "at" karlquist "dot" com |
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