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Generate Four Analog Outputs with 33% Fewer Components
Published: May 13,20141551 Read
Designers may now add a high-accuracy, 4-channel analog output to their industrial automation designs with 33% fewer components than competitive designs. Simply use the Alameda (MAXREFDES24#) subsystem reference design, now available for sale, from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
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Industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) need multiple, flexible, high accuracy analog outputs. The Alameda subsystem combines four high-accuracy (< ±0.1%) outputs with a high-efficiency, low-noise power supply controller on a single board.
Alameda offers extreme flexibility—its outputs are configurable to ±10V, ±20mA, 0 to 10V, or 4–20mA for current and voltage signaling applications. Automatic error reporting for detecting open and short circuits, brown-outs, and overtemperature conditions make this subsystem ideal for demanding, precision industrial control and automation applications.
Features:
- Programmable High-Accuracy Current/Voltage Output
- Current Output Drives Up to 1kΩ
- Voltage Output Drives Loads Down to 1kΩ
- Extensive Error Reporting
- Isolated Power and Data
- Device Drivers
- Example C Source Code
- Pmod-Compatible Form Factor