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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Extending DIO lines
From: "naturalwatt" <>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:25:00 -0000
--- In  "Fred" <> wrote:
Thanks to everyone, not just Fred, who has made really helpful suggestions.

Because I am using the TS7250 enclosure, I don't want to make extra circuitry 
at the 
TS7250 end.  So I'm going to use a serial port, and a MAX232 at the display end 
to shift 
RS232 levels back to TTL.

Martin
>
> --- In "naturalwatt" <martin@> wrote:
> 
> > What's the best way of extending the distance to 
> > about 10 or 20 metres? I can think of loads of 
> > ways of doing it, but I'm interested to see if 
> > anybody can suggest a cheap and simple way.
> 
> Use an RS232 line driver, something inexpensive like a MAX line 
> driver.  The DIO outputs can be tied to the RS232 line driver's inputs, 
> conveyed a long distance as RS232 12 to 15 volts to another RS232 line 
> driver's input.  The output from that can go to your display.  And the 
> RS232 line driver's handle high clock rates, much higher than you're 
> using, I'm sure, so that shouldn't be a problem.
>




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