Two Velleman K8000

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Hi,

hopefully someone can tell me how to connect two Velleman k8000 as master and slave.
I understand that you select the board number with dip-switch. How it should be set for master and slave?

Then there is the connection which contains SCL,SDA,DIS. How these should be connected with the boards?

On the same block there is also +5V and GND. Should these be connected also?

Thanks beforehand for any info

Best Regards
Kari Laine

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[quote]I understand that you select the board number with dip-switch. How it should be set for master and slave?[/quote]The DIP-switch SW1 is used to set the “address” of the card (00 for master 01 for first slave etc.). See manual p. 10 how the different IOs are addressed in the software if they are in the slave unit(s).

[quote]Then there is the connection which contains SCL,SDA,DIS. How these should be connected with the boards?
On the same block there is also +5V and GND. Should these be connected also?[/quote]In the manual on p. 11 is written: If the card has been built as a slave unit, then it must be connected via the three pole connector J31 and through to the GNR, SCL and SDA connections.
I.e. just connect the pins +5V, GND, SCL and SDA from the master unit to the same pins of the slave unit.

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THANKS !

I don’t know wich manual you refer. I was not able to find that information in the printed manuals supplied…
I will look again and download the pdf from your site.

But anyway next week when I have time to assemble the another board I will test.

By the way I ordered three K8061 for one of my project. Do you happen to know whether there exist linux drivers for it ?

Best Regards
Kari

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[quote]I don’t know wich manual you refer. I was not able to find that information in the printed manuals supplied…
I will look again and download the pdf from your site.[/quote]I was referring to the manual on the CD.
It can be found also from the manuals download page: velleman.eu/be/en/download/manuals/
This is the direct link to the manual: velleman.eu/downloads/0/illu … 0_rev1.pdf

[quote]By the way I ordered three K8061 for one of my project. Do you happen to know whether there exist linux drivers for it ?[/quote]Velleman doesn’t support Linux software at this time but someone seems to be supporting…
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