Digital Sidecar
From Ed's Mediawiki
The Digital Sidecar is the most complex FIRST-supplied breakout in the control system, providing the following functions:
- power input reverse voltage protection with circuit breaker
- power input indicator light
- 5 and 6 volt power supplies
- FRC friendly physical connections
- NXT port to enable use of Mindstorms components
- serial to parallel conversion for driving relays (spike)
- general purpose digital IO with pullups for digital inputs.
- buffered PWM outputs for motor controllers (victor and jaguar) and servos
- optional 6v power for servos
The block diagram below shows all of the circuits and their connections to the battery and the cRIO digital interface module. The detailed schematic of the digital sidecar is available here.
