Understanding Industrial I/O

Concepts behind digital and analogue I/O, signal types, and industrial control systems.

📄️ How do I make a wireless connection from my Brainboxes device to my network?

There are plenty of adaptors on the market that offer a cable free connection from a device to your network. This FAQ explains how the TP Link Nano can be used to create a wireless connection from any Brainboxes' Ethernet to Serial (ES) or Ethernet to Digital I/O (ED) device to a network.

📄️ What are Inputs and Outputs?

A computer requires inputs so it can sense what’s going on in the environment. A computer requires outputs so it can control the objects around it. Computer input/output is the basis of all automation.

📄️ What Does NPN and PNP Mean? Clear and Helpful Breakdown

This FAQ covers NPN & PNP signals and what it means for sensors and Brainboxes Input/Output (IO) modules.

📄️ What is the difference between power, function, signal and A ground?

This FAQ explains what power ground, functional ground and analogue ground does.

📄️ What is Optical Isolation?

Some Brainboxes Serial devices are appended with the words Opto - Isolated. It may be the case that cards used in certain environments are susceptible to large surges of electricity which may potentially damage the card or the PC.