USB I/O controller – PoKeys57U

Description

PoKeys57U USB I/O controller is an easy-to-use USB device that combines a lot of inputs and outputs, and does not require complex programming knowledge.

Pokeys57U USB I/O controller provides 55 digital I/O (5V tolerant), 7 analog inputs (12-bit). All the mentioned I/O pins are controlled by the provided software which allows either to use the graphical user interface or advanced console type interface. Additionally, all the settings can be stored on the device, therefore no special software is needed on target system. Device can be used as industrial or CNC control or data acquisition board. PoKeys is available with (PoKeys57UT) or without (PoKeys57UN) screw terminals.

Features of USB I/O PoKeys57U controller:

• Compatible with USB 1.1/2.0 HID standard
• Standard USB keyboard simulation (with triggering support for up/down keys)
• Standard USB joystick simulation (6 axis, 32 buttons with triggering support)
• 55 digital inputs with pull-up resistors, freely mappable to virtual USB keyboard’s keys
• 55 software controlled digital outputs
• 7 analog inputs (12-bit) with adjustable low-pass filtering support
• 3-axis 25 kHz or 8-axis 125 kHz Pulse engine
• Up to 26 encoder pair inputs (3 high-speed encoder inputs, 1 ultra high speed encoder input)
• Digital counters on specific digital input pins
• Two 8×8 matrix LED display support
• Up to 64 256-character long keyboard macro sequences
• Up to 16×8 matrix keyboard with triggered keys/alternate function support
• Up to 6 high-speed fully configurable PWM outputs support (25MHz PWM timer)
• HD44780-based character LCD support (up to 4×20 characters)
• PoExtBus support for adding up to 10 external shift registers = 80 aditiona outputs
• PoNET devices support (48-key CNC keyboard mapped to matrix keyboard, etc)
• Support for Connection signal output
• Support for up to 10 sensors on I²C bus, up to 10 sensors on 1-wire bus and up to 7 analog sensors
• Communication compatible with PoKeys55 on application layer (data packet structure)
• Intuitive and user-friendly software
• Third-party support via communication DLL library and extensive protocol specification document that allows porting to other systems
• Plugin for Mach3 and Mach4 software, PoKeys57U USB CNC controller as 4-axis external motion controller or general purpose, highly cusomizable Human Machine Interface
• PoBlocks graphical programming PLC software

Support for X-Plane flight simulator

See more here: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=62459 

NEW: Support for PoBlocks graphical programming software

Requirements:

• USB connection between host computer and PoKeys57U device
• Included software requires Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10 with .NET framework 3.5 installed (ONLY FOR SYSTEMS WHERE THE DEVICES WILL BE CONFIGURED, TARGET SYSTEM NEEDS NO SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR THE DEVICE TO OPERATE AS A STANDARD USB DEVICE).

Software

Software package for PoKeys contains: – PoKeys configuration software – firmware for PoKeys board – PoKeys communication library – Manual – PoKeys USB driver (for fast interface) – PoBlocks graphical programming environment – Programming examples for C++, C#, VB.NET, Delphi PoKeys software can be downloaded in the ‘Downloads’ tab.