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2.20 Par al lel I/O
The EBC- BX util izes the Win Sys tems WS16C48 ASIC high- density I/O chip mapped at a base ad -
dress of 120H. The first 24 lines are ca pa ble of fully latched event sens ing with sense po lar i ty be ing
soft ware pro gram ma ble. Two, 50- pin con nec tors al low for easy mat ing with in dus try stan d ard I/O
racks. The pin out for the two con nec tors are shown on the next page.
2.20.1 Par al lel I/O En able
The par al lel fea tures of the EBC- BX can be en abled or dis abled us ing the jumper block at J6. When
J6 is jumpered the par al lel I/O is en abled at I/O ad dress 120H. When J6 is open the 16 ad dresses start ing
at I/O ad dress 120H are free for use by other de vices.
2.20.2 Par al lel I/O VCC En able
The I/O con nec tors can pro vide +5 volts to an I/O rack or for mis cel la ne ous pur poses by jump er ing
J14. When J14 is jumpered +5 volts is pro vided at pin 49 of both J7 and J9. It the user's re spon si bil ity to
limit cur rent to a safe value (less than 400mA ) to avoid dam ag ing the CPU board.
2.20.3 Par al lel I/O Con nec tors
The 48 lines of par al lel I/O are ter mi nated through two 50- pin con nec tors at J7 and J9. The J7 con -
nec tor han dles I/O ports 0-2 while J9 han dles ports 3-5. The pin defi ni tions for J7 and J9 are shown on
the fol low ing page.
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