GE IC3600VDAD1 D/A Converter Card

GE IC3600VDAD1 D/A Converter Card

Part Number IC3600VDAD1 Manufacturer General Electric Country of Manufacture As Per GE Manufacturing Policy Series Mark VI/VIe Function Module Availability In StockIC3600VDAD1 is a D/A Converter Board manufactured and designed by General Electric as part of the Mark II Series used in GE Speedtronic Control Systems. A D/A Converter Board is an electronic component used to convert digital signals into analog signals. This conversion is necessary when interfacing between digital devices, like microcontrollers or computers, and analog systems, such as audio equipment, sensors, and control systems. The board typically contains integrated circuits and components that perform the conversion process. 

 Digital Input: The board receives a digital input signal, usually in the form of binary code (0s and 1s). This digital signal could be generated by a microcontroller, FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or any other digital device. Conversion Process: The D/A converter on the board takes the digital input and converts it into an equivalent analog voltage or current. There are different types of D/A conversion techniques, such as resistor ladder networks, binary-weighted networks, and sigma-delta modulation, each with its own advantages and trade-offs. 

 Analog Output: The converted analog signal is then available at the output of the D/A Converter Board. This analog signal can be used to control various analog devices like motors, actuators, and displays, or to generate audio signals for speakers. Resolution and Accuracy: The quality of the conversion is often described in terms of resolution and accuracy. Resolution refers to the number of discrete steps or levels that the D/A converter can represent. Higher resolution results in finer gradations between analog output values. Accuracy refers to how closely the actual output matches the desired output.

Features 

▪ Contains 10 Mbytes of battery-backed user memory and 10 Mbytes of non-volatile flash user  memory. 

▪ Provides access to bulk memory via reference table %W. 

▪ Configurable data and program memory. 

▪ Programming in Ladder Diagram, C, Structured Text, and Function Block Diagram. 

▪ Supports auto-located Symbolic Variables that can use any amount of user memory. 

▪ Reference table sizes include 32Kbits for discrete %I and %Q and up to 32K words each for  analog %AI and %AQ. 

▪ Supports Series 90-70 discrete and analog I/O, communications, and other modules. For a  list of modules supported, refer to the PACSystems RX7i Installation Manual, GFK-2223. 

▪ Supports all VME modules supported by Series 90-70. 

▪ Supports RX7i data monitoring over the web. Allows a combined total of up to 16 web server  and FTP connections. 

▪ Supports up to 512 program blocks. Maximum size for a block is 128KB. 

▪ Test Edit mode allows you to easily test modifications to a running program. 

▪ Bit-in-word referencing. 

▪ Battery-backed calendar clock. 

▪ In-system upgradeable firmware. 

▪ Three isolated serial ports: an RS-485 serial port, an RS-232 serial port, and an RS-232  Ethernet station manager serial port.

▪ The embedded Ethernet interface provides: 

 Data exchange using Ethernet Global Data (EGD) 

 TCP/IP communication services using SRTP 

 Support for SRTP Channels, Modbus/TCP Server, and Modbus/TCP Client 

 Full programming and configuration services 

 Comprehensive station management and diagnostic tools 

 Two full-duplex 10BaseT/100BaseT/TX (RJ-45 Connector) ports with an internal network  switch providing auto-negotiated network speed, duplex mode, and crossover detection. 

 User-configurable Redundant IP address 

 Time synchronization to SNTP time server on Ethernet network (when used with  Release 5.00 or later CPU module).