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How to use Vin?

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-02-09 19:07 in General Discussion
I'm new to Basic Stamping using the Homework Board. How do I use the
Vin header. Do I plug a battery in there and ground it in Vss? Or
does anything connected in there get its power from the Homework
Board's battery? Perhaps someone could describe a typical connection
using it?

Thanks a bunch.

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-09 18:49
    If you need to power something with the battery you can use the Vin
    connection. Vss (ground) is common.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

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    I'm new to Basic Stamping using the Homework Board. How do I use the
    Vin header. Do I plug a battery in there and ground it in Vss? Or
    does anything connected in there get its power from the Homework
    Board's battery? Perhaps someone could describe a typical connection
    using it?

    Thanks a bunch.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-09 18:58
    Thank you much! I didn't want to damage anything.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > If you need to power something with the battery you can use the Vin
    > connection. Vss (ground) is common.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: stilldown_ru [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:afrett@o...]
    > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:11 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] How to use Vin?
    >
    >
    > I'm new to Basic Stamping using the Homework Board. How do I use
    the
    > Vin header. Do I plug a battery in there and ground it in Vss? Or
    > does anything connected in there get its power from the Homework
    > Board's battery? Perhaps someone could describe a typical
    connection
    > using it?
    >
    > Thanks a bunch.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-09 19:07
    Thank you much! I didn't want to damage anything.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > If you need to power something with the battery you can use the Vin
    > connection. Vss (ground) is common.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: stilldown_ru [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:afrett@o...]
    > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:11 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] How to use Vin?
    >
    >
    > I'm new to Basic Stamping using the Homework Board. How do I use
    the
    > Vin header. Do I plug a battery in there and ground it in Vss? Or
    > does anything connected in there get its power from the Homework
    > Board's battery? Perhaps someone could describe a typical
    connection
    > using it?
    >
    > Thanks a bunch.
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