2.11 - DB15

The DB15 connector brings out 12 additional digital I/O. It has the potential to be used as an expansion bus, where the 8 EIO are data lines and the 4 CIO are control lines.

In the Windows LabJackUD driver, the EIO are addressed as digital I/O bits 8 through 15, and the CIO are addressed as bits 16-19.

0-7    FIO0-FIO7
8-15   EIO0-EIO7
16-19  CIO0-CIO3

These 12 channels include an internal series resistor that provides overvoltage/short-circuit protection. These series resistors also limit the ability of these lines to sink or source current. Refer to the specifications in Appendix A.

All digital I/O on the U3 have 3 possible states: input, output-high, or output-low. Each bit of I/O can be configured individually. When configured as an input, a bit has a ~100 kΩ pull-up resistor to 3.3 volts. When configured as output-high, a bit is connected to the internal 3.3 volt supply (through a series resistor). When configured as output-low, a bit is connected to GND (through a series resistor).