VINT Hub Phidget

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you place an order with Phidgets, it’s very likely you’ll want a VINT Hub Phidget to tie it all together.

 

 

 

Six Versatile I/O Ports

 

With a VINT Hub Phidget, you can interface six devices to your computer through a single USB port. Each VINT port can perform one of four roles: Communicating with an intelligent VINT Device, reading a 0-5V Voltage or ratiometric sensor, acting as a digital output, or reading switches as a digital input. Each port has a power and ground pin, so you can also use the ports to gain access to the USB voltage supply directly.

 

Plug in one of our many VINT-enabled Phidgets that perform a wide variety of functions. Control motors and LEDs, measure temperature or motion, or build a large scale system with many inputs and outputs.

 

Easy to Use

 

VINT Devices are ‘plug and program’: automatically discovered by the Phidget API with the same ease of programming you’ve come to expect from Phidgets. Each VINT device has a full API with functions and events to make programming a snap.

 

Analog Sensor Compatible

 

Sometimes, you just need a few simple analog voltage sensors. Luckily, your collection of Phidget Analog Input sensors is not obsolete; each port on the USB VINT Hub can interface a 0-5V sensor. The VINT Port is backwards compatible with both ratiometric and non-ratiometric Phidget analog sensors.

 

Digital I/O Mode

 

In digital output mode, a VINT port can be used to drive LEDs, relays, digital circuits, and other simple electronics. Each port is PWM-enabled, allowing you to dim LEDs to a specific brightness.

 

Wire a switch or sensor contact directly into a VINT Port, and use the Digital Input mode to read the state of the switch.

 

If you need more than six inputs or outputs, you can expand by attaching a VINT I/O module. For example, there are VINT digital output modules with 16 outputs, allowing 96 digital outputs on a single VINT HUB Phidget!

 

 

 

Product Specifications

 

 

Board
Controlled By USB (Mini-USB)
Number of VINT Ports 6
Electrical Properties
USB Voltage Min 4.5 V DC
USB Voltage Max 5.3 V DC
USB Speed High Speed
Current Consumption Min 32.5 mA
Available External Current 470 mA
Voltage Inputs
Voltage Input Resolution * 16 bit
Sensor Input Impedance 324 k?©
Input Voltage Min (DC) 0 V DC
Input Voltage Max (DC) 5 V DC
Voltage Input Noise ?± 630 ?¼V DC
Sampling Interval Max 60 s/sample
Number of Voltage Inputs 6 (Shared)
Sampling Interval Min 1 ms/sample
Digital Inputs
Pull-up Resistance 124 k?©
Low Voltage Max (True) 1 V DC
High Voltage Min (False) 1.8 V DC
Low Voltage Trigger Length Min 3 ms
High Voltage Trigger Length Min 3 ms
Digital Input Voltage Max 5.5 V DC
Digital Input Type Switch (Active Low)
Number of Digital Inputs 6 (Shared)
Digital Outputs
Series Resistance 510 ?©
Digital Output Available Current 8.1 mA
Digital Output Voltage Min 0 V DC
Digital Output Voltage Max 3.3 V DC
PWM Frequency Max 50 kHz
PWM Resolution 0.8 %
Number of Digital Outputs 6 (Shared)
Physical Properties
Operating Temperature Min -40 ?°C
Operating Temperature Max 85 ?°C

 

 

*Voltage measured with a 10-bit ADC, oversampled to 16-bits.

 

 

 

Software Objects

 

 

Channel Name API Channel Hub Port
Hub Port – Digital Input Mode
Digital Input DigitalInput 0 0 – 5
Hub Port – Digital Output Mode
Digital Output DigitalOutput 0 0 – 5
Hub Port – Voltage Input Mode
Voltage Input VoltageInput 0 0 – 5
Hub Port – Voltage Ratio Mode
Voltage Ratio Input VoltageRatioInput 0 0 – 5
6-Port USB VINT Hub Phidget
VINT Hub Hub 0