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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="" face="Tahoma">I think if I was in need of IO I would go the USB route rather than fooling with the internal bus. There are many options out there like these -<br><br><a href="http://www.audon.co.uk/usb_digital/usbpio.html" target="_blank">http://www.audon.co.uk/usb_digital/usbpio.html</a><br><br><a href="http://www.mccdaq.com/google-landing/google-usb.aspx?MC=10GGL&gclid=CIC39bWwlbsCFQ7xOgodFgQAPQ" target="_blank">http://www.mccdaq.com/google-landing/google-usb.aspx?MC=10GGL&gclid=CIC39bWwlbsCFQ7xOgodFgQAPQ</a><br><br>and many others... google 'usb io cards' <br id="FontBreak"></font><br><font style="" face="Tahoma">It also makes it much more flexible across different platforms. Everything has USB.</font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><br></font><br><b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">73 Doug</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">WA3DSP</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</font></b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: mike@midnighteng.com<br>To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<br>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:45:49 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] PCI cards<br><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"><div><br></div><div>There are plenty of i/o boards out there to use as such a device. Perhaps you need the right search term.</div><div><br></div><div>DAQ</div><div>"data acquisition and control" for other words. Put your programming hat on.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But,</div><div>For simplicity and cost, you should only look for a PCI printer port card and hijack the lines internally or the built in port externally "if I understand what you are doing".</div><div><br></div><div>I'v been using the PP for repeater control lines since '95 in a DOS box. I just use a opto-coupled transistor converter board used in CNC machines to protect the computer from lightning damage (and a mistaken short).<br></div><div><br></div><div>...mike/kb8jnm<br></div><blockquote id="ecxreplyBlockquote" style="border-left:2px solid blue;padding-left:8px;font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:verdana;">
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Subject: [App_rpt-users] PCI cards<br>
From: "Benjamin L. Naber" <<a href="mailto:Benjamin@kb9lfz.com">Benjamin@kb9lfz.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, December 03, 2013 6:36 pm<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a>><br>
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anyone have any experience with making there own radio controllers/relay<br>
boards that go into PCI slots?<br>
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Any pointers?<br>
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~Benjamin, KB9LFZ<br>
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