Four dry contact inputs

Form: M1S

Power: 5V - Consumes 40mA

Mates with: #19, #20, #21

Details

Unlike Tibbit #04, this device requires no external power to control its inputs: Shorting an input to the system ground will activate this input and set the corresponding control line LOW.

Note that these are not "isolated inputs", even though they feature opto-couplers in their circuitry. Still, the optical stage isolates your system from the noise, ESDs, spikes, and other external disturbances.

Combine this Tibbit with terminal block devices – #20 (nine terminal blocks) or #21 (four terminal blocks). Note that this Tibbit does not provide a ground line so you will need to "steal" the ground elsewhere. The ground is immediately available on terminal 5 of Tibbit #20.

LEDs

There are four green LEDs, which are connected to four control lines. An LED lights up for the LOW state of a control line, i.e. when the corresponding input is shorted to the system ground