Monday, February 23, 2015

Pokeys: Interface Prosim737 and "PoExtBus"

It is easy to extend number of outputs on a single Pokeys USB card by 80 using PoExtBus interface. All what you need to do is to chain up to 10 8-bit shift registers as per below diagram.   Note that I recommend to use TPIC6B595 chip instead of standard 74HC595 as it allows to drive high-current (brightness) LEDs. As Prosim737 doesn't support PoExtBus yet a simple interface is required. So, I have made very simple application...