Spectrometer I/O Breakout Box (HR4 Breakout box)
For easier access to a variety of functions found in the HR4000, HR2000+, USB4000, USB2000+ and QE (including QE65000, QE65 Pro and QE Pro) spectrometers specify the HR4-BREAKOUT, a passive module that separates the signals from the spectrometer’s 30-pin port to an array of standard connectors and headers. The Breakout Box includes a 30-pin HR4000-CBL-BB Ribbon cable that connects the box to the spectrometer.
The Breakout Box allows multiple interfaces to a spectrometer, such as:
- External triggering
- General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
- RS-232 interface
- Light sources
- Analog Input/Output
In addition to the accessory connector, the Breakout Box features a circuit board based on a neutral breadboard pattern that allows custom circuity to be prototyped on the board itself. The Breakout Box receives its power from the spectrometer, which runs off of a PC via a USB port, or requires a separate 5-volt power supply when the spectrometer interfaces to a PC via the serial port. If you are wiring custom circuitry on the Breakout Box, you likely will need the USB-CBL-PS (power supply purchased separately).
The Breakout Box can be used with the following spectrometers:
- HR 4000 Spectrometers with serial numbers beginning HR4B
- HR 2000 + High-speed, High-resolution Spectrometers
- USB 4000 spectrometers (with the USB-ADP-BB adapter)
- USB2000 + Spectrometers (with the USB-ADP-BB adapter)
- Maya2000, Maya 2000 Pro and LSL Spectrometers
- QE ProSpectrometers and discontinuted QE65Pro and QE65000 Scientific-grade Spectrometers
- Nirquest Spectrometers
- Torus (with the USB-ADP-BB adapter)
