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    Uc400 questions

    Hi, can anyone please answer the following. Does the uc400 board need a normal breakout board as well. If so is it just a matter of connecting a ribbon cable to the printer port inlet on the breakout board. The uc400 manual is useless and gives no useful information. Thanks

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    Re: Uc400 questions

    Technically, no. But realistically, yes. You could plug a parallel cable into the UC400ETH, and wire it directly to your devices, but a breakout board makes things much easier.

    The UC400ETH has two ports, so you'll need two breakout boards to use all of it's I/O, or a suitable dual port breakout board.
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    Re: Uc400 questions

    Quote Originally Posted by terry1956 View Post
    Hi, can anyone please answer the following. Does the uc400 board need a normal breakout board as well. If so is it just a matter of connecting a ribbon cable to the printer port inlet on the breakout board. The uc400 manual is useless and gives no useful information. Thanks
    The UC400 manual is very clear that the UC400 gives 2 ports with printer port pinout. You should treat the UC400 ports just like if they were printer ports of a computer.

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    Re: Uc400 questions

    Thanks jerry

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