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Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:19 am
by bimole
Hi,

I've purchased a Pulsar II without the breakout cable for the 26 pins high density sub-D.
I'm looking for builing my own one.

I've found this :
https://www.scopeusers.com/ScopeRise/is ... ub_mst.htm

It seems there are 2 possible breakout cables, one with balanced XLRs and one with unbalanced RCA plugs.
How can I identify the right version corresponding to the daughterboard I have ?
On this daughterboard are 2 NE5532 opamps (for line IN and OUT probably), the AK4524VF 24bits/96kHz CODEC, an SN75179B differential driver (probably for AES/EBU), a CNY75B opto (probably for the MIDI current loop), and a "big" QuickLogic QL4009-0PF100C FPGA.

Maybe both cable versions are working ?

Your help is very appreciated :) !
JB

Re: Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:41 am
by sunmachine
Hi and welcome to the forums!

This thread might be helpful: viewtopic.php?t=36367

Re: Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:20 am
by bimole
Hi,

Thank you so much for the link!
Here is a picture of my I/O plate :

https://ibb.co/HFLVzRR

From the information in the related topic, that should be a classic I/O board, corresponding to the RCA/unbalanced breakout cable.
The proper wiring should be this one :

https://www.scopeusers.com/ScopeRise/is ... ub_mst.htm

Am I correct ?

Re: Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:15 am
by garyb
yes, i believe so. that uses the "project" cable pinouts on the page you linked.

Re: Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:46 pm
by sunmachine
I‘d like to add your photo to the other topic, so we have pictures of both types there. Is that ok?

Re: Breakout cable schematic for Pulsar 2

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:53 am
by bimole
Yes, absolutely no problem. Hope it can help other people :wink:
I will post other picts when the cable will be made and working.