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8 Analog I/O Slave Unit
GX-series EtherCAT Slave Unit User’s Manual
8-2 Overview of the Analog Input Slave Unit
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8-2-1 Input Range and Converted Data
8-2 Overview of the Analog Input Slave
Unit
Analog Input Slave Unit convert (AD conversion) analog input signals such as 1 to 5 V and 4 to 20 mA
to digital data (binary values) and store them in the EtherCAT Master Unit.
Input analog signals are converted to digital data in the following manner using a set input range.
If the input data exceeds the data range for which conversion is possible, the converted data is fixed to
the maximum or minimum value of the range.
Input range 0 to 5 V
Voltage of 0 to 5 V is converted to data from 0000 to 1F40 hex (0 to 8000). The input data range for
which conversion is possible is −0.25 to 5.25 V and here the output data is FE70 to 20D0 hex (−400
to 8400). When input data is a negative voltage, it is expressed as the two's complement
(hexadecimal) and the output data for a disconnected line is the same as for an input of 0 V (0000
hex).
8-2-1 Input Range and Converted Data
Input Range and Converted Data
0 V
−0.25 V
5 V
5.25 V
20D0 (8400)
1F40 (8000)
FE70 (−400)
0000 (0)
Converted data
Hexadecimal (decimal)
Voltage