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Need a 4 channel multiplexer with a loooot of inputs...

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Former Member over 12 years ago

I'm designing a cape for a BeagleBone and I'd like them to be stackable. For this reason, I need to be able to put a cape into a particular "mode" such that the I/O goes to a different set of pins on the beaglebone for each cape. I plan to do this with a 4 channel multiplexer (I plan to stack up to three shields), but I have a total of 10 signals (possibly more later) that need to be switched concurrently. So far I've found a dual 4 channel multiplexer, but I need something that can handle 10 signals at once, not just two. Anyone know if such a chip exists?

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    0 dougw over 11 years ago

    Hi Riley,

    Would it be possible to design your stackable cape such that the input connector on the top is slightly offset from the output connector on the bottom? This would allow you to route the pins on each cape to different pins from the cape above and you wouldn't need any multiplexers. Put another way, every pin from the above connector would be shifted 10 pins over on the connector below.

    Doug

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    0 dougw over 11 years ago in reply to dougw

    Hi Riley,

    I didn't think it all the way through. Is it possible to simply use jumpers on each cape to select different output pins? One way to do this without soldering is to connect each output to 3 pins with cuttable traces and just leave a different one intact on each cape.

    Doug

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    0 dougw over 11 years ago in reply to dougw

    Hi Riley,

    I didn't think it all the way through. Is it possible to simply use jumpers on each cape to select different output pins? One way to do this without soldering is to connect each output to 3 pins with cuttable traces and just leave a different one intact on each cape.

    Doug

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