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This section contains pinouts of many popular boards and components that are used in laser show systems.
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Tropel single channel scan amp card

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Card edge connector pinout and controls on the Tropel single channel scan amp. This amp is a 'clone' of the GS amplifier and is found in the used/surplus market. This is NOT an official Tropel document - for the latest info, contact Tropel directly.

Card edge connector

Tropel Amp Pinouts (Revision B - 44 pin edge card connector).

Letters go from Z to A from left to right with the component side UP and the edge connector toward you.
Numbers go from 1 to 22 from left to right with the component side DOWN and the edge connector toward you.

Pins not listed can be presumed to have no connection.

Pin Number	Signal description
A, B and Z	Power ground
3	Position Sensor minus (-)
4	Position Sensor plus (+)
8	Position Sensor - Ground
6	Position Sensor Power
18	Signal Input
N	External Offset Input (leave open if not used)
M	Servo error output for testing (oscilloscope tuning)
5	Position error output for testing (oscilloscope tuning)
17	Velocity error output for testing (oscilloscope tuning)
11	Galvo coil Output (high side or positive)
L	Galvo coil Return (low side or negative)
A	+20 VDC Power Input
20	-20 VDC Power Input

NOTES

1/ Connect Galvo AGC lead to position sensor ground. Note on some cards position sensor ground is not connected, connect instead to normal ground.

2/ Fuse one and fuse two are 2A long AGC type.

CONTROLS

Trimmer controls, going from edge of card towards heatsink (L to R) viewed from the component side.

1	Damping control
2	Gain control (input attenuation - image size control)
3	Offset control
4	Servo control

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