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Re: Where to connect Solenoid Breakout power cable to?

I am little confuse who to connect to control solenoids, the 3 double 12 V to control solenoids, we use C++ Crio II , NI 9472 module, I connect 12 V solenoids by The spike each which should be connected to a PWM output of the Digital Sidecar and powered from the Power Distribution Board. So I need 6 Spikes. Is it right. May be there is anther way??
I read his http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=112088
Solenoids can be powered via a Spike, or the breakout. Only 24volt solenoids have to be powered via the breakout as you cannot supply 24 volts to a Spike.
http://team358.org/files/programming...ataDiagram.pdf
And
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...dware-overview
The Solenoid Breakout Board takes the Digital Outputs of the NI 9472 module and converts them into a form more readily usable by FRC teams. The Solenoid breakout board accepts 12V or 24V input power and provides a signal and ground output for each of the 8 output channels. The Solenoid Breakout Board should be plugged into the NI 9472 module and plugged into the Power Distribution Board.
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