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Re: 3V3 digital signal to the cRIO

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Originally Posted by sst.thad View Post
You actually DO NOT want to directly connect a pin on the Pi to a pin on the Sidecar. The sidecar has an internal pullup to 5V in it. Putting that 5V to the Pi could destroy the Pi. Either a Pull down, voltage divider, or logic converter would be needed in order to protect the Pi. The CRIO can take up to i think 24v on an input, so no need to worry about damaging the CRIO at the levels you are using.

That 5V comes from the Sidecar even if it is set as an input, so it needs to be worked out even if the CRIO is set as input.
That could be true. I am kind of comparing to the BASIC stamp which has 5v I/O. Just stay safe and buy a cheap level shifter. $5 could save you from buying more $35 RPis, so being safe-than-sorry would also be the cheaper way in this case.

Is that true that the pin is held up? That reduces some of the nightmares I have, about limit switches having the pins floating, so thanks