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Re: pneumatics

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Originally Posted by wolvesrobo View Post
with the SMCs how do they hook up??? is it one spike relay for each side of it
The typical way to wire a solenoid valve is to use one half of a Spike for each coil. The positive side of the coil goes to a Spike output pin, and the - side goes to a black power return on the power distribution board. That way you can control both sides of a dual SMC valve with a single Spike.

Or you can use the Solenoid Breakout on the cRIO module instead of a Spike.