{"id":4224,"date":"2018-08-06T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T22:26:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-13T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T21:18:55","slug":"4224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/4224","title":{"rendered":"DCU Power Output Pack (DCU-POP) Troubleshooting and FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"\/product\/digital-control-unit-power-output-kit\/\">Digital Control Unit Power Output Kit<\/a> (<nobr>DCU-POP<\/nobr>) is a great starter set of output devices for use with the <a href=\"\/product\/digital-control-unit\/\">Digital Control Unit<\/a> (<nobr>DCU-BTD<\/nobr>). The kit includes several output devices, including a motor, LEDs, incandescent light bulbs, and connecting wires.<\/p>\n<p>Most components will require external power to operate. The DCU is designed to accept <a href=\"\/product\/labquest-power-supply\/\">LabQuest<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Power Supply<\/a> (<nobr>LQ3-PS<\/nobr>) and <a href=\"\/product\/vernier-ac-adapter\/\">Power Supply for LabPro, WDSS, and Stir Station<\/a> (<nobr>IPS<\/nobr>) as external power supplies. Third party power supplies must be either 3.3 mm center-positive or 5.5 mm center-negative barrel connectors.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: When connecting an LED to the DCU, it is important to wire a current-limiting resistor in series with the LED to avoid damaging the LED.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/til\/2101\/\">Digital Control Unit (DCU) Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/til\/825\/\">Where do I find electronic components for use with the Digital Control Unit (DCU)?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that this product is separate form the <a href=\"\/product\/kidwind-power-output-pack\/\">KidWind Power Output Pack<\/a> (<nobr>KW-POP<\/nobr>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The is a great starter set of output devices for use with the . The kit includes several output devices, including a motor, LEDs, incandescent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6266,1682,505,7077,7079,795,2093,1616,3067,1145,7080,163,1378,7078],"class_list":["post-4224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-accessory","tag-bulb","tag-dcu","tag-dcu-pop","tag-dcupopmain","tag-led","tag-leds","tag-light","tag-motor","tag-output","tag-popmain","tag-power","tag-resistor","tag-resistors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}