CB-50 Overview

The CB-50 is designed to enable connection of analog and digital signals to certain NI data acquisition boards. The CB-50 comprises an optional 0.5 m or 1.0 m ribbon cable and a connector block with 50 screw terminals.

At each end, the ribbon cable has a keyed connector with a centered tab that you must align with the slot on the mating header on the connector block or board.

You can use the CB-50 with the following data acquisition boards[1]1 Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.:

Table 1. CB-50 Compatibility
Architecture Boards Compatible with CB-50
PC/XT, PC AT
  • AT-MIO-16
  • AT-MIO-16F-5
  • AT-MIO-16X
  • AT-AO-6
  • AT-AO-10
  • AT-DIO-32F
  • AT-DIO-24
  • Lab-PC
  • Lab-PC+
  • PC-LPM-16
  • PC-DIO-24
  • PC-TIO-10
PS/2
  • MC-MIO-16
  • MC-DIO-32F
  • MC-DIO-24
Macintosh
  • NB-MIO-16
  • NB-MIO-16X
  • NB-DIO-32F
  • NB-DIO-24
  • NB-AO-6
  • NB-TIO-10
  • Lab-NB
  • Lab-SE

Connector pinout information is available in the user manual for each data acquisition board.

1 Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.