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Categories USB 2.0 XPRS Power Supplies Enclosures Cables Software Main Menu About Us Knowledge-Base FAQS Blog Installation Software Technical-Support News Mail-List Store-Policies License-Agreement Terms-Of -Use Privacy-Statement Online Store Menu Store Home Shopping Cart Checkout Advanced Search Shopping Cart There are no items in your shopping cart. | # ISA card - finding the voltages used ## 1. Introduction The design of the ISA bus places a number of voltages in the bus connector. An ISA card may use one, multiple or all of the voltages provided . As a minimum all of the ISA cards use +5V power. Depending on the functions of the card and the way they are realized, the ISA card may use other voltages as well. This article will give you a practical way of recognizing what voltages an ISA card is using and what is necessary to make the ISA card function on one of the USB2, SSI2, or XPRS families of cards. ## 2. Voltages on the ISA bus There are the four voltages provided for use on the ISA bus: +5V , -5V , +12V , -12V. Full details on the ISA bus are available on - Wikipedia, and TechFest. An ISA card always uses +5V. The ISA card may not use other voltages or it may use one or more of the three other voltages. The ISA card above has golden pads, as seen at the bottom of the image. Some of the pads are covered in gold some are not. The ISA bus consists of two parts- the 8bit portion (the long part- on the lower left-hand side) and the 16bit portion (the smaller portion- on the lower right-hand side) . The power supplying pins are located on the 8bit portion - down, starting from the left to right : pin1 = ground pin3 = +5V pin5 = -5V pin7 = -12V pin 9 = +12V pin10 = ground and the additional voltages to pay attention to are : pin5 = -5V, pin7 = -12V, pin 9 = +12V. ## 3. Examples ### 3.1. ISA I/O card - need of +12V and -12V The ISA card in the picture below is an I/O card with a floppy disk, a hard disk controller, a parallel port and two serial ports. Going through the pins reveal that pin5 is not connected/used. But pin7 = -12V , and pin9 = +12V are connected/used in this ISA card. There are thick lines going up to the circuit board . Based on the currents consumed by the ISA card on +12V, -12V, -5V, you can order and use: - isa-pwr (power supply module) if the consumed currents are less than 50ma - isa-pwr-xr (external power supply 25W) if the consumed currents are higher, or if unsure on the consumed currents ### 3.2. ISA network card - no need of additional power The ISA card below is a network card. Some of the pads are missing but the position they are located in have to be counted. Pins 5,7 and 9 are all missing. This ISA card uses only +5V, does not on need an additional power, and may be used directly on USB2, SSI2, XPRS type cards with the power provided through the cables. Desktop computers may provide high currents, however notebook computers are sensitive to the power use. A specific ISA card may need an external power supply to provide high currents on +5V. ### 3.3. ISA VGA card - need of -12V The ISA card on the picture below is a VGA card. Some of the pads are missing but the position they are in have to be counted. Pins 5 and 9 are missing, but pins7 = -12V is used/connected. Based on the currents consumed by the ISA card on +12V, -12V, -5V, you can order and use: - isa-pwr (power supply module) if the consumed currents are less than 50ma - isa-pwr-xr (external power supply 25W) if the consumed currents are higher, or if unsure on the consumed currents | Quick Store Search Search Term Advanced Search Currencies Select Currency Account Menu Account Login Create New Account Delivery Address Book Email Subscriptions Send Contact Message Recently Visited Pages ISA card - voltages used ISA BUS IS STILL ALIVE ISA BUS IS STILL ALIVE MAC OS SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPERS MAC OS SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPERS Popular Pages ARS Technologies Inc. Shopping Cart Send Contact Message USB 2.0 XPRS

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