Hi guys,
Newbie question here
I'm considering to purchase a sensor that has an electrical connection which you can see in the 3rd page of this pdf:
https://www.festo.com/cat/en-il_il/data/doc_engb/PDF/EN/NEBS_EN.PDF

My question is simple...how do I connect it to the electricity? Am I supposed to solder it into a power adapter?

 

Give us the datasheet of the sensor.

 

Here: https://www.festo.com/cat/en-il_il/products_SPAN?CurrentPartNo=8035553

 

Not quite sure I understand. What do you want to do with this sensor?

 

Connect it to an electricity source, but which? How? It's a 4 pin open wire. It doesn't come with a power adapter...How am I supposed to connect it to an electricity source? Solder it to an adapter?

 

You would connect pin 1 to 24 VDC and pin 4 to ground. How to connect depends on what your doing. The loose ends could connect to a terminal block....or you could solder them.....or you could attach a plug to match a wall-wart. Does the sensor need to provide a function for something else....or just local display?

 

If you look at the bottom right hand corner of the link you posted in post #3 it gives the pinout and show that it requires a power supply of 24 volts DC. I suggest that you follow the links to the documentation and technical data and READ them as I am sure you will need it to understand how to use it's output.

Les.

 

Thanks, I see the sketch. The sensor is just display, it's not intended to work as a switch or anything like that. Does it mean I can just use the two wires and don't need the other NPN/PNP wires? I can just seal them off?

 

If you are not using the switching function then just connect the power wires.

Les.

 

Gotcha. Thank you