CPU5A Breakout Board

if you prefer to use separate wires to hook up your cpu5a4(e), this breakout board will help you simply stack this on top of the cpu5a4(e), insert the flat cables, and start wiring your controller purchase contents each breakout board kit contains the following 1x breakout board cpu5a 1x cable set (contains two cables) 4x pcb spacer m3x19mm 4x pcb spacer m3x8mm 8x screw m3x6mm 4x screw unc 4/40 (not on picture) overview installation the kit contains all the mounting material to mount a cpu5a controller and breakout board 1 create mounting holes the first step is to make holes for mounting the cpu5a 2 mount bottom spacers 3 prepare cpu5a4(e) mount the two cable assemblies and secure these with the four unc 4/40 screws 4 mount cpu5a4 5 mount top spacers 6 mount the breakout board, fix the board with the four m3 screws, and connect the cables setup this board can either be externally powered with 24v or 5v by default, the ‘power select’ jumper is set to 24v the onboard regulator will generate the required 5v for the board if you want to power it externally with 5v the jumper must be set to 5v please note the direction of the jumper in the picture below if external power is applied, the jumper usbpwr on the cpu5a must be removed to avoid the pc's usb port being powered externally if the board is powered via usb the jumper on the breakout board must completely be removed not doing this can damage the regulator