Summary:

The pin-outs for the DAC interface board have been determined.

Details:

• I used a temporary break-out cable (pic attached) and connected the 40pin IDC connector on this to the DAC interface board at 1Y4.
• I had a hypothetical pin-out map which was to be verified. So I connected pairs of ribbon wire to an oscilloscope in the configuration which I believed to be correct, and then used awggui to send a 3Hz, 10000 count sine-wave to the corresponding channel via the excitation points set up earlier.
• I verified that the correct waveform showed up on the scope screen. I then tried sending the same signal to another DAC channel and verified that there were no accidental shorts/bad connections. The signal was fairly noisy, but this was probably because of the makeshift connections.
• Repeated the above for all 8 channels in the bank marked 9-16 on the DAC interface board.

Turns out that my deductions using the D0902496 wiring diagram, a spare D080303 DAC to IDC adaptor and a multimeter were correct! The pin outs as determined by this test are sketched in the graphic below.

To Do:

•  Now that the pin-outs have been determined, I need to go about making the custom ribbon that will connect the 40pin IDC on the DAC interface board to the 10-pin IDC on the PZT driver board. Because there is a pair of wires that will have to be 'skipped' while going from the 40-pin to the 10 pin IDC (corresponding to the pair not-connected between two DAC channels on the 40-pin IDC), this may be tricky.

Misc:

The excitation points added to the simulink model are still there, I plan on keeping it as such till I finish installation of the boards as they will be useful for testing purposes.

Pin-Outs of the DAC to IDC Adaptor (D080303) inside the "DAC Interface Box at 1Y4":

Makeshift break-out ribbon cable: