Reversible jumper system for non-isolated high power or isolated low power selection
Systems for adjusting power outputs of isolated electronic devices are described. A first connector including an external power pin and a field power pin connects an electronic device to a power supply. The first connector receives a first current level from the power supply at the external power pin, and a second current level from the power supply at the field power pin. A jumper block is configurable in a first position which electrically isolates the external power pin from the field power pin, and a second position which electrically couples the external power pin to the field power pin. The first position directs the first current level from the external power pin to a second connector, and the second position directs a combination of the first current level and the second current level from the external power pin and the field power pin to the second connector.
1. An apparatus for adjusting power outputs of isolated electronic devices, comprising:
a first connector configured to detachably connect an electronic device to a power supply, the first connector comprising an external power pin and a field power pin, wherein the first connector receives a first current level from the power supply at the external power pin, and wherein the first connector receives a second current level from the power supply at the field power pin,
a second connector, and
a jumper block configurable in a first position and a second position, the first position electrically isolates the external power pin from the field power pin, the second position electrically couples the external power pin to the field power pin, wherein the jumper block directs the first current level from the external power pin to the second connector when in the first position, and wherein the jumper block directs a combination of the first current level and the second current level from the external power pin and the field power pin to the second connector when in the second position.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power supply is a local power supply of the electronic device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first current level is diverted to an imaging subsystem within the electronic device when the jumper block is in the first position, and wherein a portion of the combination is directed to the imaging subsystem when the jumper block is in the second position.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second current level is diverted to a set of isolated electronic devices within the electronic device when the jumper block is in the first position, and wherein a portion of the combination of the first current level and the second current level is diverted to the set of isolated electronic devices when the jumper block is in the second position.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combination of the first current level and the second current level is greater than the first current level and the second current level.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the jumper block comprises a first jumper block and a second jumper block, and wherein the first jumper block is configured to detachably couple the external power pin to the field power pin, and the second jumper block is configured to detachably couple the external ground pin and the field ground pin.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a first electronic device, and the second connector is configured to detachably connect the first electronic device to a second electronic device.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first electronic device is an imaging assembly configured to capture an image, and wherein the second electronic device is an illumination assembly configured to receive (i) a first power level from the local power supply when the jumper block is in the first position, and (ii) a second power level from the local power source when the jumper block is in the second position.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first illumination level is less than the second illumination level.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first connector further comprises an external ground pin and a field ground pin.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first current level returns through the external ground pin when the jumper block is in the first position, the second current level returns through the field ground pin when the jumper block is in the first position, and wherein the combination returns through both the external ground pin and the field ground pin when the jumper block is in the second position.
12. A system for adjusting power outputs of isolated electronic devices, comprising:
a power supply; and
a first electronic device comprising:
a first connector configured to detachably connect the first electronic device to the power supply, the first connector comprising an external power pin and a field power pin, wherein the first connector receives a first current level from the power supply at the external power pin, and wherein the first connector receives a second current level from the power supply at the field power pin,
a second connector configured to detachably connect the first electronic device to a second electronic device, and
a jumper block configurable in a first position and a second position, the first position electrically isolates the external power pin from the field power pin, the second position electrically couples the external power pin to the field power pin, wherein the jumper block directs the first current level from the external power pin to the second connector when in the first position, and wherein the jumper block directs a combination of the first current level and the second current level from the external power pin and the field power pin to the second connector when in the second position.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the jumper block is detachably coupled to the first electronic device, and wherein changing the configuration of the jumper block from the first position to the second position includes (i) decoupling the jumper block from the first electronic device while in the first position, (ii) rotating the jumper block from the first position to the second position, and (iii) recoupling the jumper block to the first electronic device while in the second position.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first electronic device has a first power rating and the second electronic device has a second power rating, and wherein the first power rating is less than the second power rating.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first electronic device further comprises an imaging subsystem configured to:
receive a portion of the first current level when the jumper block is in the first position, and
receive a portion of the combination of the first current level and the second current level when the jumper block is in the second position.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first electronic device further comprises a set of isolated electronic devices configured to:
receive the second current level when the jumper block is in the first position, and
receive a portion of the combination of the first current level and the second current level when the jumper block is in the second position.
17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the power supply is a local power supply of the first electronic device, the first electronic device is an imaging assembly configured to capture an image, and wherein the second electronic device is an illumination assembly configured to receive (i) a first power level from the local power supply when the jumper block is in the first position, and (ii) a second power level from the local power supply when the jumper block is in the second position.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the imaging assembly is configured to capture an image via a machine vision protocol including one or more of (i) object recognition (OR), (ii) object character recognition (OCR), or (iii) facial recognition (FR), and wherein the first illumination level is less than the second illumination level.
19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first connector further comprises an external ground pin and a field ground pin.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein:
the external ground pin is configured to:
receive the first current level when the jumper block is in the first position, and
receive a portion of the combination of the first current level and the second current level when the jumper block is in the second position; and
the field ground pin is configured to:
receive the second current level when the jumper block is in the first position, and
receive a portion of the combination of the first current level and the second current level when the jumper block is in the second position.