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HONEYWELL GEN7 DB

Miniature Decoder Board

Next generation, miniature decoder board

enhances performance of Honeywell’s new

N670X Series and Extended FlexRange™

EX30 Scan Engines through 2.5 times faster

processor speed and a newer software

decoder platform.

The Honeywell Gen7 DB Decoder Board is the next generation version of Honeywell's

successful MINI DB Decoder Board. Besides its high performance and small form factor,

users will continue to beneﬁt from the most complete barcode symbology support,

superb motion tolerance, and aggressive scanning of all barcode types, even those

poorly printed or read directly off of smartphone screens. The Honeywell Gen7 DB is

also ﬂash-upgradable, ensuring continuous innovation and support.

Customers may choose either a TTL serial or a USB interface for board-to-board,

snap-on installation to the customer's main board which is then secured using

additional hold-down screws. This “cable-less” solution eliminates the need for an

additional ﬂex cable and connector while providing a more compact footprint.

The Honeywell Gen7 DB operates at a wide temperature range of -30°C to 60°C

[-22°F to 140°F] which matches the operating temperature range of the higher

performance N670X Series Scan Engine.

The Honeywell Gen7 DB is fully backwards compatible with the MINI DB Decoder

Board, sharing the same electrical pin-outs and mechanical ﬁt, helping to smooth

the migration of current designs to the new Honeywell GEN7 DB platform and boost

performance. When combined with the Extended FlexRange EX30, the N670X

Series, or the N3601 scan engines, customers may then easily embed a complete 2D

imaging solution in an exceptionally small space—offering greater design ﬂexibility and

integration than ever before.

FEATURES AND BCFITS

• Compact form factor

frees up more room to

integrate other

technologies,

minimizes

adjustments, helps to

expedite design, and

reduce total costs.

• Electrically and

mechanically

compatible with MINI

DB to support

Honeywell’s latest

optic offerings.

• Supports beyond

barcodes

functionalities such as

OCR and

TotalFreedom which

offer an open-system

architecture for

developing software

plug-ins to implement

value-added custom

features such as

Honeywell’s EasyDL™.

• Wide operating

temperature range

provides application

ﬂexibility.

• Includes Honeywell's

latest decode library

for optimized

performance.

HONEYWELL GEN7 DB DECODER BOARD Technical Speciﬁcations

TABLE 1. MECHANICAL

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H)

20 mm x 14 mm x 4,8 mm [0.79 in x 0.55 in x 0.19 in]

INTERFACE:

INPUT

OUTPUT

30-pin connector for scan engine parallel interface

board- to- board connector with RS TTL and USB HS (480 Mbit/s) available

TABLE 3. ENVIRONMENTAL

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER

TEMPERATURE RANGES:

OPERATING

STORAGE

-30°C to 60°C [-22°F to 140°F]

-40° to 70°C [-40°F to 158°F]

HUMIDITY

95 %RH at 60°C [140°F]

SHOCK

18 shock at 3500 G at 0.4 ms

COMPLIANCE AND REGULATORY

REQUIREMENTS

EMC Class B, FCC Class B

SAFETY

• CB Scheme: IEC 60950-1 Second Edition; IEC 62368-1: 2014

• UL/C-UL (Recognized Component)

• UL 60950-1 Second Edition

• CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-07, 2nd Edition

FIGURE 1. HONEYWELL GEN7 DB WITH THE

EXTENDED FLEXRANGE EX30 SCAN ENGINE

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TABLE 4. DECODER BOARD COMPARISON

CHARACTERISTIC

GEN7 DB MINI DB GEN6 DB

SCAN ENGINE

COMPATIBILITY

Extended

FlexRange

EX30,

N670X

Series,

N3601

N560X

Series,

N660X

Series

N560X

Series

DIMENSIONS

20 mm x

14 mm

[0.79 in x

0.55 in]

20 mm x

14 mm

[0.79 in x

0.55 in]

39,8 mm x

19,1 mm

[1.6 in x

0.75 in]

INPUT VOLTAGE

3.3 V 3.3 V 3.3 V, 5 V

CONNECTION

board-to-

board,

board-to-

ZIF

board-to-

board,

board-to-

ZIF

micro USB,

board-to-

ZIF

INTERFACE

TTL, USB TTL, USB TTL,

USB 1.1 or

USN 2.0

FIGURE 2. HONEYWELL GEN7 DB WITH THE

N670X SERIES SCAN ENGINE

FIGURE 3. HONEYWELL GEN7 DB WITH THE

N3601 SCAN ENGINE

TABLE 2. PERFORMANCE

CHARACTERISTIC

PARAMETER

GEN7 DB + EXTENDED

FLEXRANGE™ EX30

SCAN ENGINE

GEN7 DB + N670X

SERIES SCAN ENGINE

GEN7 DB + N3601

SCAN ENGINE

INPUT VOLTAGE

3.1 V to 3.6 V

OPERATING CURRENT AT 3.3 V:

RS MODE

USB FULL SPEED

USB HIGH SPEED

420 mA

430 mA

432 mA

310 mA

320 mA

322 mA

250 mA

260 mA

263 mA

IDLE CURRENT AT 3.3 V:

SCAN ENGINE POWERED:

RS MODE

USB FULL SPEED

USB HIGH SPEED

105 mA

110 mA

113 mA

83 mA

90 mA

93 mA

74 mA

80 mA

82 mA

SCAN ENGINE NOT POWERED:

RS MODE

USB FULL SPEED

USB HIGH SPEED

75 mA

80 mA

83 mA

STANDBY/SUSPEND:

RS MODE

USB FULL SPEED

USB HIGH SPEED

2.0 mA

1.0 mA

1.2 mA

WORKING MODE

• operation (scanning/decoding) • standby (RS)/suspend (USB)

• idle • power off

INDICATORS

beeper and good read LED signals available on the output connector

SUPPORTED SCAN ENGINES

Extended FlexRange EX30, N670X Series, N3601

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE

ESS, OCR, EasyDL™, TotalFreedom®

MTBF

3,786,789 hr

WARRANTY

15-month limited warranty; the warranty period starts at date of shipment from

Honeywell to customer

* Based on MIL-HDBK-217F (released December 1, 1991). The calculation is based on the part count method for the

Ground Benign (GB) environmental conditions.

TABLE 4. SYMBOLOGIES

LINEAR

Codabar, Code 11, Code 128, Code 2 of 5, Code 39,

Code 93 and 93i, EAN/JAN-13, EAN/JAN 8, IATA

Code 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, MSI, GS1

Databar, UPC-A, UPC E, UPC-A/EAN-13 with Extended

Coupon Code, Coupon GS1 Code 32(PARAF), EAN-

UCC Emulation, GS1 Data Bar

2D STACKED

Codablock A, Codablock F, PDF417, MicroPDF417

2D MATRIX

Aztec Code, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, QR Code, Chinese

Sensible (Han Xin), Grid Matrix, Dot Code

POSTAL

Australian Post, British Post, Canadian Post, China Post,

Japanese Post, Korea Post, Netherlands Post, Planet

Code, Postnet