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# Arduino Pro Opta Ext D1608E

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** AFX00005 · **Brand:** [Arduino](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/arduino-australia) · **GTIN:** 7630049204096
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/arduino-pro-opta-ext-d1608e.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/arduino-pro-opta-ext-d1608e.html.md))

Just snap-on the module to extend your system’s capabilities flexibly and quickly.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $269.95 (inc GST) — $245.41 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 5+ $235.59 (exc GST) · 15+ $230.68 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 20 and Aug 24.

## How to buy

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## Description

Arduino Pro Opta Ext D1608E enhances your [Arduino Opta’](https://core-electronics.com.au/arduino-opta-wifi.html)s real-time control, monitoring and predictive maintenance applications with the addition of 16 programmable voltage inputs and 8 electromechanical relays 250 VAC 6A to operate your machines.

Just snap on the module to extend your system’s capabilities flexibly and quickly, and manage the new I/Os from the Opta base unit seamlessly, taking advantage of the open and widely known Arduino ecosystem or [PLC IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/pro/software-plc-ide) IEC 61131-3 programming environment.

**Key benefits:**

- Flexible inputs: 16 new inputs for your applications per each expansion added, programmable as digital 0-24 VDC or analog 0-10 V.
- Powerful outputs: 8 electromechanical relays offering 250 VAC for 6A each.
- Up to 5 snap-on modules can be managed to multiply and mix a set of I/Os with seamless detection: snap them right next to your Opta base module and use the I/Os as native Opta resources.
- Extend your hardware capabilities while keeping programming accessible, by using the Arduino IDE with its wide range of ready-to-use sketches, tutorials and libraries.
- Put your new I/Os easily to work with the [PLC IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/pro/software-plc-ide) for IEC 61131-3 PLC languages, taking advantage of its low-code approach and pre-mapped resources.
- Extend the Opta’s benefits of real-time remote monitoring via intuitive Arduino Cloud dashboards and secure communication to a wider set of connected devices.
- Reliable by design, thanks to industrial certifications and Finder’s expertise in electronic devices.
- Easy DIN rail installation.
 
**Applications**

Opta’s digital expansions are ideal to increase the number of real-time control points in the manufacturing sector and in any building automation project. 
The Opta Ecosystem is compatible with all major cloud providers – but choosing the simplicity of [Arduino Cloud](https://cloud.arduino.cc/) can really make a difference, for anyone who wants to build, customize and remotely manage their own dashboards.

**Resources**

- [Datasheet](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/AFX00005-AFX00006-datasheet_48940576516.pdf)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/A/F/AFX00005-1.jpg)