The IC697VAL348 board is an 8-channel digital to analog converter board that has been designed and manufactured by GE Fanuc Automation. This board can deliver up to 10 Volts of output current that has a positive binary input code or 2 different complementary codings. It has a 16-bit resolution and it can buffer an output voltage of 10 Volts at a current of 5 milliamps. The GE Fanuc Automation IC697VAL348 8-channel digital to analog converter board has one 16-bit digital to analog converter per channel and it comes with a front panel LED that indicates any fault that occurs during operations. The board includes different features such as a double Eurocard form factor and a high-reliability DIN connector.

Before the installation of the GE Fanuc Automation IC697VAL348 8-channel digital to analog converter board, the tables referring to the programming and factory jumpers need to be checked to ensure that the technicians are up to date on the board specifications. After the info has been checked, the board can be installed in a VMEbus system while the equipment is powered off to avoid damages. The board is meant to be placed in any slot except the one that is reserved for the master processor. The GE Fanuc Automation IC697VAL348 8-channel digital to analog converter board comes with different jumpers that have been factory configured. These are the base address selection switches (S1 and S2), the JC switch that determines the address modifier, the JA and JB switches that determine the digital code, the JD switch that enables that starting of the program, and the JE switch that enables the external start convert mode.