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1.6Baseunit,extensionunitsandextensionblocks
Figure1.1showsabaseunitalongwith2extensionblocks.
Itisveryimportantthatconfusionisavoidedwhentheseunitsarediscussed.
Thebasicwaytodescribethedifferencebetweenabaseunit,anextensionunitandan
extensionblockisasfollows:
1.Abaseunitismadeupoffourcomponents,i.e.powersupply,inputs,outputsand
CPU.
2.Anextensionunitismadeupofthreecomponents,i.e.powersupply,inputsand
outputs.
3.Anextensionblockismadeupofoneortwocomponents,i.e.inputsand/oroutputs.
Itcanbeseenthattheextensionblockdoesnothaveapowersupply.It