The PC/104 Lab Kit

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Kit Contents

  • PC104 stack PC104 stack.jpgPC104 ports.jpg
  • AC adapter for PC104 stack PC104 stack adapter.jpg
  • Breadboard (large) Breadboard large.jpg (IC chips not included)
  • Breadboard (small) Breadboard small.jpg
  • AC adapter for large breadboard Breadboard ac adapter.jpg5pin din.jpg(DIN 5 connector)
  • Fluke Multimeter Fluke multimeter.jpg
  • Battery pack Battery pack.jpg
  • Battery pack charger Battery pack charger.jpg
  • VGA interface cable (DE-15 connector) Vga interface cable.jpgDE15.jpg
  • Ethernet interface cable (RJ-45 connector) Ethernet interface cable.jpgRJ45.jpg

Note: when plugging the interface cables into the PC104 CPU board, the red stripe on the cable should line up with the small white triangle printed next to the socket.

PC104 socket triangle.jpg

Other equipment

  • Serial port interface cable (DE-9 connector) Serial port interface cable.jpgDE9.jpg
  • Keyboard interface cable (PS-2 connector) Keyboard interface cable.jpg
  • Seetron BPI-216 LCD display Seetron LCD.jpg
  • Ethernet straight-crossover converter Crossover converter.jpg
  • 8-inch LCD monitor Small LCD monitor.jpg (you probably won't be needing the driver if it came with one)

Known Problems with the Kits

  • COM2 may not work properly with Simulink/XPC Target
  • Analog outputs inverted and not quite scaled 1:1 (5V commanded out is actually approximately -4.5V) - read this
  • Digital outputs are open collector circuits -- although not a problem, can be confusing, like the analog outputs - read this too
  • Digital outputs reset to low momentarily whenever model is started and when model is downloaded, independent of "reset vector" and "initial value vector" settings. (at least with 2006a+ version of xPC -- unsure of bug in other versions)

Kit User Checkout

Kit # Owner Date Checked Out IP Address xPC Version Missing Parts Comments/Problems
1 Blake Levine 10/26/07 106 2.9
2 In stockroom returned 108 2.9 bttry pack+chgr DO 1-4 don't work
3 IN LAB returned 1/11/2010 113 2006b
4 In stockroom returned 105
5 James Solberg Spring 06 112 3.0
6 In Stockroom 6/24/09 110 4.1
7 Alex Birdwell 11/4/08 121 Hartmann group
8 In stockroom returned 115 2.9
9 Blake Levine 10/26/07 4.0
10 Malcom MacIver 6/4/09 104 2.9
11 In stockroom 6/30/09 109 2.9 Large Breadboard colgate
12 Hartmann lab/Mongeau 10/23/06 102 2.9 Large Breadboard
13 Colgate Winter 06 101 haptic paddle/friction demo
14 Returned 1/11/2010 107 2.9
15 ME333 Winter 12/14/06 115 2.9 all except pc104 base of pc104 not attached
16 ME390 Fall 9/01/07 116 3.2
17 Keehoon Kim 9/18/07 117 2.9 Colgate
18 Laura Winfield Spring 06 118 3.0
19 ME390 Fall 09/01/07 114 3.2
20 David Weir Winter 06 120 3.0 only checked out pc104, not black box or breadboard
21 ME390 Fall 9/01/07 3.2 Encoder 1 pins broken
22 James Sulzer 12/14/06 122 2.9 box, all but pc104
23 Unassembled