The PC/104 Lab Kit

Kit Contents

• PC104 stack
• AC adapter for PC104 stack
• Breadboard (large) (IC chips not included)
• Breadboard (small)
• AC adapter for large breadboard (DIN 5 connector)
• Fluke Multimeter
• Battery pack
• Battery pack charger
• VGA interface cable (DE-15 connector)
• Ethernet interface cable (RJ-45 connector)

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.

Other equipment

• Serial port interface cable (DE-9 connector)
• Keyboard interface cable (PS-2 connector)
• Seetron BPI-216 LCD display
• Ethernet straight-crossover converter
• 8-inch LCD monitor (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	IN LAB	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