The PC/104 Lab Kit
From Mech
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 | Dave Kelso | BME 10/25/06 | 113 | 2006b | ||
| 4 | In stockroom | returned | 105 | |||
| 5 | James Solberg | Spring 06 | 112 | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | Mary Wu | 2/18/09 | 110 | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | Alex Birdwell | 11/4/08 | 121 | Hartmann group | ||
| 8 | In stockroom | returned | 115 | 2.9 | ||
| 9 | Blake Levine | 10/26/07 | 3.2 | |||
| 10 | ME333 Winter | 12/14/06 | 104 | 2.9 | ||
| 11 | Mary Wu | 2/3/09 | 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 | Abhishek A. | 5/24/2007 | 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 |
