Elektra CPU User Manual V1.00
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24. QUICK START GUIDE
This section will describe the steps necessary to get your ELEKTRA up and running. It is
assumed that you have also purchased the ELEKTRA Development Kit. This kit includes all
cables described on on page 81, a power supply, USB floppy drive, mounting hardware, IDE
flashdisk and the flashdisk programmer board. More details about the development kit can be
found here:
http://www.diamondsystems.com/products/ELEKTRA#dk
24.1 General Setup
This section describes the initial setup that will be identical no matter which operating system or
IDE configuration you choose to use.
1) Remove the ELEKTRA board from its packaging.
2) Install the mounting kit standoffs into the PC/104 mounting holes located at each corner of
the board. This ensures that the board will not touch the surface beneath it, and will help
redistribute the force when you push connectors onto the board.
3) Attach the high density ribbon cable C-PRZ-01 to locking connector J3. Make sure the cable
is inserted snugly and the connector has locked. If you have a PS/2 mouse and keyboard,
attach them to the corresponding connectors on C-PRZ-01.
4) Attach the VGA cable 6981030 to J25. Connect your monitor’s VGA cable to the DB9 socket.
5) Take the power supply out of its packaging. Do not plug it into the wall yet. Plug the 9-pin
connector into J11 of the ELEKTRA board, right below the PC/104 bus. Take care that the
red wire (+5 VDC) goes to pin 1.
6)
Optional for Ethernet:
Plug cable C-PRZ-02 into J4. You can use the RJ-45 socket on the C-
PRZ-02 cable to patch ELEKTRA into your network.
7)
Optional for USB Devices:
You will need to connect the USB cables if you are going to use a
USB floppy, keyboard or mouse. Plug USB cable 6981012 into J5. If you need 3 or 4 USB
sockets, connect cable 6981032 into J21.
24.2 IDE Configuration
ELEKTRA has a single IDE channel that can support up to two devices simultaneously (Master
and Slave.) IDE devices connect through J8, which is a 44-pin, laptop IDE pinout. Here are a
few example setups:
1) One IDE flashdisk connected directly to J8.
2) One laptop IDE harddrive connected directly to J8 through a 44-pin ribbon cable. This cable
comes in the cable kit (cable 6981004.)
3) Use cable 6981004 to connect an IDE flashdisk programmer board to J8. You can then
connect other 40-pin or 44-pin IDE compatible devices to the programmer board. Use cable
6981006 attached to J12 to provide power from the ELEKTRA board to 40-pin devices.
Remember that the ELEKTRA cannot generate 12VDC itself. You will have to supply your
own 12VDC line to the IDE device, or through the ELEKTRA power input connector.