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MDS General-Purpose Board Development Kit

User Manual

UM016905-1207

MDS-GP Board Features

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I

2

C Expanders

Three I

2

C bus expanders are included on the MDS-GP board: U2, U13,

and U19. The address of each device is hard-wired on the MDS-GP board
and is set to the functions and addresses as shown in

Table 1

.

GPS and Wireless Data Options

The MDS-GP board supports plug-in options for adding wireless data and
GPS functions.

A two-way wireless module can be plugged into connectors J17 and J19
on the back of the MDS-GP board. The connector pinouts support the
maxstream 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz radio modules. For module details and
ordering information, visit

www.maxstream.net

.

A trimble lassen SQ GPS module can be plugged into connector J15. For
module details and sales locations, visit

www.trimble.com

.

The MDS-GP board is equipped with two holes for adding a wire-tie to
secure the module to the board.

Figure 8

displays a maxstream wireless

module installed on the underside of the MDS-GP board.

These modules are not included in the MDS-GP board kit.

Table 1. I

2

C Bus Expanders

I

2

C Bus

Expander

Address

Function

U2

0100010 R/W

Software serial port control jumpers

U13

0100001 R/W

LCD four bit data, LCD enable pin
and LED control

U19

0100000 R/W

Relay/High drive outputs

Note: