At the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston Rob Wray from mp3Car spoke to representatives from the PC manufacturer MSI which makes this ultra thin computer.

This computer packs 4 usb prots, laptop hard drive, 2 lan ports, 3 mini pci slots, and 2 wireless antennas into a case less than an inch thin. Wow!

CNX-P2140 Overview and Installation


Goal

Demonstrate what all the input and output wires (J1 and J2) on the P2140 do and where to connect them. We'll also provide a quick overview of the jumpers that control how your primary and secondary output rails behave.

Learn

Understand where the input and output wires connect to. Learn how to connect the P2140 to a bench battery for testing purposes and measure the...

**Goal
Demonstrate what all the input and output wires (J1 and J2) on the P2140 do and where to connect them. We'll also provide a quick overview of the jumpers that control how your primary and secondary output rails behave.

**Learn
How to quickly wire and configure the P2140.

**Equipment
Screw driver, electrical tape, multimeter (optional), wire strippers, p2140

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Transcript:

Rob Wray: Hi, my name’s Rob Wray with MP3 Car. I’m here at the Intel booth with Intel’s Mark Oliver. He’s one of the technical Intel’s Mark Olivereting managers at Intel, and they’ve put together this Atom reference platform. So Intel’s Mark...

Get the 1 minute skinny on wiring installs.