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PinoutDetailsofFDR.

Aheaderof15x2isused,consistingof30pin.Theheaderconsistsof16 analoginputschannelsforthe16bitADC,fourgroundpinsfor interfacing.TwosetofUSARTsofinterfacingwith3DMGX1,GPSand powerpins.

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Decodingthepinfromtheconnectorcable. 1) Theredlineonthecableindicatesthefirstwireasshowninfigure2. 2) TheredlineisthechannelzerofortheADC.Nextfifteenaretherest oftheADCinputsinincreasingorder. 3) TwoDB9connectors:firstoneforthe3DMGX1,nextfortheGPS. 4) Fourgroundslineforinterfacing. 5) Thelastfourwires,firstalternatepairofwireisthebatterypositive andnextalternatepairsofwiresarethe+5voltsoutputfromthe board(amaxof600mAcanbedrawnforthesepinstotally)indicated asVCCARROWinfigure1. Thereisanothertwowireconnectorwhichhastobeengivetoabattery voltageintherangeof6voltsto18volts.Positiveshouldbegiventobrown wireandnegativetotheblackwireonly. Precautionstobetakenwhileusingtheboards. 1) BeforeconnectingthebatterytheuserhastoselectthenoofADC channelsfromthedipswitchesontheboard.Theconfigurationisin 8421patternforchannelselection(Hint:1,2,3,4ontheswitches indicateinthepatternof1,2,4,8bitpattern).Ex:ifswitches1and2 areonthefirstthreechannelsareselected. 2) FormattheSDcardinFAT32only.Ensurethatthecardisnotinfected withanyviruses.(Hint:CheckinPropertiesandensurethatusedspace isonly4KB). 3) RunDummyFileCreatorGUIandcreateafilewithanynameofyour choiceandpastethesameintheSDCard.

4) InserttheSDCardintotheslotprovidedontheboard. 5) Connectthe3DMGX1andGPStotherespectiveDB9connectorsand powerthemboth. 6) NowPowertheboard. DecodingtheData: 1) CopytheFileintheSDCardtoanyfolderofyourchoiceontothePC. 2) RunFDRDecoderv1.0GUIandselectthefilethroughbrowse. 3) ClickonDecodeandgiveanynameofyourchoicetotheresultant worddocument. 4) WaittilltheoperationiscompleteandDoneisdisplayedonthe screen.

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