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1212 Weigh Scale
This board is the latest version of a Weigh Scale. It is the micro controller for a plastic blending system. The current version of this board uses a Freescale 9S12 processor as well as an ARM processor. It has a switching power supply. It has USB as well as Ethernet capabilities. The firmware can be updated simply with a flash drive. The opposite side has a VFD display.

6811 Weigh Scale
This is a legacy version of a Weigh Scale. It is the micro controller for a plastic blending system. This version of this board uses a ROM and RAM for its program.

MGF
A Gravitational Feeder. This board has a backlit LCD display, an SD Card reader, USB and Ethernet ports. Firmware updates can be done from an SD Card or from a USB drive.

Water Basin
This board goes in a portable triage sink. It controls heater elements, water pump, foot petal switches, and reads the temperature of the water being dispensed.

I/O board
This is a generic input / output board called an I/O board.

RTD board
This is a RTD board. It is a striped down version of the I/O board. It is used as a temperature sensor with another product we manufacture.

GVL or Basic Loader
(Front and back) This runs a vacuum loading system. It has alarm lights and beepers all built into the board. It connects to a Pendant via the coax connector on the board for extended settings and a display.

GVL or Basic Loader Pendant
(Front and back) This connects to a GVL or Basic Loader via a coax connector (soldered to this board after it is mounted in its box). The coax wire provides power to this board as well as communications.

Modular Clear Vu loader board
This is a current version of a Clear Vu loader board. This is part of a vacuum loading system for plastics.

Clear Vu loader board
This is a legacy Clear Vu loader board. This is part of a vacuum loading system for plastics.

Digital Pot board
This is a Digital Pot board. This board uses an optical encoder for user input, and has a digital display to indicate settings to the user. It communicates to another product we manufacture, and sends out a dc voltage to yet another product.

Dryer board
This is a Dryer board. It is the micro controller for a plastic drying system. This board has capability of firmware (flash memory) updates by the end-user. This can be accomplished with either a PC, a Palm Pilot, or with a flash memory card that we manufacture.

Flash card
This is a Flash card. This is used to update firmware on other products.

Loss In Weight board
This is a Loss In Weight board. It takes a setting from a digital pot board, and controls the speed of an extruder to adjust the amount of through-put of plastic being dispensed.

MLAN / Dongle board
This is an MLAN / Dongle board. It is a proprietary communications board and dongle board for one of our customers.

Copy Vender board
This is a Copy Vender board. This board was re-engineered for a company that had a very old, through-hole design. It is used in vending machines with card scanners to purchase products with a swipe card. They are also used as stand alone devices to re-charge cards.

Pump / Extruder board
This is a Pump / Extruder board. This is a board that powers a motor as a peristaltic pump. It can be set to run at a specific speed, for a certain length of time, or controlled from an outside signal.

Thumbwheel board
This is a Thumbwheel board. Though it is not apparent on the photo, the back side of this board has surface mount parts on it. This board is used as an input to a few products for one of our customers.
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