Lab:B209

B209 Fitzpatrick is a computer lab used by EGR 53, EGR 119, ECE 141, ME 131, and occasionally ME 141 and ME 160.

Specifications

• 42 networked Windows XP with acpub.duke.edu credential logins split up into 21 lab banches
• 1 instructor station Windows XP - equipped with a SMART Sympodium
• Projection system with screen
• WolfVision document camera
• 22 National Instruments NI PCI 6014e cards (one at instructor station, one per lab bench)
• 20 Circuit Specialists PBB 272 powered breadboards
• 20 Circuit Specialists MS8264 digital multimeters

Problems Logging In

• If xterm will not work and if the error is something about "error in locking authority file"

  Go to the PuTTY page regarding Xauthority_file_locking

• If x-win needs a license,

  pick "floating node," and use this license

• If your password doesn't work or matlab "doesn't exist,"

  try logging in to a Teer machine

Software

Partial list:

Specifically for EGR 53

• Acrobat reader
• ePrint
• Matlab with toolboxes (esp. Simulink, data acquisition, controls)
• Microsoft Office
• NI Measurements and drivers
• PuTTY
• SSH (including file transfer)
• X-Win 32

Other courses

• SolidWorks (ME 131 / 141 / 160)

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