Axol Electronics Ltd.

Welcome to the Axol Electronics web site. This site gives information on and support files for the products of Axol Electronics Ltd. .

POST card.

front view A POST card is a Power On Self Test card designed to assist in fault finding with PCs.
The card will plug into a slot in the machine and, when the machine is switched on, will read the test codes sent out by the BIOS on the motherboard and display them so the user can determine what was being tested at the time the machine stopped booting. This helps to isolate the problem and allows quicker fault finding.

But the Axol POST card is a little more sophisticated:

  • The Axol POST card will plug into both ISA/EISA and PCI slots.
  • The Port address for PCI is assignable to any location.
  • The Port address for ISA is assignable to 7 locations.
  • It gives plain text messages instead of cryptic HEX codes.
  • The user can update the card to allow newer BIOSes to be included.
  • Includes full, on load monitoring of the PC power supplies.
  • All bus voltages are measured to a resolution of 0.1V.
  • All bus voltages are monitored for dips/spikes.
  • Power supply rise times are measured for all supplies.
  • All bus clock frequencies are measured.
  • All of the parameters of the test are retained when removed from the system.
  • Edge connectors use hard gold alloy contacts to ensure durability.
  • Costs only £85, ($160 US, €125).

    Just take a look at the Axol POST card full description.


    TileTalker

    TileTalker TileTalker is a range of hardware and software aimed at people with severe difficulty in communicating. Initially it will consist of software to allow severely physically handicapped people to gain access to a PC in order to facilitate simple communication with others by converting signals from switches which can be operated with limited movement into speech.

    Of course, people with only speech difficulties can also use the system to give rapid access to words and phrases which can then be spoken as either computer generated or user recorded voices.

    The TileTalker screen consists of a page filled with tiles.
    Each tile consists of a picture, a word, a sound and an action. Selecting a tile will cause one of many things to happen such as speaking a word or phrase, playing a sound or MP3 track, opening a Word document and inserting a phrase into that document, or opening another page of tiles to allow for unlimited expansion.
    The contents of each page and tile are entirely at the users discretion, we place no restriction on this at all.
    The number of tiles on a page is also configurable so anything from 2 to 200 tiles can be displayed on each page.

    A typical example is shown in the picture.

    As many pages as required can be stored and interlinked limited only by the memory available in the computer.

    The user interface will be via scanning switches, mouse, keyboard, touchscreen or vocal (reacting to noise in order to select an event).

    Activating the device will cause the computer to perform one of a range of actions including speaking the word or phrase, playing music, displaying a picture, opening an e-mail, opening a word processor document etc. and with the addition of the external hardware expected to be released in late 2007, TileTalker will allow control of equipment around the home via remote control, wireless links.

    The initial product will consist only of software and will work on any WindowsXP based PC, including TabletPCs to allow it to be used on the move.

    (c)2007 Axol Electronics Ltd.
    Registered in England, company registration no. 3155627.
    Registered office 35 Grindon Lane, Sunderland SR3 4EU