Ampro Corporation 5001451A manual

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    Little Boar d™ P6d Re f er ence Manual P/N 5001451A R e vision B 5215 Helly er Avenue, San Jose, CA 95138- 1007 Phone: 408 360-0200, FAX: 408 360-0222, W eb: www.am pro .com[...]

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    ii TRADEMARKS The Ampro logo is a registered tradema rk, and A mpro, EnC ore, Little Boa rd, CoreModule, a nd MiniM odule are trad emarks of Ampro C omputers, In c. Pentium is a registered trad emark of Intel, I ncorporated. A ll other ma rks are the p roperty of their respective comp ani es. NOTICE No part of this document may b e reproduced, tran[...]

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    iii Table of Contents Preface Introduction ................................................................................................................... ...................... vii Technical Support .............................................................................................................. ........... vii Introduction Genera[...]

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    iv System Memo ry .................................................................................................................. ............... 2–9 ROM BIOS ....................................................................................................................... ...........2–10 Shadowing ......................................[...]

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    v Ethernet RJ45 Interface Connector (J13) ..................................................................................2–37 Ethernet Interface So ftware .................................................................................................... ..2–38 Ethernet Setup .................................................................[...]

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    vii Preface Introduction This ma nual is for integrat ors and progra mmers of sys tems ba sed on the Am pro Litt le Board  P6d, a full-featured CP U module conforming to the EBX 1.1 technica l specifica tion. It conta ins technica l information about hardware requirements, int erconnection, and software configuration. Technical Support Ampro Com[...]

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    1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction General Description The Little Bo ard  P6d sy stem is a hig h integ ration, h igh-p erfo rmance Pe ntium-II base d PC/AT- compatible sy stem that co nfor ms to the EBX V1.1 specif ication. This ru gged and hig h quality single-boa rd syst em contains all the component s ubsyst ems of a P C/AT P CI motherboa rd plus t h[...]

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    1-2 The board uses a s ingle 3.3V DIMM memory module for main DRAM memory, and supports from 32MB to 256MB in a 64-bit or 72-bit (ECC) config uration. The modu le has a fu ll compleme nt of stand ard PCI PC/AT architectu ral feature s, including DMA channels, interrupt controllers , real-time clock, and timer counters . Enhanced Embedded-PC BIOS On[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 1-3 The Co mpactFlash disk is a solid -state or rotatin g med ia disk syste m that e mulate s an IDE d rive . It uses st andard CompactFlash disk media, similar to a PCMCIA memory card, but smaller. Insert the Compact Flas h disk media in t he on-board Compac tFla sh sock et, and us e it in much t he same way you would use[...]

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    1-4 Flat Panel/CRT Display Controller A 69030 video display co ntrolle r suppo rts both flat p anels and CRTs, and of fers f ull softw are compatibility with all popu lar PC video standards ( VGA, Supe r VGA, and VESA) . All standard resolutio ns up to 1600x1200 pix els at 64K co lors fo r CRTs and up to 1280x1024 pix els at 16.7M colors for fla t [...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 1-5 Enhanced Reliability Reliability is espe cially impo rtant in em bedde d compu ter syste ms. Ampro , specializing in embed ded system com puter s and p erip herals, kn ows th at embe dde d syste ms must be able to run reliabl y in rugged, host ile, a nd miss ion-criti cal environment s wit hout operator i ntervention. [...]

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    1-6 Little Board Development Platform And QuickStart Kit To help developers q uickly as semble a n embedded syst em, Ampro offers the Li ttle Boa rd Deve lopme nt Platform. It inclu des a po wer sup ply, 3-1/2 inch 1.44M flopp y disk driv e, IDE h ard drive, CD ROM drive, speaker, I/O connectors, a backplane for ISA and PCI expansion cards , an I/O[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 1-7 The Little Bo ard P6d Utility I/O Dev elop ment Bo ard prov ides con nectio ns for the speaker, keybo ard, mo use, Ir DA, TTL ser ial, fron t pane l switche s, misc. po wer manage men t signals, e xtern al power supply connections, and s o forth. Table 1-1 summarize s the con necto rs available o n the I/O Dev elopm en[...]

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    1-8 J3 — Misc. This con nec tor co ntains mi scellane ous Po we r Manag eme nt sign als and the TTL serial. Table 1-3. Miscellaneous Power Management and TTL Wir ing Pin # Signal Pin # Signal 1 TT L_TX3 2 T TL_RX1 3 TT L_RX3 4 TT L_TX1 5 TT L_GND 6 SMBALRT 7 TTL _ TX4 8 SM B DA TA 9 T TL_RX4 10 SMBCLK J4 — Key board You can use J4 to conn ect a[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 1-9 Figure 1-2 is a blo ck diagram o f the Little Board P6d architecture . CPU USB (2) Serial EEPROM Te mp IDE (4) Compac t Flash 443BX DRAM DIMM PIIX4 E Audio Video 100Bas eT Ethernet PCI/120 Bus PC/104 Bus Multi-I/O I/O Flopp y Parallel Seri al 1, 2 Ke y board Mouse Serial 3, 4 BIOS RTC Bu ffer Figure 1-2. System Block D[...]

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    1-10[...]

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    2-1 Chapter 2 Product Reference Ov erv iew This chapter co ntains the technical in formation you w ill nee d to install an d conf igure the Little Board P6 d syst em. The informa tion is presented i n the followi ng order: ! Mounting Di mensions (pa ge 2-1) ! Connecto r Summary (p age 2-3) ! Jumper Summary (page 2-6) ! DC Powe r (pag e 2-7) ! Syste[...]

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    2-2 Figure 2-1. Li ttle Board P6d M odule with Mounti ng Dim ensions 0. 0 .2 00 .575 .6 50 2 . 111 2.293 2.325 2.625 3.125 4.000 4.575 4.950 5.350 5.550 6.4 7 5 6.575 6.8 0 0 6.8 7 5 7.1 7 5 7.6 0 0 .1 00 .0 50 .2 50 .7 50 1.500 2.675 2.875 3.125 4.200 4.650 5.350 7.800 7.600 7.500 7.150 7.100 6.200 5.625 5.325 3.100 5.9 7 5 5.700 2.8 0 0 1.87 5 1.[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-3 Connector Summary Refer to Figure 2 -2. Lit tle Boa rd P6d Connect or and Jumper Locat ions for t he locati ons of the conne ctors (J1 – J21) and con figur ation ju mpers ( W1 – W9). Table 2-1 su mmarizes the u se of th e I/O connectors. Each interface is described in its own section, showing connect or pinouts, si[...]

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    2-4 Most I/ O connectors ar e shrouded dual-row ma le headers for us e with fla t ribb on (IDC) female connecto rs and ribbo n cable. Note Ampro recommends using “cent er-bump polarized” connectors t o preve nt accide ntally installing cables backwards. You can also de sign a PC bo ard asse mbly, mad e with fem ale con nec tors in th e same rel[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-5 Figure 2-2. Li ttle Board P6d Connector and Jumper Locations CRT J1 7 J2 1 J1 5 J1 6 W10 W3 J1 J3 J1 3 J2 2 W7 W6 J7 J6 W2 W4 J8 J9 J1 0 J10 0[...]

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    2-6 Jumper Summary Ampro installs op tion j ump ers in d efau lt positio ns so that in mo st cases th e Little B oard P6d module requires no special jumpering for st andard AT operation. You can connect t he power and peripherals and operate i t immedia tely. Jumper- pin arrays are d esignate d W1, W2, and so forth. Ju mper pin s are spaced 2 mm ap[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-7 DC Pow er The pow er conn ector J10 is a 7-p in polarize d conne ctor. Ref er to Table 2-3 for po wer co nnectio ns and Table 2-4 f or mating co nnecto r informatio n. Caution To prevent dama ge to the Li ttl e Board P6d or i ts power connect or, ensure the power plug is wired correct ly before applying power to the mo[...]

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    2-8 If a PCI expan sion card re quiring 3.3V is installe d, that v oltage can be conn ected to J10-5 to su pply power to J3, the PCI bus interface connector. Switching Pow er Supplies If yo u use a sw itchin g po wer supply , be su re it re gulate s pro perly with th e load you r syste m draw s. Some switch ing po wer su pplies d o not re gulate pr[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-9 Fan Connector Figure 2- 3 show s the con nectio n betw een th e fan and J21. The pino ut of J21 is sh own in Table 2-5. J21 5V CPU Fan - 1 + 2 TACH Figure 2-3. C PU Fan Connection ( J21) Table 2-5. Fan Power Connec tor (J 21) Pin # Function 1 Switched Ground 2+ 5 V P o w e r 3 TACH Output Sy stem Memory The mod ule su [...]

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    2-10 Table 2-6. Sys tem Memory Map Memory A ddr ess Function FE0000h - FFFFFFh Duplicates BIOS at 0E0000-0FFFFFh. 100000h - FDFFFFh Extended mem ory 0E0000h - 0FFFFFh 128K ROM BIOS 0D0000h - 0DFFFFh BIOS extension option, if enabled. Otherwise, free. 0CB000h - 0CFFFFh USB 0C0000h - 0CAFFFh Video BIOS (44K) 0A0000h - 0BFFFFh Normally contains vi deo[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-11 DMA channe l not alread y in use. Fo r your conve nienc e, Table 2-7 an d Table 2-8 p rovid e a summary of the normal i nterrupt and DM A channel a ssi gnments on t he Litt le Board P 6d module. The PCI b us uses four interrupts (INTA*, INT B*, INTC *, and INTD*). These int errupts a re mapped to any o f the av ailabl[...]

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    2-12 Table 2-8. DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function 0 1 2 3 Available for 8- bit transf ers Available for 8- bit transf ers Floppy controller Available for 8- bit transf ers 4 5 6 7 Cascade f or channels 0-3 Available for 16- bit transf ers Available for 16- bit transf ers Available for 16- bit transf ers Battery -Backed Clock An AT-compat ibl[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-13 I/O Addresses and Interrupt Assignments The serial p orts appe ar at the stan dard po rt addre sses as sho wn in Table 2-9. Each se rial port can be independentl y disab led usi ng the Setu p function, freei ng its I/ O address es for use b y other device s installed on the PC/104 and PCI e xpansio n buses. Wh en a se[...]

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    2-14 Table 2-10. RS232 Serial Port Connec tion Ports Pin # Signal Name Function In/Out DB25 Pin DB9 Pin Serial 1 (J8) or Serial 3 (J11) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DCD 1 DSR 1 RXD RTS TXD CTS DTR 1 RI 1 GND N/A Data Carrier Detec t Data Set Ready Receive Data Request To Send Transmit Data Clear to Send Data Terminal Ready Ring Indicator Signal Ground No C[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-15 Table 2-12. J8 and J 11 Mating Connector Connector Type Mating Connector RIBBON 3M 3421-7600 Latching Clip 3505-8020 DISCRETE W IRE MOLEX HOUSING 22- 55-2202 PIN 16-02-0103 Table 2-13. RS485 Termination Jumper Result W 4 On Serial 1 Ter m inated Off Serial 1 Unterminated W 5 On Serial 2 Ter m inated Off Serial 2 Unter[...]

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    2-16 ! 9600 baud ! No parity ! 8 bits ! One stop b it To use an ASCII terminal as t he console device for your system, s et the serial baud rate, parity, data leng th, and stop bits o f the termin al to match the se rial con sole se ttings. Fo r pro pe r display of Setup and POST messages from the BIOS, you must use an IEEE-compatible terminal or t[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-17 Using A rrow Ke y s During Setup During Setup, the serial console arrow ke ys and function key s must be simulated. To simulate the functio n key s, enter two ke ystroke s, an “F” follo wed by the func tion ke y num ber. Thu s, functio n key F3 i s si mulat ed with th e litera l “F 3” t yped on the keyboa rd. [...]

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    2-18 Table 2-16. USB Port 1 Pinout J4 Pin # S ignal Name Function 1 USBPW R1 USB1 +5 Volt Power 2 USBP-1 USB1 Data- 3 USBP+1 USB1 Data+ 4 USBGND1 Ground 5 SHIELD1 Cable Shield for USB1 Table 2-17. USB Port 2 Pinout J5 Pin # S ignal Name Function 1 USBPW R2 USB2 +5 Volt Power 2 USBP-2 USB2 Data- 3 USBP+2 USB2 Data+ 4 USBGND2 Ground 5 SHIELD2 Cable S[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-19 Table 2-18. IrDA Interf ace Pinout J19 Pin # Signal Name Function 18 IRMODE /IRRXB Fast IR Receive/Mode Input 19 IRTX IR Trans m it 20 IRRXA IR Receive (SIR) Multi-Mode Parallel Port The Lit tle Board P 6d syst em incorporates a multi-mode pa rallel port . This port supports four modes of operati on: ! Standard P C/AT[...]

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    2-20 The ROM- BIOS scans I/O ad dresse s for paralle l ports in the fo llowin g ord er: 3BCh, 378h, 278h . DMA Channels In ECP enhancement mode, the para llel port ca n send and receive da ta under control of an on- board DMA controller. On the Li ttle Board P6 d module, select a DMA channel in Setup. Y ou can configu re the parallel po rt to use e[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-21 Table 2-20. Parallel Por t Connections ( J9) Pin # Signal Name Function In/Out DB25 Pin 1 STB* Output Data Strobe Out 1 3 PD 0 LSB Of Printer Data I/O 2 5 PD 1 Printer Data 1 I/O 3 7 PD 2 Printer Data 2 I/O 4 9 PD 3 Printer Data 3 I/O 5 11 PD 4 Printer Data 4 I/O 6 13 PD 5 Printer Data 5 I/O 7 15 PD 6 Printer Data 6 I[...]

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    2-22 Latch-Up Protection The parallel port incorporates chip prot ection circuitry on s ome inputs, designed t o minimize the possibility o f CMOS “latch up ” due to a printe r or o ther pe ripheral be ing p owere d up w hile th e Litt le Board P 6d sys tem is turned off. Parallel Port Registers The low -lev el softw are inte rface to the paral[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-23 To change the port between in put and output sta tes, write a 1 to bit five of the cont rol regis ter to set the p ort to its inpu t state; or a 0 to set it to its outp ut state. He re is a co de sample f or dynamically ch anging th e po rt direction (after it is in Extend ed Mod e). ;---------------------------------[...]

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    2-24 Table 2-22. Parallel Por t Register Bits Register Bit Signal Name or Function In/Out Act ive High/Low J5 Pin DB25F Pin DATA (378h) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PD 0 PD 1 PD 2 PD 3 PD 4 PD 5 PD 6 PD 7 I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O High High High High High High High High 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 STAT US (379h) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TMO UT 0 0 ERROR[...]

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    Litt le Board P 6d Module 2-25 SELIN* Printer select input This bit is inverted and output to the pin. It s elects a pr inter. IRQE Interrupt request enable W hen set to 1, interr upts are enabled. An inter rupt is generated by the positive-going -ACK input. PCD Parallel contr ol direction W hen set to 1, port is in input m ode. In pr inter m ode, [...]

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    2-26 If you don’t use t he floppy int erface, dis able i t in S etup. Thi s frees t he floppy’s I/O address es, IRQ6 , and DMA chann el 2 fo r use by o ther pe ripher als installed o n the PC/104 bu s. Floppy Interface Connector (J14) Table 2-25 sho ws the pinou t and sign al def initions o f the flop py disk in terface conne ctor, J14. Th is p[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-27 Note For maximum reliability , keep ID E drive cables less than 18 in ches long. Table 2-26. IDE Interfac e Connectors ( J6, J7) Pin # S ignal Name Function Pin # Signal Name Function 1 RESET * Reset signal 2 GND Ground 3 D7 Data bit 7 4 D8 Data bit 8 5 D6 Data bit 6 6 D9 Data bit 9 7 D5 Data bit 5 8 D10 Data bit 10 9 [...]

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    2-28 IDE Interface Configuration Use Setup t o specify your IDE hard disk dri ve types. See the Set up section beginning on page 2 -48 for de tails. If you do not find a drive t y pe whose displ ayed paramet ers match t he drive you are us ing, use drive type U SER. It allows y ou to manually ente r the d rive’ s parame ters. The drive manuf actu[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-29 A udio Interface The audio interface w ill be provide d by a combinatio n of the 4DWAVE-NX PCI D irectSound Accelerator, a Re v 2.1 compliant AC97 CO DEC and a Natio nal LM4863 Audio Amplifier. It provid es an advan ced w avetable sy nthesize r, full leg acy compatibility , multiple ste reo cap ture channels, an d is f[...]

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    2-30 Table 2-27. Audio Interfac e Connectors Connector Function Type Signals J1 Audio Interf ace 26 Pin, Fem ale, 2m m All Audio Signals f rom CPU J2 Video Sound In RCA Jack 1 – Ground 2 – Video Sound In Left J3 Video Sound In RCA Jack 1 – Ground 2 – Video Sound In Right J4 CD Input 4 Pin, Single Row, .1” 1 – CD In Left 2, 3 – CD In G[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-31 Figure 2-5. Audi o Interface Adapter Schem atic R5 1K R1 1K R6 1K J6 J7 J1 R8 4. 7 K J5 J9 R7 1K J8 J2 C1 10 00 pF J4 R3 1K R4 1K J3 R9 1K R2 1K C2 470 pF R10 1K 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 1 VIDEO_L 1 VIDEO_R 3 CD_L 4 CD_ GND 5 CD_R 6 MIC1 10 LI NE _IN _L 7 LI NE _IN _R 9 PHON E _IN 15 MON0_GND 18 +AO UT_L 20 MIC_R EF 13 VIDEO_GN[...]

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    2-32 Table 2-28. Audio Interfac e Input Connector (J 12) Pin # Signal Function Pin # Signal Function 1 VIDEO_L Audio in Lef t fr om Video Source 2 VIDEO_GND Video Ground 3 VIDEO_R Audio in Right from Video Source 4 CD_L CD Audio Left 5 CD_GND CD Audio Ground 6 CD_R CD Audio Right 7 LINE_IN_L Line Audio In Left 8 LINE_IN_GND Line Audio Ground 9 LINE[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-33 Table 2-30. Video Connector Summary Name Connector Pins/T y p e Description Flat Panel J15 50-pin Shrouded 2mm Header Provides c onnections f or a broad ar ray of standard f lat panel displays. CRT J 1 7 10-pin Shrouded .100 Header Provides connec tions f or a CRT display. To connect to a standar d CRT c able, use a sh[...]

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    2-34 Table 2-31. Flat Panel Video Connector (J15) Pin # Signal Name Description 1 SHFCLK Shif t Clock . Pixel c lock for flat panel data. 2 M DE M signal for panel AC drive c ontrol. Som etim es called ACDCLK or AC Drive. May also be configured to be -BLANK or as Display Enable (DE) for T FT panels . 3 LP Latch Pulse. Som etim es c alled Load Clock[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-35 BIOS Support of Standard Flat Panels The Lit tle Board P 6d syst em can support flat panel BIOS sett ings for up to 1 6 popular LC D panels, but only 8 have b een configured in the BIOS. Y ou select which flat panel BIOS setti ngs to use i n Setup. For details about configuring the video controller, refer to the descri[...]

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    2-36 Table 2-32. CRT Interfac e Connector ( J17) Pin # Signal Name DB-1 5 1R e d 1 2 Ground 6 3 Green 2 4 Ground 7 5B l u e 3 6 Ground 8 7 Horizontal Sync. 13 8 Ground 10 9 Vertical Sy nc. 14 10 +5V Power - Table 2-33. J17 Mating Connectors Connector Type M ating Connector RIBBON 3M 3473- 7600 Latching Clip 3505-8010 DISCRETE W IRE MOLEX HOUSING 22[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-37 Table 2-35. J6 Mating Connector Mating Connector Discrete W ire: Molex Housing 51110-2650 Molex Pin 50394-8051 Disabling the Video Controller The video control ler can be dis abled in Setup. T here are no jumpers to change. Ethernet Netw ork Interface This section des cribes the hardware of the Ethernet interface and d[...]

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    2-38 Ethernet Interface Software Manufacturer's Ethernet ID Each manufacture r of Eth ernet ne twork ad apters and interface s is assigned a unique manufacturer's ID by the IEEE Standards Office. A network address consists of 48 bits. The upper 24 bits are the manu facturer's ID and the lowe r 24 bits are the board's un ique ID.[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-39 http://deve loper.intel.com/de s ign/networ k/drivers/index.htm#82559ER Note Intel upd ates its we b site fre quen tly and th is location could mo ve in the fu ture . Ethernet Setup This sect ion describes how to configure and connect the Ethernet L AN interface. There are no jumpers to set on t he Ethernet interface, [...]

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    2-40 Ampro Commo n Utilities man ual. The f ollow ing simple assembly lang uage routine illustrates ho w to control t he watchdog t imer usin g the Ampro ROM -BIOS functi on provided for this purpose: ;---------------------------------------------------------- ; Watchdog timer control program ;-------------------------------------------------------[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-41 Table 2-38. Utility Connec tor (J19) Pin # Signal Name Function Pin # Signal Name Function 1 - 12 Ex ternal -12V input for ex pansion car ds 2 GND Ground retur n 3 - 5 Ex ternal -5V input for ex pansion car ds 4 GND Ground retur n 5 LED LED cur rent sour ce (+5V through 330 ohm s) 6 RSVD No connec tion 7 SPKR+ PC audio[...]

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    2-42 LED Connection To connect an external LED power-on indicat ion lamp, connect the LED anode t o pin-5 and the cathode to gro und. Pin 5 p rovid es +5V throu gh a 300 oh m resistor. Speaker Connections The board supplie s about 100 mW fo r a speake r on pin -7. Con nect the other sid e of the spe aker to ground (pin-8). A t ransi stor am plifier[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-43 IrDA Interface The IrDA interface is described earlier in this chapter. TTL Serial Ports The TTL ve rsion o f the serial po rts 1,3, and 4 are bro ugh t out to the Utility conn ector. Th e TTL version of serial port 2 can be rerouted t o the IrDA TX and RX lines . Miscellaneous Power Management Signals Table 2-42 de sc[...]

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    2-44 Most Ampro M iniModule products have stackthrough connectors compatible with the P C/104 specifica tion. Y ou can sta ck several modules on the L ittle Board P6 d headers. E ach addit ional module increases the thickness o f the package by 0.66 inches (15 mm) . Thus, a 3-mo dule sy stem fits within the o utline o f the Little Board and w ithin[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-45 Table 2-43. PC/104 Expans ion Bus Connector , J1 (A1-B32) Pin # Signal Na me Function Pin # Signal Name Function A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 IOCHCK* SD7 SD6 SD5 SD4 SD3 SD2 SD1 SD0 IOCHRDY AEN SA19 SA18 SA17 SA16 SA15 SA14 SA13 S[...]

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    2-46 Table 2-44. PC/104 Expans ion Bus Connector , J2 (C0- D19) Pin # Signal Name Function Pin # Signal Name Function C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 GND SBHE* LA23 LA22 LA21 LA20 LA19 LA18 LA17 MEMR* MEMW * SD8 SD9 SD10 SD11 SD12 SD13 SD14 SD15 Key Ground Bus High Enable Address bit 23 Address bit 22 Address b[...]

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    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-47 Table 2-45. PC/104-Plus Expansion Bus Connector, J 3 (A1-D30) P i n ABCD 1 GND/5.0V KEY4 Reserved + 5 AD 00 2 VI/O (+5V) AD02 AD01 +5V 3 AD05 GND AD04 AD03 4 C/BE0* AD07 GND AD06 5 GND AD09 AD08 GND 6 AD11 VI/O (+5V) AD10 M66EN1 7 AD14 AD13 GND AD12 8 +3.3V C/BE1* AD15 +3.3V 9 SERR* GND SB0* PAR 10 GND PERR* +3.3V SDON[...]

  • Page 66

    2-48 Setup Many opti ons provided on t he Lit tle Boa rd P6d s ystem a re controlled b y the Set up function. T he parameters are displ ayed on several screens, s elected from a main menu screen. T o configure the board, you modi fy the fields in these screens a nd save t he result s in t he on-board configura tion memory. The configuration memory [...]

  • Page 67

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-49 Table 2-46. Func tions on Each Setup Page Page M enu Name Functions 1 Main Menu Select various Setup sc reens Load Setup defaults Save and/or Exit Setup 2 Standard CMOS Setup Set date and tim e Enter IDE hard disk param eter s Set ty pe and number of f loppy disks Set default video state Configure BIO S error handling [...]

  • Page 68

    2-50 Setup 1 — Main Menu The first Set up page contains a menu for access ing several Setup screens , plus several additi onal parameters. Figure 2-7 s hows Setup page 1. Sections following the figure describe each option. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Ampro Computers, Inc. STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETU[...]

  • Page 69

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-51 Setup 2 — Standard CMOS Setup Use Setup 2 to set the da te and ti me, configure your hard and floppy di sks, and report sys tem memory. Fig ure 2-8 sh ows w hat can be co nfigu red o n Setup 2, and the sections th at follow describe each parameter. STANDARD CMOS Setup Ampro Computers, Inc. Date (mm:dd:yyyy) : Wed, Fe[...]

  • Page 70

    2-52 cylinder. The drive manufacturer supplies t hese parameters. T he list contains “legacy values” , standard for PCs — a number of older (smaller) drives are defined. Drive ty pe USER le ts you enter d rive p arameters manu ally. If no built-in dr ive typ e matches y our drive, select drive type USE R and enter t he drive paramet ers in th[...]

  • Page 71

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-53 Video Specify the initial v ideo mo de. Sele ct Mono , CGA40, CGA80, or EGA/VGA. If y our v ideo d isplay card is VGA, super VGA, or any other high resolution standard, specify EGA/VGA no matter how it is configured to come up. Error Ha lt Select wh ich kinds o f erro rs will halt the Powe r-On Se lf Test (PO ST). If y[...]

  • Page 72

    2-54 !!! WARNING !!! Disk Boot sector is to be modified type "Y" to accept, any key to abort Award Software, Inc. ! BOOT SEQUENCE – is , [A,C], [C,A], [A,SCSI], [SCSI,A], [CD,A,C], [C onl y], or [SCSI only]. Note "C" refers to IDE/ATA drive and "CD" refe rs to a IDE/ATA CD-ROM drive. ! SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE – This allo[...]

  • Page 73

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-55 ! F keys – F key s are e ntere d with two ke ystro kes. The first en try is "F" fo llow ed by the nu mber. So that "F" fo llowe d by "1" is th e same as using th e "F1" key . F10 is simulate d by e nteri ng F0, "F" and "0". Note This uni que operati on only [...]

  • Page 74

    2-56 Setup 5 — Power Management Setup The Lit tle Board P6d CP U BIOS incorpora tes power ma nagement feat ures complia nt with Advanced Power Man agemen t (APM) BIOS Inte rface Spe cification Re vision 1.1, cre ated by Intel and Micros oft. Setup 5 — P ower Management S etup allows you to configure your syst em to most effectively s ave energy[...]

  • Page 75

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-57 ! PM Control by APM — This sele ction, w hen e nabled , allows op erating system s with po wer management support t o control the modes required for s afe operation of shut down occurrences. The default setti ng is Y es (Enabled). ! Video O ff O ption — Th is selectio n sets the cond itions und er w hich the BIOS p[...]

  • Page 76

    2-58 Setup 6 — PCI Configuration Setup The Litt le Board P6d CP U BIOS incorporates aut omatic PCI IRQ configuration for peripherals . You can , how eve r, o verr ide th e auto matic f eature s and sp ecif y PCI IR Q settin gs with SETUP 6. Figure 2-1 2 shows what can b e configured on SETUP 6. A description of each opt ion is l isted below. PCI [...]

  • Page 77

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-59 Setup 7 — Integrated Peripherals Setup The peripheral interfaces integrated on the Li ttle Boa rd P6d s ystem ca n be configured on Setup 7 — Integrated P e ripherals S etup (Figure 2 -13). Y ou can configure the IDE port , USB port , floppy controller, IrDA port, serial ports , and parallel port from this screen. [...]

  • Page 78

    2-60 ! Onboard Serial Ports — Thes e items configure each serial port ’s address and int errupt. Available choice s for th e I/O add resses are 3F8, 2F8, 3E8H, and 2E8H. Available IRQ choice s for all fo ur serial po rts are IRQ3 an d IRQ4. You also use IRQ 10 and IRQ12 f or serial po rts 3 and 4, if these IRQs are not alre ady assig ned. I f y[...]

  • Page 79

    Litt le Board P6d Module 2-61 Other Setup Screens Load Setup Defaults Screen CMOS SETUP UTILITY Ampro Computers, Inc. STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE & EXIT SETUP PCI CONFIGURATION Load Setup Defaults(Y/N)?N VING ESC : Quit ?[...]

  • Page 80

    2-62 Save & Exit Setup Screen CMOS SETUP UTILITY Ampro Computers, Inc. STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE & EXIT SETUP PCI CONFIGURATION Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? N G ESC : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item F10 : Save &[...]

  • Page 81

    3–1 Chapter 3 Technical Specifications Little Board P6d Technical Specifications The fo llowin g sectio n pro vide s technical spe cificatio ns for th e Little Bo ard P6d syste m. CPU/Motherboard ! CPU: Pentium-II process o r ! System RAM: – DIMM module , utilizing 3.3V SDRAM memory chip s – Suppo rts from 32MB to 256MB total RAM – 256KB In[...]

  • Page 82

    3-2 On-board Peripherals This s e ction describ es sta ndard peripherals found on every Little Board P6 d module. ! Four buffered seria l ports (T wo with full handshaki ng) – Implemente d with 16550-equivalen t controllers with built-in 16-byte FIFO buffers – On-board generation of RS232C signal levels – All support e ither RS232C, RS485, or[...]

  • Page 83

    Litt le Board P6d Module 3-3 – Software p rogrammable flat panel inte rface. Flat panel video BIOS contained in an on -board Flash EPROM device for easy customizat ion. – Standard mod el supports 3.3V flat pan els; support for 5V f lat panels with exte rnal adapter. – Supports Zoom V ideo Port ! Ethernet LAN Int erface – Complies with IEEE [...]

  • Page 84

    3-4 ! 5 to 95% relative humid ity (no n-co nden sing) ! Storage t emperature: -5 5 ° to +85 ° C ! Weight: 11.6 o z. (329 gm) , no D RAM installed ! Shock and Vibration: D esigne d to MIL- STD 202F, Meth od 213B, Table 213- I, Cond ition A (three 50G sho cks in each axis) and MIL-STD 202F, Me thod 214A, Table 214-I, Con dition D (11.95B random vib[...]

  • Page 85

    Litt le Board P6d Module 3-5 Table 3-1. Supported CRT Video Modes—Standar d VGA Video Mode # Pixel Resolution Color Depth Font Size Character Resolution Pixel Clock (MHz) Horizontal Frequency (KHz) Vertical Frequency (Hz) 00h 360x400 16 9x 16 40x25 25.175 31.4 70 01h 360x400 16 9x 16 40x25 25.175 31.4 70 02h 720x400 16 9x 16 80x25 25.175 31.4 70 [...]

  • Page 86

    3-6 Table 3-2. Supported CRT Video Modes—Low Res olution Video Mode # VESA VBE Mode Pixel Resolution Colors Font Size Character Resolution Pixel Clock (MHz) Horiz Freq (KHz) Vert Freq (Hz) 14h ---- 320x 200 256 8x 16 40x12 12.587 31.5 70 15h ---- 320x 200 64K 8x 16 40x12 12.587 31.5 70 16h ---- 320x 200 16M 8x16 40x12 12.587 31.5 70 17h ---- 320x[...]

  • Page 87

    Litt le Board P6d Module 3-7 Table 3-3. Supported CRT Video Modes—Ex tended Modes Video Mode # VESA VBE Mode Pixel Resolution Colors Font Size Character Resolution Pixel Clock (MHz) Horiz Freq (KHz) Vert Freq (Hz) 30h 101h 640x480 256 8x16 80x30 25.175 31.5 36 46 31.5 37.5 43.3 53.2 60 75 85 100 31h 100h 640x400 256 8x16 80x25 25.175 31.5 70 32h [...]

  • Page 88

    3-8 46h ---- Generic 32K 8x16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 47h ---- Generic 64K 8x16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 48h 119h 1280x1024 32K 8x 16 160x 64 78.75 108 135 47 64 79.98 43 (I) 60 75 49h 11Ah 1280x1024 64K 8x16 160x64 78.75 108 135 47 64 79.98 43 (I) 60 75 50h 112h 640x4[...]

  • Page 89

    Litt le Board P6d Module 3-9 74 66.1 100 74h 105h 1024x768 256* 8x 16 128x 48 44.9 65 78.75 94.5 121 35.5 48.4 60 68.7 84 43 (I) 60 75 85 100 78h 107h 1280x1024 256* 8x16 160x64 78.75 108 135 47 64 79.98 43 (I) 60 75 Notes: All modes in this table are Graphical, Linear, and the memory organiz ation is Pack Pix, except where noted. Refer to manufact[...]

  • Page 90

    3-10[...]

  • Page 91

    A–1 Appendix A Standards Contact Information To contact the PC/104 Consor tium fo r a copy o f the p ropo sed PC/104-Plu s specificatio n: PC/104 Consortium 1060–B North Fo urth Stre et San Jose, CA 95112 Teleph one : 650-903-8304 EPP and ECP Operation The board’s parallel po rt is compliant with the IEEE-1284 Ex tended Capabilitie s Port Pro[...]

  • Page 92

    A-2[...]

  • Page 93

    B–1 Appendix B Cables Cables include d in the QuickStart Kit ( LB3-LB/P6d-K- 00) and th e Cable K it (CBL-LB/P6d- Q-01) are detailed in this sectio n. The se cables are inte nde d for u se durin g you r applicatio n dev elop ment, and are on ly show n he re to aid y ou in th e desig n of cable s for yo ur particu lar application. Figure B-1. Litt[...]

  • Page 94

    B–2[...]

  • Page 95

    Index–1 Index A AAN-9403, Serial boo t ............................ 2-16 AGP Bus Interface, Enhanced ................. 1-4 Analog video ........................................... 2-36 APM, video ............................................. 2-35 architecture .............................................. 1-9 serial console arrow key s ..........[...]

  • Page 96

    Index Index–2 Flat Panel Video Co nnector (J3) ............ 2-35 Floppy co nnector ( J14) ........................... 2-27 Floppy drives ................................. 2-26, 2-54 Floppy interface .............................. 1-3, 2-25 Frequently Asked Q uestions ....................... v FTP, Ampro ...........................................[...]

  • Page 97

    Index Index–3 SETUP summary .................................... 2-51 shadowing ............................................... 2-10 shock and vibration .................................. 1-5 SIR .......................................................... 2-19 Speaker ................................................... 2-44 Specifications ........[...]

  • Page 98

    Index Index–4[...]