WinSystems PCM-VDX-1 User manual

WinSystems, Inc.

715 Stadium Drive

Arlington, TX 76011

http://www.winsystems.com

PCM-VDX-1-256

PC/104 Single Board Computer

with Vortex86DX Processor

PRODUCT MANUAL

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Revision Date Code ECO Number

110708 Initial release

110725

110727

110819

111117

120809

140203 ECO 14-

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MANUAL REVISION HISTORY

P/N 400-0373-000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU BEGIN 6

Visual Index - Top View (Connectors) 7

Visual Index - Top View (Jumpers & LEDs) 8

Visual Index - Bottom View 9

Jumper Reference 10

INTRODUCTION 11

FEATURES 11

System 12

Memory 12

FUNCTIONALITY 13

I/O Port Map 13

Memory Map 15

Interrupt Map 16

DMA Map 16

Watchdog Timer 17

Real-Time Clock/Calendar 18

CONNECTOR REFERENCE 19

POWER 19

J4 - Power and Reset 19

BATTERY BACKUP 20

J8 - External Battery 20

JP7 - On-board Battery (Enable/Disable) 20

SPEAKER 20

SP1 - Speaker 20

MOUSE 21

J11 - Mouse 21

MULTI-I/O 22

J1 - Multi-I/O (COM1, COM2, Keyboard, LPT) 22

SERIAL 25

J5 (COM3), J6 (COM4) 25

USB 27

J15 - USB 27

PARALLEL ATA 28

J12 - PATA 28

COMPACTFLASH 28

J101 - COMPACTFLASH 28

OPTIONAL SSD 29

JP6 - SSD Enable/Disabled 29

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ETHERNET 30

J13 - 10/100 Mbps Ethernet 30

STATUS LED 31

D21 - Status LED 31

DIGITAL I/O 32

J14 - GPIO 32

PC/104 BUS 34

J3, J7 - PC/104 34

MiniPCI 35

J102 - MiniPCI Socket 35

BIOS SUPPLEMENTAL 36

BIOS SETTINGS STORAGE OPTIONS 63

CABLES 64

SOFTWARE DRIVERS 65

SPECIFICATIONS 66

MECHANICAL DRAWING 67

APPENDIX - A 69

BEST PRACTICES 69

WARRANTY INFORMATION 73

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

WinSystems offers best practice recommendations for using and handling WinSystems embedded PCs. These methods

include valuable advice to provide an optimal user experience and to prevent damage to yourself and/or the product.

YOU MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY AND/OR DAMAGE AN EMBEDDED PC BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THESE

BEST PRACTICES.

Reference Appendix - A for Best Practices.

For any questions you may have on WinSystems products, contact our Technical Support Group at (817) 274-7553, Monday

through Friday, between 8 AM and 5 PM Central Standard Time (CST).

Please review these guidelines carefully and follow them to ensure

you are successfully using your embedded PC.

This product ships with a heat sink. Product warranty is void if the

heat sink is removed from the product.

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Visual Index - Top View (Connectors)

NOTE: The reference line to each component part has been drawn to Pin 1, and is also highlighted with a square, where applicable.

J15

USB (0/1/2/3)

J14

GPIO

J12

PATA

J6

Serial I/O

(COM4)

J5

Serial I/O

(COM3)

J13

Ethernet

(Port 2)

J1

Multi-I/O

(COM1/2,

Keyboard, LPT)

J7

PC/104 (C/D)

J3

PC/104 (A/B)

J8

External Battery

J4

Power and Reset

J11

Mouse

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Visual Index - Top View (Jumpers & LEDs)

NOTE: The reference line to each component part has been drawn to Pin 1, and is also highlighted with a square, where applicable.

JP3

COM4

RS-422/485

Termination

JP1

COM3

RS-422/485

Termination

D15

Activity

Ethernet LED

(Port 2)

D18

Speed Ethernet

LED

(Port 2)

D14

Link Ethernet

LED

(Port 2)

D5

Power LED

D21

Status LED

JP6

SSD Enable/

Disable

D9

PATA Activity

LED

JP5

SSD Options

JP7

Battery Enable/

Disable

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NOTE: The reference line to each component part has been drawn to Pin 1, and is also highlighted with a square, where applicable.

Visual Index - Bottom View

J102

MiniPCI

J101

CompactFlash

J103

Redundancy

(BIOS-Selectable)

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Jumper Reference

JP5 - Solid State Disk Options

NOTE: Jumper Part# SAMTEC 2SN-BK-G is applicable to all jumpers. These are available in a ten piece kit from

WinSystems (Part# KIT-JMP-G-200).

JP1 - COM3, JP3 - COM4

CompactFlash Master (default) 1-2

CompactFlash Slave 1 2

Silicon Disk Master 3-4

Silicon Disk Slave 3 4

Silicon Disk Write Protect Enable 5-6

Silicon Disk Read/Write 5 6

Reserved 7-8

Reserved 7 8

Reserved 9-10

Reserved 9 10

1 3 5 7

JP1

(COM3)

2 4 6 8

□ □ □ □

1 3 5 7

JP3

(COM4)

2 4 6 8

□ □ □ □

Master Battery Enable

Enables On-board Battery* 1-2

Enables External Battery (default) 1 2

NC 2-3

JP7 - On-board Battery (Enable/Disable)

JP7

□ □ □

1 2 3

*Applicable to OEM models only.

RS-422 Termination and Biasing Resistors

TX (100): Places a 100Ω Resistor across the TX± pair 7-8

RX (100): Places a 100Ω Resistor across the RX± pair 1-2

TX/RX(300):

Places a 100Ω Resistor from +5V to TX+ 5-6

Places a 100Ω Resistor between TX± 7-8

Places a 100Ω Resistor from Ground to TX- 3-4

RS-485 Termination and Biasing Resistors

TX (100): Places a 100Ω Resistor across the TX/RX± pair 7-8

TX/RX(300):

Places a 100Ω Resistor from +5V to TX/RX+ 5-6

Places a 100Ω Resistor between TX/RX± 7-8

Places a 100Ω Resistor from Ground to TX/RX- 3-4

JP5

2 4 6 8 10

□ □ □ □ □

1 3 5 7 9

Revision prior to E PCB

products require a wire-wrap

jumper from 2-3.

Revision prior to E PCB

products require a wire-wrap

jumper from 1-4.

Revision prior to E products

require a wire-wrap jumper

from 1-4.

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INTRODUCTION

This manual is intended to provide the necessary information regarding conguration and usage of the PCM-VDX-1-256

single board computer. WinSystems maintains a Technical Support Group to help answer questions not adequately

addressed in this manual. Contact Technical Support at (817) 274-7553, Monday through Friday, between 8 AM and 5 PM

Central Standard Time (CST).

FEATURES

CPU

• 500 MHz DMP Vortex (PCM-VDX-1-256)

Compatible Operating Systems

• Linux, DOS, x86 RTOS

Memory

• 256 MB of DDR2 SDRAM (Soldered)

• 512 MB SSD (Optional on-board Flashdisk)

BIOS

• AMI

Ethernet

• One 10/100 Mbps (using RTL8100C LAN)

Digital I/O

• 16 lines General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)

Power

• +5V required, 800 mA typical

Serial I/O

• 2 serial ports (RS-232)

• 2 serial ports (RS-232/422/485)

USB

• 4 USB 2.0 ports

PATA

• 1 PATA controller

CompactFlash

• Types I & II

Line Printer Port

• ECP/EPP

Watchdog Timer

• Up to 255 minute reset

Bus Expansion

• PC/104

• MiniPCI

Industrial Operating Temperature

• -40°C to 85°C

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System

The PCM-VDX-1-256 is a fanless PC/104 single board computer (SBC) based upon the ultra low power Vortex86DX

processor. It requires about 4 Watts under full load while operating over an extended temperature range of -40°C to 85°C.

The board has 256 MB soldered on DDR2 SDRAM, Ethernet, USB, serial and parallel I/O, as well as PC/104, MiniPCI

expansion, and optional external battery. This board replaces older generation WinSystems’ and other manufacturers’

386SX, 486DX, 586, and SC520 based SBCs. A 1 GHz model is also available.

Memory

The PCM-VDX-1-256 board is built with 256 MB of SDRAM soldered directly to the PCB. Additionally, 512 MB of

soldered-on ash SSD is optional for this board.

Form Factor

• 3.60” x 3.80” (90 mm x 96 mm)

Additional Features

• RoHS compliant

• Real-time clock/calendar

• Activity status LEDs on-board

• PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse

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FUNCTIONALITY

I/O Port Map

Following is a list of I/O ports used on the PCM-VDX-1-256. I/O addresses marked with a ** are generally unused and

should be the rst choice in I/O address selection for external I/O boards.

NOTE: The PCM-VDX-1-256 uses a PnP BIOS resource allocation. Care must be taken to avoid contention with resources allocated by the BIOS.

HEX Range Usage

0000h-000Fh DMA 8237-1

0010h-0017h Reserved Redundancy

0018h-001Fh Free

0020h-0021h PIC 8259-1

0022h-0023h 6117D conguration port

0024h-002Dh Free

002Eh-002Fh Forward to LPC BUS

0030h-003Fh Free

0040h-0043h Timer counter 8254

0044h-0047h Free

0048h-004Bh PWM counter 8254

004Ch-004Dh Free

004Eh-004Fh Forward to LPC Bus

0050h-005Fh Free

0060h Keyboard data port

0061h Port B + NMI control port

0062h-0063h 8051 download 4K address counter

0064h Keyboard status port

0065h Watchdog0 reload counter (Vortex internal WD)

0066h 8051 download 8-bit data port

0067h Watchdog1 reload counter (Vortex internal WD)

0068h-006Dh Watchdog1 control register (Vortex internal WD)

006Eh-006Fh Free

0070h-0071h CMOS RAM port

0072h-0075h MTBF counter

0076h-0077h Free

0078h-007Ch GPIO port 0,1,2,3,4 default setup

007Dh-007Fh Free

0080h-008Fh DMA page register

0090h-0091h Free

0092h System control register

0093h-0097h Free

0098h-009Ch GPIO direction control

00A0h-00A1h PIC 8259-2

00A2h-00BFh Free

00C0h-00DFh DMA 8237-2

00E0h-00FFh Free

0100h-0101h GPCS1 default setting address

0102h-016Fh Free

0170h-0177h Reserved IDE1

01E8h-01ECh Reserved

01EDh Status LED

01EEh-01EFh Watchdog Timer Control (Legacy)

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HEX Range Usage

01F0h-01EFh IDE0 (IRQ 14)

1F80h-0219h Free

0220h-0227h Free

0228h-02AFh Free

02B0h-02DFh Video Controllers (typically reserved, video)

02E0h-02E7h Free

02E8h-02EFh COM4 (IRQ11) (default)

02F0h-02F7h Free

02F8h-02FFh COM2 (IRQ3) (default)

0300h-0375h Free

0376h IDE1 ATAPI device control write only register

0378h-037Bh LPT Default (IRQ7, DM0) (default)

037Ch-03AFh Free

03B0h-03BBh Video Controllers (typically reserved, video)

03C0h-03DFh Video Controllers (typically reserved, video)

03E0h-03E7h Free

03E8h-03EFh COM3 (IRQ9) (default)

03F0h-03F7h Reserved Legacy Floppy

03F6h IDE0 ATAPI device control write only register

03F8h-03FFh COM1 (IRQ4) (default)

0480h-048Fh DMA High page register

0490h-0499h Instruction counter register

04D0h-04D1h 8259 Edge/level control register

0564h-0568h Advanced Watchdog

0CF8h-0CFFh PCI conguration port

D400h-D4FFh On-board LAN

FC00h-FC05h SPI Flash BIOS control register

FC08h-FC0Dh External SPI Bus control register (output pin congurable GPIO3[0-3])

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Memory Map

HEX Range Usage

0000:0000-9000:FFFF System RAM

A000:0000-A000:FFFF EGA/VGA Video Memory

B000:0000-B000:7FFF MDA RAM, Hercules graphics display RAM

B000:8000-B000:FFFF CGA display RAM

C000:0000-C000:7FFF EGA/VGA BIOS ROM

C000:8000-C000:FFFF Boot ROM enable.

D000:0000-D700:FFFF Expansion ROM space.

D800:0000-DB00:FFFF SPI FLASH Emulation Floppy A Enable

DC00:0000-DF00:FFFF Expansion ROM space.

E000:0000-E000:FFFF USB Legacy SCSI ROM space.

F000:0000-F000:FFFF Motherboard BIOS

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Interrupt Map

Hardware Interrupts (IRQs) are supported for both PC/104 (ISA) and PCIe devices. The user must reserve IRQs in the

BIOS CMOS conguration for use by legacy devices. The PCIe/PnP BIOS will use unreserved IRQs when allocating

resources during the boot process. The table below lists IRQ resources as used by the PCM-VDX-1-256.

IRQ0 18.2 Hz heartbeat

IRQ1 Keyboard

IRQ2 Chained to Slave controller (IRQ9)

IRQ3 COM2 *

IRQ4 COM1 *

IRQ5 USB/On-board Ethernet

IRQ6 USB

IRQ7 LPT *

IRQ8 Real-Time Clock

IRQ9 COM3 *

IRQ10 Available

IRQ11 COM4 *

IRQ12 Mouse

IRQ13 Floating point processor

IRQ14 IDE

IRQ15 Available

*

These IRQ references are default settings that can be changed by the user in the CMOS Settings

utility. Reference the PCI Congurations section under Advanced Settings.

**

IRQ9 is commonly used by ACPI when enabled and may be unavailable (depending on operating

system) for other uses.

*** IRQ15 is currently unavailable under the Windows operating systems.

Some IRQs can be freed for other uses if the hardware features they are assigned to are not being

used. To free an interrupt, use the CMOS setup screens to disable any unused board features or their

IRQ assignments.

DMA Map

DMA# Description Usage

DMA0 Available

DMA1 Available

DMA2 Available

DMA3 Available

DMA4 Available

DMA5 Available

DMA6 Available

DMA7 Available

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Watchdog Timer

The PCM-VDX-1-256 features an advanced watchdog timer which can be used to guard against software lockups. Two

interfaces are provided to the watchdog timer. The Advanced interface is the most exible and recommended for new

designs. The other interface option is provided for software compatibility with older WinSystems single board computers.

Advanced

The watchdog timer can be enabled in the BIOS Settings by entering a value for Watchdog Timeout on the Chipset →

SouthBridge Conguration screen. Once the operating system is loaded, the watchdog can be disabled or recongured in

the application software.

NOTE: It is recommended that a long timeout be used if the watchdog is enabled when trying to boot any operating

system.

The watchdog can be enabled, disabled or reset by writing the appropriate values to the conguration registers located

at I/O addresses 565h and 566h. The watchdog is enabled by writing a timeout value other than zero to the I/O address

566h and disabled by writing 00h to this I/O address. The watchdog timer is serviced by writing the desired timeout value

to I/O port 566h. If the watchdog has not been serviced within the allotted time, the circuit resets the CPU.

The timeout value can be set from 1 second to 255 minutes. If port 565h bit 7 equals 0, the timeout value written into I/O

address 566h is in minutes. The timeout value written to address 566h is in seconds if port 565 bit 7 equals 1.

Port Address Value Reset Interval

1EEH

00h DISABLED

01h 2 SECONDS

1EFH ANY RESET TIMER

Port Address Port Bit 7 Value Port Address Value Reset Interval

565H x 566H 00h DISABLED

565H 1 566H 03h 3 SECONDS

565H 1 566H 1Eh 30 SECONDS

565H 0 566H 04h 4 MINUTES

565H 0 566H 05h 5 MINUTES

Software watchdog timer PET = PORT 566H, write the timeout value.

Watchdog Timer Examples

Legacy

This interface is provided for legacy software support only and is not recommended for new development.

The watchdog can be enabled or disabled via software by writing an appropriate timeout value to I/O port 1EEH. See the

chart provided below.

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Real-Time Clock/Calendar

A real-time clock is used as the AT-compatible clock/calendar. It supports a number of features including periodic and

alarm interrupt capabilities. In addition to the time and date keeping functions, the system conguration is kept in CMOS

RAM contained within the clock section. A battery must be installed for the real-time clock to retain time and date during a

power down.

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CONNECTOR REFERENCE

POWER

J4 - Power and Reset

Visual

Index

Power is applied to the PCM-VDX-1-256 via the connector at J4. WinSystems offers the cable CBL-174-G-1-1.5 to

simplify this connection.

PCB Connector: MOLEX 22-12-2084 (J4)

Mating Connector: MOLEX 10-11-2083 (Housing)

MOLEX 08-55-0124 (Crimp)

CBL-174-G-1-1.5

J4

-12V

+12V

+5V

GND

PBRESET

□

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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An optional external battery, connected at J8, supplies the PCM-VDX-1-256 board with standby power for the real-time

clock and CMOS setup RAM. An extended temperature lithium battery is available from WinSystems, part number

BAT-LTC-E-36-16-1 or BAT-LTC-E-36-27-1.

A power supervisory circuit contains the voltage sensing circuit and an internal power switch to route the battery

or standby voltage to the circuits selected for backup. The battery automatically switches ON when the VCC of the

systems drops below the battery voltage and back OFF again when VCC returns to normal.

For OEM applications, an on-board battery may be populated. Please contact your WinSystems’ Application Engineer

for additional information.

(For external battery. Provides battery backup to RTC and BIOS CMOS.)

J8

□

1

2

3

GND

+VBAT

NC

J8 - External Battery

Visual

Index

PCB Connector: MOLEX 22-12-2034 (J8)

Mating Connector: MOLEX 22-01-3037 (Housing)

MOLEX 08-55-0102 (Crimp)

BATTERY BACKUP

SP1 - Speaker

Speaker

An on-board speaker, SP1, is available for sound generation.

SPEAKER

JP7 - On-board Battery (Enable/Disable)

Visual

Index

Master Battery Enable

Enables On-board Battery* 1-2

Enables External Battery (default) 1 2

NC 2-3

JP7

□ □ □

1 2 3

*Applicable to OEM models only.

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