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PCA-6780 ISA Celeron® M Half-sized SBC with VGA/LCD/L VDS/10/100 Ethernet/USB 2.0 and SSD User Manual.
PCA-6780 User Manual ii Cop yri ght This document is copyrighted © 2006. All rights are reserved. The origi- nal manufacturer reserves the right to make improvem ents to the products described in this manual at any time wi tho ut notice.
iii Packing List Before you begin installing your card, please make su re that the following materials have been shipped: If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor or sales representative immediately .
PCA-6780 User Manual iv A d d i ti on a l I nf or m at io n an d A ss i st a n c e V isit the Advantech website at www .advantech.com where you can find the latest information about the product.
v FCC This device complies with the re qu ire m en ts in part 15 of the FCC rules: Operation is subject to the following two conditions : 1.This device may n ot cause harmful interfer- ence, and 2.
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vii Contents Chapter 1 General Information ........................................ 2 1.1 Introduction ............ ............................ ............ ........... ........ 2 1.2 Features ............. ................ ................. ........
PCA-6780 User Manual viii 2.18.1 Reset (Pin7&Pin8) ............ ............. .............. ............. .... 20 2.18.2 HDD LED (Pin1&Pin2,Pin 3&Pin4,Pin5&Pin6) .. ........ 20 2.18.3 Power Button (Pin9& Pin10) ...................
ix Table B.2:Primary IDE Connector (CN2) ....... ............. 61 B.1.3 Floppy Connector ......... .. ........... .. .............. ............. ..... . 62 Table B.3:Floppy Connector .......... ............ ........... ........ 62 B.1.4 Printer Port Connect or .
PCA-6780 User Manual x Appendix C System Assignments ...................................... 72 C.1 System I/O Ports................ ................. ................. ... ......... 72 Table C.1:Syste m I/O ports .............. ........... ...........
1 Chapter 1 General Information 1 General Information This chapter gives background information on the PCA-6780. Sections include: • Introduction • Features • Specifications • Board layout and.
PCA-6780 User Manual 2 Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduction The PCA-6780 series is a half-sized ISA bus CPU card d esigned with powerful Intel Celero n M processor , with Intel 852GM and ICH4 chipset, which supports Dynam ic V ideo Memory T echnolog y .
3 Chapter 1 General Information 1.2 Features • Intel Embedded new generation Celero n M Processor 1.0 GHz • Fanless operation at 0 ~ 60° C • On-board PCI VGA/L VDS display • Supports 100Base-T Ethernet on board • Supports 4 x U SB 2.
PCA-6780 User Manual 4 • Battery: Lithium 3V/1 96 m AH • USB: 4 USB ports, USB 2.0 compliant 1.3.2 Display Interfa ce • Chipset : Intel 852GM • Memory size: Shared up to 32 MB, supports DVMT .
5 Chapter 1 General Information 1.4 Board layout: dimensions Figure 1.1: Board layout: dimensions (comp onent side ) Figure 1.2: Board layout: di mensions (solder side) 178.4 3 60.11 85.35 177.7 1 107.08 108.67 140.04 117.81 117.81 110.25 99.97 81.55 167.
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7 Chapter 2 Installation 2 Inst allation This chapter explains the setup procedures of PCA-6780 hardware, i ncluding instruc- tions on setting jumpers and con nectin g peripherals, switches and indicators. Be sure to read all safe ty precautions before you begin the i nstallation procedure.
PCA-6780 User Manual 8 Chapter 2 Inst allation 2.1 Jumpers The PCA-6780 has a number of jumpers that allow yo u to configure your system to suit your application.
9 Chapter 2 Installation 2.2 Connectors Onboard connectors link the PCA-6780 to external devices such as hard disk drives, a keyboard, or floppy drives.
PCA-6780 User Manual 10 2.3 Locating Connect ors (component side) 2.4 Locating Connect ors (solder side) Figure 2.1: Jumper & Connector Locations Figure 2.
11 Chapter 2 Installation 2.5 Setting Jumpers Y ou may configu re you r card to match the needs of your application by setting jumper s. A ju mp er is a metal bridge used to close an electric cir- cuit. It consists of two metal pi ns and a smal l met al clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.
PCA-6780 User Manual 12 2.6 Clear CMOS (J1) This jumper is used to erase CMOS data and reset system BIOS information. The procedure for clearing CMOS is: 1.
13 Chapter 2 Installation 2.7 COM2 RS-232/ 422/485 Select (J2) 2.8 L VDS Panel Power Select (JP1) T able 2.4: COM2 RS-23 2/422/485 Select 1-2 (defaul t) RS-232 3-4 RS-422 5-6 RS-485 T able 2.5: LVDS Panel Power Select Pin Function 1-2 (defaul t ) +5 V 2-3 +3.
PCA-6780 User Manual 14 2.9 Inst alling SODIMMs The procedure for installing SODI MMs appears below . Please follow these steps carefully . 1. Make sure that all power supplies to the system are switched off 2. Install the SODIMM card. Install the SODIMM so that its gold pin s point down into the SODIMM socket.
15 Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 1 Printer port Connector (CN4) Normally , the printer por t is used to connect the card to a printer . The PCA-6780 includes a multi-mode (S PP/EPP/ECP) printer port accessed via CN4 and a 26-pin flat-cable connect or . Y ou will need an adapter cable if you use a traditional DB-25 connect or .
PCA-6780 User Manual 16 2.13 Floppy Connector (CN3) Y ou can attach up to two flo ppy drives to the PCA-6780’ s on-board con- troller . Y ou can u se any combination of 5 .25” (360 KB and 1.2 M B) and/ or 3.5” (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives.
17 Chapter 2 Installation 2.14 IDE Connector (CN2) The PCA-6780 provi des one IDE channels to which yo u can attach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electro nics hard disk drives or CDROM to the PCA-6780’ s internal controller . Th e PCA-6780's IDE controller uses a PCI interface.
PCA-6780 User Manual 18 2.15 VGA/L VDS interface connections The PCA-6780’ s display interface can drive conventional CR T displays and is capable of driving a wide range of L VDS flat pane l displays as well. The board has two display connecto rs: on e for stand ard CR T VGA monitors, and one fo r L VDS flat panel disp lays.
19 Chapter 2 Installation 2.16 USB Connectors (CN9,CN1 1) The PCA-6780 board provides up to f our USB (U niv e rsal Serial Bus) ports. This gives complete Plug and Play , and hot attach/detach for up to 127 external devices. The USB interf aces comply with USB specification Rev .
PCA-6780 User Manual 20 2.18 HDD LED/Reset/P ower Button (CN1) Next, you may want to install extern al switches to monitor and cont rol the PCA-6780. These features are optional: install them only if you need them. CN1 is an 2 x 5 pin header , 180 degree, male.
21 Chapter 2 Installation 2.19 COM port Connector (CN14,CN15) The PCA-6780 provides two COM ports (COM1: R S-232 and COM2: RS-232/422/485). CN14 supports COM1, CN15 supp orts COM2. And J2 is for COM2 RS-232/422/485 selection. It provides connect ions for serial devices (a mouse, etc.
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CHAPTER 3 BIOS Operation This chapter describes how to set BIOS configuration data. Sections include: • BIOS Introduction • BIOS Setup.
PCA-6780 User Manual 24 Chapter 3 BIOS Operation 3.1 BIOS Introduction Advantech provide full-featured A war d BIOS 6.0 and d elivers the supe- rior performance, compatibility and functionality th at .
25 Chapter 3 3.2 BIOS Setup The PCA-6780 system has build-in A ward BIOS with a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to con fig ure required settings or to activate cer- tain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuratio n in the CMOS RAM of the motherboard.
PCA-6780 User Manual 26 3.2.1 Main Menu Press <Del> to enter A ward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility , the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the item s and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. • S tandard CMOS Featur es This setup page includes all the items in standard compati ble BIO S.
27 Chapter 3 • Load Optimized Def aults This setup page includes Load syst em optimized value, and the system would be in best performance configuration . • Set Passwo rd Establish, change or disable password. • Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit BIOS setup.
PCA-6780 User Manual 28 3.2.2 St andard CMOS Featu res • Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. • Time The times format in <hou r> <mi nute> <second >, base on the 24-hour time. • IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave - IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press “Enter” for automatic device detection.
29 Chapter 3 • Halt on The item determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. • Base Memory The POST of th e BIOS will determ in e the amount of base (or conven- tional) memory in st alled in the system.
PCA-6780 User Manual 30 3.2.3 Advanced BIOS Features • Blank Boot[Disabled] (* Advantech feature enhancement) This item allows system only disp lays blank screen during BIOS Post stage. • POST Beep[Enabled] (* Ad vantec h feature enhancement) This item allows system send out Beep sound during BIOS Post stage.
31 Chapter 3 • First / Second / Third / Other Boot Drive • Swap Floppy Drive[Disabled] This item enables users to swap floppy “A” and “B” identified withou t change hardware cable connection.
PCA-6780 User Manual 32 • Security Option[Setup] • MPS V ersion Control for OS[1.4] This item sets the operating system multiprocesso r support version. • OS Select For DRAM > 64M[Non-OS2] Select OS2 only if syst em is running OS/ 2 operation system wit h greater than 64MB of RAM on the system.
33 Chapter 3 3.2.4 Advanced Chip set Features NOTE: This “Advanced Chipset Featur es” option contr ols the configu- ration of the boar d’ s chipset, this page is developed by Chipset indepen- dent, for contr ol chipset register setting and fine tune system performance.
PCA-6780 User Manual 34 • DRAM Data Integrity Mode[Non-ECC] This item enables users to set the DR AM T ype of Error data correction, system default is setting to “Non-ECC” to reference value.
35 Chapter 3 • On-Chip VGA [Enabled] This item enables users to Enable d or Disabled O n-Chip VGA device, system default is setting to “Enabled” to reference value. • On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [32MB] This Item enables users to set V ideo Memory size, system default is set- ting to “32MB” to reference value.
PCA-6780 User Manual 36 3.2.5 Integrated Peripherals NOTE: This “Integrated Peripherals” option controls the configuration of the boar d’ s chipset, includes IDE, AT A, SAT A, USB, AC97, MC97 and Super IO and Sensor devices, this page is developed by Chipset indepen- dent.
37 Chapter 3 3.2.6 Power Management Setup NOTE: This “Power management Setup” option configure system to most effectively saving ener gy whil e operating in a manner consistent with your computer use style.
PCA-6780 User Manual 38 • V ideo Off Method[DPMS] This item allows user to determine the m anner is which the m oni tor is blanked. • V ideo Off In Suspend[Y es] This item allows user to turn off V ideo during system enter suspend mode. • Suspend T ype [S top Grant] This item allows user to determine the suspend type.
39 Chapter 3 • USB KB W ake-Up From S3[Enabled] This item allows user to enable using a USB keyboard, and allow a key- stroke to wake up the system from power savin g mod e . • Resume by Alarm[Disabled] This item allows user to enable and key in Date/time to po wer on system.
PCA-6780 User Manual 40 3.2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations NOTE: This “PnP/PCI Configurations” optio n is setting up the IRQ and DMA (both PnP and PCI bus as signments. • Init Display First [PCI Sl ot ] This item is setting for start up V id eo output from PCI or Onboard device.
41 Chapter 3 3.2.8 PC Health St atus NOTE: This “PC Health S tatus” option contr ols the Thermal, F AN and V oltage status of the boar d. this pa ge is developed by Chipset indepen- dent. • Shutdown T emperatur e [Disabled] This item enables users to set the limitation of CPU temperature, the range is from 85° C through 100° C.
PCA-6780 User Manual 42 3.2.9 Frequency/V oltage Control NOTE: This “Fr equency/V oltage Control” option contr ols the CPU Host and PCI fr equency , this page is developed by CPU and Chipset indepen- dent, some items will show up when you install a pr ocessor which sup- ports this function.
43 Chapter 3 3.2.10 Load Optimized Default s NOTE: Load Optimized Defaults loads the default system values directly fr om ROM. If the stor ed r ecor d cr eated by the Setup pr ogram should ever become corrupted (and t her efor e unusable). These def aults will load automatically when you turn the PCA-6780 system on.
PCA-6780 User Manual 44 3.2.1 1 Set Password NOTE: T o enable this feature, you should first go to the Advanced BIOS Featur es menu, choose the Security Option, and select either Set up or System, depending on which aspect you want password pr otected.
45 Chapter 3 5. At the “Confirm Password” prompt, retype the new password, and press <Enter>. 6. Select Save to CMOS and EXIT , type <Y>, then <Enter>. T o Disable Password 1. Choose the Set Password option from the CMOS Setup Utility main menu and press <Enter>.
PCA-6780 User Manual 46 3.2.12 Save & Exit Setup NOTE: 1. T ype “Y” will q uit the BIOS Setup Utili ty and save user setup value to CMOS. 2. T ype “N” will r eturn to BIOS Setup Util ity . 3.2.13 Quit Without Saving NOTE: 1. T ype “Y” will quit the BIOS Setup Uti lit y without saving to CMOS.
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49 Chapter 4 Ducks that N eed Love! 4 Driver Inst allation This chapter gives you th e driver installation information on the PCA-6780 Half-size CPU card.
PCA-6780 User Manual 50 Chapter 4 Driver Inst allation 4.1 Driver Introduction The CD shipped with PCA-6780 should contain below drivers, please fol- low below sequence t o complete the driv er installation. St e p 1 : Install Intel INF Update Driver for Windows XP/2000.
51 4.2 Driver Inst allation Insert the PCA-6780 CD into the CD-ROM device, and follow belo w installation process from Step 1 to Step 4. 4.2.1 Ste p 1- Inst all Intel INF Up date Driver for Windows XP/2000 1. Click on the “Chipset” folder an d double click the “*.
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Appendix A Programming GPIO & W atchdog T imer The board is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or gener ates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for any reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industrial standalone or unmanned environm ent s.
PCA-6780 User Manual 54 Appendix A Programming GPIO & W a tchdog T imer A.1 Supported GPIO Register Below are detailed description of the GPIO addresses and program min g sample. A.1.1 GPIO Registers CRF0 (GP10-GP17 I/O selection register . Defa ult 0xFF) When set to a '1', respective GPIO port is programmed as an input port.
55 Appendix A A.1.2 GPIO Example program-1 --------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----- Enter the extended function mode, in terrupt ible double-write --------- ----------- ------------ ------.
PCA-6780 User Manual 56 OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,??H ; Put the output value int o AL OUT DX,AL --------- ----------- ------------ ---------- Exit extended funct ion mode | --------- ----------- ---.
57 Appendix A A.2 W atchdog programming W atchdog: (Index Port:300H , Data Port:301) 1, Enable W atchdog Outportb (0x4e,0x77 ); Outportb (0x4e,0x77 ); //Entry Configuration Mode Outportb (0x 4e,0x07);.
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59 Appx. B B Pin Assignment s This appendix contains information of a detailed or specialized nature. Appendix.
PCA-6780 User Manual 60 Appendix B Pin Assignment s B.1 Connectors B.1.1 HDD LED/Reset/Power Button (CN1) T able B.1: HDD LED/Reset/Power Button (CN1) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 +5V 2 HDD_LED 3+ 5 V 4 G .
61 Appx. B B.1.2 Primary IDE Connector (CN2) T able B.2: Primary IDE Connector (CN2) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 IDE Reset 2 GND 3D 7 4 D 8 5D 6 6 D 9 7D 5 8 D 1 0 9D 4 1 0 D 1 1 11 D 3 1 2 D 1 2 13 D2 14.
PCA-6780 User Manual 62 B.1.3 Floppy Connector T able B.3: Flopp y Co nnector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1G N D 2 R W C # 3G N D 4 N C 5G N D 6 N C 7 GND 8 INDEX# 9G N D 1 0 M O A # 11 G N D 1 2 N C 13 GND.
63 Appx. B B.1.4 Printer Port Connector B.1.5 IR Connector B.1.6 LCD Inverter Connector (CN6) T able B.4: Printer Port Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1S T B # 2 A F D # 3 D0 4 ERR# 5D 1 6 I N I T # 7.
PCA-6780 User Manual 64 B.1.7 Audio Interface (CN7) B.1.8 L VDS Connector (CN8) T able B.7: Audio Interfa ce (CN7) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 +5V 2 BitCLK 3 Data in 4 G ND 5 GND 6 Sync 7 Data out 8 ACRST 9 +5V 10 SPKR T able B.
65 Appx. B B.1.9 USB port 1, 2 Connector (CN9) B.1.10 D-SUB VGA Connector (CN10) B.1.1 1 USB port 3,4 Connector (CN1 1) B.1.12 PC 104 Connector T able B.9: USB port 1,2 Connector (CN9) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1+ 5 V 2 + 5 V 3 USB0- 4 USB1- 5 USB0+ 6 USB1+ 7G N D 8 G N D 9 GND 1 0 NC T able B.
PCA-6780 User Manual 66 B.1.13 LAN RJ45 Connector (CN13) B.1.14 COM port 1 (RS-232)(CN14) B.1.15 COM port 2 (RS-232/422/485)(CN15) T able B.12: LAN RJ45 Connector (CN1 3) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TX+ 2 TX- 3R X + 4 G N D 5G N D 6 R X - 7G N D 8 G N D 9G N D 1 0 G N D 1 1 VCC_LAN 12 LILED 13 VCC_LAN 14 ACTLED T able B.
67 Appx. B B.1.16 A TX Power Connector (CN16) B.1.17 KB/MS Connector (CN17) B.1.18 External KB/mouse Conn ector (CN18) B.1.19 ISA Gold Finger (CN19) B.
PCA-6780 User Manual 68 B.1.21 Negative Power Input (CN21) B.1.22 CF Connector (CN22) T able B.19: Negat ive Po wer Input (CN21) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1- 5 V 2 G N D 3- 1 2 V.
69 Appx. B B.2 Jumpers B.2.1 L VDS V oltage C hoose (JP1) B.2.2 CLEAR CM OS (J1) B.2.3 232/422/485 SEL (J2) T able B.20: LVDS V oltage Choose (JP1) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1-2 +5V 2-3 +3.3V T able B.21: CLE AR CMOS (J1) Pin Signal 1-2 Clear CMOS T able B.
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71 Appx. C C System Assignment s This appendix contains information of a detailed n ature. It inclu des: • System I/O ports • 1st MB memory map • DMA channel assignments • Interru pt assi gnme.
PCA-6780 User Manual 72 Appendix C System Assignment s C.1 System I/O Port s T able C.1: System I/O ports Addr . range (Hex) Device 00-0F Master DMA controller 20-21F Master Interrupt controller 40-5F.
73 Appx. C C.2 1st MB memory map 778-77A Printer Port (ECP Extensions)(Port 378+400) MPU-401 select from 300 ~ 330H (2 bytes) T able C.2: 1st MB memory map Addr .
PCA-6780 User Manual 74 C.3 DMA channel assignment s T able C.3: DMA channel assignments Channel Function 0 Available 1 Available (audio) 2 Floppy disk (8-bit transfer) 3 Available (printer p ort) 4 C.
75 Appx. C C.4 Interrupt assignment s T able C.4: Interrupt assignments Interrupt# Interrupt source IRQ 0 Interval t imer IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Interrupt from controller 2 (cascade ) IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 C.
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