IBM ETX-DB-ATX manual

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    ET X- DB - A T X ETX M O DU LE BA SEB O ARD PCB V 1.2 M an u al Revi si on 1.0 A p r il 1 1 , 200 2 Copy right 2003 b y ICP El e ctronics Inc. All Right s Re s e r ve d. T he inform ation in this docu m ent is subject to chan ge without prior notice in order to im prove reliability , design and function and does not represent a com m it m ent on th[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 3 3.16 PCI B US Inter f ace ................................................................. 20 3.17 ISA BUS In te rf ace ................................................................. 22 3.18 A T X po w er co nnec to r ............................................................ 23 3.19 F ro n t P a ne l Pi n H eade r ........[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 5 * IS A inte rf a c e: O ne I SA sl o ts. * 10/10 0M b ps Eth ern et Co n tro ll er: In t el 82551Q M or Re al t ek RTL8 100 I EEE8 0 2.u 100 BASE- T X st an d ar d Du al A u t o-s en s in g int erf ac e t o 10M B p s or 100 MBp s n et work s. O n b oar d RJ45 c on n ec tor s p r ov id e f or eas y con n ec tion . * P owe r conne [...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 7 ETX- DB- A TX La yo u t CN16 A TX PWER JP7 Batte r y IS A1 CN9 JP6 Di gi ta l IO P S L O T2 P S L O T1 X1 X2 CN1 CN 10 CN20 CN 13 CN 14 CN3 USB3 ETX-DB-A TX V1.2 COM2 CN1 1 X3 X4 CN2 CN8 CN5 CN6 CN 12 JP4 CN 15 IR CN4 CN7 CN21 USB2 KB/ MS USB CO M1 LPT1 VG A AU D IO 48 BI T L VDS CN17 JP10 ET X- DB - A T X 8 2. 2 Un p acki n g Pr[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 9 2. 5 Watch Do g Ti meo u t Act i ve Sel ecto r Read in g I/O p ort 443H en ab l es th e Watch Dog T im er . It sh ould be tr i g ge r e d be fo re t he ti m e -o ut pe r i o d e n ds, o t he rw i s e i t w i ll ass u me t h e p r og ram op er ation is a b n or mal a n d wil l iss u e a res et sig n al or an int er ru pt sig n a l[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 11 3. 2 ET X Co n n ecto r X 2 X2 : I S A B u s PIN SI G N AL PIN SI G N AL PIN SIGN AL PIN SIG N AL 1 G N D 2 G N D 51 5V 52 5V 3 SD !4 4 SD 15 53 SA6 54 I R Q 5 5 SD 13 6 M AST ER # 55 SA7 56 I R Q6 7 SD 12 8 DRQ 7 57 SA 8 58 IR Q7 9 SD 1 1 10 DA C K 7# 59 SA9 60 SY SCLK 1 1 SD 10 12 D R Q 6 61 SA 10 62 RE F S H# 13 SD 9 14 DA C [...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 13 3. 4 ET X Co n n ecto r X 4 X 4 : IDE 1 , I DE2, a n d M i sc e l lane o us PIN SI G N AL PIN SIGN AL PI N SIG N AL PIN SIG N AL 1 G N D 2 G N D 51 S I ED _ I OW# 52 PI DE _ I O R # 3 5VSB 4 PWGI N 53 SI D E_DR Q 54 PI D E_ I O W# 5 PS_O N 6 SPEA KER 55 SI D E_D1 5 5 6 PI DE_DR Q 7 PWR BT N # 8 VBAT 57 SI DE _D0 58 PI DE _D15 9 [...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 15 3. 6 PCI E- I DE Di sk Dri ve Co n nect o r Fo r I DE HD D c o nne ct i o n, T he ET X - D B-A TX w a s de s i gne d wit h t wo 2. 54mm st and ar d I DE c on n ec t or (CN13, CN14) CN13: 40-p in Pr imar y IDE In t er fac e Con n ec t or CN14: 40-p in Sec on d l y IDE In t erf ace Con n ec tor PI N N O. DES CRI PTI O N PI N N O. [...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 17 ass ig n m en t of t h e co n n ect or s ar e sp ec if ied as f oll owin g t abl es: • CN9: Ser ial Por t1 Con n ec t or (9- p in D- s u b ) PIN NO . DES CR IPT IO N 1 DA TA CARRI E R DET E CT (D CD) 2 R E C E I V E D A T A ( RX D ) 3 T R A N S M I T D A T A ( T X D ) 4 DA TA TERM I N A L RE ADY ( DTR) 5 G RO UND ( GN D ) 6 DA[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 19 9 NC 10 G RO UND 1 1 NC 12 DDC DA T 13 HSY N C 14 V SY NC 15 DDC CLK 3. 13 L CD/L V DS I n terf ace C onne ct or Th e ETX - DB - A T X p rov id es on e 30-p in co n n ect or for t h e L VDS f l at p an el in t erf ac e. • CN12 : T w o ch an nel 48 b i t s L VDS I nt erface C onnec tor P IN N O. D e sc ri p ti o n PI N N O. Des[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 21 • PS L O T 1~P SL OT2 : PCI Bu s p i n assi gn men t A B N O. S ig n al N O. S ig n a l N O. S ig n al N O. S in g le 1 N.C . 2 +12V 1 -12V 2 N.C . 3 N.C . 4 N.C . 3 GND 4 N.C . 5 +5V 6 INT A# 5 +5 V 6 +5V 7 IN TC # 8 +5V 7 I NT B# 8 I NTD# 9 N.C . 10 +5 V 9 N.C . 10 N.C . 11 N.C . 12 GND 11 N.C . 12 GND 13 GND 14 N.C . 13 GND[...]

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    ET X- DB - A T X 23 3. 18 A T X p o w er co nn ect o r • PW 1: A T X po w er co n n ecto r p i n assig n men t 3. 19 F ron t Pan el Pin Head er • CN17 : Fro n t P an el P i n Header p i n assi gn men t 3. 20 Di gi tal I O co nn ect o r • CN1 : Dig i t al IO co n n ecto r p i n assig n men t A TX( PW1) P IN NA M E P IN NA ME 1 +3 .3V 11 +3 .3V[...]