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Intel EUROCOM 450 manual

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    Intel ® Core 2 Duo based CPU Board hardware documentation Revision 0A[...]

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    Revision Revision Changes Date / Name 0A First Edition 30.10.07 / ac[...]

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    III DISCLAIMER Copyright © 2007 ELTEC Elektronik AG. The information, data, and figures in this document including respective references have been verified and found to be legitimate. In particular in the event of error they may, therefore, be changed at any time without prior notice. The complete risk inherent in the utiliz ation of this document[...]

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    IV SAFETY INFORMATION Electrical safety Þ To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before reloading the system. Þ When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all pow[...]

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    I hardware documentation table of contents 1. Specificat ion .......................................................................................................1 1.1. Blockdiagram ................................................................................................................... .1 1.2. Main Fea tures ...........................[...]

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    II hardware documentation 4.2. COM Exp ress .................................................................................................................... 13 4.3. Memory ......................................................................................................................... ..13 4.4. PCI Local Bus ............................[...]

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    III hardware documentation list of table Table 3.1: COMExpress Connector ................................................................................................................................ 11 Table 4.1: Resolution Table......................................................................................................................[...]

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    IV hardware documentation list of figures Figure 1.1: Blockdiagram ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Figure 2.1: Intel Boot Agent Setup Screen ...................................................................................... ..........[...]

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    1 hardware documentation 1. Specification 1.1. Blockdiagram Me moryb us 2 Channel DDR2 Hublin k PCIE xp ress GTL - B us MCH E75 20 ICH E6300ESB CPU Merom Memor y DDR2 max 4 Gbyte PCI 32/33 PC I- X GbE i82541PI BIOS Vi d e o SM712 COM Exp ress Conn ector LPC EIDE SA T A Gb E USB2 Figure 1.1: Blockdiagram[...]

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    2 hardware documentation 1.2. Main Features Þ COM Express CPU board Þ Intel® Core 2 Duo T7400 or L7400 Þ Up to 4 GB DDR2-400 memory on two DIMM modules Þ 10/100/1000 Mbps network interface, attached to PCI-X Þ On-board graphics up to 1280 x 1024 Þ COM Express format with PCI and PCI Express interfaces Þ USB 2.0[...]

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    3 hardware documentation 1.3. Overview 1.3.1. Technical Details The EUROCOM 450 is a Intel® Core 2 Duo T7400 or L7400 based single board computer on a COM Express board for compact industrial real-time systems. The board is based on the Intel chip set E7520 (Lindenhurst) for server systems, which is on Intel’s Embedded Program for long-lifetime [...]

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    4 hardware documentation 1.3.1.4. Graphics Interface The on-board graphics controller is a PCI-based chip (SM 71 2). Maximum display resolution is 1280 * 1024 * 60 Hz @24 bit/pixel. Resolution fps 800x600 60, 75, 85 1024x768 60, 75, 85 1280x1024 60 1.3.1.5. Boot PROM Boot code is stored in a Flash EPROM (size 512 or 1024 kB ) which enables easy cod[...]

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    5 hardware documentation 1.4. Installation 1.4.1. Introduction Do always observe precautions for handling electrostatic de vices when unplugging boards from the rack or otherwise handling boards. Avoid touching integrated circuits except in an electrostatic free environment. Electrostatic discharge can damage circuits or shorten their lifetime. Þ [...]

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    6 hardware documentation At least plug the modul onto the carrierboard and fix it. Make sure that the power supply within the rack meets the power requirements specified in Section "Power Requirements". Also the operating requirements must meet the values specified in Section "Environmental Conditions". 1.5. Cooling Requirements[...]

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    7 hardware documentation During early POST, no video is available to display error messages should a critical error be encountered; therefore, POST uses beeps on the speaker to indicate the failure of a critical system component during this time. A later chapter lists the Beep codes and their meanings.[...]

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    8 hardware documentation 2.2. Intel Boot Agent / PXE The Intel Boot Agent is a software product that allows th e EUROCOM 450 to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server. The Intel Boot Agent complies with the Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) Version 2.1 Specification. 2.2.1. Boot Agent Setup To enter the Boot Agent setup, pre[...]

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    9 hardware documentation Try local drives first, then network If this option is selected then the BOOT Agent tries to boot fr om the local drives first. If this fails then the network boot is tried. Try network only If this option is selected then the BOOT Agent tries to boot from the network. Local drives are ignored. Try local drives only If this[...]

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    10 hardware documentation 2.2.3. Diagnostics Information Anytime the configuration setup menu is displayed, you may press the D key to display diagnostics information on the screen. The information displayed appears similar to that shown in the lower half of the screen image below. Once you press the D key, the information displayed remains until y[...]

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    11 hardware documentation 3. Interface Connectors 3.1. COMExpress Connector Table 3.1: COMExpress Connector Row A Row B Row C Row D A1 GND B1 GND C1 GND D1 GND A2 GBE0_MDI3- B2 GBE0_ACT# C2 IDE_D7 D2 IDE_D5 A3 GBE0_MDI3+ B3 LPC_FRAME# C3 IDE_D6 D3 IDE_D10 A4 GBE0_LINK100# B4 LPC_AD0 C4 IDE_D3 D4 IDE_D11 A5 GBE0_LINK1000# B5 LPC_AD1 C5 IDE_D15 D5 ID[...]

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    12 hardware documentation A56 PCIE_TX4- B56 PCIE_RX4 - C56 PEG_RX1- D56 PEG_TX1- A57 GND B57 GPO2 C57 TYPE1# D57 TYPE2# A58 PCIE_TX3+ B58 PCIE_RX 3 + C58 PEG_RX2 + D58 PEG_TX2+ A59 PCIE_TX3- B59 PCIE_RX3 - C59 PEG_RX2- D59 PEG_TX2- A60 GND B60 GND C60 GND D60 GND A61 PCIE_TX2+ B61 PCIE_RX 2 + C61 PEG_RX3 + D61 PEG_TX3+ A62 PCIE_TX2- B62 PCIE_RX2 - [...]

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    13 hardware documentation 4. Board Parameters 4.1. Host Bus Þ 667 MHz 4.2. COM Express COMExpress interface according to specification Þ Type 2 Þ PCI Express (2 * x8, 1 * x4, 1 * x1) Þ PCI 32/33 Þ 2 * SATA Þ 1 * IDE Þ 1 * VGA Þ 1 * LVDS Þ 1 * GbE Þ 4 * USB 2.0 Þ 1 * AC97 4.3. Memory Þ 2 x DIMM DDR2-400 (PC3200) up to 4096 MB 4.4. PCI Lo[...]

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    14 hardware documentation Þ CLUT: 4/8/16/24 bit/pixel Þ 16, 256, 32 K, 64 K, 16 M colors depending on screen resolution Þ Video Resolution: 640 x 480 – 1024 x 768 Þ Vertical Frequencies: max 85 Hz Table 4.1: Resolution Table Resolution [pixel x pixel] Colordepth [bit / pixel] Refresh [Hz] 1280 x 1024 24 60 1024 x 768 24 85 1024 x 768 16 85 10[...]

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    15 hardware documentation 5. Programmers Reference 5.1. Interrupts The EUROCOM 450 uses the PC interrupts for different purposes . First there are the PC compatible interrupt sources like timer, keyboard, EIDE, real-time clock and coprocessor. These interrupt sources require dedicated interrupt numbers, which are fixed. Never use these interrupt nu[...]