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User's Manual for the IRV - 3702 Single Board Computer with AGP/VGA & Ethernet MCSI PART NO. 89000 IRV - 3702 All - In - One Single Board Computers For Industrial/Embedded Systems Applications MICRO COMPUTER SPECIALISTS, INC. "Th e Embedded PC Specialists" 1070 Joshua Way Vista, CA 92083 U.S.A. Voice (760) 598 - 2177 - Fax (760) [...]
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Revised January 14, 2000 Revision 1.1 Changes are made periodically to the information contained herein; these changes will be incorporated into new editions of this document. Requests for copies of this publication or the product(s) which it describes should be made to MCSI. While every effort has been made to insure that this documen t and its ac[...]
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P REFACE This manual provides information about the MCSI IRV - 3702 All - In - One Single Board Computer. This information is intended for users who must implement IBM PC/AT compatible computer solutions to a wide variety of applications that cannot be satisfied using conventional desktop computers. This manual assumes that the reader has a good un[...]
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Table of Contents Section 1 - Introduction ___________________________________________________________________ 1 Features ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Section 2 - System Description ______________________________________[...]
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1 S ECTION 1 - I NTRODUCTION The MCSI IRV - 3702 Celeron All - In - One Single Board Computer (SBC) contains all the basic elements found in a high - performance I BM PC/AT compatible desktop computer system plus some unique features that make it ideally suited for industrial applications. The most outstanding features include: An optional 32MB PRO[...]
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2 S ECTION 2 - S YSTEM D ESCRIPTION The following sections describe the major system features of the IRV - 3702 All - In - One Single Board Computer. P ROCESSOR The IRV - 3702 SBC supports the Intel Celeron processor up to 500MHz. The Celeron microprocessor includes MMX media enhancement t echnology, dynamic execution technology, a 32Kbyte (16Kbyte[...]
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3 I NTERRUPT C ONTROLLER The IRV - 3702 SBC has the equivalence of two 82C59A interrupt controllers included in the System Controller chip. The controllers accept requests from peripherals, resolve priorities on pending interrupts and interrupts in service, interrupt the CPU, and provide the vector address of the interrupt service routine. The two [...]
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4 pulse to port 61H t o clear the interrupt for the next byte. Refer to Appendix D for the keyboard connector location and pin assignments. M OUSE P ORT The IRV - 3702 SBC contains an IBM PS2 compatible mouse port for interfacing to a generic serial mouse. The mouse port controlle r assembles the serial data from the mouse into bytes and interrupts[...]
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5 EIDE H ARD D ISK P ORT The IRV - 3702 SBC contains two PCI Extended Integrated Driv e Electronics (EIDE) Ports that directly interface up to four hard disk drives with embedded controllers. The EIDE Disk Port can be disabled using the CMOS Setup utility. Refer to Appendix D for the connector location and pin assignments. AGP/VGA D ISPLAY P ORT Th[...]
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6 E THERNET P ORT The IRV - 3702 SBC contains a Realtek RTL8139 highly integrated single - chip Fast Ethernet controller. The RTL8139 pro vides 10Mbps and 100Mbps auto - sensing operation, PCI bus master capability, and full compliance with IEEE 802.3u 100Base - TX specifications. The RTL8139 keeps network maintenance cost low and eliminates usage [...]
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7 S ECTION 3 - S ETUP The IRV - 3702 SBC uses the latest AMI Plug - n - Play BIOS that contains an internal Setup Utility for configuring the system. The BIOS includes a graphical user interface, and a new system configur ation utility, as well as all the features of the standard BIOS. The system configuration settings are stored in the on - board [...]
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8 S ECTION 4 - U SING THE PROMDISK - C HIP D ISK E MULATOR The IRV - 3702 SBC includes a 32 - pin socket that supports the MCSI PROMDISK - Chip disk emulator which operates as a Read/Write fixed disk drive. The paragraphs that follow describe how to use the optional PROMDISK - Chip. U SING ROM - DOS AND O THER D ISK O PERATING S YSTEMS The PROMDISK[...]
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9 S ECTION 5 - I NSTALLATION This section describes the procedures for installing the IRV - 3702 All - In - One Single Board Computer in to your system. The following is a list of typical peripherals required to build a minimum system: • Passive Backplane and Power Supply • IBM PC/AT Type Keyboard • Monitor • Floppy or Hard Disk with MS - D[...]
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10 2. Push the PROMDISK - Chip into the socket carefully until it is fully seated. 3. Check to make sure the PROMDISK - Chip is installed securely, and there are no bent pins. To remove the P ROMDISK - Chip, insert a small screwdriver between the PROMDISK - Chip and the socket and gently pry around the edge until the PROMDISK - Chip is released fro[...]
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11 A PPENDIX A - S PECIFICATIONS This appendix lists the specifications for the IRV - 3702 All - In - One Single Board Computer. CPU: Supports: Intel Celeron proces sors up to 500MHz, 66MHz or 100MHz clock. Co - processor: Internal to the Celeron Chip Memory: System Memory Expandable to 1G - bytes. Supports: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, or 256MB S[...]
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12 A PPENDIX B - B OARD O UTLINE 1 CN1 CN2 CN4 CN11 JP15 JP12 . Denotes pin 1 CN10 CN18 J1 CN3 CN7 CN12 CN8 CN17 JP7 JP3 CN13 JP14 BIOS PROMDISK-Chip U31 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 CN15 CN14 CN9 JP4 JP8 JP5 JP11 CN6 CN5[...]
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13 A PPENDIX C - M EMORY AND I/O M APS The following is the memory map for the IRV - 3702 SBC. The addresses are fully PC/AT compatible, unless otherwise specified. IRV - 3702 SBC Memory Map Address Used For Size 00000H - 003FFH Interrupt Vectors 1.0K 00400H - 005FFH BIOS Values 0.5K 00600H - 9FFFFH User RA M (DOS) 638.5K A0000H - AFFFFH Reserved f[...]
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14 A PPENDIX D - C ONNECTORS CN8 Keyboard Header/Connector Pin Signal 1 KBCLK 2 KBDATA 3 N/C 4 GND 5 +5VDC CN18 Keyboard/Mouse Connector (PS2 type) Pin Signal 1 KBDATA 2 MDATA 3 GND 4 +5 VDC 5 KBCLOCK 6 MCLK CN7 Keylock Header/Connector Pin Signal Name Description 2 LED POWER (+) Connect to anode of power LED 4 N/C (Key) N/C (Key) 6 GND Connect to [...]
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15 CN1 & CN3 IDE Hard Disk Port Connectors Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 IDERST/ 2 GND 3 IDED7 4 IDED8 5 IDED6 6 IDED9 7 IDED5 8 IDED10 9 IDED4 10 IDED 11 11 IDED3 12 IDED12 13 IDED2 14 IDED13 15 IDED1 16 IDED14 17 IDED0 18 IDED15 19 GND 20 Not Used 21 IDE DRQ 22 GND 23 IDEIOW/ 24 GND 25 IDEIOR/ 26 GND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GND 29 IDEDACK 30 GND 31 IRQ14 3[...]
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16 CN12 Serial Port #1 9 - pin Sub D Connector Pin Signal Name 1 CARRIER DETECT #1 2 RECEIVE DATA #1 3 TRANSMIT DATA #1 4 DATA TERMINAL READY #1 5 GND 6 DATA SET READY #1 7 REQUEST TO SEND #1 8 CLEA R TO SEND #1 9 RING INDICATOR #1 CN11 Serial Port #2 10 - pin Header/Connector Pin Signal Name 1 CARRIER DETECT #2 2 DATA SET READY #2 3 RECEIVE DATA #[...]
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17 CN7 IDE LED Header/Connector Pin Signal Name Description 13 IDE LED Connect to IDE LED anode ( -) 15 +5VDC Connect to IDE LED cathode (+) CN17 PS2 Mouse Header/Connector Pin Signal 1 MSDATA 2 N/C 3 GND 4 +5VDC 5 MSCLK CN9 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 & 2 Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 +5VDC 5 GND 2 - DATA0 6 +DATA1 3 +DATA0 7 - DATA1 4 GN[...]
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18 A PPENDIX E - C ONFIGURATION J UMPERS JP3 &JP15 CPU Clock Jumpers BUS JP15 JP3 JP3 FREQUENCY FS2 FS1 FS0 66MHz 2 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 4 100MHz 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 4 JP8 CPU Clock Multiplier Jumper Multiplier 1 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 6 7 - 8 3.0X ON OFF ON ON 3.5X ON OFF OFF ON 4.0X OFF ON ON ON 4.5X OFF ON OFF ON 5.0X OFF OFF ON ON 5.5X OFF OFF OFF ON 6.0X ON O[...]
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19 JP4 Clear CMOS Setup Jumper OFF Normal Operation (Default) 3 - 4 Clear CMOS Setup JP7 PS/2 Mouse Jumper ON Enabled using IRQ12 OFF Disabled JP14 Manufacturing Test Jumper 1 - 2 Do Not Use 2 - 3 Do Not Use[...]
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20 A PPENDIX F - BIOS E RROR B EEP C ODE S During the POST (Power On Self Test) routines, which are performed each time the system is powered on, errors may occur. Nonfatal errors are those which, in most cases, allow the system to continue the boot up process. The error messages normally app ear on the screen. Fatal errors are those which will not[...]