Intel atom 945gse 3.5-inch embedded board (62 pages)
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IB981 Gen. Core™ i7/i5/i3/ ® Intel ® ® Pentium / Celeron Full-Size CPU Card User’s Manual Version 1.0 (Sep. 2017)
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of IBASE Technology, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “IBASE”). Disclaimer IBASE reserves the right to make changes and improvements to the products described in this document without prior notice.
Compliance In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case users may be required to take adequate measures. This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Important Safety Information Carefully read the precautions before using the board. Environmental conditions: • Use this product in environments with ambient temperatures between 0˚C and 60˚C. • Do not leave this product in an environment where the storage temperature may be below -20° C or above 80° C. To prevent from damages, the product must be used in a controlled environment.
Warranty Policy • IBASE standard products: 24-month (2-year) warranty from the date of shipment. If the date of shipment cannot be ascertained, the product serial numbers can be used to determine the approximate shipping date. • -party parts: 12-month (1-year) warranty from delivery for the 3 -party parts that are not manufactured by IBASE, such as CPU, CPU cooler, memory, storage devices, power adapter, panel and touchscreen.
Table of Contents Compliance ..................iii Important Safety Information ............iv Warranty Policy ................v Technical Support & Services ............v Chapter 1 General Information ..........1 Introduction ..................2 Features ..................... 2 Packing List ..................3 Optional Accessories ................3 Specifications ..................
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2.5.6 Front Panel Setting Connector (J3) ........22 2.5.7 External Audio Connector (J6) ..........23 2.5.8 ATX 12V Power Connector (J12) .........24 2.5.9 Digital I/O 4 In/4 Out (J11) ...........24 2.5.10 PS/2 KB & MS Connector (J9) ..........25 2.5.11 Parallel Port (J5) ..............26 2.5.12 DVI-D Port (J15) ..............27 2.5.13...
Chapter 1 General Information The information provided in this chapter includes: • Features • Packing List • Optional Accessories • Block Diagram • Specifications • Board Overview • Board Dimensions...
Introduction The IB981 PICMG1.0 SHB Express CPU Card is based on the Gen. Core™ i7/i5/i3 family, Pentium ® ® ® platform of Intel or Celeron processor and features an integrated graphics core that work with VGA, DVI-D and LVDS display outputs. It is able to be operated at the °C °C ambient operating temperature ranging from 0...
General Information Packing List Your IB981 package should include the items listed below. If any of the items below is missing, contact the distributor or dealer from whom you purchased the product. • IB981 PICMG1.0 SHB • Cable Kit (IB73-1) Including COM Port Cable (PK1-20BK) P/S2 KB &...
Specifications Product Name IB981AF-C226 IB981AF IB981F Form Factor PICMG 1.0 SHB Express full-size CPU card System • Windows 10 (64-bit) Operating • Windows 7 Pro (32-bit / 64-bit) System • Linux Ubuntu (64-bit) ® ® ® Intel Gen. Core i7/i5/i3, Pentium...
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General Information Product Name IB981AF-C226 IB981AF IB981F I/O Ports • 1 x VGA • Display 1 x DVI-D (header on board) • 1 x 24-bit dual channel LVDS 2 x RJ45 GbE LAN 4 x USB 3.0: 2 x USB 3.0: via I/O coastline •...
General Information Overview Top View Photo of IB981AF Series I/O View Oblique View Photo of IB981AF Series *The photos above are for reference only. Some minor components may differ. IB981 User’s Manual...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This section provides information on jumper settings and connectors on the IB981 in order to set up a workable system. On top of that, you will also need to install crucial pieces such as the CPU and the memory before using the product. The topics covered are: •...
Essential Installations Before You Begin Follow the instructions below to install the CPU and the memory. 2.1.1 Installing the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the CPU. Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift up the lever and the metal lid.
Hardware Configuration 2.1.2 Installing the Memory To install the modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps: Hold the module so that the key of the module aligned with that on the memory slot. Gently push the module in an upright position until the clips of the slot close to hold the module in place when the module touches the bottom of the slot.
Setting the Jumpers Set up and configure your IB981 by using jumpers for various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your use. 2.2.1 How to Set Jumpers Jumpers are short-length conductors consisting of several metal pins with a non-conductive base mounted on the circuit board.
Jumpers Quick Reference Function Jumper Name Page Clearing CMOS Data JBAT1 COM1 RS-232 Power Setting Backlight Power Mode Selection Backlight Control Setting LVDS Panel Power Selection Factory Use Only JP7, JP9, JP11 2.4.1 Clear CMOS Content (JBAT1) Function Pin closed Illustration Normal (default)
2.4.4 Backlight Control Setting (JP5) Function Pin closed Illustration 3.3V Open (default) Close 2.4.5 LVDS Panel Power Selection (JP6) Function Pin closed Illustration 3.3V (default) IB981 User’s Manual...
Hardware Configuration Connectors Quick Reference Function Connector Name Page COM1 & COM2 Serial Port COM3 & COM4 Serial Port USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 Connector J17 (pin-header), USB 2.0 Ports CN8 (vertial) LCD Backlight Connector Front Panel Setting Connector External Audio Connector ATX 12V Power Connector Digital I/O 4 In/4 Out PS/2 KB &...
2.5.6 Front Panel Setting Connector (J3) Assignment Assignment Speaker Out Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PWR_SW Ground HDD LED + HDD LED - J3 is utilized for system indicators to provide light indication of the computer activities and switches to change the computer status. It provides interfaces for the following functions.
Hardware Configuration • Reset Switch (Pins 17 and 18) The reset switch allows you to reset the system without turning the main power switch off and then on again. Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header. •...
2.5.11 Parallel Port (J5) J5 is a 26-pin header used to connect to the optional printer port cable. Assignment Assignment Line printer strobe Auto Feed PD0, parallel data 0 Error PD1, parallel data 1 Initialize PD2, parallel data 2 Select PD3, parallel data 3 Ground PD4, parallel data 4...
2.5.13 CPU Fan Power Connector (CPU_FAN1) Assignment Assignment Ground Rotation detection +12V (1A) Control 2.5.14 System Fan Power Connector (SYS_FAN1) Assignment Assignment Ground Rotation detection +12V (1A) IB981 User’s Manual...
2.5.16 Wake-on_LAN Connector (J19) Assignment Assignment +5VSB -PME Ground 2.5.17 ATX 5V Power Connector (J18) Connect the J18 connector to the ATX power connector of your backplane. Assignment Assignment Ground +5VSB-IN PS_On IB981 User’s Manual...
Introduction This section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers. The software and drivers are included with the motherboard. If you find anything missing, please contact the distributor where you made the purchase. The contents of this section include the following: Note: After installing your Windows operating system, you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation.
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Driver Installation Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. ® When the Welcome screen to the Intel Chipset Device Software appears, click Next to continue. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. On the Readme File Information screen, click Install for installation.
Graphics Driver Installation Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. Click Intel(R) HD Graphics Driver. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Driver Installation When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. Click Yes to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. On the Windows Security screen shown below, click Install to continue. The driver has been completely installed. Click Finish and restart the computer for changes to take effect.
HD Audio Driver Installation Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. Click Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Driver Installation On the Welcome screen of the InstallShield Wizard, click Yes for proceed. The installation is complete. Click Finish and restart the computer for changes to take effect. IB981 User’s Manual...
LAN Driver Installation Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. Click Intel(R) PRO LAN Network Drivers. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Driver Installation ® On the screen of Intel Network Connections, click Install Drivers and Software. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. Click Next to to agree with the license agreement. On the Setup Options screen, click the checkbox to select the desired driver(s) for installation.
® Intel Management Engine Interface Before installation, please pay attention to the warning message below. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. Click Intel(R) ME 9.0 Drivers. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Driver Installation ® When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel Management Engine Components appears, click Next. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. When the Setup Progress screen appears, click Next. IB981 User’s Manual...
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As the driver has been sccessfully installed, click Finish and restart the computer for changes to take effect. IB981 User’s Manual...
Driver Installation ® Intel USB 3.0 Driver Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. Click Intel(R) USB 3.0 Drivers. IB981 User’s Manual...
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® When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver appears, click Next. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. On the Readme File Information screen, click Next for installation. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Driver Installation The driver has been successfully installed. Click Finish and restart the computer for changes to take effect. IB981 User’s Manual...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the AMI BIOS that comes with the board. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: • Main Settings • Advanced Settings • Chipset Settings • Security Settings •...
4.1 Introduction The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in the ROM of your ® computer system supports Intel processors. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also provides password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.
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BIOS Setup When you enter the BIOS Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. Warning: It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults.
4.3 Advanced Settings This section allows you to configure, improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. IB981 User’s Manual...
BIOS Setup 4.3.1 ACPI Settings BIOS Setting Description Enable Hibernation Enables / Disables the system ability to hibernate (OS/S4 Sleep State). This option may be not effective with some OS. ACPI Sleep State Selects an ACPI sleep state where the system will enter when the Suspend button is pressed.
4.3.2 Trusted Computing BIOS Setting Description Security Device Enables / Disables TPM support. O.S. will Support not show TPM. Reset of platform is required. Note: This feature is not supported on IB981F. IB981 User’s Manual...
BIOS Setup 4.3.3 Wakeup Event Configuration BIOS Setting Description Wake up by PCI Wakes up the device by PCI PME#. PME# Wake up by PCIE Wakes up the device by PCIE WAKE#. WAKE# IB981 User’s Manual...
4.3.4 CPU Configuration BIOS Setting Description Hyper-Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hhyper-Threading Technology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology). Active Processor Number of cores to enable in each processor Cores package.
BIOS Setup 4.3.5 SATA Configuration BIOS Setting Description SATA Controller(s) Enables / Disables SATA devices. SATA Mode Determines how the SATA controller(s) Selection operate. • AHCI Mode • RAID Mode Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Pluggable. IB981 User’s Manual...
BIOS Setup 4.3.7 iSmart Configuration BIOS Setting Description Power-On after Enables / Disables the system to be turned Power failure on automatically after a power failure. Power Resume Enables / Disables to delay the time for Delay system to turn on. Temperature Generate the reset signal when system Guardian...
4.3.8 AMT Configuration BIOS Setting Description Intel AMT Enables / Disables AMT configuration. Note: iAMT H/W is always enabled. This option just controls the BIOS extension execution. If enabled, this requires additional firmware in the SPI device. Hide Unconfigure Hides Unconfigures ME without password operation.
BIOS Setup 4.3.9 USB Configuration BIOS Setting Description Legacy USB Enables Legacy USB support. Support “Auto” disables legacy support if there is no USB device connected. “Disable” keeps USB devices available only for EFI applications. XHCI Hand-off This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off support.
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BIOS Setting Description Device reset Seconds of delaying execution of start unit time-out command to USB mass storage device. Device power-up The maximum time the device will take delay before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller. “Auto” uses default value for a Root port it is 100ms.
BIOS Setup 4.3.10 F81846 Super IO Configuration BIOS Setting Description Serial Port Sets parameters of Serial Ports. Enables / Configuration Disables the serial port and select an optimal setting for the Super IO device. BIOS Setting Description Multi Function There is a risk of permanent damage to electronic equipment if RS-232 equipment is connected to RS-422/485 equipment.
4.3.11 Hardware Monitor BIOS Setting Description Smart Fan 1 / 2 Enables / Disables the smart fan feature. Function Options: Disabled (default) / 50 °C / 60 °C / 70 °C / 80 °C / 90 °C Temperatures/Voltages These fields are the parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the motherboard.
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BIOS Setup 4.4.1.1. USB Configuration BIOS Setting Description USB Configuration Precondition work on USB host controller and root ports for faster enumeration. IB981 User’s Manual...
4.5 Boot Settings BIOS Setting Description Setup Prompt Number of seconds to wait for setup Timeout activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) means indefinite waiting. Bootup NumLock Selects the keyboard NumLock state. State Quiet Boot Enables / Disables Quiet Boot option. Fast Boot Enables / Disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option.
BIOS Setup 4.6 Security Settings BIOS Setting Description Administrator Sets an administrator password for the setup Password utility. User Password Sets a user password. IB981 User’s Manual...
4.7 Save & Exit Settings BIOS Setting Description Save Changes and Exits system setup after saving the changes. Exit Discard Changes Exits system setup without saving any and Exit changes. Save Changes and Resets the system after saving the changes. Reset Discard Changes Resets system setup without saving any...
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BIOS Setup BIOS Setting Description Save as User Saves the changes done so far as User Defaults Defaults. Restore User Restores the user defaults to all the setup Defaults options. IB981 User’s Manual...
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I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used. Address Device Description 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard Resource 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard Resource 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF...
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Appendix Address Device Description 0x00000680-0x0000069F Motherboard Resource 0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Programmable Interrupt Controller 0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Motherboard Resource 0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) 0x000003E8-0x000003EF Communications Port (COM3) 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) HD Graphics P4600/P4700 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) HD Graphics P4600/P4700 0x00000378-0x0000037F Printer Port (LPT1) 0x000002F8-0x000002FF Communications Port (COM2) 0x000002E8-0x000002EF Communications Port (COM4) 0x000002A0-0x000002AF...
Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ 1 Standard PS/2 Keyboard IRQ 4294967293 Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 Series PCI Express Root Port #1 - 8C10 IRQ 4294967292 Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 Series PCI Express...
Watchdog Timer Configuration The Watchdog Timer (WDT) is used to generate a variety of output signals after a user programmable count. The WDT is suitable for use in the prevention of system lock-up, such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock. Under these sorts of circumstances, the timer will count to zero and the selected outputs will be driven.
On-Board Connector Types Connector Function Type Name COM1 & COM2 Serial Port HRS_DF11-20DP-2DSA(08) COM3 & COM4 Serial Port HRS_DF11-20DP-2DSA(08) USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 PINREX_52X-40-20GU52 Connector LCD Backlight Connector E-CALL_0110-161-040 External Audio Connector HK_DF11-12S-PA66H ATX 12V Power Win_WPO-04D4TN431UW Connector PS/2 KB & MS Connector HK_DF11-8S-PA66H Parallel Port Win_F-WBOX-26RN...