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- Page 1 PC Engines ALIX.1C system board...
- Page 2 ©2007 PC Engines GmbH. All rights reserved. PC Engines GmbH pdornier@pcengines.ch www.pcengines.ch tinyBIOS and PC Engines are trademarks of PC Engines GmbH. All other marks and brands are property of their respective owners. ALIX system board 2/21/2008...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of contents Federal Communications Commission Statement CE Declaration of Conformity Compliance information Recycling / disposal Introduction / features OEM options Technical data Known issues / warnings Getting started… Setup options Connecting a CD-ROM or DVD drive Support Damn Small Linux – Not (DSL-N) Debian Linux (Etch) FreeBSD iMedia Linux... -
Page 4: Federal Communications Commission Statement
A copy of the test report will be provided on request. CE Declaration of Conformity We, PC Engines GmbH, declare that ALIX1.C, when installed in the mini-box M200 metal enclosure, is in conformance with: EN 61000-6-3 (2005) (emissions, residential and industrial) -
Page 5: Recycling / Disposal
For satisfactory resistance to electrostatic discharge events (ESD), the ALIX board should be grounded (e.g. through the mounting holes, or the serial port connector). Recycling / disposal Do not discard electronic products in household trash ! All waste electronics equipment should be recycled properly. -
Page 6: Introduction / Features
• DRAM size (128 MB, 256 MB) • CPU speed (LX700 / LX800 / LX900) • Delete I/O not required by customer • CMOS level serial port (RXD / TXD only) • Power LED • PC Engines tinyBIOS ALIX system board 2/21/2008... - Page 7 ALIX system board 2/21/2008...
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Page 8: Technical Data
Temperature range 0 to 50°C. Dimensions ALIX.1C = 6.7 x 6.7” (170 x 170 mm) Known issues / warnings The PCI slot supports 3.3V cards and riser cards ONLY. Do not attempt to insert a 5V adapter or riser card “the wrong way” – you may damage ALIX or your adapter card. -
Page 9: Connecting A Cd-Rom Or Dvd Drive
Connecting a CD-ROM or DVD drive While not intended for normal operation, this can be useful to install operating systems etc. I use a AT (not ATX) power supply. Create a special cable to go from 12V and GND to the DC jack (snip up a drive power Y or extension cable). -
Page 10: Openbsd
OpenBSD (info courtesy of Marc Balmer, as of 6/20/07) OpenBSD 4.0-release Does not work due to lack of AMD Geode LX 800 support, which was added in -stable OpenBSD 4.0-stable Fully working OpenBSD 4.1-release Fully working OpenBSD 4.1-stable Fully working OpenBSD 4.1-current This is the current development version which will become OpenBSD 4.2. -
Page 11: Alix Connector Pinouts - From Left To Right, Rear To Front
ALIX connector pinouts - from left to right, rear to front DC power jack This is a generic DC jack connector with a 2.1mm center pin (will be 2.5 mm on ALIX.1B). Recommended input voltage is +12V. Supply current is about 0.4A at 12V, without any miniPCI adapters or USB devices installed. - Page 12 COM1 serial port The standard PC pinout is used. To connect to a PC, use a null modem or “Laplink” cable. data carrier detect (input) RXD# receive data (input) TXD# transmit data (output) data terminal ready (output) ground data set ready (input) ready to send (output) clear to send (input) ring indicator (input)
- Page 13 ground Ethernet port 1 A RJ45 connector with integrated magnetics is used. ALIX does not support power over Ethernet. transmit positive transmit negative receive positive unused pair, 75 ohm terminated unused pair, 75 ohm terminated receive negative unused pair, 75 ohm terminated unused pair, 75 ohm terminated Audio line in Audio line out...
- Page 14 LAD2 LPC data 2 ground LAD3 LPC data 3 ground LFRAME# LPC frame ground PCIRST# reset (active low) reserved high to use LPC flash, low to use on-board flash, pulled low by resistor +5V supply ground +3.3V supply SERIRQ serial interrupt LDRQ# LPC DMA request LPT1 parallel port...
- Page 15 GPIO expansion These pins are connected to the GPIO pins of the Winbond W83627HF super I/O controller. Please refer to the Winbond data sheet for programming instructions. +5V supply ground WIO10 GP10 (also connected to LCD header) WIO11 GP11 WIO12 GP12 WIO13 GP13...
- Page 16 TFT LCD This header can be used to interface a TFT LCD panel. CMOS to LVDS conversion will be required for most panels. Not tested, will be installed by request only. LCVCC +5V power, controlled by LCDEN LCVCC “ +3.3V power “...
- Page 17 I2C header This optional header can be used to connect user specific hardware, e.g. a front panel microcontroller, or for a licensing dongle. +3.3V power supply SMB_SCL I2C clock SMB_SDA I2C data ground IDE header HDRST# IDE reset ground HDD7 IDE data 7 HDD8 IDE data 8...
- Page 18 5V power 5V power ground ground CompactFlash master / slave jumper Install the jumper to make the CF card master, remove for slave. Do not use. If a CF card is installed, recommend to use a 40 pin cable for the external HDD to avoid problems. CompactFlash The CompactFlash card is used in True IDE mode.
- Page 19 IDE interrupt +3.3V power supply CSEL# cable select, ground = master VS2# not connected RESET# IDE reset, active low IORDY IDE ready INPACK# IDE DMA request REG# IDE DMA acknowledge DASP# pulled up PDIAG# pulled up IDE data IDE data IDE data ground The CompactFlash specification can be found at www.compactflash.org.
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Page 20: Post Codes
POST codes The system BIOS writes POST / diagnostic codes to port 80h. To make these codes visible, use a miniPCI POST card such as PC Engines POST.5A. A POST code table can be found at: http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/awardbios.htm -> look for version 4.51PG...