AR-B5432 series User Manual AR-B5432 Board EPIC SBC supports Intel ATOM N270 Processor with Dual Gigabit LANs / LCD / TV out / DVI User Manual Manual Rev.: 1.0 Book Number: AR-B5432-2009.08.06...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual Revision Version Date Author Description 2009.08.06 Xavier Initial release.
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Trademarks AR-B5432 is a registered trademarks of Acrosser; IBM PC is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation; Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Technologies Inc; Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International Inc; other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
AR-B5432 series User Manual INTRODUCTION Welcome to the AR-B5432 Computer. The AR-B5432 is a Intel 945GSE chipset based platform designed for low power consumption and wide operating temperature. It supports the Atom N270 processor, while coming with a 533MHz Front Side Bus.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 1.2 Package Contents Check if the following items are included in the package. AR-B5432 EPIC SBC board Quick Manual Software Utility CD...
AR-B5432 series User Manual H/W INFORMATION This chapter describes the installation of AR-B5432. First, it shows the function diagram and the layout of AR-B5432. Then describes the unpacking information which you should read carefully, as well as the jumper/switch settings for the AR-B5432 configuration.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 2.3 Connector and Jumper Setting 2. JP2: CMOS data 3. JP3: Signal SERIRQ connects 1. CN2: PCI-104 connector. retention/clear. to PCI-104 pin #B1 selection. STATUS SETTING STATUS SETTING CMOS data retention. Disconnected. PCI-104 connector. Open (Default).
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AR-B5432 series User Manual 10. IR1: Infrared device 11. CN6: RS422/RS485 signal 12. LVDS1: LCD panel (LVDS, connector. (Optional) connector. 18-bit/36-bit) connector. SETTING SETTING SETTING SETTING RS485 DATA+ LCD VDD +3.3V or RS422 TX+ E CLK- E CLK+ RS485 DATA-...
AR-B5432 series User Manual 18. COM1: D-SUB-9 male 19. COM4: RS232 signal 20. COM3: RS232 signal connector for RS232 port #1. connector for port #4. connector for port #3. PIN SETTING PIN SETTING PIN SETTING PIN SETTING DCD #4 DSR #4...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual 29. CN3: USB A-type stack 27. LAN1: RJ45 connector for 28. LAN2: RJ45 connector for connector for USB2.0 port #1, Gigabit Ethernet port #1. Gigabit Ethernet port #2. port #2. RJ45 connector for Gigabit RJ45 connector for Upper: Port #2.
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AR-B5432 series User Manual NOTE 1: CN7: Front panel connector. SETTING STATUS External buzzer. 1: Buzz + 2: Buzz - Hardware reset Power button for ATX mode; jumper shorted for AT mode. When using AT mode in the system, the pin5-6 of header CN7 must be shorted. If using ATX mode in the system, the pin5-6 of header CN7 should connect to a Push-Button-Switch.
AR-B5432 series User Manual BIOS SETTING This chapter describes the BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get the system up and running. It also gives detailed explanation of the elements found in each of the BIOS menu displays. The following topics are covered: ...
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.1 Main Setup Option Choice Description To set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically Date Setup changes when you set the date. To set the system time. Time Setup IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave Press <Enter> to view the IDE device’s information and related parameters.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.2 Advanced Setup Option Choice Description This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you Quick Power On Enabled have powered up the computer. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will Self Test Disabled shorten or skip some check items during POST.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.4 PnP/PCI Setup Option Choice Description Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to Reset reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you Enabled Configuration exit setup. If you have installed a new add-on and the system...
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.5 Peripherals Setup Option Choice Description Onboard Serial Port 1 Serial Port 1: 3F8 / IRQ4 Serial Port 2: 2F8 / IRQ3 Select an address and the corresponding Onboard Serial Port 2 Serial Port 3: 3E8 / IRQ11 interrupt for each serial port.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.7 Boot Setup Option Choice Description Hard Disk CDROM First / Second / Third The BIOS attempts to load the operating USB-FDD Boot Device/Other system from the devices in the sequence USB-CDROM selected in these items.
AR-B5432 series User Manual 3.8 Exit Setup Option Choice Description Press “Y” to store the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of Pressing <Enter> on this memory that stays on after you turn your item for confirmation: system off.
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AR-B5432 series User Manual Pressing <Enter> on this This allows you to exit Setup without storing item for confirmation: changes CMOS. previous Exit Without Saving selections remain in effect. This shall exit the Quit without saving (Y/N)? Setup utility and restart your computer.
The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to update your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips. The AR-B5432 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update BIOS. Please follow these operating steps to update BIOS: You must boot up system into MS-DOS first and please don’t detect files CONFIG.SYS...
AR-B5432 series User Manual 4.2 WatchDog Programming This section describes the usage of WatchDog. AR-B5432 integrated the WatchDog that enable user to reset the system after a time-out event. User can use a program to enable the WatchDog and program the timer in range of 1~255 second(s)/minute(s). Once user enables the WatchDog, the timer will start to count down to zero except trigger the timer by user’s program...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual WatchDog demo program in Turbo C++ as following: //=========================================================================== // Turbo C++ Version 3.0 Copyright(c) 1990, 1992 by Borland International,Inc. //=========================================================================== // Describe : F81865 WatchDog timer test //=========================================================================== //=========================================================================== // Language include files //=========================================================================== #include <conio.h>...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x87); // Enter Configuration outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x87); outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x07); // Point to Logical Device Number Reg. outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,0x07); // Select logical device 7, (Watchdog Function) outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x30); // Device Active register outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,0x01); outportb(IO_Port_Address,0xF5); // Select Watchdog count mode seconds or minutes outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,inportb(IO_Port_Address+1)&0xF7);...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual cprintf("If you can see this message, Reset system is Fail",Time); return 1; //=========================================================================== // Function : Show_Help() // Input // Change : - // Return : - // Description : Show Title string. //=========================================================================== void Show_Help() clrscr();...
AR-B5432 series User Manual 4.3 GPIO Programming This section describes the usage of GPIOs. AR-B5432 integrated eight bits, TTL-3.3V, bidirectional, and software programmable GPIOs for user’s application. Address port: 2E and Data port: 2F GP## GP57 GP56 GP55 GP54 GP53...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual // Set GPIO Port Active outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x30); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0x01); // Set F81865 GPIO50~53 to Output, GPIO54~GPIO57 to Input outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xA0); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0x0F); // Set F81865 GPIO50~53 to High outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xA1); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0x0F); // Read F81865 GPIO54~57 Status, if not High error. outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xA2);...
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AR-B5432 series User Manual // Set F81865 GPIO54~57 to Low outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xA1); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0x00); // Read F81865 GPIO50~53 Status, if not Low error. outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xA2); data=inportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1)&0x0F; if(data!=0x00) result=1; // Exit F81865 Config outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0xAA); if(result) Show_Fail(); else Show_Pass(); return result; //=========================================================================== // Function : Show_Help()
AR-B5432 series User Manual ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 5.1 Basic Electrical Characteristics Table Electrical Characteristics Value Parameter / Condition Unit Min. Typ. Max. 11.4 12.0 12.6 External power input for system or +12V +12Vdc power output (for SATA, LCD inverter, … etc.) +5Vdc power output 4.75...