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Page 1: User Manual
AR-B8172 User Manual AR-B8172 Board ISA CPU card with DM&P CPU Vortex86DX User Manual Manual Rev.: 1.01 Book Number: AR-B8172-2011.07.02... - Page 2 AR-B8172 User Manual Revision Version Date Description 2011/03/11 Draft 2011/04/21 First Release 1.01 2011/07/02 Modified...
- Page 3 Trademarks AR-B8172 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.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
AR-B8172 User Manual Table of Contents 1 Introduction ..................5 1.1 Specifications ....................6 1.2 Package Contents ..................7 1.3 Block Diagram ....................8 2 H/W Information ..................9 2.1 Locations (Top side) ..................9 2.2 Connectors and Jumper Setting ..............10 2.3 Connector and Jumper Setting Table ............ -
Page 5: Introduction
AR-B8172 User Manual INTRODUCTION AR-B8172 is based on a DM&P Vortex chip with 800MHz and L2 256KB cache. AR-B8172 equips 256MB DDR2-333MHz on-board memory, 512KB SRAM with battery backup, 1 x CF socket, 1 x IDE connector, 1 x FDD connector, 1 x Parallel port, 1 x PC/104, 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x RS-232, 1 x RS-232/422/485, 1 x VGA, 16-bit GPIO, 1 x 10/100MBbit LAN and 1 x Golden Finger for ISA Bus. -
Page 6: Specifications
AR-B8172 User Manual 1.1 Specifications AR-B8172, ISA bus CPU card with DM&P CPU Vortex86DX. On-board fanless DM&P Vortex86DX 800MHz / L1 32KB, L2: 256KB included in CPU. AMI BIOS Core-8 / On chip SPI Flash 2MBits built-in. -
Page 7: Package Contents
AR-B8172 User Manual 1.2 Package Contents Check if the following items are included in the package. Quick Manual AR-B8172 1 x Software Utility CD... -
Page 8: Block Diagram
AR-B8172 User Manual 1.3 Block Diagram... -
Page 9: W Information
AR-B8172 User Manual H/W INFORMATION This chapter describes the installation of AR-B8172. At first, it shows the function diagram and the layout of AR-B8172. It then describes the unpacking information which you should understand, as well as the jumper/switch settings for the AR-B8172 configuration: 2.1 Locations (Top side) -
Page 10: Connectors And Jumper Setting
AR-B8172 User Manual 2.2 Connectors and Jumper Setting 2.2.1 Locations (Top side) LED1/LED2 RST_BTN1 CCMOS System/HDD Status LED (On board) System Reset Button Clear CMOS data PWR1 ATX1 LED3/LED4 System/HDD Status LED Connector AT Power Input ATX Power Supply Connector... - Page 11 AR-B8172 User Manual 2.2.2 Locations (Bottom Side) CF Slot...
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Page 12: Connector And Jumper Setting Table
AR-B8172 User Manual 2.3 Connector and Jumper Setting Table 2.1 LED1/LED2 (On-board) 2.2 LED3/LED4 On-board Power/IDE (CF) status LED. Power/IDE (CF) status LED external 2.54mm 1×2PIN connector. FUNCTION FUNCTION LED1 LED4 PIN1 : VCC+ POWER LED ( Green) ( POWER LED) - Page 13 AR-B8172 User Manual 2.7 RST_BTN1 2.8 PWR1 System reset button (2.54mm 1×2PIN connector ) AT power input SIGNAL RST_BTN1 FUNCTION +12V SHORT RESET OPEN NORMAL 2.9 SW4 2.10-11 USB1/USB2 SRAM address selection switch USB 0/1 & 3/4 connector SIGNAL SIGNAL...
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Page 14: Atx1 Atx Power Supply Connector
AR-B8172 User Manual 2.14 ATX1 2.15 ATX_BTN1 ATX power supply connector ATX power-on push button Connector SIGNAL PSON 5VSB RST_BTN1 FUNCTION Push to ATX power SHORT button For ATX power supply, please connect to OPEN Normal ATX1 connector to power supply. - Page 15 AR-B8172 User Manual SRAM Access Configuration: 1. Enable SRAM access: SW4.PIN7 is “OFF” to Enable SRAM. If PIN7 is “On” then SRAM access will be disable. Logical description 2. SRAM Address Selection: SRAM Start Address SRAMSEG_SEL0 SRAMSEG_SEL1 D000:0000 D400:0000...
- Page 16 AR-B8172 User Manual NOTE1: COM2 RS-232 signals is shared with RS-422/485 (connector is CN7). RS-485 supports 10 nodes with two 120ohm termination resisters:...
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Page 17: Bios Setting
AR-B8172 User Manual BIOS SETTING This chapter describes the BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get the system up. It also gives detailed explanation of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus. The following topics are covered: ... -
Page 18: Main Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.1 Main Setup 3.1.1 AMI BIOS This is the interface of AMI BIOS: 3.1.2 Processor This part shows the auto-detected CPU specification. DM&P Semiconductor is the Vortex86SX 32-Bit Microprocessor, DDR2 128MB onboard, which is based on x86 structure. It is the x86 SoC (System on Chip) with 0.13 micron process and ultra low power consumption design... -
Page 19: Advanced Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.2 Advanced Setup 3.2.1 IDE Configuration OnBoard PCI IDE Controller This can select the specification you wanted for the IDE device. This option specifies the channel used by IDE controller on the motherboard, Option Description Disabled Set this value to prevent the computer system from using the onboard IDE controller. -
Page 20: Superio Configuration
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.2.3 SuperIO Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the Super I/O settings. Use the up and down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option. -
Page 21: Pcipnp Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.3 PCIPnP Setup 3.3.1 Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during system boot. 3.3.2 PCI Latency Timer Allow you to select the value in units of PCI clocks for all of the PCI device latency timer register. Configuration option: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 248. - Page 22 AR-B8172 User Manual This item can select the IRQ with Available or Reserved. And the default of IRQ3, 4 are Reserved and others are Available. When you set available, the specified IRQ is to be used by a PCI/PnP device; as you set reserved, the IRQ will reserved for legacy ISA devices.
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Page 23: Boot Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.4 Boot Setup The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Select an item then press Enter to display the sub-menu. 3.4.1 Boot Settings Configuration Allow you to configure the system boot setting with bellow submenus. - Page 24 AR-B8172 User Manual Hit “DEL” Massage Display Set this value to allow the Hit “DEL” to enter Setup Message Display to be modified. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is Enabled. Option Description This prevents the export to display Hit Del to enter Setup during memory initialization. If Disabled Quiet Boot is enabled, the Hit 'DEL' message will not display.
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Page 25: Security Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual Setup 3.5 Security The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item then press Enter to display the configuration options. Supervisor Password Indicate whether a supervisor password has been set. If the password has been installed, Installed displays. -
Page 26: Chipset Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.6 Chipset Setup 3.6.1 SouthBridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the South Bridge Configuration. South Bridge is a chipset on the motherboard that controls the basic I/O functions. Use the up and down. <Arrow>... - Page 27 AR-B8172 User Manual Set this value to allow the serial port to use 3E8 as its I/O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt 3E8/IRQ4 address. If the system will not use a serial device, it is best to set this port to disabled.
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Page 28: Exit Setup
AR-B8172 User Manual 3.7 Exit Setup 3.7.1 Save Changes and Exit Once you finished the selections, this option will allow you to determine whether to accept the modifications or not. Select the “OK” to save the change and exit, if you select “NO”, you will return to Setup utility. -
Page 29: Bios Refreshing, Watchdog And Gpio Programming
The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to update your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips. The AR-B8172 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update BIOS. Please follow these operating steps to update BIOS: STEP1 You must boot up system into MS-DOS first and please don’t detect files CONFIG.SYS... - Page 30 AR-B8172 User Manual #include <dos.h> //=========================================================================== // Normal procedure //=========================================================================== void Show_Help(); //=========================================================================== // Main procedure //=========================================================================== int main(int argc, char *argv[]) unsigned char IO_Port_Address=0x22; // Index Port 22h, Date Port 23h unsigned char Signal; unsigned char Time; unsigned long Timer;...
- Page 31 AR-B8172 User Manual delay(1000); textcolor(LIGHTRED); gotoxy(18,10); if(Signal==0xD0) cprintf("If you can see this message, Reset system is Fail"); else cprintf("If you can see this message, Watchdog Signal is occur."); return 1; //=========================================================================== // Function : Show_Help() // Input // Change : - // Return : - // Description : Show Title string.
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Page 32: Gpio Programming
AR-B8172 User Manual 4.3 GPIO Programming Data Port (GPIO0 Base Address 0 Refers to the Register of index 61h-60h, IDSEL = AD18/SB of PCI Configuration Register) (GPIO1 Base Address 1 Refers to the Register of index 63h-62h, IDSEL = AD18/SB of PCI... - Page 33 ( argc >1 ) { Show_Help(); return 1; } clrscr(); textcolor(WHITE); gotoxy(1, 1); cprintf("<>==========================================================================<>"); gotoxy(1, 2); cprintf("|| Vortex86DX GPIO Test Utility v1.0 Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. ||"); gotoxy(1, 3); cprintf("<>==========================================================================<>"); gotoxy(1, 4); cprintf("<>==========================================================================<>"); gotoxy(1, 5); cprintf("|| Model Name : ||");...
- Page 34 AR-B8172 User Manual // Set GPIO00~07 to AA outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x47); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0xAA); // Read GPIO10~17 Status, if not AA error. outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x4C); if(inportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1)!=0xAA) result=1; // Set GPIO00~07 to 55 outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x47); outportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1,0x55); // Read GPIO10~17 Status, if not 55 error. outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x4C); if(inportb(IO_PORT_BASE+1)!=0x55) result=2; // Set GPIO10~GPIO17 to Output outportb(IO_PORT_BASE,0x4F);...
- Page 35 AR-B8172 User Manual printf("GPIO00 迋? \n"); printf("GPIO01 GPIO07\n"); 迋迋? 奼迋迋迋? printf("GPIO02 GPIO06\n"); 迋迋迋? ?奼迋迋? printf("GPIO03 GPIO05\n"); 迋迋迋迋? ??奼迋? printf("GND ???? ???奼? GPIO04\n"); printf("GPIO10 迋???? ???? \n"); printf("GPIO11 GPIO17\n"); 迋迋??? 迋迋迋? printf("GPIO12 GPIO16\n"); 迋迋迋?? 迋迋? printf("GPIO13 GPIO15\n"); 迋迋迋迋? 迋? printf("GND ? G P IO14 \n");...
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Page 36: Electrical Characteristics
AR-B8172 User Manual ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 5.1 Basic Electrical Characteristics Table Electrical Characteristics Value Symbol Parameter / Condition Unit Min. Typ. Max. ℃ Ambient Temperature ℃ Tstg Storage Temperature +12V External power input for system or +12Vdc power output 11.4 12.0 12.6...