Getting Started With Your Apollo; Identifying Your Apollo Version - Eurotech Apollo User Manual

APOLLO user manual

Getting started with your APOLLO

Once you have a working APOLLO system, you can start adding other peripherals to
enable you to start development. In this section we guide you through setting up and
using peripherals and some of the features of the APOLLO.
The APOLLO uses a PhoenixBIOS (Basic Input-Output System) to provide support for
the board as standard. BIOS defaults have been selected to enable the board to operate
with a minimum of devices connected. If you want to change these default settings, you
use the PhoenixBIOS setup program. See
details.
The setup parameters are stored in the CMOS RAM and are retained when the power is
switched off, providing the battery backup supply is connected. If no battery is installed or
the CMOS settings are corrupted then the BIOS will restore them from an onboard
CMOS EEPROM.

Identifying your APOLLO version

To comply with the EU RoHS regulations, the APOLLO has been updated to version 2.x.
Overall, the changes to the APOLLO functionality are minimal. However some of the
component changes require new software to be loaded.
You can identify the version of your APOLLO board in three ways:
•
Visually. All APOLLO PCBs are marked on the top side with the APOLLO name and
a board version and issue.
•
Using a software utility. An APOLLO identification program is available from Eurotech
support. This DOS-based application reads the values of the installed SuperIO and
from this information determines and displays the APOLLO version.
•
From the BIOS. To see the APOLLO version from the BIOS:
1 Boot the APOLLO board
2 As the BIOS Phoenix splash screen appears, press the Esc key, immediately
followed by the Pause/Break key. The BIOS version is then displayed as
follows:
APOLLO V1Ix
or
APOLLO V2Ix
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PhoenixBIOS features and
X1.xx or V1.xx
X2.xx or V2.xx
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