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5.2.7 Serial Port COM1 P2201 ..............................42 5.2.8 VGA Interface P4200 ............................... 43 5.2.9 USB Interfaces P1680 ..............................44 5.2.10 PMC1 Connectors P6201, P6202, and P6203 ......................44 5.2.11 PMC2 Connectors P7201, P7202 ..........................46 5.2.12 PMC I/O Connector P6204 and P7204 ........................48 5.3 Transition Module ...............................
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8 • Specifications ......................... 64 8.1 PCB ..................................64 8.2 Size ..................................64 8.3 Dimensions ................................64 8.4 Mechanical Incompatibility ..........................64 8.5 Weight .................................. 64 8.6 RoHS Compliance ............................... 64 8.7 Power Consumption ............................64 8.8 Onboard Lithium Battery............................. 66 8.8.1 Not Powered by the System ............................
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List of Figures Figure 1-1 Block Diagram of CR9 Board ........................14 Figure 2-1 Board Packaging ............................23 Figure 2-2 Handling the CR9 Board ..........................24 Figure 3-1 6U Board Insertion into System Box ......................27 Figure 3-2 Installing a PMC on a 6U CPCI Carrier Board ..................... 28 Figure 5-1 Location of Components on Board and Front Panel .................
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List of Tables Table 1-1 Styles Available ............................. 17 Table 2-1 Delivery Volume ............................. 20 Table 2-2 List of Accessory Options ..........................20 Table 3-1 BIOS ID Line ..............................29 Table 4-1 Boot Timing ..............................32 Table 5-1 Signal Name Groups............................35 Table 5-2 CPCI Connectors J7001, J7002 ........................
1 • Introduction The Abaco Systems CR9*, CP9*, CT9* CompactPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) is ® a fully IBM -AT compatible stand-alone PC equipped with numerous functions and ® add-on features on a minimized board size. This technical manual is designed to provide information regarding the general use and application of the CR9, CP9, CT9 CompactPCI Single Board Computer, as well as detail the hardware design.
1.1 Board Design The CR9‘s minimized board size and the large number of interfaces and functions allow the CR9 to be used in many applications. See the following block diagram for the board design. Figure 1-1 Block Diagram of CR9 Board 14 CP9*, CR9*, CT9* Celeron M/Pentium M Publication No.
1.2 Features Microprocessor • - Intel Pentium M processor 600 MHz to 1.8 GHz and higher, ® ® - Intel Celeron M processor 1.3 GHz ® Chipset • - Intel E7501 with ICH4 and a P64H2 PCI bridge CMOS RAM •...
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EIDE/ATAPI • - UDMA 100 EIDE/ATAPI interface within ICH4 with two IDE channels (primary IDE off-board and secondary IDE onboard). Transfer rate with up to 100 MByte/s, for two external devices (master/slave) and one onboard 2.5” hard/flash disk. The onboard (secondary) interface is limited in speed to UDMA 2 (33.3 MByte/s) because of cable/connector restrictions.
Power supply Usage • - +5 V and +3.3 V for board supply - +12 V for PMC and Hot Swap controller supply - -12 V optional, if needed on PMC NOTE IMPORTANT: The CR9 boards shows a height violation which is to be checked if a PMC mezzanine module needs to be installed into the central area of the board (PMC1).
1.3 Safety Notices The following general safety precautions represent warnings of certain dangers of which Abaco Systems is aware. Failure to comply with these or with specific Warnings and/or Cautions elsewhere in this manual violates safety standards of design, manufacture and intended use of the equipment. Abaco Systems assumes no liability for the user’s failure to comply with these requirements.
system integrator and end user to protect their system against potential problems. Filtering, optical isolation, ESD gaskets and other measures might be required at the physical point of entry (enclosure wall of box or rack). For example it is state-of-the- art that protection can not be done at the internal connector of an RTM if a cable is attached and routed outside the enclosure.
2 • Unpacking and Inspection This chapter covers the suggested inspection and preparation considerations and background information necessary prior to using the CR9. Unpacking, initial inspection, and first-time operation of the CR9 are covered. Following the procedures given in the chapter is recommended, since they will verify proper operation after shipping and before the product is integrated into your system.
2.3 ESD The discharge of static electricity, known as Electro Static Discharge or ESD, is a major cause of electronic component failure. The CR9 has been packed in a static- safe bag which protects the board from ESD while the board is in the bag. Before removing the CR9 or any other electronic product from its static-safe bag, be prepared to handle it in a static-safe environment.
introduce a fire or shock hazard. Since the CR9 incorporates a number of socketed components, including the CPU, memory, etc., these should be inspected to make sure they are seated fully in their sockets. Since some of the boards or modules incorporate a number of socketed components, including the CPU, memory, etc., these should be inspected to make sure they are seated fully in their sockets.
Figure 2-1 Board Packaging 2.7 Handling Proper handling of the CR9 is critical to ensure proper operation and long-term reliability. When unpacking the board, and whenever handling it thereafter, be sure to hold the board by the front panel or the card ejectors as shown in the drawing on the left.
3 • Installation This chapter covers the installation of the CR9 CompactPCI Single Board Computer in a CompactPCI backplane and initial power-on operations. 3.1 Installation Preparation Use the following steps to install your Abaco hardware. Before installing or removing any board, please ensure that the system power •...
3.2 Required Items The following items are required to start the CR9 in a standard configuration. 3.2.1 Backplane and Power Supply You will need a standard CompactPCI backplane wired into a regulated power supply capable of providing stable low noise +5 V, +3.3 V and +12 V sources. Make sure that the supply is capable of meeting the total power requirements of the CR9.
3.2.3 Video Monitor Any VGA-compatible video monitor can be used initially for display output. The CR9 offers front access to the video. Video can also be accessed via the J5 CPCI connector on the rear I/O side. In order to get access to these pins it is necessary to use a transition module.
Figure 3-2 Installing a PMC on a 6U CPCI Carrier Board NOTE The carrier board might be of different size, like 6U (as shown here) or 3U or other form factor. It may conform to different board architectures, like CPCI (as shown here) or VMEbus or other architecture. 3.5 Installation of the Rear Transition Module CTM12 The CTM12 is a 6U x 80 mm rear I/O module which has to be plugged into the CR9 separated by the backplane.
3.6 Initial Power-On Operation After some seconds, the CR9 system BIOS banner will display on the and the red LED on the front will get non-blinking green. If you have seen all the messages to this point, you can be confident that the board is running properly and is ready to be installed and setup for your application.
4 • Getting Started This chapter gives some useful tips when using a board from CR9 family the first time. It might be also useful to read this chapter carefully, when problems came up in using the CR9. 4.1 Power Supply All boards of the Cx family require up to 50 Watts from the power supply.
Currently some more debug support is integrated on the CR9 family, which • beeps the postcode if the POST stops before the CRT is initialized. This POST beep support can be removed at a later development stage, if the required space within the onboard programmable logic is no longer available, so don’t rely on this.
Table 4-1 Boot Timing Time after releasing POSTCODE Status LED Comment PCI reset 1 µs Red 1 Hz blinking 726 ms Orange 1 Hz blinking All memory is initialized 3.9 s 8.4 s 12.2 s 12.3 s Green 1 Hz blinking Keyboard enabled 12.7 s 4013...
The necessary software/driver and operating system handling is not done within the BIOS of the CR9, because all the tasks to recognize new inserted boards, to re- enumerate the PCI memory space while other cards/transfers are still running, cannot be done within BIOS. These tasks have to be fully done from the used operating system.
5 • Interfaces This chapter describes the interfaces of the CR9 CompactPCI Single Board Computer located on the board and on the front panel. Each section on a particular interface includes a graphics illustration of the connector and a pin assignment table as well as notes on certain signal line characteristics, if necessary.
This drawing indicates the location of interfaces on the front panel of the CP9 dual slot board: Figure 5-3 Dual Slot Front Panel 5.2 CR9 Connectors This section describes connector pin assignments on the CR9. A pin assignment description for available transition module can be found in the corresponding appendix chapters.
5.2.2 CompactPCI bus Connector J7001 and J7002 This interface is used for connection to a standard CPCI backplane. Table 5-2 CPCI Connectors J7001, J7002 J7002 CLK6 CLK5 SMB_SDA SMB_SCL SMB_ALRT# \PRST \REQ6 \GNT6 \DEG \FAL \REQ5 \GNT5 AD35 AD34 AD33 AD32 AD38 AD37...
C/\BE3 IDSEL AD23 AD22 AD26 AD25 AD24 AD30 AD29 AD28 AD27 \REQ0 \PCI_PRES L+3.3V CLK0 AD31 \RST \GNT0 IPMI_PWR \HEALTHY LVIO INTP \INTA \INTB \INTC L+5V \INTD -12V +12V On long backplane pins for early power supply The VIO signals are not used by the CR9. They are either 5 V or 3.3 V, depending on backplane These signals are not used on the CR9 These SMBus signals are not supported by the IPMI controller on the CT9 5.2.3 I/O Connector J7003, J7004, and J7005...
Figure 5-6 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Layout Table 5-5 Keyboard and Mouse Pin Assignments Name P2001 Keyboard Data Mouse Data Fused +5 V Keyboard Clk Mouse Clk the Fused +5 V pin is fused with a 2 A fuse. For normal operation don’t exceed 100 mA current. The used fuse does automatically recover if the over current is resolved.
Table 5-6 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments Name 10/100BASE-TX Name 1000BASE-T Ethernet1, 2 TxD+ LP_DA+ TxD- LP_DA- RxD+ LP_DB+ LP_DC+ LP_DC- RxD- LP_DB- LP_DD+ LP_DD- Two LEDs (LED1-green and LED2-yellow) are integrated in each of the RJ45 connector. These LEDs indicate the link status and activity of the interfaces. Table 5-7 Ethernet LED Display Definitions LED1 green Function...
Table 5-8 COM1 Pin Assignments Name RS232 Name RS422/485 P2201 TXD- TXD+ RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- RXD+ RXD- 5.2.8 VGA Interface P4200 The monitor signals are available at the front panel on a standard 15-pin female D- Sub connector. Figure 5-10 VGA Connector Location Table 5-9 VGA Connector Pin Assignments Name P4200...
5.2.9 USB Interfaces P1680 One USB channel is available at the front panel and four USB devices are available on rear IO. Figure 5-11 USB Connector Location Figure 5-12 USB Connector Layout Table 5-10 USB Connector Pin Assignments Name P1680 Fused +5 V USB0- USB0+...
5.2.11 PMC2 Connectors P7201, P7202 PMC2 is available on a CR9 and CT9 without the front Ethernet and/or front VGA connector. On a CP9 PMC2 is available in the second slot The following table lists the pin assignments of the PMC2 connector. The PMC slot is 32 bit and 33 MHz capable and works with the internal primary PCI bus of the I/O Controller Hub.
5.2.12 PMC I/O Connector P6204 and P7204 Pin 1 of the I/O connector is PMCxIO_01; Pin 2 is PMCxIO_02 and so on. The x denotes PMC1 or PMC2 respectively. All traces are not connected to any signal onboard and no pairs or length adjusted traces are used to route this signals to the backplane connectors.
6 • Resources This chapter describes system resources, such as memory mapping, register set, and default interrupt request assignments. 6.1 Memory Map The table below shows the memory address area used by the CR9. Table 6-1 Memory Area Assignments Address Size Used by $00000 - $9FFFF...
6.2.1 Standard Register Set The standard register set is the same as the standard PC/AT systems. The table below provides an overview of the address ranges occupied by these registers. Table 6-2 Standard Register Set I/O Address Range (Hex) Function 0000 - 000F DMA Controller 1 0020 - 0021...
6.3 Interrupts The interrupt routing for standard components such as COM1/2 or LPT1 is in compliance with standard PC/AT systems. Unused interrupts can be used for add-on cards or other board specific PCI devices such as SCSI and Ethernet. Table 6-3 Interrupt Assignments Hardware IRQ IRQ Source INTC1...
6.4 APIC Controller The CR9 supports also the Interrupt handlings with APIC (Advanced Interrupt Controller). This handling of the APIC interrupt services must be supported by the operating system. The I/O APIC handles interrupts very differently than the 8259. Briefly, these differences are: Method of Interrupt Transmission.
7 • Function Blocks This section gives a brief overview of the software interfaces of onboard devices on the CR9 CompactPCI Single Board Computer. 7.1 Processor The Intel Pentium M processor family provides high performance with low power and features Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology which provides the ability to ®...
the IRQ input lines are handled by two registers, the interrupt request register IRR and the in-service register ISR. For programming details see the 82C59A data sheet. The CR9 supports also the Interrupt handlings with APIC (Advanced Interrupt Controller). This handling of the APIC interrupt services must be supported by the operating system.
7.7 Keyboard and Mouse Controller The communication between the PC and the keyboard is managed by a device compatible with the Intel 8042 microcontroller. This also provides the PS/2 mouse interface. 7.8 EIDE Interface The CR9 offers two independent EIDE/ATAPI interfaces. Both channels are logically connected to the primary PCI bus.
7.11 Parallel Interface The parallel port is fully compatible with the new IEEE 1284 standard, including level 2 support. The parallel ports consist of an Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP1.7/1.9) and an Extended Capabilities Port (ECP 16-Byte FIFO + DMA support). The new modes allow higher transfer rates up to 1 MByte/s.
The Graphic Controller ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ used in versions 3.x has the following features: Highly integrated Flat Panel and CRT GUI • Max. pixel clock 400 MHz • Dual Independent Display for CRT front and CRT/Flat Panel rear • CRT resolution up to 1600x1200, DVI up to 1024x768 •...
7.15.1 IPMB The Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) is an I C-based bus that provides a standardized interconnection between different CPCI-boards within a chassis. The standardized connection to the backplane is shown below: Table 7-3 IPMB Backplane Pin Assignments J7001 Name Description IPMB_SCL...
7.17 Additional Devices 7.17.1 Hot Swap The PICMG 2.1 Hot Swap compliant CR9 allows the orderly insertion and extraction under power, without adversely affecting system operation. According to the PICMG 2.1 Hot Swap specification, the CR9 uses its 2.7 k pull-up resistors for biasing purposes during hot insert.
7.17.2 SMBus Devices The CR9 uses a serial 2-wire I C bus to communicate with several onboard devices: Table 7-5 SMBus Devices Device Designators SMBus address a Clock synthesizer * U1000 1101 001Xb User Serial EEprom (24C04) U1980 1010 00XXb Optional big User EEprom U1983 1010 010Xb...
7.17.5 Temperature Sensors LM75 Two LM75 temperature sensors from National Semiconductors are implemented on the CR9 board. The first sensor shows the average between the air temperature below the heatsink and the PCB temperature in the CPU area. With the second LM75 the air temperature across the CPCI bridge and the Ethernet controller can be read.
For CR9 in System Slot, the input ENUM is able to generate an interrupt to force the software to interrogate all boards within the system for resource allocation regarding I/O, memory and interrupt usage. If the CR9 works in a peripheral slot, the non-transparent bridge generates the output ENUM conform to the specification of a Hot Swap compliant board.
Table 7-7 BIOS Power-up Status Status LED color Power-up, still Reset state Red on (also the blue LED is on) BIOS early init Blink red 1Hz BIOS start POST Blink amber 1Hz BBIOS POSTA init Blink green 1Hz up to 4Hz OS boot Green on System halted or reset...
8 • Specifications 8.1 PCB FR4 Multilayer 8.2 Size Total board size: 6U, 4 HP (CR9 and CT9) Total size with optional extension board 8HP (CP9) 8.3 Dimensions PCB: 233.35 mm x 178 mm x 20 mm (CR9 and CT9 single slot) PCB: 233.35 mm x 178 mm x 40 mm (CP9 dual slot) 8.4 Mechanical Incompatibility There is an incompatibility in terms of component height on the CR9 boards close to...
For measurement, the CR9 board is mounted on a CPCI backplane. During measurement, the power consumption of the backplane, keyboard and the hard disk drive are withdrawn from the results. The values are typical measured. The current drawn from +5 V supply the CPU and all external devices. The 3.3 V supply all other components on the CR9.
When using onboard PMC modules don’t forget to add their power • consumption With an onboard hard disk drive please add following values to the +5 V current: • - During power up 0.9 A max. - In an idle condition 0.13 A typical. - During read/write access 0.42 A typical Values are taken from the Fujitsu MHT 2060 AT datasheet With an onboard compact flash drive please add 0.1 A to the +5 V current...
Figure 8-2 Battery Current Versus Time Discharge Battery - BR1225 100,00 10,00 1,00 Battery -BR1225 0,10 0,01 Discharge Current [µA] 8.8.2 Powered by the System If power to the board is supplied by the system then the battery is not supplying power to the clock circuits.
Figure 8-3 Battery Removal NOTE If exchanged by customer, please use same type for replacement and ensure correct polarization. For operating without battery please check the following description of the external battery input. 8.8.3 Battery Removal and Replacement Locate battery on the computer. Reference the product manual if it is not easily located.
temperatures and can be up to around 30 seconds (at -40 °C). At normal ambient temperatures this delay is below one second. The red status LED goes off after the reset sequence and starts its normal blinking within the BIOS POST after the RTC oscillator is up. When ordering a battery-less CR9, the setup information is stored automatically within an onboard EEPROM and is updated via standard BIOS Setup function.
0.5 m/s airflow means convection cooled only with free airflow. This is the • minimum required airflow for the CR9. The core temperature of the CPU can be read out via the onboard temperature • sensor. The value must be kept below 100 °C for all operating conditions. This value is already included in the airspeed diagram above.
Table 8-7 Power Supply Parameters Name Imax Description Fuse Supply for Hot Swap +12VIN 12 V 0.5 A U7700 controller and PMC-Module -12VIN -12 V 0.1 A Supply for PMC-Module U7700 USB_VCC Supply for front panel USB F1681 Supply for rear USB via USBR_VCC F1680 transition module...
8.11.3 Electrical Clearance Starting with board version x.y certain rules on spacing between conductors on individual layers of the printed circuit board (PCB) apply. The boards starting with version V3.x are designed to meet the parameters as listed below. Voltage between conductors (DC or AC peaks) of 51 V – 100 V require a spacing of 0.6 mm for type B2 conditions external conductors, uncoated, sea level to 3050 m.
A • Transition Module CTM12 The CTM12* transition module is used for easy connection of I/O signals to standard connectors. NOTE Additional +5 V/+12 V Power must be provided to the CTM12 via P7700 to supply an external EIDE or a 1” high floppy disk drive via the power output P7701.
A.1 CTM12 Interfaces This chapter describes all connector pin assignments on the CTM12 transition module. A.1.1 EIDE Connector P1800 The IDE interface is designed as a 40-pin 2.54 mm pitch male connector to connect directly to one or two external EIDE hard drives. The cable length must not exceed 30 cm.
A.1.3 Parallel Interface LPT1 P2002 Table A-4 Parallel Connector Pin Assignments Name P2002 \Strobe \ACK BUSY SLCT \AUTOFEED \ERROR \INIT \SLCTIN 10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24 FUSE_VCC +5 V supplied by the CR9 and fused with max 2 A at CTM12 for normal operation don’t exceed 100 mA at this pin. A.1.4 Serial Interfaces COM1 P2200 and COM2 P2201/P2203 The CR9 offers two RS232 serial ports.
Table A-5 COM1/COM2 Connector Pin Assignments Name RS232 Name RS422/485 COM2 P2203 P2200,2201 TXD- TXD+ RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- RXD+ RXD- FUSE_VCC +5 V supplied by the CR9 and fused with max 2 A at CTM12 for normal operation don’t exceed 100 mA at this pin. A.1.5 VGA Interface P4001 The VGA monitor signals are available on P4100 a 10-pin male header.
Table A-7 DVI Connector Digital Pin Assignments Signal name Signal name TX2- (TMDS Data2–) TX2+ (TMDS Data2+) FUSE_VCC TX0- (TMDS Data0–) DDC Clock TX0+ (TMDS Data0+) DDC Data VSYNC TX1- (TMDS Data1–) TX1+ (TMDS Data1+) TXC+ (TMDS Clock+) TXC- (TMDS Clock–) Table A-8 DVI Connector Analog Pin Assignments Signal name RED Analog Red Video...
Table A-9 USB Connector (10-pin header) Pin Assignments Name P2005 USB0- USB0+ USB1- USB1+ USB2- USB2+ USB3- USB3+ USBVCC A.1.8 Floppy Connector P2003/P2004 The CTM12 provides a connector for direct adaptation of a floppy drive via a standard 2.54 mm 34-pin connector. For connection to the floppy drive please use a non twisted 34-pin flat cable connected to P2004.
A.1.9 Miscellaneous Connector P2000 contains miscellaneous signals: Table A-11 Miscellaneous Connector Pin Assignments Name P2000 Name \RST_BUT FUSE_VCC \SPEAKER FUSE_VCC \WDG_REL FUSE_VCC \LED FUSE_VCC MOUSE_CLK MOUSE_DAT FUSE_VCC KBD_CLK KBD_DATA FUSE_VCC USB1- USB1+ USB2- USB2+ GPIO1 VBATIN GPIO0 +5 V supplied by the CR9 and fused with max 2 A at CTM12 for normal operation don’t exceed 100 mA at this pin. VBATIN is used to connect an external battery to CR9.
A.1.11 Power Connector P1801 This optional 3-pin connector provides +5 V to supply external logic or devices as 2.5” hard drives etc. Table A-14 Power Connector Pin Assignments Name P1801 FUSE_VCC +5 V supply via CR9 and fused with max 2 A at CTM12. Don’t exceed 1 A at this connector for normal operation. A.1.12 Power IN/OUT Connectors P7700, P7701 In case of Hot Swap (insertion or extraction phase) of the CR9 the CTM12 provides the possibility of switch-off the power to external storage devices.
B • PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) The PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) Interface is an additional slot for parallel mounted add on cards. The interface is compliant to the IEEE 1386.1 specification and is based on the electrical and logical layer of the PCI specification. Check for possible height incompatibility in ‘Features’...
Figure B-1 Mount PMC Board to CR9 90 CP9*, CR9*, CT9* Celeron M/Pentium M Publication No. HRMCP9 Rev. B...
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