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Advantech PCA-6742 Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual PCA-6742 Half-Size CPU Card...
  • Page 2 No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. How- ever, Advantech Co., Ltd.
  • Page 3 Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service. If an Advantech product is defec- tive, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out- of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time and freight.
  • Page 4 Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com/support where you can find the latest information about the product. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's customer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance. Please have the following information ready before you call: –...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter General Information ......1 Introduction ....................2 Specifications .................... 2 1.2.1 Standard System On Module functions ........2 1.2.2 VGA/flat panel Interface..............2 1.2.3 Audio function ................2 Mechanical and environmental ..............2 Chapter Connecting Peripherals ......3 Jumper and Connector locations .............. 4 Figure 2.1 Jumper and Connector Locations (component side)..
  • Page 6 Appendix A Assignments....... 25 Front Panel Connectors (JFP1) .............. 26 Table A.1: Front Panel Connectors (JFP1)........ 26 Front Panel Connectors (JFP2) .............. 26 Table A.2: Front Panel Connectors (JFP2)........ 26 USB Ports (USB12 & USB34)..............27 Table A.3: USB Ports (USB12 & USB34) ........27 Serial Ports (COM2)................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 General Information

    Chapter General Information This chapter gives background information on the PCA-6742 Half- Size CPU Card.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    The PCA-6742 is the ultimate cost-effective solution for limited space applications. It offers all the functions of an AT-compatible industrial computer on a single board. The new CPU module supports Advantech EVA-X4300 SOC (system on chip) which sup- ports ISA interfaces.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals

    Chapter Connecting Peripherals This chapter tells how to connect peripherals, switches and indica- tors to the PCA-6742 board. You can access most of the connec- tors from the top of the board while it is installed in the chassis. If you have a number of cards installed, or your chassis is very tight, you may need to partially remove the card to make all the...

  • Page 10: Jumper And Connector Locations

    Jumper and Connector locations JFP1 FDD1 IDE1 LPT1 JFP2 GPIO1 COM34 USB34 USB12 LVDS1 LCD1 JCASE1 JWDT1 INV1 VGA1 JIR1 JOBS1 LANLED1 COM2 LAN1 VGASW2 VGASW1 JTAG1 SYSFAN1 CMOS1 JSETCOM2 COMD1 PWR1 KBMS2 KBMS1 Figure 2.1 Jumper and Connector Locations (component side) Figure 2.2 Jumper and Connector Locations (solder side) PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Jumpers And Connectors

    Jumpers and Connectors Connectors on the board link it to external devices such as hard drives, a keyboard or expansion bus connectors. The board also has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below lists the function of each jumper: Table 2.1: Jumpers Label...

  • Page 12: Setting Jumpers

    Setting jumpers You may configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jump- ers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electrical switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to con- nect them.
  • Page 13 J SETCOM2 COM2 function selection RS232 RS422 RS485 JWDT1 Watchdog timer output selection Setting Function IRQ11 System reset IRQ 11 Reset JOBS1 HW Monitor Alarm Setting Function 1-2 Closed Enable OBS alarm 1-2 Open Disable OBS alarm OBS alarm OBS alarm enabled disabled PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 14: Front Panel Connectors (Jfp1 & Jfp2)

    VGA SW1 VGASW1 Setting Function (switch) 9-bit TFT 12-bit TFT 18-bit TFT 24-bit TFT 9-bit TFT 12-bit TFT 18-bit TFT 24-bit TFT 16-bit DSTN 24-bit DSTN 16-bit DSTN 24-bit DSTN Key: 0 means ON; 1 means OFF; - means doesn’t matter. VGA SW2 VGASW2 Setting...

  • Page 15: Ir Connector (Jir1)

    IR Connector (JIR1) This connector supports the optional wireless infrared transmitting and receiving module. This module mounts on the system case. You must configure the setting through BIOS setup. IDE Connector (IDE1) The PCA-6742 provides 1 IDE channels which you can attach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives or CDROM to the board’s internal con- troller.

  • Page 16: Serial Ports (Com1 & Com2 & Com34)

    One 6-pin mini-DIN connectors (KBMS1) on the card mounting bracket provide con- nection to a PS/2 keyboard and a PS/2 mouse, respectively. KBMS2 (5-pin 2.54mm wafer box) can also be connected to an adapter cable (P/N: 1700060202, available from Advantech) for connecting to both a PS/2 keyboard. 2.12 VGA connector (VGA1) The PCA-6742 includes a VGA interface that can drive conventional CRT displays.

  • Page 17: System Fan Connector (Sysfan1)

    2.15 System FAN connector (SYSFAN1) If fan is used, this connector supports cooling fans of 500 mA (6 W) or less. 2.16 AT power connector (PWR1) If you prefer not to acquire power through the PCA-6742 backplane via the gold H- connectors, the big 4P power connector (PWR1) also provides power input connec- tors for +5 V, and +12 V.
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  • Page 19: Chapter 3 Bios Operation

    Chapter BIOS Operation This chapter describes how to set BIOS configuration data.

  • Page 20: Bios Introduction

    CPUs from 386 through Pentium and AMD Geode, K7 and K8 (including multiple pro- cessor platforms), and VIA Eden C3 and C7 CPU. You can use Advantech’s utilities to select and install features to suit your designs for customers need.

  • Page 21: Main Menu

    3.2.1 Main Menu Press <Del> to enter AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award BIOS enhanced features.

  • Page 22: Standard Cmos Feature

    3.2.2 Standard CMOS Feature Date The date format is <weekday>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Weekday From Sun to Sat, determined and display by BIOS only Month From Jan to Dec. From 1 to 31 Year From 1999 through 2098 Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>, base on the 24-hour time IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter"...

  • Page 23: Advanced Bios Feature

    3.2.3 Advanced BIOS Feature USB Flash Disk Type Auto Auto detect USB device. Select "FDD" to make USB device as [A:] and choose “USB-ZIP” as first Boot Device if necessary. Select "HDD" to make USB device as [C:] and choose “USB-HDD” as first Boot Device if necessary.

  • Page 24: Advanced Chipset Feature

    3.2.4 Advanced Chipset Feature Note! This “Advanced Chipset Features” page controls configuration of the board’s chipset; this page is chipset dependent. Use it to control chipset register settings and fine tune system performance. It is strongly recom- mended only technical users make changes to the default settings. SMI712 VGA Setting [Press Enter] (Show Only) This item allows users to set VGA related features.

  • Page 25: Integrated Peripherals

    3.2.5 Integrated Peripherals Note! This “Integrated Peripherals” option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset, includes IDE, ATA. This page is chipset dependent. On-Chip Primary/Secondary IDE This item enables chipset IDE device 1 of controller. Master PIO [Auto] This item allows user to adjust master IDE mode of type for modification purpose. Bios default value suggest to “Auto”.
  • Page 26 Slave Ultra DMA [Enabled] This item allows user to enable/disable primary slave IDE ultra DMA mode. Bios default value suggest to “Enabled”. Master UDMA [Auto] This item allows user to adjust primary master IDE mode of type for modification pur- pose.

  • Page 27: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    3.2.6 PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled by [Auto(ESCD)] The commands here are “Auto” or “Manual”. Choosing “manual” requires you to choose resources from each following sub-menu. "Auto" automatically configures the entire boot and Plug and Play devices but you must be using Windows 95 or above. 3.2.7 Load Optimized Defaults Note!

  • Page 28: Set Password

    3.2.8 Set Password Note! To enable this feature, you should first go to the Advanced BIOS Fea- tures menu, choose the Security Option, and select either Setup or Sys- tem, depending on which aspect you want password protected. Setup requires a password only to enter Setup. System requires the password either to enter Setup or to boot the system.

  • Page 29: Quit Without Saving

    To Disable Password Choose the Set Password option from the CMOS Setup Utility main menu and press <Enter>. When you see "Enter Password", enter the existing password and press <Enter>. You will see "Confirm Password". Type it again, and press <Enter>. Select Set Password again, and at the "Enter Password"...
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  • Page 31: Appendix A Pin Assignments

    Appendix Pin Assignments This appendix contains informa- tion of a detailed or specialized nature.

  • Page 32: Front Panel Connectors (Jfp1)

    Front Panel Connectors (JFP1) Table A.1: Front Panel Connectors (JFP1) Signal HDD LED+ HDD LED- Power LED+ Power LED- Reset Switch 5 VSB (Reserved) Power Switch (Reserved) Front Panel Connectors (JFP2) Table A.2: Front Panel Connectors (JFP2) Signal Fail LED Buzzer_P1 Buzzer_P2 PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 33: Usb Ports (Usb12 & Usb34)

    USB Ports (USB12 & USB34) Table A.3: USB Ports (USB12 & USB34) Signal USB Data1- USB Data2- USB Data1+ USB Data2+ Serial Ports (COM2) Table A.4: Serial Ports (COM2) Signal RS232 RS422 RS485 TXD- Data- TXD+ Data+ RXD+ RXD- PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 34: Serial Ports (Com34)

    Serial Ports (COM34) Table A.5: Serial Ports (COM34) Signal Signal DCD3 DSR3 RTS3 CTS3 DTR3 DCD4 DSR4 RTS4 CTS4 DTR4 PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse connector (KBMS2) Table A.6: PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse connector (KBMS2) Signal PS2 keyboard clock PS2 keyboard data PS2 mouse data PS2 mouse clock PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Front Panel Lan Indicate Connector (Lanled1)

    Front Panel LAN Indicate connector (LANLED1) Table A.7: Front Panel LAN Indicate connector (LANLED1) Signal LAN_/ACTIVITY# VCC3 System FAN connector (SYSFAN1) Table A.8: System FAN connector (SYSFAN1) Signal +12 V FAN_TACH PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 36: Gpio Header (Gpio1)

    GPIO Header (GPIO1) Table A.9: GPIO Header (GPIO1) Signal Signal GPIO1 GPIO5 GPIO2 GPIO6 GPIO3 GPIO7 GPIO4 GPIO8 A.10 TTL TFT LCD connector (LCD1) Table A.10: TTL TFT LCD connector (LCD1) Signal Signal VCC5 VCC5 VCC3 VCC3 Vcon LCD_DATA0 LCD_DATA1 LCD_DATA2 LCD_DATA3 LCD_DATA4...

  • Page 37: Lvds Tft Lcd Connector (Lvds1)

    Table A.10: TTL TFT LCD connector (LCD1) LCD_SCLK LCD_VSYNC LCD_DE LCD_HSYNC LCD_BACKON A.11 LVDS TFT LCD connector (LVDS1) Table A.11: LVDS TFT LCD connector (LVDS1) Signal Signal VCC3 VCC3 LVDS_TX0- LVDS_TX0+ LVDS_TX1- LVDS_TX1+ LVDS_TX2- LVDS_TX2+ LVDS_TX3- LVDS_TX3+ LVDS_CLK- LVDS_CLK+ A.12 Inverter power connector (INV1) Table A.12: Inverter power connector (INV1) Signal...
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  • Page 39: Appendix B Programming The Watchdog Timer

    Appendix Programming the Watchdog Timer This appendix contains informa- tion of how to program the Watch- dog Timer.

  • Page 40: Introduction

    Introduction The PCA-6742’s watchdog timer can be used to monitor system software operation and take corrective action if the software fails to function within the programmed period. This section describes the operation of the watchdog timer and how to pro- gram it.
  • Page 41 Unlock W83627HG Select register of watchdog timer Enable the function of the watchdog timer Use the function of the watchdog time Lock W83627HG PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 42: Example Program

    Table B.1: Watchdog timer registers Address of Attribute Value (2F)& description register (2E) Read/Write Write this address to I/O address port 2E (hex) twice to 87 (hex) ----- unlock the W83627HG 07 (hex) write Write 08 (hex) to select register of watchdog timer. Write 01 (hex) to enable the function of the watchdog timer.
  • Page 43 Dec dx ; Set second as counting unit al,0f5h dx,al al,dx And al,not 08h dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set timeout interval as 10 seconds and start counting al,0f6h dx,al al,10 dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HG al,0aah dx,al Enable watchdog timer and set 5 minutes as timeout interval ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov dx,2eh...
  • Page 44 ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set timeout interval as 5 minutes and start counting al,0f6h dx,al al,5 dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HG al,0aah dx,al Enable watchdog timer to be reset by mouse ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov dx,2eh ; unlock W83627HG Mov al,87h Out dx,al Out dx,al ;-----------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 45 Mov al,87h Out dx,al Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov al,07h ; Select registers of watchdog timer dx,al al,08h dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable the function of watchdog timer al,30h dx,al al,01h dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable watchdog timer to be strobed reset by keyboard al,0f7h dx,al al,dx...
  • Page 46 al,01h dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Generate a time-out signal al,0f7h dx,al ;Write 1 to bit 5 of F7 register al,dx al,20h dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HG al,0aah dx,al PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 47: Appendix C System Assignments

    Appendix System Assignments This appendix contains informa- tion of all System assignments.

  • Page 48: System I/O Ports

    System I/O ports Table C.1: System I/O ports Addr. Range (Hex) Device 000-00F DMA controller 020-021 Interrupt controller 1, master 022-023 Chipset address 040-043 Timer / Counter Register 048-04B PWM Control Register 060/064 Keyboard / Mouse Control Resisters NMI status and Control Registers 068-06D Watchdog Timer 1 Control Register 065/067...

  • Page 49: Interrupt Assignments

    Interrupt assignments Table C.3: Interrupt assignments Interrupt# Interrupt source Parity error detected IRQ 0 Interval timer IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Interrupt from controller 2 (cascade) IRQ 8 Real-time clock IRQ 9 Serial communication port 4 IRQ 10 Available IRQ 11 Available IRQ 12 PS/2 mouse...
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  • Page 51: Appendix D Installing Pc/104 Modules

    Appendix Installing PC/104 Modules This appendix contains informa- tion of installing PC/104 modules.

  • Page 52: Introduction

    Introduction The PCA-6742 PC/104 connectors give you the flexibility to attach PC/104 modules. Installing these modules on the PCA-6742 is quick and simple. The following steps show how to mount the PC/104 modules: Remove the PCA-6742 from your system, paying particular attention to the safety instructions already mentioned above.

  • Page 53: Figure D.2 Pc/104 Module Dimensions (Mm) (± 0.1)

    82.5 95.9 90.8 90.8 85.1 90.2 Figure D.2 PC/104 module dimensions (mm) (± 0.1) Pin Number Signal Row A Signal Row B Row C Row D IOCHCHK* SBHE* MEMCS16* RESETDRV LA23 IOCS16* +5 V LA22 IRQ10 IRQ9 LA21 IRQ11 -5 V LA20 IRQ12 DRQ2...
  • Page 54 BALE +5 V * active low PCA-6742 User Manual...

  • Page 55: Appendix E Mechanical Drawing

    Appendix Mechanical Drawing...
  • Page 56 122.00 JFP1 IDE1 LPT1 FDD1 JFP2 102.32 COM34 JCASE1 USB12 USB34 LCD1 LVDS1 GPIO1 VGA1 INV1 JWDT1 79.12 JIR1 JOBS1 LANLED1 LAN1 COM2 VGASW2 VGASW1 SYSFAN1 JTAG1 JSETCOM2 24.72 COMD1 PWR1 CMOS1 19.51 16.59 9.51 KBMS2 KBMS1 0.00 32.41 0.00 PCA-6742 User Manual...
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  • Page 58 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permis- sion of the publisher. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © Advantech Co., Ltd. 2008...

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