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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 AEC-6841 Fanless Embedded Controller ® Intel Atom N270 Processor Dual LAN/ 8DIO 4 COM/ Audio/ 4 USB AEC-6841 Manual 1st Ed. March 2010...
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AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product design without notice to its users.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Acknowledgments All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. • Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc.
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A E C - 6 8 4 1 Packing List Before you begin operating your PC, please make sure that the following materials are enclosed: AEC-6841 Embedded Controller Phoenix Power Connector Wallmount Brackets Screw Package CD-ROM for manual (in PDF format) and...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Safety & Warranty 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this user's manual for later reference. 3.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 The equipment does not work well, or you cannot get it to work according to the user’s manual. The equipment has been dropped and damaged.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Below Table for China RoHS Requirements 产品中有毒有害物质或元素名称及含量 AAEON Boxer/ Industrial System 有毒有害物质或元素 部件名称 铅...
AEC-6841. This allows the AEC-6841 to be installed in a rugged transportation environment despite high ambient vibration. ® In addition to the fanless CPU, the AEC-6841 was use the Intel Atom N270 1,6GHz CPU, features one Mini-card or Mini-PCI expansion socket for devices expansion. A DC power supply is commonly used in most vehicles and factory equipments.
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 1.2 Features Intel® Atom™ N270 Processor, 1.6 GHz DDRII SODIMM x 1, Max. 2 GB COM x 4 (1 Isolated), USB2.0 x 4 10/100Base-TX x 1, Gigabit Ethernet x 1 SATA/ IDE Interfaces...
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 DC Input: 9V DC~30V DC (Phoenix connector 2-pin); Power board support (80W) operation output; AC Input: External Power Adapter (Optional), input range 100~240V •...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 non-condensing • Vibration: 5g rms / 5~500Hz / operation (CompactFlash Disk); 1g / 5~500Hz / operation (w/ Hard Disk Drive) •...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Front Side COM3 COM1 LAN2 LAN1 Rear Side COM4 DC-IN RESET COM2 KB/MS AUDIO POWER 1- 7 Chapter 1 General Information...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Chapter Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 2.1 Dimension Units: mm 2 - 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 2.3 DIN Rail Installation Fix the DIN Rail kit with the screws on the chassis as the illustration shown.
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 2.4 Jumper Setting of AEC-6841 1 2 3 RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector Signal Signal...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 COM1 Pin 9 Selection (JP2) Function RI1X for COM1 (Default) COM2 Pin 9 Selection (JP3) Function RI2X for COM2 (Default) COM3 Pin 9 Selection (JP4)
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Digital I/O Connector (CN2) (DIO Address is 2A1H) COM3 COM1 LAN2 LAN1 Signal Signal DIO1-1 DIO1-2 DIO1-3...
3. The CMOS memory has lost power and the configuration information has been erased. The AEC-6841 CMOS memory has an integral lithium battery backup for data retention. However, you will need to replace the complete unit when it finally runs down.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 3.2 Award BIOS Setup Awards BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
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Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. You can refer to the "AAEON BIOS Item Description.pdf" file in the CD for the meaning of each setting in this chapter. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3-4...
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 Chapter Driver Installation 4 - 1 Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 The AEC-6841 comes with a CD-ROM that contains all drivers and utilities that meet your needs.
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A E C - 6 8 4 1 4.1 Installation Insert the AEC-6841 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. Autorun program will run automatically. You also can choose the drivers to install from step 1 to step 4 in order as following instructions.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 The system will help you install the driver automatically Step 4 – Install Audio Driver 1.
AEC-6841 utilizes W83627EHG chipset as its watchdog timer controller. Below are the procedures to complete its configuration and the AAEON intial watchdog timer program is also attached based on which you can develop customized program to fit your application. Configuring Sequence Description...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 (3) Exit the W83627EHG config Mode. Undesired result may occur if the config Mode is not exited normally. (1) Enter the W83627EHG config Mode To enter the W83627EHG config Mode, two special I/O write operations are to be performed during Wait for Key state.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 = 10 Power LED pin is a 1Hz toggle pulse with 50 duty cycle. = 11 Power LED pin is a 1/4Hz toggle pulse with 50 duty cycle.
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 WatchDog Timer Register III (Index=F7h, Default=00h) Bit 7 : Mouse interrupt reset Enable or Disable Watchdog Timer is reset upon a Mouse interrupt Watchdog Timer is not affected by...
E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 A.2 W83627EHG Watchdog Timer Initial Program Example: Setting 10 sec. as Watchdog timeout interval ;/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Mov dx,2eh ;Enter W83627EHG config mode...
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E m b e d d e d C o n t r o l l e r A E C - 6 8 4 1 ;/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Dec dx Mov al,0f5h ;CRF5 (PLED mode register) Out dx,al Inc dx In al,dx And al,not 08h ;Set second as counting unit Out dx,al...
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