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PowerBrick Chapter 1 General Information Introduction with Intel® Generation4 Core™ i7-4650U (1.7 to 3.3 GHz) processor and two PowerBrick 6.0, Solid (SSDs) mounted in as is a rugged mobile computer State Drives Dual RAID Hot Swappable SATA Storage, system designed for the standard for heavy industrial field mobile vehicular applications MIL-STD-810F such as Oil, Gas, Mining trucks or seaport cranes and even petroleum platform helicopter services.
PowerBrick Technical Specification System Intel Gen 4 Core i7‐4650U 1.7GHz up to 3.3GHz Memory 2 x DDR3L 1600 MHz SO‐DIMM up to 16GB Chipset QM87 - Intel I210‐AT GB/s Ethernet Controllers Onboard LAN Chipset Support POE Audio Realtek ALC662 HD Codec onboard Watchdog Watchdog Timer Support, Offer 1 –...
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PowerBrick Qualification Certifications CE, FCC Class A, EMark Compliance, EN50155, EN50121 Inputs & Outputs Serial Ports 4 x RS‐232 (2 with RS‐485 (Auto Direction Control)) USB Ports 2 x USB 3.0 Ports, 2 x USB 2.0 Ports 4 x Ports for GbE POE (15.4W per port) 1 x VGA Connector on Rear I/O ;1 x DVI-I Connector on Rear I/O Video Port 1 x DP Port Connector on Rear I/O...
PowerBrick Chapter 2 System Setup Exploring PowerBrick Before starting to setup the computer, get familiar with the locations and purposes of controls, drives, connectors and ports, which are illustrated in the figures below. GPS Antenna USB 2.0 USB 3.0 3G Antenna SSD2 Power SSD1 SIM Card...
PowerBrick Wi-Fi/BT (Aux Antenna) COM2/DVR COM3 COM4 Wi-Fi/BT (Aux Antenna) MIC Line COM1 DC Power in Power Important Connector GPIO Connector Signal GPI0 GPI1 GPI2 GPI3 GPO0 GPO1 GPO2 GPO3...
PowerBrick Appendix Ignition Power Management (OPTIONAL) Startup/shutdown conditions from the IGNITION signal: • IGNITION Power Startup signal must be valid during 3 sec. (anti-noise protection) • IGNITION shutdown – IGNITION signal must be inactive during 3 sec, then PIC controller initiates Power Button signal (OS must be set to shut down from the Power Button).
PowerBrick Power Ignition Shutdown Procedure Shutdown from IGN OFF 3sec time off delay Check Delay Time OS Shutdown Check IGN Status IGN OFF (LOW) (ON/OFF) System Delay Time on 0- 255 minutes setting by software System is OFF after 3sec Power Management •...
PowerBrick GPIO & Delay Time Setting GPIO and Ignition Control Register The General Purpose I/O is an interface available on some devices. These can read digital signals from other parts of a circuit, or output to control other devices. At GPIO control register, the GPI is use to receive data, the GPO is set data to send.
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PowerBrick GPIO5 Output Data Register – Index A1h Default Name Description GPIO57_DATA GPIO57 output data in output mode. GPIO56_DATA GPIO56 output data in output mode. GPIO55_DATA GPIO55 output data in output mode. GPIO54_DATA GPIO54 output data in output mode. GPIO53_DATA GPIO53 output data in output mode.
PowerBrick 0xA36 (base address) for Control Data Value Ignition Status 0 = Ignition OFF 1 = Ignition ON Debug Command Line O A35 F2 I A36 // Check Bit 3 Status WDT Setting I/O port: A10 (base address) + 05h and 06h 1 Watchdog Timer Control Register The Watchdog Timer Control Register controls the WDT working mode.
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PowerBrick Watchdog Timer Configuration Register 1‐base address +05h Name Default Description Reserved Reserved If watchdog timeout event occurs, this bit will be WDTMOUT_STS set to 1. Write a 1 to this bit will clear to 0. If this bit is set to 1, the counting of watchdog time WD_EN is enabled.
PowerBrick BIOS Setting Super IO Configuration Select Serial Port Mode Select Power off Delay Time...
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