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Trademarks WAFER-5823 is a registered trademark of ICP Electronics Inc. IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks...
Chapter 1. Introduction The WAFER-5823 is a CPU board equipped with two ethernet controllers so it is a special design most appropriate for Network applications. It supports the full functions of an AT-compatible industrial computer on a single board. The...
1.1 Specifications NS 233/266/300 MMX 32-Bit x86 Processor: Supports Intel MMX instruction set extension for the acceleration of multi media applications 16 KB unified L1 cache Five-stage pipelined integer unit Integrated Floating Point Unit(FPU) System Memory: One 144-pin SODIMM socket support up to 512 MB SDRAM BIOS: AWARD 256 KB Flash memory Display Controller:...
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Parallel Port: One Parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard connector: A 6-pin header connector is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse USB interface: Two USB ports, USB 1.0 compliant Watchdog timer: Can be set by 1-255 seconds period.
Before you begin installing the product, please check that all of the following materials are included in the package: 1 WAFER-5823 All-in-one single board computer 1 CD disk for utility and drivers 1 2.5" IDE flat cable (44-pin 2.0mm pitch to 40-pin 2.54mm pitch)
Chapter 2. Installation This chapter gives instructions on how to setup and configure WAFER-5823 board, including directions on how to set jumpers as well as connecting peripherals, switches and indicators. Before installation, please pay attention to the unpacking precautions on the following page to ensure safety.
Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the WAFER-5823 SBC. You can do it by using a grounded wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting materials that is connected to the ground.
• JP4: Watchdog Active Type Setting DESCRIPTION DISABLED WDT RESET WHEN WDT TIME-OUT 2.5 Clear CMOS Setup If you need to clear the CMOS Setup (For example, you have forgotten the password. Then what you should do is to clear setup and reset the password.), you should close the JP1 for about 3 seconds then open it again.
JP5: LCD VCC Voltage Selector DESCRIPTION 3.3V JP6: Panel Shift Clock Selector DESCRIPTION Rising edge sampling Falling edge sampling 2.7 Compact Flash Setting Set the operating mode of CompactFlash disk. This is similar to the operation of hard disk. DESCRIPTION OPEN SLAVE SHORT...
This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the WAFER-5823 board. 3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (CN2) WAFER-5823 board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable. CN2: FDC CONNECTOR PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION...
PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector (CN10) For IDE HDD connection. The WAFER-5823 was designed with one 2.0mm connector (CN10), which could be converted to two 2.54mm standard IDE connector via proprietary cable. Using this cable you can attach two IDE hard disk drives to the WAFER-5823.
3.3 Compact Flash Connector (CN11) You can attach one Compact Flash Disk to CN11 that occupy the Secondary IDE channel. The CN11 supports both the TYPE II and TYPE I module. CN11: Compact Flash Connector (Secondary IDE) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
3.4 Parallel Port (CN7) This port is usually connected to a printer. The WAFER-5823 includes an on-board parallel port (CN7), accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector. CN7: Parallel Port Connector DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION STROBE# DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3...
CN5: Serial Port1 Connector (9-pin D-SUB) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION CN6: Serial Port2 Connector (10-pin 2.0mm Header) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 3.6 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector (CN1) A 6-pin header connector (CN1) is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a keyboard and PS/2 mouse.
USBGND1 USBGND2 3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port (CN8) The WAFER-5823 built-in an IrDA port which support Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. When use the IrDA port have to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’s Peripheral Setup’s COM2.
3.11 LCD Interface Connector (CN19) The WAFER-5823 provides a 2x22-pin connector for the LCD flat panel interface. The WAFER-5823 comes to support TFT LCD panels at following display options: (This is a reference table only, this board may support more other types of panels.)
RED2 RED3 RED4 RED5 SHFCLK ENABLK 3.12 External Power Connector (CN9) The WAFER-5823 has an on-board external power connector CN9 so you can connect power directly to the CPU board. CN9: External Power Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +12V GROUND GROUND...
GROUND 3.17 PC/104 Connection Bus (CN14, CN15) The WAFER-5823 PC/104 expansion bus let you attach any kind of PC/104 modules. The PC/104 bus has already become the industrial embedded PC bus standard, so you can easily install over thousands of PC/104 modules from hundreds of vendors in the world.
Chapter 4. AWARD BIOS Setup WAFER-5823 uses the AWARD PCI/ISA BIOS for system configuration. The AWARD BIOS setup program is designed to provide maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options that may be selected to meet end-user requirements.
4.1 GETTING START When you turn on the power button, the BIOS will enter the Power-On-Self-Test routines. These routines will be executed for system test and initialization and system configuration verification. After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears: "...
4.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The Standard CMOS Setup is used for basic hardware system configuration. The main function is for Date/Time setting and Floppy/Hard Disk Drive setting. Please refer the following screen for this setup. To Set the Date, for example, press either the arrow or <Enter>...
Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu; the computer will automatically detect the HDD specifications. Manually enter the specifications by yourself from the ”User“ option. Note: If you need more information on any particular field, just highlight it then press <F1> button. A pop-up window will come out to give you more information on that field.
4.4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This setup function works mostly on board's chipset. This option is used to change the chipset's configuration. Please be careful while making any changes in the default setting, otherwise the system will became unstable. SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By: To select the operating clock of SDRAM module.
4.5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Power Management Setup helps user handle WAFER-5823 board‘s “green” function. This feature can shut down the video display and hard disk to save energy, for example. The power management setup screen is illustrated below:...
4.6 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION This menu is used to assign certain IRQ to your PNP/PCI devices manually. PNP OS Installed: if you install Plug and Play operating system (OS), the OS will reassign the interrupt if you select Yes in this field. If you install a non-Plug and Play OS or if you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, select No in this field.
4.7 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS If you select 'Y' to this field, the BIOS Defaults will be loaded except Standard CMOS SETUP. The default settings are not optimal and turning all high performance into disabled condition. Select 'N' to abort. Suggestion: for the first time or for our primary user, we suggest you to use LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS because it is the safest mode for your system.
4.8 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS If you select 'Y' to this field, the Setup Defaults will be loaded except Standard CMOS SETUP. The default settings are optimal configuration settings for your system.
4.9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This option is used to assign Onboard I/O, IRQ, and DMA etc. If you don't know how to configure them, just press <F7> to load Setup Defaults. Multiple Monitor Support -- No Onboard, PCI first, M/B first To select the primary VGA for multiple monitor support in WINDOWS.
4.10 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Supervisor Password sets a password that is used to protect your system and Setup Utility. Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password. Once you setup the password, the system will always ask you to key-in password every time you enter the BIOS SETUP.
4.11 IDE HDD AUTODETECTION This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive (HDD sector, cylinder, head, etc) automatically and will put the parameters into the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Up to 2 IDE drives can be detected and the parameters will be listed in the box.
4.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP Select this option when you finish setting all the parameters and want to save them into the CMOS. Just simply press <Enter> key and all the configuration changes will be saved. 4.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Select this option if you want to exit the Setup without saving the changes that you made.
The WAFER-5823 is equipped with on-board VGA interface. The description below is its specifications and features: 5.1.1 Chipset The WAFER-5823 uses a NS CX5530A chipset as its SVGA controller. It is compatible with many common 18-bit LCD displays and traditional analog CRT monitors. VGA BIOS supports LCD.
WAFER-5823, including driver updates, troubleshooting instructions, please refer to the following webs that provide some resources you may need. If not find the information you need, please contact with your local contributor or ICP support team: ICP web site:...
Chapter 6. PCI Bus Ethernet Interface The WAFER-5823 provides three high performance 32-bit Ethernet chipset that is completely compliant with IEEE 802.3 100 Mbps CSMA/CD standards. It is both 100Base-T and 10Base-T compatible. The major network operating system fits it. The medium type can be set up via the RSET8139.exe program included on the utility CD.
Appendix A. Watchdog Timer The Watchdog Timer is a device to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops working normally, hardware on the board will perform hardware reset (cold boot) to bring the system back to a known state.
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This will enable and activate the countdown timer which will eventually time out and reset the CPU to ensure that this reset condition does not occur, the Watch-Dog Timer must be periodically refreshed by reading the same I/O port 043/843H and 443H.
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;;ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE MOV DX, TIMER_START IN AL, DX. ;;START COUNTER ;ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE W_LOOP: MOV DX, TIMER_STOP IN AL, DX MOV DX, TIMER_START IN AL, DX. ; RESTART COUNTER ; ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE CMP EXIT_AP, 0 JNE W_LOOP MOV DX, TIMER_STOP IN AL, DX...
B.2 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function Available Available Standard floppy disk controller Parallel port* Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available * parallel port DMA default setting: DMA 3 parallel port DMA select: DMA 1 or 3 B.3 Interrupt Assignments Interrupt # Interrupt source Parity error detected IRQ 0...
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