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The MIC-3355 provides two IDE (Integrated Device Electronics)
channels and one floppy drive interface through the CompactPCI J3
connector. These connect to two IDE and one floppy drive connectors
on Advantech's 6U-sized backplane. The primary IDE channel is also
available through the on-board 44-pin connector (CN10), which
accepts a 2.5" hard drive by using the hard drive bracket, or an IDE
flash disk module (i.e., Advantech's PCD-1230).
Users can attach two IDE devices to each IDE channel, either to the
backplane or to the on-board connector. If two drives are installed in
one channel, remember to set one as the master and the other one as
the slave. You may do this by setting the jumpers on the drives. Refer
to the documentation that came with your drive for more information.
A jumper diagram usually appears on the top side of a hard disk drive.
Users can attach up to two floppy disk drives to the floppy connector
on the backplane. The MIC-3355 supports any combination of 5.25"
(360 KB/1.2 MB) and/or 3.5" (720 KB/1.44/2.88 MB) drives. The
on-board connector (CN9) can also be used to connect to a 3.5" floppy
drive by using a 26-pin FPC cable. However, due to the limited space,
there is no access to the floppy drive on the front panel. We do not
recommend the use of this connector.
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