NOVA-9152 and NOVA-9102 5.25" Motherboard
2.6.3.7 Super I/O Infrared
The onboard Super I/O supports the following infrared specifications:
IrDA version 1.0 SIR protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 115.2Kbps
Supports SHARP ASK-IR protocol with maximum baud rate up to
57,600 Kbps
The IR controller on the super I/O is interfaced through the board-to-board connectors on
the NOVA-9152 and NOVA-9102 to an IrDA pin-header on a backplane.
2.6.3.8 Super I/O Parallel Port
The Super I/O parallel port (LPT) is compatible with the following LPT specifications.
IBM parallel port compatible
PS/2 compatible bi-directional parallel port
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) mode supported. Compatible with IEEE 1284
specifications
Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) mode supported. Compatible with IEEE
1284 specifications
Enhanced printer port back-drive current protection
The parallel port controller is connected to an external DB-26 LPT connector.
2.6.4 Fintek F81216DG LPC Serial Port Chipset
The Fintek F81216DG chipset enables the addition of four additional UART serial ports
(COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6). UART includes 16-byte send/receive FIFO. The
Fintek serial port chipset is interfaced to the Southbridge chipset through the LPC bus.
Some of the features of the Fintek chipset are listed below:
Supports LPC interface
Totally provides 4 UART (16550 asynchronous) ports
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3 x Pure UART
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1 x UART+IR
One Watch dog timer with WDTOUT# signal
One Frequency input 24/48MHz
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