Introduction - Advantech PCA-6004V-00A1 Manual

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Introduction

The PCA-6004 Series all-in-one industrial grade single board computer
is designed for embedded applications where low power consumption
and fanless operation are major concerns. Providing full industrial
features to meet most industrial application requirements, it uses VIA's
C3 processor with the Apollo PLE133 chipset.
The VIA C3 CPU is a high performance but low power processor. It
has 128KB L1 cache and 64 KB L2 cache. With operating clock speed
up to 800 MHz, its computing performance can meet the demand of
most applications. If external cooling is available, a cooling fan will
not be required on the CPU, thus improving the system reliability. To
reduce power consumption and meet special thermal requirements, it
can easily be set to a lower clock speed through the BIOS. It has two
PCI EIDE interfaces (for up to four devices) and a floppy disk drive
interface (for up to two devices). Other features include two RS-232
serial ports (16C550 UARTs with 16-byte FIFO or compatible), one
enhanced parallel port (supports EPP/ECP) and two USB (Universal
Serial Bus) ports. The PCI enhanced IDE controller supports Ultra
DMA/33/66/100 and PIO Mode 4 operation. This provides data
transfer rates of 33/66/100 MB/sec. System BIOS supports boot-up
from an IDE CD-ROM, SCSI CD-ROM, LS-120, IDE HDD, SCSI HDD,
ZIP-100, LAN, and FDD.
A CMOS data backup is stored in the Flash memory, which protects it
even after a battery failure. Also included is a 63-level watchdog timer,
which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a program cannot be
executed normally. This enables reliable operation in unattended
environments.
The PCA-6004 Series offers several impressive industrial features such
as a built-in VGA (AGP) interface chipset, 18-bit flat panel interface,
10/100Base-T networking controller, two DIMM slots for a total of 1
GB RAM memory, AC-97 audio interface (requires an audio extension
card: P/N PCA-AUDIO-00A1), and a high driving ISA bus.
The remote management interface enables the PCA-6004 to be
managed through Ethernet when connected to the SNMP-1000 Remote
HTTP/SNMP System Manager.
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