Introduction; Features - Advantech PCA-6008G2 User Manual

1.1

Introduction

The PCA-6008 is designed with the Intel 915GME chipset and ICH6M (I/O controller)
to support the 533/400 MHz Front Side Bus, Intel Pentium M/Celeron M processor,
with high speed/high capacity, dual channel DDRII 400/533 memory, and high perfor-
mance I/O functions such as dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, Serial/Parallel ATA ports,
and a PCI-Express host interface for LAN. In compliance with PICMG 1.0 specifica-
tion, the PCA-6008 can be used with a wide choice of existing PCI/ISA backplanes to
meet the versatile requirements of industrial applications.
The PCA-6008 is designed to deliver high performance for industrial applications. It
uses Intel's long-life 915GME and ICH6M chipsets, and with the Socket 479 its sup-
port varies between the Pentium M and Celeron processor based on different appli-
cations. It has 2 DIMM sockets in two separated memory channels. It accepts up to
2GB DDRII 400/533 SDRAM memory, enough for most applications. The PCA-6008
features single/dual Gigabit Ethernet network interface(s). With the Realtek 8111B
GbE controller designed-in, the PCA-6008 implements the PCI Express host inter-
face (PCI-E X1) in LAN connections with a maximum throughput of 2Gbps for heavy-
duty industrial network applications. The Intel 915GME integrated VGA controller
provides superior 3D performance with the unique Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
900. Two Serial ATA ports (up to 150MB/s) allow the use of thin and long SATA
cables for storage devices, eliminating cabling issues inside the industrial-grade
chassis. In addition, the PCA-6008 also provides most of the popular I/O interfaces
such as eight USB 2.0 ports, AC-97 audio interface, 6 RS-232 ports, one enhanced
parallel port and a floppy disk interface.
The PCA-6008 is designed with reliability considerations to suit industrial environ-
ments. To prevent CPU damage caused from overheating, the PCA-6008 features a
thermal protection circuit that enables the processor to automatically shut down when
the cooling system fails. A remote management port allows users to monitor the sys-
tem health status and control the system remotely through standard SNMP/HTTP
protocols when used with Advantech's SNMP-1000 Intelligent System Manager.
1.2

Features

1. Supports 2 Serial-ATA devices
2. Supports Dual Channel DDRII 400/533 SDRAM up to 2GB
3. Features a thermal protection circuit which will enable the processor to automat-
ically shut down when the cooling system fails.
4. Onboard integrated VGA controller supports LVDS and DVI interface (G2 ver-
sion only)
5. Supports 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet
6. 8 USB 2.0 ports (G2 version only)
7. CMOS automatic backup and restore to prevent accidental data loss of BIOS
setup data
8. Remote management with SNMP-1000-B1
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