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  • Page 1 ATOM Half Length Multimedia PC User Manual...
  • Page 3 ATOM User Manual Document Part N° 01271029.doc Document Reference ATOM\docs\01271029.doc Document Issue Level Manual covers PCBs with the following Issue 2.x (x is any alpha/digit) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without the prior permission, in writing, from the publisher.
  • Page 4 Amendment History Issue Issue Author Amendment Details Level Date 04/11/98 First Draft Issue 26/05/99 First Issue...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ATOM IS YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT......................10 CHIPS & TECHNOLOGY GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM .................. 10 DISPLAY CAPABILITIES .......................... 10 BIOS................................10 SYSTEM SETUP UTILITY.......................... 11 CONNECTING AN LCD TO ATOM ......................11 BACK PANEL CONNECTORS........................11 ON-BOARD CONNECTORS........................11 UTILITY CONNECTOR ......................... 11 SPEAKER .............................. 11 RESET ..............................
  • Page 6 I/O MAP ..............................14 PCI CONFIGURATION SPACE MAP......................14 INTERRUPTS & DMA CHANNELS ......................16 CONNECTORS............................. 17 ATOM PISA ............................... 17 SOLID STATE DISK (SSD) ORIENTATION ....................17 ATOM ISA ..............................18 BACK PANEL CONNECTORS........................18 VIDEO CONNECTOR P18 (15 WAY CONDENSED D-TYPE)..............18 PS/2 KEYBOARD PORT P19 (6 WAY MINI-DIN) ..................

  • Page 7: Company Profile

    This extensive range of products, coupled with our experience and expertise, enables Blue Chip Technology to offer an industrial processing solution for any application. The ATOM Single Board PC is the latest addition to our portfolio, providing a cost effective product development and volume production tool for OEMs.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    A Troubleshooting Guide is also included to help when things go wrong. We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to interface with ATOM or change the standard configurations. Whilst all the necessary information is available in this manual we would recommend that unless you are confident, you contact your supplier for guidance.

  • Page 10: Related Publications

    ATOM U NTRODUCTION ANUAL • be unsoldered • be recharged • be disassembled If the battery is mistreated in any way there is a very real possibility of fire, explosion, and harm. ELATED UBLICATIONS The following publications will provide useful information related to the Standard Personal Computer and can be used in conjunction with this manual.

  • Page 11: User Guide

    FIFO serial ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, a Real Time Clock, keyboard and mouse (PS/2) controller. The ATOM also provides for driving up to twenty external ISA (and four PCI expansion slots - PISA version only).

  • Page 12: Cpu

    • Drive for up to 20 ISA and 4 PCI cards (PISA version) The ATOM single board PC is designed to operate with Pentium-class Processors running at 2.2, 2.8, 2.9 or 3.3 Volts. An on-board voltage regulator circuit provides the required voltage for the processor from the incoming 5 volt power supply.

  • Page 13: Bus Expansion Slots

    BUS EXPANSION SLOTS The ATOM is designed for use in an embedded application and provides expansion via PISA or ISA edge connectors. The PISA version can plug into a suitable backplane to drive up to 20 ISA bus expansion cards and 4 PCI expansion cards.
  • Page 14 ATOM U UIDE ANUAL Typical System Consumption 3.5A 5V K6-2/300, 16 MB RAM, 256 KB 0.15A 12V cache 2.0A 5V C6 200, 32MB RAM, 256KB cache 0.15A 12V IDT C6MP200 3.3V 66MHz bus. Temperature Non-Operating -40°C to +70°C Operating +0°C to +55°C (min.

  • Page 15: Hardware Description

    HIPSET The Intel 82430HX PCIset consists of the 82439HX Xcelerated Controller (TXC) and one 82371SB PCI/ISA IDE Xcelerator (PIIX3) bridge chip. 82439HX X (TXC) CELERATED ONTROLLER The 82439HX provides all control signals necessary to drive a second level cache and the DRAM array, including multiplexed address signals.

  • Page 16: Universal Serial Bus (Usb)

    NIVERSAL ERIAL The ATOM single board PC features two USB ports available via cable set. The ports permit the direct connection of two USB peripherals without an external hub. If more devices are required, an external hub can be connected to either of the built-in ports. ATOM fully supports the standard universal host controller interface (UHCI) and uses standard software drivers that are UHCI-compatible.

  • Page 17: Smc 37C932 Super I/O Controller

    Microsoft will provide this driver for Windows™ 95/98, other software vendors may make drivers available for other operating systems. Detailed information on the PCIset is available in the Intel 82430 PCIset data sheet. SMC 37C932 S I/O C UPER ONTROLLER Control for the integrated serial ports, parallel port, floppy drive, RTC and keyboard controller is incorporated into a single component, the SMC 37C932.

  • Page 18: Real Time Clock, Cmos Ram And Battery

    Be aware that driving older or cheaper monitors beyond their capabilities can destroy them. The ATOM single board PC uses a Phoenix BIOS and a C&T Video BIOS both of which are stored in EPROM/Flash. In addition to the System and Video BIOSes, the EPROM also contains the Setup utility,...

  • Page 19: System Setup Utility

    LCDs. We strongly recommend that if you are in any doubt about connecting a LCD panel to ATOM you contact our Technical Services team with full details of the target display. ALWAYS check your wiring before you switch on.

  • Page 20: Jumpers

    NSTALLABLE PGRADES SYSTEM MEMORY The table shows the possible memory combinations. ATOM will support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed. Parity/Error Correction is supported when using parity SIMMs (x36). SIMM requirements are 70ns Fast Page Mode or 60nS EDO DRAM (70 ns EDO may be used with a 60...

  • Page 21: Edo Dram

    4MB of graphics to be offered. OLID TATE UPPORT ATOM supports the use of Solid State Disks (SSD) using M-Systems Flash devices fitted to the board using the DIL socket. Please contact Blue Chip Technology’s Technical Services for details. DDRESS...

  • Page 22: I/O Map

    various addresses or disabled. These I/O locations are listed in the Variable Resources column. ADDRESS SIZE FIXED RESOURCES VARIABLE (HEX) Bytes RESOURCES 0000 - 000F PIIIX - DMA 1 0020 - 0021 PIIIX - Interrupt Controller 1 002E - 002F Ultra I/O configuration registers 0040 - 0043 PIIIX - Timer 1...
  • Page 23 FUNCTION NUMBER (Bits 10-8): Used to indicate a specific function in multifunction PCI devices. The PIIIX is the only multi-function device on ATOM located on the single board PC. Use 00h for the basic PIIIX device and 01h for the PCI IDE BUS MASTER FUNCTION. For a multi-function PCI add- in card, refer to the card’s documentation to determine the allowable function numbers.

  • Page 24: Interrupts & Dma Channels

    DEVICE BUS/DEVICE/ ID SEL I/O CONFIG ADDRESS FUNCTION REGISTER 00 / 00 / 0 8000 0000 - 8000 00FC PIIIX 00 / 07 / 0 AD18 8000 3800 - 8000 38FC PIIIX-IDE BUS 00 / 07 / 1 AD18 8000 3900 - 8000 39FC MASTER PIIX-Serial Bus 00 / 07 / 2...

  • Page 25: Connectors

    COM B RS485/422 FLOPPY RS232 PANEL SPEED UTILS ZOOM VIDEO PRINTER AUDIO POWER POWER 10/100BASE T PANEL POWER MOUSE KBD & MOUSE MEMORY/ COM A CACHE CELL IRDA CMOS All open header pin 1 towards metal bracket =>. Square pad identifies pin 1. PISA and ISA board versions identical except for edge fingers.

  • Page 26: Atom Isa

    BACK PANEL CONNECTORS The back panel houses the following connectors: VIDEO CONNECTOR P18 (15 WAY CONDENSED D-TYPE) SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL Analogue RED Analogue GREEN Analogue BLUE Not Used 0 Volts (Ground) 0 Volts (Ground) 0 Volts (Ground) 0 Volts (Ground) 5V limited current 0 Volts (Ground) Not Used...

  • Page 27: Ethernet Utp Connector P25 (8 Way Rj45 )

    -VE TRANSMIT +VE RECEIVE -VE RECEIVE NTERNAL I/O HEADERS & CONNECTORS The board has a number of internal peripheral connections: PRIMARY E-IDE CONNECTOR P13 (2X20 WAY HEADER) PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL -Reset Ground Data bit 7 (HD) Data bit 8 (HD) Data bit 6 (HD) Data bit 9 (HD) Data bit 5 (HD)

  • Page 28: Ps/2 Mouse Port Jp2 (5 Way Header)

    Mouse Data Polarisation Ground +5 Volts (fused) Mouse Clock RS232 SERIAL PORT 2 P21 (2X5 WAY HEADER) PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL -Data Carrier Detect -Receive Data -Transmit Data -Data Terminal Ready Ground -Data Set Ready -Ready To Send -Clear To Send Polarisation DUAL USB PORTS JP3 (2X5 WAY HEADER)

  • Page 29: Lcd Secondary Connector For 36 Bit Panels P24 (2X10 Way 2Mm Header)

    PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL Ground Panel Data 35 Panel Data 24 Ground Panel Data 25 Panel Data 34 Ground Panel Data 33 Panel Data 26 Ground Panel Data 27 Panel Data 32 Ground Panel Data 31 Panel Data 28 Ground Panel Data 29 Panel Data 30...

  • Page 30: Floppy Disk Drive Connector P12 (2X17 Way Header)

    Ground Densel Ground Polarisation Ground Rate Ground -Index Ground -Motor 0 Ground -Drive select 1 Ground -Drive select 0 Ground -Motor 1 Ground +Direction Ground -Step Ground -Write Data Ground -Write Gate Ground -Track 0 Ground -Write Protect Ground -Read Data Ground +Head Select Ground...

  • Page 31: Lcd Vee Interface Connector Jp4 (5 Way Header)

    Please note that each cache module is designed specifically for each chipset i.e. there are cache modules specific to the 430HX Triton chipset. The available options for ATOM cache are 256kbyte asynchronous, 256 or 512KByte of synchronous Pipeline burst, or none.

  • Page 32: Cmos Clear J1

    66MHz 33MHz Not allowed Common Processor multiplier jumper settings K6(-2)[0:7] K6(-2)[F:8] Internal CPU speed from Host Bus Speed Multiplier 50MHz 60MHz 66MHz CMOS CLEAR J1 Normal Clear = Pin 1 PANEL SUPPLY J21 3.3V J1/J21: Link two pins as appropriate without power applied. Orientations as in diagrams of board outline p17. BUS Connectors...

  • Page 33: Pinout Of Isa, Pisa And Pci Connectors

    num. up row up row low row low row side B side A side B side A side B side A /IOCHCHK GND I2CLK I2DAT RSTDRV INTB# INTA# IRQ9 INTD# INTC# DRQ2 -12V -12V TRST# -12V TRST# -12V TRST# V I/O +12V +12V +12V...
  • Page 34 AD12 AD11 AD12 AD11 AD12 AD11 TRDY# LOCK# AD10 AD10 AD10 AD09 AD09 M66EN AD09 STOP# PERR# AD08 C/BE0# AD08 C/BE0# AD08 C/BE0# AD07 3.3V AD07 3.3V AD07 3.3V SERR# 3.3V AD06 3.3V AD06 3.3V AD06 AD05 AD04 AD05 AD04 AD05 AD04 AD15...

  • Page 35: Error Messages

    ATOM U ANUAL RROR ESSAGES RROR ESSAGES ERROR BEEP CODES The BIOS performs a Power On Self Test (POST) after a reset or reboot. If errors occur during the POST, the microprocessor indicates the status of the test by writing codes to the I/O port at address 80 Hex.

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