User’s Manual Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduction The AW-A696 is a full function of 5.25” Embedded format SBC board use VIA VT8606 and ® ® ® VT82C686B chipset supports Intel Socket 370 Celeron /Pentium III Tualatin processors. The AW-A696 supports six of Intel 82551QM or Realtek RTL8139C+ Ethernet chipset with RJ45 jack for 10/100Mbps.
User’s Manual 2.3 Installing Memory To insert a SDRAM Memory: The AW-A696 onboard with two 168-pin DDR DIMM sockets supports up to 512Mbytes DDR SDRAM. To Insert a DIMM Memory: Please align the module with the socket key and press down until the levers at each end of the socket snap close up.
User’s Manual Chapter 3. BIOS Setup The ROM chip of your AW-A696 board is configured with a customized Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) from Phoenix-Award BIOS. The BIOS is a set of permanently recorded program routines that give the system its fundamental operational characteristics. It also tests the computer and determines how the computer reacts to instructions that are part of programs.
Chapter 4 Driver Utility Installation The system driver installation procedure must be performed first. 4.1 System Driver Installation 1. Insert the AW-A696 CD-ROM driver into the CD-ROM Drive 2. Select the Drivers/system file to click the Setup icon. 3. Click Next 4.
User’s Manual Appendix A: Programming the Watchdog Timer The AW-A696 provides a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a stop. This function ensures greater system reliability in industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments.
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Appendix B: System Resource Interrupt Controller The AW-A696 is a fully PC compatible control board, it consists of 16 ISA interrupt request lines and most of them already in used by other part of the board. Both of ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs, please make sure that the IRQs do not conflict if you would like to use extra add-on cards.
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DMA4 Cascade DMA5 Reserved DMA6 Reserved DMA7 Reserved Memory Map The following table indicates memory of AW-A696. The address ranges specify the runtime code length. Memory below 1MB (1Mb ~ 640KB) Address Range Type Owner A0000~AFFFF VGA Adapter B0000~BFFFF VGA Adapter...
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