DIGITAL-LOGIC MICROSPACE MSM286 Series Technical User's Manual page 4

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Table of Contents
1 PREFACE _______________________________________________________ 6
1.1 How to use this manual ______________________________________________________ 6
1.2 Trademarks ________________________________________________________________ 6
1.3 Disclaimer _________________________________________________________________ 6
1.4 Who should use this product _________________________________________________ 6
1.5 Recycling information _______________________________________________________ 7
1.6 Technical Support __________________________________________________________ 7
1.7 Limited Warranty ___________________________________________________________ 7
2 OVERVIEW ______________________________________________________ 8
2.1 Standard Features MSM286X / L: ______________________________________________ 8
2.2 Unique Features MSM286:____________________________________________________ 8
2.3 MSM286 Block Diagram ______________________________________________________ 9
2.4 MSM286 Features __________________________________________________________ 10
2.5 MSM286 Specifications _____________________________________________________ 10
3 THE PC104 BUS _________________________________________________ 13
3.1 Description of the PC/104 BUS interface_______________________________________ 16
4 DETAILED SYSTEM DESCRIPTION _________________________________ 17
4.1 The CPU's of the MICROSPACE Products _____________________________________ 17
4.1.1 The F8680/A PC/Chip by Chips & Technologies_______________________________ 17
4.2 Interface connectors _______________________________________________________ 17
4.3 Jumper configurations options ______________________________________________ 17
4.4 'Soft configuration' options _________________________________________________ 17
4.5 DC Power Input____________________________________________________________ 18
4.6 Power Requirements _______________________________________________________ 18
4.7 CPU and Bus Variable-Speed Options_________________________________________ 19
4.8 ROM-BIOS Sockets ________________________________________________________ 19
4.9 Onboard DRAM Memory ____________________________________________________ 19
4.10 Keyboard ________________________________________________________________ 19
4.11 Serial Port _______________________________________________________________ 20
4.12 Floppy disk interface ______________________________________________________ 20
4.13 Expansion bus ___________________________________________________________ 22
4.14 Line printer port LPT1 _____________________________________________________ 22
4.15 Interrupt controllers _______________________________________________________ 22
4.16 Programmable timers______________________________________________________ 23
4.17 Speaker interface _________________________________________________________ 23
4.18 Battery backed clock ______________________________________________________ 23
4.19 System memory map ______________________________________________________ 24
4.20 System I/O map___________________________________________________________ 25
4.21 The onchip / on-board CGA/LCD Controller ___________________________________ 26
4.21.1 Panels which can be interfaced to the MSM286 board: ________________________ 27
4.22 Direct keyboard scanning __________________________________________________ 27
4.22.1 Generating the keyboard datamatrix:_______________________________________ 28
5 DESCRIPTION OF THE CONNECTORS ______________________________ 31
6 JUMPER LOCATIONS ____________________________________________ 35
7 THE SOLID STATE DISK (SSD)_____________________________________ 36
7.1 Generating a bootable ROM-DISK:____________________________________________ 37
7.2 SSD - Devices _____________________________________________________________ 38
7.3 The installation of the devices _______________________________________________ 39
8 BUILDING A SYSTEM ____________________________________________ 40
8.1 Starting up the system______________________________________________________ 40
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