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LV-683 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice to make improvements to the products. This document contains proprietary information and protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, or translated in any form or any means without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
LV-683 User’s Manual Packing List: Please check the package content before you starting using the board. Hardware: LV-683 Mini-ITX motherboard x 1 Cable Kit: SATA Cable x 2 (OALSATA-L) DC Power Cable x 1 (OALDC-2) (OSCREW-8) * 2 ATX Power Output Cable x 1 (OALATX-P3S2) COM port &...
Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> LV-683 is the Mini-ITX motherboard with AMD G-T56N platform, with onboard VGA, Realtek ALC888 HD Codec audio, Giga LAN interface. Based on the AMD G-T56N Processor, the board provides many advanced features for reduced power consumption.
LV-683 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor Mini-ITX motherboard AMD G-T56N Processor 1.65GHz Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz SDRAM up to 8GB Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only Chipset AMD A55E FCH Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 sec./min.
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LV-683 User’s Manual Power and Environment Power Requirement Standard 20-pin ATX power supply or 5~24V full range DC Input Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60℃ Storage within -20 ~ 85℃ The specifications may be different as the actual production.
LV-683 User’s Manual 1.4 <Block Diagram> 2 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz up to 8GB CRT / DVI / LVDS G-T56N Processor HD Audio PCI Express mini card 10 x USB port Mini PCI & PCI 4 x SATA 2 x Giga LAN...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> LV-683 has two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 8GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 1066/1333 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDR3A&B...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup> The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, please remove battery to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values.
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.6 <SATA & CFast Interface> Based on Intel A55E, the board provides Four Serial ATAII interfaces with up to 300MB/s of transfer rate. SATA1/2/3/4...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.8 <LAN Interface> The board integrates with two Intel 82583V Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI Express bus. The Intel 82583V supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported. LAN1 LAN2...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.9 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on AMD G-T56N chipset with built-in AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics, the board provides one DB15 connector on real external I/O port, and one 20-pin DVI and one LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD backlight inverter connector. The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for CRT, DVI and LVDS.
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.9.2 <Digital Display> The board provides one 20-pin LVDS for 18 bit single channel panels, supports up to 1600 x 900 of resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting CN_LVDS...
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LCD Installation Guide: Preparing the LV-683, LCD panel and the backlight inverter You would need a LVDS type cable. Panel side...
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LV-683 User’s Manual After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD panel type in the BIOS. The panel type mapping is list below: LV-683 BIOS panel type selection form On board Single channel LVDS 18bit Output format...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.9.3 <DVI Interface > The board also comes with a DVI interface. Supports up to 1600 x 1200 (UXGA) of resolution. Connector: CN_DVI Connector type: HIROSE DF13-20DP-1.25V Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment +3.3V Ground TMDSTX0N TMDSTX0P...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.11 <USB2.0 Interface> Based on AMD A55E FCH, the board provides Ten USB2.0 ports. The USB2.0 interface provides up to 480Mbps of transferring rate. Interface USB2.0 Controller A55E Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s Output Current 500mA CN_USB1/2/3...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface> The board provides one PCIE mini card sockets and a SIM socket. MINI_CARD support 3G PCIE Mini card with SIM. MINI_CARD Connector: SIMM Type: 6-pin SIM socket Description Description SIMVCC...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.12.1 <SIM Setup> Step1. SIM card holder is marked by circle. Slide the cap toward OPEN direction. Step 2. Make sure that the cap is now at the OPEN position. Step 3. Flip the cap up for inserting a SIM card into.
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LV-683 User’s Manual Step 4. Insert a SIM card as shown in the photo. Be sure that the corner cut is on top and the golden pads are up. Step 5. Now, flip down the cap as shown in the photo.
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.13 <GPIO Interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK. Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm Description...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.14 <Serial Port Jumper Setting > The board provides Six RS232 serial ports, with jumper selectable RS422/485/IrDA for COM2. Connector: COM2 Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header for COM2 Description Description DCD/422TX-/485- RXD/422TX+/485+ TXD/422RX+...
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LV-683 User’s Manual Jumper: JCSEL1/2 Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) & 8-pin (4 x 2) for set COM2 mode jumper RS232 RS485 RS422 IrDA JCSEL1 JCSEL2 Default: RS232 JCSEL1 JCSEL2...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.15 <Power & FAN Connector > 2.15.1 <Power Input> The board requires onboard 4-pin DC-input connector voltage range is from 5V to 24V, or onboard 20-pin ATX2.0, for the input current, please take a reference of the power consumption report on appendix.
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.15.2 <Power Output> The board provides one 20-pin ATX connector for +5V/+12V output for powering your HDD, CDROM or other devices. Attention: When DC-IN had power supplied, the ATX become output ! Avoid DC-IN and ATX power supply input at the same time ! Connector: ATX (When DC-IN be used) Type: 20-pin ATX connector for +3.3V/+5V/+12V...
LV-683 User’s Manual 2.16 <Indicator and Switch> The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis. Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header...
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LV-683 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel® x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers.
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LV-683 User’s Manual Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 <Flash Tool> The board is based on Phoenix BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below: http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/ http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm File name of the tool is “Pflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the...
LV-683 User’s Manual Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s> The GPIO can be programmed with the MS-DOS debug program using simple IN/OUT commands.The following lines show an example how to do this. GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7 -o 2E 87 ;enter configuration. -o 2E 87...
LV-683 User’s Manual Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting > The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program. Timeout Value Range...
1. Please choose “Device Manager” 2. You can see other devices ”Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus” 3. Please choose “Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus” then press Update Driver 4. Please select the file location”D:\LV-683\Audio(XP)\XP” 5. Install finish...
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