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ROBO-638
Single Board Computer
User' ' ' ' s Manual
P/N : 861106380010 Version 1.2
Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 1999. All rights reserved.
All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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  • Page 1 ROBO-638 Single Board Computer User′ ′ ′ ′ s Manual P/N : 861106380010 Version 1.2 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 1999. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    EN 55022 (1994/A1:1995 Class A) EN 50082-2 (1991) EN 61000-4-2 (1995) EN 61000-4-3 (1996) EN 61000-4-4 (1995) The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration : Portwell Inc. (Company Name) (Company Address) Taipei, R.O.C. Place Date Legal Signature of Authorized Person...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Check List ..................1 – 2 1.2 Product Specifications ............…..1 – 3 1.3 System Architecture ..............…1 – 6 Chapter 2. Hardware Configuration Setting 2.1 Jumpers ..................2 – 1 2.2 Connectors ................…2 – 5 Chapter 3.

  • Page 4: How To Use This Manual

    How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-638 system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into four chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer. Chapter 1 : Introduction. presents what you have in the inside of box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this model of single board computer.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports provide high-speed data communication between peripherals and PC. The PICMG standard makes the ROBO-638 works with the legacy ISA, ISA/PCI or multi-slots PCI-bus backplane. The on-board 32-pin DIP socket supports M-system Disk-On-Chip product up to 144MB. The Watch-Dog Timer function can monitor your system status.

  • Page 6: Check List

    Introduction 1-1 Check List The ROBO-638 package includes the following basic items accompany with this manual. • One ROBO-638 single board computer • One 26-to-DSUB25 Printer cable • One Serial cable with two COM ports • One FDC cable • One IDE cable •...

  • Page 7: Product Specifications

    3-1/2" (720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB) diskette format and 3-mode FDD (option) • Serial Ports Support two high-speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16-byte T/R FIFOs • IR Interface Supports one 6-pin header for serial Fast/Standard Infrared wireless communication • Parallel Port Supports one SPP, EPP/ECP bi-directional parallel port ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 • On-board VGA Adapts ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X graphics accelerator with 4MB memory up to 8MB • On-board Ultra-2 SCSI Uses Adaptec AIC-7890AB Ultra-2 SCSI controller to support two 68-pin Interfaces with identical communication channel ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 ◆ PCB layout : 6 layer ◆ Power Requirements : +5V @9.0A (typ.), +12V @100mA, -12V @30mA ◆ Operating Temperature : 0℃ 〜 60℃ (32℉ 〜 140℉) ◆ Storage Temperature : -20℃ 〜 80℃ ◆ Relative Humidity : 5% 〜 95%, non-condensing ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: System Architecture

    Introduction 1-3 System Architecture The following illustration of block diagram will show you how ROBO-638 gives you a highly integrated system solution. The most up-to-date system architecture of ROBO-638, includes two main VLSI chips , 82443BX Host Bridge and 82371EB...
  • Page 11 Introduction There are two on-board PCI devices, i.e. Ultra-2 SCSI interface and Fast Ethernet port , and a 3D AGP Graphics display to support full functionality of ROBO-638 AIO SBC (All-In-One Single Board Computer). The on-board SCSI device uses Adaptec AIC-7890A Ultra-2 SCSI controller to support dual 68-pin condensed connectors with identical channel up to 80Mbytes/sec data transfer.
  • Page 12 XD Bus ISA Bus CNTL SYSTEM MONITORING BUFFER XD Bus SD Bus ISA Bus LOGIC ISA Bus BUFFER BIOS ISA Bus DISK-On-Chip KEYBOARD SUPER I/O W83977ATF 2UART/LPT/FDD/IR (128 PQFP) MOUSE Figure 1-1 ROBO- 638 System Block Diagram ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2. Hardware Configuration Setting

    This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connectors. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-638 are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ★ ).
  • Page 14 Watch-Dog Timer Jumper Setting (JP6, JP7, JP8, JP9, JP10) NC : Enabled hardware WDT function Short : Disabled hardware WDT function ★ NC : Allocate I/O port 0533H/0033H for programming of H/W WDT ★ Short : Allocate I/O port 0543H/0343H for programming of H/W WDT ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 AT/ATX Power Supply Selection (JP4) 1 – 2 : Select ATX power supply 2 – 3 : Select AT power supply ★ On-Board Ethernet Jumper Setting (JP2) NC : Enable on-board Ethernet function ★ Short : Disable on-board Ethernet function ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 JP11 1 – 2 : Supports Pentium-II/III or 66MHz FSB Celeron Processor ★ 2 – 3 : Reserved for 100MHz FSB Celeron Processor only On-Board AGP VGA Jumper Setting (JP12) JP12 NC : Enable on-board AGP VGA function ★ Short : Disable on-board AGP VGA function ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Connectors

    DOC socket located on this single board computer. DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 W83977ATF Adaptec AIC-7890AB 82558B 82443BX 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X 82371EB Figure 2-2 ROBO-638 Connector Locations on component side Figure 2-3 ROBO-638 Connector Locations on solder side ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 DIMM1 – 4 DIMM socket 3.3V SDRAM Pin Assignments of Connectors ■ J1: Reset Header PIN No. Signal Description Reset Ground ■ J3 : Standard 5-1/4” Disk Drive Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description +12V Ground Ground ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 Ground DIFFSEN SENSE_A(Pull-up) LVTRMPWR LVTRMPWR LVTRMPWR LVTRMPWR Ground Ground LVATNP LVATNM Ground Ground LVBSYP LVBSYM LVACKP LVACKM LVRSTP LVRSTM LVMSGP LVMSGM LVSELP LVSELM LVCDP LVCDM LVREQP LVREQM LVIOP LVIOM LVDP8 LVDM8 LVDP9 LVDM9 LVDP10 LVDM10 LVDP11 LVDM11 ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 Auto Form Feed# Data 0 Error# Data 1 Initialization# Data 2 Printer Select IN# Data 3 Ground Data 4 Ground Data 5 Ground Data 6 Ground Data 7 Ground Acknowledge# Ground Busy Ground Paper Empty Ground Printer Select ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 21 ■ J10 : Keyboard Lock Header PIN No. Signal Description +5V (330 ohm pull-up for power LED) Ground Keyboard inhibit Ground ■ J14 : ATX Power Button Interface PIN No. Signal Description Power Button Control Signal Ground ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 ■ J16 : Fast & Standard IrDA Header PIN No. Signal Description VCC (+5V) IRRX Ground IRTX ■ J17 : Ethernet RJ-45 Interface Connector PIN No. Signal Description Termination to Ground Termination to Ground Termination to Ground Termination to Ground 2-10 ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 23 MONID1 HSYNC VSYNC MONID2 ■ J19 : PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin Mini-DIN) PIN No. Signal Description Mouse Data Ground Mouse Clock ■ J20 : External Keyboard Connector PIN No. Signal Description Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data Ground 2-11 ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 Keyboard Data Keyboard Clock ■ J23 : CPU Fan Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground +12V FAN_status (pull-up 5V) ■ J24 : Chassis Fan Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground +12V FAN_status (pull-up 5V) 2-12 ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3. System Installation

    2). Lock the CPU cooling fan connector into dedicated 3-pin header. Fig. 3-1 NOTICE You have better choice to use the accessory, right angle slot-1latch kit, to enhance SECC2 cartridge mechanism to prevent it from damage or bad contact in heavy vibration environment. ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 26: Main Memory

    (refer to Fig. 3-2) Fig. 3-2 3-2 Main Memory ROBO-638 provides four DIMMs (168-pin Dual In-line Memory Module) to support 3.3V SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM) as on-board main memory. The maximum memory size is 1GB (registered type of SDRAM). For 66MHz system bus clock only SDRAM with speed less than 100ns (-10) could be used.

  • Page 27: Installing The Single Board Computer

    □ Step 2 : Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position □ Step 3 : Place ROBO-638 into the dedicated position in your system □ Step 4 : Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it...

  • Page 28: Ati 3D Rage Pro Graphics Controller

    Win 95 can be retrieved from CD-Title. (2) You can rebuild your installation diskette from the backup files in ROBO-638 CD-Title if the diskette becomes defective. 3-3-2 ATI 3D RAGE PRO Graphics Controller The 3D RAGE PRO Graphics Accelerator sets the standard on 2D/3D and video performance for new generation of AGP graphics accelerator.

  • Page 29: Intel 82558 Fast Ethernet Controller

    There is only one diskette to support LAN drivers in various O.S. environments. Intel EtherExpress ( TM ) PRO/100+ PCI LAN Adapter v1.63 (Disk 1 of 1) NOTE : You can capture the backup files from ROBO-638 CD-Title if your installation diskette is defective. 3-3-4 On-board LED Indicator The ROBO-638 provides two LED indicators to show LAN interface status.

  • Page 30: M-System Flash Disk

    WARNING : Please ensure that your DOC is properly inserted. Placing the DOC in reverse will cause severe damage to it. The ROBO-638 will instruct user to install and utilize DOC for practical application. If you want to boot from this Flash disk, it is necessary to refer to the application note from M-system.
  • Page 31 DX, 0533H AL, DX Disable WDT DX, 0033H AL, DX NOTE : Please directly contact your technical specialist to get WDT programming information on super I/O chip for long time-out interval support from 0.5 minutes to 254.5 minutes. ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 System Installation ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Chapter 4. Bios Setup Information

    CHAPTER 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-638 is equipped with the AMI BIOS stored in Flash ROM. This BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods.

  • Page 34: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information 4.2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-638 AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch the items and press <Enter>...

  • Page 35: Cmos Setup Reference Table

    Non-ECC Non-ECC EC-Only, ECC H/W DRAM Refresh Rate 15.6 us 15.6 us 31.2 us, 62.4 us, 124.8 us, 249.6 us Memory Hole Disabled Disabled 512KB-640KB, 15MB-16MB Graphics Aperture Size 64MB 64MB 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 128MB, 256MB ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Power Management Setup Defaults

    PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Disabled Enabled Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Disabled Enabled OffBoard PCI IDE Card Auto Auto Slot1, Slot2, Slot3, Slot4 OffBoard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Disabled Disabled INTA, INTB, INTC, INTD, Hardwired ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 IR IRQ Select 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12 IR DMA Select 0, 1, 3 OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Auto Disabled, 378h, 278h, 3BCh Parallel Port Mode Bi-Dir Bi-Dir EPP, ECP, Normal EPP Version 1.7 , 1.9 ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    LS-120 and ATAPI ZIP. There are many choices of booting devices to boot up system. User can select “Disabled”, “IDE-0”, “IDE-1”, “IDE-2”, “IDE-3”, “Floppy”, “LS-120”, “ATAPI ZIP”, “CDROM”, “SCSI”, or “NETWORK”. Boot Up Num-Lock ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: System Keyboard

    Boot To OS/2 > 64MB You should set this option to “Yes” to support OS/2 environment. System BIOS Cacheable Enables this option to enhance system performance by shadowing and caching system BIOS. When disabled, this BIOS shadow function will be ignored. ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Advanced Chipset Setup Menu

    If your system installs good quality of SDRAM, you can set this option to “2 SCLKs” to obtain better memory performance. Normally, the option will be set to 3 SCLKs. SDRAM RAS# Precharge ROBO-638 User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: Memory Hole

    SDRAM DIMMs. If you have good quality of DRAM, you can choose longer refresh rate to get better system performance. Memory Hole This option allows the end user to specify the location of a memory hole for memory space requirement from ISA-bus cards. Graphics Aperture Size ROBO-638 User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Choose the “Enabled” option to obtain higher PCI bus performance for slower ISA bus application. USB Function This option will enable on-chip USB function to support USB (Universal Serial Bus) peripheral devices if user chooses the “Enabled” setting. USB Keyboard Legacy Support ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-10...

  • Page 43: Power Management Setup Menu

    Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired. Hard Disk Power Down Mode ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 44 BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ lines. If set to Ignore, video display monitor activity is not monitored. Device 6/7/8/5/0/1/2/3 (Serial 1&2, Parallel, FDD, Pri/Sec HDD) ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-12...

  • Page 45: Pci/Plug And Play Setup Menu

    The Windows 95 operating system detects and enables all other PnP-aware adapter cards. Windows 95 is PnP-aware. Set this option to “No” if the operating system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x) does not use PnP. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-13...

  • Page 46: Clear Nvram

    This option will be used to allocate IRQ for PCI VGA card. In general, some of PCI VGA cards need IRQ support. PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability. Off Board PCI IDE Card ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 47 PCI/PnP Setup to remove the IRQ by assigning the option to the ISA/EISA setting. All IRQs used by on-board I/O are configured as PCI/PnP. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-15...

  • Page 48: Peripheral Setup Menu

    Auto ! user can not control all of LPT port I/O resources Disabled ! on-board parallel port function is ineffective and N/A 378h ! locate IRQ7 for this default I/O address 278h ! assign this I/O address to LPT1 3BCh ! assign this I/O address to LPT1 ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 49 Parallel Port Mode is ECP. This option sets the DMA channel used by ECP-capable parallel port. On Board IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used. The settings are Disabled, Primary, Secondary, or Both. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-17...

  • Page 50: Hardware Monitor Setup Menu

    The following POST checkpoint codes are valid for all AMIBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 07/15/95 version 6.27 (Enhanced). Uncompressed Initialization Codes — The uncompressed initialization checkpoint hex codes are listed in order of execution : ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 51 The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not the correct size. Next, disabling internal cache memory. Next, detecting the type of Flash ROM. Erasing the Flash ROM. Programming the Flash ROM Flash ROM programming was successful. Next, restarting the system BIOS. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-19...
  • Page 52 Completed post-video ROM test processing. If the EGA/VGA controller is not found, performing the display memory read/write test next. EGA/VGA not found. Display memory R/W test about to begin. Display memory R/W test passed. Look for retrace checking next. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 53 The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing. Testing the memory above 1MB next. The memory above 1MB has been tested and initialized. Saving the memory size information next. The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved. Entering real mode next. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 54 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed. The adaptor ROM check is next. The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST. Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-22...

  • Page 55: Flash Bios Utility

    BIOS version. Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary. NOTE : Remark or delete any installed Memory Management Utility (such as HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, QEMM.EXE, …, etc.) in the CONFIG.SYS files before running Flash programming utility. ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-23...
  • Page 56 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-638 User’s Manual 4-24...

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