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User Manual PCM-9363 ® 3.5" Biscuit with Intel Atom™ N455/D525, DDR3, 24-bit LVDS, CRT or HDMI, 2 Giga LAN, Mini PCIe, 3 COM...
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Creative is a trademark of Creative Technology LTD. CHRONTEL is a trademark of Chrontel Inc. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Part No. 2006936310 Edition 1 Printed in China December 2010 PCM-9363 User Manual...
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Product name and serial number – Description of your peripheral attachments – Description of your software (operating system, version, application software, etc.) – A complete description of the problem – The exact wording of any error messages PCM-9363 User Manual...
Packing List Before installation, please ensure the following items have been shipped: Item Part Number 1 PCM-9363 SBC 1 Startup manual 1 Utility CD 1 mini jumper pack Cables Part Number Description 1700008941 SATA cable 7P w/ Lock 32cm 1703060191 Keyboard/mouse cable 1*6P-2.0/M-DIN 6P(F)*2 19 cm...
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Caution! There is a danger of a new battery exploding if it is incorrectly installed. Do not attempt to recharge, force open, or heat the battery. Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the man- ufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Chapter General Introduction This chapter gives background information on the PCM-9363. Sections include: ! Introduction ! Product feature ! Specifications...
Introduction PCM-9363 is a 3.5" SBC (Single Board Computer) with Embedded Intel® Atom™ N455 1.66 GHz/D525 1.8 GHz Processor. The PCM-9363 can support DDR3 mem- ory up to 4 GB for D525, has six USB 2.0 compatible ports, two Giga-LAN (1000Mbps) interface, LVDS and VGA support, with HDMI (optional), HD (High Defi- nition) audio, and one Mini-PCIe expansion slot.
6 USB 2.0 ports which are high-speed, full- speed, and low- USB Interface speed capable USB Connector:(USB1~4) 2 set 5 x 2-pin Hirose DF13 type Full ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 2.0 Power Management Supports S0, S1, S3,S4, S5 BIOS AMI 16Mb Flash BIOS via SPI PCM-9363 User Manual...
20 mm (heatsink without fan for N455 SKU) 1.3.2.3 Height under bottom (mm) 9.00 mm (CF Socket) 1.3.2.4 Weight (g) with Heatsink 110 g (heatsink with fan for D525 SKU) 88 g (heatsink without fan for N455 SKU) PCM-9363 User Manual...
Operating Temperature Operating temperature: 0 ~ 60° C (32~140°F) 1.4.3 Storage Humidity Standard products (0 ~ 60° C) Relative humidity: 95% @ 60° C 1.4.4 Storage Temperature Standard products (0 ~ 60° C) Storage temperature: -20~70° C PCM-9363 User Manual...
Chapter H/W Installation This chapter explains the setup procedures of the PCM-9363 hard- ware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, as well as switches, indicators and mechanical draw- ings. Be sure to read all safety precautions before you begin the...
When clearing CMOS, before turning on the power supply, set the jumper back to 3.0 V Battery On. 2.1.2 Jumper list Table 2.1: Jumper List COM2 Setting AT / ATX Power SEL Clear CMOS Panel Voltage SEL PCM-9363 User Manual...
Function (1-2) (default) AT Power SEL EMPTY ATX Power Table 2.4: J4: Clear CMOS Part Number 1653003101 Footprint HD_3x1P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3*1P 180D(M) 2.0mm DIP SQUARE W/O Pb Setting Function (1-2) (default) Normal (2-3) Clear CMOS PCM-9363 User Manual...
Table 2.5: J5: PAN VOL SEL Part Number 1653003101 Footprint HD_3x1P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3*1P 180D(M) 2.0mm DIP SQUARE W/O Pb Setting Function (1-2) (2-3) (default) PCM-9363 User Manual...
Power Switch (Low Active) CN21 CN22 HDMI (Optional) CN23 Reset CN24 External USB CN25 External USB CN26 COM1 CN27 CN28 Mini PCIE lock CN29 Mini PCIE slot CN30 DDR3 SODIMM CN31 BIOS Socket CN32 CN36 SATA Power PCM-9363 User Manual...
2.2.2.2 SATA Connector (CN2, CN3) PCM-9363 supports Serial ATA via two connectors (CN2, CN3). Data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s are possible, enabling very fast data and file transfer, and indepen- dent DMA operation on two ports. 2.2.2.3 GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) (CN4) The board supports 8-bit GPIO through GPIO connector.
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2.2.2.10 Inverter Power Connector (CN13) PCM-9363 can provide +5 V and +12 V and signal to LCD inverter board via CN13. 2.2.2.11 USB Connectors (CN14, CN15, CN24, CN25) The board provides up to six USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports.
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2.2.2.15 LPT Connector (CN21) PCM-9363 can support LPT via CN21. LPT (Line Print Terminal) is the original, yet still common, name of the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. It was designed to operate a text printer that used IBM's 8-bit extended ASCII charac- ter set.
AMIBIOS has been integrated into a slew of motherboards for over two decades. With the AMIBIOS Setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the var- ious system features. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the PCM-9363 BIOS setup screens.
Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format. The time must be entered in HH:MM:SS format. PCM-9363 User Manual...
3.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the PCM-9363 setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
CPU speed is controlled by the operating system. Intel® C-STATE tech This item allows the CPU to save more power under idle mode. Enhanced C-States CPU idle set to enhanced C-States, disabled by Intel® C-STATE tech item. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Hard Disk Write Protect Disable/Enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) This item allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI device(s). PCM-9363 User Manual...
This item allows you to select parallel port mode. Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to select parallel port IRQ. Auto Flow Control For SP2 This item allows you to enable or disable auto flow control. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Figure 3.7 Hardware health configuration H/W Health Function This item allows you to control H/W monitoring. Temperature & Voltage show CPU/System Temperature Vcore / +3.3 Vin / +5 Vin / +12 Vin / VBAT Fan1 Speed show Display Fan1 Speed RPM. PCM-9363 User Manual...
General ACPI Configuration Figure 3.9 General ACPI Configuration – Suspend mode Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. – Report Video on S3 Resume This item allows you to invoke VA BIOS POST on S3/STR resume. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Enable/Disable High performance Event timer. 3.2.2.6 AHCI Configuration Figure 3.12 AHCI Configuration AHCI Port0 / Port1 While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. This dis- plays the status of auto detection of IDE device. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Power down Hard Disk in suspend or standby mode. Resume On Ring Enable / Disable RI to generate a wake event. Resume On RTC Alarm Enable / Disable RTC to generate a wake event. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Mark all events as read Mark all unread events as read. Clear Event Log Discard all events in the event Log. 3.2.2.9 MPS Configuration Figure 3.15 MPS Configuration MPS Revision This item allows you to select MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Figure 3.17 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enables support for legacy USB. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. USB 2.0 Controller Mode This item allows you to select HiSpeed(480Mbps) or FullSpeed (12Mpbs). PCM-9363 User Manual...
If Auto, any USB device less than 530MB will be emulated as a floppy drive and the remaining as hard drives. Force FDD option can be used to force a FDD formatted drive to boot as FDD (Ex. ZIP drive). PCM-9363 User Manual...
3.2.3 Advanced PCI/PnP Settings Select the PCI/PnP tab from the PCM-9363 setup screen to enter the Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Plug and Play BIOS Setup option by highlight- ing it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this section.
ISA devices. 3.2.3.10 Reserved Memory Size This item allows you to reserve the size of memory block for legacy ISA device. 3.2.4 Boot Settings Figure 3.20 Boot Setup Utility 3.2.4.1 Boot Settings Configuration Figure 3.21 Boot Setting Configuration PCM-9363 User Manual...
Security Setup Figure 3.22 Password Configuration Select Security Setup from the PCM-9363 Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Security Setup options, such as password protection and virus protection are described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>:...
North Bridge Chipset Configuration Figure 3.24 North Bridge Configuration DRAM Frequency This item allows you to manually change DRAM frequency. Configure DRAM Timing by SPD This item allows you to enables or disable detection by DRAM SPD. PCM-9363 User Manual...
This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum clock. – Backlight Control1/2 Type This item allows you to select backlight control type. – Backlight 1/2 Level This item allows you to select backlight level. PCM-9363 User Manual...
SLP_S4# is a signal for power plane control. This signal shuts off power to all non-critical systems when in the S4 (Suspend to disk) or S5 (Soft off) state. This setting indicates minimum assertion width of the SLP_S4# signal to ensure that the DRAMs have been safely power-cycled. PCM-9363 User Manual...
3.2.7.3 Load Optimal Defaults The PCM-9363 automatically configures all setup items to optimal settings when you select this option. Optimal defaults are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all computer applications. In particular, do not use the Opti- mal Defaults if your computer is experiencing system configuration problems.
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Select Load Fail-Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press <Enter>. The following message appears: Load Fail-Safe Defaults? [OK] [Cancel] Select OK to load Fail-Safe defaults. PCM-9363 User Manual...
SUSI is such an abstraction layer. SUSI provides a uniform API for application programmers to access the hardware functions in different Operating Systems and on different hardware platforms. PCM-9363 User Manual...
The Brightness Control API allows a developer to interface with an embed- ded device to easily control brightness. Backlight Control – The Backlight API allows a developer to control the backlight (screen) on/off in an embedded device. PCM-9363 User Manual...
The eSOS is a small OS stored in BIOS ROM. It will boot up in case of a main OS crash. It will diagnose the hardware status, and then send an e-mail to a designated administrator. The eSOS also provides remote connection: Telnet server and FTP server, allowing the administrator to rescue the system. PCM-9363 User Manual...
If a previous version is located, please see the [Maintenance Setup] section. If it is not located, an alternative window appears. Click Next. PCM-9363 User Manual...
Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP or under Microsoft Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 on Windows CE. Developers must add the header file Susi.h and library Susi.lib to their own projects when they want to develop something with SUSI. PCM-9363 User Manual...
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The GPIO pin assignments of the supported platforms are located in Appendix B. Test Read Single Input Pin – Click the radio button- Single-Pin. – Key in the pin number to read the value of the input pin. The Pin number starts from '0'. PCM-9363 User Manual...
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Key in the slave device address in Slave address field. – Key in the register offset in Register Offset field. – Click the READ A BYTE button and then a byte of data from the device will be shown on the Result field. PCM-9363 User Manual...
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Key in the slave device address in the Slave address field. – Key in the register offset in the Register Offset field. – Click the READ SMBus DATA button and then a word of data from the device will be shown on the Result field. PCM-9363 User Manual...
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The application can turn on or turn off the screen shot freely, and it also can tune the brightness of the panels if your platform is being supported. You can test the function- alities of VGA control as follows: PCM-9363 User Manual...
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Before the timer counts down to zero, you can reset the timer by clicking the REFRESH button. After you click this button, the Timeout Countdown field will display the value of the SET TIMEOUT field. If you want to stop the watchdog timer, just click the STOP button. PCM-9363 User Manual...
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If certain data values are not supported by the platform, the correspondent data field will be grayed-out with a value of 0. For more details on PCM-9363 software API, please contact your dealer PCM-9363 User Manual...
BOX HEADER SMD 5*2 180D (M) 2.0mm Pin Name LOUTR LINR LOUTL LINL MIC1R MIC1L Matching Cable: 1703100152 Table A.2: CN2: SATA Part Number 1654002320 Footprint FOX_LD1107V-S33T5 Description Serial ATA 7P 1.27 90D(M) SMD LD1107V-S33T5 Pin Name PCM-9363 User Manual...
WAFER BOX 2.0mm 6P 180D(M) W/LOCK Pin Name Power LED+ Power LED- HDD LED+ HDD LED- Table A.6: CN6: 12 V Power Input Part Number 1655404090 Footprint ATXCON-2X2-42 Description ATX PWR CONN. 2*2P 180D 4.2mm 24W4310-04S10-01T Pin Name +12V +12V PCM-9363 User Manual...
Table A.14: CN16: 18 or 24 bits LVDS Panel LVDS0_z_D3- +5V or +3.3V +5V or +3.3V Table A.15: CN17: Single LAN (Optional) Part Number 1652002996 Footprint RJ45_14P_RTA-195AAK1A Description PHONE JACK RJ45 14P 90D(M) DIP RTA-195AAK1A Pin Name TX+(10/100),BI_DA+(GHz) TX-(10/100),BI_DA-(GHz) RX+(10/100),BI_DB+(GHz) BI_DC+(GHz) BI_DC-(GHz) RX-(10/100),BI_DB-(GHz) BI_DD+(GHz) BI_DD-(GHz) PCM-9363 User Manual...
Part Number 1652002996 Footprint RJ45_14P_RTA-195AAK1A Description Phone Jack RJ45 14P 90D(M) DIP RTA-195AAK1A Pin Name Table A.18: CN20: Power Switch (Low Active) Part Number 1655302020 Footprint WF_2P_79_BOX_R1_D Description WAFER BOX 2P 180D(M) 2.0mm W/Lock Pin Name PSIN PCM-9363 User Manual...
Table A.21: CN23: Reset Part Number 1655302020 Footprint WF_2P_79_BOX_R1_D Description WAFER BOX 2P 180D(M) 2.0mm W/Lock Pin Name RESET# Table A.22: CN24: External USB Part Number 1654904105 Footprint USB-V-4A Description USB CON. 4P 90D(F) DIP A TYPE RoHS Pin Name PCM-9363 User Manual...
1654904105 Footprint USB-V-4A Description USB CON. 4P 90D(F) DIP A TYPE RoHS Pin Name Table A.24: CN26: COM1 Part Number 1654000056 Footprint DBCOM-VM5MS Description D-SUB CON. 9P 90D(M)DIP 070241MR009S200ZU SUYIN Pin Name DCD# DTR# DSR# RTS# CTS# PCM-9363 User Manual...
Table A.25: CN27: VGA Part Number 1654000055 Footprint DBVGA-VF5MS Description D-SUB Conn. 15P 90D(F) DIP 070242FR015S200ZU Pin Name GREEN BLUE DDAT HSYNC VSYNC DCLK PCM-9363 User Manual...
MINI PCI Express LATCH 52P 90D SMD 6.8mm Pin Name Table A.27: CN29: Mini PCIE slot Part Number 1654002538 Footprint FOX_AS0B226-S68K7F Description MINI PCI express 52P 90D SMD H=6.8mm Pin Name WAKE# +3.3V or +3.3VSB +1.5V CLKREQ# REFCLK- REFCLK+ PCM-9363 User Manual...
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Table A.27: CN29: Mini PCIE slot PERST# PERn0 +3.3VSB PERp0 +1.5V SMB CLK PETn0 SMB DAT PETp0 USB D- USB D+ +3.3V or +3.3VSB +3.3V or +3.3VSB +1.5V +3.3V or +3.3VSB PCM-9363 User Manual...
Table A.31: CN36: SATA Power CN36 SATA Power Part Number 1655000453 Footprint WF_4P_98_BOX_R1_D Description WAFER BOX 2.0mm 5P 180D(M) DIP WO/Pb JIH VEI Pin Name +12V PCM-9363 User Manual...
; n means which group of GPIO you want to set bl= the n group of gpio config bit 0 = gpio 0 , 0 => output pin; 1 => input pin bit 1 = gpio 1 , 0 => output pin; 1 => input pin ..PCM-9363 User Manual...
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1 = gpio 1 , 0 => Low; 1 => High ..bit 7 = gpio 7 , 0 => Low; 1 => High ; output: ax=5E78 ;function success, other value means function fail ;=========================================================== ax,5e87h bh,00h ax,5e78h next_test dx, Error_Str1 ah,09h Finish_Test next_test: PCM-9363 User Manual...
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;4. Set GPIO 0,2,4,6 Output differential ;restore NO. of GPIO chip push ;save NO. of GPIO chip ax,5e87h bx,0411h ;5. Check GPI 1,3,5,7 value ;restore NO. of GPIO chip push ;save NO. of GPIO chip ax,5e87h bx,03FFh ;restore NO. of GPIO chip PCM-9363 User Manual...
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;restore NO. of GPIO chip push ;save NO. of GPIO chip ax,5e87h bx,0300h ;restore NO. of GPIO chip push ;save NO. of GPIO chip al,Fail_lenght dx, Fail_Str dx,ax bl,0ffh test_result ;4. Set GPIO 1,3,5,7 Output differential ;restore NO. of GPIO chip PCM-9363 User Manual...
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;restore NO. of GPIO chip push ;save NO. of GPIO chip al,Success_lenght dx, Success1_Str dx,ax ;Do Second PCA9554 test ;1.Set GPIO 0,2,4,6 as output, GPI 1,3,5,7 as input test_result: ah,09h next_test Finish_Test: popa .exit PCM-9363 User Manual...
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