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WinSystems SAT-520PLUS Operation Manual

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OPERATIONS MANUAL
SAT-520PLUS
NOTE: This manual has been designed and created for use as part of the WinSystems'
Technical Manuals CD and/or the WinSystems' website.
If this manual or any portion of
the manual is downloaded, copied or emailed, the links to additional information (i.e.
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WinSystems reserves the right to make changes in the circuitry
and specifications at any time without notice.
Copyright 2002 by WinSystems. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Page 1 OPERATIONS MANUAL SAT-520PLUS NOTE: This manual has been designed and created for use as part of the WinSystems’ Technical Manuals CD and/or the WinSystems’ website. If this manual or any portion of the manual is downloaded, copied or emailed, the links to additional information (i.e.
  • Page 2 REVISION HISTORY P/N 403-0310-000B ECO Number Date Code Rev Level ORIGINATED 021126 ECO 04-31 040413 070223 * revised for format, only...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Features General Description SAT-520Plus Technical Reference ......AMD Elan SC520 Chipset/Processor Memory Selection and Installation...
  • Page 4 SAT-520Plus Mechanical Drawing ......Jumper Reference – (Drawings ONLY) ..... . .

  • Page 5: Visual Index - Quick Reference

    For the convenience of the user, a copy of the Visual Index has been provided with direct links to connector and jumper configuration data. Panel Backlight Ethernet J19, J20 PC/104-Plus Flat Panel Output Power/Reset Mouse Multi I/O COM3/COM4 CRT Output Parallel I/O Floppy Drive 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 6: Top View - Jumpers & Leds

    For the convenience of the user, a copy of the Visual Index has been provided with direct links to connector and jumper configuration data. Ethernet Speed Ethernet Activity Ethernet Link Panel Backlight IDE Status LED VBAT/DOC/Watchdog COM2 COM1 Parallel VIO 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction This manual is intended to provide the necessary information regarding configuration and usage of the SAT-520PLUS board. WinSystems maintains a Technical Support Group to help answer questions regarding usage, or programming of the board. For answers to questions not adequately addressed in this manual, contact Technical Support at (817) 274-7553 between 8AM and 5PM Central Time.

  • Page 8: Sat-520Plus Technical Reference

    Dual IDE Chip Selects PS/2 Style Gate A20 and reset functions The SAT-520Plus augments the inherent feature set of the AMD SC520 by adding the SMSC 37C727 PnP Super I/O chip. This chip contains these subsystems. Dual Floppy disk interface...

  • Page 9: Memory Selection And Installation

    0MB of RAM. RAM memory must be installed by the user and must meet the following criteria: 32, 64, 128 or 256MB 144-Pin SODIMM SDRAM, PC66 or PC100 minimum, with gold fingers WinSystems qualified SODIMMs are available from Crucial Technologies or online through the WinSystems web site at www.winsystems.com or directly from WinSystems.

  • Page 10: Bios Extension Socket

    BIOS Extension Socket – The SAT-520Plus supports the use of Visual Index the Atmel 27C070 EPROM, or the Atmel 29C010 EEPROM to be used as an extended BIOS for the user. Code for these parts must be offset 2000Hex bytes from the start of the prom. The 32-pin socket at U4 is used to contain the Atmel devices used for the BIOS.

  • Page 11: Ide Interface

    IDE Interface – The SAT-520Plus supports up to two IDE devices. Visual Connection hard disks CD-ROMs most easily Index accomplished when using the WinSystems adapter cable, part number CBL-126-9, connected to J6. This cable allows for the attachment of one standard 40- pin IDE device.

  • Page 12: Serial Interface

    2 4 6 8 10 12 14 DOC Enabled DOC Disabled Serial Interface – The SAT-520Plus contains four 16550 compatible Visual serial ports. COM3 and COM4 are RS-232 only and are present inside Index the SMSC 37C727 Super I/O chip. COM3 and COM4 are fully plug-and- play compatible (PnP) and are configurable using the BIOS setup menus.

  • Page 13: Serial Port I/O Definitions

    9. N/A COM3 and COM4 are RS-232 only and are terminated at J11. An adapter cable is available from WinSystems, part number CBL-173-1, adapting J11 to two standard DB9M connectors. The pin definitions for J11 are: COM3 – DCD 1 o o 2 COM3 –...

  • Page 14: Ethernet Controller

    Windows CE, Windows 95, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell Netware 3.11-4.1, Solaris, Linux, and Unix. The Ethernet section of the SAT-520Plus is a full PCO PnP (plug-and-play) implementation coupled with the Phoenix PCI BIOS which assigns the necessary I/O, Memory, DMA, and IRQ resources required by the controller.

  • Page 15: Parallel I/O

    Parallel I/O – The SAT-520Plus contains an 82C55A type device Visual supporting 24 lines of digital I/O. These 24 lines are terminated at J8, Index and are enabled and disabled using pins 13 and 14 of J3. When J3 pins 13 and 14 are jumpered, digital I/O is enabled.

  • Page 16: Vga Configuration

    CRT/Flat panel Super VGA controller. It supports standard VGA output as well as a variety of Flat Panel Displays using optional Flat Panel Adapter (FPA) kits. The video on the SAT-520Plus uses the Asiliant 69000 series of high performance VGA controllers.

  • Page 17: Flat Panel Output Connection

    SWVCC 49 o o 50 SWVCC Parallel Printer Port – The SAT-520Plus supports a parallel printer Visual Index port contained in the SMSC37C727 super I/O chip and is terminated at the Multi-I/O connector at J9. This port is fully PnP compatible and is configurable using the Phoenix BIOS setup menus.

  • Page 18: Keyboard Interface

    – The SAT-520Plus contains onboard PS/2 style keyboard controller. Connection is made through the Multi-I/O cable connection at J9. adapter cable, CBL-247-1 is available from WinSystems to make ready access to all of the devices terminated at the Multi-I/O connector. Users who may wish to construct their own cables should refer to the Multi-I/O connector pin definitions given later in this manual.

  • Page 19: Real-Time Clock/Calendar And Cmos Setup Ram

    (petted) within the allotted time. There are three watchdog operational modes available on the SAT-520Plus. With a jumper placed on pins 5-6 of J3, the watchdog circuit is totally disabled and can never reset the processor. When J3 pins are not jumpered, the watchdog timer is permanently enabled and timing begins immediately at power up.

  • Page 20: Pc/104 Bus Interface

    ISA bus with the 16-bit extensions. Index A vast array of PC/104 stack-on modules are available from WinSystems and other PC/104 suppliers. The PC/104 bus connector pin definitions are provided here for reference. Refer to the PC/104 Bus Specification for specific signal and mechanical specifications.
  • Page 21 When a PC/104Plus video card is installed, I/O addresses below 200H are not accessible on the PC/104 Bus, therefore, all I/O cards must be mapped above 200H. This limitation does not exist when using a PC/104 video card, or when no video card is present. 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 22: Pc/104-Plus Interface

    PC/104-Plus connector at J16. Up to Index three PC/104-Plus modules may be stacked onto the SAT-520Plus. The onboard Ethernet is attached to Slot 4 and PC/104-Plus modules should be attached and configured beginning at Slot 1. The PC/104-Plus bus pin definitions are shown here for reference purposes only.

  • Page 23: Phoenix Bios

    Phoenix BIOS Setup General Information – The SAT-520Plus comes equipped with a standard Phoenix Bios to assure full compatibility with PC operating systems and software. The basic system configuration is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM within the clock/calendar. Access to this setup information is via the Setup utility in the Phoenix BIOS.
  • Page 24 ATAPI Removable User When no fixed disk is to be attached, select “None” to minimize startup time. The “Auto” mode is the most versatile and works with nearly all modern hard disks, CD-ROMs and ATAPI-Removable drives. 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 25 – The advanced CMOS setup allows for the configuration of all of the non-disk related Setup items. There are several sub-menus that allow control of a number of systems and chipset features. Each of the setup options will be discussed in the sections that follow. 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 26 The options are: Write Back Write Through CAS Latency: This selection allows the cache latency time to be varied by a number of (T) clock cycles. The available choices are: 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 27 Disabled Delay Transaction: This selection allows for configuring the delayed transaction processing feature. The choices are: Enabled Disabled Host-PCI Write Buffer: This selection allows for control of the Host-PCI write buffer. The selections are: Enabled Disabled 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 28 Enable Master: This options allows the device to serve as a PCI bus master if enabled. Latency Timer: This selection controls the latency timer value. The choices are: Default 0080H 0020H 00A0H 0040H 00C0H 0060H 00E0H 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 29 PCI IRQ Line 1: This option selects the IRQ to be routed to IRQ Line 1(A). The choices are: Disabled Auto Select PCI IRQ Line 2 This option selects the IRQ to be routed to IRQ Line 2(B). The choices are: Disabled Auto Select 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 30 IRQ3 IRQ9 IRQ4 IRQ10 IRQ5 IRQ11 IRQ7 IRQ15 ISA Graphics Device Installed: This options when selected ‘YES’ allows a ISA (non- VGA) graphics device to access palette data in the PCI VGA device. The options are: 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 31 Floppy Disk Controller: This option controls the floppy disk controller. The options are: Enabled Disabled SC520 Serial Port A: This options configures the first serial port (COM1). The selection options for this menu item are: Enabled Disabled 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 32 (COM3). The available selections are: Disabled Enabled Auto OS Controlled When the port is selected as ‘Enabled”, two submenu choices become visible. Base I/O Address – This selection configures the base I/O address. The choices are: 3E8H 2E8H 3A8H 2A8H 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 33 Numlock: This option determines the status of the Numlock LED. The available options are: Auto Key Click: This selection enables or disables the sound produced when a key is pressed. The options are: Disabled Enable 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 34 The available options are: Large Disk Access: This options sets the large disk (greater than 529MB) access mode. The available selections are: Other 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 35 BIOS post and sign-on messages. When ‘Enabled”, the splash screen is off, and the BIOS messages will be displayed. Refer to the section on the Logo utility for information on creating custom BIOS splash screens. The choices are: Disabled Enabled 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 36: Phlash Utility

    Setup utility. Phlash Utility – The Phoenix BIOS onboard the SAT-520Plus is stored in Flash memory. BIOS updates may be programmed onboard using the Phoenix Phlash utility. Phlash.exe is a DOS executable program that may be run from the command prompt such Phlash bios.rom...
  • Page 37 Using the BIOS Setup, on the Boot Menu, disable the Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen. During the POST routines, your screen will be displayed. You can still press <ESCAPE> to return the diagnostic screen of <F2> to enter setup. 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 38: I/O Port Map

    I/O address selection for external I/O boards. NOTE: The SAT-520Plus uses a PnP BIOS for both the PC/104Plus and the PC/104 bus I/O resource allocations. Care must be taken to avoid contention with resources allocated by the BIOS.

  • Page 39: Interrupt Map

    BIOS diskette parameter BIOS table BIOS BIOS CGA graphics fone MS-DOS Program Terminate MS-DOS DOS function calls MS-DOS Terminate address MS-DOS Ctrl-Break address MS-DOS Fatal Error vector MS-DOS Absolute disk read MS-DOS Absolute disk write MS-DOS Terminate address 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 40 IRQ 9 - Redirected IRQ 2 HARDWARE IRQ 10 - unassigned HARDWARE IRQ 11 - unassigned HARDWARE IRQ 12 - Mouse HARDWARE IRQ 13 - Coprocessor HARDWARE IRQ 14 - IDE hard disk HARDWARE IRQ 15 - unassigned 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 41: Datasheet Reprint Intel 82C55A

    Windows CE 3.0 e100ce3.zip Linux Drivers Kernel 2.2, 2.4 linux_uio48_96.zip Kernel 2.6 uio48io_kernel_2.6.zip Windows XP Driver wsuio48_96xp.zip Example of reprogramming DOS tick for high resolution timing tickdemo.zip Serial Console Utilities: Generic 38400baud Serial console redirect for COM1 scon1.zip 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 42 Generic 38400baud Serial console redirect for COM2 scon2.zip Generic 9600baud Serial console redirect for COM1 sc19600.zip Generic 9600baud Serial console redirect for COM2 sc29600.zip 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 43: Mechanical Drawing

    Mechanical Drawing 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 44 Phoenix BIOS or with MS-DOS 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 5-6 watchdog disabled 7-8 DOC enabled 7 8 DOC disabled 13-14 DIO enabled 13 14 DIO disabled 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 45 15-16 11-12 RS-485 Auto Enable 3-5, 8-6 (One node must use 13-14 with Echo-Back TX/RX 300 Termination) 15-16 1 2 3 acklight enabled panel b o o o +5V supplied to J8, pin 49 (Parallel I/O) 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...

  • Page 46: Specifications

    40-pin SAMTEC type ESQ-120-12-G-D PC/104-Plus Bus: SAMTEC type TS-30Q Power/Reset: 8-pin Molex type 22-11-2082 Parallel I/O: 50-6-pin RN type IDH-50-LP Weight Environmental Operating Temperature : -40 C to +85 Non-Condensing Relative Humidity: 5 to 95% MTBF : 12.30 years 070223 Operations Manual SAT-520PLUS...
  • Page 47 Nothwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this warranty granted by WinSystems to the Customer shall be for the sole benefit of the Customer, and may not be assigned, transferred or conveyed to any third party. The sole obligation of WinSystems...

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