Aaeon PCM-4330 User manual

PCM-4330
PC/104 486 CPU Module
with Flat Panel/CRT Interface

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Part No. 2007433000 PCM-4330 Rev.A1 1st Ed.
Printed in Taiwan March 1997

Packing list
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:
• 1 PCM-4330 CPU card
• 1 SVGA adapter (10-pin to 15-pin)
• 1 Power supply adapter (8-pin to 4-pin)
• 2 Com port adapter (10-pin to 9-pin)
• 1 Universal-LCD adapter (40-pin to 44-pin)
• 1 System interface connector (10-pin)
• 2 hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (40-pin for 1.8"/2.5" or
3.5" HDD)
• 1 floppy disk drive interface cable (34-pin)
• 1 parallel port adapter (26-pin to 25-pin)
• 1 utility disk )Flash BIOS program, Watchdog for Windows
Librarym and Demo Program)
• 2 utility disks with SVGA utility programs
• PC/104 module mounting supports
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your
distributor or sales representative immediately.

PCM-4330 Features
PC/104-Board-Computer with 486SX, 486DX2, or 486DX4
n High MTBF
n PC/104 standard size
n High frequency mains shielded between GND and VCC layer
n Flash-Memory for BIOS and customer specific extensions
n SVGA, LC-display, keyboard, IDE-/AT-bus and floppy disk interface, one par-
allel and two serial ports on-board
n Silicon disk for fast loading and booting of operating system optional
n Loudspeaker control
n Watchdog function
SIS-85C471-AT-Controller
n Includes components, which are compatible to: 82C37A-DMA,
n 82C54-Timer, 82C59-Interrupt-Controller, 82288-Bus-Controller, and 82284-
Clock-Generator
n Supports 70 ns DRAM modules providing a total of 1 MB, 4 MB and 16MB
system memory on-board
n Memory controller with Page Mode
n Supports shadow RAM between 768 kB and 1 MB
n Memory remap of 256 kB to segments D000h and E000h with more than 1 MB
memory installed and shadow disabled
n Supports synchronous and asynchronous bus timing
SMC-FDC37C92x-Ultra-I/O-Controller
n SuperCellTM technology
n Licenced CMOS 765B-Floppy-Controller
n IDE hard disk interface
n Two NS16550-compatible serial ports with 230k baud and full modern support
n ChiProtectTM protected parallel port can operate in standard mode, enhanced
mode, as an enhanced parallel port (EPP), or extended
n capabilities port (ECP)
Award-Modular-BIOS
n Modular BIOS
n Testing and initialization of all PCM-4330 hardware components
n Supports all IBM-AT03-compatible traps

WD90C24-Controller
n 32 bit memory interface
n 1 MB display memory
n Hardware drag of lines under MS-Windows (Strip Line)
n Hardware pane of screen segments under MS-Windows (BitBLT)
n Character set loading into display memory for screen segments outside visible
area
n CRT connector with integrated RAMDAC
n Monochrome STN-LCD connector with 64 shades of gray
n Color D STN or TFT-LCD connector
n Plasma-display connector
WD-VGA-BIOS
n Version 7.22A
n All IBM VGA standard modes and all VESA Super VGA modes
n Extended CRT mode with 132 columns
n 48 kB Video BIOS
n All VGA traps are supported
n Simultaneous display on CRT and LC-display possible

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1.1
1.2
1.3
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2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.3
2.3.1
2.4
2.4.1
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3.2
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Introduction
Product Introduction
Compatibility
Reference Documents
PCM-4330-Installation
Hardware Installation
Jumper JP1: Panel Off Signal
Jumper JP2: Contrast Voltage
LC-Display Configuration Switches
Installing the PC/104-Module
Setup
Time and Data
AT Hard Disk
Floppy Disk
Boot Features
Standard Chipset
Timeout
Peripherals
Peripherals(Advance)
MS-DOS SVGA Software
Driver Installation
MS-Windows SVGA Software
Driver Installation
Layout and Functions
Block Circuit Diagram
General Layout
Processor (CPU)
Memory
Table of Contents

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Cache
DMA Controller
Interrupt Controller
Timer
Real-time Clock (RTC)
Keyboard Controller
Loudspeaker
Reset Logic
A20 Logic
Port B and NMI Logic
Video Controller
Floppy Disk Controlles
IDE-/AT-Bus
Parallel Port LPT1
Serial Ports COM1 and COM2
Hardware Interfaces
PC/104-Bus
PC/104-Bus Pin Assignment
Signal Description
System Interface
Power Supply
Floppy Disk Interface
IDE-/AT-Bus Interface
SVGA Display Connector
Universal LCD Connector
Parallel Port (Centronics)
Serial Ports
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.2.8
3.2.9
3.2.10
3.2.11
3.2.12
3.2.13
3.2.14
3.2.15
3.2.16
3.2.17
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4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9

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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.7
5.7.1
5.7.2
5.8
5.8.1
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5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
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6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
Software interfaces
Address Summary of System Memory
Interrupt Channels
DMA Channels
DMA Channel Assignment
DMA Address Generation
Port A
Port B
MicroDesign Feature Port
Setting the Base Address
Feature Port Register Description
Real-Time Clock/CMOS-RAM
RTC/CMOS-RAM Address Assignment
RTC/CMOS-RAM Operations
System Timer
Timer Programming
NMI Logic
Keyboard Interface
Floppy Disk Controller
Parallel Port
Serial Port
Firmware
POST (Power On Self Test)
Signal Tone Error Messages
On-screen Error Messages
POST Codes
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SVGA-BIOS Calls (INT 1Oh)
Standard IBM VGA-compatible BIOS Calls (INT 1Oh)
Extended BIOS Calls (INT 1Oh)
VESA SuperVGA BIOS Calls (INT 1Oh)
Technical Specifications
Electrical Specifications
Environment Conditions
Dimension Sketch
Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Appendix B: LC-Displays
Appendix C: Silicon Disk
Appendix D: Installing PC/104 Modules
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
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7.2
7.3
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