IEI Technology NOVA-945GSE User manual

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5.25" SBC, Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz, Dual L DS/ GA/
HDT , Dual PCIe Mini, Dual PCIe GbE, USB2.0, SATA, RoHS
NOVA-945GSE
Quick Installation Guide
Version 2.0
Jan. 2 , 20 3
Package Contents
NOVA-945GSE package includes the following items
 1 NOVA-945GSE-N270-R20 Single Board Computer
 1 VGA cable
 1 KB/MS Y cable
 1 Audio cable
 2 SATA cables
 4 RS-232 cables
 1 USB cable
 1 Mini Jumper Pack
 1 Utility CD
 1 QIG(Quick Installation Guide)
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All rights reserved.

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Specifications
 CPU : Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz with a 533MHz FSB
 System Chipset : Intel® 945GSE+ICH7M
 BIOS : AMI BIOS
 System Memory : 1 DDR2 DIMM 400/533MHz support up to 2GB
 Ethernet : Dual PCIe Realtek 8111CP GbE
 I/O Interface :
3 RS-232 (COM1, COM2, COM4)
1 RS-232/422/RS-485 (COM3)
6 USB 2.0
2 SATA
1 LPT
1 IDE
1 6pin header for KB/MS
 E pansion :
1 PC/104+ (ISA+PCI bus, ISA by PCI to ISA Bridge : IT8888G)
1 PCI/104
2 PCIe mini card slots
1 PCI
 Digital I/O :
8-bit digital I/O, 4-bit input/4-bit output
 Infrared Interface :
1 Infrared Interface by pin header
 Super IO :
First Super IO : ITE IT8718F
Second Super IO :Fintek 81216D
 Display Output :
Analog CRT Support for CRT Hot plug
Support HDTV-out by pin header
18/24-bit Dual-Channel LVDS Support up to UXGA (1600 1200)
 Audio : Realtek ALC655 AC'97 Codec
 SSD : CF Type II
 TPM : 1 20pin by pin header
 Watchdog Timer :
Software programmable 1-255 sec. by Fintek 81216D
 Power Supply : 5V, AT/ATX support
 Power Consumption :
[email protected]8A (Intel® Atom
TM
N270 with 2GB DDR2)
 Temperature : Operation: 0 ~ 60° C (32 ~ 140° F)
 Humidity : Operation: 5% ~ 95%, non-condensing
 Dimensions : 203mm 146mm
 Weight : GW:1000g, NW:400g

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Ordering Information
NOVA-945GSE-N270-R20 : 5.25" SBC,Intel ATOM Processor N270
1.6GHz,18 bits LVDS/ VGA/ HDTV,Dual PCIe Mini,Dual PCIe
GbE,USB2.0,SATA,RoHS
NOVA-945GSELVDS2-N270-R20 : 5.25" SBC,Intel ATOM Processor N270
1.6GHz,18+24 bits LVDS/ VGA/ HDTV,Dual PCIe Mini,Dual PCIe
GbE,USB2.0,SATA,RoHS
HDTVCABLESET-01 : HDTV Cable Set with S-Video, Composite and
Component Interfaces
32102-000100-200-RS : SATA Power cable
32200-000009-RS : 44pin 2.5" IDE cable
32200-015100-RS : LPT cable
32200-833600 : RS-422/485 cable
WMPCIE-V01-R30 : 802.11 b+g Wireless Mini-PCIe module
WMUSB-V01-R20 : 802.11 b+g Wireless USB module TPM-WI01-R10 :
20-pin WINBOND TPM Module, S/W management Tool
TPM-IN01-R11 : 20-pin INFINEON TPM Module, S/W management Tool

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Connector /Jumper List
LABEL FUNC ION
ATXCTL1 Power on mode setup
BT1 Battery Connector
CN1
CN2 SATA1, SATA2 Power Connectors
COM1
COM2
COM4
Internal Serial Port Connectors (RS-232)
COM3 Internal Serial Port Connectors (RS-232/422/485)
DIMM1 DDR2 SO-DIMM Slot
DIO1 Digital I/O Connector
F_PANEL1 PWR、RST Buttons、Indicators
IDE1 44PIN IDE Connector
INVERTER1
INV2 LVDS Panel Voltage Supply Connector
IR1 Infrared Interface Connector
J_CF1 CF Card Master/Slave setting jumper
J_CMOS1 CMOS state setting jumper
J_LCD_TYPE1 LVDS Panel Resolution Selection jumper
J_VLVDS1
J_VLVDS2 LCD Voltage Selector jumper
J1 System Fan Connector
J2 Main Power Input Connector
J3 LPT Connector
J4 PC/104+ Connector (PCI-BUS)
J5 3Pin ATX Power Connector
J6 PC/104 Connector (ISA-BUS)
J7 CRT CONNECTOR
J8 Audio Connector
J9 CF Card Slot
JP1 Configure COM3 Mode jumper
JP2 COM3 RS-422/485 connector
JP4 LVDS Panel Resolution Selection jumper
KB1 PS/2 MOUSE & KEYBOARD Connector
LAN1
LAN2 RJ-45 LAN Connectors
LVDS1 LVDS Panel Connector (18-bit)
LVDS2 LVDS Panel Connector (24-bit)

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MINI_PCIE1
MINI_PCIE2 PCIe Mini Card Slots
PCI1 PCI Slot
SATA1/2 Serial ATA Connectors
TPM1 TPM module connector
TV1 TV Out Connector
USB1/2/3 Internal USB Connectors
J_CMOS1: Clear CMOS Setup
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1-2
(default)
Normal Operation
2-3 Clear CMOS Setup
J_VLVDS1, J_VLVDS2: LCD
voltage setup
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1-2
(default)
3.3V
2-3 5V
A XC L1: Power on mode setup
DESCRIP ION
OPEN
(default)
ATX
SHORT AT
J_CF1:CF Card Master/Slave setting jumper
DESCRIP ION
Short Master
Open
(Default)
Slave
Notice: When configuring the ATXCTL1 jumper
setting from ATX to AT power mode, remember to
clear C OS before turning on the system.

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J3: LP Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 STROBE# 14 ALF#
2 PD0 15 ERROR#
3 PD1 16 PAR IN#
4 PD2 17 SLINTIN#
5 PD3 18 GND
6 PD4 19 GND
7 PD5 20 GND
8 PD6 21 GND
9 PD7 22 GND
10 ACK# 23 GND
11 BUSY 24 GND
12 PE 25 GND
13 SLCT 26 N/C
USB1, USB2, USB3 : Internal USB
Connectors
PIN
DESCRIP ION
PIN
DESCRIP ION
1 VCC(+5V) 2 GND
3 DATA- 4 DATA+
5 DATA+ 6 DATA-
7 GND 8 VCC(+5V)

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COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4 : Internal Serial Port
Connectors (RS-232)
PIN
NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 DATA CARRIER
DETECT (DCD#) 2 DATA SET READY (DSR#)
3 RECEIVE DATA
(RXD) 4 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS#)
5 TRANSMIT DATA
(TXD) 6 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS#)
7 DATA TERMINAL
READY (DTR#) 8 RING INDICATOR (RI#)
9 GND 10 N/C
F_PANEL1 : PWR & RS Buttons and Indicators panel
FUNC ION PIN DESCRIP ION PIN DESCRIP ION FUNC ION
1 PWRBTSW- 2 VCC PWR
BTN 3 GROUND 4 GROUND
Power
LED
5 VCC 6 SYSRST- HDD
LED 7 -HDLED 8 Ground RESET
DIO1: 8-bit GPIO Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND 2 VCC5
3 GPO3 4 GPO2
5 GPO1 6 GPO0
7 GPI3 8 GPI2
9 GPI1 10 GPI0

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J9: Compact Flash Slot
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND 26 N/C
2 DATA 3 27 DATA 11
3 DATA 4 28 DATA 12
4 DATA 5 29 DATA 13
5 DATA 6 30 DATA 14
6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15
7 PD_CS#1 32 PD_CS#3
8 N/C 33 N/C
9 GND 34 PDIOR#
10 N/C 35 PDIOW#
11 N/C 36 VCC_5V
12 N/C 37 IRQ14
13 VCC_5V 38 VCC_5V
14 N/C 39 CSEL
15 N/C 40 N/C
16 N/C 41 IDE_RESET
17 N/C 42 PIORDY
18 SA2 43 PDREQ
19 SA1 44 PDDACK#
20 SA0 45 IDE_ACTIVE#
21 DATA 0 46 P66DET
22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8
23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9
24 N/C 49 DATA 10
25 N/C 50 GND

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LVDS1 : LVDS Interface Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND 2 GND
3 LVDS DAP0 4 LVDS DAN0
5 LVDS DAP1 6 LVDS DAN1
7 LVDS DAP2 8 LVDS DAN2
9 LVDS CLKA+ 10 LVDS CLKA-
11 N/C 12 N/C
13 GND 14 GND
15 LVDS DBP0 16 LVDS DBN0
17 LVDS DBP1 18 LVDS DBN1
19 LVDS DBP2 20 LVDS DBN2-
21 LVDS CLKB+ 22 LVDS CLKB-
23 N/C 24 N/C
25 GND 26 GND
27 LCDVCC 28 LCDVCC
29 LCDVCC 30 LCDVCC
INVER ER1: 5-pin Header Inverter
Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 LCD_BKLTCTL
2 GROUND
3 +12V
4 GROUND
5 BACKLIGHT ENABLE

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LVDS2 : LVDS Interface Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND 2 GND
3 LVDS DAP0 4 LVDS DAN0
5 LVDS DAP1 6 LVDS DAN1
7 LVDS DAP2 8 LVDS DAN2
9 LVDS CLK1+ 10 LVDS CLK1-
11 LVDS DAP3 12 LVDS DAN3
13 GND 14 GND
15 LVDS DAP4 16 LVDS DAN4
17 LVDS DAP5 18 LVDS DAN5
19 LVDS DAP6 20 LVDS DAN6
21 LVDS CLK2+ 22 LVDS CL2-
23 LVDS DAP7 24 LVDS DAN7
25 GND 26 GND
27 LCDVCC 28 LCDVCC
29 LCDVCC 30 LCDVCC
J7: CR Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 L_RED 2 DDC_CLK
3 L_GREEN 4 DDC_DATA
5 L_BLUE 6 GND
7 HSYNC 8 GND
9 VSYNC 10 GND

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J1 : Fan Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 Fan Speed Detect
2 +12V
3 GND
IR1 : Infrared Interface
Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 VCC5
2 NC
3 IRRX
4 GND
5 IRTX
J2: Main Power Input
Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 VCC 5V
2 GND
3 GND
4 12V
J5: 3Pin A X Power
Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 VCC 5V SBY
2 GND
3 PS ON#
JP1: configure COM3
Mode
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
Short 1-2 RS - 232
Short 3-4 RS - 422
Short 5-6 RS - 485
KB1: PS/2 MOUSE &
KEYBOARD Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 VCC (+5V)
2 MDAT
3 MCLK
4 KDAT
5 KCLK
6
GND

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JP2: COM3 RS-422/485 CONNEC OR
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 TX_422- 2 RX_422-
3 TX_422+ 4 RX_422+
5 D_485+ 6 D_485-
J8: Audio Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 LINE OUT R 2 LINE IN R
3 GND 4 GND
5 LINE OUT L 6 LINE IN L
7 GND 8 GND
9 MICIN 10 N/C
JP4 : LVDS2 Panel Resolution Selection jumper
1-2 3-4 Resolution
OPEN OPEN
LVDS2 1440X900 48-bit
(Default)
SHORT OPEN LVDS2 1024X768 24-bit
OPEN SHORT LVDS2 1366X768 24-bit
SHORT SHORT LVDS2 1280X1024 48-bit

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MINI_PCIE1, MINI_PCIE2: PCI-e Mini Card Slots
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 PCIE_WAKE# 2 VCC3
3 N/C 4 GND
5 N/C 6 1.5V
7 CLKREQ# 8 N/C
9 GND 10 N/C
11 CLK- 12 N/C
13 CLK+ 14 N/C
15 GND 16 N/C
17 N/C 18 GND
19 N/C 20 N/C
21 GND 22 PERST#
23 PERN0 24 VCC3
25 PERP0 26 GND
27 GND 28 1.5V
29 GND 30 SMBCLK
31 PETN0 32 SMBDATA
33 PETP0 34 GND
35 GND 36 USBD-
37 N/C 38 USBD+
39 GND 40 GND
41 GND 42 N/C
43 N/C 44 N/C
45 N/C 46 N/C
47 N/C 48 1.5V
49 N/C 50 GND
51 N/C 52 VCC3

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IDE1 : IDE Interface Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 RESET# 2 GND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10
9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GND 20 N/C
21 IDE REQ 22 GND
23 IOW# 24 GND
25 IOR# 26 GND
27 IDE CHRDY 28 CSEL
29 IDE DACK 30 GND
31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C
33 DA1 34 PDIAG#
35 DA0 36 DA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GND
41 VCC 42 VCC
43 GND 44 N/C

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SA A1 & SA A2 : Serial
A A Connectors
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND
2 TX+
3 TX-
4 GND
5 RX-
6 RX+
7 GND
CN1, CN2: SA A1, SA A2
Power Connectors
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 VCC 5V
2 GND
V1: Video output for television
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 GND 2 AGREEN_Y
3 GND 4 ARED_C
5 GND 6 ABLUE_CVBS
INV2 : 5-pin Header Inverter Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 N/C
2 GROUND
3 +12V
4 GROUND
5 BACKLIGHT ENABLE

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J_LCD_ YPE1: LVDS1 Panel Resolution Selection jumper
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 Resolution
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN LVDS1 640X480 18-bit
SHORT OPEN OPEN OPEN LVDS1 800X480 18-bit
OPEN SHORT OPEN OPEN
LVDS1 800X600 18-bit
(Default)
SHORT SHORT OPEN OPEN LVDS1 1024X768 18-bit
OPEN OPEN SHORT OPEN LVDS1 1280X1024 36-bit
SHORT OPEN SHORT OPEN LVDS1 1400X1050 36-bit
OPEN SHORT SHORT OPEN LVDS1 1400X900 36-bit
SHORT SHORT SHORT OPEN LVDS1 1600X1200 36-bit
PM1: PM module connector
PIN NO. DESCRIP ION PIN NO. DESCRIP ION
1 LCLK 2 GND
3 LFRAME 4 KEY
5 LRESET 6 +5V
7 LAD3 8 LAD2
9 +3V 10 LAD1
11 LAD0 12 GND
13 SCL 14 SDA
15 SB3V 16 SERIRQ
17 GND 18 GLKRUN
19 LPCPD 20 LDRQ

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Board Layout: Connector Locations

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