Kontron PC/104 VGALCD-6 User manual

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
PC/104 VGALCD-6
Technical Manual
Rev. 1.2
For further information regarding Kontron products please visit us at
http://www.kontron-hh.de

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Table of Contents
User Information.........................................................................................................................................3
Trademarks....................................................................................................................................3
General .........................................................................................................................................3
Warranty .......................................................................................................................................4
Important Notes..............................................................................................................................4
Features of the PC/104 VGALCD-6..............................................................................................................5
Block Diagram PC/104-VGALCD-6..............................................................................................................6
Layout of the Connectors ................................................................................................................7
Connector Tables .......................................................................................................................................8
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6......................................................................................8
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6......................................................................................9
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6.................................................................................... 10
Pin Discription ......................................................................................................................................... 11
General Description.................................................................................................................................. 12
Supported Display Types .............................................................................................................. 12
Systembus (PC/104-bus).............................................................................................................. 12
Power Supply............................................................................................................................... 12
VGA Monochrome Monitor............................................................................................................ 12
I/O-Addresses.............................................................................................................................. 13
Reserved Memory Addresses ........................................................................................................ 13
Working with the PC/104 VGALCD-6......................................................................................................... 14
Overview...................................................................................................................................... 14
The LC-Display Interface........................................................................................................................... 15
Connecting a Display by a JIPA-Cable........................................................................................... 15
Backlight converter........................................................................................................... 15
Available Video Modes.................................................................................................................. 16
Hardware Controller Descriptions ............................................................................................................... 17
Video Controller Type Topro 6508................................................................................................... 17
Features.......................................................................................................................... 17
Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Mechanical Specifications............................................................................................................. 18
Electrical Specifications................................................................................................................ 18
Environmental Specifications ......................................................................................................... 18
Temperature..................................................................................................................... 18
Thermal gradient............................................................................................................... 18
Relative Humidity.............................................................................................................. 18
Mechanical...................................................................................................................... 18
Altitude............................................................................................................................ 19
Revision History ........................................................................................................................... 19

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
User Information
Copyright 2002 Kontron Hamburg.
In this document Kontron Hamburg will also be referred to by the short form
"Kontron".
The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to
be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies.
Furthermore, Kontron reserves the right to make changes to any portion of this
manual to improve reliability, function or design. Kontron does not assume any
liability for any product or circuit described herein.
Trademarks
AT and IBM are trademarks of International Business Machines.
XT, AT, PS/2 and Personal System/2 are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
All other products and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of
their respective owners.
The reproduction, transmission or use of this document or its contents is not
permitted without expressed written authority.
Offenders will be liable for damages. All rights created by patent grant or
registration of a utility model or design, are reserved.
(C) Kontron2002
All other products and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of
their respective owners.
General For the circuits, descriptions and tables indicated no responsibility is assumed
as far as patents or other rights of third parties are concerned.
The information in the Technical Descriptions describes the type of the boards
and shall not be considered as assured characteristics.
The reproduction, transmission or use of this document or its contents is not
permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages.
All rights, including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model
or design, are reserved.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Warranty
Each board is carefully and thoroughly tested before being shipped. If, however,
problems should occur during the operation, please check your user specific
settings of all boards included in your system. This is often the source of the
fault. If a board is defective, it can be sent to your supplier for repair. Please take
care of the following steps:
1. The board returned should correspond to the factory default settings
since a test is only possible under these settings.
2. In order to repair your board as fast as possible, we require some
additional information from you. Please fill out the attached Repair
Form and include it with the defective board.
3. If possible, the board will be upgraded to the latest version without
additional cost.
4. Upon receipt of the board, please be aware that your user specific
settings were changes during the test.
Within the guarantee, the repair is free as long as the guarantee conditions were
kept. If no fault has been found, you will be charged with the test cost due to the
high test expenditure. Repairs outside of the guarantee will be charged.
This Kontron product is warranted against defects in material and workmanship
for our guaranteed warranty period from the date of shipment. During the
warranty period, Kontron will, at its option, either repair or replace products
which prove to be defective.
For warranty service or repair, the product must be returned to a service facility
designated by Kontron.
The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or
inadequate maintenance or handling by buyer, unauthorized modification or
misuse, operation outside of the environmental specifications for the product, or
improper installation or maintenance.
Kontron will not be responsible for any defects or damages due to a faulty
Kontron product other than the products supplied by Kontron.
Important Notes
To protect the external power lines of peripheral devices the customer has to
take care about:
that the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available
current and that the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire protecting
requirements of IEC/EN 60950.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Features of the PC/104 VGALCD-6
•VGA-CRT and LCD Controller with 1 MB video RAM.
•LCD Controller supports almost any type of LCD.
•Low power CMOS technology.
•BIOS calls for efficient use of extensions
•Board size : 90,17 x 95,87 mm
•LCD controller support for:
Monochrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Colour super twisted nematic (STN)
Thin film transistor (TFT) flat panels
•LCD resolutions
320 x 240 @ 24 bits
640 x 480 @ 24 bits
800 x 600 @ 16 bits
• CRT resolutions
320 x 240 @ 24 bits
640 x 480 @ 24 bits
800 x 600 @ 16 bits
1024 x 768 @ 8 bits
•Kontron’sJIPA interface supports:
TFT
STN flat panels ( Colour & monochrome )
•Graphics accelerator function for:
Hardware cursor
Colour expansion
Simultaneous operation of display
CRT monitor
•Support for ¼ VGA displays (320 x 240) by character compression

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Block Diagram PC/104-VGALCD-6
GraphicController
Topto TP6508 U3
VIDEO DRAM
1MB U2,U20
ISA BUS X1
JIPA
X5
CRT
J1
VIDEO
BIOS
U4
EEPROM
JIPA ID
U1

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Layout of the Connectors

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Connector Tables
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6
X1A PC/104 –Bus X1B Power X1C JIPA-
Connector VGA-CRT
Pin
A B CDEFX5 J1
0GND GND
1/IOCHCK GND /SBHE /MEMCS16 VCC GND FLM RED
2SD7 RSTDRV LA23 /IOCS16 +12V
NC LP GND
3SD6 VCC LA22 NC NC NC GND GREEN
4SD5 NC LA21 NC VCC GND GND GND
5SD4 NC LA20 NC SCLK BLUE
6SD3 NC LA19 NC GND GND
7SD2 NC LA18 NC GND V-SYNC
8SD1 /0WS LA17 NC DE GND
9SD0 +12V NC NC P16 H-SYNC
10 IOCHRDY
GND NC NC P17 GND
11 AEN /SMEMW SD8 NC P8
12 SA19 /SMEMR SD9 NC P9
13 SA18 /IOW SC10 NC P0
14 SA17 /IOR SD11 NC P1
15 SA16 NC SD12 NC P2
16 SA15 NC SD13 VCC P3
17 SA14 NC SD14 NC P10
18 SA13 NC SD15 GND P11
19 SA12 /REFRSH GND GND P18
20 SA11 NC P19
21 SA10 NC P4
22 SA9 NC P5
23 SA8 NC P6
24 SA7 NC P7
25 SA6 NC P12
26 SA5 NC P13
27 SA4 NC P14

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6
28 SA3 BALE P15
29 SA2 VCC P20
30 SA1 OSC P21
31 SA0 GND P22
32 GND GND P23
33 GND
34 NC
35 NC
36 NC
37 PID0
38 PID1
39 PID2
40 PID3
41 NC
42 GND
43 I2DAT
44 I2CLK
45 NC
46 NC
47 NC
48 NC
49 NC
50 GND
51 VCC5
52 NC
53 NC
54 NC
55 NC
56 NC
57 NC
58 NC
59 NC

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Connector Table for the PC/104-VGALCD-6
60 NC
61 FPBACK
62 VDD_SRC
63 BACK_SRC
64 VCC3
65 +12V
66 +12V
67 VCC5
68 NC
69 NC
70 NC
71 FPVEE
72 FPVCC

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Pin Discription
JIPA Interface Pin Description
You can connect various flat-display panels to the 72-pin JIPA display
connector X5. The pinout is shown in the following table.
Pin Name Pin Description
FLM LCD Frame Start: This output provides a
pulse to start a new frame on flat panels.
LP LCD Line Clock: This output drives the LCD
panel-line clock. Some panel manufacturers
also designate this signal as LP or CP1.
FPVCC Part of panel-power sequencing. This pin is
a switchoutput pin and used to drive the
PanelVCC
Switch on the Jipa Adapter.
FPBACK Part of panel-power sequencing. This pin is
a switch output pin and used to drive the
Backlight VCCSwitch on the Jipa Adapter.
FPVEE Part of panel-power sequencing. This pin is
a switchoutput pin and used to drive the
Contrast VEESwitch on the Jipa Adapter.
PD0-PD23 Panel Data Signals
SCLK Flat Panel Video Clock: This signal drives the
shift clock of the flat panel, which is
designated as CP2 by some panel
manufacturers.
DE DE: Display Enable: For those flat panels that
require an external display enable, this pin
provides a data enable.
PID0-PID3 Panel Sense: Inputs for panel-type selection.
I2DAT I2C-bus data line.
I2CLK I2C-bus clock line.
VDD_SRC Internal not used
BACK_SRC Internal not used
GND Ground.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
General Description
The PC/104 VGALCD-6 cards add the functions and features of the latest video standards to your
PC computer system. The VGA-BIOS is included in a 64kB FLASHEPROM (48kB VGA-BIOS,
16KB unused). The FLASHEPROM is suited on the board. The BIOS address range is
C000:0000H up to C000:FFFFH. The PC/104 VGALCD-6 is designed to control LCD displays of
any technology up to 800 * 600 resolution. The CRT resolution goes up to 1024 * 768, however
LCD displays with more than 800 * 600 resolution are not supported. There is no interface
standard for LCD displays, therefore, some unusual LCDs may require some external hardware to
connect to the PC/104 VGALCD-6.
Displays with resolution smaller than 640*480 are generally supported, but may require additional
software drivers to be PC compatible.
Supported Display Types
The PC/104 VGALCD-6 can support a vast variety of panels all configured by a dedicated cable
for each panel. There is no Jumper setting or software setup required. Since practically all LCDs
have different connectors, pinout or LCD voltages, this is the easiest and safest way to configure
for different panels.
We plan to update the display type list in the manual, but ask for currently supported panel
types, since new panels will be added frequently.
Systembus (PC/104-bus)
The PC/104 bus is defined by the AMPRO company. The PC/104 bus is electrically identical to
the standard AT-Bus (ISA-Bus) and functionally full compatible to the AT. The drive strength is
12mA instead of 24mA on the ISA bus.
Power Supply
The PC/104 VGALCD-6 board only needs a +5V power supply to work probably, but most
Backlightinverter need +12V so the +5 and +12 volt must be supplied through the system bus
connectors. The typ. power consumption of the PC/104 VGALCD-6 is about 350 mA.
VGA Monochrome Monitor
Monochrome type monitors use Green Video for all video input and ignore Red Video and Blue
Video. Monitor ID Bits are not used by the PC/104 VGALCD-6. Monitor type is determined on
power up by an automatic monitor detection circuit.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
I/O-Addresses
Following addresses are occupied from the PC/104 VGALCD-6 I/O hardware:
Besides the standard PC I/O ports this board uses the following I/O addresses:
I/O addr. used for available Comment
03C0 –03CF VGA/LCD No I/O-Addresses for VGA/LCD-Controller
03D4 –03D5 VGA/LCD No I/O-Addresses for VGA/LCD-Controller
Reserved Memory Addresses
Besides the standard PC memory window this board uses the following addresses:
Memory addr. used for available Comment
A0000-BFFFF VGA/LCD No Video-memory
C0000-CFFFF VGA/LCD No Video-BIOS

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Working with the PC/104 VGALCD-6
Overview
The PC/104 VGALCD-6 offers some useful extensions compared with other peripheral modules,
which will be described in the following:
Support for LC-Displays
Monochrome and Colour STN, TFT or EL Display panels may be connected to the PC/104
VGALCD-6. The complete display mode selection and configuration is supported by the video
BIOS. Additionally, display mode selection (CRT only, panel only, or SimulScan) and the display
features "contrast enhancement" and "reverse video" can be controlled by the user via software
utilities supplied by Kontron and is available on the website www.kontron-hh.de.
Easy configuration
Configuration and timing data for the different types of flat panels described above can easily be
changed by using the program DIO4EDT.EXE. Other settings may also be made by your own
software via well documented BIOS calls. The software is available on the website www.kontron-
hh.de.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
The LC-Display Interface
Connecting a Display by a JIPA-Cable
Many different display cables for a wide spread variety of displays are available through Kontron.
If you use one of those standard cables supplied by Kontron, configuration is very easy:
1. Check, whether you have the correct cable for the panel you plan to use. Inspect the cable for
damages.
2. Disconnect power from your System.
3. Connect the JIPA-cable for your display to the display connector (X5) on the PC/104
VGALCD-6. JIPA-cables are adjusted automatically.
4. Connect the other end of the cable to your display.
5. Supply power to your system.
Backlight converter
Most LCD displays need an extra AC or DC Voltage for their Backlight, which is generated by an
external converter. This converter usually generates between 60 and 1000 Volts AC and has to
be as close as possible to the Backlight to avoid capacitive losses on long cables. The JIPA-
Cable has a connector to switch Backlight on or off via software control and can be configured to
switch 5V or 12 V to the Backlight converter.

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Available Video Modes
Mode # Vesa # Display Mode Characters/Pixels # of Colours
00h/01h -Text 40 * 25 16 out of 256
02h/03h -Text 80 * 25 16 out of 256
04h/05h -Graphics 320 * 200 4 out of 256
06h -Graphics 640 * 200 2 out of 256
07h -Text 80 * 25 mono
0Dh -Graphics 320 * 200 16 out of 256
0Eh -Graphics 640 * 200 16 out of 256
0Fh -Graphics 640 * 350 / * 400 mono
10h -Graphics 640 * 350 16 out of 256
11h -Graphics 640 * 480 2 out of 256
12h -Graphics 640 * 480 16 out of 256
13h -Graphics 320 * 200 256 out of 256
14h -Text 132 * 25 16 out of 256k
54h 10Ah Text 132 * 43 16 out of 256k
55h 109h Text 132 * 25 16 out of 256k
58h/6Ah 102h Graphics 800 * 600 16 out of 256k
5Ch 103h Graphics 800 * 600 256 out of 256k
5Dh 104h Graphics 1024 * 768 16 out of 256k

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Hardware Controller Descriptions
Video Controller Type Topro 6508
Features
•Integrated RAMDAC
•Integrated programmable frequency synthesizer
•Integrates Colour STN panel support
•Simultaneous CRT and LCD (SimulScan TM) operation
•64 -shade greyscale at 640 * 480 resolution on monochrome STN LCD
•Resolution up to 1024 * 768 with 16 colours on CRTs
•800 * 600 with 256 colours on Panels
•132-column text modes on CRTs
•Low-power CMOS technology in a 160 pin-QFP package

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Specifications
Mechanical Specifications
Dimensions: Length x Width:90,17 x 95,87 mm
Topside Height:12mm inclusive PC/104 Bus connector
Electrical Specifications
Supply voltage: 5V DC +/-5%
Supply voltage ripple: 100 mV peak to peak 0 -20 MHz
Supply current, typical: 400 mA at 25 °C
VGA connector signals:
sync output current low: 20 mA at 0.5 V
sync output current high: -12 mA at 2.4 V
RGB output voltage: 0 -0.7 V with 75 Ohm external termination
RGB output current: 0 -14 mA
Environmental Specifications
Temperature
operating 5 °C -55 °C see note (*1)
non-operating -40 °C -85 °C
Thermal gradient
operating 25 °C per hour
non-operating 40 °C per hour
Relative Humidity
operating 10 % -90 % RH non-condensing
non-operating 5 % -95 % RH non-condensing
Mechanical
Shock 50G/20ms square wave maximum
Vibration 1G/0-600Hz, dwell not to exceed

Kontron Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG
Marschnerstieg 7
22081 Hamburg / Germany
Fon : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.kontron-hh.de
PC/104 VGALCD-6document name:< PC104 VGALCD-6-M12 >
Altitude
operating0 -3000 m
non-operating 0 -5000 m
(*1) The maximum operating temperature is the maximum measurable temperature on any spot
on the modules surface. It is the users responsibility to keep this temperature within the above
specification.
Revision History
File-name last
alteration author alteration to previous version
PC104 VGALCD-6-M10.DOC 11.10.2001 DF Initial release
PC104 VGALCD-6-M10.DOC 05.02.2002 DF Update specs
PC104 VGALCD-6-M11.DOC 18.09.2003 LT Update specs
PC104 VGALCD-6-M12.DOC 26.09.2003 DF Update specs