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PCA-6012 Startup Manual  1

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that 

the following items have been shipped:

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1 PCA-6012 Intel® Atom N455/D525 processor-based 

single board computer 

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1 PCA-6012 Startup Manual 

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1 CD with driver utility and manual (in PDF format)

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1 Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE cables 

p/n: 1701400452

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2 Serial ATA HDD data cable 

p/n: 1700003194

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2 Serial ATA HDD power cable 

p/n: 1703150102

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1 Printer & COM port cable kit  

p/n: 1701260305

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1 Y cable for PS/2 keyboard  

p/n: 1700060202 

and PS/2 mouse

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1 USB cable with 4 ports  

p/n: 1700008461

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1 Jumper pack 

 

p/n: 9689000068

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User Note for Full-Size CPU card  p/n: 2002721020

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Warranty card 

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please con-

tact your distributor or sales representative immediately. 

Note1: 

 

For detailed contents of PCA-6012, please refer 
to information on the enclosed CD-ROM (in PDF 
format). Acrobat Reader is required to view any 
PDF file. 

Note2: 

     Acrobat Reader can be downloaded at:  

http://get.adobe.com/tw/reader/ (Acrobat is a 
trademark of Adobe.)

PCA-6012 PICMG 1.0 Full-sized Intel®  Atom N455/

D525 Processor Card with VGA/Dual Gigabit LAN

 

Startup Manual

 

Standard SBC functions

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CPU:  

Soldered-down (BGA type) Intel® Atom™ 1.8 GHz 

D525 dual-core CPU or 1.66 GHz N455 fanless CPU

                                        

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BIOS: 

AMI® SPI 16 Mb Flash memory BIOS

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Chipset: 

Intel® ICH8M I/O control hub  

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System memory:

 Dual Channel; Two 204-pin SODIMM 

sockets accepts up to 4 GB DDR3 800 SDRAM for D525 

and up to 2GB DDR3 800 for N455.

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IDE interface: 

One channel, supports two IDE devices. 

The IDE port may be altered to a Type II CF socket.

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SATA interface: 

Supports three SATA2 HDDs (300 MB/s)

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Serial ports:

 Two serial RS-232 ports

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Parallel port: 

One EPP/ECP parallel port

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Keyboard/mouse connector:

 One standard PS/2 key-

board/mouse connector and one external 6-pin header. 

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Watchdog timer:

 255 level timer intervals

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USB (2.0):

 8 Universal Serial Bus ports on board for VG 

SKU; 8 ports on board and 1 port on I/O bracket for G2 

SKU.

VGA Interface

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Controller: 

Embedded Gen3.5+ GFX Core technology

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Display memory: 

Shared with 224 MB system memory 

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Video Output:

 

   - VGA: Supports up to SXGA 1400 x 1050 @ 60 Hz for 

     Atom™N455, up to 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz for Atom™ 

     D525 

   - Optional LVDS: Supports 18-bit single channel and up to 

     WXGA 1366 x 768 or 1280 x 800 

Ethernet Interface

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Chipset: 

LAN1:Intel® 82567V; LAN2:Intel® 82583V               

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Connection:

 Onboard RJ-45 connector

Mechanical and Environmental

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Dimensions (L x W):

 338 x 122 mm (13.3” x 4.8”) 

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Power supply voltage:

 +5 V, +12 V

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Power requirements:

 

Configuration 1:

- CPU: Intel® Atom™ D525 CPU 1.8 GHz

- Memory: 2 DDR3 1333 MHz 4 GB DIMMs

- Test program: Intel Max power 100% + BurnIn Test 4.0 

+5 V @ 3.71 A, +12 V @ 0.44 A, +3.3 V @ 0A,  

+5 VSB @ 0.15 A, -12 V @ 0A, -5 V @ 0A

Configuration 2:

- CPU: Intel® Atom™ N455 CPU 1.66 GHz

- Memory: 2 DDR3 1333 MHz 2 GB DIMMs

- Test program: Intel Max power 100% + BurnIn Test 4.0 

+5 V @ 2.81 A, +12 V @ 0.16 A, +3.3 V @ 0A,  

+5 VSB @ 0.13 A, -12 V @ 0A, -5 V @ 0A 

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Operating temperature:

 0 ~ 60° C 

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Weight:

 0.5 kg (net weight)

  Specifications

  Packing List

For more information on this and other Advantech 

products, please visit our website at:

http://www.advantech.com

http://www.advantech.com/epc

For technical support and service, please visit our 

support website at:

http://support.advantech.com.tw/support/

This manual is for the PCA-6012 series Rev. A1

Part No. 2002601210

1st Edition

July 2011

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