Advantech PCA-6166, User Manual

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2 PCA-6166 User's Manual
1.1 Introduction
The PCA-6166 Series all-in-one industrial grade CPU card can use
the Intel
® Pentium ® MMX, AMD K6-2 or K6-3 processors. It also
uses the SiS530 AGP chipset. The card works with standard ISA or
PCI/ISA-bus passive backplanes.
The CPU provides 1 MB L2 cache on board. It has two PCI EIDE
interfaces (for up to four devices) and a floppy disk drive interface
(for up to two devices). Other features include two RS-232 serial
ports (16C550 UARTs with 16-byte FIFO or compatible), one
enhanced parallel port (supports SPP/EPP/ECP) and one USB
(Universal Serial Bus) port. The PCI enhanced IDE controller
supports Ultra DMA/33/66 and PIO Mode 4 operation. This provides
data transfer rates of over 66 MB/sec. System BIOS supports boot-up
from an IDE CD-ROM, SCSI CD-ROM, ZIP, and LS-120.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which
protects data even after a battery failure. Also included is a 63-level
watchdog timer, which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a
program cannot be executed normally. This enables reliable operation
in unattended environments.
The PCA-6166 series offers several impressive industrial features
such as a built-in VGA (AGP), a PCI Ultra2 SCSI controller, a
10/100Base-T networking controller, three DIMM slots for a total of
384 MB RAM memory, and an ISA High Drive. In addition, the
PCA-6166 series supports a solid state disk (SSD) using M-Systems
Corporation's DiskOnChip
®
2000 Flash disk, for up to 144 MB of
non-volatile, reliable memory that is not vulnerable to the hazards of
an industrial computing environment. All these make it an ideal
choice for applications that require both high performance and full
functionality.
Note: Some of the features mentioned above are not
available with all models. For more information about
the specifications of a particular model, see Section
1.3 Specifications.