Advantech PCA-6194, User Manual

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PCA-6194 User Manual 2
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
The PCA-6194 is designed with the Intel® Q965 chipset and ICH8DO (I/
O controller) to support Core™ 2 Duo, Dual-Core Pentium® D / Pen-
tium® 4 / Celeron® D processors with a 533/800/1066 MHz front side
bus and DDR2 533/667/800 MHz memory up to 8 GB. It follows the
PICMG 1.0 specification and is the best solution for high-performance
computing and applications in which a wide I/O bandwidth is demanded.
The PCA-6194 supports IPMI 2.0 for enhanced system management.
With this feature users may manage and monitor the system health status
remotely. Another remote management port allows users to monitor the
system health status and control the system remotely through standard
SNMP/HTTP protocols when used with Advantech’s ACMM-1000 and
SNMP-1000 Intelligent System Manager modules.
The PCA-6194 offers a high-performance cost-saving integrated graphics
unit, built into the Intel® Q965 chipset, and features the unique Intel®
Extreme Graphics architecture to maximize VGA performance and share
up to 256 MB of system memory. In addition, the PCA-6194 has a single/
dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN via dedicated PCI Express x 1 bus, which
offers bandwidths up to 500 MB/sec., eliminating the network data flow
bottlenecks, and incorporating Gigabit Ethernet to operate at 1000 Mbps.
High reliability and outstanding performance make the PCA-6194 the
ideal platform for industrial networking applications.
By using the Intel® ICH8DO chipset, the PCA-6194 offers six on-board
SATA2 interfaces (bandwidth = 300 MB/sec) with software RAID 0, 1,
5, 10 functions; and six USB 2.0 connections. These powerful I/O capa-
bilities ensure even more reliable data storage capabilities and suitable for
work with high-speed I/O peripherals.
The ICH8DO provides a new high definition audio interface. Combined
with Advantech's PCA-AUDIO-HDA1E module, the PCA-6194 offers
excellent audio functions for the industrial environment.
The PCA-6194 is designed with considerations for extended reliability,
and is built especially to suit demanding industrial environments. The
CMOS data backup and restore function protects the BIOS setup data
from loss due to battery failure. A 256-level watchdog timer prevents the
system from hanging up if a program cannot be executed normally.