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    PCM-9579  Startup Manual

    

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PCM-9579 EBX ULV Intel Celeron / LV Intel 
Pentium III SBC with CPU, VGA/  LCD, LVDS, 
Ethernet, and Audio                          
Startup Manual

Before you beg in installing your card, please make sure 
that the following materials have been shipped:

•  1  PCM-9579 all-in-one single board computer

•  1  startup manual

•  CD-ROM or disks for utility, drivers, and manual (in PDF 

format)

•  1 power cable p/n: 1703080101

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your 
distributor or sales representative immediately.

Note:

For detailed contents of the PCM-9579,
please refer to the enclosed CD-ROM or disk 
(in PDF format)

.

Standard SBC Functions

•  CPU: Embedded Intel® Ultra Low Voltage Celeron™

                                       or
Low Voltage Pentium®   III Processor, on die 32KB LI 
cache memory ULV Celeron-400 (PCM-9579F-J0A1), 
ULV Celeron-650 (PCM-9579F-M0A1), LV Pentium III-
933 (PCM-9579F-R0A1)     

•  BIOS: Award 256 KB Flash memory

•  System memory: One DIMM socket accepts 64 MB up 

to 512 MB SDRAM 

•   2nd cache memory: 256/512 KB on the processor

•  Enhanced IDE interface: Two channels supports up to 

four EIDE devices. BIOS auto-detect, PIO Mode 3 or 
Mode 4, UDMA 33 transfer.  Primary IDE support up to 
UDMA 66/100 mode

•  FDD interface: Supports up to two FDDs

•  Serial ports: Four serial RS-232 ports, COM1, 3, 4: RS-

232, COM2: RS-232/422/485

•  Parallel port: One parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP 

mode

•  Infrared port: Shared with COM2

•  Keyboard/mouse connector: Supports standard PC/

AT keyboard and a PS/2 mouse

•  Power management: Supports power saving modes 

including Normal/Standby/Suspend modes. APM 1.2 
compliant

•  Watchdog timer: 62 level timer intervals

•  USB: Four universal serial bus ports

•  Expansion: One PCI slot and PC/104 plus connector for 

ISA and PCI I/O board

Solid State Disk

•  Supports one 50-pin socket for CFC type  I/II

•  Supports M-Systems DOC

®

 2000 

VGA/LCD Interface

•  Chipset: VIA Twister chip with integrated Savage4 2D/

3D/Video Accelerator

•  Frame buffer:  Supports 8/16/32MB frame buffer with 

system memory

•  Interface: 4X AGP VGA/LCD interface, Support for 9, 

12, 15, 18, 24, 36 bit TFT and 16- or 24-bit DSTN panel

•  Display mode: CRT Modes: 1920 x1440 @16bpp, 1280 

x 1024@16bpp (60Hz), 1024 x 768@16bpp (85Hz); 
LCD/Simultaneous Modes: 1280 x 1024@16bpp (60Hz), 
1024 x 768@16bpp (60Hz)

•  LVDS: Supports 2 Channel 18bit LVDS interface

Packing List

Specifications

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://service.advantech.com.tw/eservice/

This manual is for the PCM-9579 series Rev. A1.

Part No. 2006957901

2nd Edition

September 2003

PCM-9579 EBX UL


Intel

 Celer

on SBC with 

CPU, VGA/LCD, L

VDS, Ether

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et, and Audio 

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