Advantech POD-6704 Series, Manual

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2 POD-6704 User's Manual
1.1 Introduction
The POD-6704 all-in-one industrial grade package FC-PGA CPU
card uses Intel’s highly acclaimed Celeron® processor or Pentium
®
III processor, together with the Intel 815E PCI chipset.
The CPU provides 128/256 KB (or 256/512 KB for Pentium III) on-
CPU L2 cache, eliminating the need for external SRAM chips. It
has two PCI EIDE interfaces for up to four devices, a miniPCI
socket on solder side, 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 two USB (Universal
Serial Bus) ports. The PCI enhanced IDE controller supports Ultra
DMA100, Ultra DMA33 and PIO Mode 3 or 4 operation. This
provides data transfer rates of over 33 MB/sec. System BIOS
supports boot-up from an IDE, CD-ROM, USB devices, and LS-
120.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which
protects data even after a battery failure. Also included a 62-level
Watchdog timer which resets the CPU if a program cannot be
executed normally. This enables reliable operation in unattended
environments.
The POD-6704 offers several impressive industrial features such as
VGA (AGP) controller, one DIMM slot for up to 512 MB RAM
memory and four 10/100Base-T Ethernet controllers. In addition,
the POD-6704 series supports a solid state disk (SSD) using a
CompactFlash™ Type II disk that is not as vulnerable to the
hazards of an industrial computing environment. These features
make it an ideal choice for applications that require both high
performance and full functionality.