Little Board/P5
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Technical Manual
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................vi
Technical Support .................................................................................................................................vi
Introduction
General Description ...........................................................................................................................1–1
Enhanced Reliability..........................................................................................................................1–5
Software .............................................................................................................................................1–6
Designing Little Board Systems ........................................................................................................1–6
On-board MiniModule Expansion ................................................................................................1–6
Using Standard PC and AT Bus Cards........................................................................................1–7
Little Board Development Platform And Quick Start Kit...........................................................1–7
Little Board/P5
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Utility I/O Development Board ........................................................................1–8
Connector Descriptions................................................................................................................1–9
Switch Descriptions (S1 – S4)....................................................................................................1–10
Product Reference
Overview ............................................................................................................................................2–1
Mounting Dimensions ........................................................................................................................2–2
Connector Summary ..........................................................................................................................2–3
Jumper Summary ..............................................................................................................................2–7
DC Power ...........................................................................................................................................2–8
Power Requirements ....................................................................................................................2–8
Powerfail NMI..............................................................................................................................2–9
Backup Battery ............................................................................................................................2–9
Cooling Requirements..................................................................................................................2–9
System Memory................................................................................................................................2–11
ROM BIOS .................................................................................................................................2–11
Shadowing..................................................................................................................................2–11
BIOS Recovery ...........................................................................................................................2–12
Interrupt and DMA Channel Usage ..........................................................................................2–12
Battery-Backed Clock ......................................................................................................................2–15
Serial Ports ......................................................................................................................................2–15
I/O Addresses and Interrupt Assignments ................................................................................2–15
ROM-BIOS Installation of the Serial Ports...............................................................................2–16
Serial Port Connectors (J11, J13) ..............................................................................................2–16
RS-485 Option ............................................................................................................................2–17
Serial TTL Option ......................................................................................................................2–18
Ampro Custom Serial Features .................................................................................................2–19
Serial Console Features .............................................................................................................2–19
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