
Hardware Description
ARM DUI 0447J
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2.2
Power up, on/off and reset signals
You can use either of the push buttons to reset the system, but only the
ON/OFF
push button
can power up the system. The motherboard drives two reset signals to each daughterboard and
receives a reset-request signal from each daughterboard.
Figure 2-2
shows the power up
ON/OFF/Soft Reset
push button and
Hardware RESET
push-button signals in the system.
Figure 2-2 Reset signals
Note
To completely power down the system, you must turn off the external 12V power supply.
See also the
ARM
®
Versatile
™
Express Configuration Technical Reference Manual
for an
overview of the startup sequence and the operation of the
ON/OFF/Soft Reset
and
Hardware
Reset
push-button switches.
Test chip
Motherboard Express μATX
CoreTile Express
(daughterboard site 1)
Daughterboard
Configuration
Controller
Motherboard Configuration
Controller (MCC)
Reset and start
code execution
FPGA
LogicTile Express
(daughterboard site 2)
HDRY2
HDRY
Load FPGA
image and
reset
ON/OFF/Soft Reset
pushbutton
Hardware RESET
pushbutton
CB
CB
CB_nPOR
CB_nRST
CB_RSTREQ
HDRY
HDRY1
CB_nPOR
CB_nRST
CB_RSTREQ
Daughterboard
Configuration
Controller