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BCT-ETX-CN700 

ETX Format Single Board Computer  

User Guide 

 
 

Document Reference: Product User Guide 

Document Issue: 1.4 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for BCT-ETX-CN700

Page 1: ...Page 1 BCT ETX CN700 ETX Format Single Board Computer User Guide Document Reference Product User Guide Document Issue 1 4...

Page 2: ...ry 10 Electromagnetic Compatibility 10 Quick Start 11 Assembly 12 Connector locations 12 Cooling 14 Stack Heights and Clearances 16 System Software 17 Operating System Install 17 Operating System API...

Page 3: ...Liability In no event shall Blue Chip Technology be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential arising from the design or u...

Page 4: ...io frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is...

Page 5: ...the various connectors are located and their pin out details How to upgrade the system Bios Setup Connector Details Design Considerations Maintenance details We strongly recommend that you study this...

Page 6: ...both read and write burst mode bus cycles and includes separate on chip code and data caches which employ a write back policy Cache is integrated within the CPU and operates at the full CPU frequency...

Page 7: ...dual connectors and ATA 133 100 66 33 EIDE HDD quad ports dual connectors 512MB I2 C EEPROM providing non volatile storage Audio Integrated AC97 controller Line In Out Microphone In Communications Qua...

Page 8: ...hree standard 16 bit ISA slots Board Profile 114 x 95 mm Power 5Volt only operation 5V 5 On board regulation for CPU core 3 3V General Operating Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C Operating Temperature...

Page 9: ...ot possible touch a suitable ground to discharge any static build up before touching the electronics This should be repeated if the handling continues for any length of time If it is necessary to remo...

Page 10: ...ood metal to metal contact around the internal electronics Any metal back plate must be securely screwed to the chassis of the computer to ensure good metal to metal i e earth contact Metal screened c...

Page 11: ...r operating limit of 60 C is for the board operation in free air which would equate to the air temperature inside an enclosure with the lid closed It is important to ensure that the operating temper i...

Page 12: ...mber FX8 100S SV There are four mounting holes of 2 5mm diameter are available for securing the ETX CN700 to the host board Refer to Appendix 1 for details of the connector pin descriptions When insta...

Page 13: ...r so the ETX CN700 will only fit on one orientation Trying to force the ETX CN700 in the wrong orientation may damage the connectors Figure 3 Align ETX CN700 connectors with the host board If the memo...

Page 14: ...can flow through the enclosure the greater the cooling effect and the lower the temperature rise above the ambient air temperature However the volume produced by any fan will vary with the pressure a...

Page 15: ...fitting the active solution it is necessary to spread some thermal grease to the surface of the boss which will contact the CPU Thermal grease is required as thermal pads provide less thermal conducti...

Page 16: ...ETX area so lower height connectors are used Consequently the board to board gap is only 3mm Using the above example the overall height from the inside base of an enclosure to the top edge of the scr...

Page 17: ...d driver for the VT8237 Southbridge device For Audio driver run the setup exe file from the Drivers SBPC ETXCN700 Audio folder Lastly for the LAN driver use Device Manager and when prompted point the...

Page 18: ...descriptions of the main user configurable options are provided for information The following pages do not go into great depth so if you require more in depth data on particular BIOS settings please...

Page 19: ...n menu allows the setting of Date and Time as well as providing details of IDE devices fitted to the unit Note In the Boot menu shown later SATA Channel 0 and 1 are equivalent to IDE 4 and IDE 5 respe...

Page 20: ...bled for a summary of devices and their resources to eb shown after POST and prior to OS load Advanced Menu Picture B3 The Advanced Menu pages provide the means to customise the configuration of the E...

Page 21: ...Sub Menu Picture B4 This sub menu allows the reservation of system resources for use with legacy ISA devices Chipset Devices Sub Menu Picture B5 The Chipset sub menu allows for PATA SATA USB Audio an...

Page 22: ...selection of display type I O Device Configuration Picture B7 This sub menu allows for controlling the Serial Parallel and Floppy interfaces Hardware Monitor Picture B8 This sub menu shows on board v...

Page 23: ...ISA Bridge which needs to be enabled if the host board supports ISA cards and the Onboard Watchdog Timeout Power Menu Picture B10 The Power Menu allows the user to set the state for power failure Opti...

Page 24: ...ETX CN700 BIOS Setup Page 24 Security Menu Picture B11 The Security menu allows for BIOS and Boot passwords to be set...

Page 25: ...one of the 8 needs to be removed from the Boot Order List by first selecting it and then typing the X key A device form the Excluded list can be added to the Boot Order list by first selecting it and...

Page 26: ...ETX CN700 BIOS Setup Page 26 Exit Menu Picture B13 As well as offering the means to exit with and without saving settings this menu also allows for the System BIOS Default Settings to be restored...

Page 27: ...MIC Audio 41 AD12 3 3 v 42 AUXAR Audio 43 AD13 3 3 v 44 ASVCC 5 v Audio 45 AD14 3 3 v 46 SNDL Audio 47 AD15 3 3 v 48 ASGND 49 CBE1 3 3 v 50 SNDR Audio 51 VCC 5 v 52 VCC 5 v 53 PAR 3 3 v 54 SERR 3 3 v...

Page 28: ...v 38 MEMCS16 5 v 39 SA0 5 v 40 OSC 5 v 41 SA1 5 v 42 BALE 5 v 43 SA2 5 v 44 TC 5 v 45 SA3 5 v 46 DACK2 5 v 47 SA4 5 v 48 IRQ3 5 v 49 SA5 5 v 50 IRQ4 5 v 51 VCC 5 v 52 VCC 5 v 53 SA6 5 v 54 IRQ5 5 v 55...

Page 29: ...3 v 39 VCC 5 v 40 VCC 5 v 41 I2CDAT 3 3 v 42 LTGIO FLM 2 5 v 3 3 v 43 I2CCLK 3 3 v 44 BLON 3 3 v 45 BIASON LP 2 5 v 3 3 v 46 DIGON 3 3 v 47 NC 48 NC 49 NC 50 NC 51 LPT FLPY 3 3 v 52 NC 53 VCC 54 GND 5...

Page 30: ...3 3 v 43 SIDE_AK 3 3 v 44 PIDE_IRQ 3 3 v 45 SIDE_RDY 3 3 v 46 PIDE_AK 3 3 v 47 SIDE_IOR 3 3 v 48 PIDE_RDY 3 3 v 49 VCC 50 VCC 51 SIDE_IOW 3 3 v 52 PIDE_IOR 3 3 v 53 SIDE_DRQ 3 3 v 54 PIDE_IOW 3 3 v 55...

Page 31: ...ternal bus mastering PCI devices When asserted a PCI device is requesting PCI bus ownership from the arbiter GNT 0 3 Grant signals to PCI Masters When asserted by the arbiter the requesting PCI master...

Page 32: ...s USB0 USB0 Universal Serial Bus Port 0 These are the serial differential data pairs for USB Port 0 USB0 positive signal USB0 negative signal USB1 USB1 Universal Serial Bus Port 1 These are the serial...

Page 33: ...mory read cycles to addresses below 1MB MEMW MEMW instructs memory devices to store the data present on the data bus MEMW is active for all memory write cycles SMEMW SMEMW instructs memory devices to...

Page 34: ...duty cycle of 40 60 percent The frequency supplied by different CPU modules may vary This signal is supplied at all times except when the CPU module is in sleep mode OSC OSC is supplied by the CPU mod...

Page 35: ...lement of 1st LVDS0 1st LVDS1 1st LVDS1 As above link1 1st LVDS2 1st LVDS2 As above link2 1st LVDS3 1st LVDS3 As above link2 1st LVDSCLK 1st LVDSCLK As above clock link 2nd LVDS0 2nd LVDS0 2nd LVDS Ch...

Page 36: ...nels FLM First Lime Marker This output supplies the vertical synchronisation pulse for flat panels DE Data enable signal Usage depends on display type SHCLK Panel data clock signal DETECT Panel hot pl...

Page 37: ...e the printer data into the printer AFD This active low output tells the printer to automatically feed the next single line after each preceding line has been printed PD 0 7 This bi directional parall...

Page 38: ...t enables the write circuitry of the selected disk drive Connector X4 IDE Signals IDE signals are duplicated for the Primary and Secondary IDE channels For each signal the first signal name is for the...

Page 39: ...an external 1 1 1 1 transformer TXD TXD ANALOG TWISTED PAIR Ethernet Transmit Differential Pair These pins transmit the serial bit stream on the Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP cable The current driven d...

Page 40: ...rder for this pin to function 5V_SB must be supplied to the ETX module Power management signals In order for these pins to function while VCC is powered down 5V_SB must be supplied to the ETX module N...

Page 41: ...ces only Data rate is approximate 1 10kHz This interface is intended for support of EEPROMs and other simple I O devices SMBDATA SMBCLK System Management Bus clock and data lines May be used to suppor...

Page 42: ...ils singleboardcomputer bluechiptechnology co uk The type of information that can be made available is as follows 3D Models formats available Pro E STP IGES Dimension Drawings DWG DXF BCT Eval Schemat...

Page 43: ...ETX CN700 Appendix 3 Page 43 System Resources Direct Memory Access Interrupt Request Memory...

Page 44: ...ETX CN700 Appendix 3 Page 44 Input Output...

Page 45: ...be necessary to replace the battery if present on the host carrier board if it cannot maintain the CMOS clock whilst the AC power is disconnected Once fitted inside a System Unit the servicing routin...

Page 46: ...orrected LVDS3 pin definition on connector X3 Contact Details Blue Chip Technology Ltd Chowley Oak Tattenhall Chester CH3 9EX U K Telephone 44 0 1829 772000 Facsimile 44 0 1829 772001 www bluechiptech...

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