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FabiaTech Corporation 

Chapter 1 Introducing the FB2403 CPU Card  

Overview 

The FB2403 is a Vortex86DX Low power processor, all in one CPU board. This user’s 

manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup. 

Built to unleash the total potential of the Vortex86DX Processor, the FB2403 is a 

single board computer capable of handling today’s demanding requirements.  

Able to support 800 MHz CPU, this unit supports 10/100M interface network port, on 
board 128MB DDR2 RAM, four USB2.0 ports, Compact Flash socket and a SMI 

SM712 VGA controller. 

Each FB2403 has two ports for I/O communications.  One RS232 and one RS-232 
/RS-422/RS485 ports are available.  There are supports 2 watchdog timers that can 

be configured from software to automatically reset the system.  And for easy 

configuration, AMI BIOS are available. 

The FB2403 is perfect for POS and POI applications, network systems, panel / MMI’s, 

order entry kiosks, test equipment, OEM projects or as a motherboard for a panel 

PC.  The unit is only 185X122mm, offering unparalleled performance in a very small 
footprint. 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for Low Power FB2403

Page 1: ...FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website http www fabiatech com Email support fabiatech com ISA CPU Card Low Power Series FB2403 User s Manual MAR 2023 Version 1 0 Part Number FB2403 i...

Page 2: ...hing performance or use of this document Trademarks Trademarks brand names and products names mentioned in this publication are used for identification purpose only and are the properties of their res...

Page 3: ...CN12 Keyboard Mouse Connector 11 J1 J2 USB 0 1 2 3 Connector 12 J3 Power LAN LED s Indicators Reset Speaker Header 12 J5 JP4 J6 Battery Select and CMOS Data Clear Jumper 13 J9 CPU or System Fan Connec...

Page 4: ...Disk Drives 41 Removable Drives 41 Security setup 42 Chipset Setup 44 Northbridge Configuration 45 Southbridge Configuration 48 Chapter 5 Driver and Utility 53 VGA Drivers 53 Windows Driver 53 LAN Dri...

Page 5: ...Physical and Environmental 64 Real Time Clock and Non Volatile RAM 64 CMOS RAM Map 66 I O Port Address Map 67 Interrupt Request Lines IRQ 68 Serial Ports 69 Appendix 73 Dimension 73 v...

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Page 7: ...100M interface network port on board 128MB DDR2 RAM four USB2 0 ports Compact Flash socket and a SMI SM712 VGA controller Each FB2403 has two ports for I O communications One RS232 and one RS 232 RS...

Page 8: ...FabiaTech Corporation Layout CN4 J4 CN1 CN2 CN6 CN7 CN3 J1 J2 CN5 J3 DB1 CN9 DB2 CN12 CN11 BUS1 BUS3 J10 J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5 JP5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 CF1 2...

Page 9: ...t and one RS232 RS422 RS485 port Four USB V2 0 ports and one PCI IDE interface Compact Flash socket for Compact Flash module PS 2 compatible keyboard and mouse interface Providing header for external...

Page 10: ...is not supplied from us please make sure the specification of the cable s is compatible with the FB2403 system Note After FB2403 is installed it is recommended that you keep the diskette or DVD that c...

Page 11: ...board from its anti static bag wear an anti static strap to prevent the generation of Electricity Static Discharge ESD The ESD may be generated by man s physical touch It may do damage to the board ci...

Page 12: ...or RJ45 w LEDs CN11 Keyboard and Mouse connector JST 6 pin 2 0mm CN12 Keyboard and Mouse connector Mini Din 6 pin J1 J2 USB ports 0 3 connector header J2 5 2 54mm J3 Power HDD LAN Indicator LED s and...

Page 13: ...5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 CN1 DB 25 Signal CN1 DB 25 Signal 1 1 STROBE 2 14 AUTO FORM FEED 3 2 DATA 0 4 15 ERROR 5 3 DATA 1 6 16 INITIALIZE 7 4 DATA 2 8 17 PRINTER SELECT IN 9...

Page 14: ...8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 CN2 1 39 2 40 CN2 Signal CN2 Signal 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA...

Page 15: ...Data 10 Motor A 32 Head 12 Select B 34 Disk Change 14 Select A 1 3 5 7 16 Motor B 9 11 13 18 Direction 15 17 19 20 Step 21 23 25 22 Write Data 27 31 Ground 24 Write Enable 29 33 No Connection DB2 CN4...

Page 16: ...J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5 JP5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 JP1 JP8 JP9 JP1 JP8 JP9 JP1 JP8 JP9 JP10 2 4 6 2 4 6 2 4 6 1 2 2 4 6 1 3 5 1 3 5 1 3 5 RS 485 Enabled 2 4 6 2 4 6 1 3 5 1 3 5...

Page 17: ...8 RJ45 10 100 RJ45 10 100 1 TPTX 5 FBG1 2 TPTX 6 TPRX 3 TPRX 7 FBG2 4 FBG1 8 FBG2 CN11 CN12 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN12 is a standard PS 2 type keyboard connector and any PS 2 type keyboard can plu...

Page 18: ...operation and blinking light for activity and the LED1 LED1 for LAN The LAN LED s indicate on line access status of LAN respectively The Reset GND 2 pin header for connecting to system reset button Sh...

Page 19: ...o short by jumper and then open The default setting is open JP4 External Battery 1 CN4 J4 CN1 CN2 CN6 CN7 CN3 J1 J2 CN5 J3 DB1 CN9 DB2 CN12 CN11 BUS1 BUS3 J10 J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5 JP5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN...

Page 20: ...Input Line 4 Bit 4 of 79h 13 Output Line 5 Bit 5 of 78h 14 Input Line 5 Bit 5 of 79h 15 Output Line 6 Bit 6 of 78h 16 Input Line 6 Bit 6 of 79h 17 Output Line 7 Bit 7 of 78h Input Line 7 Bit 7 of 79h...

Page 21: ...supports Compact Flash module JP2 on the top side is used to select master slave device of this socket CN4 J4 CN1 CN2 CN6 CN7 CN3 J1 J2 CN5 J3 DB1 CN9 DB2 CN12 CN11 BUS1 BUS3 J10 J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5...

Page 22: ...A24 SA7 B8 ZWS B24 IRQ4 A9 SD0 A25 SA6 B9 12V B25 IRQ3 A10 IORDY A26 SA5 B10 KEY B26 DACK2 A11 AEN A27 SA4 B11 SMEMW B27 TC A12 SA19 A28 SA3 B12 SMEMR B28 ALE A13 SA18 A29 SA2 B13 IOW B29 5V A14 SA17...

Page 23: ...Module Display LCD Module Display Using the BIOS setting for different types of LVDS LCD panel then set your system properly and configuration BIOS setting for the right type of LVDS LCD panel you ar...

Page 24: ...nvironment 4MB simulated VRAM allows a maximum VGA resolution of 1024X748 with 64K colors CN4 J4 CN1 CN2 CN6 CN7 CN3 J1 J2 CN5 J3 DB1 CN9 DB2 CN12 CN11 BUS1 BUS3 J10 J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5 JP5 JP2 J8 J7...

Page 25: ...BUS1 BUS3 J10 J9 U8 BT1 J6 JP4 J5 JP5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 CN5 5 1 CN5 Signal 1 12V 2 Ground 3 ENVDD 4 N C 5 VCC CN7 1 39 40 2 CN7 Signal CN7 Signal 1 5V 2 5V 3 Ground 4 Gr...

Page 26: ...P5 JP2 J8 J7 CN10 CN8 JP1 BUS2 U7 JP8 JP9 JP10 LED1 NOTE If any trouble occurs when connecting FB2403 with LCD panels you could contact technical support division of FabiaTech Corporation CN6 Signal C...

Page 27: ...firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS default values ensure that the system will funct...

Page 28: ...s Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives CD DVD Drivers 5 Security Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection 6 Chipset NorthBridge C...

Page 29: ...Load Fail Safe Default to configure the system in fail safe mode with predefined values Keyboard Convention On the BIOS the following keys can be used to operate and manage the menu Item Function ESC...

Page 30: ...determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS System Date Time Setup Highlight the Date field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year for...

Page 31: ...items in the left frame of the screen such as IDE Configuration to go to the sub menu for that item You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Advanced...

Page 32: ...screen to select options for the CPU information Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Note The CPU Configuration set...

Page 33: ...These drives have a master slave relationship which is determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of address...

Page 34: ...an application that can give S M A R T message 32 Bit Data Transfer This option sets the 32 bit data transfer option The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is enabled Hard Disk Write Protect Set t...

Page 35: ...e value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below Floppy A B Move the cursor to these fields via up and down arrow keys Select the floppy type...

Page 36: ...er assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A B setting otherwise leave on the default setting of Disabled No Swap This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is...

Page 37: ...H Default setting 378 Parallel Port Mode This field specifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bi directional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications Available Op...

Page 38: ...the CN3 or CN4 of the FB2403 Remote Access This field is select remote access type Available Options Enabled and Disable Default setting Enabled Serial Port number This field is the Serial port1 for c...

Page 39: ...elect redirection is active during post and during boot loader or always active or off active Some Oss may not work if set to Always Available Options Disabled Boot Loader and Always Default setting A...

Page 40: ...attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB drivers loaded on the system Set this value to Enabled or Disabled the Legacy USB Support Available Options Disabled...

Page 41: ...e Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen is shown below Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during system boot Available Options Yes No Default setting No Plug and Plug Aware O S Set to Yes to inform BIOS that the opera...

Page 42: ...fied IRQ is available to the used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for used by Legacy ISA devices Available Options Available and Reserved Default setting Available DMA Channel 0...

Page 43: ...the screen such as Boot Device Priority to go to the sub menu for that item You can display a Boot BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Boot Setup options are described in th...

Page 44: ...ve 2 BIOS will not wait for 0 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive 3 You cannot run BIOS Setup at system boot since there is no delay for the Hit Del To run Setup message Available...

Page 45: ...e PS 2 mouse will not function Available options Disabled Enabled and Auto Default setting Auto Wait for F1 If Error AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by Press F1 to continue If this field is s...

Page 46: ...econd Third Hard Disk Boot Device Set the boot device options to determine the sequence in which the computer checks which device to boot from The settings are Removable Dev Hard Drive or ATAPI CDROM...

Page 47: ...k drives in the system To access this screen select Hard disk drives on the Boot Setup screen and press Enter Removable Drives Use this screen to view the removable drives in the system To access this...

Page 48: ...nge Supervisor Password 2 Type the desired password up to 6 character length when you see the message Enter New Supervisor Password 3 Then you can go on to set a user password up to 6 character length...

Page 49: ...the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed Available options Setup Always Default setting Setup Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the...

Page 50: ...FabiaTech Corporation Chipset Setup This section describes the configuration of the board s chipset features NorthBridge Configuration SouthBridge Configuration 44...

Page 51: ...Timing Setting By This Field is SDRAM Timing Setting Control By BIOS Set timings by hard coding values in BIOS By Manual Set timings by Setup Options Available Options BIOS and Manual Default setting...

Page 52: ...1 63 Default setting 38 tRP This field specifies the DDR Memory Timing PRE to ACT command period Available Options 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 Default setting 7 tRCD This field specifies the DDR Memory Timing...

Page 53: ...system is boot You can select either the LCD or the CRT booting on the VGA Available Options Both LCD and CRT Default setting CRT TFT Type Selection This field specifies the Data Bus width and data t...

Page 54: ...E Operate Mode This item specifies the Native Mode ONLY for Windows R XP and 2000 Available Options Legacy and Native mode Default setting Native mode USB Port 0 1 2 3 Set this value to allow system t...

Page 55: ...nput output request This delay takes place to wait for the I O to complete the request This field specifies the recovery time for 8bit or 16bit I O Available Options 1 clock 8 clock Default setting 1...

Page 56: ...ts settings SB Serial Port 1 2 Address These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port Available Options Disabled 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H and 2E8H Default setting 3F8H 2F8H Serial Port 1 2 IRQ Th...

Page 57: ...lect IRQ NMI or Reset signal trigger of onboard watchdog Available Options IRQ 3 IRQ12 IRQ14 IRQ15 NMI and Reset Default setting Reset Watchdog 0 1 Timer This field is the Select when IRQ NMI or Reset...

Page 58: ...FabiaTech Corporation 52...

Page 59: ...flash driver 2 Execute setup exe file 3 The screen shows the SETUP type Press any key to enter the main menu 4 As the setup is completed the system will generate the message as follows Yes I want to...

Page 60: ...Yes Finish Note In the LAN DMPDX3 DOS NDIS directory provide NDIS device drive for DOS BIOS Flash Utility In the UTILITY directory there is the biosmp exe file Step 1 Copy the BIOSMP EXE update BIOS...

Page 61: ...be programmed to be 30 5 seconds to 512 seconds Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer WDT0 and WDT1 is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect crashes or hang ups The watch...

Page 62: ...og timer time out report signal select 0000 Reserved 0001 IRQ3 selected 0010 IRQ4 selected 0011 IRQ5 selected 0100 IRQ6 selected 0101 IRQ7 selected 0110 IRQ9 selected 0111 IRQ10 selected 1000 IRQ11 se...

Page 63: ...og timer out please enter the BIOS Setup the Peripheral Setup menu the OnBoard PCI IDE and IDE Prefetch these two items must set to Primary Timeout Status WDT0 and WDT1 WDT 0 3Ch WDT 1 6Dh Bit 7 0 Tim...

Page 64: ...emonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time out period at 4 seconds Unlock Configuration Register Mov dx 22h Enter to extended function mode Mov al 13h Out dx al Mov dx 23h Mov al c5...

Page 65: ...before the new time out period in next trigger Timer Counter Mov al 02h Mov dx 3bh Index 3bh set 02h 4 sec Out dx al System Reset or Interrupt Mov al 38h Mov dx 22h Out dx al Mov al 50h Trigger IRQ7 M...

Page 66: ...atchdog timer 1 and set the time out period at 4 seconds Enabled Watch dog Mov al 40h Mov dx 68h IO port 68h Bit 6 set 1 Out dx al Watchdog Timer Trigger Timer Counter Mov al 02h Mov dx 6ah IO port 68...

Page 67: ...and connectors are in proper position and firmly attached If the errors still exist please contact with your distributor for maintenance POST BEEP Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS s...

Page 68: ...stalled correctly 2 All cables are correctly and firmly attached 3 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER When this error occurs ensure the follo...

Page 69: ...ten to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING This message is used in connection with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR m...

Page 70: ...bytes of general purpose RAM Because of the use of CMOS technology it consumes very little power and can be maintained for long periods of time using an internal Lithium battery The contents of each...

Page 71: ...ow base memory byte 16 High base memory byte 17 Low expansion memory byte 18 High expansion memory byte 19 2D Reserved 2E 2F 2 byte CMOS checksum 30 Low actual expansion memory byte 31 High actual exp...

Page 72: ...ed 1 Enabled 15h Base Memory in 1KB increments Low Byte 16h Base Memory in 1KB increments High Byte 17h IBM compatible memory in 1KB increments Low Byte 18h IBM compatible memory in 1KB increments Hig...

Page 73: ...A Controller 1 020h 021h Interrupt Controller 1 022h 023h WDT 0 Control Register 040h 05Fh Timer Controller 060h 064h Keyboard Controller 066h 06fh WTD1 Control Ports 070h 073h Real Time Clock NMI 080...

Page 74: ...the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on the Industrial CPU Card Level Function IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I...

Page 75: ...e ACE a completed MODEM control capability and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time required to handle the communications link The following table is a summ...

Page 76: ...pt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pending Bit 1 Interrupt ID Bit 0 Bit 2 Interrupt ID Bit 1 Bit 3 Must be 0 Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Contr...

Page 77: ...ust be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Status Register LSR Bit 0 Data Ready DR Bit 1 Overrun Error OR Bit 2 Parity Error PE Bit 3 Framing Error FE Bit 4 Break Interrupt BI Bit 5 Transmitter Holding Register Em...

Page 78: ...or Latch LS MS LS MS Bit 0 Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1 Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2 Bit 2 Bit 10 Bit 3 Bit 3 Bit 11 Bit 4 Bit 4 Bit 12 Bit 5 Bit 5 Bit 13 Bit 6 Bit 6 Bit 14 Bit 7 Bit 7 Bit 15 Desired Baud Rate Divisor Use...

Page 79: ...FabiaTech Corporation Appendix Dimension Top Side 73...

Page 80: ...FabiaTech Corporation 74 Solder Side...

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