KONTRON
Introduction
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CMP/P3 and CMP/C3 User’s Guide
2.
INTRODUCTION
2.1
coolMONSTER/P3 and coolMONSTER/C3
coolMONSTER/P3 and coolMONSTER/C3 component SBC modules support the Intel
Mobile
Pentium
III with 256 KB and the Intel
Mobile Celeron
low voltage CPU with 128KB L2 cache
memory on die. The coolMONSTER/P3 and coolMONSTER/C3 integrate the complete functionality of
a Pentium
III class motherboard with CPU, System BIOS, up to 256MB or 512MB SDRAM, keyboard
controller, real-time clock, onboard VGA with LCD interface, and additional peripheral functions.
The coolMONSTER/P3 and coolMONSTER/C3 follow the PISA format, which provides the functionality
of a PCI and ISA bus on one well-defined bus. To connect a backplane with a PISA board, you need
an EISA-like, edge-card connector.
The pinout of the upper row of the PISA bus connector corresponds to the pinout of the ISA bus
connector. The lower row provides PCI signals, which makes it easy to design backplanes with up to
four PCI slots and additional ISA slots.
2.2
The coolMONSTER PISA® Family
coolMONSTER products represent the best scaleable half-size Slot SBC family. Each coolMONSTER
module is characterized by the same mechanical and electrical pinout for the Keyboard, COM A-D,
Sound, IrDA, EIDE 40pin and 44pin, LPT, LAN, VGA, USB, and Floppy. These homogeneous features
facilitate easier upgrades within the Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH coolMONSTER product
family.
PISA® is the proven space saving concept that provides full PCI and ISA bus signals on just half-size
Slot boards. The ancestors were full-sized PICMG boards that have PCI and ISA card edges in a row.
PISA squeezed them to just half-size, which still serves full PCI and ISA buses, which enabled
smaller and cheaper enclosures when possible while maintaining all PCI and ISA periphery.
Whenever a LCD panel is required, coolMONSTER products with onboard graphics controllers are the
right choice. Display connections are simplified when using these units, which come with a JUMPtec
Intelligent LVDS Interface (JILI) or JUMPtec Intelligent Display Adaption (JIPA). The interface can
recognize which display is connected and then independently set all video parameters.
As part of the standard features package, all coolMONSTER modules come with a JUMPtec
Intelligent Device Architecture (JIDA) interface, which is integrated into the BIOS of the SBC
modules. This interface enables hardware independent access to coolMONSTER features that cannot
be accessed via standard APIs. Functions such as watchdog timer, brightness and contrast of LCD
backlight and user bytes in the EEPROM can be configured with ease by taking advantage of this
standard coolMONSTER module feature.
