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Page 1: ...Kontron Hamburg GmbH Co KG Marschnerstieg 7 22081 Hamburg Germany Fon 49 0 40 20 00 90 0 Fax 49 0 40 20 00 90 10 www kontron hh com Technical Manual ePanel C3 ...

Page 2: ... Update 48 7 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 49 7 1 Memory configuration 52 7 2 Watchdog 52 7 3 Compact Flash Socket True IDE compatible 52 7 4 Ethernet 10BASE T 100BASE TX LAN 52 7 5 Smart battery charger 52 7 6 Video Input Output 52 7 7 Wide range DC power supply 52 7 8 PC Card Interface 53 7 9 Flatpanel Interface 53 7 10 Backlight control and power supply 53 8 JUMPER SETTINGS 54 9 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS 56...

Page 3: ...fully and thoroughly before being shipped If however problems should occur during operation please check your user specific settings of all boards included in your system This is often the source of problems due to resource conflicts If a board is defective it can be sent to your supplier for repair Please take care of the following steps 1 The board returned should have the factory default settin...

Page 4: ...tandards links Before contacting Kontron please check first our web page for available information newest manuals application notes etc If you can t solve the problem on your own with this documents do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone Please prepare yourself to answer a few questions like which Kontron module s is are concerned what serial numbers xx what BIOS versions since when is th...

Page 5: ...e a customized PC board out of standard parts Obviously the solution has to be modular The answer of Kontron for the mobile business ePanel Quick integration and nevertheless standard PC technology The ePanel C3 is a complete Pentium III class PC with standard interfaces including USB and additional options such as sound capabilities PC Card touch matrix controller TV In and output flatpanel inter...

Page 6: ...fully compliant AC97 soundchip is supported by most operating systems For networking purposes the ePanel C3 comes with a 10 100 MBit Ethernet controller which allows an easy Intranet Internet access Total communication interfaces like 2 serial TTL ports an EPP ECP parallel port Floppy interface touch matrix controller TV Input and optional TV Output three USB 2 0 ports PC Card controller 10 100 Mb...

Page 7: ...arging unit for batteries up to 18V Memory support 64 bit DDR RAM interface One DDR SO DIMM Socket max 1 GB Two serial ports COM1 and COM2 TTL signals only One parallel port LPT1 EPP and ECP capability Floppy interface Support for 720 KB and 1 44 MB density EIDE PCI hard disk interface 2 x PCI Bus Master IDE ports up to 3 IDE Devices Compact Flash socket as Primary Master 44 pin IDE connector as s...

Page 8: ...it o 2 x LVDS JILI JILI 30 2 x 24 Bit o TV Out o S Video o Composite Video Resolution VGA up to UXGA Audio Codec VIA VT1616 AC97 Line In Line Out Mic in Onboard compact flash socket for commercial Type II CF cards Master on primary IDE Onboard PC Card socket for Wireless LAN Bluetooth ISDN or modem cards NTSC PAL Philips SAA7118 multistandard video decoder with capture max 16 x input Power managem...

Page 9: ...lay No E0000h EFFFFh System BIOS No F0000h EC000h System BIOS No The I O port addresses of the ePanel C3 are functionally identical with a standard PC AT Following the additional I O ports which are used on this board I O addr used for available comment 20 3F Master Interrupt No 40 5F Timer Counter No 60 6F Keyboard Controller No 60h KBC Data No 61h Misc Functions Spkr No 64h KBC Command Status No...

Page 10: ... 1 Connectors Smart Battery DC Input Backlight Floppy Standard Port Secondary Port VGA Sound Debug JILI30 FLEX32 Fan TV In Out Digital Video Input Touch Panel Secondary IDE Find more detailed information about the connectors in chapter 5 2 Connector Pinouts ...

Page 11: ...Page 11 of 62 Pages Mini PCI Find more detailed information about the connectors in chapter 5 2 Connector Pinouts ...

Page 12: ...3 BATT_SCL GND GND VCC5 KB_DO0 SYB 3V3DUAL 3 4 BATT_SDA GND BKLT_SW DR0 KB_DO1 GND VCC5 4 5 THM BKLT_SW VCC5 KB_DO2 YT VCC5 5 6 GND GND DSKCHG KB_DO3 SYT DDC_SCL 6 7 GND BKLT_ON NC KB_DO4 GND DDC_SDA 7 8 NC KB_DO5 XL GND 8 9 NC KB_DO6 SXL VCC12 9 10 MTR0 KB_DO7 GND BCKBAT 10 11 NC GND XR 11 12 FDIR VCC3 SXR 12 13 NC KB_DI0 GND 13 14 STEP KB_DI1 TRB 14 15 GND KB_DI2 TLB 15 16 WDATA KB_DI3 GND 16 17...

Page 13: ...MIC ERR SOUT1 14 15 IDE_D1 GND PG2 FTX3 GND PD0 RI1 15 16 IDE_D14 C_IN3 PG3 JILI_SDA LINE_L INIT GND 16 17 IDE_D0 GND PG4 STX0 GND GND IRRX1 17 18 IDE_D15 RGB_SYNC1 PG5 STX0 LINE_R PD1 IRTX1 18 19 GND GND GND JILI_SCL GND SLIN GND 19 20 NC RGB_RED1 PB0 STX1 VCC5 PD2 VCC5 20 21 IDE_DRQ GND PB1 STX1 VCC5 PD3 VCC5 21 22 GND RGB_GREEN1 PB2 NC VCC5 GND VCC5 22 23 IDE_IOW GND PB3 STX2 VCC5 PD4 VCC5 23 2...

Page 14: ...und Connector USB COM1 KEYB PS2 Ethernet Connector Pin No X1100 X2000 X1403 X1402 X2002 No 39 NC SVY RGB_G VCC12 NC GND 39 40 GND GND VCC12 BCKBAT TXD 40 41 VCC5 CVBS TXD 41 42 VCC5 GND GND 42 43 GND VCC3 LILED 43 44 NC VCC3 SPEEDLED 44 45 VCC5 ACTLED 45 46 VCC3 46 47 PWR_LED 47 48 MRESET 48 49 PWRBTN 49 50 GND 50 ...

Page 15: ...IN 1 2 YUV0 FTX0 FANIN GND 2 3 YUV1 FTX1 GND 3 4 YUV2 FTX1 4 5 YUV3 FTX2 5 6 YUV4 FTX2 6 7 YUV5 GND 7 8 YUV6 FTXC 8 9 YUV7 FTXC 9 10 GND FTX3 10 11 RDY FTX3 11 12 CLK STX0 12 13 DQ STX0 13 14 RH GND 14 15 RV STX1 15 16 STX1 16 17 GND 17 18 STX2 18 19 STX2 19 20 STXC 20 21 STXC 21 22 STX3 22 23 STX3 23 24 GND 24 25 SDA 25 26 DATAENA 26 27 SCL 27 28 PANEL_VCC 28 29 PANEL_VCC 29 30 PANEL_VCC 30 ...

Page 16: ...ollector DDC signals with TTL level AUX_L Auxiliary input left Normally intended for connection to external CD ROM analog output Max input voltage is 0 7Vpp AUX_R Auxiliary input right Normally intended for connection to external CD ROM analog output Max input voltage is 0 7Vpp VLINE_L Line level stereo input left Max input voltage is 0 7Vpp VLINE_R Line level stereo input right Max input voltage ...

Page 17: ...DS output STXC Differential LCD clock pair output for LVDS support Second port LVDS output 5 6 3 Connector X1400 JILI30 Flatpanel Interface FTX0 3 Differential LCD data output Signals for LVDS support First port LVDS output FTXC Differential LCD clock pair output for LVDS support First port LVDS output STX0 3 Differential LCD data output Signals for LVDS support Second port LVDS output STXC Differ...

Page 18: ... serial port Handshake signal which notifies the UART that the modem is ready to establish the communication link TTL KBDAT Keyboard data signal TTL KBCLK Keyboard clock signal TTL MDAT Mouse data signal TTL MCLK Mouse clock signal TTL IRTX1 IRRX1 Infrared transmit and receive pin LVTTL TXD TXD Analog Twisted Pair Ethernet Transmit Differential Pair These pins transmit the serial bit stream for tr...

Page 19: ...RCUR Over current detect input This pin is used to monitor the USB power over current Max input voltage is 3 3 V DC USBEN This output enables the USB ports This pin is used to enable the USB power switch PWRBTN Power Button Input This input is used to support the ACPI Power Button function Used to power up or down the board and to resume from suspend mode Max input voltage is 3 3 V DC PWR_LED The ...

Page 20: ...icates that the printer is out of paper SLCT Active high output from the printer indicates that it has power on DTR2 Active low data terminal ready output for the serial port Handshake output signal notifies modem that the UART is ready to establish data communication link RI2 Active low input handshake signal which notifies the UART that the telephone ring signal is detected by the modem SOUT2 Tr...

Page 21: ...nts a flux transition of the encoded data DSKCHG Disk interface input indicates when the disk drive door has been opened This active low signal is read from bit D7 of location base 7 MTR0 Active low output selects motor drives 0 HDSEL Active low output determines which disk drive head is active Low Head 0 high open Head 1 FDIR Active low output determines the direction of the head movement low ste...

Page 22: ...trobe DSTROBE to use by IDE Busmaster to strobe the input data In write cycles this pin is used by IDE device to notify IDE Busmaster as DMA Ready DDMARDYJ IDE_IOR IDE IORJ Command This is the IORJ command output pin to notify the IDE device to assert the Read Data in PIO and DMA mode In Ultra 33 mode this pin has different function In read cycle this pin is used by IDE Busmaster to notify IDE dev...

Page 23: ...Input DCIN Main power supply input 8V up to 28V DC GND Main power supply ground 5 6 10 Connector X1402 Backlight BKLT_ADJ 0V up to 5V DC brightness control signal BKLT_SW Switched Backlight power supply 5V or 12V selectable by J1400 default value 12V BKLT_ON Backlight on off control signal TTL Polarity selectable by J1402 default value active high 5 6 11 Connector X1404 Backlight Compensation VTIN...

Page 24: ... Northeast input for 5 wire touchpanels SYT Touchpanel top sensing signal For 4 wire touchpanels connect to YT XL Touchpanel left driving signal NW Northwest input for 5 wire touchpanels SXL Touchpanel left sensing signal For 4 wire touchpanels connect to XL XR Touchpanel right driving signal SE Southeast input for 5 wire touchpanels SXR Touchpanel right sensing signal For 4 wire touchpanels conne...

Page 25: ...3V to 3 3V DC 5 6 16 Connector X1401 FLEX32 Interface All signals are LVTTL compatible PR0 PR5 Red color data lines for flatpanel PG0 PG5 Green color data lines for flatpanel PB0 PB5 Blue color data lines for flatpanel PCLK Data shift clock for flatpanel PHS Horizontal sync pulse for flatpanel PVS Vertical sync pulse for flatpanel PDE Data enable signal for flatpanel Panel_VCC Switched Power suppl...

Page 26: ...ltage is 1Vpp RGB_SYNC1 Sync pulse for RGB video input signal channel 1 Max input voltage is 1Vpp RGB_SYNC2 Sync pulse for RGB video input signal channel 2 Max input voltage is 1Vpp RGB_RED1 Red input signal channel 1 Max input voltage is 1Vpp RGB_RED2 Red input signal channel 2 Max input voltage is 1Vpp RGB_GREEN1 Green input signal channel 1 Max input voltage is 1Vpp RGB_GREEN2 Green input signa...

Page 27: ...tup The Main Menu will be displayed The Menu Bar The Menu Bar at the top of the window lists all the different menus Use the up down arrows to make a selection The Legend Bar Use the keys listed in the legend bar on the bottom to make your selection or exit the current menu The table below describes the legend keys and their alternates Key Function Esc Exit this menu or Arrow key Move cursor up an...

Page 28: ... between fields The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 6 1 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Select the Advanced tab from the setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen such as SuperIO Configur...

Page 29: ...nd Slave Settings From the IDE Configuration screen press Enter to access the sub menu for the primary and secondary IDE master and slave drives Use this screen to select options for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives IDE DMA Transfer Disable DMA transfer for IDE Drives Hard Disk Write Protect Enable write protection for drive IDE Detect time out Timeout for IDE devices during POST Hard disk Acc...

Page 30: ...iming cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases DMA Mode This setting allows you to adjust the DMA mode options S M A R T for Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature can help predict impending drive failures 32Bit Data Transfer This option sets the 32 bit data transfer option ARMD Emu...

Page 31: ...he Floppy Configuration Settings 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 are described Floppy Drive A and B Move the cursor to these fields via up and down arrow keys Select the floppy type SUPER I O CONFIGURATION SCREEN ...

Page 32: ...t Request address of serial port 2 Onboard FIR Port This option specifies the base I O port address of the onboard FIR port Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O address used by the parallel port Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal setting is Normal The Fail Safe setting is Disabled Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ used by the pa...

Page 33: ...erature monitoring of the CPU Threshold temperature to turn on active cooling fan Active threshold Threshold temperature to turn on passive cooling by throttling the CPU Passive threshold Threshold temperature shutdown the system Critical threshold ACPI Setup ...

Page 34: ...he Intel ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI General Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the ACPI Advanced Configuration Settings Repost Video on S3 Resume Set this value to allow video repost support ACPI Advanced Configuration ...

Page 35: ...is value to allow or prevent the system to be complaint with the ACPI 2 0 specification BIOS AML ACPI Table Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description Table RSDT table Headless Mode This option is used to update the ACPI FACP table to indicate headless operations ...

Page 36: ...his option is used view all logged events Mark all events as read This option is used to mark all current events as read in the event log Clear Event log This option is used to clear the whole event log Event log statistics View current event log statistics ...

Page 37: ...upport refers to the USB mouse and USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard will not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB drivers loaded on the system Set this va...

Page 38: ...ncy Timer to be adjusted This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus Allocate IRQ to VGA Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address Palette Snooping Set this value to allow the system to modify the Palette Snooping settings PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering OffBoard PCI I...

Page 39: ...em on the Boot Setup screen to access the sub menu for Boot Device Priority Hard disk drives Removable Devices ATAPI CD ROM Drives Boot Settings Configuration Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Use this screen to specify the order in which the system checks for the device to boot from Hard disk drives Use this screen to view the hard disk dri...

Page 40: ... enabled automatically when the computer system is boot up This allows the immediate use of 10 keys numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard will be lit This is the default setting PS 2 Mouse Support Disabled This option will prevent the PS 2 mouse port from using system resources and will prevent the port from being active ...

Page 41: ... wait for any error If an error is detected pressing F1 will enter Setup and the BIOS setting can be adjusted to fix the problem This normally happens when upgrading the hardware and not setting the BIOS to recognize it This is the default setting Hit DEL Message Display Disabled This prevents the ezPORT to display Hit Del to enter Setup during memory initialization If Quiet Boot is enabled the Hi...

Page 42: ...Page 42 of 62 Pages Removable Devices Use this screen to view the removable drives attached to the system ATAPI CD ROM Drives Use this screen to view the ATAPI CD ROM drives in the system ...

Page 43: ... Not Installed displays Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to change the user password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub me...

Page 44: ...nter Clear New Password Ok Cancel appears Type the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered Retype the password as prompted and press Enter If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears The password is stored in NVRAM after setup completes Chipset Setup ...

Page 45: ...ion North Bridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the South Bridge Configuration Display You can use this screen to select options for the Display devices CPU Configuration ...

Page 46: ...of 62 Pages You can use this screen to select options for the CPU Configuration North Bridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration ...

Page 47: ...ridge is a chipset on the motherboard that controls the basic I O functions USB ports audio functions modem functions IDE channels and PCI slots Display Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the display Configuration Output devices are enabled here and connected LCD Panel configured ...

Page 48: ...ault settings when you Select this option The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications In particular do not use the Optimal Setup options if your computer is experiencing system configuration problems Select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Select Ok to load optimal defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults The ...

Page 49: ...um of expansion options for enhanced communications connectivity and multimedia functions The VIA Eden TM Embedded System Platform Processor VIA Eden ESP for short is based upon a unique internal architecture and is manufactured using advanced 0 15µ 0 13µ CMOS technology The VIA Eden ESP architecture and companion chips provide a highly compatible high performance low cost and low power solution f...

Page 50: ...Blending Integrated low power AGP 8X equivalent graphics with high performance 3D acceleration and full 2D video acceleration including motion compensation and up to 64MB Frame Buffer CRT TFT Flat Panel Support TTL and LVDS High bandwidth V Link Host Controller Advance System Power Management South Bridge Proven x86 South Bridge technology with highly integrated multimedia communications and conne...

Page 51: ...L LA AN N VT6103 10 100 Base T LAN VIA Eden ESP Processor CLE266 Northbridge Integrated AGPX8 Graphic VT8235 Southbridge 1 SLOT DDR SDRAM VIDEO Out VT1621 2 2 18Bit TTL Out 2x LVDS OUT VIDEO Input SAA7118 V Link Optional CF Card Pri VT1211 Super IO Matrix Keypad COM 1 2 LPT1 Floppy PC Cardbus PCI1410A Serial IR 3x Channel USB USB Touch UR7HCTS2 VT6103 LAN 10 100Mbit VT6116 Sound AC97 Codec Eeprom ...

Page 52: ...the life of the battery The Smart Battery Charger will also receive critical events from the Smart Battery when it detects a problem These include alarms for charging conditions or temperature conditions which exceed the limits set within the particular Smart Battery Charging of the battery is independent of state of the CPU thus allowing the battery to be charged even if the CPU is powered down M...

Page 53: ... PC Cards powered at 5V or 3 3V as required All card signals are buffered internally to allow hot insertion and removal 7 9 Flatpanel Interface The display controller supports LVDS and digital RGB TFT flatpanels from 640 x 480 up to 1600 x 1200 pixels and up to 16 Mio colors The resolution and the type of flatpanel interface supported can be setup in the BIOS Please refer to the BIOS section in th...

Page 54: ...Page 54 of 62 Pages 1 R1411 R1410 R1409 BKLT_VCC J1400 1 2 5V 2 3 12V BKLT_ON J1402 1 2 ON 2 3 ON Panel Vcc R1411 12V R1410 5V R1409 3 3V 8 JUMPER SETTINGS ...

Page 55: ...Page 55 of 62 Pages JP1402 Reserved JP1401 UP Down Rotate image up or down Default open JP1400 Left Right Rotate image in right or left Default open 1 ...

Page 56: ...Page 56 of 62 Pages 9 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS NOTE all dimensions in mm ...

Page 57: ...Page 57 of 62 Pages Frontside positions of mounting holes for heatspreader ...

Page 58: ...PT Sound output Stereo Sound input Stereo Microphone input Mono two USB ports Printer port LPT1 VGA CRT Two serial ports COM1 COM2 RS232C Ethernet PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard IrDA Feature connector with Reset Input Power On Button Power ON LED Backup battery input 3V DC Mechanical dimension 180 00 x 30 00 mm The schematics of the I O adapter ePanel ADAPT is available as PDF file on the support page w...

Page 59: ...ADAPT TV Video inputs 2 x Composite Video 2 x S VIDEO 1 x RGB Video Outputs 1 x S VIDEO 1 x Composite Video 1 x RGB Mechanical dimension 140 00 x 30 00 mm The schematics of the I O adapter ePanel ADAPT TV is available as PDF file on the support page www kontron hh com ...

Page 60: ...AM 1370mA 12V DC ca 16 4 W w o Flatpanel and Backlight Inverter 695mA 24V DC ca 16 7W Supply current typical Setup Prompt 1550mA 8V ca 12 4W ePanel C3 300MHz 256 MB DDRAM 1030mA 12V DC ca 12 3 W w o Flatpanel and Backlight Inverter 520mA 24V DC ca 12 5W 11 3 Environmental specifications Temperature operating 5 C to tbd C non operating 10 C to 85 C Humidity operating 10 to 90 non condensing non ope...

Page 61: ...plication Notes January 30 1990 Intel Technical Reference Guide Extended Industry Standard Architecture Expansion Bus Compaq 1989 Personal Computer Bus Standard P996 Draft D2 00 January 18 1990 IEEE Inc Embedded PCs Markt Technik GmbH ISBN 3 8272 5314 4 german 12 2 PCI specifications PCI Special Interest Group c o Intel Corporation PCI System Architecture Addison Wesley Publishing Company ISBN 0 2...

Page 62: ...ges 13 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY Filename Date Edited by Alteration to previous document revision ePanel C3_M100 DOC 01 09 04 D Piper L Trotter Initial release ePanel C3_M101 DOC 13 09 04 L Trotter Preliminary Release ...

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