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15 Floppy Interface
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15 Floppy Interface
The floppy-drive interface of the EPIC/CE uses a 2.88MB super I/O floppy-disk controller and can support
one floppy disk drive with densities that range from 360kB to 2.88MB.
15.1 Connector
The floppy disk interface is available on the flat-foil Connector X2 (26 pins). To find the location of
floppy-drive interface on the EPIC/CE board, please see the Appendix E: Connector Layout chapter. This
type of connector is often internally used in notebooks to connect a slim-line floppy drive.
Accessories are available for this interface from Kontron. To connect a standard 3.5” floppy drive, use an
adapter cable (ADA-FLOPPY-2, Part Number 96001-0000-00-0). If you have a slim-line 3.5” floppy drive,
you may need a flat foil cable (KAB-FLOPPY/MOPS-1, Part Number 96019-0000-00-0). It also is possible
to get a slim line 3.5” floppy drive with cable from Kontron (FLOPPY-MOPS-1, Part Number 96010-0000-
00-0).
The following table shows the connector pin-out:
Header Pin Signal Name Function Pin Signal Name Function
1 VCC * +5V 2 /IDX Index
3 VCC * +5V 4 /DR0 Drive Select 0
5 VCC * +5V 6 /DSKCHG Disk Change
7 NC Not connected 8 NC Not connected
9 NC Not connected 10 /MTR0 Motor on 0
11 NC Not connected 12 /FDIR Direction Select
13 NC Not connected 14 /STEP Step
15 GND Ground 16 /WDATA Write Data
17 GND Ground 18 /WGATE Write Gate
19 GND Ground 20 /TRK0 Track 00
21 GND Ground 22 /WRTPRT Write Protect
23 GND Ground 24 /RDATA Read Data
1
25 GND Ground 26 /HDSEL Side One Select
Notes
: (*) To protect the external power lines of peripheral devices, make sure that:
-- the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current
-- the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire-protecting requirements of
-- IEC/EN 60950.