Table of Contents
Technical Support ............................................................................................................................................. 2
Revision History ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Using CMOS circuitry in industrial control ........................................................................................................ 3
Avoiding damage to the heatsink or CPU............................................................................................................ 4
Excessive Thermal Stress ................................................................................................................................. 4
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 5
List of Figures........................................................................................................................................................ 9
List of Tables........................................................................................................................................................ 10
Overview: Section 1 – Installation ................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 1: Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 12
Description .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
XE–800 SBC major hardware features.............................................................................................................. 12
CPU.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
SDRAM ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
On-board flash ................................................................................................................................................. 12
CompactFlash socket ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Hard disk and IDE port .................................................................................................................................. 12
USB ports ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
LPT and floppy ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Ethernet........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Serial ports protected against ESD ................................................................................................................ 13
PC/104 and PC/104
Plus
interface.................................................................................................................. 13
Video ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Keyboard and mouse port ............................................................................................................................... 14
Real time calendar/clock with battery backup............................................................................................... 14
Setup information stored in EEPROM for high reliability ........................................................................... 14
Watchdog timer added for safety.................................................................................................................... 14
Hardware reset................................................................................................................................................ 14
5 Volt only operation lowers system cost ....................................................................................................... 15
Rugged environmental operation ................................................................................................................... 15
Size................................................................................................................................................................... 15
XE–800 SBC major software features................................................................................................................ 16
Diagnostic software verifies system integrity automatically ........................................................................ 16
Phoenix software BIOS ................................................................................................................................... 16
Octagon BIOS extensions................................................................................................................................ 16
Boot sequence .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 2: Quick start ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Component diagrams, connectors, jumpers and cables..................................................................................... 17
XE–800 SBC connectors and jumpers ............................................................................................................ 21
Custom cables.................................................................................................................................................. 22
Mounting the XE–800......................................................................................................................................... 23
Equipment required ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Hardware mounting ........................................................................................................................................ 24
XE–800 SBC power supply requirements ...................................................................................................... 25
Connecting a monitor and keyboard .................................................................................................................. 26
Monitor ............................................................................................................................................................ 26
Keyboard and mouse ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Installing an operating system........................................................................................................................... 27
OS on CD-ROM onto a hard drive or CompactFlash ........................................................................................ 27
Chapter 3: Setup programs.............................................................................................................................. 30
Operating systems other than DOS ................................................................................................................... 30
Setup.................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Main menu....................................................................................................................................................... 31
Hard drive submenus...................................................................................................................................... 32
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