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PEB-2530VL 

 
 
 
 
 

Embedded System Board 

 
 
 
 
 

User's Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

P/N: B8980890   Version 1.1 

 

Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2003 All rights reserved. 

All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners. 

 

Summary of Contents for PEB-2530VL

Page 1: ...PEB 2530VL Embedded System Board User s Manual P N B8980890 Version 1 1 Copyright Portwell Inc 2003 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 2: ...ace 1 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Setting 2 1 2 1 Jumper Setting 2 1 2 2 Connectors 2 3 Chapter 3 System Installation 3 1 3 1 NS Geode GX1 XpressGRAPHICS Graphics Controler 3 1 3 2 On Board Fast Ethernet Controller 3 1 3 3 IDE interface 3 2 3 4 PCI bus 3 2 3 5 SDRAM interface 3 2 3 6 USB 3 2 3 7 Compact Flash interface 3 3 3 8 Winbond W83977F A W83977ATF AW 3 3 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Informat...

Page 3: ...n memory Solid State Flash disk or optional flat panel display interface module to get a safe installation and give you a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Besides it will introduce and show you the driver installation procedure about Graphics Controller Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information This chapter specifies the meaning of each setup parameters and how to get advanced BIOS performance...

Page 4: ...States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89 336 EEC The equipment was evaluated and passed the test the following standards were applied EMC EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 Class A EN 50082 2 1991 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 3 2 1995 EN 61000 3 3 1995 The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration Portwell Inc Company Name Company Address ...

Page 5: ...rd four serial ports one parallel port and a 144 pin SODIMM socket allowing for up to 256MB of SDRAM to be installed 1 1 Check List The PEB 2530VL package includes the following basic items accompany with this manual One PEB 2530VL All in One NS Geode GX1 Embedded System Board One User s Manual One Installation Resources CD title Cable set includes the followings One PS 2 keyboard and mouse Y cabl...

Page 6: ... z Parallel port Interface for bi directional parallel port x 1 Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes z Serial port One external DB 9 connector supports RS 232 three internal headers support RS 232 x1 and RS 422 485 x2 z KB Mouse connector Internal header PS2 Keyboard Mouse connector x 1 z USB connectors One down links two connectors supports dual USB ports z Watchdog Timer Super watchdog timer from 0 5 ...

Page 7: ...ernet interface PCI 100 10 Mbps IEEE 802 3U compatible z Remote Boot ROM For diskless system z SSD One CF socket supports Type II Compact Flash Card Support 8 320MB Compact flash z PC 104 One 16 bit PC 104 ISA connector onboard z PC 104 Plus One 32 bit PC 104 plus PCI connector onboard z Connectors on bracket VGA DB 15 COM 1 DB 9 Ethernet RJ 45 USB z Power connectors 4 pin HDD type 4 pin FDD type ...

Page 8: ...ement 5V 1 66A w GX1 300MHz z Operating temperature 32 to 140 F 0 to 50 C z Board size 102mm x 145mm 3 5 FDD size 1 2 2 Mechanical Drawing 0 0 2 9 8 88 6 36 18 44 54 52 79 37 84 56 91 98 105 39 122 69 134 137 12 5 99 84 73 86 95 8 88 6 36 1 26 0 99 1 65 62 79 37 8 53 82 19 0 86 56 95 99 1 132 73 134 95 17 79 37 74 57 73 37 16 57 3 3 ...

Page 9: ...rated in the CS5530A IDE interface support Ultra DMA Tow connectors are provided A 44 pin pitch 2 0mm standard IDE interface on the primary and secondary controller and a Compact Flash connector on the secondary controller 1 3 2 XPRESS Graphics The XPRESS Graphics is based on the GX1 CPU and the CS5530A Companion chip and this graphics controller is very cost efficient since almost no additional c...

Page 10: ...orm factor 3 3V PC 100 SDRAM modules are recommended to use 1 3 6 IDE Interface A primary as well as a secondary IDE controller is provided by the CS5530A companion chip which supports Ultra DMA mode and PCI bus mastering for the data transfer Access to these controllers is provided by a standard IDE 44 pin connector and a Compact Flash type II connector on the solder side of this board 1 3 7 USB ...

Page 11: ...Flash type II connector is connected to the secondary IDE controller The Compact Flash storage card is IDE compatible It is an ideal replacement for standard IDE hard drives The solid state design offers no seek errors even under extreme shock and vibration conditions The Compact Flash storage card is extremely small and highly suitable for rugged environments thus providing an excellent solution ...

Page 12: ...ts Compact Flash Video Data PC 104 Connector SODIMM SDRAM Watchdog Timer PS 2 Mouse KBD LPT RS 232x2 BIOS PCIBus PC 104 Plus connector 100 10 BASE RJ 45 Ultra IDE Intel 82559 83977ATF Aw RS 422 485 x2 GPIO Figure 1 1 PEB 2530VL System Block Diagram The two key components on board are the NS Geode GX1 CPU and the CS5530A companion chip These two devices provide the ISA and PCI bus to which all the ...

Page 13: ...ectors locations Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter The default settings are indicated with a start sign 2 1 Jumper Setting The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as follows The Default setting are indicated with a star sign Ì Figure 2 1 PEB 2530VL Jumper and Connector Locations Top ...

Page 14: ...g JP2 JP2 Function 1 2 Normal Operation Ì 2 3 Clear CMOS Contents WATCH D On board Ethernet enable disable JP3 JP3 Function 1 2 On board Ethernet Enabled Ì 2 3 On board Ethernet Disabled Watch DOG TIMER Jumper Setting JP4 JP4 1 2 Function NC Watch DOG Timer Enabled Short Watch DOG Timer Disabled Ì JP4 3 4 IO Port Location NC 533 033 Short 543 343 Ì ...

Page 15: ...sec NC NC NC 64 sec RS 422 485 Select JP6 JP6 Function 1 2 RS 422 for COM3 Ì 3 4 RS 485 for COM3 5 6 RS 422 for COM4 Ì 7 8 RS 485 for COM4 2 2 Connectors JP1 System Reset Header Function Status ON Reset OFF Normal J5 Power Connector HDD Type PIN No Signal Description 1 12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5V J6 PC 104 Plus PIN No A B C D 1 GND 5 0V KEY Reserve 5 AD00 2 VI O AD02 AD01 5V 3 AD05 GND AD04 AD03 4 C BE0 ...

Page 16: ...V AD23 AD22 3 3V 18 IDSEL0 GND IDSEL1 IDSEL2 19 AD24 C BE3 VI O IDSEL3 20 GND AD26 AD25 GND 21 AD29 5V AD28 AD27 22 5V AD30 GND AD31 23 REO0 GND REO1 VI O 24 GND REO2 5V GNT0 25 GNT1 VI O GNT2 GND 26 5V CLK0 GND CLK1 27 CLK2 5V CLK3 GND 28 GND INTD 5V RST 29 12V INTA INTB INTC 30 12V Reserved Reserved GND 3 3V KEY 2 J7 PC 104 BUS PIN No A B 1 IOCHCK GND 2 D7 RSTDRV 3 D6 5V 4 D5 IRQ9 5 D4 5V 6 D3 D...

Page 17: ... A7 IRQ4 25 A6 IRQ3 26 A5 DACK2 27 A4 TC 28 A3 BALE 29 A2 5V 30 A1 OSC 31 A0 GND 32 GND GND PIN No C D 0 GND GND 1 MEMCS16 SBHE 2 IOCS16 LA23 3 IRQ10 LA22 4 IRQ11 LS21 5 IRQ12 LS20 6 IRQ15 LS19 7 IRQ14 LA18 8 DACK0 LA17 9 DRQ0 MEMR 10 DACK5 MEMW 11 DRQ5 SD8 12 DACK6 SB9 13 DRQ6 SD10 14 DACK7 SD11 15 DRQ7 SD12 16 5V SD13 17 MASTER SD14 18 GND SD15 19 GND GND KEY ...

Page 18: ...N C J8 IDE1 Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 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 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 N C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull down 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 INT REQ 32 N C 33 SA...

Page 19: ...D1 23 D2 24 IOCS16 25 CD2 26 CD1 27 D11 28 D12 29 D13 30 D14 31 D15 32 CS1 33 VS1 34 IORD 35 IOWR 36 WE 37 INTRQ 38 VCC 39 CSEL 40 VS2 41 RESET 42 IORDY 43 INPACK 44 REG 45 DASP 46 PDIAG 47 D8 48 D9 49 D10 50 GND J14 J15 Serial Port 1 Port 2 Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Data Carrier Detect DCD 2 Receive Data RXD 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Ground GND 6 Data Set Ready D...

Page 20: ...16 Motor ENB 17 Ground 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Head Select 33 Ground 34 Disk Change J13 USBx2 Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 2 USBD1 D2 3 USBD1 D2 4 USBGND1 5 GND J12 Ethernet RJ 45 Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 TX 2 TX 3 R...

Page 21: ...trobe 14 Auto Form Feed 2 Data 0 15 Error 3 Data 1 16 Initialization 4 Data 2 17 Printer Select IN 5 Data 3 18 Ground 6 Data 4 19 Ground 7 Data 5 20 Ground 8 Data 6 21 Ground 9 Data 7 22 Ground 10 Acknowledge 23 Ground 11 Busy 24 Ground 12 Paper Empty 25 Ground 13 Printer Select 26 N C J3 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Keyboard Data 2 N C 3 GND 4 5V 5 Keyboard Clock 6 Mo...

Page 22: ...round 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 N C 10 Ground 11 N C 12 DDC_DATA 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC_CLK D11 IDE1 Campact Flash Active LED Green Function Status ON Active OFF Non Active D11 Power LED Amber Function Status ON Power is Ready OFF Power is OFF J1 Input Power Connector 1 x 4 shrouded header PIN No Signal Description 1 12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5V ...

Page 23: ...nfiguration Setting PEB 2530VL User s Manual 2 11 JP5 GPIO Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 GPI 0 2 GPO 0 3 GPI 1 4 GPO 1 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 GPI 2 8 GPO 2 9 GPI 3 10 GPO 3 ...

Page 24: ... the device driver please see the reference files in each sub directory If you have problems to install drivers directly from CDROM please copy the files into your hard drive before you proceed with the driver installation z VGA This driver supports Windows 4 0 Windows 9X Note For more detailed installation steps please refer to our installation guide file 3 2 On Board Fast Ethernet Controller The...

Page 25: ... connector and a Compact Flash type II connector on the solder side of this board provide access to these controllers 3 4 PCI bus The PCI bus on the board is provided by the GX1 CPU and will always run at 33MHz The GX1 CPU provides support for up to three bus masters The CS5530A and one Intel 82559 Ethernet controller use these bus master signals 3 5 SDRAM interface This board uses 144 pin SODIMM ...

Page 26: ...llowing simple use for the end user The Compact Flash storage card is O S independent thus offering an optimal solution for embedded systems operating in non standard computing environments The Compact Flash storage card is IDE compatible and offers various capacities 3 8 Winbond W83977F A W83977ATF AW The Winbond W83977F A Super I O chip provides most input output interfaces of the system as the ...

Page 27: ...rol the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or By pressing the Del key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it O...

Page 28: ...t some systems may not include all entries STANDARD CMOS SETUP This setup page includes all the items in a standard AT compatible BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This entry only appears if your system supports Power Mana...

Page 29: ...le password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk s parameters SAVE EXIT SETUP Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup Standard C...

Page 30: ...bled Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Setup Setup System PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Disabled Enabled OS Select for DRAM 64 Non OS2 Non OS2 OS2 Report No FDD for WIN95 No Yes Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Enabled Disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Disabled Enabled Cyrix 6x86 MII CPUID Enabled Enab...

Page 31: ...12 15 16 20 30 40 60 Min IRQ1 Keyboard ON ON OFF IRQ3 COM 2 OFF OFF ON IRQ4 COM1 OFF OFF ON IRQ5 LPT 2 OFF OFF ON IRQ6 Floppy Disk OFF OFF ON IRQ7 LPT 1 OFF OFF ON IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir OFF OFF ON IRQ10 Reserved OFF OFF ON IRQ11 Reserved OFF OFF ON IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse OFF OFF ON IRQ13 Coprocessor OFF OFF ON IRQ14 Hard Disk OFF OFF ON IRQ15 Reserved OFF OFF ON z PnP PCI Configuration Table BIOS Setup Items ...

Page 32: ...ve UDMA Auto Disabled KBC Input Clock 8MHz 8MHz 6MHz 12MHz 16MHz Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Serial Port 3 Port 4 3E8 IRQ9 2E8 IRQ10 3E8 IRQ9 2E8 IRQ10 3F8 2F8 Disabled IRQ3 4 5 6 7 11 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Disabled 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ...

Page 33: ...cond The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave The categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been installed in the computer Type user is user definable The choice Auto User None Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note t...

Page 34: ...A Type Drive B Type The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sid...

Page 35: ... The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the SBC or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the SBC Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much e...

Page 36: ...ion table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear Afterwards if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc CPU I...

Page 37: ...ROM drive and the next is floppy disk drive Other Combinations D A SCSI E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C only LS120 C Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether enable the swap floppy drive or not The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44...

Page 38: ...bled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate curs...

Page 39: ...rity select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled When PCI VGA working with MPEG ISA VESA VGA Card Disabl...

Page 40: ...sword Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be pr...

Page 41: ...synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer The choice Auto 2T 3T SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By This item allows user to set the DRAM timing The choice 3 4 16 bit I O Recovery CLK The I O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI originated I O cycles to the ...

Page 42: ...ime allowed for 8 bit I O The choice from 1 to 16 CPU clocks USB Controller USB Legacy Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled Multiple Monitor Support This item allows you to set the main monitor that you want to boot up first The choice M B First PCI First Video Memory Size You may set share vide...

Page 43: ...reased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA This item allows you to enable disable the IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA mode The choice Auto Disabled KBC Input Clock This item allows you to select the KBC input clock frequency The choice 6MHz 8MHz ...

Page 44: ...ical parallel printer port The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port Select Compatible or Extended unless you are certain both your hardware and software support EPP or ECP mode The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port The choice 3 1 EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 ...

Page 45: ...3 HDD Power Down There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 16 Sec Standby Mode 60 Min and HDD Power Down 60 Min Max Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU s Doze Mode 4 Sec Standby Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Define A...

Page 46: ... I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as On even when the system is in a power down mode The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an ...

Page 47: ...ecommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings PNP OS Installed This determines whether the PNP OS is installed or not The choice Yes No Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a P...

Page 48: ...to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations IDE HDD AUTO DETECTI...

Page 49: ...XIT WITHOUT SAVING Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ...

Page 50: ...ory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 03DE 13K DOS 03DF 0BB6 31K Program Area 0BB7 9FBF 592K Available Conventional memory ends at 639K 9FC0 9FFF 1K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 C7FF 32K Video ROM C800 CBFF 16K ROM CC00 EFFF 144K Unused F000 FFFF 64...

Page 51: ...RV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ...

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