Teknor Industrial Computers VIPer 821, Technical Reference Manual

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1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The VIPer 821 is a PC/AT industrial Single Board Computer (SBC) based on the Intel
Pentium (Socket 7) processor and the Intel Triton II chipset.
The VIPer 821 is based on the half size PC/AT card format and can be installed into a
standard passive ISA backplane. The SBC and backplane assembly is used as a substitute
for the standard PC motherboard, and in general includes all of the standard interfaces and
peripherals that are normally included in a top of the line PC.
The VIPer 821 can also be used without a backplane, as a stand-alone computer: in such a
case, it is powered through the external power connector and expansion is possible through
the PC/104 connector.
The major advantages of the board are summarized below:
Microprocessor Support: Pentium, Pentium MMX, and compatible are supported.
External Cache: Pipelined burst cache: 512 KB standard, 256 KB option.
System Memory: from 8 to 256MB FPM or EDO memory on two vertical 72-pin
SIMM sockets.
CompactFlash Disk: connects directly on the Secondary IDE interface.
PC/104 Connector: When used in conjunction with the V-PORT, the board is capable
of supporting the supports the VIPerVision, Video Camera Interface module.
Universal Serial Bus (USB): Supports two USB ports.
Video: PCI 64-bit CRT/Flat Panel video controller (CL-GD7555) with 2MB EDO video
memory.
Fast Ethernet Controller: Supports 10Base-T and 100Base-TX Ethernet interface
options (82558).
Operating Systems: Supports all operating systems developed for x86 and Pentium
processors: DOS, Windows 3.1, OS/2, Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, QNX,
Novell 4.10, etc.
Boot Block Flash BIOS: 256KB device contains all the board’s BIOSes, and is used
for nonvolatile configuration storage required for the Plug and Play BIOS. Protected
boot block section allows for reprogramming of BIOS, even in the case of an
inadvertent corruption of the Flash contents.
BIOS Licenses: AWARD CPU BIOS and Cirrus Logic Video BIOS.