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Hardware 
Reference 
Manual 

REV. May 2018 

Viper 

(VL-EBX-38)

 

Intel

®

 Atom™-based Single 

Board Computer with Dual 

Ethernet, Video, USB, SATA, 

Serial I/O, Digital I/O, Analog 

I/O, Trusted Platform Module 

security, Counter/Timers, Mini 

PCIe, mSATA, PC/104-Plus 

Interface, and SPX. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Viper VL-EBX-38EBP

Page 1: ...V May 2018 Viper VL EBX 38 Intel Atom based Single Board Computer with Dual Ethernet Video USB SATA Serial I O Digital I O Analog I O Trusted Platform Module security Counter Timers Mini PCIe mSATA PC...

Page 2: ...ee VersaLogic makes no representations or warranties with respect to this product and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose VersaLogic...

Page 3: ...rsaTech KnowledgeBase is an invaluable resource for resolving technical issues with your VersaLogic product If you have additional questions contact VersaLogic Technical Support at 503 747 2261 VersaL...

Page 4: ...nning July 1 2006 VersaLogic Corporation is committed to supporting customers with high quality products and services meeting the European Union s RoHS directive Cautions ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE Elect...

Page 5: ...n an improperly mounted circuit board is not covered under the product warranty See page 5 for more details EARTH GROUND REQUIREMENT All mounting standoffs should be connected to earth ground chassis...

Page 6: ...ctory Defaults 12 Clearing RAM and RTC Registers 12 BIOS Setup Utility 13 Operating System Installation 13 Board Features 14 CPU 14 System RAM 14 I O Interfaces 14 Power Delivery 15 Main Power Connect...

Page 7: ...s Available from VersaLogic 40 Mini DisplayPort Connectors 41 Console Redirection 42 Network Interfaces 43 Ethernet Connectors 43 Cabling 44 On Board Ethernet Status LEDs 45 Expansion Interfaces 46 SP...

Page 8: ...ngle Board Computer Top Side 2 Figure 3 VL EBX 38 Viper Single Board Computer Bottom Side 3 Figure 4 EBX 38 Dimensions and Mounting Holes 5 Figure 5 Jumpers Blocks in the As Shipped Configuration 9 Fi...

Page 9: ...Table 2 V2 Jumper Summary 9 Table 3 V3 Jumper Summary 10 Table 4 V6 V7 Jumper Summary 10 Table 5 V9 Jumper Summary 10 Table 6 V10 Jumper Summary 11 Table 7 Switch Setting Summary 11 Table 8 J20 Main...

Page 10: ...2005A 1 56 Table 29 Digital I O Using VL CBR 2005A 2 57 Table 30 Analog I O Using VL CBR 2004A 58 Table 31 CPU Thermal Trip Points 62 Table 32 Temperature Monitoring Programs 62 Table 33 Absolute Min...

Page 11: ...the quad and dual core processors 8 GB DDR3L memory maximum with one SO DIMM socket for the single core processor Two Intel I210 IT based Ethernet ports auto detect 10Base T 100Base TX 1000Base T One...

Page 12: ...Introduction EBX 38 Hardware Reference Manual 2 Figure 2 VL EBX 38 Viper Single Board Computer Top Side...

Page 13: ...Viper Data Sheet for complete specifications Thermal Considerations The operating temperature for the EBX 38 is 40 C to 85 C de rated 1 1 C per 305m 1 000 ft above 2 300m 7 500 ft All Viper models inc...

Page 14: ...Introduction EBX 38 Hardware Reference Manual 4 EBX 38 Block Diagram...

Page 15: ...stack locations as shown below Figure 4 EBX 38 Dimensions and Mounting Holes Not to scale All dimensions in inches CAUTION The EBX 38 must be supported at all eight mounting points to prevent excessiv...

Page 16: ...stack Related Documents The following documents available are on the EBX 38 Product Support Web Page EBX 38 Programmer s Reference Manual provides information on the board s resources memory I O and I...

Page 17: ...ables Note Only one of the listed power adapters can be used You will also need a Windows or other OS installation CD DVD and corresponding drive Basic Setup The following steps outline the procedure...

Page 18: ...tor on the cable Attach the SATA power adapter cable VL CBR 0401 to the ATX power supply and SATA drive Optionally attach a LAN cable to either of the Ethernet connectors at J1 or J7 on the EBX 38 3 A...

Page 19: ...ination Jumper Jumper Pins Rx End point Termination for In Out Stored 1 2 COM 1 RS 422 RS 485 RS 232 Default 3 4 COM 2 RS 422 RS 485 RS 232 Default 5 6 COM 3 RS 422 RS 485 RS 232 Default 7 8 COM 4 RS...

Page 20: ...le 4 V6 V7 Jumper Summary V6 V7 EDID Select NXP PTN3460I Only V6 CFG3 V7 CFG4 Function 1 2 In Low 1 2 In Low EDID 0 1 2 In Low No Jumper High EDID 1 No Jumper High 1 2 In Low EDID 2 No Jumper High No...

Page 21: ...12 Off Normal operation default On Clears battery backed up non volatile Position 2 No Battery Switch see Integrator s Note below Off A battery is being used default On A battery is not being used V10...

Page 22: ...h position 2 should be set to the on position Otherwise boot times could increase by as much as 30 seconds in low temperature environments RESETTING THE BIOS TO FACTORY DEFAULTS Reset the BIOS to defa...

Page 23: ...figuration options are described in the EBX 38 BIOS Reference Manual Operating System Installation The standard PC architecture used on the EBX 38 makes the installation and use of most of the standar...

Page 24: ...two SO DIMM memory modules J9 and J25 with the following characteristics Size Up to 16 GB 8 GB per socket 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz CPU dependent Voltage 1 35 V Type DDR3L VersaLogic VL MM9 Series modules...

Page 25: ...ntation of the Main Power Connector CAUTION To prevent severe and possibly irreparable damage to the system it is critical that the power connector is wired correctly Make use of all 5 VDC pins and al...

Page 26: ...hrough to PC 104 and PC 104 Plus board signal name is V12N_ATX 11 GND Signal Ground see Note 1 12 VIN 9V to 15V 12V Nominal board signal name is V_WIDE Notes Note 1 Signal Ground must have low impedan...

Page 27: ...the board will source additional power through the main power connector Do not use wire smaller than 22 AWG Use high quality UL 1007 compliant stranded wire The length of the wire should not exceed 1...

Page 28: ...R 4005B paddleboard In configurations where a power button is not connected to the board if the system is put into an S5 state power can be restored by turning off the power supply and turning it back...

Page 29: ...ery supplied with the CBR 4005B paddleboard via the User I O connector J4 Use the on board battery socket B2 For custom designs only a soldered in battery B1 footprint is under B2 can replace the batt...

Page 30: ...nnector J4 includes an input for a push button reset switch Shorting J4 pin 18 to ground causes the EBX 38 to reboot The input can be connected to ground using the normally open contacts of a pushbutt...

Page 31: ...Description Location D8 D9 PCIe Mini Card 0 LEDs D23 D24 PCIe Mini Card 1 LEDs D11 FPGA Debug LED GRN On S0 power is good blinks when in S3 sleep state YEL On with warning or error D12 SATA Activity L...

Page 32: ...circuit is turned on A programmable LED is provided on the CBR 4005B paddleboard See Figure 24 on page 52 for the location of the Programmable LED on the CBR 4005B paddleboard For instructions on how...

Page 33: ...e is provided by the ATX power supply Note that the standard SATA drive power connector is different from the typical 4 pin Molex connector used on IDE drives Most current ATX power supplies provide S...

Page 34: ...socket The VL F41 series of microSD cards provide solid state storage of 2 GB 4 GB or 8 GB The microSD socket accommodates cards with up to 64 GB of storage capacity No drivers are needed as the devic...

Page 35: ...guration requires two USB hubs one USB2513B and one USB2514B as shown in the EBX 38 Block Diagram The figure below shows the location of the USB ports on the baseboard This interface can operate using...

Page 36: ...t is compatible with plug in Wi Fi modems GPS receivers Flash data storage and other cards for added flexibility The VL MPEs F1E series of mSATA modules provide flash storage of 4 GB 16 GB or 32 GB Fo...

Page 37: ...ransmitter diff pair 34 GND Ground GND Ground 35 GND Ground GND Ground 36 USB_D USB data Reserved Not connected 37 GND Ground GND Ground 38 USB_D USB data Reserved Not connected 39 3 3VAUX 3 3V auxili...

Page 38: ...s still powered as a result it is intentionally yellow to indicate caution Table 12 PCIe Mini Card LED States LED Ref Des State Description Green WWAN D8 Mini0 D23 Mini1 On WWAN active Off WWAN inacti...

Page 39: ...ernate mode accessible using the FPGA s AUXMOD1 register Refer to the EBX 38 Programmer s Reference Manual for more information on FPGA registers Three LEDs two Ethernet link status LEDs and a program...

Page 40: ...power goes off in sleep modes The SPKR uses this power as should the PLED there is no requirement for PLED to use this power but the CBR 4005 paddleboard does 2 This 3 3 V power can be turned on or of...

Page 41: ...The pull ups implemented on board are 10k values After reset the DIO lines are set as inputs with pull ups that will be detected as a HIGH state to external equipment VersaLogic provides a set of app...

Page 42: ...3 13 Digital I O 11 27 2 14 Digital I O 12 28 1 15 Ground 4 16 Digital I O 13 29 J4 4 17 Digital I O 14 30 3 18 Digital I O 15 31 2 19 Digital I O 16 32 1 20 Ground 5 DIO Guidelines Consider the follo...

Page 43: ...t the usable speed of DIO signals These are single ended drivers receivers Cabling crosstalk can be a problem with fast edge rates The DIOs are slew rate limited and have 50 source terminators to mini...

Page 44: ...ated in RS 232 4 wire RS 422 or RS 485 modes IRQ lines are chosen in the BIOS Setup utility Each COM port can be independently enabled disabled or assigned a different I O base address in the BIOS set...

Page 45: ...e for routing the J13 signals to 9 pin D sub connectors This is a 12 inch Pico Clasp 10 pin to two 9 pin D sub connector cable If your application requires a custom cable the following information wil...

Page 46: ...resistor for COM2 Jumper block V1 5 6 enables the RS 422 485 termination resistor for COM3 Jumper V1 7 8 enables the RS 422 485 termination resistor for COM4 The termination resistor should be enabled...

Page 47: ...yPort video interfaces support Extended Desktop Clone and Twin display modes VGA Interface The VGA port supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz This connector uses IEC 61000 4 2 rated TVS comp...

Page 48: ...Ground 5 8 HSYNC Horizontal sync 13 9 Ground 10 10 VSYNC Vertical sync 14 11 CRT_SCL DDC data clock line 15 12 CRT_SDA DDC serial data line 12 CABLING An adapter cable part number CBR 1204 is availabl...

Page 49: ...al Cable Backlight Power Cable V6 V7 Jumper Settings Single channel 18 24 bit 800 x 600 SVGA VL CBR 3003 VL CBR 0601 V6 V7 2 1 2 1 2 1 Single channel 18 24 bit 1024 x 768 XGA VL CBR 3002 VL CBR 0601 V...

Page 50: ...1 1920x1080 HD 1080 23 inches 58 4 cm VL CBR 3001 LVDS Cables Available from VersaLogic Table 19 LVDS Cables Available from VersaLogic VersaLogic Part Number Length Channels Function VL CBR 3001 20 in...

Page 51: ...le is plugged in Connector J3 DisplayPort interface also supports Audio signaling Audio is disabled by default in BIOS Setup so it would need to be enabled before use DP mode allowing connection to an...

Page 52: ..._N 13 GND 14 GND 15 ML_LANE2_P 16 AUX_CH_P 17 ML_LANE2_N 18 AUX_CH_N 19 RTN 20 DP_POWER Console Redirection The EBX 38 can be configured for remote access by redirecting the console to a serial commun...

Page 53: ...e I210 IT Ethernet controller auto negotiates connection speed Drivers are available to support a variety of operating systems ETHERNET CONNECTORS The J1 J7 connectors provide access to the Ethernet p...

Page 54: ...r Tx or Rx BI_DB 5 Auto Switch can be either Tx or Rx BI_DC 6 Auto Switch can be either Tx or Rx BI_DC 8 Auto Switch can be either Tx or Rx BI_DB 3 Auto Switch can be either Tx or Rx BI_DD 4 Auto Swit...

Page 55: ...port 0 J7 green LED provides status for Ethernet port 1 Figure 22 Location of Ethernet Status LEDs Table 22 Ethernet Status LEDs LED Ref Des State Description Green Activity or link status On left J1...

Page 56: ...1401 or 1402 cable The SPX interface provides the standard serial peripheral interface SPI signals CLK MISO and MOSI as well as four chip selects SS0 SS1 SS2 and SS3 and INT The 5 V power provided to...

Page 57: ...X 38 board supports chip selects The master device initiates all SPI transactions A slave device responds when its chip select is asserted and it receives clock pulses from the master All four common...

Page 58: ...The EBX 38 implements the ISA bus on PC 104 Plus and PC 104 expansion modules using an LPC to ISA bridge implemented in the FPGA This LPC to ISA bridge supports all features except the following The...

Page 59: ...ble ISA Bus I O Ranges 0x0 0x1F 0x43 0x4F 0x93 0x9F 0x3BC 0x3BF 0x22 0x23 0x53 0x60 0xA2 0xA3 0x3E0 0x3FF 0x26 0x27 0x62 0xA6 0xA7 0x480 0x4CF 0x2A 0x2B 0x64 0xAA 0xAB 0x4D2 0x4FF 0x32 0x33 0x66 0xAE...

Page 60: ...IRQ sharing is not supported IRQs may not be available to the ISA bus due to operating system limitations PCI BUS ON PC 104 PLUS EXPANSION MODULES Refer to the PCI sections of the PC 104 Plus Specific...

Page 61: ...System Resources and Maps Refer to the EBX 38 Programmer s Reference Manual for the following information Memory map IRQ map I O map FPGA register map FPGA register descriptions Programming informatio...

Page 62: ...CBR 4005B Paddleboard CBR 4005B Paddleboard CBR 4005B CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS The figure below shows the locations of the connectors switches and LEDs on the CBR 4005B paddleboard Figure 24 CBR 400...

Page 63: ...Connector Pinout Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5 V 2 GND 3 USB1_P 4 USB2_P 5 USB1_N 6 USB2_N 7 5V 8 GND 9 USB3_P 10 USB4_P 11 USB3_N 12 USB4_N 13 3 3 V 14 GND 15 SPKR 16 PLED 17 PWR_BTN 18 RST_BTN 19 GND 2...

Page 64: ...age to the Lithium battery do not place the board on a conductive surface such as metal black conductive foam or the outside surface of a metalized ESD protective pouch The Lithium battery may explode...

Page 65: ...l Pin Signal 1 Reserved 2 V_BATT 3 Reserved 4 V_BATT_RETURN 5 GND 6 GND 7 FPGA GPIO1 8 FPGA GPIO2 9 FPGA GPIO3 10 FPGA GPIO4 11 GND 12 GND 13 FPGA GPIO5 14 FPGA GPIO6 15 FPGA GPIO7 16 FPGA GPIO8 17 3...

Page 66: ...l of the I O pins support 3 3V signaling The Digital I O interface connects to two CBR 2005 Cable and Paddleboard Assembly via the J21 and J26 I O connectors Table 28 Digital I O Using VL CBR 2005A 1...

Page 67: ...Ch 22 J2 3 DGND2 Digital Signal Ground J2 3 DGND2 Digital Signal Ground J2 2 DIO7 Digital I O Ch 7 J2 2 DIO7 Digital I O Ch 23 J2 1 DIO8 Digital I O Ch 8 J2 1 DIO8 Digital I O Ch 24 J3 5 DIO9 Digital...

Page 68: ...t voltage range The Analog Output interface connects to a CBR 2004 paddle board via the J32 I O connector Note The V6 jumper on the paddleboard needs to be on pins 2 3 connecting GND3 to GND2 for Anal...

Page 69: ...CBR 2004B Paddleboard EBX 38 Hardware Reference Manual 59 Figure 28 CBR 2004 Analog I O Connectors...

Page 70: ...ng maintained at or below the maximum specified 85 C The heat plate is designed with the assumption that the user s thermal solution will maintain the top surface of the heat plate at 90 C or less If...

Page 71: ...the EBX 38 board to allow for convective airflow Lower the system level temperature requirement as needed The decision as to which thermal solution to use can be based on several factors including bu...

Page 72: ...r this trip point is 105 C 3 The default value in the BIOS Setup utility for this trip point is 110 C These trip points allow maximum CPU operational performance while maintaining the lowest CPU tempe...

Page 73: ...38 needs to be maintained at 85 C or below This includes the space between this CPU board and any board it is stacked on top of it Included is the space beneath an installed Mini PCIe expansion board...

Page 74: ...tion Two active Ethernet ports Three USB 2 0 ports in loopback configuration BIOS IP 1081 Passive thermal trip point setting 105 C Critical thermal trip point setting 110 C Operating System Microsoft...

Page 75: ...hermal performance of the EBX 38EAP using the Atom E3815 processor Figure 29 EBX 38EAP CPU Core Temperature Relative to Ambient Temperature Test Scenario 2 Dual Core EBX 38EBP Passive and Active Perfo...

Page 76: ...Core EBX 38ECP Passive and Active Performance The active and passive performance of the Atom E3845 version of the Viper will typically require a heat sink fan for operation above 80 C at 90 CPU utili...

Page 77: ...eps 1 Apply the Arctic Silver Thermal Compound Apply the thermal compound to the heat plate using the method described on the Arctic Silver website http www arcticsilver com 2 Position the passive hea...

Page 78: ...est the J24 CPU fan connector The CPU fan connector is located between the Mini DisplayPort connector and the microSD socket see Figure 2 on page 2 2 Secure the fan to the heat sink Affix the heat sin...

Page 79: ...anel Items Display Screen Resolution If Extend these displays is selected then the VGA or DP output may be set to a different resolution The EBX 38EAP and EBX 38EBP SKUs are currently not speed steppi...

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