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Contents
EBX-18 Hardware Reference Manual
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Real-time Clock ................................................................................................................ 21
Setting the Clock.................................................................................................. 21
Interfaces and Connectors ......................................................................................... 22
Utility I/O Connectors ...................................................................................................... 22
J4 I/O Connector .................................................................................................. 23
J5 I/O Connector .................................................................................................. 24
J10 I/O Connector ................................................................................................ 25
SATA ................................................................................................................................ 25
PCIe Mini Card / mSATA ................................................................................................ 26
mSATA Activity LED ......................................................................................... 27
Booting from a PCIe Minicard ............................................................................ 28
PCIe Mini Card LEDs ......................................................................................... 29
Serial Ports ........................................................................................................................ 30
COM3/COM4 Hardware Configuration .............................................................. 30
COM3/COM4 Software Configuration ............................................................... 31
Serial Port Assignment ........................................................................................ 32
Serial Port Connectors ......................................................................................... 32
USB ................................................................................................................................... 33
BIOS Configuration ............................................................................................. 33
microSD Socket ................................................................................................................ 33
Programmable LED .......................................................................................................... 34
External Speaker ............................................................................................................... 34
Push-Button Reset ............................................................................................................ 34
Video Interface ................................................................................................................. 34
Configuration ....................................................................................................... 34
SVGA Output Connector ..................................................................................... 35
LVDS Flat Panel Display Connector ................................................................... 35
Compatible LVDS Panel Displays ...................................................................... 36
Console Redirection ............................................................................................ 37
Ethernet Interface.............................................................................................................. 38
Controller Configuration ..................................................................................... 38
Ethernet Connectors ............................................................................................ 38
On-Board Ethernet Status LEDs .......................................................................... 38
Off-Board Ethernet Status LED Connector ......................................................... 39
Fan Connector ................................................................................................................... 40
DMA Controller................................................................................................................ 41
Vortex86DX2 SoC On-chip Temperature Sensor ............................................................ 41
Watchdog Timers .............................................................................................................. 41
Industrial I/O Functions and SPI Interface ....................................................................... 41
Analog Input ..................................................................................................................... 42
External Connections ........................................................................................... 42
Initiating an Analog Conversion .......................................................................... 42
Digital I/O Interface .......................................................................................................... 43
External Connections ........................................................................................... 43
Digital I/O Port Configuration ............................................................................. 44
Interrupt Generation ............................................................................................ 44
SPX™ Expansion Bus ...................................................................................................... 45
VersaLogic SPX Expansion Modules ................................................................. 45