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AURORA Single Board Computer

PC/104

Single Board Computer with Atom Z-Series CPU and SUMIT

Expansion

Revision

Date

Comment

1/16/2012

Minor updates

2/24/2012

Added new Z510 models

FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Diamond Systems Corporation

PLEASE CONTACT:

555 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA 94043 USA

[email protected]

Tel 1-650-810-2500

Fax 1-650-810-2525

www.diamondsystems.com

Summary of Contents for Aurora

Page 1: ...nsion Revision Date Comment A5 1 16 2012 Minor updates A6 2 24 2012 Added new Z510 models Copyright 2012 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT Diamond Systems Corporation PLEASE CONTACT 555 Ellis Street Mountain View CA 94043 USA support diamondsystems com Tel 1 650 810 2500 Fax 1 650 810 2525 www diamondsystems com ...

Page 2: ... 4 Interface Connector Details 18 4 1 SDVO Connector SDVO1 18 4 2 LCD Panel LVDS Interface Connector LVDS1 19 4 3 LCD Backlight Connector INV1 19 4 4 SUMIT A Expansion Bus SUMITA1 20 4 5 Serial Ports COM1 COM2 21 4 6 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse KBMS1 22 4 7 External Battery BAT1 22 4 8 PC 104 ISA Expansion Bus PC104_1 23 4 9 Input Power PWR1 24 4 10 Ethernet LAN1 24 4 11 USB 0 1 USB1 25 4 12 USB 2 3 USB2 ...

Page 3: ...hdisk Installation 38 10 Ruggedized RSODIMM SO DIMM Modules 38 10 1 Models and Capacities 38 10 2 SO DIMM Memory Installation 38 11 Panel I O Board 39 11 1 Mechanical Drawing 40 11 2 Outside Facing I O Connectors 41 11 2 1 Input Power J1 41 11 2 2 Ethernet J23 Ethernet 41 11 2 3 VGA VGA 41 11 2 4 USB USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 41 11 2 5 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse J25 Keyboard J26 Mouse 41 11 2 6 Serial Port...

Page 4: ...m the edge to avoid possible shorting from this type of damage However these design rules are not sufficient to prevent damage in all situations A third cause of failure is when a metal screwdriver tip slips or a screw drops onto the board while it is powered on causing a short between a power pin and a signal pin on a component This can cause overvoltage power supply problems described below To a...

Page 5: ... SBC Intel Atom Z530 CPU at 1 6GHz or Z510 at 1 1GHz Up to 2GB ruggedized RSODIMM DDR2 SDRAM Comprehensive set of I O interfaces Optional on board USB flashdisk PC 104 form factor PC 104 ISA and SUMIT A PCIe stackable expansion 40 C to 80 C 40 F to 176 F operating temperature at heatspreader surface Aurora s features are summarized on the next page Figure 1 Edge View of the Aurora SBC Aurora Model...

Page 6: ...face Diamond supports Sharp LQ121S1LG41 and LQ121S1LG42 flat panels SDVO optional VGA adapter accessory available LVDS backlight power 5V or 12V jumper selectable USB ports 4 USB 2 0 Serial ports 2 RS 232 422 485 2 RS 232 Networking 1 Gigabit Ethernet Intel 82574IT Mass storage 1 SATA port Support for up to 8GB USB flashdisk Keyboard Mouse PS 2 with BIOS support for USB Digital I O 8 digital I O l...

Page 7: ...he complete thermal solution necessary for any specific implementation but provides a common interface between the single board computer and the customer s implementation specific thermal solution The outside surface of the Aurora heatspreader must be kept at a temperature not to exceed 80 o C If your environment causes the temperature on the outside surface of the heatspreader to exceed this temp...

Page 8: ...Aurora User Manual Rev A6 www diamondsystems com Page 8 2 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 2 1 Block Diagram Figure 2 shows Aurora s functional blocks Figure 2 Aurora Functional Block Diagram ...

Page 9: ...Aurora User Manual Rev A6 www diamondsystems com Page 9 2 2 Aurora Dimensions Figure 3 shows the overall dimensions of the Aurora SBC Figure 3 Aurora Dimensions ...

Page 10: ...top side of the Aurora SBC Two expansion buses PC 104 ISA and SUMIT A PCIe etc enable on board stacking of additional I O boards The connectors for both expansion buses are located on the top side of the board Figure 4 Aurora SBC Connector Locations GPIO_P1 KBMS1 SATA1 SODIMM1 USB2 USB1 LAN1 USB3 COM1 COM2 BAT1 PC104_1 PWR1 SDVO1 INV1 SUMITA1 LVDS1 on underside of board ...

Page 11: ...ype Serial Digital Video Out SDVO1 20 pin vertical connector LCD Backlight INV1 6 pin header SUMIT A Bus SUMITA1 52 pin female socket PS 2 Keyboard Mouse KBMS1 10 pin dual row header On board USB flashdisk USB3 10 pin dual row header Serial Ports COM1 for Port1 Port2 COM2 for Port3 Port4 20 pin dual row header External Battery Input BAT1 2 pin plug PC 104 Expansion Bus PC104_1 104 pin quad row soc...

Page 12: ...e 5 shows the configuration jumper groups that are located on the topside of the Aurora SBC Refer to Section 5 for details on the functions and configuration options associated with each jumper group Figure 5 Aurora SBC Configuration Jumper Groups JCOM3 JCOM4 JBAT1 JLCD1 JVLCD1 JBKC1 JINV1 ...

Page 13: ...jumper groups Jumper Group Function Silkscreen Label Array Size LCD Panel Power Select 3 3V 5V JVLCD1 1 x 3 LCD Backlight Brightness Control JBKC1 2 x 2 LCD Backlight Power 5V 12V JINV1 1 x 3 LCD Scan Direction JLCD1 2 x 2 Serial Ports 3 and 4 RS 422 485 configuration JCOM3 JCOM4 2 x 5 CMOS RAM Reset On Board Backup Battery Disconnect JBAT1 1 x 3 3 GETTING STARTED First time Aurora users normally ...

Page 14: ...ow lists the boards cables and other items included Item Diamond P N Description 1 AUR Z530 16 1G Aurora PC 104 SBC 1 6GHz Atom Z530 1GB SDRAM 2 ACC VGA 03 VGA Accessory Kit for Aurora 3 8890300 4GB USB flashdisk with Linux pre loaded 4 PS 5V 04 AC Power Adapter 5VDC 5 7460610 Quickstart Guide for Aurora SBC 6 C AUR KIT Aurora Cable Kit for on board I O 7 DOC PKG Documentation Package 8 6981037 PS...

Page 15: ...he end of the cable connector that has a red wire going to it should be oriented toward the end of the board connector that is labeled pin 1 typically the pin with a square pad on the PCB Item Qty Description Diamond P N Connects to 1 1 Ethernet cable 2x5 2mm 6981080 LAN1 2 2 Dual Serial port cable 2x20 2mm 6981081 COM1 COM2 3 2 Dual USB cable 2x5 2mm 6981082 USB1 USB2 4 1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse 2x5 ...

Page 16: ...ives to Aurora by connecting a USB cable part number 6981082 to connector USB1 and then to the SATA drive Aurora can operate with a combination of SATA and CD ROM drives and can boot from either of them 3 2 4 Connecting Power Connect cable 6981037 to the PS 5V 01 AC power adapter Connect the other end of the 6981037 cable to connector PWR1 on the Aurora SBC 3 2 5 Display Aurora provides interfaces...

Page 17: ...configurable via Setup typically include Number and type of mass storage devices Boot device priority Video display type and resolution IDA SATA serial and parallel interface modes and protocols PCI and PnP configuration Power management setup Automatic power up after LAN connection RTC alarm power resumption etc System monitoring and security functions 3 3 2 Operating System Drivers Aurora will b...

Page 18: ... differential pair video output signals An optional SDVO to VGA converter accessory number ACC VGA 03 interfaces with this connector and provides signals for directly driving VGA interfaced CRTs and LCDs The VGA converter I O board provides a standard DE 15 VGA connector 1 SDVO_B_BLUE 2 BUF_PLT_RST 3 SDVO_B_BLUE 4 Ground 5 Ground 6 SDVO_B_GREEN 7 SDVO_CTRLCLK 8 SDVO_B_GREEN 9 SDVO_CTRLDATA 10 Grou...

Page 19: ...5 D0 16 D0 17 Power Ground 18 Power Ground 19 Vcc 3 3V 5V jumper configured 20 Vcc 3 3V 5V jumper configured PCB connector JAE part no FI SE20P HFE or equivalent Cable mount socket JAE part no FI SE20S 2 L or equivalent 4 3 LCD Backlight Connector INV1 This connector provides the backlight power and control for the optional LCD panel The brightness control for the LCD backlight can be found on jum...

Page 20: ...r more information on the SUMIT specification visit the SFF SIG website at http www sff sig org 5VSB 1 2 12V 3 3V 3 4 SMB I2C_DATA 3 3V 5 6 SMB I2C_CLK EXPCD_REQ 7 8 SMB I2C_ALERT EXPCD_PRSNT 9 10 SPI uWire_DO USB_OC 11 12 SPI uWire_DI RSVD 13 14 SPI uWire_CLK 5V 15 16 SPI uWire_CS0 USB3 17 18 SPI uWire_CS1 USB3 19 20 Reserved 5V 21 22 LPC_DRQ USB2 23 24 LPC_AD0 USB2 25 26 LPC_AD1 5V 27 28 LPC_AD2...

Page 21: ...4 3 4 TXD 1 5 6 CTS 1 5 6 5 6 DTR 1 7 8 RI 1 7 8 7 8 Ground 9 10 NC 9 10 9 10 Port 2 DCD 2 11 12 DSR 2 11 12 11 12 RXD 2 13 14 RTS 2 13 14 13 14 TXD 2 15 16 CTS 2 15 16 15 16 DTR 2 17 18 RI 2 17 18 17 18 Ground 19 20 NC 19 20 19 20 Port 3 DCD 3 1 22 DSR 3 NC 21 22 RXD 3 NC 21 22 NC RXD 3 3 24 RTS 3 RXD 3 23 24 TXD 3 NC 23 24 TXD RXD 3 TXD 3 5 26 CTS 3 TXD 3 25 26 NC TXD RXD 3 25 26 NC DTR 3 7 28 R...

Page 22: ...pes A2005H02 2x5P connector with A2005T0P 00 terminals 4 7 External Battery BAT1 Aurora has provision for an external battery connection via BAT1 a two pin connector A connector and jumper are provided to disable the on board battery and enable use of an external battery instead The external battery voltage requirement is 3 3V 10 The jumper also clears the CMOS RAM when it is removed and no extern...

Page 23: ...e board Note For more information on the PC 104 specification visit the PC 104 Embedded Consortium website at http www pc104 org View from Top of Board PC 104 8 bit bus connector PC 104 16 bit bus connector IOCHK A1 B1 Ground Ground C0 D0 Ground SD7 A2 B2 RESET SBHE C1 D1 MEMCS16 SD6 A3 B3 5V LA23 C2 D2 IOCS16 SD5 A4 B4 IRQ9 LA22 C3 D3 IRQ10 SD4 A5 B5 5V LA21 C4 D4 IRQ11 SD3 A6 B6 DRQ2 LA20 C5 D5 ...

Page 24: ... 5VDC Ground 11 12 Ext Bat1 Connector type Standard dual row 2mm pitch straight pin header with gold flash plating Mating connector and pin types A2005H02 2x6P connector with A2005T0B 00 terminals 4 10 Ethernet LAN1 This connector provides access to the board s gigabit Ethernet port Common 1 2 Key DA 3 4 DA DB 5 6 DB DC 7 8 DC DD 9 10 DD Connector type Standard 2mm dual row vertical pin header wit...

Page 25: ...h 4mm posts and gold flash plating Mating connector and pin types Molex 51110 1050 connector with Molex 50394 8100 terminals 4 12 USB 2 3 USB2 This connector provides access to two of the board s four USB 2 0 ports USB2 and USB3 The shield pin is tied to system ground Key 1 2 Shield USB3 Pwr 3 4 USB2 Pwr USB3 Data 5 6 USB2 Data USB3 Data 7 8 USB2 Data USB3 Pwr 9 10 USB2 Pwr Connector type Standard...

Page 26: ...ng a direct connection between the flashdisk and a host PC USB7 Pwr 1 2 NC USB7 Data 3 4 NC USB7 Data 5 6 NC USB7 Pwr 7 8 NC Key 9 10 NC Connector type Standard 2mm dual straight pin header with 4mm posts and gold flash plating 4 14 SO DIMM DRAM SODIMM1 A standard SO DIMM DDR2 DRAM connector is provided for system memory 4 15 SATA SATA1 The SATA connector is an industry standard connector 1 Ground...

Page 27: ...This section explains the use of several jumper options on the Aurora Baseboard Jumper Group Function Silkscreen Label Array Size LCD Panel Power Select 3 3V 5V JVLCD1 1 x 3 LCD Backlight Brightness Control JBKC1 2 x 2 LCD Backlight Power 5V 12V JINV1 1 x 3 LCD Scan Direction JLCD1 2 x 2 Serial Ports 3 and 4 RS 422 485 configuration JCOM3 JCOM4 2 x 5 CMOS RAM Reset On Board Backup Battery Disconne...

Page 28: ...r group controls the LCD backlight inverter DC power selection Setting LCD Panel Voltage Short 1 2 5V default Short 2 3 12V 5 4 LCD Scan Direction JLCD1 This jumper group controls the LCD panel scan direction and frame rate control Setting Mode Short 1 2 Reverse Scan Direction Short 3 4 Forward Scan Direction default 5 5 CMOS RAM Reset On board Backup Battery Disconnect JBAT1 This jumper group con...

Page 29: ...ev A6 www diamondsystems com Page 29 5 6 Serial Ports JCOM3 JCOM4 Following is the Aurora multi protocol jumper selection for COM3 and COM4 Port COM3 is associated with jumper block JCOM3 and COM4 is associated with JCOM4 ...

Page 30: ...o displays the CPU speed and memory capacity of the board 6 4 ISA Bus IRQ Reservation An ISA bus IRQ must be reserved in the BIOS in order to be used by the on board ISA bus circuits or an installed PC 104 module To reserve an IRQ go to the PCIPnP menu and scroll down to the IRQ list at the bottom The default settings are IRQ15 reserved with the remaining IRQs available 6 5 Boot Priority To select...

Page 31: ...irection with different speeds ranging from 115200bps to 9600bps as follows Advanced Remote Access Configuration Disabled Default When set to Enabled the console re direction is activated on COM1 by default at 115200 n 8 1 communication settings The remote access configuration can be enabled on any of the four COM ports Baud rates supported are 115200 default when enabled 57600 38400 19200 and 960...

Page 32: ...W DIO_P7_DIR 1616h R W DIO_P0_LVL 160Ah bit0 R W DIO level DIO_P1_LVL 160Ah bit1 R W 1 High DIO_P2_LVL 160Ah bit2 R W 0 Low DIO_P3_LVL 160Ah bit3 R W DIO_P4_LVL 160Ah bit4 R W DIO_P5_LVL 1601h bit4 R W DIO_P6_LVL 1601h bit5 R W DIO_P7_LVL 1601h bit6 R W Note Do not modify any other bits 7 2 DIO Programming To use Aurora s digital I O lines first configure the desired directions by writing the appr...

Page 33: ...n 0x00000000 if i 3999 dscInp 0x68 m_OutBuf return 0xFFFFFFFF unsigned long Process_686C_Command_Read ULONG m_ECCMD int i temp ULONG m_OutBuf m_InBuf dscInp 0x6C m_OutBuf if m_OutBuf 0x00000003 0 temp Read_io_port 0x68 return 0xFFFFFFFF m_InBuf m_ECCMD dscOutp 0x6C m_InBuf for i 0 i 3500 i dscInp 0x6C m_OutBuf if m_OutBuf 0x00000001 0 temp Read_io_port 0x68 temp temp 0x000000FF return temp break i...

Page 34: ... if uDATA1 0x000000FF return 0xFFFFFFFF uDATA2 Process_686C_Command_Read 0x000000A4 if uDATA2 0x000000FF return 0xFFFFFFFF if uDATA1 uDATA2 return uDATA1 else return 0xFFFFFFFF unsigned long ECU_Write_686C_RAM_BYTE ULONG ECUMemAddr ULONG ECUMemData ULONG uDATA RD_DATA ECRamAddrH ECRamAddrL ECRamAddrL ECUMemAddr 256 ECRamAddrH ECUMemAddr 256 uDATA Process_686C_Command_Write 0x000000A3 ECRamAddrH if...

Page 35: ... Timer Status and Control Register Base 0 Bit Register Read Write Description 7 3 Reserved R W Return 0 when read 2 1 WDT_UNIT 1 0 R W 00 timer unit is 10ms 01 timer unit is 1 second 10 timer unit is 1 minute 11 reserved 0 WDT_EVENT R W Read 0 no time out occurred 1 time out has occurred Write 0 no action 1 clear the time out status Power on default 7 0 0x02 when DTR3 PS_WDT is pulled up else 0x0 ...

Page 36: ...og Timer base address low byte to 0x00 outportb 0x2e 0x30 Select LDN 8 register index 0x30 outportb 0x2f 0x01 Enable Watch Dog Timer Device outportb 0x2e 0xaa Exit configuration mode Timer Status and control Register Base 0 bit 2 1 R W 00 Timer Unit is 10 ms 01 Timer Unit is 1 Second 10 Timer Unite is 1 minute 11 reserved bit 0 R W When read 0 no time out occur 1 time out has occurred When write 0...

Page 37: ...nector USB3 and is held in place with a spacer and screw included It includes a write protection jumper and operates over 40ºC to 85ºC USB flashdisk features USB 2 0 compatible interface Sustained read performance of 30MB s Sustained write performance of 20MB s Implements dynamic wear leveling algorithms to substantially increase longevity BCH 6 12 bit Error Detection Code Error Correction Code ED...

Page 38: ...re identical in function to the standard SO DIMMs but have an extended PCB with two mounting holes that attach to Aurora as can be seen below 10 1 Models and Capacities Model Capacity MEM 1024R 05 1GB MEM 2048R 05 2GB 10 2 SO DIMM Memory Installation Installing a SO DIMM memory module on Aurora is straightforward using the following steps These steps assume you are installing a rugged memory SO DI...

Page 39: ... plug on top of the SBC and convert the SBC I O pin headers to industry standard connectors on the top side Available I O includes 4 serial ports 4 USB ports VGA Ethernet PS 2 Keyboard mouse The panel I O board may be used together with the Aurora SBC in an open frame configuration or the assembly can be installed in a Pandora enclosure to create a complete cable free compact industrial computer A...

Page 40: ...the top side and bottom side connectors in one drawing to show the relative locations The connectors located on the bottom of the panel I O board are the five alternate power connectors at the bottom of the drawing below JMM OUT J2 JMM IN J6 JMM IN J5 REG5V J3 and 12V VIN J4 from left to right looking from the top Figure 6 Aurora Panel I O Board Connectors ...

Page 41: ...meet industry standard signal isolation specifications No ground or power plane should be above or underneath these signals 11 2 3 VGA VGA The VGA connector is standard vertical DD15 female connector with industry standard VGA pinout It has 4 40 thread inserts and hex screwlocks The signals come from the SBC mating VGA connector 11 2 4 USB USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 The USB connectors are four vertical m...

Page 42: ...o the power supply connector either through the front panel switch or through a direct connection The 5V source is connected to the board by a 1x4 0 200 locking connector routed through a 1x2 0 156 pitch friction lock connector for a front panel switch and then to a pin socket on the bottom side that mates with Aurora If 12V is also needed it is connected to the board by the same 1x4 connector rou...

Page 43: ...Aurora User Manual Rev A6 www diamondsystems com Page 43 Figure 7 Power Routing Schematic ...

Page 44: ...t depending on their needs The specifications for the thermal pad are as follows Material 3M 5590H Color Light Grey Thickness 0 5 1 0 mm Thermal Conductivity 3 0 W m K To affix the thermal pad Remove the clear plastic film from the adhesive side of thermal pad Align the thermal pad above the heatspreader so all four edges are flush with the heatspreader edges and the adhesive side is facing the he...

Page 45: ... Timer Yes PCI Express 1 PCIe x1 lane to SUMIT A bus Expansion buses SUMIT A stackable PC 104 ISA stackable Input power 5V 5 Power consumption 5 4W Operating temperature 40 C to 80 C 40 F to 176 F at headspreader surface MTBF 211 720 hours Aurora Z530 models Shock MIL STD 202G Table 213 1 J Half Sine Wave Shock 30 G 11ms 3 time shocks at both directions per axis Vertical Transverse Longitudinal Vi...

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