AIM104-COM8 Technical Manual
Introduction
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Introduction
The AIM104-COM8 is an 8-bit or 16-bit PC/104 module that provides up to eight
RS232 asynchronous communications channels.
Variants
There is only one standard variant of the this board:
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AIM104-COM8 : Eight channel RS232 PC/104 board.
A four channel version of the board may also be available for volume orders.
Please contact the Eurotech Ltd sales team for information on this variant.
Features
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Eight 16C550 compatible UART channels.
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Transfer rates up to 115.2Kbaud supported.
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+5V only operation.
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All channels can appear as a block anywhere in I/O address range 000-3FFh.
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First four channels can be individually set as standard PC/AT COM1-4.
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Each QUART (Quad-UART) can drive one link-selectable IRQ in the range 3, 4,
5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.
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The two QUART interrupts can be combined to drive one IRQ.
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PC/104 16 bit interface (but can be used in 8-bit slot if IRQ10, 11 and 15 are not
required).
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Zero wait state bus operation capability.
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Board access LED.
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Interrupt activity LED.
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TxD/RxD activity indicator LEDs on all channels.
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Power requirements:
220 mA (typical) at +5V DC.
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Temperature range:
-20°C (-4°F) to +70°C (158°F) operating.
-40°C (-40°F) to +125°C (125°F) storage.