APOLLO user manual
Issue G
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Keyboard and mouse controller
The SuperIO contains a universal keyboard controller that is designed for intelligent
keyboard management in desktop computer applications. The universal keyboard
controller uses an 8042 microcontroller CPU core. Four signal pins are provided which
allow for the connection of two external PS/2 devices such as a keyboard and mouse.
The PhoenixBIOS automatically detects the presence of the keyboard and mouse, and
provides support for these. For systems requiring it, a BIOS option is available to allow
boot without keyboard; see page
for details. PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector
details are provided on pages
IEEE1394 ports and CF+ socket
The APOLLO board includes a Texas Instruments PCI5410A, which provides dual
IEEE1394a-2000 (Firewire) compliant ports and a single CF+ full IO mode CompactFlash
®
socket.
CompactFlash
®
CF+ socket
Function 0 of the PCI4510A device provides a PC Card socket controller, compliant with
the latest PC Card standards and compatible with the CompactFlash CF+ host specification.
The APOLLO has a single CF+ Type II CompactFlash socket that supports 3.3V and 5V
Type I/II CompactFlash cards, providing support for a wide variety of flash, wireless,
serial and networking cards. For connector details, see page
.
When a bootable CompactFlash storage card is installed and the interface is configured
to be bootable, the device appears as a bootable device in the BIOS boot menu, allowing
the booting of an operating system from CompactFlash memory cards; see page
for
details. (Booting from CompactFlash network cards is not supported.)
IEE1394 firewire ports
Function 1 of the PCI4510A is an integrated IEEE 1394a-2000 open host controller
interface (OHCI) PHY/link-layer controller (LLC). It is capable of transferring data
between the 33MHz 32bit PCI bus and the 1394 bus at 100M bits/s, 200M bits/s and
400M bits/s. Two 1394 ports are provided both have separate cable bias (TPBIAS) and
both also provide cable power.
IEEE1394 port 0
Port 0 is configured as a panel mount 6-pin IEEE1394 connector. It provides a fused and
diode-pro12V cable power connection. Cable power is sourced from the 12V rail
of the ATX power supply. For connector details, see page
IEEE1394 port 1
Port 1 is configured as a 10-way pin header. It is designed to interface to a cable
providing a 6-pin IEEE1394 connector. The pin header connection provides a fused and
diode-pro12V cable power connection. Cable power is sourced from the 12V rail
of the ATX power supply.
When connecting to the 10-way pin header, an IEEE1394 compliant cable must
be used to ensure signal integrity is maintained.
