Hardware Specification
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Eurotech has pretested and approved various peripherals for use with the Vector. For the latest list,
check the Eurotech support site technical support.
Ethernet
For direct network connectivity, the Vector includes a Gigabit Ethernet Controller and the RJ-45 socket
. This RJ-45 socket includes two
processor enables the Ethernet Controller using the SMBus GPIO02. For details about this control
CAN 2.0B
The Vector supports two CAN (Controller Area Network) buses on header
that are compliant with the CAN 2.0B specification. Each CAN 2.0B bus includes a CAN
controller, transceiver, common mode filter, and ESD protection. The CAN bus circuitry connects to
the LPC bus through a CPLD. This CPLD acts as an encoder/decoder translating data between the
LPC bus and the CAN controller and includes interrupt capability using the serial interrupt on the LPC
bus.
I
2
C Bus
I
2
C (Inter-IC) bus is a multi-master, "two-wire" synchronous serial bus for communications between
integrated circuits (ICs) and for addressing peripherals in a system. The Vector embedded controller
acts as bus master and uses this bus to communicate with external devices on header
The following diagram illustrates the I
2
C bus architecture on the Vector. Notice that the Vector does
not include termination on the I
2
C bus. Include external 10k
Ω
pull-up resistors to V3.3A.
Figure 2. I
2
C Bus Architecture
System Management Bus
System Management Bus (SMBus) is a serial interface allowing multiple devices to communicate with
each other. The Intel SCH US15W acts as bus master and uses this bus to communicate with an on-
board clock generator, the SODIMM SPD EEPROM, SMBus GPIO, and Keypad/GPIO. The bus is
also available externally on the Mini PCIe expansion slot
The following diagram illustrates the SMBus architecture on the Vector.
Figure 3. SMBus Architecture
I2C_SDA
I2C_SCL
Embedded
Ctrl
Vector
Vector
GPIO
SMB_CLK
SMB_DATA
V3.3S
2.2k 2.2k
Intel
®
SCH US15W
J33
Mini PCIe
Expansion Slot
SODIMM
CLK
Keypad/GPIO