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REVISION HISTORY
RevisionReason for ChangeDate
00Initial ReleaseApril/09
2.0Revised PCI-to-ISA section in ch 4; revised +5V to be default
JP5 setting in Tab le 2- 3; revised environmental specifications in
Tab le 2- 5; added Ta ble 2 -7 for cooling solutions; revised
Appendix A
1010Replaced EOL Ethernet chip; revised locations of components
and connectors; added active heatsink
1020Added J47 and J48 LAN LED headers (replaced fast
RJ-45 with Gigabit RJ-45 in rev 1010); re-defined pins 1 and 3
in Tab le 3-1 3; changed Serial Console to Remote Access in
Ch 3 & 4; revised function definitions in Tab le 2-1; changed
description of J3 in Tab le 2- 2; added fan voltage caution to
This manual provides reference only for computer design engineers, including but not limited to hardware
and software designers and applications engineers. ADLINK Technology, Inc. assumes you are qualified to
design and implement prototype computer equipment.
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Contents
Chapter 1About This Manual ....................................................................................................1
Purpose of this Manual ....................................................................................................................1
Appendix ATechnical Support ..................................................................................................61
Index .................................................................................................................................................. 63
List of Figures
Figure 2-1.Stacking PC/104 Modules with the LittleBoard 735 ................................................ 4
Table A-1.Technical Support Contact Information..................................................................61
Contents
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Chapter 1About This Manual
Purpose of this Manual
This manual is for designers of systems based on the LittleBoard™ 735 single board computer (SBC). This
manual contains information that permits designers to create an embedded system based on specific design
requirements.
Information provided in this reference manual includes:
•LittleBoard 735 specifications
•Environmental requirements
•Major integrated circuits (chips) and features implemented
•LittleBoard 735 connector/pin numbers and definitions
•BIOS Setup information
Information not provided in this reference manual includes:
•Detailed chip specifications
•Internal component operation
•Standard connector pin-out tables
•Internal registers or signal operations
•Bus or signal timing for industry standard busses and signals
References
The following list of references may be helpful for you to complete your design successfully.
Specifications:
•EBX Spec Revision 2.0, March 1, 2005
For the latest version of the EBX specifications, contact the PC/104 Consortium, at:
Web site: h
•PCI Express Mini Card Spec Revision 1.0
For latest revision of the PCI Express Mini Card specifications, contact the PCI Special Interest
Group Office, at:
Web site: http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress/mini
•PC/104 Spec Revision 2.5, November 2003
•PC/104-Plus Spec Revision 2, November 2003
For latest revision of the PC/104 specifications, contact the PC/104 Consortium, at:
Web site: http://www.pc104.org
•PCI 2.2 Compliant Specifications
ttp://www.pc104.org
For latest revision of the PCI specifications, contact the PCI Special Interest Group Office at:
Web site: http://www.pcisig.com
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•AMI BIOS Core 8 User’s Guide
Web site: http://www.ami.com/support/doc/MAN-EZP-80.pdf
Chip specifications used on the LittleBoard 735:
•Intel Corporation and the Atom N270 processor used for the embedded CPU.
Web site: http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/320032.pdf
•Intel Corporation and the 82945GSE and 82801GBM chips, used for the Memory Hub/Video controller
and I/O Hub, respectively.
Web site: http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/309219.pdf
Web site: http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/307013.pdf
= I/O Hub
= Memory Hub
•Intel Corporation and the 82574IT chips (2), used for the Gigabit Ethernet controllers, respectively.
Web site: http://download.intel.com/design/network/datashts/82574.pdf
= Gigabit Ethernet
•Standard Microsystems Corp and the SCH3114I-NU chip, used for the Super I/O controller.
Web site: http://www.smsc.com/main/catalog/sch311x.html
•Realtek and the ALC203 chip, used for the Audio CODEC.
Web site: http://www.realtek.com.tw/search/default.aspx?keyword=ALC203
•ITE Tech. Inc. and the IT8888F chip, used for the PCI-to-ISA bridge conversion.
Web site: http://www.ite.com.tw/EN/products_more.aspx?CategoryID=3&ID=5,76
NOTEIf you are unable to locate the datasheets using the links provided, go to the
manufacturer’s web site where you should be able to perform a search using the
chip datasheet number or name listed, including the extension, htm, pdf, etc.
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This introduction presents general information about the EBX architecture and the LittleBoard 735 single
board computer (SBC). After reading this chapter you should understand:
The “Embedded Board, eXpandable” (EBX) standard is the result of a collaboration between industry
leaders Motorola and Ampro to unify the embedded computing industry through a full featured embedded
single-board computer (SBC) standard. The EBX standard principally defines physical size, mounting hole
pattern, and power connector locations. It does not specify processor type or electrical characteristics. There
are recommended connector placements for serial/parallel, Ethernet, graphics, and memory expansion.
Derived from the Ampro LittleBoard form-factor originated in 1984, EBX combines a standard footprint
with open interfaces. The EBX form-factor is small enough for deeply embedded applications, yet large
enough to contain the functions of a fully embedded SBC (Single Board Computer) including CPU,
memory, mass storage interfaces, display controller, serial and parallel ports, today’s advanced operating
systems, and other system functions. This embedded SBC standard ensures that embedded system OEMs
can standardize their designs and that embedded computing solutions can be designed into space constrained
environments with off-the-shelf components.
The EBX standard boasts highly flexible and adaptable system expansion, allowing easy and modular
additions of functions such as USB 2.0 ports and Firewire or wireless networking not usually contained in
standard product offerings. The EBX system expansion is based on popular existing industry standards, PC/
104™ and PC/104-Plus™. PC/104 places the ISA bus on compact 3.6" x 3.8" modules with self-stacking
capability. PC/104-Plus adds the power of a PCI bus to PC/104 while retaining the basic form-factor. Using
PC/104 expansion cards, the PC/104 standard offers access to PC cards from the mobile and handheld
computing markets.
The EBX standard integrates all these off-the-shelf standards into a highly embeddable SBC form-factor.
EBX supports the legacy of PC/104, hosting the wide variety of embedded system oriented expansion
modules from hundreds of companies worldwide. PC/104 brings the advantages of the latest portable and
mobile system expansion technologies to embedded applications. See Figure 2-1 on page 4.
The EBX standard also brings stability to the embedded board market and offers OEMs assurance that a
wide range of products will be available from multiple sources – now and in the future. The EBX standard is
open to continuing technology advancements since it is processor independent. It creates opportunity for
economies of scale in chassis, power supply, and peripheral devices.
The EBX specification is freely available to all interested. For further technical information on the EBX
standard, go to the PC/104 Consortium web site at www.pc104.org.
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)
4-40 screws (4)
PC/104 Module
0.6 inch spacers (4)
PCI Stack
0.6 inch spacers (4)
through
Headers
4-40 nuts(4
Figure 2-1. Stacking PC/104 Modules with the LittleBoard 735
PC/104 Plus Module
ISA Bus
Stackthrough
Expansion
Headers
Little Board735
Product Description
The LittleBoard 735 is an exceptionally high integration, high performance, rugged, and high quality singleboard system, which contains all the component subsystems of a PC motherboard plus the equivalent of up
to 3 expansion boards. Based on the Intel Atom N270 low power, high-integration processor, the
LittleBoard 735 gives designers a complete, high performance, embedded processor based on the EBX form
factor and conforms to the EBX V2.0 specifications.
Each LittleBoard 735 incorporates an Intel 945GSE chipset for the Graphics and Memory Hub
(Northbridge) and the I/O Hub (Southbridge) controllers. This set includes the 82945GSE, Graphics and
Memory Controller Hub, (also GMCH), which controls the graphics and memory interface. The other chip
in this set is the 82801GBM, I/O Controller Hub 7 Mobile (ICH7-M), which controls some of the I/O
functions on the board. One additional chip provides the remainder of the I/O functions: the Standard
Microsystems, SCH3114I-NU, Super I/O controller. Together the Intel and SMSC chips provide four serial
ports, an EPP/ECP parallel port, six USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 keyboard and mouse interfaces, floppy, one Ultra/
DMA 33/66/100 IDE controller supporting Compact Flash, two independent 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
interfaces, an audio AC’97 CODEC, PCIe Mini Card, GPIO, SMBus, and two SATA ports on the board. To
provide the ISA bus on the board through the PC/104 connector, an ITE IT8888G-L, PCI-to-ISA Bridge is
included. The LittleBoard 735 also supports up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM in a single 200-pin SODIMM slot,
and a Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA), which provides VGA, TV Out, and LVDS flat panel video
interfaces for most LCD panels and CRT monitors.
The LittleBoard 735 can be expanded through the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus expansion for additional system
functions, as these buses offer compact, self-stacking, modular expandability. The PC/104 and PC/104-Plus
buses are the embedded system versions of the signal set provided on a desktop PC’s ISA and PCI buses at
8MHz and 33MHz clock speeds, respectively.
LB735stackthru
Among the many embedded-PC enhancements on the LittleBoard 735 that ensure embedded system
operation and application versatility are a Watchdog Timer, serial console support, battery-free boot, onboard, high-density Compact Flash socket, and BIOS extensions for OEM boot customization.
The LittleBoard 735 is particularly well suited to either embedded or portable applications and meets the
size, power consumption, temperature range, quality, and reliability demands of embedded system
applications. It can be stacked with ADLINK MiniModules™ or other PC/104-compliant expansion boards,
or it can be used as a powerful computing engine.
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Board Features
•CPU features
♦
Intel 1.6GHz LV, Atom N270 Processor
♦
512KB L2 cache
♦
533MHz FSB
•Memory
♦
Single standard 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket
♦
Supports non-ECC, unbuffered memory
♦
Supports +2.5V DDR2, 533MHz RAM up to 2GB
•PC/104-Plus Bus Interfaces
♦
PCI Bus up to 33MHz
♦
PCI 2.2 compliant signals
♦
PC/104 (ISA) Bus up to 8MHz
•IDE Interfaces
♦
Provides one enhanced IDE controller (Compact Flash)
♦
Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 modes
♦
Supports ATAPI and DVD peripherals
♦
Supports IDE native and ATA compatibility modes
•Floppy Disk Interface
♦
Supports one standard floppy disk drive interface
♦
Supports all standard PC/AT formats: 360KB, 1.2MB, 720KB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB
•Parallel Port
♦
Provides a standard printer interface
♦
Supports IEEE standard 1284 protocols of EPP and ECP outputs
♦
Supports Bi-directional data lines
♦
Supports 16 byte FIFO for ECP mode
•Serial Ports
♦
Four buffered serial ports with full handshaking
♦
Provides 16550-equivalent controllers, each with a built-in 16-byte FIFO buffer
♦
Supports full modem capability on three of the four ports
♦
Supports RS232, RS485, or RS422 operation on each port
♦
Supports programmable word length, stop bits, and parity
♦
Supports 16-bit programmable baud-rate generator and an interrupt generator
•USB Ports
♦
Provides three root USB hubs
♦
Provides up to six USB ports
♦
Supports USB boot devices
♦
Supports USB v2.0 EHCI and UHCI v1.1
♦
Supports over-current detection status
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•Keyboard/Mouse Interface
♦
Provides PS/2 keyboard interface
♦
Provides PS/2 mouse interface
•Audio Interface
♦
Provides AC’97 CODEC on board
♦
Supports AC’97 standard
•Ethernet Interface
♦
Provides two fully independent Gigabit Ethernet ports
♦
Provides integrated LEDs on each port (Link/Activity and Speed)
♦
Provides two Intel 82574IT controller chips
♦
Supports IEEE 802.3 10/100BaseT and 10/100/1000BaseT compatible physical layers
♦
Provides headers for two external Gigabit Ethernet LEDs
♦
Supports Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode, and flow control
♦
Supports full duplex or half-duplex mode
•Full-duplex mode supports transmit and receive frames simultaneously
•Supports IEEE 802.3x Flow control in full duplex mode
Key:
U15 - Super IO Controller
J37 - PCI Express Mini Card Socket
J38 - PCI Express Mini Card Latch
J37
J38
Figure 2-4. Component Locations (Bottom Side)
U15
LB735_Back_b
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Headers and Connectors
Table 2 -2 describes the headers and connectors shown in Figure 2-6 on page 14. All I/O headers use 0.100"
(2.54mm) pitch unless otherwise indicated.
Table 2-2. Header and Connector Descriptions
Jack #NameDescription
BAT1Battery SocketBattery socket for 3 volt Lithium battery
J1A,B,
C,D
J2A,B,
C,D
J3 Video (VGA)12-pin, 0.079" (2mm), header for output to a VGA compatible display
J6IDE40-pin standard header for the primary IDE interface
J8Compact Flash50-pin, 0.050" (1.27mm), socket accepts Type I or Type II Compact Flash
J9Audio In/Out26-pin, 0.079" (2mm), header for all of the audio signals (input/output)
J10GLAN18-pin, RJ45 connector for 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet port 1 with
J11Serial A20-pin header for serial ports 1 and 2 (COM 1 & COM 2)
J12Serial B20-pin header for serial ports 3 and 4 (COM 3 & COM 4)
J13Utility 224-pin header for mouse, SMBus, and power button
J14USB 2 & 3 10-pin, 0.079" (2mm) header for USB2 and USB3 ports
J15Utility 116-pin header for keyboard, external battery, reset switch, and speaker
J16Parallel26-pin header for parallel port
J17Floppy34-pin header for floppy disk drive interface
J18GLAN28-pin, RJ45 connector for 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet port 2 with
J19Power In7-pin, 0.156" (3.96mm), header for input power
J26Video (LVDS)30-pin, 0.079" (2mm), header for LVDS compatible video displays
J30Power On3-pin header for ATX power-on functions
J31Memory200-pin, 0.024" (0.60mm) socket for DDR2 SDRAM SODIMM
J32SATA17-pin, 0.050" (1.27mm) standard connector for serial ATA
J33SATA27-pin, 0.050" (1.27mm) standard connector for serial ATA
J34Optional Fan3-pin header provides +5V or +12V, tach, and ground to optional CPU fan
J35Battery Input2-pin, 0.049" (1.24mm) header for power from external battery
J36TV Out
J37PCI Express
PC/104 bus104-pin standard connector for PC/104
PC/104-Plus120-pin, 0.079" (2mm), standard connector for PCI bus
cards
magnetics
magnetics
6-pin header for TV Out signals
52-pin, 0.012" (0.30mm) standard socket for PCI Express Mini Card
Mini Card (on
back of the
board; see
Figure 2-4 on
page 11)
functions
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J38Latch (on back
Latch for the PCI Express Mini Card connector
of the board;
see Figure 2-4
on page 11)
J39USB 4 & 510-pin, 0.079" (2mm) header for USB4 and USB5 ports
J40GPIO
J41DNP
J42DNP
J43DNP
10-pin, 0.079" (2mm) header for General Purpose IO signals
Do not populate
Do not populate
Do not populate
J44USB 0 & 110-pin, 0.079" (2mm) header for USB0 and USB1 ports
J45SMBus
J46Power On
5-pin, 0.049" (1.25mm) header for external device connection
5-pin header for power-on button and reset switch
Button and
Reset Switch
J47LED - GLAN1
J48LED - GLAN2
5-pin, 0.049" (1.25mm) header for Gigabit Ethernet1 external LED
5-pin, 0.049" (1.25mm) header for Gigabit Ethernet2 external LED
NOTEThe pinout tables in Chapter 3 of this manual identify pin sequence using the
following methods: A 20-pin header with two rows of pins, using odd/even
numbering, where pin 2 is directly across from pin 1, is noted as 20-pin, 2 rows,
odd/even (1, 2). Alternately, a 20-pin connector using consecutive numbering,
where pin 11 is directly across from pin 1, is noted in this way: 20-pin, 2 rows,
consecutive (1, 11). The second number in the parenthesis is always directly
across from pin 1. See Figure 2-5.
CAUTIONThe two Ethernet ports share a common ground (transformer center tap),
that is floating until you determine how the common ground is
connected. The grounding holes (8) of the LittleBoard 735 are connected
to ground potential (return) of the DC power supply connected to the
board through J19.
NOTEPin 1 is shown as a black pin (square or round) on all headers in all illustrations.
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Jumper Header Definitions
Table 2 -3 describes the jumper headers shown in Figure 2-7.
Table 2-3. Jumper Settings
Jumper #InstalledRemoved/Installed
JP1 – RTC (Real Time
Clock) Reset
JP2 – Power ManagementPower Up by S3 (pins 1-2)
JP3 – Serial Port 2
RS485 Termination
JP4 – Serial Port 1
RS485 Termination
JP5 – Fan Voltage SelectionEnable +5V (pins 1-2) DefaultEnable +12V (pins 2-3)