ICP NOVA-600 User Manual

NOVA-600-R2

User Manual

Version 2.0

®

EBX Pentium

Embedded Board

March 16, 2004

©Copyright 2004 by ICP Electronics Inc. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................................... 4

1.1 Specifications ....................................................................................4

1.2 Package Contents ..............................................................................5

Chapter 2 Installation......................................................... 6

2.1 NOVA-600-R2 Layout and Dimensions...................................................6

2.2 Setting the CPU of NOVA-600-R2 .........................................................8

2.3 Watchdog Timer .............................................................................. 10

2.4 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk ................................................................... 10

2.5 LCD Voltage Setting ......................................................................... 10

2.6 Clear CMOS Setup ........................................................................... 11

2.7 Battery Backup for CMOS Setup......................................................... 11

2.8 BIOS Flash Chip Write Voltage Setting ................................................ 11

2.9 PortB RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 Setting ........................................... 12

2.10 PortC/PortD RI Pin Setting.............................................................. 12

Chapter 3 Connection ....................................................... 13

3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector.............................................................. 13

3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector ......................................................... 14

3.3 Parallel Port .................................................................................... 16

3.4 Serial Ports ..................................................................................... 16

3.5 Keyboard and Mouse Connector ......................................................... 17

3.6 External Switches and Indicators........................................................ 17

3.7 USB Port Connector.......................................................................... 18

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port............................................................... 18

3.9 LCD/CRT Connector.......................................................................... 18

3.10 Fan Connector .............................................................................. 19

3.11 LAN RJ45 Connector ...................................................................... 20

3.12 Power Connector........................................................................... 20

3.13 Isolated Digital I/O Connector......................................................... 21

Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup................................................ 23

4.1 Getting Started................................................................................ 23

4.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...................................................................... 23

4.3 Advanced CMOS Setup ..................................................................... 24

4.4 Advanced Chipset Setup ................................................................... 24

4.5 Peripheral Setup .............................................................................. 25

4.6 Power Management Setup................................................................. 26

Chapter 5 E2 Key™ Function.............................................. 27

Appendix A Watchdog Timer............................................. 28

Appendix B FP24-01 Flat Panel Connection Module .......... 29

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for choosing NOVA-600-R2 EBX Pentium® Embedded Board. NOVA­600-R2 board is an EBX form factor board equipped with high performance
Pentium® CPU, an advanced high performance LCD/CRT interface, and
10/100Mbps Ethernet etc. designed for system manufacturers, integrators, or
VARs to provide all reliable and quality performance at a reasonable price.

This board has a built-in DiskOnChip™ (DOC) Flash Disk for embedded application.
The DOC Flash Disk is 100% compatible to hard disk. Users can use any DOS
command without any extra software utility. The DOC currently is available from
2MB to 72MB.

An isolated digital I/O function is designed on the board. The function provides
4-bit digital inputs and 4-bit digital outputs. It is very useful in embedded
application.

In addition, NOVA-600-R2 has built-in C&T 69000 HiQPro™ LCD/CRT Chipset and
2MB EDO RAM. The LCD interface can drive up to 1280x1024 with 256 colors.
The support flat panel will cover Color STN, TFT, EL etc., and also 3.3V or 5V
version.

1.1 Specifications

NOVA-600-R2 Pentium® with HiQPro™ LCD/CRT Single Board Computer provides
the following specifications:

Field Description

CPU Pentium® MMX up to 233Mhz, AMD K6 processor up

to 300MHz, Cyrix 6x86MX and IDT C6 processor
Bus ISA bus and PCI 32-bit local bus, PCI 2.1 standard
Chipset ALI Alladin 4+
LCD/CRT Interface  C&T 69000 Chipset with 2MB EDO RAM

 CRT Resolution:

1280x1024, 256 colors
1024x768, 64K colors
800x600, 16M colors

 36-bit LCD Interface Resolution:

1280x1024, 256 colors
1024x768, 64K colors
800x600, 16M colors

Please contact www.chips.com
Ethernet Built-in the RTL8100 Chipset

IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX standard

Auto-sensing interface to 10MBps or 100MBps

networks

Full duplex capability

More information: www.realtek.com.tw
Real-time clock/calendar Built-in Alladin 4+ chipset, backup by industrial Li-

battery, 3V/850mAH
RAM memory Up to 128MB, SDRAM supported
Second Cache Memory 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM on board

for more information.

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Ultra DMA/33 IDE
Interface

Floppy disk drive
interface
Four high speed Series
ports
Bi-directional Parallel
Port

Watchdog Timer The Watchdog Timer can be set by 1, 2, 10, 20,110 or

Flash Disk –
DiskOnChip™

Keyboard Connector
Mouse PS/2 Mouse Port on-board.
Power Consumption +5V @ 5.1A (Pentium/MMX-200, 32MB SDRAM)
Operating Temperature

Up to four PCI Enhanced IDE hard drives. The Ultra

DMA/33 IDE can handle data transfer of up to

33MB/s. The best of all is that the new technology is

compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications. So

there is no need to do any change to customer’s

current accessory.

Two 2.88 MB, 1.44MB, 1.2MB, 720KB, or 360KB

floppy disk drives.

NS16C550 compatible UARTs

IrDA port: Support Serial Infrared (SIR) and

Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface.

USB port: Support two USB ports for future

expansion.

220 seconds period. Reset or NMI was generated

when CPU did not periodically trigger the timer. Your

program use hex 043 and 443 to control the

watchdog timer and generate a system reset.

The Flash Disk provides 100% compatible with hard

disk. The built-in TrueFFS Transparent Flash Block

Management and Space Reclamation will let customer

to use the Flash Disk with DOS command, no need to

install any extra software utility.

0° ~ 55° C (CPU needs Cooler)

1.2 Package Contents

The package contents of NOVA-600-R2 include:

• NOVA-600-R2 Pentium® with HiQPro™ LCD/CRT Single Board Computer x 1

• Installation Guide CD (user manual included) x 1

• Quick Startup Reference x 1

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Chapter 2 Installation

This chapter describes how to install the NOVA-600-R2. At first, the layout of
NOVA-600-R2 is shown, and the unpacking information that you should be careful
is described. The jumpers and switches setting for NOVA-600-R2's configuration,
such as CPU type selection, system clock setting, and watchdog timer, are also
included.

2.1 NOVA-600-R2 Layout and Dimensions

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2.2 Setting the CPU of NOVA-600-R2

• CPU Clock Setting

CPU Speed/Clock JP15

1-2

60MHz SHORT OPEN OPEN

66MHz OPEN OPEN OPEN

• CPU to Bus Multiple

Multiplier JP15

3-4

1.5 x OPEN OPEN OPEN
2x SHORT OPEN OPEN

2.5x SHORT SHORT OPEN

3 x OPEN SHORT OPEN

3.5 x OPEN OPEN OPEN

4 x SHORT OPEN SHORT

4.5x SHORT SHORT SHORT

CPU Frequency = CPU Clock x Multiplier, e.g. Pentium® 200MHz = 66MHz
CPU Clock x 3

• CPU Core Voltage Selection

Please check the CPU Core Voltage before you install the CPU. Right now new
Intel MMX CPU is dual voltages for core and I/O, the I/O is 3.3V but the core is

2.8V. This kind of CPU design will enhance the low power consumption capability.
As for the general Pentium CPU is one voltage for I/O and Core - 3.3V, 3.4V, or

3.5V.

• JP1 CPU Core Voltage Setting

(JP1 is in the DC Power Module)

CPU Core Voltage JP1

3.5V(P54C/CS) VRE SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT

3.4V(P54C/CS) STD OPEN SHORT SHORT SHORT

3.3V SHORT OPEN SHORT SHORT

3.2V OPEN OPEN SHORT SHORT

3.1V SHORT SHORT OPEN SHORT

3.0V OPEN SHORT OPEN SHORT

2.9V SHORT OPEN OPEN SHORT

2.8V OPEN OPEN OPEN SHORT

2.7V SHORT SHORT SHORT OPEN

2.6V OPEN SHORT SHORT OPEN

2.5V SHORT OPEN SHORT OPEN

2.4V OPEN OPEN SHORT OPEN

2.3V SHORT SHORT OPEN OPEN

2.2V OPEN SHORT OPEN OPEN

2.1V SHORT OPEN OPEN OPEN

2.0V OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

JP15

5-6

1-2

JP15
9-10

JP15

7-8

JP1

3-4

JP15

11-12

JP1
5-6

JP1
7-8

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• Dual / Single CPU Voltage Setting

Vcore &VIO JP13

Pentium® (P54C) IDT C6 SHORT SHORT OPEN OPEN

1-2

JP13

3-4

JP14

1-2

JP14

3-4

Pentium® MMX AMD K6 Cyrix

OPEN OPEN SHORT SHORT

6x86MX Dual Voltage

• Cyrix 6x86MX PR Rating Table (Vcore: 2.9V, dual voltage)

PR Rating Bus MHz CPU Core MHz Clock Multiplier

6x86MX-PR133 50 100 2x
6x86MX-PR133 55 110 2x

6x86MX-PR150 60 120 2x
6x86MX-PR150 50 125 2.5x

6x86MX-PR166 66 133 2x
6x86MX-PR166 55 138 2.5x
6x86MX-PR166 50 150 3x
6x86MX-PR166 60 150 2.5x

6x86MX-PR200 55 165 3x
6x86MX-PR200 66 166 2.5x
6x86MX-PR200 60 180 3x

6x86MX-PR233 66 200 3x
6x86MX-PR266 66 233 3.5x

• AMD K6 MMX Rating Table, dual voltage

Product Name Core Freq Vcore Bus MHz

Multiplier

K6-233 model 6 233MHz 3.2V 66 3.5x
K6-200 model 6 200MHz 2.9V 66 3x
K6-166 model 6 166MHz 2.9V 66 2.5x
K6-300 model 7 300MHz 2.2V 66 4.5x
K6-266 model 7 266MHz 2.2V 66 4x
K6-233 model 7 233MHz 2.2V 66 3.5x

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2.3 Watchdog Timer

Watchdog Timer is enabled by reading port 443H. It should be triggered before
the time-out period ends, otherwise it will assume the program operation is
abnormal and will issue a reset signal to start again, or activate NMI to CPU. The
Watchdog Timer is disabled by reading port 043H.

• JP18: Watchdog Active Type Setting

JP18 Description

2-3 RESET WHEN WDT TIME-OUT

1-2 ACTIVATE NMI TO CPU WHEN WDT TIME-OUT

OPEN DISABLE WDT

• JP11: WDT Time-out Period

PERIOD 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

1 sec. OPEN OPEN SHORT OPEN
2 sec. OPEN OPEN SHORT SHORT

10 sec. OPEN SHORT OPEN OPEN

20 sec. OPEN SHORT OPEN SHORT
110 sec. SHORT OPEN OPEN OPEN
220 sec. SHORT OPEN OPEN SHORT

2.4 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk

DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk Chip (DOC) is produced by M-Systems. As DOC is 100%
compatible to hard disk, there is no need to install any extra software utility. It is
just “plug and play”, easy and reliable to use.

• JP16: DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting

Address JP16

CE000 1-2

D6000 3-4

DE000 5-6

2.5 LCD Voltage Setting

NOVA-600-R2 supports 3.3V or 5V LCD panel by jumper setting. The setting will
control the CN5’s PIN 29 & 30 as 3.3V or 5V output.

• JP10: LCD Voltage Setting

Function JP10

3.3V 1-2

5V 2-3

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2.6 Clear CMOS Setup

To clear CMOS Setup, close the CN26 pin 3-4 about 3 seconds, then open again.
Set back to normal operation mode, close pin 2-3.

• CN26: Clear CMOS Setup (Reserved function)

CN26 Description

2-3 Normal Operation

3-4 Clear CMOS Setup

2.7 Battery Backup for CMOS Setup

There is one 4-pin header CN26 for battery backup function. Closing the pin 2-3
will use the on board battery. When using external battery, you should take off
the jumper and use the connector as external battery connector.

• CN26: Battery Backup Function

CN26 Description

2-3 SHORT Using Internal Battery

Vbat 4- Ground Use as External Battery Connector

2.8 BIOS Flash Chip Write Voltage Setting

The BIOS Flash Chip could be two types, one is 12V write voltage and another
one is 5V.

• JP17: 5V/12V Flash Chip Write Voltage Setting

(This jumper is a factory default setting, customers may not change it.)

JP17 Description

1-3

2-4

1-3

4-6

3-5
4-6

+12V 1Mbit Flash

Write Voltage

+12V 1Mbit/2Mbit Flash

Write Voltage

+5V 1Mbit/2Mbit Flash

Write Voltage

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2.9 PortB RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 Setting

The PortB on CN6 can be set as RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 mode by the JP4, JP6,
or JP12.

PortB Mode JP4 JP6 JP12

RS-232 Don’t care 2-3 1-9, 3-10

5-11, 7-12

RS-422 2-3 1-2 1-2, 3-4

5-6, 7-8

RS-485 1-2 1-2 1-2, 3-4

5-6, 7-8

2.10 PortC/PortD RI Pin Setting

The PortC’s RI pin (pin 19) on CN7 and the PortD’s RI pin (pin 19) on CN6 can be
set as RI, +5V, or +12V mode.

PortC

CN7 PIN 19

RI 2-3 Don’t Care

+5V 1-2 1-2
+12V 1-2 2-3

PortD

CN6 PIN 19

RI 2-3 Don’t Care

+5V 1-2 1-2

+12V 1-2 2-3

Note that when setting the +12V output, the board should have +12V
input from the power supply by CN4 power connector.

JP1 JP3

JP2 JP21

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Chapter 3 Connection

This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the
NOVA-600-R2 board.

3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

NOVA-600-R2 board equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable.

• CN11: FDC Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 GROUND 2 REDUCE WRITE

3 GROUND 4 N/C

5 GROUND 6 N/C

7 GROUND 8 INDEX#

9 GROUND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A#
11 GROUND 12 DRIVE SELECT B#
13 GROUND 14 DRIVE SELECT A#
15 GROUND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B#
17 GROUND 18 DIRECTION#
19 GROUND 20 STEP#
21 GROUND 22 WRITE DATA#
23 GROUND 24 WRITE GATE#
25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0#
27 GROUND 28 WRITE PROTECT#
29 GROUND 30 READ DATA#
31 GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#
33 GROUND 34 DISK CHANGE#

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3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector

You can attach four IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives to the
NOVA-600-R2 IDE controller. The IDE support Ultra DMA/33 interface.

CN13 (IDE 1): Primary IDE Connector, 2.54mm pitch
CN10 (IDE 2): Secondary IDE Connector, 2.0mm pitch for 2.5” IDE HDD

• CN13: Primary IDE Interface Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 RESET# 2 GROUND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE - DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND - DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND

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• CN10: Secondary IDE Interface Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 RESET# 2 GROUND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE - DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND - DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND
41 +5V 42 +5V
43 Ground 44 Pull High

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3.3 Parallel Port

This port is usually connected to a printer. NOVA-600-R2 includes an on-board
parallel port, accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector CN8.

• CN8: Parallel Port Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 STROBE# 2 DATA 0

3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2

5 DATA 3 6 DATA 4

7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6

9 DATA 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE

11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY
13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED #
15 ERROR# 16 INITIALIZE
17 PRINTER SELECT LN# 18 GROUND
19 GROUND 20 GROUND
21 GROUND 22 GROUND
23 GROUND 24 GROUND
25 GROUND

3.4 Serial Ports

NOVA-600-R2 offers four high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with
Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports.

• CN6 (PortB, PortD): 20-pin Header

PIN Description PIN Description

1 DCD2/TX2- 11 DSR2/RX2+
2 RXD2/TX2+ 12 RTS2/RX2­3 TXD2 13 CTS2
4 DTR2 14 RI2
5 GND 15 NC

6 DCD4 16 DSR4
7 RXD4 17 RTS4
8 TXD4 18 CTS4
9 DTR4 19 RI, +5V, or +12V

10 GND 20 NC

• CN7 (PortA, PortC): 20-pin Header
PIN Description PIN Description

1 DCD1 11 DSR1
2 RXD1 12 RTS1
3 TXD1 13 CTS1
4 DTR1 14 RI
5 GND 15 NC

6 DCD3 16 DSR3
7 RXD3 17 RTS3
8 TXD3 18 CTS3
9 DTR3 19 RI, +5V, or +12V

10 GND 20 NC

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3.5 Keyboard and Mouse Connector

NOVA-600-R2 provides 5-pin keyboard and mouse connectors. The connector is

2.5mm pitch model Say Yea 2570-05P or equivalent one.

• CN20: 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector

PIN Description

1 KEYBOARD CLOCK
2 KEYBOARD DATA
3 N/C
4 GROUND
5 +5V

• CN21: 5-pin Mouse Connector

PIN Description

1 MOUSE CLOCK
2 MOUSE DATA
3 N/C
4 GND
5 +5V

3.6 External Switches and Indicators

There are many external switches and indicators for monitoring and controlling
your CPU board.

• CN15: Reset Connector

PIN Description

1 RESET SIGNAL
2 GROUND

• CN2: Speaker Connector

PIN Description

1 +5V
2 SPEAKER

• CN25: IDE LED Connector

PIN Description

1 +5V
2 HDD ACTIVE#

• CN22: KeyLock & Power

PIN Description

1 +5V
2 N/C
3 GROUND
4 KEYLOCK
5 GROUND

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3.7 USB Port Connector

NOVA-600-R2 has two built-in USB ports for the future new I/O bus expansion.

• CN18: USB 0/1

PIN Description PIN Description

1 +5V 2 GND
3 D0- 4 D1+
5 D0+ 6 D1­7 GND 8 +5V

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port

NOVA-600-R2 has a built-in IrDA port which supports Serial Infrared (SIR) or
Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. When using the IrDA port, you have
to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’s Peripheral Setup’s PortD. Then the
normal RS-232 PortD will be disabled.

• CN23: IrDA Connector

PIN Description

1 VCC
2 NC
3 IR-RX
4 Ground
5 IR-TX

3.9 LCD/CRT Connector

NOVA-600-R2 has a built-in 10-pin VGA connector directly attached to your CRT
monitor, and a built-in 50-pin connector for LCD interface.

• CN9: 10-pin VGA Header Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 RED 6 N/C
2 GREEN 7 N/C
3 BLUE 8 GROUND
4 HSYNC 9 GROUND
5 VSYNC 10 GROUND

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• CN5: 50-pin LCD Interface Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 VPCLK 2 P33
3 P34 4 P31
5 P35 6 P32
7 P30 8 P28

9 P29 10 P27
11 P25 12 P26
13 P24 14 P21
15 P23 16 P22
17 P16 18 P20
19 P17 20 P18
21 P19 22 P14
23 P13 24 P12
25 P15 26 P11
27 P7 28 P10
29 5V or 3.3V 30 5V or 3.3V
31 P9 32 P8
33 P4 34 P6
35 P3 36 P5
37 P2 38 P1
39 M 40 P0
41 SHFCLK 42 ENABKL
43 FPVDD 44 FLM (V SYS)
45 FPVEE 46 LP (H SYS)
47 GND 48 GND
49 +12V 50 +12V

3.10 Fan Connector

NOVA-600-R2 provides CPU cooling fan connector and chassis fan connector.
These connectors can supply 12V/500mA max. to the cooling fan. The 12V on
the fan connector is converted from 5V, so it is limited in fan using. Don’t use it
for other purpose.

• CN27: CPU Fan Connector

PIN Description

1 N/C

2 12V

3 Ground

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3.11 LAN RJ45 Connector

NOVA-600-R2 has a built-in RJ45 LAN connector for 10/100Mbps Ethernet
communication.

• CN1: LAN RJ45 Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 TX+ 5 NC

2 TX- 6 RX-

3 RX+ 7 NC

4 NC 8 NC

• CN24 LAN Active LED Connector

PIN Description

1 5V

2 RX/TX

LED1 YELLOW: RX/TX Active
LED2 GREEN: 100Mbps Active
LED3 GREEN: 10Mbps Active

3.12 Power Connector

NOVA-600-R2 provides an 8-pin power connector. The connector type is Molex
26-60-4080 or equivalent one. The power connector’s each pin max. rating is 7A.
It will accept max. 14A by the 2pin 5V input.

• CN4: Power Connector

PIN Description

1 +5V
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 +12V
5 N/C
6 Ground
7 +5V
8 -12V

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3.13 Isolated Digital I/O Connector

NOVA-600-R2 has a built-in 4-bit IN and 4-bit OUT digital I/O connector. The
connector type is DINKLE ED350V-10P.

As this is an isolated Digital I/O design, it will need an external power supply to
the connector’s PIN 9 and PIN10 to activate the circuit. You may refer the
following block diagram for details. The DC output of the external power supply
should not be connected with the NOVA-600-R2’s power supply at 5V, 12V or
ground to isolate the NOVA-600-R2 main system and the external I/O device.

In case you could not find an external power supply to active the Digital I/O, you
may use the 5V or 12V from the system’s power supply. Under the situation the
digital I/O function will be not isolated.

• CN14: DIO Connector

PIN Signal Name Function

1 IN00 Data IN
2 IN01 Data IN
3 IN02 Data IN
4 IN03 Data IN
5 OUT00 Data OUT
6 OUT01 Data OUT
7 OUT02 Data OUT
8 OUT03 Data OUT
9 COM - External Power Ground

10 COM + External Power 5 – 30V

The digital I/O are addressed at 220H, 240H, 260H, or Disable through CMOS
peripheral setup selection. You may refer the following table for the address and
matching I/O port.

Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7
IN00 IN01 IN02 IN03 OUT00 OUT01 OUT02 OUT03

The Digital Input specifications are:

− Isolated channel with common power

− Digital input level

− Logic level 0: +1V max.

− Logic level 1: +3.5V to 30V

− Input impedance: 3K ohm, 0.5W

The Digital Output specifications are:

− Isolated channel with common power

− Open collector to 30V

− Output current: 600mA per channel, total 3A max.

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• Windows 95/NT Driver for DIO application

The WDT-01 Windows 95/NT software utility are included in the CD ROM. From
the WDT-01 utility you may use the DIO.H, DIO.LIB, and DIO.DLL for the
digital I/O application.

The software user manual is also included in the CD ROM. You may print it out
for better reference.

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Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup

The NOVA-600-R2 uses the AMI BIOS for system configuration. The AMI BIOS
setup program is designed to provide maximum flexibility in configuring the
system by offering various options, which may be selected for end-user
requirements. This chapter is written to assist you in the proper usage of these
features.

4.1 Getting Started

When power on the system, the BIOS will enter the Power-On-Self-Test routines.
These routines will be executed for system test and initialization and system
configuration verification. After the POST routines are completed, the following
message appears:

" Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP"

To access AMI BIOS Setup program, press <Del> key, then you could see the
screen to make some options as follows,

When choose Load BIOS Defaults will load the minimized settings for
Troubleshooting. The performance should be very poor when use this setting.

When choose Load Setup Defaults will load optimized defaults for regular use.
Choosing this setting will modify all applicable settings.

4.2 Standard CMOS Setup

The Standard CMOS Setup is used for basic hardware system configuration. The
main function is for Date/Time setting and Floppy/Hard Disk Drive setting. Please
refer the following screen for this setup.

For IDE hard disk drive setup, please check the following possible setup
procedure,
Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup. Use the IDE HDD AUTO
DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications.
Manually enter the specifications by yourself from the “User” option.

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4.3 Advanced CMOS Setup

This Advanced CMOS Setup is designed for customer’s tuning best performance of
the NOVA-600-R2 board. For general operation customers, there is no need to
change any default setting. The default setting is pre-set for most reliable
operation.

You also can option the system keyboard, primary display, PS/2 mouse to enable
or disable. The system boot sequence is also set here by first, second, third and
fourth boot device setting.

4.4 Advanced Chipset Setup

These setup functions are almost working for ChipSet (ALI 4+). These options
are used to change the ChipSet’s registers. Please carefully change any default
setting; otherwise the system could become unstable.

Auto Configuration: Enabled or Disabled

When using 60nS general type DRAM, enable the setting to get the optimal
timings.

SDRAM Speculative Read: Enabled or Disabled

When enable this option, the PCU will send predict commands to the SDRAM, if a
miss happens, the CPU will cancel this command. Because some OS under
certain situations have problem for this feature, it is normally disable.

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4.5 Peripheral Setup

This setup is almost working for Multi-I/O Chip (W83877F and ALI Alladin 4+
chipset). These options are used to change the ChipSet’s registers. Please
carefully change any default setting to meet your application need perfectly. The
only special concern is Onboard Serial PortD. If you are using the IrDA port, you
have to set this port accordingly.

Customer also can set the Isolated Digital I/O function’s I/O addressing here
by 220h, 240h, 260h, or disabled.

The most important setting in this setup is LCD Type setting. In the most right
bottom item – Panel Type selection, customer can choose 16 different panel types.
The 16 panel types are:

1. 1024x768 Dual Scan STN Color

2. 1280x1024 TFT

3. 640x480 STN

4. 800x600 STN

5. 640x480 TFT

6. 640x480 18bit

7. 1024x768 TFT

8. 800x600 TFT

9. 800x600 TFT

10. 800x600 TFT

11. 800x600 STN

12. 1024x600 TFT

13. 800x600 STN

14. 1024x768 TFT

15. 1280x1024 STN

16. 1024x600 STN

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4.6 Power Management Setup

Power Management Setup help user handles the “green function” of NOVA-600­R2 board. The features could shut down the video display and hard disk to save
energy for example. The power management setup screen is as following,

Power Management/APM: Disable, Max Saving, Min Saving, or User
Defined.

Note: Advanced Power Management (APM) has to be installed to keep the

system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the
Power Management.

Under DOS environment, you need to add DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in your
CONFIG.SYS

Under Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you have to install Windows with APM
feature. A battery and power cord icon labeled “Power” will appear in the
“Control Panel”.

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Chapter 5 E2 Key™ Function

The NOVA-600-R2 provides an outstanding E
Based on the E

2

KEY™ you could free to store the ID Code, Pass Word, or Critical
Data in the 1Kbit EEPROM. As the EEPROM is nonvolatile memory, you don’t
have to worry the losing of the very important data.

Basically the E

2

KEY™ is based on a 1Kbit EEPROM which is configured to 64

words (from 0 to 63). You could access (read or write) each word at any time.

When you start to use the E

2

KEY™ you should have the utility in the package.

The software utility will include four files as follows,

README.DOC
E2KEY.OBJ
EKEYDEMO.C
EKEYDEMO.EXE

The E2KEY.OBJ provides two library functions for users to integrate their
application with E

2

KEY™ function. These libraries (read_e2key and
write_e2key) are written and compiled in C format. Please check the following
statement, and you will know how to implement it easily.

unsigned int read_e2key(unsigned int address)

/* This function will return the data of E
from 0 to 63. Return data is one word,16 bits */

void write_e2key(unsigned int address,unsigned data)

/* This function will write the given data to E
range is from 0 to 63. The data value is from 0 to 0xffff. */

To easy start to use the function, please refer the include EKEYDEMO.C code at
first.

Please note the E

2

KEY™ function is based on the working of parallel port. So you
should enable the parallel port of NOVA-600-R2, otherwise the function will be not
working.

If you need the Windows NT/95 driver, please download the driver from

ftp.icpacquire.com.tw

.

2

KEY™ function for system integrator.

2

KEY™ at address. The address range is

2

KEY™ at address. The address

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Appendix A Watchdog Timer

The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always
recover from catastrophic conditions that caused the CPU to crash. This condition
may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops
working correctly, hardware on the board will either perform a hardware reset
(cold boot) or a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) to bring the system back to a
known state.

The Watchdog Timer is controlled by two I/O ports.

443 (hex) Read Enable and refresh Watchdog Timer.
043 (hex) Read Disable Watchdog Timer.

To enable the Watchdog Timer, a read from I/O port 443H must be performed.
This will enable and activate the countdown timer, which will eventually time out
and either reset the CPU or cause an NMI depending on the setting of JP18. To
ensure this reset condition does not occur, the Watchdog Timer must be
periodically refreshed by reading the same I/O port 433H. This must be done
within the time out period that is selected by jumper group JP11.

A tolerance of at least 30% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within
the operating system (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time consuming.
Therefore if the time out period has been set to 10 seconds, the I/O port 443H
must be read within 7 seconds.

Note: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer,
otherwise the system will reset.

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Appendix B FP24-01 Flat Panel Connection Module

The FP24-01 connection module is installed on the NOVA-600-R2 as a standard
product. The FP24-01 converts NOVA-600-R2’s on board 50-pin LCD interface
signal to the 44-pin (2x20 pin header) and 41pin (Hirose DF9-41P-1V) LCD
connectors. The 44-pin or 41-pin connector will only support 24-bit flat panel.

• J3: 44-pin LCD Interface Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 +12V 2 +12V
3 GND 4 GND
5 5V or 3.3V 6 5V or 3.3V
7 FPVEE 8 GND

9 P0 10 P1
11 P2 12 P3
13 P4 14 P5
15 P6 16 P7
17 P8 18 P9
19 P10 20 P11
21 P12 22 P13
23 P14 24 P15
25 P16 26 P17
27 P18 28 P19
29 P20 30 P21
31 P22 32 P23
33 GND 34 GND
35 SHFCLK 36 FLM
37 M 38 LP
39 GND 40 ENABKL
41 N/C 42 N/C
43 FPVDD 44 5V or 3.3V

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• J1: 41-pin LCD Interface Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 P20 2 GND
3 P16 4 5V or 3.3V
5 P21 6 P0
7 P17 8 P8

9 P22 10 P1
11 P18 12 P9
13 P23 14 P2
15 P19 16 P10
17 5V or 3.3V 18 P3
19 FLM 20 P11
21 M 22 P4
23 LP 24 P12
25 SHFCLK 26 P5
27 5V or 3.3V 28 P13
29 5V or 3.3V 30 P6
31 ENABKL 32 P14
33 FPVDD 34 P7
35 FPVEE 36 P15
37 GND 38 +12V
39 GND 40 +12V
41 N/C

• J2: LCD Backlight Power Connector*

PIN Description

1 N/C

2 GND

3 12V (0.9A max.)

4 GND

5 FPVEE Inverter Enable

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