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The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-6710/6730 series system to meet
various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter
addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer.
Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an
overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series
model of single board computer.
Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration. Shows the definitions and locations of
Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system.
Chapter 3: System Installation. Describes how to properly mount the CPU, main
memory and CompactFlash to get a safe installation and provides a programming
guide of Watch Dog Timer function.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Information. Specifies the meaning of each setup
parameters, how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS. In
addition, POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble-shooting.
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting. Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO6710/6730 series running with success. As basic hardware installation has been
addressed in Chapter 3, this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues,
in terms of backplane setup, BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics.
The content of this manual and EC declaration document is subject to change
without prior notice. These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the
document. Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in
this document at any time.
Updates to this manual, technical clarification, and answers to frequently asked
questions will be shown on the following web site : http://www.portwell.com/.
Preface
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(To Be Added)
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is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council
Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC). The equipment was
evaluated and passed the test, the following standards were applied :
EMC : EN 55022 (1994/A1:1995 Class A)
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Since hot selling of Centrino™ Notebook, Intel® new generation mobile processor,
Pentium® M & Celeron® M are noticed by end user, especially those applications that
are limited to space and power consumption. However, the price of Pentium® M
& Celeron® M processors is still too high to implement. As time goes by, the price
drops because new production process is mature. At the very moment, Portwell
release one PCI half-sized cards that with mPGA479M socket (ROBO-6710) and
fanless ULV Celeron® M 600MHz processor (ROBO-6730) on-board. TDP (Thermal
Design Power) of ULV Celeron® M 600MHz processor is 7W. The Ultra Low
Voltage BGA type processor only needs passive heat sink on it for heat dissipation
that makes noise disappears and extends MTTR of the system.
The ROBO-6710/6730 designed with Intel® 852GM and ICH4 chipset, beside the
special processor it supports, the GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub)
supports different types of display that includes standard VGA, LVDS and one DVO
port. The DVO port could support the TV-out by project. As the result of LVDS is
the interface of latest LCD panel, ROBO-6710/6730 is the best solution that does not
need any adapter board in between. In addition, 852GM also supports dual view
function.
The ROBO-6710/6730 can be adopted by equipments such as GPS system in vehicle,
multimedia advertisement machine, POS (Point of Sales), POI (Point of Information),
portable measurement machine, supervision machine on ship and so on.
ROBO-6710/6730 features:
®
mPGA479M socket to support 400MHz FSB Mirco-FCPGA type Pentium
Support DDR 200/266 SODIM module, up to 1GB system memory and
integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2.0 with DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory
Technology) that ensures the most efficient use of system memory
Support dual display over VGA, LVDS interfaces
Equipped one Fast Ethernet port on-board (Gigabit Ethernet support by project)
Audio out, Watch-dog timer, Type II CompactFlash socket, 4 USB 2.0 ports
One 40-pin IDE channel and one 44-pin IDE channel (dedicated for 2.5” hard
drive connection)
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1.2 Check List
The ROBO-6710/6730 series package should cover the following basic items:
One ROBO-6710/6730 single board computer
One CPU cooler (ROBO-6710); one CPU heat sink (ROBO-6710)
One Parallel port & one Serial port with bracket
One FDC cable (2.0mm pitch)
One 40-pin IDE cable and one 44-pin to 40-pin IDE cable
One Y-cable cable for PS/2 keyboard and mouse
One 4-pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection
One Installation Resources CD-Title
One booklet of ROBO-6710/6730 series manual
If any of these items is damaged or missing, please contact your vendor and keep all
packing materials for future replacement and maintenance.
1.3 Product Specification
Main processor
-
Intel® Pentium® M or Celeron® M processor
-
Intel® ULV Celeron® M 600MHz processor
- FSB: 400MHz
(ROBO-6710)
(ROBO-6730)
BIOS
Phoenix (Award) system BIOS with 4MB Flash ROM with easy upgrade function
ACPI, DMI, Green function and Plug and Play Compatible
Main Memory
- Support DDR memory interface
- Non-ECC, non-buffered DIMMS only
- One SODIMM socket support 266/200 DDR-SDRAM up to 1GB System Memory
L2 Cache Memory
®
- 1MB/2MB in Intel
- 0KB in Intel
®
ULV Celeron® M 600MHz processor
Pentium® M, 512KB/1MB in Intel® Celeron® M Processor
Chipset
Intel® 852 GMCH and ICH4 chipset
Bus Interface
- Follow PCI 2.1 standard (32-bit PCI)
- Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2.1 (support 4 master PCI
slots)
PCI IDE Interface
Support two enhanced IDE ports up to four HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and
Ultra DMA/33/66/100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature
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Floppy Drive Interface
Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5-1/4"(360K, 1.2MB), 3-1/2"
(720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB) diskette format and 3-mode FDD
Serial Ports
Support two high-speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16-byte T/R FIFOs
IR Interface
Support one 6-pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication
Parallel Port
Support one parallel port with SPP, EPP and ECP modes
USB Interface
Support four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral
devices
PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface
Support one 6-pin Mini-DIN connector for PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection
through Y-Cable separation and one 5-pin shrouded connector for PS/2
keyboard connection through backplane connection
ATX Power Control Interface
One 4-pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring-On and
Wake-On-LAN function
Auxiliary I/O Interfaces
System reset switch, external speaker, Keyboard lock and HDD active LED, etc
Real Time Clock/Calendar (RTC)
Support Y2K Real Time Clock/Calendar with battery backup for 7-year data
retention
Watchdog Timer
- Support WDT function through software programming for enable/disable and
interval setting
- Generate system reset
CompactFlash
- True IDE mode, compatibles with the ATA/ATAPI-4 specification
- One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB
memory
• Test Programs: 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V4.0
for loading CPU
• Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected (ROBO-6710)
• Run Time: 30 minutes
Operating Temperature:
0°C ~ 55°C (32°F ~ 131°F)
Storage Temperature:
-20°C ~ 75°C (-4°F ~ 167°F)
Relative Humidity:
5% ~ 95%, non-condensing
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1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing
1783.5
3.9
3- HOLE 4
3- Pad 7
4- HOLE 3.3
4- Pad 7
41
100.33
8.26
27.09
19.5
3.5
41
143.40
186.78
13.72
1.4 System Architecture
The following illustration of block diagram will show you how ROBO-6710/6730
gives you a highly integrated system solution.
The most up-to-date system architecture of ROBO-6710/6730 includes two main
chips, 852GM GMCH (Graphics and Memory Controller Hub) and ICH4 (I/O
Controller Hub), to support Pentium® M/Celeron® M & Ultra Low Voltage Celeron®
M processor, DDR-SDRAM, 3D graphic display, PCI bus interface, APM, ACPI
compliant power management, USB ports, SMBus communication, and Ultra
DMA/33/66/100 IDE Master.
The on-board super I/O chip, W83627HF, will support PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse, two
UARTs, FDC, Hardware Monitor, Parallel, Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface.
Besides, the on-board Intel® 82562 Fast Ethernet will give user more flexibility and
reliability of application in a highly-integrated environment.
The 852GM, an integration of memory & graphics controller delivers AGP class
graphics performance to PCs at reduced cost. It dynamically allocates and deallocates system memory for complex 3D textures.
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The ICH4 employs the Accelerated Controller Hub architecture, which makes a
direct connection from the graphics and memory to IDE controllers. It supports 2channel dedicated Ultra DMA-33/66/100 IDE master interfaces, full Plug-and-Play
compatibility, APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) interface, and
internal real-time clock (RTC) to maintain time and date of a system. It also supports
four USB 2.0 ports (Universal Serial Bus feature) and PCI 2.1 Compliance operation.
The 32-bit PCI bus interface supports 4 PCI masters for external backplane support.
It fully supports Operating System Directed Power Management via the Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.
The Super I/O chip W83627HF integrates two high-speed serial ports, one parallel
port, SIR interface, Watch Dog Timer (WDT) which is enabled by jumper setting and
triggered by software, H/W monitoring, FDD interface and keyboard controller with
PS/2 mouse ports. This parallel port supports one PC-compatible printer port (SPP,
bi-direction), Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
The on-board Fast Ethernet function via RJ-45 port, and the on-board Audio Codec
controller with MIC/Line-In/Line-Out connectors are to support full functionality of
ROBO-6710/6730 AIO SBC (All-In-One Single Board Computer).
All of details of operating relations are shown in following ROBO-6710/6730 System
Block Diagram.
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IMVP-IV VR
VGA
TV OUTCH7011
2x IDE Pin
Header &
UDMA/100
1xCF socket
Pentium M /Celeron M
Processor
DATA
DATA
RGB
ADDR
AGTL+BUS 400MHz BPSB
ADDR
CTRL
CTRL
852GM
GMCH
DVO
HUB 1.5
V
L
D
DDR_series
Resistors
S
Connectors
PCI
LVDS
82541/82562
CLOCK
DDR
SODIMM
Sockets x 1
DDR Termination
Res. & Cap.
LAN
4 USB Port
FWH
USB2.0/1.1
ICH4
LPC
AC97
AUDIO
LPC I/O
Controller
W83627HF
GPIOKB/MS
FDDParaller Port
Header
COM1~COM2
ROBO-6710/6730 System Block Diagram
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J
J
J
J
JP1
J
J
J
Chapter 2
Hardware Configuration
This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and
connector. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-6710/6730 are in proper
position. The default jumper settings shipped from factory are marked with an
astral (Ì).
PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description
2 LVDS VDD 1 LVDS VDD
4 Channel A Data0- 3 Channel A Data0+
6 Channel A Data1- 5 Channel A Data1+
8 Channel A Data2- 7 Channel A Data2+
10 Channel A Data3- 9 Channel A Data3+
12 Channel A Clock- 11 Channel A Clock+
14 Panel DDC Clock 13 Panel DDC Data
16 GND 15 GND
18 Channel B Data0- 17 Channel B Data0+
20 Channel B Data1- 19 Channel B Data1+
22 Channel B Data2- 21 Channel B Data2+
24 Channel B Data3- 23 Channel B Data3+
26 Channel B Clock- 25 Channel B Clock+
28 Panel DDC Clock 27 Panel DDC Data
30 GND 29 GND
J7: Power ON/OFF Header
PIN No. Status
1
2
ON: Power ON/OFF
OFF: Normal
J8: HDD LED Header
PIN No. Status
1
2
LED Power +
LED Power -
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J9: System FAN Connector
PIN No. Function
1 GND
2 12V
3 Sense
J10: GPIO Interface Connector
PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description