Rugged Science Synapse vX-Series, Synapse v2200, Synapse v2100, Synapse v2000 User Manual

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V1.0.0 Jan 07, 2014 All Preliminary Release V1.0.1 Jan 20, 2014 p30 GPS Module V1.0.2 Feb 05, 2014 p16-19 Rear Panel DC-IN

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Disclaimer

Declaration of Conformity

Order Information

Optional Accessories

Part Number Description

Synapse v2200

Fanless Advanced Box PC, 2 Lans, 2 HDMI, 6 COM(2 Isolated COM), 8 GPIO, 5 USB, Terminal Block, Onboard IntelC Atom™ Bay Trail E3845 Quad Core Processor

Synapse v2100

Fanless Advanced Box PC, 2 Lans, 2 HDMI, 6 COM, 8 GPIO, 5 USB, DC-Jack, CEC, Onboard Intel® Atom™ Bay Trail E3845 Quad Core Processor

Synapse v2000

Fanless Advanced Box PC, 2 Lans, 2 HDMI, 6 COM, 8 GPIO, 5 USB, Terminal Block, Onboard Intel® Atom™ Bay Trail E3815 Processor

Part Number Description

DDR3L8G Kingston® DDR3L-1600 8G RAM

DDR3L4G Kingston® DDR3L-1600 4G RAM

M340L-W28M1

Rugged Science DDR3L 4GB 1333 | 1066MHz RAM, Micron® Chip, Wide Temperature -40°C ~ +85°C

Onboard GPS Module u-blox NEO GPS Module with Antenna and Cables Pre-Installed

PWA-60W 60W, 12V 100V AC to 240V AC Power Adapter for DC-Jack

PWA-60WP3 60W, 24V 100V AC to 240V AC Power Adapter for Terminal Block

WiFi module w/ Antenna

WiFi module (Intel N6205) with antenna and cables pre-installed

3G Module w/ Antenna 3G module (Sierra MC8090) with Antenna and cables pre-installed

4G Module w/ Antenna Sierra MC7710 with Antenna and cables pre-installed

Table of Contents

iv iv

Disclaimer Declaration of Conformity Copyright and Trademarks iv

FCC iv

Order Information Optional Accessories v

General Introduction 1

1.1 Overview 1

1.2 Product Specication 2

2 3

1.2.1 Specifications of Rugged Science ABP-2845 1.2.2 Specifications of Vecow ABP-2045 1.2.3 Specifications of Vecow ABP-2015

1.3 Supported CPU List 5

1.4 Mechanical Dimension 6

Getting to Know Your Synapse vX-Series 9

2.1 Packing List 9

2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions 9

2.2.1 Power, HDD LED Indicator 10

2.2.2 Power Button 10

2.2.3 Rest Tact Switch 11

2.2.4 Ethernet Ports 11

2.2.5 VGA Connector 12

2.2.6 Dual HDMI Connectors 13

2.2.7 Triple USB 3.0 Ports 13

2.2.8 Dual USB 2.0 Ports 14

2.2.9 Eight Bits DIO 14

2.2.10 Audio Connectors 15

2.3 Rear Side Exernal I/O Connectors 16

2.3.1 Serial Ports COM1 and COM2 17

2.3.2 Serial Ports COM3 and COM4 17

2.3.3 Isolated Serial Port COM5 | COM6 18

2.3.4 DC-IN 9~28V 3.5Ø DC Jack or Terminal Block 19

2.4 Main Board Expansion Connectors 20

2.4.1 PANEL 1 Miscellaneous Pin Header 22

2.4.2 CN24, CN25, J2 LVDS 23

2.4.3 CN21 SATA II Connector & J1 SATA Power Connector 24

2.4.4

CN23 mSATA Connector 25

2.4.5

CN20, CN22, mini-PCIe Connectors 27

2.4.6 CN29 GPIO 28

2.4.7 Battery 29

2.4.8 GPS Module 30

2.5 Main Board Jumper Setting 31

2.5.1 JP1(A) CMOS Clear Jumper Setting 32

2.5.2 JP1(B) ME Clear Jumper Setting 33

2.5.3 JP2 LVDS Backlight Power Selection 34

System Setup 35

35 36

3.1 Install DDR3 / DDR3L SODIMM Modules

3.2 Install SSD | HDD

3.3 Mount Your Synapse vX-Series 38

BIOS and Driver 40

4.1 BIOS Settings 40

4.1.1 Main Menu 40

4.2 Advanced Function 41

4.2.1 ACPI Setting 41

4.2.2 Serial Port 1 Conguration 42

4.2.3 Serial Port 2 Conguration 43

4.2.4 Serial Port 3 Conguration 44

4.2.5 Serial Port 4 Conguration 45

4.2.6 Serial Port 5 Conguration 46

4.2.7 Serial Port 6 Conguration 47

4.2.8 PPM Conguration 48

4.2.9 CPU Conguration 48

4.2.10 IDE Conguration 49

4.3 Chipset Function 50

4.3.1 Display Conguration 50

4.3.2 Power Loss Conguration 51

4.4 Boot Function 52

4.4.1 Change Boot Conguration 52

4.5 Save & Exit 53

4.5.1 1.5.1. Reload Default BIOS Value 53

Appendix A : GPIO & WDT 54

Product Introduction

General Introduction

Synapse vX series are equipped with Intel® QuadCore Atom™

E3800 (formerly codenamed Bay Trail) processor family (1.91GHz) and DDR3L single channel 8GB ram, 2 HDMI display, 2 RS-232, 2 RS-232/422/485, 2 isolated RS- 232/422/485, 2 GbE LANs, one 2.5” SATA 3Gp/s SSD/HDD tray, 3 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0, and 2 miniPCI-express. Synapse vX series is in fanless smart form factor and capable of operating under wide temperatures from -25°C to

+70°C for harsh environments.With cutting-edge graphics and computing technologies, Synapse vX series enable to present high quality resolution 3D display as low power consumption. Design with 6 COM to satisfy various applications’ control and

connection requirements, Synapse vX series still keep fanless and wide operation temperature plus with EN50155 standard and cable-less arrangement for industrial harsh environment.

Synapse vX series is ideal for information display in harsh environment, automation networking communication, IOT (Internet

of Things), In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, and M2M (Machine to Machine) applications.

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1.2 Product Specication

System

Processor Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Valleyview (Bay Trail) Processor (E3845 1.91GHz) Chipset Valleyview SoC Memory 1 DDR3L 1600 SODIMM, Max. 8Gb Video 1 DB 15 VGA

2 HDMI 1.4

Optional BOM: LVDS 48bit Audio 1 Mic-In, 1 Line-Out Software Support Windows 8, Windows 7, WES7

I/O Ports

Serial Interface 6 COM Ports; 2 RS-232, 4 RS-232/422/485

2 Isolated RS-232/422/485 LAN 2 Intel® GbE WG82574L USB 3 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0

GPIO 8 GPIO

Mini PCIe Slot miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB +SIM card socket)

miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB)

mSATA Socket

3 Pre-Cast Holes for Antenna

Power Supply

Power Input Terminal Block

ATX: 2-Pin Remote Power On/Off Switch

Optional BOM: On-Board Power Input for PPC Power Output On-Board 12V

Storage

SATA HDD 1 SATA II Ports at 3.0Gb/s mS ATA 1 miniPCIe(full size) Supports mSATA

Other

Watchdog Timer Reset: 1 to 255 sec / min Per Step GPS On-Board GPS Module (Optional)

Mechanical

Dimension (W x L x H) 257mm x 141mm x 48mm (10.1” x 5.6” x 1.9”) Weight 2.1Kg (4.6 lb) Mounting Wall-mount by Mounting Bracket Design Compact

Environmental

Operating Temperature -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 157°F) Storage Temperature -40°C to 85°C (-40°F to 185°F)

Humidity 10% to 95% Humidity, Non-condensing

Shock Operating, 50 Gms, Half-Sine 11 ms Duration (w / SSD, According to IEC60068-2-27) Vibration Random: 5 Grms @ 5-500Hz according to IEC68-2-64

Sinusoidal: 5 Grms @5-500 Hz according to IEC68-2-64 EMC CE, FCC, EN50155, RoHS

1.2.1 Specifications of Rugged Science Synapse v2200

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1.2.2 Specifications of Rugged Science Synapse v2100

System

Processor Intel® Atom™ Quad Core Valleyview (Bay Trail) Processor (E3845 1.91GHz) Chipset Valleyview SoC Memory 1 DDR3L 1600 SODIMM, Max. 8Gb Video 1 DB 15 VGA

2 HDMI 1.4 with CEC Control

Optional BOM: LVDS 48bit Audio 1 Mic-In, 1 Line-Out Software Support Windows 8, Windows 7, WES7

I/O Ports

Serial Interface 6 COM Ports; 2 RS-232, 4 RS-232/422/485 LAN 2 Intel® GbE WG82574L USB 3 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0

GPIO 8 GPIO

Mini PCIe Slot miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB +SIM card socket)

miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB)

mSATA Socket

3 Pre-Cast Holes for Antenna

Power Supply

Power Input DC-IN 9~28V

ATX: 2-Pin Remote Power On/Off Switch

Optional BOM: On-Board Power Input for PPC Power Output On-Board 12V

Storage

SATA HDD 1 SATA II Ports at 3.0Gb/s mS ATA 1 miniPCIe(full size) Supports mSATA

Other

Watchdog Timer Reset: 1 to 255 sec / min Per Step GPS On-Board GPS Module (Optional)

Mechanical

Dimension (W x L x H) 257mm x 141mm x 48mm (10.1” x 5.6” x 1.9”) Weight 2.1Kg (4.6 lb) Mounting Wall-mount by Mounting Bracket Design Compact

Environmental

Operating Temperature -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 157°F) Storage Temperature -40°C to 85°C (-40°F to 185°F)

Humidity 10% to 95% Humidity, Non-condensing

Shock Operating, 50 Gms, Half-Sine 11 ms Duration (w / SSD, According to IEC60068-2-27) Vibration Random: 5 Grms @ 5-500Hz according to IEC68-2-64

Sinusoidal: 5 Grms @5-500 Hz according to IEC68-2-64 EMC CE, FCC, EN50155, RoHS

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1.2.3 Specifications of Rugged Science Synapse v2000

System

Processor Intel® Atom™ Valleyview (Bay Trail) Processor (E3815 1.46GHz) Chipset Valleyview SoC Memory 1 DDR3L 1600 SODIMM, Max. 8Gb Video 1 DB 15 VGA

2 HDMI 1.4

Optional BOM: LVDS 48bit Audio 1 Mic-In, 1 Line-Out Software Support Windows 8, Windows 7, WES7

I/O Ports

Serial Interface 6 COM Ports; 2 RS-232, 4 RS-232/422/485 LAN 2 Intel® GbE WG82574L USB 3 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0

GPIO 8 GPIO

Mini PCIe Slot miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB +SIM card socket)

miniPCIe Socket (PCIe+USB)

mSATA Socket

3 Pre-Cast Holes for Antenna

Power Supply

Power Input Terminal Block

ATX: 2-Pin Remote Power On/Off Switch

Optional BOM: On-Board Power Input for PPC Power Output On-Board 12V

Storage

SATA HDD 1 SATA II Ports at 3.0Gb/s mS ATA 1 miniPCIe(full size) Supports mSATA

Other

Watchdog Timer Reset: 1 to 255 sec / min Per Step GPS On-Board GPS Module (Optional)

Mechanical

Dimension (W x L x H) 257mm x 141mm x 48mm (10.1” x 5.6” x 1.9”) Weight 2.1Kg (4.6 lb) Mounting Wall-mount by Mounting Bracket Design Compact

Environmental

Operating Temperature -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 157°F) Storage Temperature -40°C to 85°C (-40°F to 185°F)

Humidity 10% to 95% Humidity, Non-condensing

Shock Operating, 50 Gms, Half-Sine 11 ms Duration (w / SSD, According to IEC60068-2-27) Vibration Random: 5 Grms @ 5-500Hz according to IEC68-2-64

Sinusoidal: 5 Grms @5-500 Hz according to IEC68-2-64 EMC CE, FCC, EN50155, RoHS

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1.3 Supported CPU List

Rugged Science Synapse vX series is based on Intel® Atom™ Bay Trail platform and accepts the following Bay Trail-I Family processors.

E3845 and E3815 are selected in S

ynapse vX series standard models, and the rest is available upon project-base.

Processor No.

Core Count

CPU Freq (GHz)

Gfx Freq (MHz) Nominal/Turbo

TDP

E3845 4C 1.91GHz 542/792 10W

E3827 2C 1.75GHz 542/792 8W

E3826 2C 1.46GHz 533/667 7W

E3825 2C 1.33 GHz 533 (No Turbo) 6W

E3815 1C 1.46 GHz 400 (No Turbo) 5W

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1.4 Mechanical Dimension

Figure 1.1 Synapse v2200

141 (5.6”)

(1.9”)

141

(5.6”)

124 (4.9”)

(3.4”)

(2.8”)

141

(5.6”)

257 (10.1”)

(1.9”)

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Figure 1.2 Synapse v2100

141 (5.6”)

(1.9”)

141

(5.6”)

124 (4.9”)

(3.4”)

(2.8”)

141

(5.6”)

257 (10.1”)

(1.9”)

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Figure 1.3 Synapse v2000

141 (5.6”)

(1.9”)

141

(5.6”)

124 (4.9”)

(3.4”)

(2.8”)

141

(5.6”)

257 (10.1”)

(1.9”)

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2.1 Packing List

2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions

Item Description Qty

1 Synapse vX series fanless controller (According to the configuration you

order, the system may pre-install SSD/HDD and DDR3L SO-DIMM.

Please verify these items if necessary.)

2 Accessory box, which contains

• Rugged Science Drivers & Utilities DVD

• Wall-mounting bracket

• M4 screws for wall-mounting bracket

• 2-pin pluggable terminal block (Synapse v2200 and Synapse v2000)

1 2 4 2

On Synapse vX series, all I/O connectors are located on front panel and rear panel. Most general computer connectors (i.e. audio, USB, HDMI, VGA and etc.) are placed on the front panel.

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The power button is a non-latched switch with dual color LED (Blue/Orange) for indication S0, S3 and S5 status. Power button dual-color LED indicator:

Status LED Display System Situation

S0 Solid Blue System working S3, S5 Solid Orange Suspend to RAM, System off

with standby power

To turn on the Synapse vX series, press the power button and

the blue LED is lighted up.To turn off the Synapse vX series, you can either issue a shutdown command in OS, or just simply press the power button.

In case of system halts, you can press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to compulsorily shut down the system.Please note that a 4 seconds interval is kept by the system between two on/off operations (i.e. once turning off the system, you shall wait for 4 seconds to initiate another power-on operation).

Yellow-HDD LED: A hard disk / CFast LED. If the LED is on, it indicates that the system’s storage is functional. If it is off, it indicates that the system’s storage is not functional. If it is flashing, it indicates data access activities.

Green-Power LED: If the LED is solid green, it indicates that the system is powered on.

2.2.1 Power, HDD LED Indicator

2.2.2 Power Button

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2.2.3 Rest Tact Switch

It is a hardware reset switch. Use this switch to reset the system without turning off the power. Momentarily pressing the switch will activate a reset.

2.2.4 Ethernet Ports

The 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN ports 1 and 2 use 8-pin RJ-45 connectors. LNA1 and LAN2 are equipped with Intel® 82574L controllers.

Using suitable RJ-45 cable, you can connect Synapse vX series system to a computer, or to any

other piece of equipment that has an Ethernet connection, for example, a hub or a switch. Moreover, both of them have Wake-on-LAN and pre-boot Execution Environment capabilities.

The following diagram shows the pinouts for LAN1 and LAN2 ports.

Pin No. 10 / 100 Mbps 1000 Mbps

1 E_TX+ MDI0_P 2 E_TX- MDI0_N 3 E_RX+ MDI1_P 4 ---- MDI2_P 5 ----- MDI2_N 6 E_RX- MDI1_N 7 ----- MDI3_P 8 ------ MDI3_N

The Ethernet ports use standard RJ-45 jack connectors with LED indicators on the front side to show Active/ Link status and Speed status. The LED indicators on

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2.2.5 VGA Connector

the right bottom corners glow a solid green color when the cable is properly connected to a 100 Mbps Ethernet network. The LED indicator on the left bottom corner will flash on and off when Ethernet packets are being transmitted or received.

The LED indicators on the right bottom corners glow a solid orange color when the cable is properly connected to a 1000 Mbps Ethernet network. The LED indicator on

the left bottom corner will ash on and off when Ethernet

packets are being transmitted or received.

Location 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1000 Mbps Right Bottom LED

off Solid Green Solid

Orange Left Bottom LED

Flash Yellow Flash Yellow Flash Yellow

1 8

The S

ynapse vX series comes with a DB15

female connector on the front panel to connect a VGA monitor. To ensure that the monitor image remains clear, be sure to tighten the monitor cable after connecting it to the Synapse vX. The VGA output mode supports up to 2560x1600 resolutions. The pin assignments of the VGA connector are shown below.

Pin No.

Description

1 Red Color Signal 2 Green Color Signal 3 Blue Color Signal 4 NC 5 Ground 6 VGA Detect

5 10 15

1 6

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No.

Description

7 Ground 8 Ground 9 VCC

10 Ground

11 NC 12 DDC-DATA 13 H-Sync. 14 V-Sync. 15 DDC-CLK

2.2.6 Dual HDMI Connectors

Each HDMI output mode supports up to 2560x1600 resolutions. The HDMI mode is automatically selected according to the display device connected.

2.2.7 Triple USB 3.0 Ports

The Synapse vX series comes with 3 USB 3.0 hosts on the front panel. These USB 3.0 ports allow data transfers up to 5 Gb/s. The controller supports SuperSpeed (SS), high-speed (HS), full-speed (FS) and low-speed (LS) traffic on the

bus.

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1 2 3 4

2.2.8 Dual USB 2.0 Ports

The S

ynapse vX series comes with 2 USB 2.0

hosts on the front panel. The USB interface supports Plug and Play, which enables you to connect or disconnect a device whenever you want, without turning off the system.

The hosts can be used for an external flash disk or hard drive for storing large amounts of data. You can also use these USB hosts to connect to a keyboard or a mouse. The following diagram shows the pinouts for USB ports.

Pin Number 1 2 3 4

USB1 +5V USB1- USB1+ GND USB2 +5V USB2- USB2+ GND

2.2.9 Eight Bits DIO

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The S

ynapse vX series offers an 8-bit DIO

connector. Each bit internal pull up a weak resistor to +V3.3_SB. Each bit can be configured for DO or DI you can find the setting in BIOS.

Pin No.

Denition Mapping to SIO GPIO

Function

1 GPIO 0 SIO_GPI70 2 GPIO 1 SIO_GPI71 3 GPIO 2 SIO_GPI72 4 GPIO 3 SIO_GPI73 5 GND GND 6 GPIO 4 SIO_GPI74 7 GPIO 5 SIO_GPI75 8 GPIO 6 SIO_GPI76 9 GPIO 7 SIO_GPI76

2.2.10 Audio Connectors

The Synapse vX

series offers stereo audio connectors of MIC and Line-In. The audio chip controller is by ALC892 which is compliant with the Intel® Azalia standard. To utilize the audio function in Windows, you need to install corresponding drivers for Realtek® ALC892 codec.

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2.3 Rear Side Exernal I/O Connectors

Figure 2.3.1 Synapse v2200 Rear Panel

Figure 2.3.2 Synapse v2100 Rear Panel

Figure 2.3.3 Synapse v2000 Rear Panel

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2.3.1 Serial Ports COM1 and COM2

COM1 and COM2 are RS-232 only and provide up to 115200 bps baud rates. The pin assignments are shown in the following table:

Serial Port Pin No. RS-232

COM1, 2

1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI

2.3.2 Serial Ports COM3 and COM4

COM3 and COM4 can be configured for RS-232, RS422, or RS-485 with auto flow control communication. Serial Port 3 & 4 default setting are RS-232, if you want to use RS-422 or RS-485, you can find the setting in BIOS.

BIOS Setting Function

COM3 | COM4

RS-232 RS-422 (5-wire) RS-422 (9-wire) RS-485

RS-485 w/z auto-ow control

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2.3.3 Isolated Serial Port COM5 | COM6

Only S

ynapse v2200 provides Isolated serial ports

COM5 | COM6. COM5 and COM6 can be configured for RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 with auto flow control communication. Serial Port 5 and 6 default setting are RS-232, if you want to use RS-422 or RS-485, you can find the setting in BIOS.

BIOS Setting Function

COM5 | COM6

RS-232 RS-422 (5-wire) RS-422 (9-wire) RS-485

RS-485 w/z auto-ow control

The pin assignments are shown in the following table:

Serial Port

Pin No.

RS-232 RS-422

(5-Wire)

RS-422 (9-Wire)

RS-485 (3-Wire)

3.4

1 DCD TXD- TXD- DATA2 RXD TXD+ TXD+ DATA+ 3 TXD RXD+ RXD+ ----------4 DTR RXD- RXD- ----------5 GND GND GND GND 6 DSR ----------- RTS- ----------7 RTS ----------- RTS+ ----------8 CTS ----------- CTS+ ----------9 RI ----------- CTS- -----------

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2.3.4 DC-IN 9~28V 3.5Ø DC Jack or Terminal Block

Serial Port

Pin No. RS-232 RS-422

(5-Wire)

RS-422 (9-Wire)

RS-485 (3-Wire)

1 DCD TXD- TXD- D ATA2 RXD TXD+ TXD+ DATA+ 3 TXD RXD+ RXD+ ----------4 DTR RXD- RXD- ----------5 GND GND GND GND 6 DSR ----------- RTS- ----------7 RTS ----------- RTS+ ----------8 CTS ----------- CTS+ ----------9 RI ----------- CTS- -----------

The Synapse vX series offers 9 to 28 VDC power input, Synapse v2200 and Synapse v2000 are Terminal Block, Synapse v2100 is DC Jack connector. If the power is supplied properly, the Power LED will light up a solid green.

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Figure 2.4.1 Internal Connectors and Jumpers

2.4 Main Board Expansion Connectors

The figure below is the top view of the Synapse vX series main board. It shows the location of the

connectors.

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The figure below is the bottom view of the Synapse v

X series main board.

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2.4.1 PANEL 1 Miscellaneous Pin Header

These pin headers can be used as a backup for the following functions: hard drive LED indicator, reset button, power LED indicator, and power-on/off button. The front and top panel already provides access to these functions. The following table shows the pinouts for Miscellaneous port.

J1 Miscellaneous Pin Header

Group Pin No. Description HDD LED 2 HD_LED+

4 HD_LED-

RESET BUTTON 6 FP_RST_BTN_N

8 GND

POWER LED 2 PWR_LED+

4 PWR_LED_N POWER BUTTON

6 FP_PWR_BTN_N

8 GND POWER 9 +V5

10 +V5_SB

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2.4.2 CN24, CN25, J2 LVDS

The Synapse vX series supports Dual-channel 24- bit LVDS Panel up to 1920x1200 pixels panel resolution.

Pin No.

Denition

CN24 Channel A CN25 Channel 1 LDDC_CLK LDDC_CLK 2 LDDC_DATA LDDC_DATA 3 PANEL_VDD (+3.3V or

+5V by JP2 jumper)

PANEL_VDD(+3.3V or

+5V by JP2 jumper) 4 LA_ DATA0_P LB_ DATA0_P 5 LA_ DATA3_P LB_ DATA3_P 6 LA_ DATA0_N LB_ DATA0_N 7 LA_ DATA3_N LB_ DATA3_N 8 PANEL_VDD (+3.3V or

+5V by JP2 jumper)

PANEL_VDD (+3.3V or

+5V by JP2 jumper) 9 GND GND 10 LA_ DATA1_P LB_ DATA1_P 11 LA_ CLKP LB_ CLKP 12 LA_ DATA1_N LB_ DATA1_N 13 LA_ CLKN LB_ CLKN 14 GND GND 15 GND GND 16 PANEL_BACKLIGHT

(+12V)

PANEL_BACKLIGHT

(+12V) 17 LA_ DATA2_P LB_ DATA2_P

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2.4.3 CN21 SATA II Connector & J1 SATA Power Connector

Pin No.

Denition

CN24 Channel A CN25 Channel

18 PANEL_BACKLIGHT

(+12V)

PANEL_BACKLIGHT

(+12V)

19 LA_ DATA2_N LB_ DATA2_N 20 GND GND

The LCD inverter is connected to J2 via a JST 7-pin,

2.5mm connector to provide +5V/+12V power to the LCD display.

Pin No. Denition 1 +5V 2 +12V 3 +12V 4 LBKLT_CTL 5 GND 6 GND 7 LBKLT_EN

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e vX series features two high

performance Serial ATA II interfaces that eases cabling to hard drives or SSD with thin and short cables while application need larger storage capacity.

Pin No. Denition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND

The Synapse vX

series is equipped with one SATA power connector. It supply 5V (1A max.) and 12V (1A max) current to the hard drive or SSD.

CN21 SATA HDD Power Connector

Pin No. Denition 1 +12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 +5V

2.4.4

CN23 mSATA Connector

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It is for connecting an eSATA storage device. There was no clear mechanism to distinguish if a mSATA drive or a Mini PCI-E device is plugged into the socket until recently that SATA-IO issued an ECN change (ECN #045) to re-define pin 43 on mSATA connector as “no connect” instead of “return current path” ( or GND).

When an mSATA drive is inserted, its pin 43 is “no connect”, and the respective pin on the socket is being pulled-up to logic 1. When a Mini PCI-E device is inserted, its pin 43 forces the respective pin on the socket to ground, or logic 0.

CN23 mSATA Connector Pin-Out

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal

Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal

Name 51 NC 52 +3.3Vaux 33 SATA_TXp 34 GND 49 NC 50 GND 31 SATA_TXn 32 NC 47 NC 48 +1.5V 29 GND 30 NC 45 NC 46 NC 27 GND 28 +1.5V 43 GND 44 NC 25 SATA_RXp 26 GND 41 +3.3Vaux 42 NC 23 SATA_RXn 24 +3.3Vaux 39 +3.3Vaux 40 GND 21 GND 22 NC 37 GND 38 NC 19 NC 20 NC 35 GND 36 NC 17 NC 18 GND

Mechanical Key 15 GND 16 NC 7 NC 8 NC 13 NC 14 NC 5 NC 6 1.5V 11 NC 12 NC 3 NC 4 GND 9 GND 10 NC 1 NC 2 3.3Vaux

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2.4.5

CN20, CN22, mini-PCIe Connectors

CN20 Mini-PCIe Connector Pin-Out

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal

Name 51 NC 52 +3.3Vaux 33 PETp0 34 GND 49 NC 50 GND 31 PETn0 32 SMB_DATA 47 NC 48 +1.5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 45 NC 46 NC 27 GND 28 +1.5V 43 GND 44 NC 25 PERp0 26 GND 41 +3.3Vaux 42 NC 23 PERn0 24 +3.3Vaux 39 +3.3Vaux 40 GND 21 GND 22 PERST# 37 GND 38 USB_D+ 19 NC 20 NC 35 GND 36 USB_D- 17 NC 18 GND

Mechanical Key

15 GND 16 UIM_VPP 7 CLKREQ# 8 UIM_PWR 13 REFCLK+ 14 UIM_RST 5 NC 6 1.5V 11 REFCLK- 12 UIM_CLK 3 NC 4 GND 9 GND 10 UIM_DATA 1 WAKE# 2 3.3Vaux

CN22 Mini-PCIe Connector Pin-Out

No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal

Name 51 NC 52 +3.3Vaux 33 PETp0 34 GND 49 NC 50 GND 31 PETn0 32 SMB_DATA 47 NC 48 +1.5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 45 NC 46 NC 27 GND 28 +1.5V 43 GND 44 NC 25 PERp0 26 GND

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2.4.6 CN29 GPIO

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal Name

Pin No.

Signal

Name 41 +3.3Vaux 42 NC 23 PERn0 24 +3.3Vaux 39 +3.3Vaux 40 GND 21 GND 22 PERST# 37 GND 38 USB_D+ 19 NC 20 NC 35 GND 36 USB_D- 17 NC 18 GND

Mechanical Key 15 GND 16 NC 7 CLKREQ# 8 NC 13 REFCLK+ 14 NC 5 NC 6 1.5V 11 REFCLK- 12 NC 3 NC 4 GND 9 GND 10 NC 1 WAKE# 2 3.3Vaux

These pin headers can be used as a backup for the The Synapse vX series offers 8 programmable I/O within TTL 3.3V tolerance. If the GP

IO is logic high, it indicates that the mapping SIO GPIO pin is logic high level. If the GPIO is logic low, it indicates that the mapping SIO GPIO pin is logic low level.

Pin No. SIO GPIO Function 1 SIO_GPIO77 2 SIO_GPIO76 3 SIO_GPIO75 4 SIO_GPIO74

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2.4.7 Battery

The Synapse vX series’ real-time clock is powered by a lithium battery. It is Equipped with Panasonic BR2032 190mAh lithium battery. It is recommended that you not replace the lithium battery on your own. If the battery needs to be changed, please contact the Rugged Science RMA service team.

Pin No. SIO GPIO Function 5 SIO_GPIO73 6 SIO_GPIO72 7 SIO_GPIO71 8 SIO_GPIO70 9 GND

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2.4.8 GPS Module

The Synapse vX series offers a u-blox NEO-7 GPS

/ GNSS modules (can upgrade to NEO-8 ) and 2.0mm diameter I-PEX antenna connector with 3.3 voltage power. Antenna circuit as follows.

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2.5 Main Board Jumper Setting

The figure below is the top view of the Synapse vX series main board. It shows the location of the jumpers.

You may configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electric circuit.

It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.

To “close” a jumper, you connect the pins with the clip. To “open” a jumper, you remove the clip. Sometimes a jumper will have three pins, labeled 1, 2 and 3. In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2, or 2 and 3.

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2.5.1 JP1(A) CMOS Clear Jumper Setting

Setting Description 1-3 Normal (Default) 3-5 Clear CMOS

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2.5.2 JP1(B) ME Clear Jumper Setting

Setting Description 2-4 Normal (Default) 4-6 Clear ME

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JP2 provides LVDS voltage selection function, closing Pin 1, 2 is for 3.3V LVDS power input; closing Pin 2, 3 is for 5V LVDS power input.

Setting Description 1-2 +3.3V (Default) 2-3 +5V

2.5.3 JP2 LVDS Backlight Power Selection

System Setup

3.1 Install DDR3 / DDR3L SODIMM Modules

Remove the “Pet-Door” and you can see a DDR3 SODIMM socket exposed.

Step2.

Put the Synapse vX series

upside down on a flat

surface. You can see the “Pet-Door” exposed. Use a Philips screwdriver to loose the M3 flat-head screw on the “Pet-Door”.

Step1.

System Setup

3.2 Install SSD | HDD

As it’s firmly contacted with socket connectors, press it down until the clamps of the socket snap into the latching position of SODIMM module.

Tile the SODIMM module and insert it to the SODIMM socket.

Step3.

Remove the “Pet-Door” and you can see a DDR3 SODIMM socket exposed.

Step2.

Put the Synapse vX series

upside down on a flat

surface. You can see the “Pet-Door” exposed. Use a Philips screwdriver to loose the M3 flat-head screw on the “Pet-Door”.

Step1.

System Setup

Place the HDD into the bracket and gently push it down to make it contact with thermal pad. Use a Philips screwdriver to fix the HDD with M3 screws. Please note that the HDD must be placed in the right direction as below.

Step3.

Pull out the SATA cable inside the chassis and connect it to HDD.

Step4.

SATA Connector of HDD

System Setup

3.3 Mount Your Synapse vX

Installation Method 1

System Setup

Installation Method 2

BIOS and Driver

4.1 BIOS Settings

The board uses UEFI BIOS that is use Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash. The SPI Flash contains the BIOS

Setup program, POST, the PCI auto-conguration utility,

LAN, EEPROM information, and Serial port support. The BIOS setup program is accessed by pressing the <Del> key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The menu bar is shown below.

Figure 4.1: BIOS Menu Bar

4.1.1 Main Menu

BIOS and Driver

4.2.1 ACPI Setting

4.2 Advanced Function

System Time / Date : Press “TAB” key to switch sub-

items of value .Then press “ +” key or “-“ key number key for modify value. In this page , you could make sure you CPU type and DRAM type that you are install into this system.

Figure 4.1.1: BIOS Main screen

Figure 4.2.1: ACPI Setting setup screen

BIOS and Driver

Enable ACPI Auto Configuration: This system support ACPI function as auto process. You should Enable / Disable that depend as your O.S.

Enable Hibernation: It is able to use Hibernate function if O.S support. But some Operation system maybe not effective with this function.

ACPI Sleep state: Select sleep state while SUSPEND button pressed.

4.2.2 Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.2: Serial Port 2 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Con iguration->Serial Port 1 Con iguration

BIOS and Driver

4.2.3 Serial Port 2 Conguration

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Conguration->Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.3: Serial Port 1 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

BIOS and Driver

4.2.4 Serial Port 3 Conguration

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Conguration->Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.4: Serial Port 1 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

Interface Modes :

Select UART transfer and receive protocol Here have 3 options :

RS-232 Mode RS-422 Mode RS-485 Mode

BIOS and Driver

4.2.5 Serial Port 4 Conguration

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Conguration->Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.5: Serial Port 1 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

Interface Modes :

Select UART transfer and receive protocol Here have 3 options :

RS-232 Mode RS-422 Mode RS-485 Mode

BIOS and Driver

4.2.6 Serial Port 5 Conguration

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Conguration->Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.6: Serial Port 1 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

Interface Modes :

Select UART transfer and receive protocol Here have 3 options :

RS-232 Mode RS-422 Mode RS-485 Mode

BIOS and Driver

4.2.7 Serial Port 6 Conguration

Advanced->IT8786E Super IO Conguration->Serial Port 1 Conguration

Figure 4.2.7: Serial Port 1 Setup screen

Serial Port :

Enable or Disable Serial port.

Device Setting:

Current IO addresses and interrupts resource of Serial Port.

Change Settings :

Select another device setting. Here have 6 options :

Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12;

Interface Modes :

Select UART transfer and receive protocol Here have 3 options :

RS-232 Mode RS-422 Mode RS-485 Mode

BIOS and Driver

4.2.8 PPM Conguration

Figure 4.2.8: Trusted Computing setup screen

EIST :

Enables or Disables Intel Speed function , once you enabled it , you could use the Intel Turbo Boost software to monitor you CPU performance. Please refer to CPU check list.

4.2.9 CPU Conguration

Figure 4.2.9: Trusted Computing setup screen

Advanced->CPU Conguration->Socket 0 CPU Information

BIOS and Driver

Intel® Virtualization Technology : This is for Virtualization Application or platform usage, when enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology,

4.2.10 IDE Conguration

Figure 4.2.10: SATA Conguration setup screen

Serial-ATA(SATA) :

Enables or Disables integrate SATA controller for Storage device use.

SATA Mode Selection:

Determines how the SATA transfer mode for operate. Here have three option for choice [IDE] / [AHCI] .

Serial Port 0~1 :

This system offers two SATA port for connection SATA device.

BIOS and Driver

4.3 Chipset Function

4.3.1 Display Conguration

Figure 4.3.1: Network Setup screen

Chipset->North Bridge->Intel IGD Conguration->Primary Display

Primary Display: Select which Display module you would like to you on current system.

[PCI] : System display function will be change to internal PCI or PCIe bus.

[IGD] : Use Internal Intel HD Graphics unit for unique display output.

BIOS and Driver

4.3.2 Power Loss Conguration

Figure 4.3.2: Power Loss Setup screen

Chipset->South Bridge

Restore AC Power Loss :

[Power Off ] : When plug-in the power source , system will keep on SB mode.

[Power On ] : When plug-in the power source , system will auto booting .

[Last State ] : When plug-in the power source , system will keep on last power status.

BIOS and Driver

4.4 Boot Function

4.4.1 Change Boot Conguration

Figure 4.4.1: Boot Setup screen

Boot option:

When you press “Enter” , you can select which device you would like to boot.

BIOS and Driver

4.5 Save & Exit

4.5.1 1.5.1. Reload Default BIOS Value

Figure 4.5.1: Boot Setup screen

Restore Default:

Use the function to restore all BIOS setting, but not include administrator password and system RTC value.

Save as Use Default:

Uses can use this function to match the target system.

Restore as Use Default:

Restore all BIOS setting to User Default.

Appendix A

ppendix A : GPIO & WDT

Operation System Support

Linux : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or Above Fedora 16 or Above And another Linux kernel 2.6.38 and RHL6.0 (

* The Linux kernel of RHL , please check RadHat

website rst )

Windows : Windows 7 Home/Professional/MediaCenter/ Windows 8 ( Do not support RT version) Windows Server 2012

GPIO & WDT Function

The GP

IO& WDT are using internal Super IO function.

However, you must entry super I/O conguration mode to

set it.

The output port is set as GPIO 1 on CN13 , reg. index =

0x60

The input port is set as GPIO 4 on CN12 , reg. index =

0x62.

Super I/O special address port = 0x2E

Super I/O special data port = 0x2F

GPIO Logical device is 0x07

Pin No. SIO GPIO Function 1 SIO_GPIO77 2 SIO_GPIO76 3 SIO_GPIO75 4 SIO_GPIO74 5 SIO_GPIO73 6 SIO_GPIO72 7 SIO_GPIO71 8 SIO_GPIO70 9 GND

Appendix A

A.Entry MB PnP mode.

//write twice 0x87 value.

outportb(Super I/O special address port, 0x87); outportb(Super I/O special address port, 0x01); outportb(Super I/O special address port, 0x55); outportb(Super I/O special address port, 0x55);

B.Located on Logical Device 7

//write 0x07 on Reg [0x07] , this setup must follow Step A.

that can be workable. outportb(Super I/O special address port, 0x07); outportb(Super I/O special data port, 0x07);

C.Access the Super I/O register

Base control for write Super I/O register.

outportb(Super I/O special address port, Register Index.); outportb(Super I/O special data port, update_value);

Base control for read Super I/O register

outportb(Super I/O special address port, Register Index.); inportb(Super I/O special data port); //It will return a BYTE value.

D.Start to Access the Synapse vX series GPIO port

Please refer to source code for set_data() and get_data() function.

Write data to GPO(output) port

set_data( Register Index , update_value);

example : unsigned char data = 0x82; set_data( 0xE5 , data); //Set bit 7 & bit 1 of GPO output port as High level ,another bit is Low

Read data to GPI(input) port

get_data( Register Index ) //It will return a BYTE value. example : unsigned char data get_data( 0xF1 , data); //Get GPI(input) port status on input_data variable.

E.WDT ON/OFF and Timer-Counter setting

Refer to GPIO setting of Step A and B. , located Logical

Appendix A

0x08 for WDT function.

Reg [0x72] is WatchDog ON/OFF control.

WatchDog On : set_data( 0x30 , 0x01); WatchDog Off : set_data( 0x30 , 0x00);

Reg [0x73] is WatchDog timer – For WDT Timer out value

WatchDog counter start : set_data( 0xF0 , 0x02); WatchDog counter start : set_data( 0xF0 , 0x00);

Reg [0x72] is WatchDog time-out value, “Reading” this register returns the current value in the Watch Dog Counter, not the Watch Dog Timer Time-out value..

WatchDog time-out value : set_data( 0xF1 , );

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