EBC-H-C3PLUS Low Cost SBC with Video & Dual 10/100 Ethernet EMBEDDED EBX COMPUTERS FEATURES l VIA 733MHz or 1GHz low power C3 processor EBX-compliant board l 32 to 512MB of system PC133 SDRAM supported in a 168-pin DIMM socket l ® Socket for up to 1GB bootable DiskOnChip or 512KB SRAM or 1MB EPROM l Type I and II CompactFlash cards supported l ® PC-compatible supports Linux, Windows CE.NET and XPe, plus other x86-compatible RTOS l High resolution video controller supports • Color panels supported with up to 36-bits/pixel • Supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1440 • Simultaneous CRT and LCD operation • 4X AGP local bus for high speed operation • LVDS supported l Dual 10/100 Mbps Intel PCI Ethernet controllers l Four RS-232 serial ports with FIFO, COM1 & COM2 with RS-422/485 support l Bi-directional LPT port supports EPP/ECP l 48 bi-directional TTL digital I/O lines with 24 capable of event sense interrupt generation l Four USB ports onboard l Two interrupt controllers and seven DMA channels l Two, dual Ultra DMA 33/66/100 EIDE connectors l Three, 16-bit counter/timers l Floppy disk controller supports one or two drives l +5 volt only operation l AC97 Audio supported l Upgrade for WinSystems' EBC-LP and EBC-BX l PC/104 and PC/104-Plus expansion connectors l Real Time Clock, WDT and power fail reset l AT keyboard controller and PS/2 mouse support l Small size: 5.75" x 8.0" (146-mm x 203-mm) l Activity LEDs onboard for visual status Memory - Up to 512 Mbytes of Synchronous Dynamic RAM OVERVIEW (SDRAM) can be installed on the board by using a 168-pin DIMM. A PC-133 compatible part (non-registered, un- The EBC-H-C3PLUS is a full-featured, high-performance, buffered) with gold plated fingers is the recommended EBX-compatible single board computer (SBC) based upon SDRAM. They are available from WinSystems. The board is the VIA Eden™ Processor. These processors have shipped from the factory with no memory installed. That per- extremely low power dissipation that allows fanless opera- mits the user to either install and/or upgrade the memory tion thereby making them ideal for industrial applications. capacity in the field. The board is configured with either a 733MHz or 1GHz BIOS - An industry-standard, Award BIOS is on the board to MMX-compatible CPU with up to 512MB of PC133 provide configuration flexibility, performance and AT-compat- SDRAM plus a CompactFlash socket. Two 10/100 ibility. It is set with a factory default that can be modified by Ethernet controllers, USB, video with 3D Now! support, the user. The BIOS is located in an EEPROM that can be four serial COM channels, 48 digital I/O lines, AC97 audio, modified without removing the storage device from the board. and the standard AT peripheral feature set are on board. It will support diskless, keyboardless, and videoless operation The EBC-H-C3PLUS measures only 5.75- x 8.0-inches and plus BIOS shadowing. is EBX-compliant. Direct Memory Access (DMA) - Seven DMA channels are It supports expansion with the PC/104 or PC/104-Plus supported with Channel 2 dedicated to the floppy disk con- connectors or with USB. The EBC-H-C3PLUS does not troller. The LPT is jumper selectable for ECP operation. The require a fan and will operate over an industrial temperature other DMA channels are wired to the PC/104 connector. range that makes it ideal for rugged applications requiring an embedded PC. Its x86 PC software compatibility assures Floppy Disk Support - Up to two, 3.5" or 5.25" drives from a wide range of tools to aid in your application program 360KB through 1.44MB formats are supported by the CMOS development and checkout. 765B-compatible floppy disk controller. It has an enhanced advanced digital data separator for different data rates, pro- FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY grammable pre-compensation rates, plus underflow and over- flow protection. Open drain, push-pull drivers are wired to a Processor - The EBC-H-C3PLUS is based upon the VIA standard, single 34-pin connector on 0.100-inch centers. Technologies Eden™ Embedded System Platform Processor architecture. It is manufactured with 0.15/0.13-micron tech- UltraDMA-100/66/33 EIDE Controller - The EBC-H- nology to give high-performance and low power dissipation. C3PLUS incorporates a dual channel master mode PCI con- The board ships with a 733MHz or 1GHz MMX-compati- troller supporting four Enhanced IDE (EIDE) drives. PIO ble processor with a 133MHz front side bus. The CPU Mode 4 and Bus Master IDE transfers of up to 33 Mbytes/sec includes two 4-way 64KB Level 1 caches plus a unified are supported. Also, it supports Ultra DMA-66 transfer pro- 64KB Level 2 cache. The CPU and supporting chips are tocols and UDMA-100 mode 5. Both the Primary and x86 compatible. Secondary interface channels are wired to a separate 40-pin header connector on 0.100-inch centers. The Primary channel A separate 80-bit FPU executes x86 floating point instruc- also is wired to a 44-pin 2mm connector for more connection tions in parallel with integer instructions. The CPU also options and flexibility. The Secondary channel is also wired to includes a separate execution unit for MMX instructions. the CompactFlash socket. Each channel has an LED that blinks during data transfer to provide visual status information. System Controllers - A VIA VT8606 "Twister-T" is the Northbridge that provides control of the SDRAM and Solid State Disk (SSD) Support - A JEDEC standard 32-pin, implements the PCI rev. 2.2 bus controller. PCI is used for machine-tooled socket is provided to accept an M-Systems' onboard peripherals and for the PC/104-Plus bus. The ® DiskOnChip (DOC). The DOC offers from 16Mbytes to 1 VT8606 also integrates the Savage4 graphics core for video. Gbyte storage capacities in a single device. It includes an inter- The video drives both CRT and flat panels and supports nal Flash file system that provides hard disk read/write com- resolutions up to 1920 x 1440 with 64K colors. patibility, automatic bad block management, and wear-leveling. A designer can use an onboard semiconductor device for appli- A VIA VT82C6868 Southbridge provides the super I/O cations where the environment is too harsh for mechanical features and the PC/104 bus controller. It contains the hard disks or floppy disk drives while offering significant speed EIDE interface, floppy disk controller, USB root hub and 4 advantages. function ports, two COM channels, LPT, mouse, and key- board interfaces plus AC97 audio controller. CompactFlash - CompactFlash cards offer small, inexpen- a standard female 15-pin "D-Sub" type connector commonly sive, removable solid state disk storage with capacities up to used for VGA. Simultaneous operation of the CRT and LCD 1GB. A connector is on the board that will accept Type I is supported. and II CompactFlash cards. The connector is wired to the secondary EIDE controller. Flat Panel Display Support - The EBC-H-C3PLUS supports most flat panel display technologies including plasma, electro- Ethernet Controllers - Two Intel 82551ERs are the 32-bit luminescent (EL), active matrix TFT/MIM LCD, passive STN PCI Ethernet controller chips used for high-speed data and single panel, Single Drive (SS). It will support mono and transfer. Each controller has auto negotiation capability for color displays. The board properly sequences the power for speed, duplex, and flow control. It supports IEEE 802.3 logic voltage and the backlight inverter to provide intelligent 10-BaseT and 100BaseT in either full- or half-duplex mode and safe power sequencing to the panel. at both 10 and 100 Mbps. In full-duplex mode, it adheres to the IEEE 802.x Flow Control Specification. FP-100 Interface - Since there is not an electrical or mechan- ical interface standard for flat panels, WinSystems has devel- Two large 3Kbyte transmit and receive FIFOs help prevent oped a flat panel interface system configuration to work with data underruns and overruns. It has fast back-to-back the different interface signals, timing requirements, and con- transmission support with minimum interframe spacing. It nectors that vary between panel technologies and suppliers. also has improved dynamic transmit chaining with multiple The FP-100 video bus supports panels up to 36-bits per pixel. priorities transmit queues. There are three LEDs on the board per controller that provide status information. The It has power, timing and control signals for various panel types. red LED indicates 100BaseT, the yellow indicates Link, and The logic levels are 3.3 volts but are 5.0 Volt tolerant. Also, 4 the green is the Rx/Tx packet data. lines are assigned to allow the EBC-H-C3PLUS to read an ID jumper setting on the personality module or cable to auto con- The 82551ER chip is very popular both in the commercial figure the BIOS for the correct panel type. and industrial PC-compatible market. This means that most PC-compatible drivers, utilities and 10/100 Ethernet sup- Two, 50-pin, 2-mm connectors are used for the flat panel inter- ported operating systems will work directly with the EBC- face. Most connections can be made directly with a modified H-C3PLUS. The configuration information describing the cable, others will require a flat panel adapter module. Contact device's architecture, address, interrupt, etc. is stored in a a WinSystems’ application engineer with your specific panel serial EEPROM. requirements. Networking - The EBC-H-C3PLUS supports remote Software drivers are available with high-resolution drivers for booting with an onboard EPROM socket for use as a disk- various software packages including Linux, Windows CE.NET, less network computer. Contact a WinSystems’ application NT4.0, 2000, and Windows XP. engineer for suppliers of remote boot software. LVDS - The EBC-H-C3PLUS supports a 2-channel 110MHz For OEM quantities, WinSystems can populate one of the LVDS interface. It is wired to a 20-pin, 0.100" header. Ethernet channels with an Intel 82559QM. This device has advanced Ethernet controller capabilities. There are also USB - This board has a root hub and four function ports. It pads for a Flash device to be soldered to the board to sup- supports USB v1.1 and Intel Universal HCI v1.1. Each USB port the NetBoot protocol. Contact an applications engi- port is wired to a 4-pin connector at the edge of the card. An neer for more information. optional WinSystems’ CBL-249-1 is the interface cable adapter to a standard female USB connector. Video - A ProSavage4 2D/3D video controller is standard on the EBC-H-C3PLUS. It is a 4X AGP, high-performance Serial Communications - Four independent, full-duplex, RS- PCI flat panel/CRT controller that provides a sophisticated 232 serial asynchronous channels are onboard. Both the send graphics accelerator video engine. It can support 2D/3D and receive registers of each channel have a 16-byte FIFO. resolutions up to 1920 x 1440. The video controller uses a Each UART is a 16C550 compatible for software compatibili- shared memory architecture. The controller supports a ty with PC-type driver programs. wide variety of monochrome and color LCD panel displays as well as standard CRTs. Independent control of transmit, receive, line status and data set interrupts are on all channels. Each channel is setup to pro- CRT Video Interface - The CRT video output signals are vide internal diagnostics such as loopback and echo mode on wired to a 14-pin dual-in-line connector at the edge of the the data stream. An independent on-chip software program- board. An optional CBL-234-1 interface cable adapts it to mable baud rate generator is selectable from 50 through 115.2 kbits/sec. Individual modem handshake control signals are well as Extended Capabilities Port (ECP - IEEE-1284) and supported for all channels. Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) modes. RS-232 interface levels are supported on all channels. The The printer port can also be used as two additional general- RS-232 drivers have an on-chip charge pump to generate purpose I/O ports if a printer is not required. The first port is the plus and minus voltages so that the EBC-H-C3PLUS configured as eight input or output only lines. The other port is only requires +5 volts to operate. Also RS-422 and RS-485 configured as five input and three output lines. electrical levels are supported on COM1 and COM2. Keyboard/Mouse Controller - An 80C42 equivalent con- All serial channels are configured as Data Terminal troller supports a PC/AT-compatible keyboard. The optional Equipment (DTE). COM1 and COM2 are wired to a 50- CBL-247-1 adapter cable provides the mate to a PS/2 type key- pin connector at the edge of the board. WinSystems offers board plug. the optional CBL-247-1, which adapts each serial channel to 9-pin male "D" connectors. COM3 and COM4 are wired to A standard mouse controller is on board. Its input is accessi- a 20-pin connector on the board. WinSystems offers the ble through a 5-pin connector. WinSystems' optional CBL- optional CBL-173-1, that adapts each serial channel to 9-pin 225-1 adapter cable interfaces the mouse cable connector to male "D" connectors. this board. 48-line parallel I/O - The EBC-H-C3PLUS contains a Multi-I/O Connector cable adapter - WinSystems offers the highly versatile WS16C48, 48-line digital I/O controller. Each optional CBL-247-1, Multi-I/O cable adapter for the COM1, I/O line is individually programmable for input, output, or COM2, LPT1 and keyboard. These four ports are combined output with read-back operation. Each output channel is into one 50-pin header at the edge of the board. The CBL- latched and has an open collector driver (with a pull-up 247-1 is a 1-foot adapter cable that offers a more convenient resistor) capable of sinking 12mA of current. termination. COM1 and COM2 are 9-pin male "D" connec- tors with strain relief. LPT1 is a 25-pin "D" female socket with The major feature of this controller is its ability to monitor strain relief. The keyboard is a standard 5-pin PS/2 connector 24 of the lines for both rising and falling digital edge tran- socket. sitions, latch them and then interrupt the host processor notifying that a change-of-input status has occurred. Interrupts - Two 82C59A compatible interrupt controllers Transition polarity is programmable and enabled on a bit- accept inputs from the onboard peripherals and the PC/104 by-bit basis. Each line's transition is latched by the event so for a total of twelve selectable interrupt sources. Also four PCI that even short duration pulses will be recognized. An interrupt sources are supported on the PC/104-Plus bus which are interrupt ID register is maintained for each line for writing PnP compliant. more efficient Interrupt Service Routines. This is an effi- cient way of signaling the CPU of real-time events without Status LED - A red status LED is available to monitor system the burden of polling the digital I/O points. activity. Under a user's program control, it can indicate error conditions or blink different patterns to provide a visual indi- The WS16C48 has its I/O lines connected to two, 50-pin cation of system status. connectors. Twenty-four data lines are alternated with 24 ground lines for reduced noise and crosstalk. Also +5 volts Real Time Clock - A DS12885-compatible clock supports a and ground are included in the cable. The pinout is com- number of features including periodic and alarm interrupt patible with the industry standard 4 to 24 position I/O capabilities. In addition to the time and date keeping functions, module mounting racks (Opto-22, etc.) for use with high- the system configuration is kept in 256byte CMOS RAM con- level AC and DC opto-isolated solid state relays. An tained within the clock section. optional CBL-115-4, 50-pin ribbon cable connects the EBC-H-C3PLUS to one I/O rack. Watchdog Timer - A software/hardware enabled, re-trigger- able watchdog timer is provided. The time period can be either Audio - The EBC-H-C3PLUS board has a AC97 digital 1.5 seconds to 120 seconds. This circuit is important for use audio controller. It is SoundblasterPro™ compatible. in remote and unattended applications. Connectors provide Line Out, Audio In, Microphone In and CD Inputs. Timers - Three, independent 82C54 compatible 16-bit timers are supported. Channel 0 is wired to interrupt Channel 0, Line Printer Port - The EBC-H-C3PLUS has a parallel Channel 1 generates the DRAM refresh using DMA Channel port that may be operated in standard and bidirectional as 0, and the speaker port uses Channel 2. Power - Power is supplied via a 9-pin connector. For most Software Developers Kit - WinSystems offers software devel- applications, the board only requires +5 volts. However, flat oper kits to provide the necessary hardware, software and panels require +12 volts for the backlight inverter. Also, cables to begin program development with the EBC-H- ±12V is wired to the PC/104 connector. C3PLUS board. The configuration consists of an operating system, CBL-247-1 Multi-I/O cable, CD-ROM drive, a 20GB Reset - A precision voltage monitors the +5 volt status. or larger hard disk plus controller cable, a 1.44MB high densi- Upon detection of an out-of-tolerance condition, the board ty 3.5-inch floppy disk plus controller cable and triple output is reset. This action is critically important in order to detect power supply housed in an enclosure. Also a PCM-POST brownout or power fail conditions. The reset circuit also module is included for debugging support. ensures that the power is nominal before executing a power- on reset. The power supply is an 80-Watt universal switcher that will accept input voltages from 85 to 264 VAC. Output voltages are Battery - A 350 mAH battery supplies the EBC-H- +5 volts at 12A, +12 volts at 3A, and -12 volts at 1A. The C3PLUS with standby power for the real time clock and power supply, CD-ROM drive, floppy disk, and hard disk CMOS setup RAM. A power supervisory circuit senses the drives are mounted in a black, light-weight, aluminum enclo- off-board voltage and automatically switches to internal sure. The packaging permits easy access to the board, PC/104 power when it drops below normal. modules and peripherals during program development. Standalone Operation - The board can be used as a com- ROM-DOS Developers Kit (RDK) - WinSystems also offers plete, standalone embedded controller mounted on a flat several different Flash-based developers kits for those applica- surface using a set of standoffs. The EBC-H-C3PLUS tions that do not need rotational media during development. measures 5.75 x 8.0 inches (146-mm x 203-mm). When you order an EBC-H-C3PLUS along with the RDK of your choice, PC/104 Expansion - The EBC-H-C3PLUS provides a common computer core from which engineers can add off- WinSystems will jumper the CPU, program and install the the-shelf or user-designed, application-specific PC/104 Flash part into your EBC-H-C3PLUS. The RDK includes a modules. PS-80W-1 external power supply, PCM-POST, DiskOnChip Flash memory, ROM-DOS, cables, and utility software. For PC/104 modules are self-stacking and plug together in a more information, please contact your factory applications "piggy back" configuration to serve as a mezzanine expan- engineer. sion bus. PC/104 modules are very compact, measuring only 3.6 x 3.8 inches, and are offered by WinSystems and a SPECIFICATIONS number of third party companies worldwide. Module func- tions include specialty serial I/O, digital I/O, networking, Electrical GPS, modem, 802.11wireless, 1394, audio, SCSI, etc. CPU Clock: 733MHz or 1GHz VIA Eden PC/104 Interface: 16-bit, non-stackthrough The EBC-H-C3PLUS has both a 16-bit PC/104 and a 32- PC/104-Plus Interface: 32-bit PCI, non-stackthrough bit PC/104-Plus interface and connector. PC/104 is the Ethernet Data Rate: 10/100 megabits per second ISA bus and PC/104-Plus is the PCI bus for I/O functions Serial Interface: Four serial channels with RS-232 requiring higher data transfer speeds. levels plus RS-422/485 on COM1 and COM2 SOFTWARE SUPPORT LPT Interface: Bidirectional LPT with ECP/EPP Parallel Interface: 48 I/O lines, TTL compatible Software - The EBC-H-C3PLUS is an x86-compatible, Output: I = 12mA at 0.6 volts OL Pentium™III class single board computer. It is designed to Input: 10K nominal pull-up resistor run both 16-bit and 32-bit x86 instruction set software and UDMA100/66/33 EIDE Interface: Supports two drives ® is compatible with Microsoft's Windows CE and XP oper- Floppy Disk Interface: BIOS supports one or two ating systems as well as the applications that run on them. 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M drives It also supports Linux and other PC-compatible x86 oper- Vcc = +5V ±5% at 3.3A typ. ating systems such as QNX or VxWorks. It will also run Note: A flat panel backlight other real-time executives that require a "PC-AT" hardware inverter usually requires +12V to environment. operate, refer to the manufacturer's specification for their current requirements. System Memory ORDERING INFORMATION Addressing: Up to 512Mbytes 168-pin SDRAM (supplied and installed by user) EBC-H-C3PLUS-733 733MHz Via Eden SBC EBC-H-C3PLUS-1G 1GHz Via Eden SBC Solid State Disk For OEM applications, the EBC-H-C3PLUS can be ordered Capacity: One, 32-pin memory sockets supports with the video and/or Ethernet circuitry depopulated. up to 4MB of EPROM or up to a 1GB Contact a applications engineer for configuration and pricing. DiskOnChip, plus Type I and II CFlash socket for up to 1GB of memory EBC-H-C3PLUS Development Tools DV-R-312-R ROM-DOS Developers Kit with Mechanical 32MB DiskOnChip Dimensions: 5.75" x 8.0" (146-mm x 203-mm) DV-R-312-S-48 RDK for ROM-DOS/Sockets Jumpers: 0.025" square posts with 48MB DiskOnChip DV-S-312-C-CF Developers Kit for Windows CE.Net Connectors for CompactFlash Serial, Parallel, Keyboard: 50-pin on 0.100" grid DV-S-312-C-DOC Developers Kit for Windows CE.Net COM3 and 4: 20-pin on 0.100" grid for DiskOnChip Floppy Disk Interface: 34-pin on 0.100" grid DV-S-312-L20 System Developers Kit for EIDE Interface: 40-pin on 0.100" grid (Primary) Linux 2.6 kernel 44-pin on 2-mm grid (Primary) DV-S-312-X System Developers Kit for 40-pin on 0.100" grid (Secondary) Windows XP-Embedded 50-pin 2-mm CFlash connector DV-S-312-XP-SP2 System Developers Kit for Parallel I/O: Two, 50-pin on 0.100" grid Windows XP-Embedded SP2 CompactFlash: 50-pin, 2-mm grid FLASH-MD2000-Dxx DiskOnChip, where x = storage CRT: 14-pin on 2-mm grid capacities from 16MB to 1GB FP-100 Panel: Two, 50-pin on 2-mm grid CBL-115-4 4 ft. Opto rack interface cable LVDS: 20-pin on 0.100" grid CBL-125-1 Floppy disk adapter cable Ethernet: Two RJ-45 CBL-126-10 ATA100 IDE disk cable PC/104 bus: 64-pin 0.100" socket CBL-173-1 20-pin ribbon to two 9-pin male D 40-pin 0.100" socket connector adapter cable PC/104-Plus bus: 120-pin (4 x 30; 2-mm) stack- CBL-225-1 PS/2 mouse adapter cable through with shrouded header CBL-234-1 14-pin ribbon to 15-pin D-sub USB: Four, 4-pin 0.100” CRT adapter cable Audio: Three, 3.5-mm stereo phone jacks CBL-236-2 Power cable (unterminated) Power: 9-pin in-line Molex CBL-247-1 1 ft., Multi-I/O adapter cable CBL-249-1 4-pin USB adapter cable Environmental CBL-SET-312-1 Six various cables for the Operating Temperature: -40° to +85°C (733MHz) EBC-H-C3PLUS Operating Temperature: -40° to +60°C (1GHz) Non-condensing relative humidity: 5% to 95% WinSystems reserves the right to make changes to products and/or documentation without further notification. 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