
TP400 PC/104-PLUS PC COMPATIBLE COMPUTER TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Revision B00 19 February 2001 TRM-TP400 158004
vi 158004.B00 FIGURES FIGURE 1 - TP400 BLOCK DIAGRAM...
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158004.B00 E1 APPENDIX E: CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS This Appendix describes the connectors used on the TP400. E.1 S
E2 158004.B00 E.2 EXPANSION BUS CONNECTORS The PC/104 bus connectors J1 and J2 provide the ISA bus compatible s
158004.B00 E3 PIN J1 ROW A J1 ROW B 1 /IOCHCHK *, ** 0V 2 SD7 RESETDRV 3 SD6 +5V 4 SD5 IRQ9 5 SD4 -5V * 6
E4 158004.B00 PIN J3 ROW A J3 ROW B J3 ROW C J3 ROW D 1 GND/5V KEY N/C Reserved +5V AD00 2 VI/O (+5V
158004.B00 E5 E.3 TP400 PERIPHERAL CONNECTOR Many peripheral devices are connected to the TP400 through a 50 way IDC
E6 158004.B00 PERIPHERAL PERIPHERAL J4 PIN SIGNAL NAME PIN J4 PIN SIGNAL NAME PIN 1 IRRX IrDA - 2 IRTX
158004.B00 E7 E.4 COM3, COM4 SERIAL PORT CONNECTOR Connector J5 is a 14-way pin header adjacent to J4. It carries th
E8 158004.B00 PIN SIGNAL (AUDIO) SIGNAL (A/D) VGA PIN PIN SIGNAL (AUDIO) SIGNAL (A/D) VGA PIN 1 MIC IN VR
158004.B00 E9 E.7 FLAT PANEL CONNECTOR The flat panel display is connected through J8, a straight 0.05” pitch 40-way
158004.B00 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW To maintain our lead in advanced and highly integrated PC compatible computers, DSP Design ha
E10 158004.B00 SIGNAL NAME SIGNAL FUNCTION RED0-5 Red Display Data. RED5 is the MSB. GREEN0-5 GREEN Display
158004.B00 E11 E.9 IDE CONNECTOR The IDE drive is connected through J100, a straight 2mm pitch 44-way connector. Pin
E12 158004.B00 E.10 FLOPPY CONNECTOR The floppy disk drive can be connected through a 26-way flat flexible cabl
158004.B00 E13 E.11 POWER SUPPLY AND FAN CONNECTORS Power may be brought to the TP400 through connector J101. It is
E14 158004.B00 E.13 INTER-BOARD CONNECTORS J104 has the same pin assignments as J10. Pins 1, 60, 61 and 120 are
158004.B00 E15 J105 has the same pin assignments as J11. Pins 1, 40 and 80 are indicated on the PCB. PIN SIGNAL PI
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158004.B00 F1 APPENDIX F: TFTIF FLAT PANEL INTERFACE BOARDS F.1 INTRODUCTION The TP400 supports TFT panels of 640 x 480, 800 x 600 and 102
F2 158004.B00 The TFTIF31 and TFTIF41 boards also feature a connector with the CS5530A backlight enable signal (ENAB
158004.B00 F3 F.4 TFTIF CONNECTOR AND SOLDER LINKS Table F2 gives the pin assignments of the TFTIF display connector. PIN LCD SIGNA
2 158004.B00 1.2 TP400 FEATURES • High integration processor: a Geode GX1 processor is fitted, running at up to 30
F4 158004.B00 F.5 TFTIF41 CONNECTOR AND SOLDER LINKS Table F3 gives the pin assignments of the TFTIF41 display con
158004.B00 F5 LK2 PIN LK2 CONNECTION LK3 PIN LK3 CONNECTION 1 GND 1 GND 2 PIN 41 2 PIN 38 3 LCDVCC 3 LCDVCC TABLE F4 - TFTIF41 SO
F6 158004.B00 Some other LCDs use pins 30 and 31 for other purposes, such as additional power supply pins. LK2 and
158004.B00 F7 F.7 TFTIFS15 CONNECTOR AND SOLDER LINKS Table F9 gives the pin assignments of the TFTIFS15 display connector. The TFTIFS1
F8 158004.B00 PIN LCD SIGNAL TP400 SIGNAL PIN LCD SIGNAL TP400 SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 GND 4 RA0
158004.B00 G1 APPENDIX G: CF100 COMPACT FLASH IDE DRIVE G.1 INTRODUCTION The CF100 is a small add-on board for the TP400. It allows Compa
G2 158004.B00 In this configuration the CF100 extends beyond the outline of the TP400, so as not to obstruct any he
158004.B00 G3 2 This step may be required for some cards. Some Compact Flash cards do not report their parameters and so the parameters wi
G4 158004.B00 To configure the drive as a master: Fit a link on LK1. To configure the drive as a slave: Do n
164004.C03 H1 APPENDIX H: RELIABILITY This Appendix provides reliability information on the TP400.
158004.B00 3 • Powered by a single 5V supply. A switched mode power supply is provided to efficiently produce 2.2V and 3.3V for the proces
H2 164004.C03 H.1.3 Failure Effect Assumptions The assumption is made that each and every component failure mod
164004.C03 H3 areas subject to minor shock, vibration and temperature or atmospheric variations. In
H4 164004.C03 FIGURE H1 - TP400 MEAN TIME TO FAILURE FIGURE H2 - TP400 UNIT FAILURE RATE Mean Time To
164004.C03 H5 Unit Failure Rate per annum Mean Time To Failure in Hours Usage Environment Usage
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164004.C03 J1 APPENDIX J: TP400ET ETHERNET ADAPTER BOARD The TP400’s Ethernet chip is connected to
J2 164004.C03 FIGURE J1 - TP400ET MECHANICAL DRAWINGS FIGURE J2 - TP400ET CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
158004.B00 K1 APPENDIX K: TP400 USB ADAPTER BOARD The TP400’s USB ports are accessed through a small printed circuit board called the TP30
K2 158004.B00 FIGURE K1 - TP300USB MECHANICAL DRAWINGS FIGURE K2 - TP300USB CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
158004.B00 L1 APPENDIX L: FAULT REPORTING DSP Design makes every effort to ship products and documentation that are completely free from
4 158004.B00 1.4 PC/104-PLUS AS A PC EXPANSION BUS Users can operate the TP400 as a single board computer. If expan
L2 158004.B00 PRODUCT FAULT REPORT CUSTOMER INFORMATION PRODUCT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME:
158004.B00 5 The audio processor logic in the CS5530A chip connects to an AC97 compatible audio codec chip, which provides audio A/D and D/
6 158004.B00 FIGURE 1 - TP400 BLOCK DIAGRAM +5V PC/104-PLUS
158004.B00 7 1.6 GETTING STARTED QUICKLY This manual gives all of the information that most users will need in order to operate the TP400
8 158004.B00 TCDEVPLUS (but not the TCDEV) also includes 14-way ribbon cable connects to the TP400 J5 connector, maki
158004.B00 9 before or during the memory test to enter the Setup program, where you can change the time and date and make other changes. T
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10 158004.B00 A fan or heatsink should be added to the TP400, as it may get too hot without one. A heatsink is suppli
158004.B00 11 Section 3.9 has more details on the IDE interface. A Flash File system is also provided with the TP400. Section 6.6 has detai
12 158004.B00 1.7 AVOIDING COMMON PROBLEMS This section draws your attention to a number of issues that can cause
158004.B00 13 2 PROCESSOR AND MEMORY The TP400 single board computer is based around the National Semiconductor Geode GX1 chip set. T
14 158004.B00 (ball grid array) device on the main printed circuit board. The CS5530A contains graphics processing lo
158004.B00 15 The above measurements were made with a 4-chip 32M-byte SODIMM module installed. The power consumption figures were taken a
16 158004.B00 2.3 SDRAM The main memory of the TP400 consists of Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) chips. The chips a
158004.B00 17 2.4 FLASH MEMORY By default the TP400 is fitted with one 2M-byte AMD or Fujitsu 29F016 Flash memory chip. However, the TP4
18 158004.B00 executed from the 32-bit wide SDRAM, much faster than it would be from the Flash chip. Section 6.3 cont
158004.B00 19 3 PERIPHERALS This section describes the I/O address map and the on-board peripherals. 3.1 I/O ADDRESS MAP The TP400 f
All information in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by DSP Design Limited for its use. Sin
20 158004.B00 ADDRESS I/O FUNCTION 00 - 0F DMA Controller in Geode GX1 20 - 21 Interrupt controller in Geode G
158004.B00 21 3.2 SUPER I/O CHIP Many of the peripheral functions are implemented in a single chip, the "Super I/O" chip. This
22 158004.B00 Connection is made to the COM3 and COM4 serial ports via the 14-way J5 connector. The pin assignments
158004.B00 23 In RS-485 mode the DTR control output has no effect, and the CTS, DCD, DSR and RI status inputs are undefined (they can be in
24 158004.B00 The polarity of the incoming signal on the IRRX pin is of opposite polarity to that on the IRTX pin. T
158004.B00 25 The printer port can optionally be configured as an output-only port, an Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and as an Extended Capa
26 158004.B00 is present then the battery pin on the J3 connector must be connected to GND, to prevent it floating. T
158004.B00 27 The keyboard controller circuitry on the TP400 is contained within the Super I/O chip, and also includes a PS/2 style mouse p
28 158004.B00 In addition, the "Ultra DMA/33", or "UDMA" Mode allows even higher data transfers b
158004.B00 29 ROM drives, and a Compact Flash socket to allow the use of Compact Flash cards in place of mechanical hard disk drives. User
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30 158004.B00 CS5530A for formatting and dispatch to the CRT or flat panel. The CS5530A contains the RAMDAC for the a
158004.B00 31 RESOLUTION SIMULTANEOUS COLOURS REFRESH RATE DOTCLK RATE 72Hz 31.5MHz 8 BPP. 256 colours out of a palette of 256. 75Hz 31.
32 158004.B00 external graphics adapter is defined by the BIOS Setup program (Advanced / Advanced Chipset Control / M
158004.B00 33 3.10.6 PanelLink The TP400 includes a PanelLink transmitter chip, which can be used to drive displays located at up to 10 m
34 158004.B00 3.11 VIDEO PLAYBACK The Geode GX1 architecture provides hardware support for the playback of video re
158004.B00 35 3.14 USB PORTS The TP400 provides two USB ports. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, and is designed to rationalise connec
36 158004.B00 BIOS during the POST process, following reset. It is both I/O and memory mapped and uses one interrupt.
158004.B00 37 the A/D chip can be driven from an external voltage source, or from the on-board VCC supply voltage. A solder link allows thi
38 158004.B00 3.17 SERIAL EEPROM The TP400 has a serial EEPROM chip fitted. This is used primarily to store set-up p
158004.B00 39 PORT BIT FUNCTION E0h 0 BA14 (For Flash memory bank switching) E0h 1 BA15 (For Flash memory bank switching) E0h 2 B
158004.B00 i CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...
40 158004.B00 4 STAND-ALONE OPERATION AND EXPANSION BUSES The TP400 will operate as a stand-alone single board c
158004.B00 41 Pull up resistors of 10k ohms have been added to the SD0 - SD15 data bus signals. The IOCHRDY, /IOCS16, /MEMCS16 and /ZEROWS
42 158004.B00 not 5V tolerant. This means that the TP400 cannot be used with PC/104-Plus or PCI boards which have 5V
158004.B00 43 4.4 PC/104 AND PC/104-Plus CLOCK AND RESET SIGNALS 4.4.1 PC/104 Clock and Reset Signals Two PC/104 clocks are provided: t
44 158004.B00 4.5 INTERRUPTS The Geode GX1 chip set contains the same interrupt controller circuit as is present on
158004.B00 45 PC IRQ INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL PnP AWARE? PC/104 BUS? ALLOCATION 0 Internal Yes No Timer 1 On-Board Yes No Keyboard in PC9
46 158004.B00 The PCI bus interrupts are active-low level-sensitive interrupts. In principle, several cards can driv
158004.B00 47 Ethernet controllers and to PCI boards. The Advanced / Audio Options menu allows the SoundBlaster audio sub-system to be disa
48 158004.B00 5 HARDWARE RESET OPTIONS A full set of hardware reset options exist for the TP400. The reset circu
158004.B00 49 Disks has documented sample code illustrating the use of the watchdog function, and also includes the data sheet of the X5043
ii 158004.B00 4 STAND-ALONE OPERATION AND EXPANSION BUSES...40 4.1 STAND-ALONE OPERA
50 158004.B00 6 SOFTWARE The TP400 offers a very high degree of PC compatibility. The vast majority of software (bot
158004.B00 51 6.2.1 Operation of the Setup Program The Setup program is menu driven, and its operation should be self-explanatory. Users
52 158004.B00 6.2.2 Reducing Boot Time In later versions of the BIOS options will exist within the Setup program to
158004.B00 53 There is a special case relating to VGA BIOS extensions. Before the TP400 BIOS installs a VGA BIOS for the on-board graphics
54 158004.B00 Any other operating system that will run on a 386, 486 or Pentium-based desktop computer should also ru
158004.B00 55 In the safe BIOS programming mode TP3F016 is run with the following single parameter: TP3F016 -u<filename> -u -u&l
56 158004.B00 The TP3F016.EXE program can be used to write one or more files to the Flash chip, by running the progra
158004.B00 57 or the number of bytes specified by this parameter, whichever is the smaller. This parameter defaults to the size of the Flas
58 158004.B00 these operating systems. This situation may change in the future, so contact us if you have an interest
158004.B00 59 Windows 95 users will want to use the Flash File System, so these users should disable the Flash File System BIOS extension u
158004.B00 iii APPENDIX A: SPECIFICATION... A1 APPENDIX B: T
60 158004.B00 5 Now the DEVICE=FTP3AMD.SYS entry should be removed from the CONFIG.SYS file on the boot disk. Note t
158004.B00 61 FXRECLM.EXE usage: FXRECLM.EXE <drive> [<count>] Where <drive> is the drive letter of the flash disk
62 158004.B00 6.7 SAVING CMOS RAM DATA IN THE SERIAL EEPROM A serial EEPROM chip on the TP400 provides non-vola
158004.B00 63 6.8 SERIAL EEPROM PROGRAMMING The X5043 serial EEPROM has 512 (200h) bytes on non-volatile memory. Section 6.7 describes u
64 158004.B00 -kxxx -k kicks the watchdog timer for <xxx> seconds. The xxx parameter is a hexadecimal number i
158004.B00 65 7 POWER MANAGEMENT The TP400 includes sophisticated power management hardware and software, which allows the power consum
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158004.B00 A1 APPENDIX A: SPECIFICATION Product: TP400 Description: Highly integrated PC/104-Plus format, single board PC compat
A2 158004.B00 Analog to Digital Converter: Four channel, 12-bits. External reference. 0V to +5V input range.
158004.B00 B1 APPENDIX B: TP400 SET-UP PROCEDURE. This appendix describes fitting SDRAM to the TP400, and solder link settings. The comp
iv 158004.B00 APPENDIX F: TFTIF FLAT PANEL INTERFACE BOARDS... F1 F.1 INTRODUCTIO
B2 158004.B00 B.3 SOLDER LINK AREAS A number of functions can be configured with solder links on the TP400 board.
158004.B00 B3 LK8 ADC1 or LINE_IN_L This link determines whether Connector J6 pin 4 is used for the analog to digital convertor channel 1
B4 158004.B00 LK14 VREF or Microphone This link determines whether Connector J6 pin 1 is used for the analog to di
158004.B00 B5 LK20 PanelLink Power This link is only present on the Rev B TP400 PCB. It is used to route either 3.3V or 5V to the 10-way P
B6 158004.B00 LK104 - LK107 Vcore Voltage Selection. These links are set to select the Vcore voltage for the Geode
158004.B00 B7 LK113 SDRAM Clock Feedback These links are set according to the processor fitted. Geode GX1 Link 1 - 3 (Defaul
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158004.B00 C1 APPENDIX C: MECHANICAL DRAWINGS AND SCHEMATICS The four component placement diagrams that follow may be of help in locating
C2 158004.B00 FIGURE C1 - MAIN BOARD TOP COMPONENT PLACEMENT
158004.B00 C3 FIGURE C2 - MAIN BOARD BOTTOM COMPONENT PLACEMENT
158004.B00 v TABLES TABLE 1 - TP400 PERFORMANCE RATINGS...
C4 158004.B00 FIGURE C3 - DAUGHTER BOARD TOP COMPONENT PLACEMENT
158004.B00 C5 FIGURE C4 - DAUGHTER BOARD BOTTOM COMPONENT PLACEMENT
C6 158004.B00 FIGURE C5 - MAIN BOARD MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS
158004.B00 C7 FIGURE C6 - DAUGHTER BOARD MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS
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158004.B00 D1 APPENDIX D: OPTIONS AND ORDERING INFORMATION This Appendix lists some of the range of PC/104 products available from DSP De
D2 158004.B00 D.3 TP400 PROCESSOR STARTER PACK The best way of starting a TP400 development project is to buy
158004.B00 D3 D.4 PC/104 I/O BOARDS The following list describes a selection of the PC/104 bus cards that are available from DSP Design.
D4 158004.B00 D.5 ACCESSORIES Table D5 lists some or all of the following items may be of use during your devel
158004.B00 D5 D.6 CF100 COMPACT FLASH IDE Compact Flash cards are a useful alternative to IDE drives and floppy disks during development.
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