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IBASE Technology IB818F Series User Manual

Manual is about: Intel Pentium/Celeron/Atom x7 SoC 3.5” Disk-Size SBC

Summary of IB818F Series

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    Ib818f series intel ® pentium ® / celeron ® / atom™ x7 soc 3.5 ” disk-size sbc user’s manual version 1.1 (nov. 2017).

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    Ii ib818f user’s manual copyright © 2017 ibase technology, inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, witho...

  • Page 3: Compliance

    Ib818f user’s manual iii compliance the product described in this manual complies with all applicable european union (ce) directives if it has a ce marking. For systems to remain ce compliant, only ce-compliant parts may be used. Maintaining ce compliance also requires proper cable and cabling techn...

  • Page 4: Warning

    Iv ib818f user’s manual important safety information carefully read the safety information before using the board. Environmental conditions: • use this product in environments with ambient temperatures of 0˚c ~ 60 ˚c, or -40˚c ~d 85 ˚c based on the specifications of the board you have purchased. • d...

  • Page 5: Warranty Policy

    Ib818f user’s manual v warranty policy • ibase standard products: 24-month (2-year) warranty from the date of shipment. If the date of shipment cannot be ascertained, the product serial numbers can be used to determine the approximate shipping date. • 3 rd -party parts: 12-month (1-year) warranty fr...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Vi ib818f user’s manual table of contents compliance ..................................................................................... Iii important safety information ........................................................ Iv warranty policy .......................................................

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    Ib818f user’s manual vii chapter 3 drivers installation ............................................. 21 3.1 introduction ........................................................................................22 3.2 intel ® chipset software installation utility ........................................

  • Page 9: Chapter 1

    1 chapter 1 general information the information provided in this chapter includes: • features • packing list • block diagram • specifications • board overview • board dimensions.

  • Page 10: 1.1

    2 ib818f user’s manual 1.1 introduction ib818f is a 3.5” disk-size single board computer based on the intel ® atom™ x7, pentium ® or celeron ® processor. Supporting intel® soc integrated gen. 9 graphics, it supports hdmi and 24-bit dual channel lvds displays. The board operates in ambient temperatur...

  • Page 11: 1.3

    General information ib818f user’s manual 3 1 1.3 packing list your ib818f package should include the items listed below. If any of the items is missing, contact your distributor or dealer from whom you have purchased the product. • ib818f sbc • drivers installation disk (with chipset drivers and fla...

  • Page 12: 1.5

    4 ib818f user’s manual 1.5 specifications product name ib818f-i50 ib818f-420 ib818f-335 form factor 3.5” disk-size sbc system operating system • windows 10 enterprise (64-bit) • windows 10 iot core (64-bit) • linux ubuntu cpu type intel ® atom™ qc x7 / e3950 intel ® pentium ® qc n4200 intel ® celero...

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    General information ib818f user’s manual 5 1 product name ib818f-i50 ib818f-420 ib818f-335 smart control • eup/erp • power failure detection (via jumper) • lvds brightness control dimensions 102.22 x 147.01 mm (4.02 ” x 5.8”) rohs yes certification ce, fcc class b, lvd i/o ports display • 1 x hdmi (...

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    6 ib818f user’s manual 1.6 block diagram.

  • Page 15: 1.7

    General information ib818f user’s manual 7 1 1.7 overview top view bottom view photo of ib818f ＊ the photos above are for reference only..

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    8 ib818f user’s manual i/o view ＊ the i/o interface includes the following: • d-sub rs-232/422/485 port (cn10) • hdmi port (cn9) • lan ports (cn5, cn6) • usb 3.0 ports (cn7, cn8).

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    General information ib818f user’s manual 9 1 1.8 dimensions.

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  • Page 19: Chapter 2

    11 chapter 2 hardware configuration this section provides information on jumper settings and connectors on the ib818f to help you set up a workable system. The topics covered are: • cpu and the memory installation • jumper settings and connectors.

  • Page 20: 2.1  Basic Installations

    12 ib818f user’s manual 2.1 basic installations follow the instructions below to install the memory module. 2.1.1 installing the memory the ib818f board supports two ddr3l memory sockets for a maximum total memory of 8 gb. To install the memory modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perfor...

  • Page 21: 2.2  Setting The Jumpers

    Hardware configuration ib818f user’s manual 13 2 2.2 setting the jumpers configure your ib818f by using jumpers to enable the features that you need based on your applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration or settings. 2.2.1 how to set jumpers jumpers are sho...

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    14 ib818f user’s manual 2.3 jumper & connector locations board diagram of ib818f.

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    Hardware configuration ib818f user’s manual 15 2 2.4 jumpers quick reference function jumper name page lcd panel brightness selection jp1, jp4 15 lvds panel power selection jp2, jp3 15 lcd panel backlight vcc jp5, jp6 15 atx / at power selection jp7 16 clearing cmos data jp8 16 clearing me register ...

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    16 ib818f user’s manual 2.4.4 atx / at power selection (jp7) function pin closed illustration atx (default) 1-2 1 at 2-3 1 2.4.5 clearing cmos data (jp8) function pin closed illustration normal (default) 1-2 1 clear cmos 2-3 1 2.4.6 clearing me register (jp9) function pin closed illustration normal ...

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    Hardware configuration ib818f user’s manual 17 2 2.5 connectors quick reference function connector name page sata iii cn1, cn2 - - lan ports cn5, cn6 - - usb 3.0 cn7, cn8 - - d-sub rs-232/422/485 cn10 - - hdmi cn9 - - lcd backlight j3,j6 18 lvds ch1: j4, ch2: j1 ch1: j5, ch2: j2 18 audio j7 18 ddr3l...

  • Page 26: 2.5.2  Lvds Connector

    18 ib818f user’s manual 2.5.1 lcd backlight connector (j3,j6) pin signal name pin signal name 1 +12v 3 brightness control 2 backlight enable 4 ground 2.5.2 lvds connector (ch1: j4, ch2: j1) (ch1: j5, ch2: j2) pin signal name pin signal name 1 tx0p 2 tx0n 3 ground 4 ground 5 tx1p 6 tx1n 7 ground 8 gr...

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    Hardware configuration ib818f user’s manual 19 2 2.5.4 usb 2.0 connector (j10) pin signal name pin signal name 1 vcc 2 ground 3 d0- 4 d1+ 5 d0+ 6 d1- 7 ground 8 vcc 2.5.5 amplifier connector (j9) pin signal name pin signal name 1 outl+ 3 outr- 2 outl- 4 outr+ 2.5.6 sata hdd power connector (j12) pin...

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    20 ib818f user’s manual 2.5.8 front panel connector (j16) pin signal name pin signal name 1 ground 2 pwr_btn 3 3.3v 4 hdd active 5 ground 6 reset 7 +5v 8 ground 2.5.9 digital i/o connector (j22) pin signal name pin signal name 1 lineout_l 2 lineout_r 3 jd_front 4 ground 5 linein_l 6 linein_r 7 jd_li...

  • Page 29: Chapter 3

    21 chapter 3 drivers installation this chapter introduces installation of the following drivers: • intel ® chipset software installation utility • vga driver • hd audio driver • intel ® trusted execution engine installation • intel ® serial i/o drivers • lan driver.

  • Page 30: 3.1

    22 ib818f user’s manual 3.1 introduction this section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers. The software and drivers are included with the motherboard. If you find anything missing, please contact the distributor where you made the purchase. The contents of this section inc...

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 23 3 2. Click intel(r) chipset software installation utility. 3. When the welcome screen to the intel ® chipset device software appears, click next to continue. 4. Click yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 5...

  • Page 32: 3.3

    24 ib818f user’s manual 3.3 vga driver installation 1. Click intel on the left pane and then intel(r) apollolake chipset drivers on the right pane. 2. Click intel(r) apollolake graphics driver..

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 25 3 3. When the welcome screen appears, click next to continue. 4. Click yes to accept the license agreement and click next until the installation starts. 5. The driver has been completely installed. Restart the computer for changes to take effect..

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    26 ib818f user’s manual 3.4 hd audio driver installation 1. Click intel on the left pane and then intel(r) apollolake chipset drivers on the right pane. 2. Click realtek high definition audio driver..

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 27 3 3. On the welcome screen of the installshield wizard, click next for installation. 4. Click next until the installation starts. 5. The driver has been completely installed. Restart the computer for changes to take effect..

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    28 ib818f user’s manual 3.5 intel ® trusted execution engine drivers 1. Click intel on the left pane and then intel(r) apollolake chipset drivers on the right pane. 2. Click intel(r) txe drivers..

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 29 3 3. When the welcome screen appears, click next. 4. Accept the license agreement and click next. 5. Click next for installation. 6. After the driver has been successfully installed, restart the computer for changes to take effect..

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    30 ib818f user’s manual 3.6 intel ® serial io drivers 1. Click intel on the left pane and then intel(r) apollolake chipset drivers on the right pane. 2. Click intel(r) serial io drivers..

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 31 3 3. When the welcome screen to the installshield wizard appears, click next. 4. Accept the license agreement and click next. 5. After reading the readme file information, click next for installation. 6. After the driver has been sccessfully installed, res...

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    32 ib818f user’s manual 3.7 lan driver installation 1. Click lan card on the left paneand then intel lan controller drivers on the right pane. 2. Click intel(r) i21x gigabit network drivers...

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    Driver installation ib818f user’s manual 33 3 3. When the welcome screen appears, click next. 4. Accept the license agreement and click next. 5. On the setup options screen, click the checkbox to select the desired driver(s) for installation. Then click next to continue. 6. The wizard is ready for i...

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  • Page 43: Chapter 4

    35 chapter 4 bios setup this chapter describes the different settings available in the ami bios that comes with the board. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: • main settings • advanced settings • chipset settings • security settings • boot settings • save & exit.

  • Page 44: 4.1  Introduction

    36 ib818f user’s manual 4.1 introduction the bios (basic input/output system) installed in the rom of your computer system supports intel ® processors. The bios provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also provides password pr...

  • Page 45: 4.3  Main Settings

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 37 4 4.3 main settings bios setting description system date sets the date. Use the key to switch between the data elements. System time set the time. Use the key to switch between the data elements..

  • Page 46: 4.4  Advanced Settings

    38 ib818f user’s manual 4.4 advanced settings this section allows you to configure, improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference..

  • Page 47: 4.4.1

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 39 4 4.4.1 acpi computing bios setting description enable hibernation enables / disables the system ability to hibernate (os/s4 sleep state). This option may be not effective with some os. Acpi sleep state selects an acpi sleep state (suspend disabled or s3) where the...

  • Page 48: 4.4.2

    40 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.2 lfp (edp) to lvds configuration bios setting description lvds support enables / disables edp to lvds. Panel color depth selects a panel color depth as 18 or 24 (vesa or jeida) bit. Lvds channel type sets the lvds channel type as single or dual channel. Panel type select...

  • Page 49: 4.4.3

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 41 4 4.4.3 efp (dp) to lvds configuration bios setting description lvds support enables / disables dp to lvds. Panel color depth selects a panel color depth as 18 or 24 (vesa or jeida) bit. Lvds channel type sets the lvds channel type as single or dual channel. Panel ...

  • Page 50: 4.4.4

    42 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.4 fintek super io configuration bios setting description standby power on s5 (erp) enable the item to provide the standby power for devices. Disable the item to shut down the standby power. Options: all enable / enable ethernet for wol / all disable serial ports configura...

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    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 43 4 4.4.4.1. Serial port 1 configuration bios setting description serial port enables / disables the serial port. Change settings selects an optimal settings for super io device. Device mode changes the serial port mode to: • rs232 • rs485 tx low active • rs485 with ...

  • Page 52: 4.4.5

    44 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.5 fintek super io hardware monitor bios setting description temperatures / voltages these fields are the parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the motherboard. The values are read-only values as monitored by the system and show the pc health status. Cp...

  • Page 53: 4.4.6

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 45 4 4.4.6 cpu configuration bios setting description socket 0 cpu information displays the socket specific cpu information. Cpu power management allows you to enable / disable turbo mode. Active processor cores enables / disables the cores in the processor package. M...

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    46 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.6.1. Socket 0 cpu information 4.4.6.2. Cpu power management configuration bios setting description turbo mode enables / disables the turbo mode..

  • Page 55: 4.4.7

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 47 4 4.4.7 ami graphic output protocol policy bios setting description output select outputs through hdmi interface..

  • Page 56: 4.4.8

    48 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.8 network stack configuration bios setting description network stack enables / disables uefi network stack. Ipv4 pxe support enables / disables ipv4 pxe boot support. If disabled, ipv4 pxe boot option will not be created. Ipv4 http support enables / disables ipv4 http boo...

  • Page 57: 4.4.9

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 49 4 4.4.9 csm configuration bios setting description csm support enables / disables csm support. Gatea20 active • upon request disables ga20 when using bios services. • always cannot disable ga20, but is useful when any rt code is executed above 1 mb. Int19 trap resp...

  • Page 58: 4.4.10  Usb Configuration

    50 ib818f user’s manual 4.4.10 usb configuration bios setting description legacy usb support • enabled enables legacy usb support. • auto disables legacy support if there is no usb device connected. • disabled keeps usb devices available only for efi applications. Xhci hand-off this is a workaround ...

  • Page 59: 4.5  Chipset Settings

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 51 4 4.5 chipset settings 4.5.1 north bridge bios setting description max tolud sets a maximum value of tolud..

  • Page 60: 4.5.2

    52 ib818f user’s manual 4.5.2 south cluster configuration 4.5.2.1. Hd audio configuration bios setting description hd-audio support enables / disables hd-audio support..

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    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 53 4 4.5.2.2. Pci express configuration bios setting description pci express root port 1 ~ 6 accesses the control of the pci express root port..

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    54 ib818f user’s manual bios setting description pci express root port enables/ disables the pcie root port. Auto allows you to disable unused root port automatically for the most optimum power savings. Aspm sets the pcie active state power management. Options: disable / l0s / l1 / l0sl1 / auto l1 s...

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    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 55 4 4.5.2.3. Sata drivers bios setting description chipset sata enables / disables the chipset sata controller. The chipset sata controller supports the 2 black internal sata ports (up to 3gb/s supported per port). Sata mode selection determines how sata controller(s...

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    56 ib818f user’s manual 4.5.2.4. Usb configuration bios setting description xhci pre-boot driver enables / disables the support for xhci pre-boot driver. Xhci mode enables / disables xhci mode. If disabled, xhci controller would be disabled, and none of the usb devices are detectable or usable when ...

  • Page 65: 4.6  Security Settings

    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 57 4 4.6 security settings bios setting description setup administrator password sets an administrator password for the setup utility. User password sets a user password..

  • Page 66: 4.7  Boot Settings

    58 ib818f user’s manual 4.7 boot settings bios setting description setup prompt timeout number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535 (0xffff) means indefinite waiting. Bootup numlock state selects the keyboard numlock state. Quiet boot enables / disables quiet boot option. New boot opti...

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    Bios setup ib818f user’s manual 59 4 4.8 save & exit settings bios setting description save changes and exit exits system setup after saving the changes. Discard changes and exit exits system setup without saving any changes. Save changes and reset resets the system after saving the changes. Discard...

  • Page 68: Appendix

    60 appendix this section provides the mapping addresses of peripheral devices and the sample code of watchdog timer configuration..

  • Page 69: I/o Port Address Map

    Appendix ib818f u ser’s manual 61 a. I/o port address map each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of i/o port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the i/o port addresses used. Address device description 0x00000a00-0x00000a0f motherboard re...

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    62 ib818f user’s manual 0x000003e8-0x000003ef communications port (com3) 0x000002e8-0x000002ef communications port (com4) 0x0000e000-0x0000efff intel(r) celeron(r)/pentium(r) processor pci express root port - 5ad8 0x00000000-0x0000006f pci express root complex 0x00000078-0x00000cf7 pci express root ...

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    Appendix ib818f u ser’s manual 63 b. Interrupt request lines (irq) peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify cpu for the service required. The following table shows the irq used by the devices on board. Level function irq 25 high definition audio controller irq 4294967280 ~ irq 429496...

  • Page 72: Watchdog Timer Configuration

    64 ib818f user’s manual c. Watchdog timer configuration the watchdog timer (wdt) is used to generate a variety of output signals after a user programmable count. The wdt is suitable for use in the prevention of system lock-up, such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock. Under these sorts of...

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    Appendix ib818f u ser’s manual 65 btime = strtol (argv[1], endptr, 10); printf("system will reset after %d seconds", btime); if (btime) { enablewdt(btime); } else { disablewdt(); } return 0; } //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void enablewdt(int interval...

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    66 ib818f user’s manual // // this code and information is provided "as is" without warranty of any // kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the // implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular // purpose. // //---------------------------------------...

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    Appendix ib818f u ser’s manual 67 } //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void set_f81964_reg( unsigned char reg, unsigned char data) { unlock_f81964(); outportb(f81964_index_port, reg); outportb(f81964_data_port, data); lock_f81964(); } //--------------------...

  • Page 76: Onboard Connector Types

    68 ib818f user’s manual d. Onboard connector types function connector name type lcd backlight j3,j6 e-call_0110-161-040 lvds ch1: j4, ch2: j1 ch1: j5, ch2: j2 hirose_df20g-20dp-1v(56) audio j7 hk_df11-12s-pa66h usb 2.0 j10 hk_df11-8s-pa66h amplifier j9 e-call_0110-161-040 sata hdd power j12 e-call_0...