Janz Tec emPC-A500 User Manual

Manual is about: Embedded Computer System

Summary of emPC-A500

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    Proprietary notice all rights reserved by janz tec ag. No parts of this technical manual may be modified, copied or reproduced in any form or by any means for commercial use without the prior written permission of janz tec ag, germany. All instructions, information and specification contained in thi...

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    Title: empc-a500 user manual file: j:\as\entwicklung\projekte\hw\empc\empc-a500\doc\manual_empc- a500_hardware.Doc pattern: n:\daten\entwicklung (ew)\formblätter\entwicklung (ew)\f_manual.Dot created: as, ime, 2011-11-15 last update: ime, 2011-11-15 figure 1: picture of em pc-a500/1 (figure likewise...

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    D-33100 paderborn, germany tel.: +49-5251-1550-0 / 0800 janztec fax: +49-5251-1550-190 email: mail@janztec.Com internet: www.Janztec.Com.

  • Page 5: Contents

    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • introduction 1 - 5 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag contents 1 introduction 8 1.1 features ...............................................................................................................................8 2 installation 10 2.1 front panel layout.....................

  • Page 6: List of Figures

    1 - 6 em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • introduction © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 list of figures figure 1: picture of em pc-a500/1 (figure likewise) ................................................................................. Ii figure 2: em pc-a500/0 front panel .........................................

  • Page 7: About This Manual

    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • introduction 1 - 7 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag about this manual this is the hardware manual for the em pc -a500 embedded pc. It starts with an introduction to the em pc -a500. Then it describes the features and architecture of the em pc -a500. After that it discusses some...

  • Page 8: 1 Introduction

    1 - 8 em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • introduction © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 1 introduction the a500-platform is a small form factor embedded computer with a display or without. It is powered by a freescale i.Mx515 cpu with 600mhz, and hence it is powerful enough for sophisticated embedded applications...

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    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • introduction 1 - 9 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag the second type of module is the io module. This module can yield the listed features • system power supply with 9..32v dc input capability, • reset button and power led, • 2 male 9pin d-sub connectors, which can be used by th...

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    Em pc 2 - 10 -a500 (hardware manual) • installation © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 2 installation the em pc -a500 is designed as a fan less computer system. Nevertheless a certain amount of heat is generated inside the housing. The housing transports this heat to the environment. Caution when touching the h...

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    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • installation 2 - 11 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag 2.2 interfaces the pin out for the d-sub connectors is described in table 2. Pin rs232 rs232 (console) can rs485 1 dcd n.C. N.C. N.C. 2 rxd rxd canl b / d+ 3 txd txd gnd gnd 4 dtr n.C. N.C. N.C. 5 gnd n.C. N.C. N.C. 6 dsr n.C...

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    Em pc 2 - 12 -a500 (hardware manual) • installation © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 2.2.3 rs485 it is also possible to provide the serial interface as a rs485. Contact the janz tec ag for further information. In the rs485 variant, there are only the differential signals d+ and d- provided. The transceiver is...

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    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • installation 2 - 13 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag on all systems power must be turned off before removing or inserting the compact flash card. When installing the compact flash card, precautions against electrostatic discharge (esd) must be taken. 2.4 battery replacement the...

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    3 - 14 em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • technical data - specification © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 3 technical data - specification cpu type i.Mx515 from freescale clock frequency 600 mhz l1-cache 32 kb instruction, 32 kb data l2-cache 256 kb unified memory main memory 256 mb ddr2-ram boot flash 2mbyte, w...

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    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • technical data - specification 3 - 15 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag environmental specifications (assembled system) temperature range 0..+50°c (operating), -20..+75 (non operating) humidity 0%..80%, non condensing.

  • Page 16: 4 References

    4 - 16 em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • references © janz tec ag rev. 1.0 4 references these references direct you to manuals and specifications that you need to when developing programs for the em pc-a500. Most of the documents can be downloaded from the internet. Look for the www servers of the chi...

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    Em pc -a500 (hardware manual) • references 4 - 17 rev. 1.0 © janz tec ag 4.1 product history note that changes in the major version number are related to a pcb redesign. Though, pcb redesign need not be related to functional changes, but might have been done for manufacturing purposes only. Version ...