User`s manual

PCA-6190 User’s Manual 2
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
The PCA-6190 is designed with the Intel 915GV chipset and ICH6 (I/O
controller) to support 800 MHz Front side Bus, Intel Pentium 4/Celeron
D processor, high speed/high capacity dual channel DDRII 400/533
memory, and high performance I/O functions such as dual Gigabit Ether-
net ports, Serial/Parallel ATA ports, and PCI-Express host interface for
LAN. In compliance with PICMG 1.0 specification, PCA-6190 can be
used with a wide choice of existing PCI/ISA backplanes to meet versatile
requirements of industrial applications.
The PCA-6190 is designed to deliver high performance for industrial
applications. It uses Intel’s long-life 915GV and ICH6 chipset, capable
of running the fastest Pentium 4 and Celeron D processor. It has 4 DIMM
sockets in two separated memory channels. It accepts up to 4GB DDRII
400/533 SDRAM memory, enough for most of applications. The PCA-
6190 features single/dual Gigabit Ethernet network interface(s) .With the
Broadcom BCM5721 GbE controller designed-in, PCA-6190 implements
the PCI Express host interface (PCI-E X1) in LAN connection with the
maximum throughput of 2Gbps for heavy-duty industrial network appli-
cation. The Intel 915GV integrated VGA provides superior 3D perfor-
mance with unique Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900. Four Serial
ATA ports (up to 150MB/s) allows the use of thin and long SATA cables
for storage devices, eliminating cabling issues inside industrial-grade
chassis. In addition, the PCA-6190 also provides most of the popular I/O
interfaces such as eight USB 2.0 ports, AC-97 audio interface, 2 RS-232
ports, one enhanced parallel port and floppy disk interface.
The PCA-6190 is designed with reliability considerations to suit indus-
trial environments. To prevent CPU damage from overheating, the PCA-
6190 features a thermal protection circuit that enables the processor to
automatically shut down when the cooling system fails. In addition,
PCA-6190 provides a 14-pin General Purpose I/O interface as the port80
function used in detecting hardware bugs or as the programmable 8-bit I/
O. A remote management port allows users to monitor the system health
status and control the system remotely through standard SNMP/HTTP
protocol when used with Advantech's SNMP-1000 Intelligent System
Manager.