Specifications

Chapter 1 Setting Up the LittleBoard 550
LittleBoard 550 QuickStart Guide 7
Connecting Peripherals and Boot Devices
14) Connect the I/O devices
• Connect the keyboard to the I/O board connector J1A.
• If your are using a USB keyboard, connect it to the USB 0 connector
(lower USB on J14) on the I/O board.
• Connect the mouse cable to the I/O board connector J1B.
• If your are using a USB mouse, connect it to the USB 1 connector
(upper USB on J14) on the I/O board.
Keyboard (J15)
Aux
Battery (J12)
Aux Voltages (J11)
USB 0 & 1 Stack (J14)
(Top USB0)
USB 2 & 3 Stack (J13)
(Top USB2)
IR Transceiver (U1)
Reset Switch (S1)
Line In (J3)
Mic In (J4)
Speaker Out (J6)
Headphone Out (J7)
CD-ROM
In (J2)
Mono Out (J5)
Mouse (J1)
PC Speaker (LS1)
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Figure 1-7. Connecting Peripherals to I/O Board
15) Connect boot devices
• Use one of the four options listed here to connect a boot device (OS) to
the LittleBoard 550:
a. Connect a floppy disk drive to the floppy disk drive cable connected
to J14 on the LittleBoard 550.
Or Connect a USB floppy drive to one of the USB ports,
Or
b. Connect an IDE hard disk drive to a free connector on the one of the
IDE cables, Primary (J12) or Secondary (J17), on the LittleBoard 550.
• Ampro recommends not using a preinstalled OS on a hard disk drive to
boot and load the operating system. See Note with step 20.
Or Connect a USB hard drive to one of the USB ports,
Or
c. Connect a CD-ROM drive to an available connector on one of the IDE
cables, Primary (J12) or Secondary (J17), on the LittleBoard 550.
Or Connect a USB CD-ROM to one of the USB ports,
Or
CompactFlash Card
d. Install a CompactFlash (CF) card with a bootable OS into the
CompactFlash socket (J23).
Instructions for installing the CompactFlash card into the socket (J23) on
the LittleBoard 550, are provided later in this manual in Chapter 2,
Installing LittleBoard 550 Options.
• Ampro recommends not using a preinstalled OS on a CompactFlash
card to boot and load the operating system. See Note with step 20.