Specifications

158004.B00 i
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................1
1.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................1
1.2 TP400 FEATURES............................................................................................................................2
1.3 PC/AT COMPATIBILITY....................................................................................................................3
1.4 PC/104-PLUS AS A PC EXPANSION BUS......................................................................................4
1.5 THE TP400 ARCHITECTURE..........................................................................................................4
1.6 GETTING STARTED QUICKLY .......................................................................................................7
1.6.1 TCDEVPLUS and TCDEV Development Systems ..................................................................7
1.6.2 Using the TCDEVPLUS Development System ........................................................................8
1.6.3 Using the Rev D TCDEV Development System.......................................................................9
1.6.4 TCONN Connector Breakout Board .......................................................................................11
1.7 AVOIDING COMMON PROBLEMS................................................................................................12
2 PROCESSOR AND MEMORY...........................................................................13
2.1 PROCESSOR..................................................................................................................................13
2.2 CLOCK.............................................................................................................................................15
2.3 SDRAM ............................................................................................................................................16
2.4 FLASH MEMORY............................................................................................................................17
2.5 MEMORY ADDRESS MAP.............................................................................................................18
3 PERIPHERALS...................................................................................................19
3.1 I/O ADDRESS MAP.........................................................................................................................19
3.2 SUPER I/O CHIP.............................................................................................................................21
3.3 EXTRA UART..................................................................................................................................21
3.4 SERIAL PORTS...............................................................................................................................21
3.4.1 Signals, Addressing and Interrupts .........................................................................................21
3.4.2 RS-485 Operation....................................................................................................................22
3.4.3 Disabling Serial Ports ..............................................................................................................23
3.4.4 Extended Modes......................................................................................................................23
3.4.5 Infra-Red Operation Modes.....................................................................................................23
3.5 PRINTER PORT..............................................................................................................................24
3.6 REAL TIME CLOCK ........................................................................................................................25
3.7 KEYBOARD AND MOUSE..............................................................................................................26
3.8 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.....................................................................................................................27
3.9 IDE DISK DRIVE..............................................................................................................................27
3.10 DISPLAY CONTROLLER................................................................................................................29
3.10.1 Overview..................................................................................................................................29
3.10.2 Using CRTs and TFT LCDs....................................................................................................30
3.10.3 External Graphics Cards, and No Graphics ...........................................................................31
3.10.4 Native Display Drivers .............................................................................................................32
3.10.5 The System Management Interrupt Issue ..............................................................................32
3.10.6 PanelLink .................................................................................................................................33
3.10.7 TV Clock ..................................................................................................................................33
3.11 VIDEO PLAYBACK..........................................................................................................................34
3.12 AUDIO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK.........................................................................................34
3.13 SPEAKER ........................................................................................................................................34
3.14 USB PORTS ....................................................................................................................................35
3.15 ETHERNET .....................................................................................................................................35
3.16 ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER ............................................................................................36
3.17 SERIAL EEPROM ...........................................................................................................................38
3.18 UTILITY REGISTER........................................................................................................................38