User manual

Onboard Components

IDE Interface

For connecting IDE drives there are 2 connectors on the CPU available. The

connectors are 2mm header, 44 pin with +5V power supply.

2.5” hard disc drives and CDROM/DVD drives are connected without additional

power lines.

3.5” drives are connected via an adapter cable, which differs between the

various BEETLE models.

The interface may be driven in PIO mode 0 – mode 4 or in UDMA mode 0 – 2.

Floppy Interface

For connecting Floppy drives there are two different connectors on the CPU

available. These are a 2.54mm standard header for 1” drives and a foil cable

connector for ½” drives.

Standard 1.44MB and 720KB Floppy Discs are supported.