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3 super i/o chipset, 1 super i/o 16c550 uarts, A300 motherboard – Intel iEi Motherboard A300 User Manual

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A300 Motherboard

PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support

USB booting support

2.8.3 Super I/O Chipset

The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH4 through the LPC bus. The

iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment

Controller integration. Some of the features of the iTE IT8712F chipset are listed below:

LPC Interface

PC98/99/2001, ACPI and LANDesk Compliant

Enhanced Hardware Monitor

Fan Speed Controller

SmartGuardian Controller

Single +5V Power Supply

Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control

One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port

Keyboard Controller

Watchdog Timer

Serial IRQ Support

Vbat & Vcch Support

Single +5V Power Supply

Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below:

2.8.3.1 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs

The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following:

Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2)

IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols

Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another four

serial port connectors (COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6).

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