Ampro Corporation 420 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Product Overview
CoreModule 420
Reference Manual
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• Compact Flash Socket
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Provides compact flash socket (Type I or II)
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Supports IDE compact flash cards
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Attached to Secondary IDE bus
• Floppy Disk Controller
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Provides shared floppy/parallel port connector
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Supports two floppy drives
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Supports all standard PC/AT formats: 360 kB, 1.2 MB, 720 kB, 1.44 MB, 2.88 MB
• Serial Ports
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Provides four buffered RS-232 serial ports with full handshaking and modem capability
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Provides 16550 (or 16540-equivalent) UARTs, each with a built-in 16-byte FIFO buffer
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Supports RS-232 or RS-485 operation on ports 1 and 2
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Supports programmable word length, stop bits, and parity
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Supports 16-bit programmable baud-rate generator and a interrupt generator
• Parallel Port
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Provides shared parallel/floppy port connector
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Supports standard printer port
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Supports IEEE standard 1284 protocols, including EPP, ECP modes
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Provides bidirectional data lines
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Supports 16 byte FIFO for ECP mode
• Ethernet Controller
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Intel 82559ER Controller chip
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Supports IEEE 802.3 10BaseT/100BaseT compatible physical layer
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Supports Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode, and flow control
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Supports full duplex or half-duplex mode
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Full-duplex mode supports transmit and receive frames simultaneously
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Supports IEEE 802.3x Flow control in full duplex mode
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Half-duplex mode supports enhanced proprietary collision reduction mode
• Utility Interface
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Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Interface
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Supports external battery for Real Time Clock operation
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Supports standard external 8
Ω
speaker interface
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Supports external reset switch
• USB Ports
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Provides one root USB hub
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Provides one USB port
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Supports USB v1.1 and Universal OHCI v1.1