Eurotech Appliances VIPER / VIPER-LITE PXA255 User Manual
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VIPER Technical Manual
Getting started
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Using the PC/104 expansion bus
PC/104 modules can be used with the VIPER to add extra functionality to the system.
This interface supports 8/16 bit ISA bus style peripherals.
Eurotech Ltd has a wide range of PC/104 modules, which are compatible with the
VIPER. These include modules for digital I/O, analogue I/O, motion control, CAN bus,
serial interfaces, etc. Please contact the Eurotech Ltd sales team if a particular
interface you require does not appear to be available as these modules are in
continuous development. Contact details are provided in
In order to use a PC/104 board with the VIPER it should be plugged into PL11 for 8-bit
cards and PL11/PL12 for 8/16-bit cards. See the sections
PL11 & PL12 – PC/104 connectors
) for further details.
The ISA interface on the VIPER does not support DMA or shared interrupts. See the
section
, page
, for details about PC/104 interrupt use.
The VIPER provides +5V to a PC/104 add-on board via the PL11 and PL12
connectors. If a PC/104 add-on board requires a +12V supply, then +12V must be
supplied to the VIPER power connector PL16 pin 4. If –12V or –5V are required, these
must be supplied directly to the PC/104 add-on board.
The VIPER is available with non-stack through connectors by special order. Contact
Eurotech Ltd (see
Appendix A – Contacting Eurotech
, for more details.
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