VEGA Single Board Computer COM Express Form-Factor Embedded Computer with Configurable COM Express CPU and Integrated Data Acquisition User Manual Revision A.02 Revision Date Comment A.00 11/4/2014 Initial release A.01 11/19/2015 Minor revisions A.02 6/20/2016 Updated data acquisition circuit information; removed 827E models Copyright 2015-2016 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT Diamond Systems Corp PLEASE CONTACT: 158 Commercial Street Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA [email protected] Tel 1-650-810-2500 Fax 1-650-810-2525 www.diamondsystems.com CONTENTS Important Safe-Handling Information .....................................................................................................................4 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................6 1.1 Key Features .................................................................................................................................................6 1.1.1 COM Express Computer-on-Module (COM) Features .........................................................................6 1.1.2 Vega Baseboard Features ....................................................................................................................7 1.2 Operating System Compatibility ....................................................................................................................7 1.3 Vega SBC Models .........................................................................................................................................8 1.4 Thermal Considerations and Heatspreader ..................................................................................................8 1.5 Cable Kit ........................................................................................................................................................9 2. Functional Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Block Diagrams........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Functional Overview ................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 CPU Core ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.2 Video .................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2.3 Ethernet.............................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2.4 USB .................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.5 Serial Ports ........................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.6 High Definition Audio ......................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.7 Data Acquisition ................................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.8 I/O Expansion .................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.9 Power Supply ..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.10 Battery Backup ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 BIOS ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.3.1 BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2.4 Board Layout .............................................................................................................................................. 15 2.5 Interface Connector Summary .................................................................................................................... 17 2.6 Configuration Jumper Summary ................................................................................................................. 17 3. Interface Connector Details .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Input Power (J29) ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.2 SATA (J2) ................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 LCD2 LVDS Interface (J5) .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Analog I/O (J8) ............................................................................................................................................ 19 3.5 Digital I/O (J10) ........................................................................................................................................... 19 3.6 Gigabit Ethernet (J11, J12) ......................................................................................................................... 20 3.7 Serial Ports (J14, J15) ................................................................................................................................ 20 3.8 USB Flashdisk (J16) ................................................................................................................................... 20 3.9 USB (J17, J18) ........................................................................................................................................... 21 3.10 Utility (J19) .................................................................................................................................................. 21 3.11 LCD Panel (LVDS Interface) (J20) ............................................................................................................. 22 3.12 LCD Backlight (J21) .................................................................................................................................... 22 3.13 Audio (J22) ................................................................................................................................................. 23 3.14 EMX I/O Expansion (J23) ........................................................................................................................... 23 3.15 External Battery (J24) ................................................................................................................................. 24 3.16 PCIe MiniCard / mSATA (J27) .................................................................................................................... 24 3.17 VGA (J28) ................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.18 Display Port (DP1) ...................................................................................................................................... 25 4. Configuration Jumper Details ...................................................................................................................... 26 4.1 Digital I/O Output Resistors and FPGA Base Address (JP1) ..................................................................... 26 4.2 RS-422/485 Termination Resistors (JP2) ................................................................................................... 26 4.3 LCD Supply Voltage (JP3) .......................................................................................................................... 27 4.4 LCD Backlight Power (JP4) ........................................................................................................................ 27 4.5 LCD Panel Scan Direction & Map Setting (JP5) ........................................................................................ 27 Vega SBC User Manual A.02 www.diamondsystems.com Page 2 5. BIOS ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 5.1 BIOS Main Setup Screen ........................................................................................................................... 28 5.2 Advanced Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 29 5.3 Chipset Settings.......................................................................................................................................... 32 5.4 Boot Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 35 5.5 Security