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Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com CONTENTS MANUAL ORGANIZATION.....................................................................................................................6 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................8 PRODUCT DEFINITION .............................................................................................................8 STAND-ALONE ..............................................................................................................8 STD 32 SINGLE MASTER ARCHITECTURE..................................................................9 STD 32 MULTIPLE MASTER ARCHITECTURE .............................................................9 FEATURES.................................................................................................................................9 DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS.......................................................................................10 FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS ............................................................................................................11 STD BUS INTERFACE .................................................................................................12 PENTIUM AND AMD-K6 PROCESSORS .....................................................................12 INTEL 430TX PCISET INTERFACE CHIP ....................................................................12 3.3 VOLT AND SPLIT VOLTAGE TECHNOLOGY ........................................................12 MEMORY AND I/O ADDRESSING ...............................................................................13 PCI LOCAL BUS...........................................................................................................13 SERIAL I/O...................................................................................................................14 INTERRUPTS...............................................................................................................14 COUNTER/TIMERS......................................................................................................14 DMA .............................................................................................................................14 WATCHDOG TIMER ....................................................................................................15 REAL-TIME CLOCK .....................................................................................................15 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER.........................................................................................15 PS/2 MOUSE CONTROLLER.......................................................................................15 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) .................................................................................15 IEEE STD 1284 PARALLEL PORT/PRINTER INTERFACE ..........................................16 SPEAKER INTERFACE................................................................................................16 OPTIONAL IDE INTERFACE........................................................................................16 2. GETTING STARTED .........................................................................................................................17 UNPACKING.............................................................................................................................17 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................17 MEMORY CONFIGURATION....................................................................................................17 I/O CONFIGURATION...............................................................................................................18 INTERRUPTS ...........................................................................................................................22 CONNECTORS.........................................................................................................................24 DIP SWITCH AND CUTTABLE TRACE DESCRIPTIONS..........................................................24 REMOVING THE ZPM MEZZANINE CARD ..............................................................................24 SETUP......................................................................................................................................24 BIOS SETUP SCREENS ..............................................................................................25 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW.....................................................................25 OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION .......................................................................27 WARNINGS..................................................................................................................27 3. STD 32 BUS INTERFACE .................................................................................................................28 STD 32 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................28 STD-80 PERIPHERAL SUPPORT.............................................................................................28 ADDRESS MULTIPLEXING..........................................................................................28 INTERRUPTS...............................................................................................................29 I/O EXPANSION...........................................................................................................29 DMA SLAVE SUPPORT ...............................................................................................29 STD 32 BUS COMPATIBILITY..................................................................................................29 STANDARD ARCHITECTURE......................................................................................30 EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE......................................................................................30 2 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com Contents MULTIPROCESSING ...................................................................................................30 STD 32 COMPLIANCE LEVELS...................................................................................30 STD BUS INTERRUPTS ...........................................................................................................31 MASKABLE INTERRUPTS...........................................................................................31 NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPTS ..................................................................................34 RESET......................................................................................................................................34 MULTIPLE MASTER AND INTELLIGENT I/O............................................................................34 MULTIPLE MASTER ....................................................................................................35 INTELLIGENT I/O.........................................................................................................35 MULTIPLE MASTER VS. INTELLIGENT I/O.................................................................36 MULTIPLE MASTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................37 MULTIPLE MASTER RESET........................................................................................37 4. INTERRUPT CONTROLLER .............................................................................................................39 INTERRUPT SOURCES ...........................................................................................................41 PROGRAMMABLE REGISTERS...............................................................................................42 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................42 5. COUNTER/TIMERS...........................................................................................................................43 PROGRAMMABLE REGISTERS...............................................................................................44 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................45 6. DMA CONTROLLER.........................................................................................................................46