Diamond Systems Hercules II Leitfaden

Diamond Systems

Hercules II Single Board Computer

FastStart Guide

DSC Document #7460001 Rev A

Diamond Systems Corp.

(650) 810-2500

www.diamondsystems.com

This document describes a series of quick steps to bring up and verify correct operation of your new Hercules II

EBX Single Board Computer. All the elements you will need to complete this assembly are provided in the

Hercules II Development Kit (Diamond Systems #DK-HRC-02). Once you have your Hercules II board up and

running, you can make further adjustments using additional elements that you supply.

The set of steps involve unpacking and identifying each part in the Hercules II Development Kit, attaching a

minimum subset of cables required to verify operation, and powering the board.

Quick List of Assembly Steps

1. Install the IDE FlashDisk Drive with bootable Linux binary on primary IDE connector J16

2. Install the Utility Board (#8611002) on connector J7

3. Install the VGA cable (#6981024) and monitor on connector J25

4. Install either the PS/2 keyboard / mouse cable (#6981022) on connector J6 or one USB

cable (#6081012) on connector J21 or J22 and the keyboard / mouse

5. Connect the AC Adapter to the power connector J29

6. Turn on the monitor and plug in the AC Adapter. The Hercules II board will boot to a

Linux prompt.

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The Hercules II EBX Development Kit

The Hercules II Development Kit contains all the pieces necessary to bring up and verify correct operation of your

Hercules II EBX Single Board Computer. The following table lists the elements of the Hercules II Development Kit.

Each of the elements is shown in the picture in Figure 1. It is suggested that you unpack and identify each item at

this time. If any item is missing, please contact Diamond Systems Technical Support.

Photo No. DSC Number Description

1 HRC800-5A512 Hercules II SBC, 800MHz, 512MB RAM, w/ data acquisition

2 C-HRCEBX-KIT Hercules II Cable Kit

3 DK-LINUX-HRC512 512MB FlashDisk with bootable Linux, CD

4 PS-12V-01 AC Adapter, 100-240VAC in, 12VDC / 4A out

5 6710010 Diamond Systems CD with driver software and manuals

6 MTG104 PC/104 Mounting Hardware

7 ACC-IDEEXT FlashDisk Programmer Board with 40-pin and 44-pin IDE Cables (not

shown)

8 Hercules II FastStart Guide (this manual)

Figure 1. Hercules II Development Kit

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Hercules II Cable Kit

Photo No. DSC No. Description

1 C-PRZ-02 Alternate 6-wire Ethernet cable with panel-mount RJ-45 connector

2 6981022 PS/2 Connector for Mouse and Keyboard

3 6981025 Audio I/O Cable (for line-level and microphone audio)

4 6981017 TV out cable (S-Video mini-DIN and Composite RCA jack output)

NTSC-only

5 6981018 Amplified audio output (Speaker out), with volume control signals

with stripped/tinned leads

6 6981024 VGA Ribbon cable to VGA Female DB15 for monitor out

7 C-20-18 18-inch ribbon cable for “Utility” connections (includes power and

reset contacts)

8 C-40-18 40-wire data acquisition ribbon cable (Analog I/O)

9 C-50-18 50-wire data acquisition ribbon cable (Digital I/O)

10 C-DB9M-4 40-pin ribbon cable to 4-serial port male DE-9 connectors

11 6981026 UDMA/ATA-100 cable for 1 or 2 IDE drives

12 6981004 44-wire IDE cable for 1 or 2 laptop-style drives

13 6981015 Standard (low-voltage) input power cable with stripped/tinned leads

for connection to external power source

14 6981016 Alternate High-Voltage DC power input cable

15 6981001 External (3V) Battery power cable

16 6981006 4-wire output power cable for external drives

17 6981012 Dual USB cable

18 8611002 Utility Board (used instead of C-20-18 for development)

Figure 2. Hercules II Cable Kit

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Other Development Kit Contents

512MB FlashDisk with bootable Linux

The Hercules II Development Kit contains a 512MB IDE FlashDisk with a bootable Linux binary. Diamond

Systems’ Flash Linux provides a quick-boot compact Linux environment based on the Slackware 2.4 kernel. It is

preconfigured for Hercules II and includes our Universal Driver for the Hercules II data acquisition features. Flash

Linux utilizes the Minix file system for enhanced file protection during power loss or improper shutdown, and the

Lilo bootloader for a quick 15 second boot time.

The Hercules II Development Kit also includes a CD which provides a binary image of the FlashDisk files that you

may copy freely for use on Hercules II CPUs.

Diamond Systems Linux is also available on a 20GB hard drive (DSC# DK-LINUX-HD20) which includes all the

features of the CD plus a current desktop Linux distribution, including a full set of software development tools ready

to run. This can be used to create an instant development system running on the target CPU, so you can develop

application code and run it immediately on the same system. Please contact your Diamond Systems

representative for more information and a price quotation.

ACC-IDEEXT FlashDisk Programmer Board

In the event that you wish to connect both a FlashDisk and an IDE hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive to your

Hercules II board, the Hercules II Development Kit comes with a FlashDisk Programmer board. When connected

directly to the Hercules II board, the FlashDisk occupies the primary IDE interface connector which does not allow

for a second drive to be attached to the primary IDE connector. The FlashDisk Programmer Board enables both

the connection of the FlashDisk drive and a second, slave IDE device, using either a 40-pin or 44-pin IDE

connector.

PS-12V-01 AC Power Adapter

To enable your immediate use of the Hercules II board, the Hercules II Development Kit contains an AC Adapter

with a connector that plugs directly into the power input connector of the Hercules II board. Operating with 110VAC

to 240VAC input current, the AC Adapter provides sufficient current at 12VDC to power the Hercules II board.

Diamond Systems Software and Documentation CD

The Hercules II Development Kit contains the Diamond Systems Software and Documentation CD which provides

Hercules II manuals (including this manual) and software. Software includes drivers for components specific to the

Hercules II board for Windows XP and Linux along with a demonstration binary of Windows CE and Wind River’s

VxWorks Operating System. The CD also contains full documentation and software for Diamond Systems

Universal Driver Software that supports the analog and digital I/O capabilities of Hercules II. This Universal Driver

Software will operate under DOS, Windows XP/2000, Linux, Windows CE, VxWorks and QNX.

Assembling your Hercules II System

Install the FlashDisk

The flashdisk module installs directly on the IDE connector J16 and is held down with a spacer and two screws

onto a mounting hole on the board. Mounting hardware is provided in the Hercules II Development Kit in the packet

marked with DSC #6801008.

1. The FlashDisk module contains a jumper to determine master or slave mode. The FlashDisk must be in

master mode for the BIOS to automatically detect the FlashDisk at boot time. Insure that the jumper is over

pins 3-4 to set master mode (See Figure 3).

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Jumper Pins 3-4

for Master mode

(as shown)

Figure 3. Layout of FlashDisk Module showing Master/Slave jumper

2. Connect round spacer DSC# 6841002 to the FlashDisk module using one 2-56x pan head screw and one

#2 flat washer. The spacer should be on the side of the FlashDisk module with the female IDE connector.

The washer should be on the top of the spacer. See Figure 4.

3. Attach the female IDE connector on the FlashDisk to the IDE connector J16 on the Hercules II board.

4. Fasten the FlashDisk in place by inserting one 2-56x pan head screw from the solder side of the Hercules II

board into the round spacer.

Figure 5 shows the appearance of the Hercules II board with the FlashDisk attached.

Washer goes

between FlashDisk

board and spacer

Figure 4. FlashDisk Installation Figure 5. FlashDisk Installed on Hercules II

Install the Utility Board for Reset and Power Buttons, LEDs and PC Speaker

The Hercules II Development Kit provides a Utility Board accessing the reset and power button signals as well as

activity LEDs and the PC Speaker supported on the Hercules II connector J7. The Utility Board is shown in Figure

6. Install the Utility Board directly onto connector J7. Be sure to match pin 1 on the Utility Board female connector

with pin one on connector J7 on the Hercules II board. The Utility Board should hang outside the footprint of the

Hercules II board. NOTE: This is not a rugged interface and is recommended for development purposes only!

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Figure 6 : Utility Board (for J7)

Install the Video Display

Hercules II SBC supports both a VGA Monitor and an LVDS flat panel interface. Because of the complexities

required in interfacing the flat panel, this FastStart Guide will assume usage of a VGA-compatible Monitor.

1. Connect the video cable (DSC #6981024) provided in the Hercules II Cable Kit to the VGA connector J25

on the Hercules II board.

2. Connect a VGA-compatible CRT display to the female DB15 connector at the other end of the video cable.

Install the Keyboard and Mouse

The Hercules II SBC supports either a legacy PS/2 keyboard and mouse interface or a USB keyboard and mouse

interface. For the PS/2 interface, connect the PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse cable (DSC #6981022) provided in the

Hercules II Cable Kit to the Keyboard / Mouse connector J6 on the Hercules II board. Connect a PS/2 keyboard to

the mini-DIN connector with KB labeled on the connector. Connect a PS/2 mouse to the mini-DIN connector with

MS labeled on the connector.

For the USB interface, connect one of the two USB cables (DSC#6981012) provided in the Hercules II Cable Kit to

one of the two USB connectors (either J21 or J22) on the Hercules II board. Connect a USB keyboard to one of the

Type A USB connectors at the other end of the USB cable. Connect a USB mouse to one of the Type A USB

connectors at the other end of the USB cable.

Note that a mouse is NOT required to prove correct operation of the Hercules II board.

Connect Power

Connect the PS-12V-01 AC Adapter provided in the Hercules II Development Kit to connector J29 on the Hercules

II Board

When the FlashDisk, all cables and the AC Adapter are connected as required, your set up should appear as

shown in Figure 7.

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FlashDisk

USB

VGA CRT

Keyboard /

Mouse

Power

Figure 7. Hercules II with all cables installed

Apply Power to Boot the Board

Plug in the video monitor and turn it on.

Attach the power cord provided to the PS-12V-01 AC Adapter and plug the power cord into the wall. The Hercules

II Board will power up immediately. After the BIOS information display, you should see the Diamond Systems Linux

information display and receive a prompt.

Demonstrate Data Acquisition Operation

The Diamond Systems Linux installed on the FlashDisk contains a software demonstration program for Hercules II

Data Acquisition features. You may run this program by typing

>Demo

Follow the instructions on the screen to execute parts of the demo.

Adding an IDE Hard Disk Drive or CD-ROM to your system

There are two methods to attach an additional IDE device such as a hard disk drive or CD-ROM to your system

while continuing to use the provided FlashDisk as a primary boot device.

1. Attach the IDE device to the secondary IDE controller J17. This is a 40-pin interface and does not provide

power to the IDE device. You can power the device by using the Auxiliary Power Cable (DSC #6981006)

provided in the Hercules II Cable Kit connected to the External Power Connector (J15) on the Hercules II

Board. You may configure the device as either master or slave. You may need to make changes to the

BIOS setup to access this device.

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2. Attach the IDE device to the primary IDE controller using the FlashDisk Programmer Board to provide a

simultaneous connection of both the FlashDisk module and the IDE device. Instructions are provided

below to install and use of the FlashDisk Programmer Board.

Install the FlashDisk Programmer Board (FDPB)

The Flash Disk Programmer Board (DSC# ACC-IDEEXT) provided with the Hercules II Development Kit enables

the simultaneous connection of both a FlashDisk module and a standard IDE hard drive or CD-ROM drive to the

primary IDE connector on the Hercules II board.

1. Install the FlashDisk to connector J2 on the FlashDisk Programmer Board using the instructions provided

above.

2. Connect the J1 connector on the FDPB to the primary IDE connector (J16) on the Hercules II SBC with a

44-pin ribbon cable (DSC#6981004) provided in the Hercules II Cable Kit.

3. Connect your IDE device to either the 40-pin .1” spacing J4 connector on the FDPB or the 44-pin 2mm

spacing J3 connector on the FDPB. A FlashDisk and any second IDE device (i.e. HDD or CD-ROM) may

be connected simultaneously using this board with proper master / slave jumper configurations on both the

FlashDisk and the IDE device. To boot from the FlashDisk, insure that your IDE device is configured as a

slave.

Note: The 44-pin connectors (J1, J2, and J3) and mating cables carry power, but the 40-pin connector (J4) and

mating cable do not. J5 and J6 on the FDPB or J15 on the Hercules II may be used to provide power to an IDE

device when the device is attached to the 40-pin J4 connector on the FDPB using the Auxiliary Power Cable

(DSC#6981006) provided with the Hercules II Cable Kit.

Figure 8 : ACC-IDEEXT FlashDisk Programmer Board

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