DS-MPE-SER4M User Manual - Diamond Systems Corporation
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1. DS MPE SER4M PCle MiniCard 4 Port High Speed Serial Module Rev A 1 May 2013 i lp LH IASI HUTIIDTIT UI ras Ercchk A 7 i a Di A se um d SC 2 EK K D srrstssrtrst 4 DH De Ex wn Lk u RW D S el 4 g Le E Revision Date Commen SSSSSOS S 2 21 2013 Initial release 5 15 13 Additional information added Copyright 2013 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT Diamond Systems Corporation PLEASE CONTACT 555 Ellis Street Mountain View CA 94043 USA support diamondsystems com Tel 1 650 810 2500 Fax 1 650 810 2525 www diamondsystems com Q oiamonn SYSTEMS CONTENTS 1 Important Safe Handling Information ccccceeeeeeeeeeeenseeeeeeeeeeeessseeeeeeeeeoenssseeeeeseeooosssseeeeeseeooensnseeeenssaoes 3 2 INTOG CON iin eee ecaeeeneeee a ed eae een een fe ec eos Seer cide ene dceeeeseeeneeeec sarees 4 21 RT e RE 4 2 EE Eeer 4 23 Op raing System SUDDOM ciscsacscsscscnadscsncdecnnedsaiestandsecnteeexatandacdecsuedeiineiaidecesD daxaddetaddacutedsanedtanddeoathdaxardngedsaaeke 4 2 4 Mechanical Electrical Enmironmental nanana eanan arne nn nenne 4 2 PakO LCIS E 4 2 FUN CUO al OV TE 5 AY Funcional Block DIAGIAM MT 5 4 2 Mechanical Board Drawimg 6 De MEPS Ee E 6 6 Connector Pinout and Pin DeSCriptiOn cccccssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeesenseeeeeeeeeoeesseeeeeeeeooeessseeeeeeseooessseeeeesseooannnes 7 6 1 PCle MiniCard Edge Connector 1 7 02 SSW PONS E ee see arte p2. INSTALLATION The DS MPE SER4M plugs in to any socket meeting the PCle MiniCard specifications It has two connectors one for each pair of serial ports a protocol configuration jumper block and a pair of mounting holes To install the DS MPE SER4M fully insert the board into a PCle MiniCard connector and secure in place by inserting one screw from the hardware kit into each of the mounting holes see the diagram below Mounting holes e Pai TT SE Peo mmm A J2 Serial Ports 1 amp 2 connector JP1 serial configuration jumper block J3 Serial Ports 3 amp 4 connector J1 PCle MiniCard edge finger connector DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 6 iamonp SYSTEMS 6 CONNECTOR PINOUT AND PIN DESCRIPTION 6 1 PCle MiniCard Edge Connector J1 The DS MPE SER4M module is compatible with the standard Mini PCle socket pinout as shown below REFCLK REFCLK UIM_PWR UIM_DATA UIM_CLK UIM_RESET GND2 UIM_VPP KEY 17 18 GND10 RSVD UIM_C4 19 20 W_DISABLE GND3 21 22 PERST PERNO 23 24 3 3VAUX_4 PERPO 25 26 GND11 GND4 1 5V_2 GND5 29 30 SMB_CLK PETNO 31 32 SMB_DATA PETPO 33 34 GND12 GND6 35 36 USB_D GND7 37 38 USB_D 3 3VAUX_1 39 40 GND13 3 3VAUX_2 41 42 LED_WWAN GND8 43 44 LED_WLAN RSVD1 45 46 LED_WPAN RSVD2 47 48 1 5V_3 RSVD3 49 50 GND14 RSVD4 3 3VAUX_5 RSVD UIM_C8 6 2
3. Number Description 9150500 DS MPE SER4M hardware assembly k CK SE Riv SER4M Gu OR Wirt A DIAMOND SYSTEMS 6800500 Hardware Kit with jumpers and screws CK SER4M Cable Kit with two dual serial cables DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 4 iamono SYSTEMS 4 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 4 1 Functional Block Diagram The DS MPE SER4M block diagram is shown below AAMER EGETI Eaa UU AET E 2X RS232 422 485 XR17V354 PCle Quad UART Multiprotocol Transceiver Connector PCleX1 Oo UI tS D O ze D S a O an Multiprotocol 2X RS232 422 485 Transceiver Connector2 4 GPIO lines and Jumpers for protocol selection Jumpers for 1200hm Version 3 DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 5 iamonp SYSTEMS 4 2 Mechanical Board Drawing The DS MPE SER4M conforms to the PCle MiniCard electromechanical specification revision 1 2 full size format Overall dimensions are 50 95mm L x 30 00mm W The two mounting holes are isolated from the CPU ground and not connected to any ground lines 30 00 0 00 0 30 0 10 QA BIC Pin numbering reference Odd pins Top Side 2x 92 60 0 10 Even pins Bottom Side 0 10 Ja B c Top Side 50 95 Bottom Side 50 95 0 00 0 30 REF 48 05 lt lt Both Sides 13 60 Both Sides 2x 3 20 MIN 1 See Detail A 25 70 0 10 WM A B C 5
4. Serial Ports J2 J3 The four serial ports are provided on two miniature 10 pin headers with 2 ports per header The pin definition depends on the serial protocol selected The pinouts below describe each protocol for the first connector J2 with ports 1 and 2 The second connector J3 offers the identical pinout for ports 3 and 4 Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 TX1 TX1 TX RX 1 2 Bu RX1 NC 3 RTS TX1 TX RX 1 4 CTS1 RX1 NC 5 Ground Ground Ground 6 TX2 TX2 TX RX 2 RX2 RX2 NC 8 RTS2 TX2 TX RX 2 9 CTS2 RX2 NC 10 Ground Ground Ground Connector Part Number Description BM10B GHS TBT Conn HDR 10pos 2mm Straight SMD DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 7 iamonp SYSTEMS 7 JUMPER CONFIGURATION The DS MPE SER4M board has the following jumper selectable serial protocol configurations on jumper block JP1 The default configuration is for RS 232 protocol on all four ports and has no jumpers installed Ports must be configured in pairs as follows The serial protocols can also be configured via software see section 8 Jumper Block Description JP1 RS 232 422 485 termination and mode selections JP1 RS 232 422 485 termination and mode selections default configuration COMS3 4 RS 422 Full Ge 8 PROTOCOL SELECTION This section explains how the protocol can be configured on the four serial ports using the EXAR_GUI_ Utility for Windows XP as shown at the right This
5. e Usually the failure can be identified and the chip can be replaced To prevent ESD damage always follow proper ESD prevention practices when handling computer boards Damage during handling or storage On some boards we have noticed physical damage from mishandling A common observation is that a screwdriver slipped while installing the board causing a gouge in the PCB surface and cutting signal traces or damaging components Another common observation is damaged board corners indicating the board was dropped This may or may not cause damage to the circuitry depending on what is near the corner Most of our boards are designed with at least 25 mils clearance between the board edge and any component pad and ground power planes are at least 20 mils from the edge to avoid possible shorting from this type of damage However these design rules are not sufficient to prevent damage in all situations A third cause of failure is when a metal screwdriver tip slips or a screw drops onto the board while it is powered on causing a short between a power pin and a signal pin on a component This can cause overvoltage power supply problems described below To avoid this type of failure only perform assembly operations when the system is powered off Sometimes boards are stored in racks with slots that grip the edge of the board This is a common practice for board manufacturers However our boards are generally very dense and if the board has compo
6. etra era E Eea A ENE EEO E O EEE E 7 7 Jumper rtola titel Ul 11 Cc a soeia E entry oerye tnrmmnnn ie ner tren tna ttr ieerenremrnrmter 8 Bi Geh ele KEE UO BE 8 D SCSI CANONS rics Fo occa E oe eec eenedeuesceddeweecesseuseuess seu ssqecseccensacucecuateansasecansecesdsassnecesuieenteseascattamencucee 10 DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 2 Q oiamonn SYSTEMS 1 IMPORTANT SAFE HANDLING INFORMATION WARNING ESD Sensitive Electronic Equipment Observe ESD safe handling procedures when working with this product Always use this product in a properly grounded work area and wear appropriate ESD preventive clothing and or accessories Always store this product in ESD protective packaging when not in use Safe Handling Precautions This board contains a high density connector with many connections to sensitive electronic components This creates many opportunities for accidental damage during handling installation and connection to other equipment The list here describes common causes of failure found on boards returned to Diamond Systems for repair This information is provided as a source of advice to help you prevent damaging your Diamond or any vendor s embedded computer boards ESD damage This type of damage is usually almost impossible to detect because there is no visual sign of failure or damage The symptom is that the board eventually simply stops working because some component becomes defectiv
7. extend past that chip to others in the circuit DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 3 Q oiamonn SYSTEMS 2 INTRODUCTION 2 1 Description DS MPE SER4M offers 4 RS 232 422 485 serial ports in a PCle MiniCard form factor with extended 40 C to 85 C temperature operation Data rates on every port are up to 1Mbps in RS 232 mode and 10Mbps in RS 422 and RS 485 modes The board s protocols are selected with GPIO lines built into the UART and controlled via software I O signals are provided on two miniature connectors with 2 ports per connector 2 2 Features XR17V354 PCle interface quad UART with 256 byte FIFOs and 16 GPIO lines SP336 multi mode transceivers support RS 232 RS 422 and RS 485 4 RS 232 422 485 serial ports with protocol selected by software via the GPIO lines or jumpers RS 422 485 termination jumper selectable 15KV ESD protection on all serial ports gt gt 6M 2 3 Operating System Support Linux 2 6 16 2 6 27 2 6 31 and 2 6 32 Windows XP 2 4 Mechanical Electrical Environmental PCle MiniCard full size format Dimensions 50 95mm x 30mm 2 x 1 18 40 C to 85 C ambient operating temperature Power input requirements 3 3VDC 5 gt gt 3 PACKING LIST The DS MPE SER4M product comes with the PCle MiniCard hardware assembly a cable kit with two dual serial cables and a hardware kit containing jumpers and mounting screws Quantity Part
8. ister at offset 0x093 should be written with a value of OxFO The GPIO pins are defined as follows MPIO1 UART01_SELO MPIO2 UART0O1_SEL1 MPIO3 UART23 SELO MPIO4 UART23 GEI 2 Configure the protocol To configure the protocol the UART register at offset 0x090 should be written with values ranging from 0x00 to OxOF for various protocols The table below shows the values to write to the register for various protocol selections 0x90 Value Protocol Protocol 0x00 3 Select Run to transmit the data and set the ports DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 9 9 SPECIFICATIONS Number of serial ports Protocols Maximum baud rate UARTs FIFO LEDs ESD protection Input power Power consumption software drivers Operating temperature MTBF Dimensions Weight ROHS Compliant DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 piamonp SYSTEMS 4 RS 232 422 485 on each port jumper or software configured RS 232 1Mbps RS 422 485 10Mbps 16550 compatible 256 byte T X RX LED 1 Power to Exar UART chip LED 2 3 3V power 15KV 3 3VDC 5 0 462W 3 3V Windows XP Linux 2 6 16 2 6 27 2 6 31 and 2 6 32 40 C to 85 C xxx hours 50 95mm x 30mm 2 x 1 18 8 5g 0 302 Yes www diamondsystems com Page 10
9. nents very close to the board edge they can be damaged or even knocked off the board when the board tilts back in the rack Diamond recommends that all our boards be stored only in individual ESD safe packaging If multiple boards are stored together they should be contained in bins with dividers between boards Do not pile boards on top of each other or cram too many boards into a small location This can cause damage to connecior pins or fragile components Power supply wired backwards Our power supplies and boards are not designed to withstand a reverse power supply connection This will destroy each IC that is connected to the power supply i e almost all ICs In this case the board will most likely will be unrepairable and must be replaced A chip destroyed by reverse power or by excessive power will often have a visible hole on the top or show some deformation on the top surface due to vaporization inside the package Check twice before applying power Overvoltage on digital I O line If a digital I O signal is connected to a voltage above the maximum specified voltage the digital circuitry can be damaged On most of our boards the acceptable range of voltages connected to digital I O signals is 0 5V and they can withstand about 0 5V beyond that 0 5 to 5 5V before being damaged However logic signals at 12V and even 24V are common and if one of these is connected to a 5V logic chip the chip will be damaged and the damage could even
10. utility is used to control the registers and in turn configure the protocol on the ports The utility is available for download on the DS MPE SER4M webpage at the Diamond Systems website The serial protocol can also be configured with jumpers see section 7 The ports can be configured with software for various protocols using the GPIO lines from the UART The GPIO lines 0 3 are used to control the protocol on the transceiver chip All 4 ports cannot be individually configured to be a different protocol instead ports1 amp 2 and ports 3 amp 4 are configured to the same protocol in pairs When the software method is used to control the protocol all the protocol selection jumpers must be removed as they override the software selection Power up state All the ports are set to RS 232 mode on power up The protocol selection made using software commands is volatile and will be lost on every power up or power on reset condition Software Configuration Method Since the protocol selection is made using GPIO lines the process to configure the protocol is to simply write to the UART registers updating the GPIO lines The EXAR_GUI_ Utility Version 1 0 0 7 running on Windows XP can be used to control the registers and configure the protocol on the ports DS MPE SER4M User Manual Rev A 1 www diamondsystems com Page 8 d oauonp SYSTEMS Steps to Configure the Protocol 1 Set the GPIO lines 0 3 to output mode a Todo this the UART reg
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