Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
Advantech's PCA-6186 full-size CPU card is designed with Intel 845G chipset and supports socket 478 Pentium 4/Celeron processor (FSB 400/ 533MHz) up to 2.4GHz and above. In addition to high-speed processor, PCA-6186 supports up to 2GB DDR memory with 2 DIMM socket on board. It provides maximum computing power and productivity which is ideal for high-performance demanding application. Intel's 845G inte- grated VGA provides superior 3D performance with AGP 4X. Dual Intel 82551/82562 10/100Base-T Ethernet controller or dual Intel 82540 10/ 100/1000Base-T Ethernet controller are available in PCA-6186 series. The high reliability and excellent performance provided by Intel Ethernet controller are crucial for various network applications. PCA-6186 also offers an exclusive feature of USB 2.0 and which provides high speed data transfer rate up to 480 Mb/sec. In addition to onboard two USB con- nectors, flexible I/O expension board allows customer to optimize their need for additional four USB port.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which protects data even after a battery failure. Also included is a 255-level watchdog timer, which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a program cannot be executed normally. This enables reliable operation in unattended envi- ronments.
The remote management interface enables the PCA-6186 to be managed through Ethernet when it is connected to the SNMP-1000 Remote HTTP/ SNMP System Manager..
Note: | Some of the features mentioned above are not |
| available with all models. For more information |
| about the specifications of a particular model, |
| see Section 1.3: Specifications. |
