Diamond Systems Low-Power PC/104 CPU Board With ZFx86 Processor Vga Accessory Board, PL5 pin no

15.VGA ACCESSORY BOARD

The Prometheus-LC development kit ships with a PC/104 VGA module from Arcom Control Systems, model no. AIM-104-VGA-CRT-OEM. The Diamond Systems part no. for this board is ACC-VGA-02.

The VGA board has several configuration jumpers, LK1 – LK3. Their functions are described in the board’s documentation. For proper operation with Prometheus, jumper LK1 must be out.

The VGA output connector on the Arcom board is a 16-pin connector labeled PL5, located on the left edge of the board. When used with the Diamond Systems panel board model PNL-Z32-E / EA, this connector connects to the 10-pin VGA input header J25 on the panel board using Diamond Systems cable no. 698013. The pinout of this cable is shown below. Each row represents one wire on the cable.

PL5 pin no.	PL5 Signal	J25 pin no.	J25 Signal
1	Red	1	Red
2	Red Return	2	Ground
3	Green	3	Green
4	Not connected	4	Ground
5	Blue	5	Blue
6	Green Return	6	Ground
7	Not connected	-	Not connected
8	Not connected	8	PCB shield
9	Blue Return	-	Not connected
10	Ground	-	Not connected
11	Ground	-	Not connected
12	H Sync	7	H Sync
13	Not connected	-	Not connected
14	V Sync	9	V Sync
15, 16	Not connected	-	Not connected

To connect PL5 directly to a VGA monitor with a high-density DB15 connector, use the multicolor ribbon cable supplied with the video board. This cable has the following pinout:

PL5 pin no.	DB15F pin no.	Signal
1	1	Red
2	6	Red Return
3	2	Green
4	4	No Function
5	3	Blue
6	7	Green Return
7	9	No Function
8	11	No Function
9	8	Blue Return
10	5	Ground
11	10	Ground
12	13	H Sync
13	12	No Function
14	14	V Sync
15	15	No Function
16	-	No Wire
		Prometheus-LC CPU User Manual V1.0	Page 35