VIPER Technical Manual

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Using the PC/104 expansion bus

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PC/104 modules can be used with the VIPER to add extra functionality to the system.

This interface supports 8/16 bit ISA bus style peripherals.

Eurotech Ltd has a wide range of PC/104 modules, which are compatible with the VIPER. These include modules for digital I/O, analogue I/O, motion control, CAN bus, serial interfaces, etc. Please contact the Eurotech Ltd sales team if a particular interface you require does not appear to be available as these modules are in

continuous development. Contact details are provided in Appendix41H265HA – Contacting Eurotech, page 101266H.

In order to use a PC/104 board with the VIPER it should be plugged into PL11 for 8-bit

cards and PL11/PL12 for 8/16-bit cards. See the sections PC/104267Hinterface (page 672 8H)

and PL1142H& PL12 – PC/104 connectors (page 9426 H) for further details.

The ISA interface on the VIPER does not support DMA or shared interrupts. See the

section Interrupt43Hassignments, page 30270H, for details about PC/104 interrupt use.

The VIPER provides +5V to a PC/104 add-on board via the PL11 and PL12 connectors. If a PC/104 add-on board requires a +12V supply, then +12V must be supplied to the VIPER power connector PL16 pin 4. If –12V or –5V are required, these must be supplied directly to the PC/104 add-on board.

The VIPER is available with non-stack through connectors by special order. Contact

Eurotech Ltd (see Appendix44H45H271HA – Contacting Eurotech, page 101272H, for more details.

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