1.1Introduction
The PCA-6175 industrial grade CPU card uses Intel's highly acclaimed Pentium® II processor and Intel 440LX PCI chipset. The card works with standard ISA or PCI/ISA-bus passive backplanes.
The CPU provides 512 KB on-chip L2 cache, eliminating the need for external SRAM chips. It has two PCI EIDE interfaces (for up to four devices), and an FDD interface (for up to two devices). Other features include two RS-232 serial ports (16C550 UARTs with 16-byte FIFO or compatible), one enhanced parallel port (supports EPP/ECP), and support for two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports. The PCI BUS Master IDE controller supports Ultra DMA/33 operation. This provides data transfer rates of over 33 MB/sec, and allows drive capacities up to 8.4 GB. System BIOS supports boot-up from an IDE CD-ROM.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which protects data even after a battery failure. Also included is a 63-level watchdog timer, which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a program cannot be executed normally. This enables reliable operation in unattended environments.
