Sharp ER-A530, ER-A520 service manual Serial I/O, Power, Flash Memory Rewrite Procedure, Display

Models: ER-A520 ER-A530

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6-3. DISPLAY

The ER-A520/530 is provided with the LCD display of 5 x 7 dot, 2 line, 16 digit on the FRONT side, and the LED display of 7 digit on the POP UP side.

FRONT:

POP UP:

• DISPLAY DIGIT SIGNAL

The above ST0~ST6 are DIGIT signals.

ST0:1st digit~ST6:7th digit

• DISPLAY SEGMENT SIGNAL

The LED segment signal can be outputted by writing segment data to 4000h.

DATA~SEGMENT assignment

D0~D6 3 a~g

D7 3 DP

7. SERIAL I/O

The ER-A520/530 is provided with 2ch RS-232 ports as standard provi- sion.

Ch1 and Ch2 of RS-232 are assigned to the following CPU ports.

Ch1

Pin No.

CPU PORT

Signal to be used

 

 

 

42

/RTS1#

RS1#

 

 

 

41

P65

CI1#

 

 

 

40

RXD1

RD1

 

 

 

39

TxD1

SD1

 

 

 

51

P134

ER1#

 

 

 

50

P135

CD1#

 

 

 

49

P136

CS1#

 

 

 

48

P137

DR1#

 

 

 

Ch2

 

 

 

 

 

Pin No.

CPU PORT

Signal to be used

 

 

 

47

/RTS0#

RS2#

 

 

 

46

P61

CI2#

 

 

 

45

RXD0

RD2

 

 

 

44

TxD0

SD2

 

 

 

61

P130

ER2#

 

 

 

60

P131

CD2#

 

 

 

58

P132

CS2#

 

 

 

56

P133

DR2#

 

 

 

8. POWER

 

Service interruption should be performed

 

within 10ms after generation of /POFF.

TRANS.

LM2574 + TR

24V DRAWER

PRINTER

 

 

 

 

ON/OFF control

 

 

(MODE SW)

 

PQ1CG2032

VLED 5.7V

 

 

VCC 5.0V

 

 

VDD 5.0V

/POFF detection point

 

 

 

BATTERY

9. FLASH MEMORY REWRITE PROCEDURE

The FLASH ROM of Fujitsu MBM29F800TA-90 is employed.

No.

CPU PORT

Signal to

Function

be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67

P126

IPLON0

IPL from EP-ROM

 

 

 

 

66

P127

IPLON1

IPL from COM

 

 

 

 

10

P144

WP#

F ROM Write Protect signal

 

 

 

 

9

P145

RY/BY#

F ROM Ready/Busy signal

 

 

 

 

IPLONO# :"1"; IPL from EP-ROM. Executed from ER ROM.

IPLON1# :"1"; IPL from COM

WP#: Write protect signal of FLASH ROM. "0" write protect. Not used in the ER-A520/530.

RY/BY# : Ready/Busy signal from FLASH ROM

IPL from EP-ROM : After setting the IPL SW to ON side, turn on the

power to boost the EP-ROM.

IPL from COM : Data from PC are written into the FLASH ROM through the COM port. (Max. 38.4kbps)

10. DRAWER

The ER-520/530 is provided with 2ch of drawer ports.

The drive time of the drawer solenoid is as follows:

50ms (max) 45ms(min)

<CPU PORT>

No.

CPU PORT

Signal to

Function

be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

P93

DRAWER1

DRAWER1 OPEN SIGNAL

 

 

 

 

3

P94

DRAWER2

DRAWER2 OPEN SIGNAL

 

 

 

 

28

P81

DSEN

DRAWER OPEN SIGNAL

 

 

 

 

DRAWER1 : "1", DRAWER 1 OPEN

DRAWER2 : "1", DRAWER 2 OPEN

DSEN : "1", DRAWER OPEN

ER-A520U/ER-A530U HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

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Sharp ER-A530, ER-A520 service manual Serial I/O, Power, Flash Memory Rewrite Procedure, Display

ER-A520, ER-A530 specifications

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