VSX-6150E-V2 / VSX-6150E-V2-PLUS

DM&P Vortex86SX 300MHz

PC/104 CPU Module
with 4S/2USB/LAN/GPIO

256MB DDR2 Onboard

User’s Manual
(Revision 1.1A)
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inaccuracies that may be contained in this document. And makes no commitment to update or to
keep current the information contained in this manual.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted, in whole or in part,
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Copyright 2007 ICOP Technology Inc.

Manual No. IUM6150E-V2000-01 Ver.1.0A October, 2009
Manual No. IUM6150E-V2000-01 Ver.1.1A June, 2010

Trademarks Acknowledgment
Vortex86SX is the registered trademark of ICOP Technology Inc.
Other brand names or product names appearing in this document are the properties
and registered trademarks of their respective owners. All names mentioned herewith
are served for identification purpose only.
 Table of Contents

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s ............................................................. iii
C h a p t e r 1 Introduction……………………………………………1
1.1 Packing List ............................................................ 1
1.2 Product Description ................................................ 2
1.3 Specifications ......................................................... 3
1.4 Board Dimension .................................................... 4

Chapter 2 Installation……………………………………………..5
2.1 Board Outline ......................................................... 5
2.2 Connectors & Jumpers Location .................... ........6
2.3 Connectors & Jumpers Summary........................... 8
2.4 Pin Assignments & Jumper Settings....................... 9
2.5 System Mapping................................................... 18
2.6 Watchdog Timer ................................................... 21
2.7 GPIO .................................................................... 22
2.8 SPI flash ............................................................... 23

Chapter 3 Driver Installation……………………………………24

Appendix ………………………………………………………………..25
A. TCP/IP library for DOS real mode ............................. 25
B. BIOS Default Setting ................................................. 26

Warranty ............................................................................................ 27
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 Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Packing List

Product Name Package

Embedded Vortex86SX CPU All-in-One Board

Manual & Drivers CD x 1
VSX-6150E-V2 RS232 cable x 4
PRINT cable x1
&
IDE cable x 1
USB cable x 1 (USB port x 2 )
VSX-6150E-V2-Plus
LAN cable x 1
GPIO cable x 1
PS/2 Mouse cable x 1
PS/2 Keyboard cable x 1
Screw Kit x 1

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1.2 Product Description

The VSX-6150E-V2 family of low-power x86 embedded controller is designed to meet PC/104
specification, and integrated with the following features.

 300 MHz Vortex86SX System-On-Chip  Onboard 2MB SPI Flash

 256MB DDR2 system memory  PC/104-Plus expansion bus
 Enhanced IDE  Meet PC/104 stacking spec.
 10/100Mbps Ethernet  2 watchdog timer
 2 USB 2.0 (host)  JTAG interface
 Up to 4 serial ports  AMI BIOS
 Parallel port  Single voltage +5V DC
 16-bit GPIOs  Support extended operating
temperature range of -20°C to +70°C

The VSX-6150E-V2 PC/104 family of embedded controller is designed with backward

compatibility in mind, to provide migration path for projects facing end-of-life challenges with their
existing x86 based PC/104 controller. The VSX-6150E-V2 family of controller is designed as a
plug in replacement, with backward compatibility to support legacy software to help extend
existing product life cycle without heavy re-engineering.

VSX-6150E-V2 is suitable for broad range of data-acquisition, Industrial automation, Process

control, Automotive controller, AVL, Intelligent Vehicle management devic,Medical device,
Human machine interface, Robotics, machinery control And more…application that required
small footprint, low-power and low-cost hardware with open industry standard such as PC/104.

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1.3 Specifications

Features VSX-6150E-V2
CPU DM&P SoC CPU Vortex86SX- 300MHz
Real Time Clock with Lithium Battery Backup
Cache L1:16K I-Cache, 16K D-Cache
BIOS AMI BIOS
Bus Interface PC/104 Standard Compliant (Optional: PCI-104)
System Memory 256MB DDR2 Onboard

Watchdog Timer Software programmable from 30.5 us to 512 seconds x2

sets(Watchdog 1 fully compatible with M6117D)
LAN Integrated 10/100M Ethernet
Enhanced IDE port x1
I /O Interface RS-232 port x3
RS-232/485 port x1 (RS485: Auto Direction)
Parallel port x1
USB port x2 (USB 2.0 version)
16-bit GPIO port x1
10/100Mbps Ethernet port x1

2.00 mm ∅ 44-pin box header for IDE x1

Connectors 2.00 mm ∅ 10-pin box header for USB x1
2.00 mm ∅ 26-pin box header for Print x1
2.00 mm ∅ 20-pin box header for 16-bit GPIO x1
2.00 mm ∅ 10-pin box header for RS-232 x4
2.00 mm ∅ 8-pin header for Ethernet x 1
2.54 mm ∅ 5-pin box header for Keyboard x1
2.54 mm ∅ 5-pin header for Mouse x1
2.54 mm ∅ 4-pin header for DC-in x1
2.54 mm ∅ 3-pin header for RS-485 x1
2.54 mm ∅ 2-pin header for Reset x1
2.54 mm ∅ 7-pin header for Redundancy x1(Opt)
2.54 mm ∅ 2-pin header for SYS-Fail-SW- x1(Opt)
1.25 mm ∅ 6-pin Wafer for JTAG x1
Flash Disk Support Onboard 2MB SPI Flash Disk (Driver: A)
44-pin IDE Flash Disk( EmbedDisk 16MB or above)

Power Requirement Single Voltage +5V @ 400mA

Dimension 90 X 96mm (3.54 x 3.77 inches)
Weight 77g
Operating -20 o C ~ +70 o C
Temperature -40°C ~ +85°C (Optional)

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 1.4 Board Dimension

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 Chapter2

Installation

2.1 Board Outline

(Note1: COM2 RS232/485 is selected by BIOS setting)

(Note2: PCI-104 connector is optional)
(Note3: VI/O Default setting of PCI-104 connector is +5V)
(Note4: VSX-6150E-V2-256 is optional)
(Note5: Redundancy Signal and System-Fail-SW are optional)

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2.2 Connectors & Jumpers Location

Connectors

(Note1: J7 /J8 /J23 are Optional)

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Jumpers & LEDs

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2.3 Connectors & Jumpers Summary
Summary Table
Nbr Description Type of Connections Pin nbrs.
J1 IDE Box Header, 2.0∅ ,22x2 44-pin
J2 USB Box Header,2.0∅ , 5x2 10-pin
J4 LAN Pin Header, 2.0∅ , 4x2 8-pin
J5 JTAG Wafer, 1.25∅ , 6x1 6-pin
J6 Reset Pin Header, 2,54∅,1x2 2-pin
J7 Redundancy (Optional) Pin Header, 2.54∅, 7x1 7-pin
J8 System –Fail-Switch (Optional) Pin Header, 2.54∅ , 2x1 2-pin
J9 PS/2 Keyboard Box Header, 2,54∅,1x5 5-pin
J10 PS/2 Mouse Pin Header, 2,54∅,1x5 5-pin
J11 COM1 Box Header, 2.0∅ 5x2 10-pin
J12 COM2(RS232/485) Box Header, 2.0∅ 5x2 10-pin
J13 GPIO ( Port 0 / 1 ) Box Header, 2.0∅ ,10x2 20-pin
J15 RS-485 (Auto direction) Molex Header,2.54∅, 3x1 3-pin
J16 Power Connector Terminal Block 5.0∅,2x1 2-pin
J17 COM3 Box Header, 2.0∅ 5x2 10-pin
J18 PRINT Box Header, 2.0∅ , 13x2 26-pin
J19 COM4 Box Header, 2.0∅ 5x2 10-pin
J20 PC104 Connector – 64 pin Box Header, 2.54∅ 32x2 64-pin
J21 PC104 Connector – 40 pin Box Header, 2.54∅ 20x2 40-pin
J22 4P Power Source (Interconnect Pin Header, 2.54∅ , 4x1 4-pin
to PC/104 – J20)
J23 PC/104 + (Optional) Box Header, 2.0∅ , 30x4 120-pin
PWR- Power Active LED (Red) LED-SMD

LED
IDE- IDE Active LED (Green ) LED-SMD
LED
MTBF- MTBF-Out (Orange) LED-SMD

LED
LED 3 LAN Link/Active LED (Green) LED-SMD
LED 4 LAN Duplex LED ( Yellow ) LED-SMD
SP1 BUZZER

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2.4 Pin Assignments & Jumper Settings

J1: IDE (44 Pins)

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 IDERST 2 GND
3 IDED7 4 IDED8
5 IDED6 6 IDED9
7 IDED5 8 IDED10
9 IDED4 10 IDED11
11 IDED3 12 IDED12
13 IDED2 14 IDED13
15 IDED1 16 IDED14
17 IDED0 18 IDED15
19 GND 20 NC
21 IDEREQ 22 GND
23 IDEIOW 24 GND
25 IDEIOR 26 GND
27 ICHRDY 28 GND
29 IDEACK 30 GND
31 IDEINT 32 NC
33 IDESA1 34 IDECBLID
35 IDESA0 36 IDESA2
37 IDECS-0 38 IDECS1
39 IDELED 40 GND
41 VCC 42 VCC
43 GND 44 NC

J2: USB
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 VCC 2 VCC
3 LUSBD3- 4 LUSBD2-
5 LUSBD3+ 6 LUSBD2+
7 GND 8 GND
9 GGND 10 GGND

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J4: LAN
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 ATX+ 2 ATX-
3 ARX+ 4 LED0
5 LED0+ 6 ARX-
7 LED1+ 8 LED1

J5: JTAG
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 VCC 2 GND
3 TCK 4 TDO
5 TDI 6 TMS

J6: RESET
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 RST_SW 2 GND

J7: Redundancy (Optional)

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 GND 2 SYS-FAIL-OUT
3 SYS-FAIL-IN 4 GPCS0
5 SYS-GPCS-IN 6 TXD9\
7 RXD9\

J8: System-Fail-Switch (Optional)

Pin # Signal Name
1 SYS-SW-IN
2 GND

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J9: PS/2 Keyboard
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 KBCLK 2 KBDAT
3 NC 4 GND
5 VCC

J10: PS/2 Mouse

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 MSCLK 2 MSDATA
3 NC 4 GND
5 VCC

J11: COM 1 (Optional: TTL/ GPIO-P4)

Signal Signal
Pin # Pin #
Name Name
1 DCD1 2 RXD1
3 TXD1 4 DTR1
5 GND 6 DSR1
7 RTS1 8 CTS1
9 RI1 10 NC

J12: COM2 RS232 / 485 (Optional: TTL)

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 DCD2/ RS485- 2 RXD2 / RS485+
3 TXD2 4 DTR2
5 GND 6 DSR2
7 RTS2 8 CTS2
9 RI2 10 NC

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J13: GPIO (Port 0 / 1)
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 GND 2 VCC
3 GP00 4 GP10
5 GP01 6 GP11
7 GP02 8 GP12
9 GP03 10 GP13
11 GP04 12 GP14
13 GP05 14 GP15
15 GP06 16 GP16
17 GP07 18 GP17
19 VCC 20 GND

J15: RS485 (Auto direction)

Pin # Signal Name
1 RS485＋
2 RS485－
3 GND

J16: Power Connector (Terminal Block 5.0mm)

Pin # Signal Name
1 +5V
2 GND

J17: COM3 (Optional: TTL)

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 DCD3 2 RXD3
3 TXD3 4 DTR3
5 GND 6 DSR3
7 RTS3 8 CTS3
9 RI3 10 NC

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J18: PRINT
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 STB- 14 AFD-
2 PD0 15 ERR-
3 PD1 16 INIT-
4 PD2 17 SLIN-
5 PD3 18 GND
6 PD4 19 GND
7 PD5 20 GND
8 PD6 21 GND
9 PD7 22 GND
10 ACK- 23 GND
11 BUSY 24 GND
12 PE 25 GND
13 SLCT 26 NC

J19: COM4 (Optional: TTL)

Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 DCD4 2 RXD4
3 TXD4 4 DTR4
5 GND 6 DSR4
7 RTS4 8 CTS4
9 RI4 10 NC

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J20: PC104 Connector – 64pin
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 IOCHCHK * 2 GND
3 SD7 4 RESETDRV
5 SD6 6 VCC
7 SD5 8 IRQ9
9 SD4 10 -5V
11 SD3 12 DRQ2
13 SD2 14 -12V
15 SD1 16 OWS
17 SD0 18 +12V
19 IOCHRDY 20 GND
21 AEN 22 SMEMW *
23 SA19 24 SMEMR *
25 SA18 26 IOW *
27 SA17 28 IOR *
29 SA16 30 DACK3 *
31 SA15 32 DRQ3
33 SA14 34 DACK1 *
35 SA13 36 DRQ1
37 SA12 38 REFRESH *
39 SA11 40 SYSCLK
41 SA10 42 IRQ7
43 SA9 44 IRQ6
45 SA8 46 IRQ5
47 SA7 48 IRQ4
49 SA6 50 IRQ3
51 SA5 52 DACK2 *
53 SA4 54 TC
55 SA3 56 BALE
57 SA2 58 VCC
59 SA1 60 OSC
61 SA0 62 GND
63 GND 64 GND

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J21: PC104 Connector – 40pin
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 GND 2 GND
3 MEMCS16 * 4 SBHE *
5 IOCS16 * 6 SA23
7 IRQ10 8 SA22
9 IRQ11 10 SA21
11 IRQ12 12 SA20
13 IRQ15 14 SA19
15 IRQ14 16 SA18
17 DACK0 * 18 SA17
19 DRQ0 20 MEMR *
21 DACK5 * 22 MEMW *
23 DRQ5 24 SD8
25 DACK6 * 26 SD9
27 DRQ6 28 SD10
29 DACK7 * 30 SD11
31 DRQ7 32 SD12
33 VCC 34 SD13
35 MASTER * 36 SD14
37 GND 38 SD15
39 GND 40 NC

J22: 4P Power Source (Interconnect to PC/104 – J20)

Pin # Signal Name
1 -5V
2 -12V
3 +12V
4 GND

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J23: PC/104 + (Optional)
VI/O Default setting: +5V
If you need to use VI/O as +3.3V, please see the page 19.

Pin # A B C D
1 GND NC +5V AD00
2 VI/O(+5V) AD02 AD01 +5V
3 AD05 GND AD04 AD03
4 C/BE0# AD07 GND AD06
5 GND AD09 AD08 GND
6 AD11 VI/O(+5V) AD10 GND
7 AD14 AD13 GND AD12
8 +3.3V C/BE1# AD15 +3.3V
9 SERR# GND NC PAR
10 GND PERR# +3.3V NC
11 STOP# +3.3V LOCK# GND
12 +3.3V TRDY# GND DEVSEL#
13 FRAME# GND IRDY# +3.3V
14 GND AD16 +3.3V C/BE2#
15 AD18 +3.3V AD17 GND
16 AD21 AD20 GND AD19
17 +3.3V AD23 AD22 +3.3V
18 IDSEL0 GND IDSEL1 IDSEL2
19 AD24 C/BE3# VI/O(+5V) IDSEL3
20 GND AD26 AD25 GND
21 AD29 +5V AD28 AD27
22 +5V AD30 GND AD31
23 REQ0# GND REQ1# VI/O(+5V)
24 GND REQ2# +5V GNT0#
25 GNT1# VI/O(+5V) GNT2# GND
26 +5V CLK0 GND CLK1
27 CLK2 +5V CLK3 GND
28 GND INTD# +5V RST#
29 +12V INTA# INTB# INTC#
30 -12V NC NC GND

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Please remove the 0 ohm (1206 type) of R212 and add 0 ohm (1206 type) on
R213

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2.5 System Mapping

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2.6 Watchdog Timer

There are two watchdog timers in Vortex86SX/DX CPU. One is compatible with M6117D
watchdog timer and the other is new. The M6117D compatible watchdog timer is called WDT0
and new one is called WDT1.

We also provide DOS, Linux and WinCE example for your reference. For more technical support,
please visit: http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech or download the PDF file:
http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/vortex86dx/

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2.7 GPIO (General Purpose Input / Output)

40 GPIO pins are provided by the Vortex86SX/DX for general usage in the system. All GPIO pins
are independent and can be configured as inputs or outputs, with or without pull-up/pull-down
resistors.

We also offer DOS, Linux and WinCE example for your reference. For more technical support,
please visit: http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech or download the PDF file:
http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/vortex86dx/

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2.8 SPI flash (Serial Peripheral Interface)

As SPI Flash (Serial Peripheral Interface) offers many benefits including: reduced controller pin
count, smaller and simpler PCBs, reduced switching noise, less power consumption, and lower
system cost

Many of users may consider using a formatted SPI flash to boot for the system or emulate SPI
flash as Floppy (A: Driver or B: Driver). Then you must know how to set for this condition in
CMOS Setup and boot up under DOS 6.22, X-DOS, DR-DOS and Free DOS.

For more technical support, please visit: http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech or download the PDF file:
http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/vortex86dx/

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 Chapter 3

Driver Installation
VGA
The Vortex86SX processor also use external Display chip ““Volari™ Z9s” which is an ultra low
powered graphics chipset with total power consumption at around 1-1.5 W. It is capable in
providing VGA display output upto 1600x1200. With DVO interface, developers could easily
connect flat Panel to support TFT and LVDS output.

LAN
The Vortex86SX processor also integrated 10/100Mbps Ethernet controller that supports both
10/100BASE-T and allows direct connection to your 10/100Mbps Ethernet based Local Area
Network for full interaction with local servers, wide area networks such as the Internet.

The controller supports: Half / Full-Duplex Ethernet function to double channel bandwidth, auto
media detection.

Operating system support

The Vortex86SX-6150E-V2 PC/104 CPU board supports Embedded software: Free DOS, DOS
6.22, PCDOS 7.1, DR-DOS, x-DOS, OS/2, Windows CE 5.0 / 6.0

Please get the drivers from the Driver CD which attached with the standard packing of
Vortex86SX-6150E-V2 board or please get it from DMP official website:
http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/vortex86sx/

Vortex86SX-6150E-V2 also supports most of the popular Linux distributions, for more detail
information, please visit DMP official website: http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/vortex86sx/

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 Appendix

A. TCP/IP library for DOS real mode

DSock is a TCP/IP library for DOS real mode, which is used by RSIP. It provides simple C
functions for programmer to write Internet applications. ICOP also provide Internet examples
using DSock: BOOTP/DHCP, FTP server, SMTP client/server, HTTP server, TELNET server,
Talk client/server, etc.

DSock provides a lot of example source code. Programmer can add Internet functions to their
project easily and save development time. With a utility "MakeROM”, programmer also can make
a ROM image to fit their application, those examples can be seen in the following Application
systems: Mity-Mite Serial Server, Web Camera Tiny Server and RSIP Serial Server.

DSock is free for All ICOP products using M6117D/Vortex86/Vortex86SX/Vortex86DX CPU and
ICOP also provide the business version of DSock for those customers who are using other x86
CPUs.
If you would like to use DSock or business version of DSock, Please mail to info@icop.com.tw or
contact your regional sales.

Please download the trial DSock software and Utilities from our website:
http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/dmp-lib/dsock/

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B. BIOS Default setting

If the system cannot be booted after BIOS changes are made, Please follow below procedures in
order to restore the CMOS as default setting.
 Press “End” Key, when the power on

 Press <Del> to enter the AMI BIOS setup

 Press “F9” to Load Optimized Defaults

 Press “F10” to Save configuration changes and exit setup

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 Warranty

This product is warranted to be in good working order for a period of one year from the date of
purchase. Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this period, we
will, at our option, replace or repair it at no additional charge except as set forth in the following
terms. This warranty does not apply to products damaged by misuse, modifications, accident or
disaster. Vendor assumes no liability for any damages, lost profits, lost savings or any other
incidental or consequential damage resulting from the use, misuse of, originality to use this
product. Vendor will not be liable for any claim made by any other related party. Return
authorization must be obtained from the vendor before returned merchandise will be accepted.
Authorization can be obtained by calling or faxing the vendor and requesting a Return
Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. Returned goods should always be accompanied by a
clear problem description.

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