VersaLogic VL-EPMs-U1, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Reference Manual DOC REV 4 9 2013 VL EPMs U1 SUMIT ISM Serial Communications GPS Module ...

Page 2: ...specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose VersaLogic reserves the right to revise this product and associated documentation at any time without obligation to notify anyone of such changes PC 104 and the PC 104 logo are trademarks of the PC 104 Consortium SUMIT ISM SUMIT ISM and the SUMIT logo are trademarks of the Small Form Factor Speci...

Page 3: ...ice drivers Datasheets and manufacturers links for chips used in this product Photograph of the circuit board BIOS information and upgrades Utility routines and benchmark software This is a private page for VL EPMs U1 users that can be accessed only by entering this URL address directly It cannot be reached from the VersaLogic public website The VersaTech KnowledgeBase is an invaluable resource fo...

Page 4: ...onnectors 10 VL EPMs U1 Connectors 10 VL EPMs U1 Connector Functions and Interface Cables 11 Jumper Blocks 12 Jumpers As shipped Configuration 12 Jumper Summary 13 Operation 14 Serial Ports 14 Serial Port Connectors 15 GPS and Antenna 18 Antenna Connector J5 18 Battery Back up 18 Coordinate Systems 20 Performance Characteristics 21 Start up 22 SUMIT A Top Connector J6 23 SUMIT B Top Connector J7 2...

Page 5: ...Ms U1H Special Order 4 Yes SUMIT AB ISA Indicates the number of serial channels available for user I O The two serial channels COM3 4 dedicated to the GPS interface are not included in this number All boards include the following features Transient Voltage Suppression TVS devices on I O interfaces for protection against power spikes and surges Designed to provide 40 to 85 C operation for reliable ...

Page 6: ...d by GPS module in GPS versions COM5 COM6 RS 232 422 485 16C550A compatible 460 Kbps 4 line RS 232 Tx Rx Data and CTS RTS TVS protected GPS Trimble Lassen iQ GPS module 12 channel GPS functionality Supports NMEA 0183 TSIP TAIP and DGPS protocols Consumes COM3 and COM4 Battery backed almanac estimated power off battery life 10 yrs Weight VL EPMs U1A 0 041 kg 0 088 lb VL EPMs U1B 0 043 kg 0 096 lb V...

Page 7: ...rence Manual 3 Block Diagram Figure 1 VL EPMs U1 Block Diagram SUMIT Connectors SCH3114 or SCH3116 Super I O COM1 RS 232 COM2 RS 232 COM3 RS 232 422 485 COM6 RS 232 422 485 COM4 RS 232 422 485 COM5 RS 232 422 485 GPS Module Header ...

Page 8: ...the European Union EU beginning July 1 2006 VersaLogic Corp is committed to supporting customers with high quality products and services meeting the European Union s RoHS directive Warnings ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage boards disk drives and other components The circuit board must only be handled at an ESD protective workstation If an approved station is not avail...

Page 9: ...rovide the following information Your name the name of your company your phone number and your e mail address The name of a technical contact if any questions arise Quantity of items being returned The model and serial number barcode of each item A detailed description of the problem Steps you have taken to resolve or recreate the problem The return shipping address Warranty Repair All parts and l...

Page 10: ...igure 2 VL EPMs U1 Dimensions and Mounting Holes Not to scale All dimensions in inches Caution The board must be supported at all four mounting points to prevent excessive flexing when expansion modules are mated and detached Flex damage caused by excessive force on an improperly mounted circuit board is not covered under the product warranty 2 0 200 0 000 3 150 3 350 0 150 0 000 0 200 3 575 3 375...

Page 11: ...nual 7 Figure 3 VL EPMs U1x Height Dimensions Not to scale All dimensions in inches Note Not all connectors are present on all models 0 44 0 43 0 06 0 38 0 36 PC 104 ISA Connector SUMIT Connectors Serial Port Connectors GPS Antenna Connector 0 39 ...

Page 12: ...hen bolting the unit down make sure to secure all four standoffs to the mounting surface to prevent circuit board flexing Standoffs are secured to the top circuit board using four pan head screws Standoffs and screws are available VL HDW 105 VL HDW 106 Note that the standoffs in this kit are 15 24 mm 0 6 and must not be mixed with 15 mm 0 59 standoffs VL HDW 100 VL HDW 101 An extractor tool is ava...

Page 13: ...an be shared among serial ports on the same VL EPMs U1 board but not shared among serial ports on different boards that is serial ports originating from different super I O chips The serial ports on the VL EPMs U1 must be added manually in Windows using the Add Hardware Wizard and the Device Manager The module is not plug and play BIOS console redirection to VL EPMs U1 serial ports cannot be activ...

Page 14: ... U1 CONNECTORS Figure 5 VL EPMs U1 Connectors Top Side J6 SUMIT A All models J7 SUMIT B Models C D G H J10 PC 104 ISA Models C D G H J8 GPS GPS Models J5 Antenna GPS Models J3 COM5 6 Models B D F H J2 COM3 4 Models A B C D J4 COM1 2 All Models J9 GPS to Antenna GPS Models Battery ...

Page 15: ...12 20 pin socket to two DB 9 3 099 2 969 16 J3 COM5 6 3M 89120 0101 VL CBR 2001 12 20 pin socket to two DB 9M 0 047 1 723 17 J4 COM1 2 3M 89120 0101 VL CBR 2001 12 20 pin socket to two DB 9M 3 099 1 513 15 J5 GPS Antenna SubMiniature A SMA male VL CBR ANT02 5m Trimble antenna 18 J6 SUMIT A Top Samtec ASP 129646 01 2 712 3 322 23 J7 SUMIT B Top Samtec ASP 129646 01 1 669 3 322 24 J8 GPS header GPS ...

Page 16: ... Blocks JUMPERS AS SHIPPED CONFIGURATION Figure 6 As shipped Jumper Configuration 1 2 V4 V5 V3 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 V2 V1 3 4 4 3 Model E Model B Models A B C All models All models Jumper headers are present only on the standard VL EPMs U1 models indicated here ...

Page 17: ... the COM5 RxD RxD differential pair In Model B only 17 V2 3 4 COM6 RS 422 485 Termination Resistor This jumper header is installed on the VL EPMs U1B only In COM6 terminated Out No termination Installing a jumper places a 120 ohm terminating resistor across the COM6 RxD RxD differential pair In Model B only 17 V3 1 2 COM3 RS 422 485 Termination Resistor This jumper header is installed on the VL EP...

Page 18: ...urations Port Type Connector Models COM1 2 RS 232 16C550A compatible 115 Kbps all handshake lines implemented J4 A B C D E F G H COM3 4 RS 232 422 485 16C550A compatible 460 Kbps 4 wire RS 232 only CTS and RTS handshaking consumed by GPS in GPS enabled models J2 A B C D COM5 6 RS 232 422 485 16C550A compatible 460 Kbps 4 wire RS 232 only CTS and RTS handshaking J3 B D F H These connectors are prot...

Page 19: ... J4 and provides two DB 9M connectors The pinouts for these connectors are shown below Table 4 COM1 and COM2 Pinouts J4 Pin RS 232 VL CBR 2001 DB 9 COM1 Pin 1 DCD 1 2 DSR 6 3 RXD 2 4 RTS 7 5 TXD 3 6 CTS 8 7 DTR 4 8 RI 9 9 Ground 5 10 NC J4 Pin RS 232 VL CBR 2001 DB 9 COM2 Pin 11 DCD 1 12 DSR 6 13 RXD 2 14 RTS 7 15 TXD 3 16 CTS 8 17 DTR 4 18 RI 9 19 Ground 5 20 NC ...

Page 20: ...TxD TxD 7 5 TXD TxD TxD 3 6 CTS RxD RxD 8 7 5V pull up 5V pull up 5V pull up 4 8 NC NC NC 9 9 Ground Ground Ground 5 10 NC NC NC J2 Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 VL CBR 2001 DB 9 COM4 Pin 11 NC NC NC 1 12 NC NC NC 6 13 RxD RxD RxD 2 14 RTS TxD TxD 7 15 TxD TxD TxD 3 16 CTS RxD RxD 8 17 5V pull up 5V pull up 5V pull up 4 18 NC NC NC 9 19 Ground Ground Ground 5 20 NC NC NC Note In full duplex RS 485 oper...

Page 21: ... TxD TxD 7 5 TXD TxD TxD 3 6 CTS RxD RxD 8 7 5V pull up 5V pull up 5V pull up 4 8 NC NC NC 9 9 Ground Ground Ground 5 10 NC NC NC J3 Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 VL CBR 2001 DB 9 COM6 Pin 11 NC NC NC 1 12 NC NC NC 6 13 RXD RxD RxD 2 14 RTS TxD TxD 7 15 TXD TxD TxD 3 16 CTS RxD RxD 8 7 5V pull up 5V pull up 5V pull up 4 8 NC NC NC 9 9 Ground Ground Ground 5 10 NC NC NC Note In full duplex RS 485 operat...

Page 22: ...nd data ANTENNA CONNECTOR J5 A Trimble GPS antenna VersaLogic part number VL CBR ANT02 is available for GPS enabled models of the VL EPMs U1 The antenna has a 5 meter cable and male SMA connector BATTERY BACK UP The GPS receiver option provides a battery for back up BBU power to keep the module s RAM memory alive and to power the real time clock when the receiver s prime power is turned off RAM me...

Page 23: ...for TAIP are Baud Rate 4800 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None Any standard serial communications program such as Windows Hyper Terminal or PROCOMM can be used to view the NMEA or TAIP output messages TSIP is a binary protocol and outputs raw binary serial data that cannot be read when using Windows Hyper Terminal or PROCOMM To view the output of the TSIP protocol in text format...

Page 24: ...e coordinates are easily converted to speed and heading ECEF position and velocity ECFF position and velocity is Earth Centered Earth Fixed frame is a Cartesian coordinate frame with its center at the earth s center the z axis through the North Pole and the x axis through longitude 0 degrees latitude 0 degrees Velocity is reported relative to the same axes There are also two time coordinate system...

Page 25: ...n Limit Acceleration 4g 39 2 m s 2 Acceleration 2 Jerk 20 m s 3 Speed 500 m s Altitude 18 000m Note The GPS Receiver firmware contains an algorithm that allows either the speed limit or altitude limit to be exceeded but not both This allows the receiver to be used in high altitude research balloon applications without a special factory configuration Re acquisition Re acquisition time for momentary...

Page 26: ...ower up The performance of a GPS receiver at power up is determined largely by the availability and accuracy of the satellite ephemeris data and the availability of a GPS system almanac The first time the receiver is powered up it is searching for satellites from a cold start no almanac While the receiver will begin to compute position solutions within the first two minutes the receiver must conti...

Page 27: ...V 12V power 3 3 3V 3 3V power 4 SMB I2C_DATA SMBus data 5 3 3V 3 3V power 6 SMB I2C_CLK SMBus clock 7 EXPCD_REQ ExpressCard request 8 SMB I2C_ALERT SMBus interrupt line in 9 EXPCD_PRSNT ExpressCard present 10 SPI µWire_DO SPI data out from master 11 USB_OC USB overcurrent flag 12 SPI µWire_DI SPI data in to master 13 Reserved Pass through 14 SPI µWire_CLK SPI clock 15 Reserved Pass through 16 SPI ...

Page 28: ...NT GND Link C present 14 GND Ground 15 C_PETp0 Link C lane 0 transmit 16 C_PERp0 Link C lane 0 receive 17 C_PETn0 Link C lane 0 transmit 18 C_PERn0 Link C lane 0 receive 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 C_PETp1 Link C lane 1 transmit 22 C_PERp1 Link C lane 1 receive 23 C_PETn1 Link C lane 1 transmit 24 C_PERn1 Link C lane 1 receive 25 GND Ground 26 GND Ground 27 C_PETp2 Link C lane 2 transmit 28 C_P...

Page 29: ...NT GND Link B present 9 C_CLKp Link C clock 10 B_CLKp Link B clock 11 C_CLKn Link C clock 12 B_CLKn Link B clock 13 CPRSNT GND Link C card present 14 GND Ground 15 C_PETp0 Link C lane 0 transmit 16 C_PERp0 Link C lane 0 receive 17 C_PETn0 Link C lane 0 transmit 18 C_PERn0 Link C lane 0 receive 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 C_PETp1 Link C lane 1 transmit 22 C_PERp1 Link C lane 1 receive 23 C_PETn1...

Page 30: ... flag 12 SPI uWire_DI SPI data in to master 13 Reserved Pass through 14 SPI uWire_CLK SPI clock 15 Reserved Pass through 16 SPI uWire_CS0 SPI chip select 0 17 Reserved Pass through 18 SPI uWire_CS1 SPI chip select 1 19 Reserved Pass through 20 Reserved Pass through 21 5V 5V power 22 Reserved Pass through 23 USB2 USB2 data 24 LPC_AD0 LPC line 0 25 USB2 USB2 data 26 LPC_AD1 LPC line 1 27 5V 5V power...

Page 31: ...face SUMIT Specification PC 104 Interface PC 104 Specification Lassen iQ GPS Receiver Lassen iQ GPS Receiver System Designer Reference Manual General PC Documentation The Programmer s PC Sourcebook Amazon com General PC Documentation The Undocumented PC Amazon com A ...