PC- and PC/AT-compatible floppy drive controller PC-compatible RS232C serial port SCSI controller for hard disk, tape, and other SCSI devices Stacks directly with Ampro CoreModule products and other PC/104 modules Ultra compact PC/104 form-factor: 3.6 x 3.8 inches (90 x 96 mm) Low power, rugged, and reliable The MiniModule/FSS expansion periph- eral is a compact, low power, multi- function module intended to stack directly with Ampro's CoreModule CPUs and other PC/104 modules via its stack- through bus header. The MiniModule/FSS provides three key interfaces for expanding CoreModule- based systems: a floppy drive controller, a serial port, and a SCSI bus interface. *Floppy Interface* Support for one or two 360K, 720K, 1.2M, or 1.44M floppy disk drives is pro- vided through the PC and AT compatible floppy disk controller. *Serial Port* The PC- and AT-compatible RS232C serial port interface can be configured as either COM2 or COM3 (COM1 already exists on CoreModule CPUs). Jumpers permit selection of a desired interrupt re- quest, from IRQ2 through IRQ7. Because of its PC compatibility, the MiniModule/FSS serial port can be oper- ated under any of the many programs written to work with standard PC and PC/AT serial ports. The MiniModule/FSS serial port also supports a unique interrupt sharing scheme. This option allows multiple serial ports on certain modules (e.g., the MiniModule/SSP) to share a single inter- rupt request on the PC bus (Note: this requires customized software). *SCSI Interface* The module's SCSI interface features the popular 53C80 SCSI protocol controller. SCSI support within the CoreModule CPU's onboard ROM-BIOS allows the use of a wide variety of SCSI hard disks as either boot or data drives. *Custom Configurations* Although any of the module's three control- lers (floppy, serial, or SCSI) can be disabled via jumpers, volume production orders may specify the exclusion of any one or two functions. Contact Ampro for further information on custom configurations. PC/AT-compatible floppy drive controller PC/AT-compatible RS232C serial port IDE interface for hard disk expansion Stacks directly with Ampro CoreModule products and other PC/104 modules Ultra compact PC/104 form-factor: 3.6 x 3.8 inches (90 x 96 mm) Low power, rugged, and reliable The MiniModule/FSI expansion module is a compact, low power, multifunction unit intended to stack directly with Ampro's AT-compatible CoreModule CPUs and other PC/104 modules via its stackthrough bus header. The MiniModule/FSI provides three key interfaces for expanding CoreModule- based systems: a floppy drive controller, a serial port, and an IDE drive interface. *Floppy Interface* Support for one or two 360K, 720K, 1.2M, or 1.44M floppy disk drives is pro- vided through the fully AT-compatible floppy disk controller. *Serial Port* The module's AT-compatible RS232C serial port can be configured as either COM2 or COM3 (COM1 already exists on CoreModule CPUs). Jumpers permit selection of a desired interrupt request. Because of its AT compatibility, the MiniModule/FSI serial port can be oper- ated under any of the many programs written to work with standard PC and PC/AT serial ports. The MiniModule/FSI serial port also sup- ports a unique interrupt sharing scheme. This option allows multiple ports on cer- tain modules (e.g., the MiniModule/SSP) to share a single interrupt request on the PC bus (Note: this requires customized software). *IDE Interface* The module's IDE interface can connect to one or two "Integrated Device Elec- tronics" (IDE) disk drives. IDE drives are intelligent disk drives that contain an embedded AT bus hard disk controller. Because of the compatibility IDE drives provide with the standard AT bus hard disk controller, virtually all operating systems, drivers, utilities, and applica- tions can be used without modification. FLOPPY CONTROLLER Standard PC- and AT-compatible floppy controller (NEC765 equivalent) Two drive selects, 1-2 sided, 250/500K bps data rates Supports all standard PC and PC/AT floppy formats: 360K, 720K, 1.2M, and 1.44M bytes I/O address: 3F0-3F7h Interrupt: IRQ6 DMA: channel 2 This interface may disabled via a jumper SERIAL PORT Standard PC- and AT-compatible RS232C COM port Based on the 82C50 serial controller Full handshaking support Software-controlled baud rates Onboard +9V DC generation I/0 address: jumper selectable as COM2 (2F8-2FFh) or COM3 (3E8-3EFh) Interrupt: jumper selectable to IRQ2-IRQ7 DMA: none used Ampro-style interrupt sharing option This interface may be disabled via a jumper SCSI CONTROLLER ANSI X3.131 compatible, asynchronous only Based on 53C80 SCSI protocol controller I/0 address: 330-337h Interrupt: jumper selectable to IRQ2, IRQ3, IRQ5, or IRQ7 (default is none) DMA: jumper selectable to channel 1 or 3 (default is 3) This interface may disabled via a jumper MECHANICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Size: 3.6 x 3.8 x 0.6* in. (90 x 96 x 15 mm) *Add 0.3 in. (8 mm) for stackthrough pins Power requirements: +5V +/-5% at 200 mA (+9V for RS232C generated onboard) Operating environment: 0¡ to +70¡C temperature 5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing Storage temperature: -55¡ to +85¡C Weight: 2.5 oz. (71 gm) ORDERING INFORMATION When ordering, refer to the following model numbers: MMX-FSS-K-51 Development Kit, MiniModule/FSS, stackthrough bus MMX-FSS-Q-51 MiniModule/FSS, stackthrough bus (Quantity Orders) CBL-FSS-Q-01 Cable set for MiniModule/FSS (floppy, serial, and SCSI cables) Development Kits include: MiniModule/FSS with stackthrough bus, cable set (floppy, serial, and SCSI), and technical manual. Quantity orders include only the module. Please contact your local Ampro representative or Ampro Sales Administration for ordering information. NOTE: The MiniModule/FSS is available in stackthrough bus version only.
Last modified: Wed Sep 6 00:02:29 1995