.. _io-interface: ************* I/O Interface ************* The VIA VAB-600 has a wide selection of interfaces integrated into the board. It includes a selection of frequently used ports as part of the external I/O coastline. External I/O Ports ------------------ .. _figure-external-io: .. figure:: images/external_io.* :align: center :alt: External I/O ports External I/O ports Layout diagram description table of external rear I/O ports: ==== ======================== Item Description ==== ======================== 1 CN12: DC-In jack 2 SD1: Micro SD card slot 3 USB2: Mini USB 2.0 port 2 (type AB port) 4 USB2: Mini USB 2.0 port 1 (type AB port) 5 HDMI1: Mini HDMI® port 6 LAN1: RJ-45 (Fast Ethernet) LAN port ==== ======================== DC-In Jack ~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard comes with a coaxial power connector on the real I/O panel adjacent to the Micro SD slot. The power connector carriers +12VDC ~ +24VDC external power input. The specifications and pinout of the power connector are shown below. .. _figure-dc-in-jack: .. figure:: images/dc-in_jack.* :align: center :alt: DC-In jack diagram DC-In jack diagram +------------------------------+ |Physical Specifications | +=================+============+ |Outer Diameter |3.7 mm | +-----------------+------------+ |Inner Diameter |1.3 mm | +-----------------+------------+ |Barrel Depth |8.25 mm | +-----------------+------------+ +-----------------+------------+ |Electrical Specifications | +=================+============+ |Input Voltage |+12V ~ +24V | +-----------------+------------+ Micro SD Card Slot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Micro SD card slot is located on the rear I/O panel, it offers expandable storage. .. _figure-sd-card: .. figure:: images/sd_card.* :align: center :alt: Micro SD Card slot diagram Micro SD Card slot diagram Micro SD Card slot pinout: === =========== Pin Signal === =========== 1 SD0DATA2 2 SD0DATA3 3 SD0CMD 4 VDD (3.3V) 5 SD0CLK 6 GND 7 SD0DATA0 8 SD0DATA1 9 SD0_CD === =========== Mini USB 2.0 Port ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two integrated Mini USB 2.0 ports located on the rear I/O panel. The Mini USB 2.0 interface port gives complete Plug and Play and hot swap capabilities for external devices and it complies with USB UHCI, rev. 2.0. Each Mini USB port uses the USB Type AB receptacle port connector. The pinout of the typical Mini USB port is shown below. .. _figure-mini-usb: .. figure:: images/mini_usb.* :align: center :alt: Mini USB port diagram Mini USB port diagram Mini USB 2.0 port pinout: === ========= === ========= Pin Signal Pin Signal === ========= === ========= 1 VCC (+5V) 1 VCC (+5V) 2 USBH1- 2 USBH2- 3 USBH1+ 3 USBH2+ 4 ID (GND) 4 ID (GND) 5 GND 5 GND === ========= === ========= Mini HDMI® Port ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The integrated 19-pin Mini HDMI port uses an HDMI Type C receptacle connector as defined in the HDMI specification. The Mini HDMI port is for connecting to HDMI displays. The pinout of the Mini HDMI port is shown below. .. _figure-hdmi: .. figure:: images/hdmi.* :align: center :alt: Mini HDMI® port diagram Mini HDMI® port diagram Mini HDMI® port pinout: === ========= === ========= Pin Signal Pin Signal === ========= === ========= 1 GND 2 LCD1DO2+ 3 LCD1DO2- 4 GND 5 LCD1DO1+ 6 LCD1DO1- 7 GND 8 LCD1DO0+ 9 LCD1DO0- 10 GND 11 LCD1CLK+ 12 LCD1CLK- 13 GND 14 HDMI_CECIN 15 DDCSCL 16 DDCSDA 17 ✗ 18 VCC_5V 19 HPD === ========= === ========= RJ-45 LAN port (Fast Ethernet) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The integrated 8-pin Fast Ethernet port is using an 8 Position 8 Contact (8P8C) receptacle connector (commonly referred to as RJ-45). The Fast Ethernet ports are controlled by VIA VT6113 10/100 Base-TX PHY chip controller. The pinout of the Fast Ethernet port is shown below. .. _figure-fast-ethernet: .. figure:: images/fast_ethernet.* :align: center :alt: Fast Ethernet port diagram Fast Ethernet port diagram Fast Ethernet port pinout : ==== ========= Pin Signal ==== ========= 1 TD+ 2 TD- 3 RD+ 4 REGOUT 5 REGOUT 6 RD- 7 GND 8 GND ==== ========= The RJ-45 port has two individual LED indicators located on the front side to show its Active/Link status and Speed status. Fast Ethernet LED color definition: +--------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | |Link LED |Active LED | | |(Left LED on RJ-45 connector) |(Right LED on RJ-45 connector) | +==============+====================================+==================================+ |Link Off |Off |Off | +--------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ |Speed_10Mbit |The LED is always On in dark color |Flash in Yellow or Orange color | +--------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ |Speed_100Mbit |The LED is always On in Red color |Flash in Yellow or Orange color | +--------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ Onboard Connectors ------------------ DC-In Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard has an onboard DC-In 2-pin power connector to connect the DC-In power cable. The DC-In power connector is an optional power connector in addition to the DC-In jack on the rear IO panel. This provides two methods for delivering +12VDC ~ +24VDC to the mainboard. The pinout of the DC-In connector is shown below. .. _figure-dc-in: .. figure:: images/dc-in.* :align: center :alt: DC-In connector diagram DC-In connector diagram DC-In connector pinout: ==== ========= Pin Signal ==== ========= 1 +12VDC ~ +24VDC 2 GND ==== ========= SIM Card Slot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard is equipped with a SIM card slot located on the top side of the board which can support a 3G SIM card. Using the SIM card slot on VAB-600 requires a 3G module installed in the Mini Card expansion slot to enable the 3G function, otherwise the SIM card slot is disabled. The SIM card slot is designed only for 3G module without built-in SIM card slot on it. The SIM card slot is labeled as "SIM1". The pinout of the slot is shown below. .. _figure-sim-slot: .. figure:: images/sim_slot.* :align: center :alt: SIM card slot diagram SIM card slot diagram SIM card slot pinout: ==== ============= Pin Signal ==== ============= 1 USIM_VCC 2 USIM_RST 3 USIM_CLK 4 ✗ 5 GND 6 USIM_VPPSIM 7 USIM_DATA ==== ============= Battery Charger Connector (Optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard is equipped with an onboard battery charger connector used for connecting the external cable for charging a rechargeable battery. The battery charger connector is labeled as "CN3". The connector pinout is shown below. .. _figure-battery-charger: .. figure:: images/battery_charger.* :align: center :alt: Battery Charger connector diagram Battery Charger connector diagram Battery charger pinout: ==== ============= Pin Signal ==== ============= 1 Voltage detect 2 I2C0SCL 3 I2C0SDA 4 GND 5 Temperature Detect ==== ============= RTC Battery Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard is equipped with an onboard RTC battery connector used for connecting the external cable battery that provides power to the 32.768KHz crystal oscillator for Real Time Clock (RTC). The RTC battery connector is labeled as "BAT1". The connector pinout is shown below. .. _figure-rtc-connector: .. figure:: images/rtc_connector.* :align: center :alt: RTC Battery connector diagram RTC Battery connector diagram RTC Battery connector pinout: ==== ============= Pin Signal ==== ============= 1 +VBAT 2 GND ==== ============= Front Panel Pin Header ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The front panel pin header block consists of 6 pins. It provides access to the system power LED, power switch and shut down switch. The front panel pin header is labeled as "CN7". The pinout of the pin header is shown below. .. _figure-front-panel: .. figure:: images/front_panel.* :align: center :alt: Front Panel pin header diagram Front Panel pin header diagram Front Panel pin header pinout: ==== ========== ==== ========== Pin Signal Pin Signal ==== ========== ==== ========== 1 PWR_LED 2 GND 3 PWRBTN- 4 GND 5 RESET1 6 GND ==== ========== ==== ========== .. note:: Although the signal name for pin#5 is "RESET1", its function is "shut down". GPIO and I²C Pin Header ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The GPIO and I²C combination pin header block labeled as "CN9" is used for connecting the I²C device, and eight General Purpose Input and Output. The pinout of the combination pin header is shown below. .. _figure-gpio-i2c: .. figure:: images/gpio_i2c.* :align: center :alt: GPIO and I²C pin header diagram GPIO and I²C pin header diagram GPIO and I²C pin header pinout: ==== ========== ==== ========== Pin Signal Pin Signal ==== ========== ==== ========== 1 VCC33 2 VCC_5V 3 GND 4 VSUS33 5 GPI20_CH 6 GPIO24_CH 7 GPIO21 8 GPIO25 9 GPIO_22 10 GPIO_26 11 GPIO_23 12 GPIO_27 13 I2C0SDA 14 I2C0SCL ==== ========== ==== ========== SPI Flash Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard has one 8-pin SPI flash connector. By connecting to the SPI BIOS programming fixture, the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) flash connector can update the SPI flash ROM. The connector is labeled as "SPI1". The pinout of the connector is shown below. .. _figure-spi: .. figure:: images/spi.* :align: center :alt: SPI Flash connector diagram SPI Flash connector diagram SPI Flash connector pinout: ==== ================= Pin Signal ==== ================= 1 ✗ 2 SFCS1 (Reserved) 3 SFDO 4 SFDI 5 SFCLK 6 SFCS0- 7 GND 8 VPROG_SP1 (3.3V) ==== ================= USB Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard includes one onboard USB connector designed for connecting the wireless LAN USB module. The connector is labeled as "CN11". The pinout of the connector is shown below. .. _figure-usb: .. figure:: images/usb.* :align: center :alt: USB connector diagram USB connector diagram USB connector pinout: ==== ================= Pin Signal ==== ================= 1 +5V 2 USBH3- 3 USBH3+ 4 GND 5 USB_WIFI_LED 6 GPIO_4 ==== ================= COM Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two onboard COM connectors on the top side of the mainboard. The COM connectors labeled as "COM1" and "COM2" are used to attach additional COM port that supports Tx/Rx. The pinout of the COM connectors are shown below. .. _figure-com: .. figure:: images/com.* :align: center :alt: COM connector diagram COM connector diagram COM connector pinout: +--------------+--------------+ | COM1 | COM2 | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ | Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal | +=====+========+=====+========+ |1 | TXD0 |1 | TXD2 | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ |2 | RXD0 |2 | RXD2 | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ |3 | GND |3 | GND | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ |4 | RTS0 |4 | RTS2 | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ |5 | CTS0 |5 | CTS2 | +-----+--------+-----+--------+ Front Audio Pin Header ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard has a front audio pin header for connecting the Line-Out, Line- In and Mic-In jacks. The pin header is labeled as “CN8”. The pinout of the pin header is shown below. .. _figure-audio: .. figure:: images/audio.* :align: center :alt: Front audio pin header diagram Front audio pin header diagram Front audio pin header pinout: ==== ========== ==== ========== Pin Signal Pin Signal ==== ========== ==== ========== 1 LINEIN_R 2 GND 3 LINEIN_L 4 MICIN1 5 LINEOUT_R 6 MICIN2 7 LINEOUT_L 8 HP_DET ==== ========== ==== ========== Mini Card Slot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The VAB-600 mainboard is equipped with a Mini card expansion slot labeled as "CN2". The Mini card slot is used to attach the USB connectivity 3G module to provide 3G function. The pinout of the slot is shown below. .. _figure-mini-card: .. figure:: images/mini_card.* :align: center :alt: Mini Card slot diagram Mini Card slot diagram Mini Card slot pinout: ==== ========== ==== ========== Pin Signal Pin Signal ==== ========== ==== ========== 1 ✗ 2 VSUS33 3 ✗ 4 GND 5 ✗ 6 +1.5V 7 ✗ 8 USIM_VCC 9 GND 10 USIM_DATA 11 ✗ 12 USIM_CLK 13 ✗ 14 USIM_RST 15 GND 16 USIM_VPP 17 ✗ 18 GND 19 ✗ 20 -W_DISABLE_1 21 GND 22 -PEX1_RST 23 ✗ 24 VSUS33 25 ✗ 26 GND 27 GND 28 +1.5V 29 GND 30 I2C0SCL 31 ✗ 32 I2C0SDA 33 ✗ 34 GND 35 GND 36 USBHD_0- 37 GND 38 USBHD_0+ 39 VSUS33 40 GND 41 VSUS33 42 LED_WWAN1- 43 GND 44 LED_WLAN1- 45 ✗ 46 LED_WPAN1- 47 ✗ 48 +1.5V 49 ✗ 50 GND 51 ✗ 52 VSUS33 ==== ========== ==== ========== 4-Wire Resistive Touch Screen Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard is equipped with a touch screen connector for connecting the 4-wire resistive touch panel. The touch screen connector is labeled as "TS1". The pinout of the connector is shown below. .. _figure-four-wire: .. figure:: images/four-wire.* :align: center :alt: 4-Wire Resistive Touch Screen connector diagram 4-Wire Resistive Touch Screen connector diagram 4-Wire Resistive Touch Screen connector pinout: ==== ========== Pin Signal ==== ========== 1 TPXP 2 TPYP 3 TPXM 4 TPYM ==== ========== Key PAD Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard is equipped with a Key PAD connector for connecting the keypad device. The connector is labeled as “KPAD1”. The pinout of the connector is shown below. .. _figure-key-pad: .. figure:: images/key_pad.* :align: center :alt: Key PAD Connector diagram Key PAD Connector diagram Key PAD connector pinout: ==== ========== Pin Signal ==== ========== 1 VCC33 2 KPADROW0 3 KPADROW1 4 KPADROW2 5 KPADROW3 6 KPADROW4 7 GND ==== ========== CIR Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mainboard provides a CIR (Consumer Infrared Receiver) connector on the top side of the board. The CIR connector is used to connect the infrared receiver module to enable infrared wireless interface. The pinout of the CIR connector is shown below. .. _figure-cir: .. figure:: images/cir.* :align: center :alt: CIR connector diagram CIR connector diagram CIR connector pinout: ==== ========== Pin Signal ==== ========== 1 VSUS33 2 GND 3 CIR ==== ========== DVO Connector ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The DVO (Digital Video Output) connector works as an interface for multidisplay devices. This connector allows the mainboad to connect an additional daughter card which is required for a certain display such as TTL or LVDS display. The DVO connector is labeled as “CN13”. The pinout of the connector is shown below. .. _figure-dvo: .. figure:: images/dvo.* :align: center :alt: DVO connector diagram DVO connector diagram DVO connector pinout: ==== =================== ==== =================== Pin Signal Pin Signal ==== =================== ==== =================== 1 VCC33 26 LD15 2 VCC33 27 GND 3 VCC33 28 LD16 4 5VIN 29 LD17 5 5VIN 30 LD18 6 5VIN 31 LD19 7 VIN (DC-In/Battery) 32 LD20 8 VIN (DC-In/Battery) 33 LD21 9 GND 34 LD22 10 LD00 35 LD23 11 LD01 36 GND 12 LD02 37 DVP1CLK+ 13 LD03 38 GND 14 LD04 39 DVPHS 15 LD05 40 DVPVS 16 LD06 41 DVPDE 17 LD07 42 PWMOUT0 18 GND 43 TTL_RST 19 LD08 44 I2C0SCL 20 LD09 45 I2C0SDA 21 LD10 46 DVO_CLK 22 LD11 47 DVO_DATA 23 LD12 48 LVDSENBL 24 LD13 49 LVDSENVDD 25 LD14 50 GND ==== =================== ==== =================== .. warning:: Please DO NOT plug/unplug a DVO flex cable to /from a DVO connector (CN13) when the system is powered-ON or running.