6. Appendix A: VAB-1000-T Companion Card

6.1. Specifications

  • Onboard Connectors and Jumper
    • One Front panel, USB and COM board-to-board connector
    • One Audio board-to-board connector
    • One COM pin header (for RS-232/Console)
    • One USB/COM select jumper
  • Front Panel I/O
    • Three Audio jacks (Line-In, Line-Out and Mic-In)
    • One Power On status LED indicator
    • One SSD and USB/COM activity LED indicator
    • Two USB 2.0 ports
    • One Power On/Off button
  • Supports three modes:
    • System Suspend/Resume (press the button once)
    • Popup power control menu (press the button for 4 seconds)
    • System Off (press the button for 8 seconds)
  • Form Factor: 4-layers, 100 mm x 21 mm

6.2. VAB-1000-T Layout Diagram

VAB-1000-T layout labels

Figure 1: VAB-1000-T layout labels

Layout diagram description table of VAB-1000-T:

Item Description
1 PW_SW: Power On/Off button with Power LED
2 HD_LED: SSD activity LED indicator
3 USB/COM_LED: USB/COM indicator LED
4 USB2: USB 2.0 port
5 USB1: USB 2.0 port
6 LINE-IN: Line-In audio jack
7 LINE-OUT: Line-Out audio jack
8 MIC-IN: Mic-In audio jack
9 COM1: COM pin header
10 B2B_AUDIO: Audio board-to-board connector
11 B2B_FRONT_USB_COM: Front panel, USB 2.0 and COM board-to-board connector
12 USB_COM_SEL: USB/COM select jumper

6.3. VAB-1000-T Dimensions

VAB-1000-T Dimensions

Figure 2: VAB-1000-T Dimensions

6.4. VAB-1000-T Onboard Connectors and Jumpers

6.4.1. Audio Board-to-Board Connector

Audio board-to-board connector diagram

Figure 3: Audio board-to-board connector diagram

Audio board-to-board connector pinout:

Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 LINEIN_R 2 GND_AUDIO
3 LINEIN_L 4 MICIN1
5 LINEOUT_R 6 MINI2
7 LINEOUT_L 8 HP_DET-

6.4.2. Front panel_USB_COM Board-to-Board Connector

Front panel/USB/COM board-to-board connector diagram

Figure 4: Front panel/USB/COM board-to-board connector diagram

Front panel/USB/COM board-to-board connector pinout:

Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 PWR_LED 2 VDD33_SUS
3 PWR_BUTTON- 4 GND
5 RESET_GND 6 GND
7 -HD_LED1 8 VDD50
9 VCC_USB2 10 VCC_USB3
11 USBH2_C_DM 12 USBH3_C_DM
13 USBH2_C_DP 14 USBH3_C_DP
15 GND 16 GND
17 DTE1_TXD_C 18 DTE1_RXD_C
19 HWTP_1 20 USBH123_SW

6.4.3. COM Pin Header

COM pin header diagram

Figure 5: COM pin header diagram

COM pin header pinout:

Pin Signal
1 DTE1_TXD
2 DTE1_RXD_C
3 GND

Note

Please use the COM connector cable provided for connection.

6.4.4. USB/COM Select Jumper

USB/COM select jumper diagram

Figure 6: USB/COM select jumper diagram

USB/COM select jumper settings:

Setting Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3
USB (Default) Short Short Open
COM Open Short Short