Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- NANO-LX EPIC SBC User Manual
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Detailed Specifications
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Dimensions
- 2.3 Data Flow
- 2.4 CPU Support
- 2.5 System Chipset
- 2.5.1 GeodeLink™ Interface Unit
- 2.5.2 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 ATA-6 Controller
- 2.5.3 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) Controller
- 2.5.4 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 Flash Interface
- 2.5.5 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 USB Controller
- 2.5.6 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 Serial Communications
- 2.5.7 AMD® Geode™ CS5536 Real Time Clock
- 2.5.8 BIOS
- 2.6 GeodeLink™ PCI Bridge
- 2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications
- 3 Unpacking
- 4 Connectors and Jumpers
- 4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors
- 4.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors
- 4.2.1 ATX Connector
- 4.2.2 ATX Power Button
- 4.2.3 Audio CD-In Connector
- 4.2.4 Audio Connector
- 4.2.5 Battery Connector
- 4.2.6 Compact Flash Connector
- 4.2.7 Digital Input Output Connector
- 4.2.8 Fan Connector
- 4.2.9 FDD Connector
- 4.2.10 IDE Interface Connector
- 4.2.11 Inverter Connector
- 4.2.12 IrDA Connector
- 4.2.13 Keyboard/Mouse Connector
- 4.2.14 LED Power Connector
- 4.2.15 LVDS LCD Panel Connector
- 4.2.16 Parallel Port Connector
- 4.2.17 PC/104-Plus Connector
- 4.2.18 Power Connector
- 4.2.19 Power Input Connector
- 4.2.20 Reset Button Connector
- 4.2.21 SATA Drive Ports
- 4.2.22 Serial Communications Connector
- 4.2.23 TFT TTL LCD Connector
- 4.3 External (Rear Panel) Connectors
- 5 Installation and Configuration
- 6 Award BIOS Setup
- 7 Software Drivers
- A BIOS Configuration Options
- B Watchdog Timer
- C Address Mapping
- D External AC’97 Audio CODEC
- E ALi® RAID for SATA
- F Connecting an ATX Power Supply
- G Index

NANO-LX EPIC SBC
Command buffer interface
Hardware accelerated rotation BLTs
Color depth conversion
Paletized color
Full 8x8 color pattern buffer
Separate base addresses for all channels
Monochrome inversion
Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features lists a complete list of Geode LX graphics
features. For more details, please refer to the AMD website or the Geode LX series data
book available from AMD.
Feature AMD® Geode™ LX Processor
Color Depth 8, 16, 32 bpp (A) RGB 4 and 8-bit indexed
ROPs 256 (2-src, dest and pattern)
BLT Buffers FIFOs in Graphics Processor
BLT Splitting Managed by hardware
Video Synchronized BLT/Vector Throttle by VBLANK
Bresenham Lines Yes
Patterned (stippled) Lines Yes
Screen to Screen BLT Yes
Screen to Screen BLT with mono expansion Yes
Memory to Screen BLT Yes (throttled rep movs writes)
Accelerated Text No
Pattern Size (Mono) 8x8 pixels
Pattern Size (Color) 8x8 pixels
Monochrome Pattern Yes (with inversion)
Dithered Pattern (4 color) No
Color Pattern 8, 16, 32 bpp
Transparent Pattern Monochrome
Solid Fill Yes
Pattern Fill Yes
Transparent Source Monochrome
Color Key Source Transparency Y with mask
Variable Source Stride Yes
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