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1. Logic Block Data Capture Logic Block 3 20 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figure 3 5 THC63DV164 RGB to 24 bit TMDS Mapping Diagram 24 bit Input Mode BSEL 1 ve f D 23 0 Y DSEL 0 EDGE 0 DSEL 0 EDGE 1 w l First Latching Edge 24 bit Mode Data Mapping1 2 3 Pin Name PO P1 D23 RO 7 R1 7 D22 RO 6 R1 6 D21 RO 5 R1 5 D20 RO 4 R1 4 D19 RO 3 R1 S D18 Ro 2 BIZ D17 BOT RI D16 RO O R1 0 D15 Go 7 G1 7 D14 GO 6 G1 6 D13 GO 5 G1 5 D12 GO 4 G1 4 D11 G0 3 G1 3 D10 Go 2 G1 2 D9 Gol G1 1 D8 GO O G1 0 D7 BO 7 B1 7 D6 BO 6 B1 6 D5 BO 5 B1 5 D4 BO 4 B1 4 D3 BO 3 B1 3 D2 BO 2 B1 2 D1 BOT B1 1 DO BO O B1 0 OSE AO LO No IR GI SIC o SC NO BT o N Notes 1 In the figure clock edges represented by arrows signify the latching edge Color Pixel Components R RED G GREEN B BLUE 3 Bit significance within a color 7 0 MSB LSB Programming On board Devices 3 21 Artisan Technol
2. 3J Vertical Blankin 3 o b 9 E o x amp 4 Vertical Blanking Start 4 Vertical Display End n Figure 3 3 Video Display Timing Fields t Horizontal Total k 4 Horizontal Blanking End lt Horizontal Retrace End Horizontal Retrace SIant E 34 Horizontal Blanking Start horizontal Display End E h Active Display Area Horizontal Border Horizontal Blank Horizontal Blank Horizontal Border Vertical Border Vertical Blank Vertical Blank Vertical Border To change the horizontal frequency The horizontal frequency is also known as horizontal refresh or scan rate Indications that the horizontal frequency needs to be changed are an unviewable picture with diagonal lines or no picture at all Similar symptoms can be caused by no sync at all so make sure that the cables are connected When the sync is incorrect the number of diagonal lines is an indication of how close to the correct horizontal frequency you are fewer lines are closer more lines are farther Changing the horizontal frequency will also affect the vertical frequency Decreasing the horizontal frequency will generally result in a wider picture To change
3. 3 17 Table 3 5 TO Device Addresses ista eine 3 19 Figure 1 1 Borealis Block Diagram dt 1 4 Figure 1 2 DVI Digital Video Block Digram eee 1 5 Figure 2 1 Jumper Locations for the Fab Rev 1 2 Eclipse3PMC Board 2 6 Figure 2 2 Installation of a PMC Module into an Emerson MVME2604 2 7 Figure 2 3 Installation of a PMC Module into the PMB C 2 8 Figure 2 4 Installation of the PMC Module into an Emerson CPV3060 2 9 Figure 2 5 Jumper Locations for the Eclipse3PCI Boatrd 2 11 Figure 2 6 Installation of a PCI Module into an Emerson MTX 2 12 Figure 2 7 Jumper Locations for the Eclipse3CPCI Board 2 14 Figure 2 8 Installing a CompactPCI Board eee 2 15 Figure 3 1 Borealis Block Diagram n nasa 3 4 Figure 3 2 Internal RAMDAC Block Diagram eee 3 7 Figure 3 3 Video Display Timing Fields usina 3 15 Figure 3 4 THC63DV 164 Block Diagram eene 3 20 Figure 3 5 THC63DV164 RGB to 24 bit TMDS Mapping Diagram 3 21 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com rtisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Gua
4. 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Chapter I General Information 1 1 Introduction The Rastergraf Eclipse3 is part of Rastergraf s broad line of graphics modules for use in PMC PCI VME and CompactPCI computers For information about all of Rastergraf s products please contact Rastergraf Worldwide Sales at 541 923 5530 or consult Rastergraf s web page at http www rastergraf com The Eclipse3 uses a Rastergraf Borealis 2D 3D 128 bit graphics accelerator It features UVGA compatibility an OpenGL pipeline and can address up to 32 MB of on board SGRAM The Eclipse3 boards are available with either a standard VGA connector or a DVI I connector When provided with the DVI I connector a DVI transmitter provides 24 bit digital output encoded onto four TMDS differential signal pairs The Eclipse3 boards can function as the system VGA controller and includes an on board flash PROM loaded with VGA BIOS for Windows and Linux and or OpenBoot FCode for Sun Solaris General Information 1 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 2 Functional Description As an aid to understanding the Eclipse3 a block diagram is provided at the end of this section The feature set includes 128 bit Rastergraf Borealis 2D 3D Graphics Controller 33 66 MHz 32 bit PCI bus Embedded VGA controller Quad Image BIOS supports FCode VGA DVI and S
5. 32 bits per pixel UVGA VESA 0x0119 1280 x 1024 15 bits per pixel SXGA VESA 0x01la 1280x 1024 16 bits per pixel SXGA VESA 0x011b 1280 x 1024 32 bits per pixel SXGA VESA 0x0120 1600 x 1200 8 bits per pixel UXGA VESA 0x0121 1600 x 1200 15 bits per pixel UXGA VESA 0x0122 1600 x 1200 16 bits per pixel UXGA VESA 0x0123 1600 x 1200 32 bits per pixel UXGA VESA 0x0124 1152 x 864 8 bits per pixel Sun VESA 0x0125 1152 x 864 15 bits per pixel Sun VESA 0x0126 1152 x 864 16 bits per pixel Sun VESA 0x0127 1152x 864 32 bits per pixel Sun Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 19 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 9 Using an Eclipse3 Board in a SPARC CPU 2 9 1 Multiboard Operation The Rastergraf loadable DDX module supports multihead operation under Solaris 8 vvith Xinerama If you are running on a Sun system you should have the Rastergraf OpenBoot FCode image loaded into the graphics board This will enable OpenBoot to correctly identify the graphics board on startup and use it as the console Single Graphics Board If the Rastergraf board is to be the system display and you don t have another display board installed OpenBoot should find the Rastergraf board and initialize the display Multiple Graphics Boards If you do have another display board in the system the order in
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7. Programmable Bus Address Registers BARS in the Borealis map control and dravving engine registers and display memory through its 33 66 MHz PCI interface The Borealis can interrupt the PCI bus on the INTA line One PCI 2 1 compatible load PMC IEEE 1386 2001 149 mm x 74 mm 32 bit 33 66 MHz J1 J2 CompactPCI PICMG 2 0 Rev 3 IEEE 1101 10 3U form factor w ESD strip 32 bit 33 66 MHz J1 only no hotswap 3U and 6U front panel options Optional rear panel module connecting to CPCI J2 is standard 3U rear I O format 3U and 6U rear panel options PCI short PCI 32 bit 33 66 MHz 64 bit connector set is used for improved power and ground distribution Ox10F0 CW Vendor Code 0x0003 for 16 MB boards 0x0007 for 32 MB boards Standard versions REQUIRE that the PMC CompactPCI or PCI bus connectors supply both 5V and 3 3V A location for a local 3 3V regulator is provided on the PMC and PCI boards for systems which do not supply 3 3V to the backplane 5V 5 0 2 A max 3 3V 5 1 2 A max PCI Bus pin PRSNT 1 ft is set low indicating 7 5W max General Information 1 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Environment Enhanced Status Ruggedization Option 1 12 General Information Temperature O to 70 degrees C operating 55 to 85 degrees C storage Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Special order features in
8. Rear I O 3U 6U Local3 3V Semi rugged BUS Type Option Option Option Option Option Option CPCI 32MB DVI RIO 3U or 6U n a See Table 1 3 Note Please contact Rastergraf for complete Model number information 1 24 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Chapter 2 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 1 Introduction There are 2 steps involved in getting your Rastergraf Graphics board to work in your system Unpack and install the Rastergraf graphics board Install the software This chapter shows you how to install the Rastergraf graphics board in your computer Your Rastergraf software User s Manual e g SDL provides instructions on how to install the software Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 2 Unpacking Your Board When you unpack your board inspect the contents to see if any damage occurred in shipping If there has been physical damage file a claim with the carrier at once and contact Rastergraf for information regarding repair or replacement Do not attempt to use damaged equipment Caution Be careful not to remove the board from its antistatic bag or container until you are ready to install it It is preferable to wear a grounded wrist strap w
9. The PROM is organized as VGA FCode VGA with Sync On Green and FCode with Sync On Green for a total size of 128KB For maximum compatibility with non compliant systems the x86 image precedes the FCode image The Sync On Green jumper selects the one or the other half of the PROM On boot up the system BIOS locates and runs the appropriate ROM code Note not all E3 boards have the jumper pins installed Check with your sales representative if you need this feature Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 17 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf x86 Image Features Support for the 16 standard DOS modes as well as 25 extended VESA modes See the complete list below Other extended VESA modes may be added in the future All standard DOS VESA and VESA32 functions are supported including DVI refresh rate power management and DDC The Sync On Green modes supports the standard DOS modes with XOR composite sync and VESA modes with true serrated equalized composite sync with pedestal This is a separate image selectable by the JP101 jumper The BIOS code will search for and initialize the DVI chip if that option is installed on the E3 board The DVI output is simultaneous with the analog output so either monitor plugged into the E3 will work In the case of Sync On Green image and the E3 has the DVI option installed and a DVI monitor is connected then
10. eue OJJUO sola Idi aa 8M 86 L 8 Jojjomu059 NV4DS JOSUSS Bel ewy 1ndino reuba xurjeueg SAN JOUWBN edsig gN c 9L OVANVE euiBu3 Buweiq J0SS9901d is Aejdsig q cE LS 19d ZHIN 99 998U91U sng 1SOH OWd lOd JojeJojeooy soludeio GE sl eaJOG eed sng IOd ISOH 1 6 General Information Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Rastergraf 1 3 Additional References You can find Rastergraf documentation and technical literature on the Rastergraf web page http www rastergraf com The CompactPCI Specification PICMG R2 0 R3 0 the CompactPCI Hot Swap Specification PICMG 2 1 R2 0 and the CompactPCI Hot Swap Infrastructure Interface Specification PICMG 2 12 R1 0 standards and other information are available from PICMG Web Page _https www picmg org index stm The PCI Local Bus 2 2 Specification is maintained by the PCI Special Interest Group PCISIG Web Page http www pcisig com home Graphics Textbooks Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics Addison Wesley 1993 Foley and Van Dam Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics McGraw Hill 1979 Newman and Sproull General Information 1 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 4 Specifications for the Eclipse3 The Eclipse3 are avai
11. just ignore it c OR nvstore OR Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 23 Rastergraf 2 9 2 5 Setting the Console Background and Text Display Appearance The initial system default console background and text display appearance is Black Text on a White Background Alternatively White Text on a Black Background it will look like this Eclipse3 N To change the appearance enter the new mode 0 for Black Text 1 for in place of the word appear as shown below at the ok prompt type nvedit receive 0 lt index gt constant eclipse3 console mode if instead you receive 0 but no text it means that the console mode is not set type lt return gt receive 1 lt mode gt constant eclipse3 console sync if instead you receive 1 but no text it means that the console sync is not set type lt return gt receive 2 if instead you receive 2 and some text type lt ctrl k gt to clear the line type appear constant eclipse3 console background lt return gt receive 3 if instead you receive 3 and some text just ignore it type c receive ok type nvstore receive ok 2 9 2 6 Activating Eclipse3 Console Mode Features To display the nvramre contents at the ok prompt type printenv nvramrc receive 0 index constant eclipse3 console mode receive 1 mode constant eclipse3 console sync receive 1 appear constant eclipse3 console background index mode and appear will be the va
12. the board side connector part number is Molex 74320 1004 with Molex 71781 0001 or equivalent jackposts with Loctite A cable that would work is Mogami W3206 8 http www mars cam com ccd mogami digital6 html Table 1 5 DVI I Connector Pinout DVI I Pin Description 1 DVI TX2L 2 DVI TX2H 3 DVI TX2 Shield Ground 6 DDCCR 1 DDCDA 8 Vertical Sync 9 DVI TXIL 10 DVI TXIH 11 DVI TXI Shield Ground 14 Fused 5 Volts 25A max 15 Ground 17 DVI TXOL 18 DVI TXOH 19 DVI TXO Shield Ground 22 DVI TXC Shield Ground 23 DVI TXCH 24 DVI TXCL 4 5 12 13 16 20 21 n c C1 Red C2 Green C3 Blue C4 Horizontal Sync C5 Analog Ground General Information 1 17 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 3 Connections to the PMC Bus J11 J12 I mw x p e 3 OND I E me 2 me la w me fe s m av s simon ee s 7 om w e s me me o o me ne io mf GND me i u suswopex VDDG3W 12 rack ev a is PCIRSTL BUSMODESL 14 alan PMCGONTL 16 fis VDDG3V BUSMODE4L 16 Dr moa v ew is u me om fis wei IT 20 fo Abs Aon 20 msn av 2 2 GND amen 22 5 aos GND a 3 ab VDDG3V 24 5 GND GEL 26 25 sm aba 26 27 Aon Anm as 27 VDDG3V anon as 5 anim wccovy 30 2 anisa GND 30 ENE ME Ea ce AI AE GND me s me om 4 ra mw me e a vem me e par
13. GND Jaja comm ov la b d piu 46 4 ADM Adnan as EE Co ee StL eno Tr R an I s Aper ADO fsa 53 vopa3v me 34 sl ww oo sMES s ee x Notes byp means the pin is connected to a bypass capacitor on the graphics board but is otherwise not used 1 18 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 4 Connections to the PCI Bus ee a VppG39 mm 35 me me a PFRAMEL GND 34 3 me Gp s s GND mrov 35 5 v sen veces s onp PDEVSELL 37 e pma vccGv s s rerom GND a me w 39 vem me E s v rs me e o me me o 9 me ssm a me vona 4 ho ai me fo a2 ow me e nu me esna na Pean VDDG3V e HS Ray heyy faa PADI PCBEIL aa a keyway kew as vopaav Papiam 45 ha me me Mp4 Paon GND ae is prost A i E Fabi 47 Ge byr cice i es GND panion as Hm o ee LINE HD A IS VDDG3V Pann a s vopaav panom 33 ranas GND 22 54 Panon vpbG3v 34 23 Pann Pabam 23 ss Panom PADO5H ss a ow ros m s ow ans s 25 Panam VDDG3V 25 ranom GND 37 25 PIDSELH PCBE3L 26 se Papoon panom 38 27 VDDG3V raon 27 s9 byp Vi pio 5 pan av nal me me E 29 Panon Pabam for vccev v r ei 30 ow E e ves vesn er mers OE gt Note byp means the pin is connected to a
14. Rastergraf Table 2 1 x86 Supported Video Modes Type Code Text Graphics Color Range PC Mode DOS 0x00 1 40x25 4 bits per pixel CGA DOS 0x02 3 80x25 2 bits per pixel CGA DOS 0x04 5 40x25 320x200 4 bits per pixel CGA DOS 0x06 80x25 640x200 monochrome CGA DOS 0x07 80x25 monochrome MDA DOS 0x0D 40x25 320x200 4 bits per pixel EGA DOS Ox0E 80x25 640x200 4 bits per pixel EGA DOS OxOF 80x25 640x350 monochrome EGA DOS 0x10 80x25 640x200 4 bits per pixel EGA DOS Ox11 80x30 640x480 monochrome VGA DOS 0x12 80x30 640x480 4 bits per pixel VGA DOS 0x13 40x25 320x200 8 bits per pixel VGA DOS 0x6A 800x600 4 bits per pixel SVGA Type Code Graphics Color Range PC Type VESA 0x0100 640 x 400 8 bits per pixel VESA 0x0101 640 x 480 8 bits per pixel VGA VESA 0x0103 800 x 600 8 bits per pixel SVGA VESA 0x0105 1024 x 768 8 bits per pixel UVGA VESA 0x0107 1280 x 1024 8 bits per pixel SXGA VESA 0x0110 640 x 480 15 bits per pixel VGA VESA 0x0111 640 x 480 16 bits per pixel VGA VESA 0x0112 640 x 480 32 bits per pixel VGA VESA 0x0113 800 x 600 15 bits per pixel SVGA VESA 0x0114 800 x 600 16 bits per pixel SVGA VESA 0x0115 800 x 600 32 bits per pixel SVGA VESA 0x0116 1024x 768 15 bits per pixel UVGA VESA 0x0117 1024x 768 16 bits per pixel UVGA VESA 0x0118 1024 x 768
15. and turn off the power Warning Never open the computer without turning off the power supply Unless internal AC wiring is exposed leave the power cord plugged in so as to ground the computer chassis You can easily get shocked ruin computer parts or both unless you turn off the power Even with power switched off lethal voltages can exist in the equipment 2 Open the computer and find an empty PCI slot When installing the card you have to watch out because the slot see Figure 2 5 between the 32 bit and 64 bit parts of the PCB connector is quite narrow PCs sometimes have PCI connectors that have overly thick moldings requiring the slot to be widened Should you encounter this problem please contact Rastergraf for assistance 2 10 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 32 64 bit PCI slot JP233 ocal 3 3 o 0 a o o a oo o EDE H L ee Sa 898 Rastergraf Figure 2 5 Jumper Locations for the Eclipse3PCI Board 000 de 2068 000 mange 0586555555 ae mi 038 2 6 Id E oo o EE anim ina E mE WE gods pou VIAn 104 Jodun ouo o O YSN Ul pDNW VI PUDIADO 100z vorybiodioy 911194 9 yybiiAdoo ma HE 898068 m sil ll 14 jo
16. any case the user has no direct control e g jumpers over what interrupt line the graphics board will use Address Settings Since the PCI bus and the Eclipse3 are configured by the operating system and or BIOS while booting up there aren t any address jumpers The address settings are programmable and are set up by the Eclipse3 software as a result of information supplied by the OS at boot time Refer to the Rastergraf software User s Manuals for more information The software sets up the BARs Base Address Registers in the Rastergraf Borealis Graphics Processor that enable access to its control registers internal RAMDAC DDC2B C control lines and SGRAM The Rastergraf Eclipse3 device driver will load the BARS if the O S or BIOS did not If you can determine the actual PCI base address you might even be able to probe the address spaces with an on line debugger once the driver code has run Section 3 3 has details on how the Borealis controls access to the on board registers The ability to probe the board is dependent on the CPU memory map as implemented by the system OS and the address ranges of the PCI bus as determined by the CPU hardware These things change from OS to OS board to board and vendor to vendor making it a difficult task Most likely if you use Rastergraf supplied software the board will show up and you will get pictures Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrum
17. capacitor on the graphics board but is otherwise not used General Information 1 19 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 4 Connections to the PCI Bus continued SIDE A SIDE B 66 T Vis Erw poe or e he e mi wu Ls w 18 El EH El El El S El E EJ 90 EN 92 93 se me om 9 Note byp means the pin is connected to a bypass capacitor on the graphics board but is otherwise not used 1 20 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 5 JI Connections to the CompactPCI Bus rem fm lt Hei 5 2 m 2 H O me 2 mon 2 Toon ro ae Je me p pee fa me ws Ja ew a mm Ja me fa me SL me fs me si rems 5 ann s anm e Parsor o GND 6 VDDG3V 6 Pacer 6 ADB1 Fr anno 7 aver aora 7 cw 7 Tans e ava w ew s wow s anem e aped o eee fo msa o ane s emo fof apa i 3 keyway 13 keyway 13 kermay 13 keyway 13 keyway Ds op Gow is maner s mov isf ovp s mv is DEVsEL 16 GND 16 byprvio 16 Srom 16 me w fil me mf em 7 m o us vo 30 m A s Ansi s ana s GND o avis a onean far anor m amen z PAT sona m ame sl awe vee n apr 2 anos ae Wee avy pero 24 am fa me Note byp means the pin is connected to a bypass capacitor on
18. demo programs are provided that may be run to put test patterns on the screen s Pictures Once you have a picture on the screen you may need to adjust the width height brightness contrast and hold controls on your monitor to get a good centered image If these controls don t adjust the image properly the parameters used to set the graphics timing registers might be wrong If you have any trouble with any part of the installation call or email Rastergraf for assistance or refer to Chapter 4 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 25 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com rtisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Chapter 3 Programming On board Devices 3 1 Introduction This chapter covers the special programming features of the individual devices used on the Eclipse3 It is intended to supply information unique to the board or to the application of a particular chip Section 1 3 provides a list of appropriate publications that include manufacturer s data sheets and manuals Rastergraf offers a variety of software to support the Eclipse3 graphics boards in Solaris Windows 2000 and XP VxWorks and Linux These offerings are covered in detail on the Rastergraf web page Programming On board Devices 3 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888
19. does not enable you to solve your problems do one of the following 1 call Rastergraf technical support at 541 923 5530 2 fax your questions to 541 923 6475 3 send E mail to support rastergraf com If your problem is monitor related Rastergraf technical support will need detailed information about your monitor Board Revisions This manual applies to the following board revision levels Eclipse3PMC Fab Rev 1 2A Eclipse3CPCI Fab Rev I Eclipse3PCI Fab Rev 0 Manual Revisions Introduction 2 Revision 1 0 March 19 2001 First released version Revision 1 1 March 25 2001 Revisions Revision 1 2 June 15 2001 Minor revisions Revision 1 3 June 25 2001 Minor revisions Revision 1 4 May 14 2002 Updates for PMC 1 2 Revision 1 5 May 17 2002 A few more changes Revision 1 6 May 17 2002 Release Revision 1 7 May 17 2002 Minor revisions Revision 1 8 August 22 2002 Noted Fab Rev 1 2a change for M66EN Revision 2 0 February 11 2008 Created Rastergraf version Many detail changes Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Notices Information contained in this manual is disclosed in confidence and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without prior approval of Rastergraf Its sole purpose is to provide the user with adequately detailed documentation to effectively install and operate the equipment supplied The use of
20. implied All warranty repair work will be done at the Rastergraf factory Return Policy Before returning a module the customer must first request a Return Material Authorization RMA number from the factory The RMA number must be enclosed with the module when it is packed for shipment A written description of the trouble should also be included Customer should prepay shipping charges to the factory Rastergraf will prepay return shipping charges to the customer Repair work is normally done within ten working days from receipt of module Out of Warranty Service Factory service is available for modules which are out of warranty or which have sustained damage making them ineligible for warranty repair A flat fee will be charged for normal repairs and must be covered by a valid purchase order If extensive repairs are required Rastergraf will request authorization for an estimated time and materials charge If replacement is required additional authorization will be requested All repair work will be done at the Rastergraf factory in Redmond Oregon unless otherwise designated by Rastergraf 4 4 Troubleshooting Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Index 5 wire VGA monitors 2 16 ACE Series 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 14 1 23 1 24 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 10 2 11 2 13 2 14 2 16 2 17 2 20 3 1 3 2 3 10 3 12 3 13 3 17 3
21. minutes per axis in each of three mutually perpendicular axes 3 Three hits in each axis both directions 1 2 sine and saw tooth Total 36 hits 4 Standard air flow is 8 cfm at sea level Some higher powered products may require additional airflow Consult the factory for details 5 Conformal coating type to be specified by customer Consult the factory for details 6 Temperature is measured at the card interior not at edge 7 Lastletter in ordering option A for Acrylic Conformal Coating S for Silicone Conformal Coating General Information 1 13 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 Eclipse3 Connectors and Cables There are tvvo possible connector locations on the front panel of the Eclipse3 graphics boards Note Due to front panel space limitations the PMC board can have either the VGA or the DVI connector installed The PCI and CompactPCI boards have both installed The Eclipse3 Standard versions use a standard 15 pin VGA compatible connector RGBHV Red Green Blue and Horizontal and Vertical sync and DDC DDA monitor control signals are supplied The Eclipse3 DVI option use a DVI I 29 pin connector This connector supplies RGBHV Red Green Blue and Horizontal and Vertical sync DDC DDA monitor control signals as vvell as DVI digital video output An adapter connector Molex 88741 8700 available from Digikey is avai
22. select Sync On Green operation on boot up The signal has the following approximate values 1 Volt peak to peak consisting of 660 mV Reference White 54 mV Reference Black 286 mV Sync Level The Borealis chip display timing is programmable The following tables provide the timing values provided by Rastergraf software Table 1 1 Eclipse3 SDL Platform Display Timing Specifications Active Display Bits per Vertical Horizontal Pixel Refresh Refresh 640 x 480 8 16 32 60 Hz 31 55 KHz 800 x 600 SVGA 8 16 32 39 35 KHz 42 MHz 1024 x 768 UVGA 8 16 32 58 86 KHz 80 52 MHz 1152 x 900 8 16 32 64 92 KHz 99 72 MHz 1600 x 1200 UXGA 8 16 32 162 0 MHz 1280 x 1024 SXGA 8 16 32 82 86 KHz 141 5 MHz 1920 x 1200 WUXGA 8 16 32 194 4 MHz General Information 1 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Table 1 2 Eclipse3 FCode Solaris Platform Display Timing Specifications Active Display Horizontal Refresh Vertical Refresh Bits per Pixel 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1152 x 900 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200 1920 x 1200 60 Hz 75 Hz 31 5 KHz he 37 5 KHz 60Hz 37 9 KHz 40 MHz 60Hz 484KHz 65 0 MHz i pef se as e e eem ES TE ie Analog 5 um 75 Hz 80 0 KHz 135 MHz Panag a Jaer en km 1944 0 Table 1 3 Eclipse3 VGA Windows Platform Display Timing Spec
23. the graphics board but is otherwise not used General Information 1 21 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 5 J2 Connections to the CompactPCI Bus optional PK GND GND RIO DDCH RIO TX2H RIO BHSYNC RIO TXIH vo D D Q e Q 34 5618 I y IER 16 IE 21212 21212 21212 B Q QO oO o o o o oo e Z Z B sieiei6i6i6i6i6i6i6i6i6i6i6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 B GND Kom ms Is o cx Y Z ae JUL E ME G E EE Qolo o oo oo o o oO o o A QA o o o ZIZ IZ IZ Z IZ IZ ZIZ 2 Z 2Z 2Z Z 2Z 2 _ NEN fem EE El E El 4 OU U O OJUJO UO UJU O O UJUJO O Z B Q 2 ojojo N ND n c n c n c n c n c GN Q Z Q i 5 Note byp means the pin is connected to a bypass capacitor on the graphics board but is otherwise not used Pins used for Rear Panel I O are used in Slot 1 This board MUST NOT be installed in Slot 1 PK_GND are grounds that are added by Rastergraf 1 22 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 6 Monitor Requirements Rastergraf graphics boards can be used with a variety of monitors For best performance a monitor should have the following features VGA compatib
24. the Sync On Green will be disabled as it is not compatible with DVI If a DVI monitor is not detected Sync On Green will not be disabled but if a DVI monitor is later connected it may not display properly During boot the BIOS will display a message screen for 10 seconds before relinquishing control back to the system BIOS This screen will identify the Borealis board BIOS the revision and build date and copyright Rastergraf Corp Additional messages will be displayed if a DVI option is found if a DVI monitor is connected if it is a Sync On Green image if the Sync On Green is disabled due to a DVI monitor being detected and a warning if the motherboard is found to not be fully PCI compliant Other diagnostic messages may be added in the future A TSR image is also available In the case of booting DOS this allows switching to a different e g more current version after boot or switching to or from Sync on Green mode This is recommended for testing only the longer term action is to reprogram the image which can be done at the factory or in the field in some cases Note that both analog RGB and DVI are supported by the BIOS code Connection to a DVI monitor is detected and the appropriate register values are set without the need to have the user set any special flags or jumpers 2 18 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com
25. the regulator to supply power to the graphics board when the PCI backplane only has SV JP102 CompactPCI Frame Ground to Chassis Ground Jumpers Ordinarily frame ground and chassis ground are isolated from each other Install JP102 to connect them together Note Make sure before installing the jumper that this does not expose the system to any electrical hazards 2 4 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 4 Eclipse3PMC Graphics Board Installation The Eclipse3PMC board can plug into any 32 bit 66 MHz SV or 3 3V signaling IEEE 1386 2001 compatible single module PMC location Such locations are most commonly found on VME and CompactPCI computers The Eclipse3PMC can be installed in PCI and CompactPCI backplanes by using a Rastergraf PMA P or PMA C passive bus adapter Rastergraf also supplies active carriers for PCI the PMB P and a CompactPCI carrier the PMB C which can hold two PMC boards Of course you could also just use an Eclipse3CPCI or Eclipse3PCI Note Older VME host or carrier boards may not supply 3 3V to the PMC connectors and the Eclipse3 PMC boards require both 3 3V and SV By special order Rastergraf can supply the graphics board with a local 3 3V regulator installed Please contact Rastergraf for assistance Installing the PMC Graphics Board Note Refer to Section 2 3 3 for
26. the settings for JP101 and JP201 1 Shut down the operating system and turn off the power Warning Never open the computer without turning off the power supply Unless internal AC wiring is exposed leave the power cord plugged in so as to ground the computer chassis You can easily get shocked ruin computer parts or both unless you turn off the power Even with power switched off lethal voltages can exist in the equipment Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figure 2 1 Jumper Locations for the Fab Rev 1 2 Eclipse3PMC Board Fab Revision Number JP202 Reserved a En d e ES Chae aga SE So je CEC 2880 a SESESES a Q Disa Eclipses Bl mi S e Corona3 E DIEI que Aurora mi a E Made in USA VFR M Fab AC7 00711 Rev 1 2 Copyright c 2002 Peritek Corporation B 8 8 vg EE Le 2 6 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board JP201 VGA Sub class Device Enable JP203 Optional Local 3 3V Power JP101 Sync On Green Jumper Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 Open the computer and remove the CPU board onto whic
27. which begins requesting memory access from the Memory Controller as soon as the first pixel texel is generated Up to 2 rendering commands can be piped through the rendering engine at the same time If read data is requested the memory controller will control the loading of the data into the Drawing Data path and will notify the Drawing Engine that the data is now available If write data is requested the data will have been previously setup in the drawing data path and the Memory Controller will control the output of that data to the selected memory buffer Programming On board Devices 3 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 6 3 2 7 3 2 8 3 2 9 Display List Processor The Display List Processor DLP is used to feed a set of commands to the Drawing Engine The DLP uses a 128 bit instruction word The instruction formats allow for each word to write up to three Drawing Engine registers or two text glyphs There is a four register mode which only writes XYO XY1 XY2 and XY3 This mode cannot be mixed with any other mode CRT Controller The CRT Controller provides programmable CRT timing signals horizontal vertical blanks and syncs It is also responsible for generating requests to the memory controller for screen refresh cycles A free running frame counter which generates interrupts to the Host is also provided This is useful for sync
28. 0 TMDS 1 1 1 9 unpacking your graphics board 2 2 Video connector 1 15 video timing parameters 3 13 Warranty 4 3 Windows 2000 0 1 1 2 Windows NT 1 2 3 1 writemask register 3 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com A rtisan Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality Technology Group new and certified used pre owned equipment FAST SHIPPING AND SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment TENS OF THOUSANDS OF at our full service in house repair center We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins IN STOCK ITEMS www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment 7 EQUIPMENT DEMOS HUNDREDS OF Instra Za REMOTE INSPECTION LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION MANUFACTURERS Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with Visit us on the web at www artisantg com 7 for more our interactive website at www instraview com 7 information on price quotations drivers technical LEASING MONTHLY specifications manuals and documentation RENTALS ITAR CERTIFIED CEP BAD Ds Contact us 888 88 SOURCE sales artisantg com www artisantg com
29. 18 3 19 3 20 3 22 4 2 4 3 Additional References 1 7 Adjusting the Video Timing 3 14 Aperture controller 3 4 AT24C02 1 11 3 19 3 22 Aurora3 0 1 Checking your Display 2 16 color register 3 11 CompactPCI 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 2 3 2 5 2 13 2 14 2 15 Configuration Information 1 24 conventions used in manual 0 4 Corona3 0 1 CRT 3 6 CRT controller 3 4 description 3 6 DAC 3 6 Drawing engine 3 4 description 3 5 Drawing engine commands 3D triangle 1 4 Eclipse3 0 1 Flash EEPROM 3 22 Frame buffer 3 3 fuse 4 2 General Specifications 1 8 Host bus interface 3 4 description 3 3 initial testing 2 2 Internal RAMDAC 3 4 Internal VGA 3 4 interrupts 3 22 Linear windows controller description 3 5 Linux 0 1 3 1 LM75 1 11 1 12 3 18 3 19 Maintenance 4 3 Memory controller description 3 6 Monitor Requirements 1 23 pan 3 16 PanelLink 1 1 1 9 1 11 3 19 PCI 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 11 1 24 2 3 2 5 2 7 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 3 2 3 3 3 9 3 10 3 22 4 1 4 3 PCI bus installation 2 10 PMC 0 1 1 2 1 11 1 14 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 24 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 PMC bus installation 2 3 RAMDAC 3 3 Refresh cycle 3 6 Return Policy 4 4 RMA 4 2 4 4 Screen coordinate system 3 8 scroll 3 16 Serial EEPROM 3 22 Service 4 4 SGRAM 1 4 3 3 3 6 Solaris 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 24 3 1 System architecture 3 3 technical support 0 2 THC63DV 164 1 9 1 11 3 19 3 2
30. 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Note Please read these sections before starting on this chapter Section 1 2 Functional description of the Eclipse3 boards Chapter 2 Installation This chapter includes the follovving other sections 3 2 Borealis Graphics Accelerator 3 3 Synchronous Graphics RAM SGRAM 3 4 Borealis Clocks 3 5 Video Timing Parameters 3 6 Eclipse3 Auxiliary Registers 3 7 System Management Devices 3 8 Talk to Me Through PC 3 9 DVI Digital Video Output 3 10 Flash EEPROM 3 11 Serial EEPROM 3 12 Interrupts Because the Eclipse3 is mostly an assembly of black box parts there isn t a lot of external logic that has to be documented Thus the following sections don t actually provide much programming information as the chip documentation and SDL device support cover that pretty well The sections summarize the devices and include some hints and kinks You can refer to the Rastergraf web site for complete documentation You can also license the Rastergraf SDL source code itself The following sections assume that you have read Section I 2 and have some knowledge of video graphics the PCI bus and the C protocol For detailed information concerning operation of the PCI bus please refer to the Section 1 3 Additional References 3 2 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 Boreal
31. AND SERVICE eee 4 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figures and Tables Table 1 1 Eclipse3 SDL Platform Display Timing Specifications 1 9 Table 1 2 Eclipse3 FCode Solaris Platform Display Timing Specifications 1 10 Table 1 3 Eclipse3 VGA Windows Platform Display Timing Specifications 1 10 Table 1 3 Rastergraf Ruggedization Levels Chart eese 1 13 Table 1 4 Analog VGA Video Connector Pinout 1 16 Table 1 5 DVI I Connector Pinout sese let ii 1 17 Table 1 6 Eclipse3 Software ee titat 1 24 Table 1 7 Common Eclipse3 Configurations sss sese eee eee ee ritenere etra rte nation 1 24 Table 2 1 x86 Supported Video Modes skr ii 2 19 Table 2 2 FCode Supported Display Modes 2 22 Table 2 3 EC ode Sync Output Modes 2 23 Table 3 1 Borealis Configuration Settings eee eee 3 9 Table 3 2 Eclipse3 ACR Register Bit Assignments 3 12 Table 3 3 Standard Graphics Display Formats 3 13 Table 3 4 Eclipse3 Video Timing Parameter Request Form
32. Controller L p CREEN 5 4q9 BLUE lt gg CATelk EE DDA Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 2 2 DVI Digital Output The Eclipse3 may be ordered with a DVI compliant transmitter which provides high quality 24 bit true color digital output over twisted pair cables up to 5 meters in length This length may be increased by using shielded twin ax or fiber optic cables Displays ranging up to 1600 x 1200 are supported Three TMDS data channels send data at 1 65 Gbps per channel Connections to the Eclipse3 are made through the front DVI I connector TDMS Transmitter TDHS Receiver Graphics Displa Controller P Figure 1 2 DVI Digital Video Block Digram 1 2 3 Software Support Rastergraf software support is available for many operating systems Support for multiple display heads is included The software packages are SDL Graphics Subroutine Library Windows 2000 XP Drivers Sun Solaris Accelerated 2D and 3D DDX X Window System Server Complete X Windows XI IR6 server based on Xfree86 Version 4 2 Quad Image BIOS supports all combinations of FCode VGA DVI and Sync On Green General Information 1 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf gt O lt D D g UIDAGDICI Y90 8 osdijoq E T oan 1495 m O m gt INOHd3 91601 INOHd33
33. G AN ECLIPSE3 BOARD IN A SPARC CPU 2 20 2 10 USING AN ECLIPSE3 BOARD IN A POWERPC sees eene enhn eren en net nn nnns eren a 2 25 21 EINALCHEGCKS ua n em t t d rive ke 2 25 CHAPTER 3 PROGRAMMING ON BOARD DEVICES J L Bide INTRODUCTION Ges kake AGNET 3 1 3 2 BOREALIS GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR c cccccccssssssssececececsesneaececececsesesaececececeessseeeeeeeceeseaeaeeeeseseseneeaeees 3 3 3 3 BOREALIS CLOCKSR nn nnsnsssnnssssnnsssnsnsssnsss sss 3 10 3 4 SYNCHRONOUS GRAPHICS RAM SOR AM 3 11 3 5 ECLIPSE3 OPTIONAL FEATURES REGISTER ccssscssccecsesessscecececeesssseeecececeesenseaesececeesenseaeseeeeeenenseaeees 3 12 3 6 VIDEO TIMING PARAMETERS ccccessesssceeececsesssaececececseseseeecececeensaeeeseeeceesesaseceeeceesesseaeseeseeesenneaeees 3 13 3 7 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DEVICES AND FUNCTIONS eee 3 18 3 8 TALK TO ME THROUGH C dad laca 3 19 3 9 DVI DIGITAL VIDEO OUTPUT 3 20 3 10 FLASH EEPROM 3 22 3 LF SERIAL EEPROM eee eee dre 3 22 32 INTERRUPTS 3 22 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 1 INTRODUCTION EenRM 4 1 4 1 GENERAL PROCEDURES cccccsseesssscecececeesensnaececececeessnaececececsessuaseecececeesenseaesecececsesseaesecseeesesseaeseeeeeens 4 2 4 2 DEALING WITH THE PCI BUS esse essen 4 3 4 3 MAINTENANCE WARRANTY
34. I 2 1 compliant interface with no additional external logic required Rey Borealis Device Features 33 66 MHz PCI Interface PCI Bus Master Event Notification 100 MHz SGRAM Memory Controller with Block Writes Texture Mapping Capabilities Perspective Correction Point Sampling Bilinear and Trilinear filtering Full Level of Detail Per Pixel MIP Mapping Separate Texture Mipmapping Minification and Magnification filtering Full OpenGL Texture Decal Blend and Modulation Modes RGB Modulation Lighting Effects Support Palletized Textures 1 2 4 and 8 bit Support Non Palette Textures 8 16 and 32 bit Floating point Triangle Setup vvith Vertex Level Commands Flat and Gouraud Shaded line drawing with patterning Table and Vertex Fog Specular Highlighting Full Alpha blending Alpha Compare Testing 3D Color Reying vvith Color Range Support Backface Culling Bilinearly Filtered Scaling Power of 2 Display Zooming Support 8 16 32 bits per pixels Destination Format 16 and 24 bit per pixel Z Buffer Support Hardware 3D Volume Clipping 16 bit Logical Addressing in both X and Y Two configurable frame buffer windows Transparent BLT and Two operand BitBLT Display List Processor Color Space Converter YUV RGB Conversion VGA 250 MHz RAMDAC 0 35 micron 3 3 volt CMOS process 388 PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array General Information 1 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisan
35. ajes apoo jooq Jd od Go4souny e 806082320989 o eo asas punn A mon moe a s 880 ci S EISE BL 5 03 im 11m e n o2 2 E t P saec ute 8 dr e mE d LE 5 eo im 3109 0 E oo e 0 S H CDU Jd 0 A9Y 1400 69V 0109 casd1 93 d 84A JP201 VGA JP101 Flash Bank Fab Revision Number Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 11 Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Rastergraf Caution The static electricity that your body builds up normally can seriously damage the components on the graphics board 3 Wear a grounded wrist strap and touch a metal part of the computer chassis Remove the card slot blocking plate from the chassis Then remove the graphics board from its anti static bag and immediately slide it into the slot Figure 2 6 Installation of a PCI Module into an Emerson MTX 4 After making sure the board is seated correctly install the screw into the place where the blocking plate was and which now holds the graphics board s front panel 5 Close the computer Now go to Section 2 7 2 12 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 6 Eclipse3CPCI Board Installation The Eclipse3CPCI board
36. astergraf for assistance The R G and B video outputs are driven by the Borealis graphics controller chip which is capable of driving terminated cable 75 ohms to standard RS 330 IRE levels Cable length should be limited to 50 feet unless you use low loss RG 59 Rastergraf has used an outside cable shop to build production cables Lynn Products Inc http www lynnprod com If you really want to roll you own the PMC board side connector is an AMP 177802 3 The CompactPCI and PCI board side connector is an Adam Tech HDL15 SLB Be sure to use 75 ohm coax for the R G B You can use TP or coax on H and V A cable that would work is Mogami W3206 8 http www mars cam com ccd mogami digital3 html The following table provides the cable connection information General Information 1 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Table 1 4 Analog VGA Video Connector Pinout pu Description Ground Type Cable Type 1 Red 75 ohm Coax with pin 6 2 Green 75 ohm Coax with pin 7 3 Blue 75 ohm Coax with pin 8 4 not used 5 DDC Ground Circuit Ground 6 Red Ground Circuit Ground 7 Green Ground Circuit Ground 8 Blue Ground Circuit Ground 9 Fused 5 Volts 25A max 10 Sync Ground Circuit Ground 11 Ground Circuit Ground 12 DDCDA Twisted Pair with GND to pin 10 13 HSYNC Twisted Pair wi
37. ations for the Eclipse3CPCI Board 000000 JP201 VGA Fab Revision Number Su a mini a lt lt o S gt N o c D E E mo S m o OE a o 2 E Ge o WIN xx gZ o G no JP101 AE s a CO B o6 Mc Flash Bank boo o O cu Ne xe p Li o gt ds s o OD JP102 Frame Chassis E 2 lt Ground cocr 66666666 m Hue e I i 2 14 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Caution The static electricity that your body builds up normally can seriously damage the components on the graphics board 4 Wear a grounded wrist strap Touch a metal part of the computer chassis remove the graphics board from its anti static bag and immediately slide it into the slot Figure 2 8 Installing a CompactPCI Board 5 After making sure the board is seated correctly lever the card in with the injector s and tighten the screwlock on each end of the faceplate Now go to Section 2 7 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 7 Finishing the Installation 2 7 1 2 7 2 Connecting
38. can plug into any 32 bit SV or 3 3V signaling CompactPCI 3U or 6U slot Although the board is usually supplied with a 6U faceplate a 3U faceplate is also available The board uses only the J1 connector unless the Rear I O option is included Installing the Graphics Board Note Refer to Section 2 3 3 for the settings for JP101 JP102 and JP201 1 Shut down the operating system and turn off the power Warning Never open the computer without turning off the power supply Unless internal AC wiring is exposed leave the power cord plugged in so as to ground the computer chassis You can easily get shocked ruin computer parts or both unless you turn off the power Even with power switched off lethal voltages can exist in the equipment 2 Open the computer and identify the empty slot in the card cage that is closest to the CPU Do not leave any slots empty between the graphics board and the CPU The Eclipse3CPCI board is a Universal PCI device and can be plugged into a slot which uses either 5V or 3 3V signaling protocol Therefore a JI connector signaling key plug is not necessary 3 In the interest of allowing air flow and if you have a choice block off any unused slots in the cardcage so that fan air will not flow through them Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 13 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figure 2 7 Jumper Loc
39. clude Three LEDs that can be driven by host CPU software A 2Kb Serial EEPROM stores the serial number display timing information and customer specific parameters An LM75 thermal sensor provides limit flags and real time temperature read back Rastergraf offers semi ruggedized versions of the Eclipse3 boards include a MIL compliant silicone or acrylic conformal coating and extended temperature testing Rastergraf board designs use standard distribution commercial temperature range parts No formal component tracking is maintained Boards are protected with either Acrylic Miller Stephenson MS 475 or Silicone Miller Stephenson MS 460 or equivalent and are MIL I 46058C Type SR and MIL T 152B compliant The board is tested under extended temperature conditions as shown on the next page Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Ruggedization Levels The following table shows the standard ruggedization levels At the time of writing complete shock and vibration testing has not been performed but some boards have been tested enough to expect full acceptance is possible Please contact Rastergraf Sales if you need this information Table 1 3 Rastergraf Ruggedization Levels Chart Air Cooled Air Cooled Air Cooled AirCooled Conduction Conduction cooled cooled Level 0 Level 50 Level 100 Level 200 Level 100 Level 200 Argus Gemini Sir
40. ction 1 GETTING IN Introduction 2 BOARD REVISIONS se Introduction 2 NOTES La Introduction 3 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL sse Introduction 4 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 1 ET INTRODUCTION dao 1 1 1 2 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION sse eee 1 2 1 3 ADDITIONAL REFERENCES revorornvorsnennnnrrvnrnrsernannrnnnrnssnensnnrnnnenssesnannrnnsrnssnensnnrnnnenssennannnensenssnenannnnnsensnen 1 6 1 3 ADDITIONAL REFERENCES ccccccccccessessssssecececeesesecesececsessuaesecececeeseaaeeesececeessaaesesececeeseasaeseeeceeneneaeees 1 7 1 4 SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ECLIPSE3 sse sese 1 8 1 5 ECLIPSE3 CONNECTORS AND CABLES see 1 14 1 6 MONITOR REQUIREMENTS ese 1 23 1 7 CONFIGURATION INFORMATION tee eie totes eet a REY SENE LER ERE aE CERE nhau saceeecescdvanseceee 1 24 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING YOUR PERITEK GRAPHICS BOARD 2 1 DA INTRODUCTION PEE 2 1 2 2 UNPACKING YOUR BOARD spenn i mosaics ideas 2 2 2 3 PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION sssscscsiiasessccacessdesesesse sma nanasqa EE E Goa Geasasaueel ed od AE E ETE eaS 2 3 2 4 ECLIPSE3PMC GRAPHICS BOARD INSTALLATION eee 2 5 2 5 ECLIPSE3PCI BOARD INSTALLATION tiet rte e E asia qa as besadsabeeee cuesesseusecteascsavaen s 2 10 2 6 ECLIPSE3CPCI BOARD INSTALLATION eene nennen nno EEE EES EE senes esset eate seas sesso sean 2 13 2 1 FINISHING THE INSTALLATION uan EOS DE 2 16 2 8 USING AN ECLIPSE3 BOARD IN A PC 2 17 2 9 USIN
41. deo memory 32 MB video memory BIOS PROM enable Enabled m EE PCI device sub class BENT Other Device Device 27 in SGRAM density 32 Mb x 32 bit wide 26 im 25 in Internal RAMDAC Enabled Enable SGRAM Enabled EARS Enable PCI Enabled 22 20 Subsystem ID Subsystem ID Code CJ19 out for 16 MB Board CJ19 in for 32 MB Board 16 MB video memory 32 MB video memory biz 7 in Subsystem Vendor ID Rastergraf PCI Vendor ID Ox 10FO Programming On board Devices 3 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 3 Borealis Clocks The Eclipse3 boards have several clocks DECLK is the Borealis Drawing Engine clock and is generated by the CY2292 clock synthesizer two frequency select allows the DECLK to be set to 75 80 90 or 100 MHz depending on the operating conditions of the system The default is 75 MHz REFCLK is the Borealis PLL reference clock and is generated by the CY2292 clock synthesizer It is fixed at 37 5 MHz LDCLK is generated by the Borealis internal video clock PLL It is an auxiliary clock output from the Borealis and is used as the pixel clock for the digital output One pixel is output for each edge of LDCLK SECLK is the Borealis Setup Engine clock Its source is selected under program control using a register in the Borealis The choices include the PCI bus clock and MCLR 2 VCLK is the B
42. ena Eclipse3 Topaz Garnet Gemini Gemini Sirena Sirena Eclipse3 Eclipse3 Eclipse3 Topaz Garnet Garnet Topaz Topaz Garnet Garnet Garnet Applicable Graphics Board s Operating 20 C to 65 C 40 C to 71 C 40 C to 85 40 to 71 40 C to 85 Storage 40 to 85 C 40 to 85 C 55 C to 125 C 55 to 125 C 55 to 1250 55 C to 125 C Humidity O to 95 non 0 to 100 non O to 100 non 0 to 100 non 10 to 100 non 0 to 100 non Operating condensing condensing condensing condensing condensing condensing Humidity 0 to 95 0 to 100 0 to 100 0 to 100 0 to 100 0 to 100 Storage condensing condensing condensing condensing condensing condensing Vibration 2 g peak 2 g peak 10 g peak 10 g peak 10 g peak 10 g peak Sine 1 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz Vibration 0 01 g2 Hz 0 02 g2 Hz 0 04 g2 Hz 0 04 g2 Hz 0 1 g2 Hz 0 1 g2 Hz Random 2 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 2 kHz 15 Hz 2 kHz Shock 3 20 g peak 20 g peak 30 g peak 30 g peak 40 g peak 40 g peak Sa optional optional optional optional es es Coat 5 p p p p y y o CA or CS A5A or A5S A1A or A1S A2A or A2S C1A or C1S C2A or C2S 1 Sine vibration based on a sine sweep duration of 10 minutes per axis in each of three mutually perpendicular axes May be displacement limited from 15 to 44 Hz depending on specific test equipment Shock and Vibration values not completely verified 2 Random vibration 60
43. entation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 3 3 Changing the Jumpers In the following subsections please refer Figure 2 1 in Section 2 4 for PMC Figure 2 5 in Section 2 5 for PCI and Figure 2 7 in Section 2 6 for CompactPCI for to the parts layouts and jumper locations JP201 VGA PCI Device Jumper JP201 selects the board to respond either as a PCI sub class VGA Controller Device default or as an Other Display Controller jumper installed You may need to install this jumper on the second board when you have two Eclipse3 boards installed in a PC compatible machine to prevent the system BIOS from loading the Eclipse3 BIOS code twice JP101 Sync On Green Select Jumper The Eclipse3 has the Rastergraf Quad Image BIOS QIB PROM which supports FCode VGA DVI and Sync On Green SOG The firmware can determine the need to run FCode or VGA and if the DVI monitor is plugged in it will select DVI mode without user intervention However a separate jumper is needed to tell the firmware that SOG is required Normally if SOG is requested prior to order shipment JP101 is installed at the factory But if it has been omitted then install JP101 to enable SOG JP202 PMC Reserved Jumper JP202 is a factory use only jumper Please do not attempt to use it JP233 PCI Local 3 3V Regulator Enable If the graphics board was built with the optional local 3 3V regulator install JP233 to enable
44. eters to a function call The software then provides and loads a best fit timing profile for the Borealis graphics chip Similar display format information is provided in a configuration file for Rastergraf s PX Windows server Does your Display have a Green Cast to it By default the Eclipse3 supplies video in separate five wire video RGBHV video format If you hook the Eclipse3 up to a multiscan monitor with a regular VGA cable then you will be giving RGBHV to the monitor Be sure to not select sync on green in the Eclipse3 video parameters or you will get a green cast to the image Table 3 3 Standard Graphics Display Formats Pixel Format Name Resolution Aspect Ratio QXGA 2048 x 1536 4 3 WUXGA 1920 x 1200 8 5 HDTV UXGA 1600 x 1200 4 3 SXGA 1400 x 1050 4 3 SXGA 1280 x 1024 5 4 QVGA 1280 x 960 4 3 XGA 1024 x 768 4 3 SVGA 800 x 600 4 3 VGA 640 x 480 4 3 Programming On board Devices 3 13 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 6 1 Application Note Adjusting the Timing Parameters Most monitors have adjustments for Horizontal Frequency Horizontal Position Horizontal Size Vertical Frequency Vertical Position and Vertical Size It is recommended that the monitor adjustments be tried before trying monitor settings not in accord vvith the monitor data sheet Rastergraf s SDL software allow
45. f you wish to utilize any or all of these features 3 18 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 8 Talk To Me Through FC The Borealis chip has a control register that is used to implement the PC protocol a 2 wire serial bus designed Philips Semiconductor The Borealis is the PC master and it controls the bus through the DDC control register in the Borealis chip The IC bus supports specific start stop and acknowledge states so it is possible to probe for these devices and determine whether they exist PC is used to control the following devices Micrel MIC74 8 bit I O register optional THC63DV 164 DVI digital video encoder transmitter optional LM75 thermal sensor optional AT24C02 2 Kbit serial EEPROM the Display Monitor An PC device is determined by a combination of device internal bits bits 4 7 and usually three pins that are wired by the board designer bits 1 3 Bit 0 is used to denote a Read 1 or Write 0 operation Because the Eclipse3 board serial EEPROM and the Display Monitor have a common I C address and this is not allowed there is a 2 way multiplexer on the Borealis board see Section 3 5 that selects between on board PC devices and the Display Monitor The LM75 must be read in 2 byte increments otherwise it will hang the PC bus Since most vendors combine the R W bit wi
46. form the user The are controlled by the Borealis Auxiliary Register e A2 Kb C Serial EEPROM which can be used by system software to store data such as serial number and software revision In addition there are features of the Borealis chip that are useful Power management control registers allow various parts of the chip to be put powered down without making the chip entirely useless Signature registers in the RAMDAC can be are used to confirm that a test pattern in display memory will pass correctly through the Borealis all the way to the DAC inputs This is useful as a Built In Self Test BIST function When the board is properly connected to a monitor and a test image is displayed on the monitor a certain level voltage will be developed at the DAC outputs that drive the monitor simple A D reads the voltage and confirms that the DAC output is above a certain threshold level The I C based DDC2B protocol is used to control the display monitor DDC2B is a VESA standard http www vesa org which allows the frame buffer to read the Additional Display Identification Data EDID from the monitor The EDID includes resolutions supported maximum width and refresh and sync type Frequency select bits for the Borealis Drawing Engine and the programmable Memory Clock PLL allow the system to optimize operating frequencies for the Borealis as a function of system temperature Please contact Rastergraf for more information i
47. h the graphics PMC board is to be installed Identify an empty PMC location generally there are one or two on a given CPU board The graphics PMC board is a Universal PMC PCI device and can be plugged into a PMC port which uses either 5V or 3 3V signaling 3 Take care to optimize airflow by blocking off unused slots in the card cage and arrange the boards to permit optimum airflow through them Caution The static electricity that your body builds up normally can seriously damage the components on the graphics board Figure 2 2 Installation of a PMC Module into an Emerson MVME2604 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figure 2 3 Installation of a PMC Module into the PMB C 2 8 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Figure 2 4 Installation of the PMC Module into an Emerson CPV3060 4 Touch a metal part of the computer chassis remove the graphics board from its anti static bag and immediately slip it into the slot After ensuring that the board is seated correctly install the mounting screws two near the front and two near the PMC connectors Note Sometimes the graphics board front panel can hang up going into the carrier fr
48. henever handling computer boards Some operating systems require that you reboot your system after installing a device driver because only after the reboot will your system utilize the driver and recognize the board If yours is such an operating system you might like to install your Rastergraf software before installing the board since you will have to shut down the computer to install the board anyway If you want to install the software before shutting down the computer proceed to the correct part of the relevant software manual and return to this chapter afterwards 2 2 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 3 Preparing for Installation 2 3 1 2 3 2 The Eclipse3 includes three different board form factors PMC PCI and CompactPCI In order to ease the procedure there follows individual sections that deal with each board type There really aren t any model dependencies that affect the board installation Interrupt Settings The Eclipse3 boards use the PCI PMC CPCI INTA interrupt request line for the particular slot it is plugged into In some computers each slot may map its local interrupt lines to a permuted set of INTA INTD which means that the board will show up on a different interrupt line according to the slot it is plugged into The device driver will usually notice this and compensate for it In
49. hronizing bit map copies CRT Controller also provides display refresh data for the internal RAMDAC Memory Controller The Memory Controller arbitrates and controls all access to the local memory buffer by the Host Interface the CRT controller and the Drawing Engine This unit provides support for SGRAM memory VGA Core The Borealis incorporates an IBM compatible VGA core The VGA core implements the standard VGA register set for the various VGA components CRT controller sequencer graphics controller attribute controller etc and is capable generating the standard VGA modes 00h 07h 00h 13h The control of memory and CRT signals can be switched between the VGA core and the Borealis The VGA memory space is shared with the Borealis frame buffer and is sparsely mapped within it 3 6 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 10 Internal RAMDAC and PLL Clock Generators The RAMDAC transforms the raw data from the CRT controller into signals that an analog or digital monitor can understand In the process it can add gamma correction and a high resolution cursor The RAMDAC also provides two programmable clocks which can range from 25 MHz to 250 MHz one for the memory controller and the other for the pixel data Feature Summary e 250 MHz operation 128 bit gt 64 bit multiplexer from the pixel FIFO e Fine g
50. ifications Active Display Pixel Clock Horizontal Refresh VESA Format Vertical Refresh Bits per Pixel 640 x 480 800 x 600 SVGA 8 16 32 1024 x 768 60 Hz 72 Hz 75 Hz 85 Hz 31 5 KHz 37 9 KHz 37 5 KHz 43 4 KHz 25 175 MHz 31 5 MHz 31 5 MHz 36 MHz 40 MHz 50 MHz 49 5 MHz 56 25 MHz n a VGA VGA VGA 8 16 32 Both UVGA 8 16 32 1152 864 8 16 32 SIS KHz 108 MH 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200 60 Hz 75 Hz 85 Hz 108 MHz 135 MHz 157 5 MHz 162 MHz 189 MHz 202 5 MHz 229 5 MHz SXGA 8 16 32 UXGA 8 16 32 1 10 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Fuse Element Local PC Channel Pover management PCI Bus Access PCI bus Interrupts Bus Loading Module Size PCI Subsystem Vendor ID PCI Subsystem Device ID Pover Requirements The 5V supplied to the front panel connectors is protected by a Positive Temperature Coefficient PTC resistor It resets automatically vvhen the overload is removed The Eclipse3 uses PC a 2 vvire serial bus to control the following on board devices THC63DV 164 DVI transmitter optional LM75 thermal sensor optional AT24C02 2 Kb serial EEPROM optional DDC2B display monitor control With the proper software the Borealis can power down unused functions and the VESA standard DDC2B lines control the monitor
51. ing additional sync output signals as shovvn in the follovving table Table 2 3 FCode Sync Output Modes Sync Horizontal Vertical Blanking Install Mode Mode Polarity Polarity Pedestal JP101 0 Separate positive positive n a no 1 Separate positive negative n a no 2 Separate negative positive n a no 3 Separate negative negative n a no 4 Composite negative negative n a no 5 Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved 6 SynconGreen negative negative yes yes q Sync on Green negative negative no yes initial system default If you do not wish to change the display mode please skip to the next section To change the startup sync output mode identify the desired sync output mode and enter the corresponding index value e g 6 is the index value for Sync On Green with Blanking Pedestal in place of the word mode as shown below lat the ok prompt type recelve type receive type recelve type receive type recelve Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com nvedit 0 lt index gt constant eclipse3 console mode if instead you receive 0 but no text it means that the console mode is not set lt return gt Le if instead you receive 1 and some text type lt ctrl k gt to clear the line mode constant eclipse3 console sync lt return gt 24 if instead you receive 2 and some text
52. is Graphics Accelerator Note The Borealis Technical Manual is available from Rastergraf under NDA 3 2 1 Introduction This section describes the architecture and includes a block diagram for Borealis high performance graphics controller which includes a 33 66 MHz PCI compliant interface with no additional external logic required Please see the following page for a Block Diagram of the Borealis Software may interact with Borealis by directly manipulating pixels through the frame buffer interface or by the Borealis3D s highly pipelined graphic processor architecture This architecture allows for high performance 2D and 3D Rendering After a sequence of commands and parameters are written Borealis executes the selected command without any further host processor intervention 3 2 2 Host Bus Interface The Host Bus Interface provides an interface to the PCI system bus It implements a full PCI slave interface responding to reads and writes of configuration memory and I O cycles It also implements a PCI master interface for specific memory writes It also generates peripheral bus control for flash EPROM 3 2 3 Frame Buffer Borealis supports one local frame buffer of up to 32 MB with a data bus width of 128 bits to SGRAM memory The local buffer may be used as a display buffer as well as off screen memory to be used for the storage and manipulation of bitmaps texture maps Z buffering or fonts The buffer may be accessed as a
53. isplay buffer is accessed in this format by specifying the coordinate the source and or destination space origin and the buffer pitch From this organization it can be seen that the pitch of the display buffer can be changed on a command by command basis The Z buffer can be either 16 bits in 16 bpp mode or 24 bits packed into the lower 3 bytes of a 4 byte DWORD in 32 bpp mode As with the display buffer the Z buffer can be accessed by specifying the Z buffer origin Z buffer pitch and the x y coordinate of the Z buffer The Z values goes through an ISPFP setup engine and are converted to the appropriate format 16 or 24 bits before it is stored into the Z buffer 3 8 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 12 Borealis Build Options and Power up Settings The Borealis is a Plug and Pray device whose operation depends on the software Except as documented in Section 2 3 3 there are no user jumpers The Technical Manual documents a number of register preloads and functional settings that are determined by 0 ohm resistors installed during manufacturing and read by the Borealis on power up Note Software cannot override the values set by the 0 ohm resistors Please contact Rastergraf if it is necessary to change a value Table 3 1 Borealis Configuration Settings mon Default PCIBAR 0 1 a address size 16 MB vi
54. ite per bit Registers SGRAM has a write per bit feature that allows bit planes to be selectively write enabled This feature allows the Borealis to perform write operations instead of read modify write operations which can be a significant performance enhancement When updated the Borealis write per bit register contents are automatically stored in the SGRAM using the persistent write per bit function SGRAM Color Register and Block Fill Special Function The Borealis can use the SGRAM block write and color register special functions The color register is used in conjunction with the SGRAM block fill mode to enable up to 8 adjacent 32 bit locations in the SGRAM to be written in one cycle In this way one can quickly replicate 1 D and 2 D patterns in memory at many times the single pixel rate Using block write up to 128 16 byte data bus 8 locations block 8 bit pixels can be written in each 10 ns page mode cycle resulting in a 12 8 Gpixel sec FILL time Programming On board Devices 3 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Display Memory Size The pixel size is programmable to 8 15 16 or 32 bpp The SGRAM on the Borealis is either 16 MB or 32 MB where a MB 1024 1024 bytes Calculate the possible display formats based on these values Note that you can render into SGRAM that is not being used in the active display and by changing the starti
55. lable from Rastergraf that adapts the DVI I to a standard VGA connector The CPCI rear panel I O option includes a rear I O module with VGA and or DVI connectors mounted to either a 3U or 6U panel The following sections detail the applicable pinout information Connector Description Section 15 pin D Sub VGA 1 5 1 29 pin DVI I DVI I Connector 1 5 2 2 x 64 PMC PMC Connections J1 and J2 1 5 3 1 x 96 PCI PCI Connections 32 64 1 5 4 1x 1252mm CompactPCI Connection J1 1 5 5 1x1102mm Optional CompactPCI Connection J2 1 5 6 1 14 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 1 VGA Connector The graphics board analog output is provided on a standard VGA style compressed 15 pin D Sub Alternatively when the DVI I connector is used see Section 1 5 2 an adapter Molex 88741 8700 can be used to supply analog video to a standard VGA computer side connector In either case an Autoscan type monitor is used You must use the correct initialization since a VGA monitor depends on the sync polarities to determine operating frequency The polarity of the Vertical Composite Sync and Horizontal Sync are controlled by the Borealis graphics controller chip see Section 4 5 See the Note in Section 2 9 2 concerning composite sync on green and RGBHV video out modes If you have problems please contact R
56. lable in several configurations Analog DVI Special Order Borealis graphics controller and 16 or 32 MB display memory Borealis graphics controller and 16 or 32 MB display memory and DVI I DVI VGA connector Note that the Eclipse3CPCI and Eclipse3PCI have both VGA and DVI I connectors LEDs LM75 thermal sensor Serial EEPROM Conformal Coating Extended Temperature Rear Panel I O CPCI J2 Standard Features for Eclipse3 Boards Graphics Processor Display Memory EEPROM Memory Graphics Display 1 8 General Information Rastergraf Borealis 2D 3D High Performance 128 Bit Graphics Processor has vector and pixblt functions and programmable video timing It supports SGRAM color and write per bit register functions and includes a VGA core The maximum supported frequencies are 250 MHz for the pixel clock and 100 MHz for the memory clock Display memory is 16 MB or 32 MB of 128 bits word byte addressable no wait state SGRAM 16 MB of SGRAM gives eight pages of 1600 x 1200 using 8 bit pixels four pages using 16 bit pixels or two pages using 32 bpp 24 bpp packed pixel mode is not supported 128 KB Flash EEPROM contains the Rastergraf Quad Image BIOS QIB that supports SPARC FCode VGA BIOS DVI and Sync On Green SOG A user jumper enables the QIB to select SOG The Borealis chip has an internal 250 MHz RAMDAC It has a 256 entry Look Up Table LUT which is converts 8 bit pixels into full 24 bit RGB pi
57. le 5 Wire RGB with separate TTL horizontal and vertical sync or 3 Wire RGB with sync on green see note below Switchable Termination for monitor loopthrough Height pincushion width phase and position controls Autotracking horizontal and vertical synchronization See tables in Section 1 4 above for basic timing requirements Notes The Eclipse3 software defaults to standard Multiscan 5 wire RGBHV VGA compatible settings If you require Sync On Green be sure to install SYNC ON GREEN jumper Eclipse3 graphics boards DO NOT support interlaced operation General Information 1 23 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 7 Configuration Information The basic graphics board includes e Rastergraf Borealis Graphics Processor vvith 8 16 or 32 bit pixel e 16 MB SGRAM hardware interrupts pan scroll and zoom and cursors analog video outputs Quad Image BIOS supports VGA FCode DVI and Sync on Green SOG An on board 3 3V regulator can be provided on the PMC and PCI boards for systems which do not supply 3 3V to the backplane CPCI backplanes always have 3 3V Please contact Rastergraf for more information about this and other special configurations Table 1 6 Eclipse3 Software Operating Rastergraf Ve OpenGL and or DVI System Software DirectX SOG Table 1 7 Common Eclipse3 Configurations 32 MB DVI
58. le mode resolutions all are 8 bpp as shown in the following table Table 2 2 FCode Supported Display Modes Index Graphics Refresh Rate PC Type 0 1024 x 768 60 Hz UVGA 1 1024 x 768 75 Hz UVGA 2 1152 x 864 60 Hz Sun 3 1152 x 864 75 Hz Sun 4 1280 x 1024 60 Hz SXGA 5 1280 x 1024 75 Hz SXGA 6 800 x 600 60 Hz SVGA 7 800 x 600 75 Hz SVGA 8 640 x 480 60 Hz VGA 9 640 x 480 75 Hz VGA a 1152 x 900 60 Hz Sun old b 1152 x 900 75 Hz Sun old C 1600 x 1200 60 Hz UXGA d 1920 x 1200 60 Hz WUXGA initial system default To change the startup console display mode identify the desired graphics resolution and refresh rate and enter the corresponding index value e g 6 is the index value for 800 x 600 60hz in place of the word index as shown in the below lat the ok prompt type nvedit receive 0 if instead you receive 0 and some text type lt ctrl k gt to clear the line type index constant eclipse3 console mode lt return gt receive 1 if instead you receive 1 and some text just ignore it type c receive ok type nvstore receive ok 2 22 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 9 2 4 Setting the Sync Mode The initial system default sync signal output type of Eclipse3 is separate positive polarity Eclipse3 is capable of generat
59. ler image To change the width of the image The best way to change the width of the image is to change the pixel clock frequency If you want to change the pixel clock but not any other timing parameters then increasing the frequency will result in a narrower image and decreasing it will result in a wider image While there are ways to change the width horizontal size of the image without changing the pixel clock they affect other timing parameters and can lead to complications Note To keep the timing intervals the same when changing the pixel clock you have to enter new horizontal timing parameters 3 6 2 Pan and Scroll Panning and scrolling also called roaming are techniques used to provide a window into a larger memory than can be displayed The display X pan and Y scroll starting points are changed allowing new data areas to be displayed A 16 MB board with a 1280 x 1024 x 8 bpp format gives you almost thirteen full screens to roam around in 3 16 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 6 3 Request for Help in Determining Video Timing Values Use the following table to request help when you have a non standard video timing requirement Table 3 4 Eclipse3 Video Timing Parameter Request Form Submit to Rastergraf Technical Support Fax 541 923 6475 or email support rastergraf com Company Infor
60. linear buffer through the Frame Buffer interface or through the drawing engine Programming On board Devices 3 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Block Diagram Borealis is partitioned into the following functional sections Host Bus Interface Aperture Controller Drawing Engine CRT Controller Memory Controller Internal VGA Internal RAMDAC CS 0 2 DQM 15 0 Linear 13 0 Windows Controller ADR 11 0 WE List Controller q SF AE ER Processor BE 3 0 PA 7 0 lt PD 7 0 LS inl BUS 2D 3D Seow CNTRL e g nterace Drawing CJ 15 0 L L L L L AD 31 0 Display Memory gt L L L lt Engine lt gt MCLK mee gt PXD 127 0 a D gis YNC De VSYNC Internal D BLANK RAMDAC CRT D gp RED Controller D gp GREEN DELLE ger Tel ae DDA Figure 3 1 Borealis Block Diagram 3 4 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 4 Linear VVindovs Controller The Linear Windows Controller provides address decoding address translation color space conversion between the host interface and the local memory system It also provides a mechanism for caching reads and writes from the host bus to the local buffers In write mode up to eight 32 bit words may be written t
61. lues you entered Now make OpenBoot to use the information contained within nvram type C receive ok type setenv use nvramrc true receive ok type reset 2 24 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 10 Using an Eclipse3 Board in a PoverPC If the CPU s on board firmware is VGA aware it should initialize the graphics board and use it as the system console However many PowerPC PPC based computers don t have generic VGA support Newer ones are not chrp or prep compliant anymore so they don t know about FCode Your best bet is to use a board vvith a VGA BIOS in it Othervvise you will have to boot using a serial terminal and only after the graphics software has been installed and run will you see anything 2 11 Final Checks If you are running in a PC then you should get the usual PC displays If you have multiple graphics boards installed only one will be initialized by the BIOS Once you have installed the Windows NT 2K XP multihead drivers and reboot all screens will be initialized as the OS boots In the case of X Windows your monitor should display a uniform stippled raster and a cross hair cursor which is controlled by the mouse If you have multiple graphics boards installed all screens will be initialized and display the stipple once you have the server installed and running For SDL
62. mation Company Name Contact Phone Number Fax Number email Monitor Information Monitor Brand Model Number Eclipse3 Information Model Number Serial Number Horizontal Timing Information Note Horizontal timings may be given in pixel units if given or time units Horizontal Pixels per Line Displayed Pixel Time or Frequency optional Horizontal Total Line Time or Frequency Horizontal Front Porch Horizontal Sync Width Horizontal Back Porch Vertical Timing Information Note Vertical timings may be given in line units or time units Vertical Lines Displayed Vertical Lines Total or Frequency Field Rate Vertical Front Porch Vertical Sync Width Vertical Back Porch Sync Information Sync Polarity or Composite Horizontal Vertical Additional Notes Programming On board Devices 3 17 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 7 System Management Devices and Functions The Eclipse3 Extended Features version boards have devices that are specifically intended to assist in system management These include A National Semiconductor LM75 C temperature sensor located near the Borealis chip provides local temperature measurements You can obtain the data sheet and collateral information for the LM75 from the technical document section on the Rastergraf vveb site Three LEDs which can be driven by system software to alert and or in
63. ng address register in the Borealis pan to it so it is visible or BitBLT the Pixmap data to a static display window 3 5 Eclipse3 Optional Features Register Although most functions on the Eclipse3 are self contained it is necessary to maintain a few extra control bits for supplementary features Using the Micrel MIC74 PC 8 bit I O register the graphics board supports an auxiliary register All bits come up tristate and have pullups except I2CMUX which has a pull down Table 3 2 Eclipse3 ACR Register Bit Assignments REDLED 0 on Red LED 1 off 1 AMBLED 0 on Amber LED 1 off 2 GRNLED 0 on Green LED 1 off 3 I2CMUX 1 local Switches the Borealis DDC2B 12C 0 monitor control lines between local devices THC63DV 164 Serial EEPROM and LM75 and the display monitor sp T owes PBSEL 0 high bank Selects between the high and low 64 1 low bank KB of Flash PROM when JP101 is not installed JP101 installed overrides this bit forces low mu 11 some 3 12 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 6 Video Timing Parameters The Borealis must be programmed to generate the proper video timing for the hardware configuration and display format Rastergraf s SDL subroutine library package accepts display format e g 1600 x 1200 32 bpp and refresh requirements e g 67 Hz vertical refresh as param
64. nitor s display and proceed 2 16 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 8 Using an Eclipse3 Board in a PC 2 6 1 Multiboard Operation The Windows 2000 and Windows XP drivers and Linux SDL and X Free 86 4 2 support multihead operation Single Graphics Board If you are using a PC and the Rastergraf board is to be the system display and you don t have another VGA controller installed the system BIOS should find the Rastergraf board and initialize the display Multiple Graphics Boards 2 8 2 If you do have another VGA board in the system the order in which the boards are plugged into the backplane or motherboard will determine which board will be used for the system display If the BIOS picks the wrong one turn off the computer and swap the boards positions If your system has a non removable VGA controller and you want to use the Rastergraf board as the system display you may have a problem If the BIOS starts up using the built in VGA you may be able to disable it with a BIOS setting Otherwise contact the system board manufacturer Failing these things you are probably out of luck Rastergraf Ouad Image BIOS VGA Image The Rastergraf E3 boards feature four 32KB BIOS images suitable for both x86 Windows DOS Linux and FCode Sun The images conform to the PCI R2 2 Expansion ROM specification
65. nous Graphics RAM SGRAM The display memory chips are expressly designed for high speed graphics applications These devices are called Synchronous Graphics RAMs SGRAMs The SGRAM replaces the previously used Video RAM which had a two port design with separate video output that drove an external RAMDAC While the VRAM was potentially able to supply substantially better performance than the SGRAM the price pressures of the PC market made 1t too expensive The SGRAM is a single port device the random access and video refresh access data all come out on the same data lines and are routed through the graphics controller The SGRAM can be built on the same fab line as SDRAM and by adding a few graphics oriented features combined with building the RAMDAC into the graphics controller provides a more cost effective solution at a small performance penalty The video refresh reads a block of video data into a FIFO in the Borealis which eventually passes the data to the on chip RAMDAC Depending on the horizontal line pixel count the video refresh transfer operation may have to be repeated several times during the raster line time to keep the FIFO filled The SGRAM is available for random access operations at all other times There is a small additional overhead time for memory refresh which occurs about once every 15 us The SGRAM availability for random access is about 75 The Borealis uses 32 Mb Samsung K4G323222A 2x512K x 32 SGRAM Wr
66. o the host bus cache The cache continuously monitors the address of each word written to determine if they are in the same page If the words are not in the same page or if the cache word count reaches eight the cache will request the required number of memory writes from the Memory Controller At this time the cache controller swaps access to its second cache and continues to accept host writes If another page fault is detected during the secondary cache fill a system stall will occur This situation can be avoided by testing the cache and by doing cache line fills During reads latency will be incurred for initial accesses or any page fault conditions Software should make an effort to maintain scan line coherency during any access to the local buffers for optimal performance 3 2 5 Drawing Engine The Drawing Engine provides all the required logic to implement BITBLT LINE LINE 3D TRIAN 3D and HOST XFER commands The Drawing Engine when triggered transfers command and parameter information from the host accessible registers to its own local working registers where it begins its setup phase When the Drawing Engine is done with its setup it begins the execution of a specific algorithm for the associated command For non rendering commands after the setup phase the Drawing Engine begins requesting memory access from the Memory Controller For 2D and or 3D rendering commands the object is piped through the algorithmic rendering engine
67. ogy Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 10 Flash EEPROM The Eclipse3 has a 128 KB Flash EEPROM It can be updated in the field using a special updater program The code in the PROM cannot be directly executed by the CPU It must be read by the host CPU into its memory and executed from there The Borealis accesses the PROM data through the Flash EPROM data port The multiplexed address bits contain both the high and low order address lines for the PROM The high order lines appear first and so must be latched externally Although in most cases the standard BIOS PROM would be 64 RB a 128 KB is used on the Eclipse3 in order to accommodate both Windows VGA BIOS and SPARC FCode See Section 2 3 3 for more information 3 11 Serial EEPROM The graphics board includes an IC position for an Atmel AT24C02 or equivalent 2 Kb 256 bytes IC Serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EEPROM The programming of the Serial EEPROM is done through control lines on the Borealis chip Rastergraf reserves the first 128 bytes of the 256 byte Serial EEPROM for internal use The remaining 128 bytes are left for user data The use of the serial EEPROM on the Eclipse3 does not currently have formal Rastergraf software support 3 12 Interrupts There is not a lot to say about interrupts for the Eclipse3 The Borealis chip is connected to the INTA line The interrupt is cont
68. onal information Rastergraf is a trademark of Rastergraf Inc All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2008 by Rastergraf Inc Introduction 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Conventions Used In This Manual The follovving list summarizes the conventions used throughout this manual Code Code fragments file directory or path names and fragments user computer dialogs in the manual are presented in the courier typeface Commands or Commands or the names of executable programs program names except those in code fragments are in bold System prompts Commands in code fragments are preceded by the and commands system prompt a percentage sign 90 the standard prompt in UNIX s C shell or the hash mark the standard UNIX prompt for the Super User Keyboard usage lt CR gt stands for the key on your keyboard labeled RETURN or ENTER Note boxes contain information either specific to one or more platforms or interesting background information that is not essential to the installation Caution Caution boxes warn you about actions that can cause damage to your computer or its software Warning Warning boxes warn you about actions that can cause bodily or emotional harm Introduction 4 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed
69. ont panel hole This can be because there is a little rubber EMI gasket that is installed in a slot cut into the graphics board front panel If the hole in the carrier board is on the small side it can be difficult if not impossible to install the graphics board In this case you will have to remove and discard the gasket 5 Close the computer Now go to Section 2 7 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 5 Eclipse3PCI Board Installation The Eclipse3PCI board is Universal PCI device and is designed to plug into any standard PCI 2 2 specification compatible backplane Although it is a 32 bit device it includes the 64 bit expansion connector to take advantage of the extra power and ground pins no signals are used It can be plugged into a slot which uses either SV or 3 3V signaling protocol Note The Eclipse3PCI boards require both 3 3V and 5V Most AT style motherboards do not supply 3 3V to the PCI connectors If the computer is listed as PCI 2 0 or 2 1 compliant it probably does not supply 3 3V By special order Rastergraf can supply the graphics board with a local 3 3V regulator installed Please contact Rastergraf for assistance Installing the PCI Graphics Board Note Refer to Section 2 3 3 for the settings for JP101 JP201 and JP233 1 Shut down the operating system
70. orealis video pixel clock and is generated by a PLL internal to the Borealis It uses the REFCLK as its PLL reference The pixel frequency can be set to between 25 MHz and 250 MHz MCLK is the Borealis memory clock for the Borealis memory controller and SGRAM interface and is generated by a independent PLL internal to the Borealis It uses the REFCLK as its PLL reference The frequency can be set to between 25 MHz and 250 MHz although the usable memory frequency limit is about 125 MHz When the Eclipse3 powers up MCLK is REFCLK and VCLK is undefined Once the VGA BIOS or if in a non PC environment the Eclipse3 graphics software is executed the MCLK and VCLK PLLs can be programmed to select higher frequencies in accordance to the desired display format and memory timing A consequence of the multi clock nature of the Borealis is that if you read a register driven by the pixel clock e g VCOUNT you may get erratic results because the host bus interface uses a different clock You have to read the register twice read the comparison flag or use interrupts to get correct results The reason for this is simple the VCOUNT register can change state in the middle of a Borealis host read cycle Its operations are totally asynchronous to the Borealis PCI bus interface clock 3 10 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 4 Synchro
71. rained PLL programming optimizes display Pixel re synchronization ensures integrity of all display modes Large Screen ISO compliant refresh rates 8 15 16 32 bits per pixel e 32 bpp Direct Color Gamma correction e 256 shade gray scale Three 256x8 color palette RAMs e Triple monotonic 8 bit DACs 64x64 32x32 translucent hardware cursor e 100 MHz 8 bit VGA data input On chip diagnostic functions Power down modes Figure 3 2 Internal RAMDAC Block Diagram Programming On board Devices 3 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 2 11 Coordinate System The screen coordinate system has its origin at the upper left hand corner of the screen with the X coordinates incrementing left to right and the Y coordinates incrementing top to bottom The coordinate system for a 1280 by 1024 display is shown in below 1279 1023 Everything performed in X Y space is done using 16 bit 2 s complement integers This includes destination X and Y coordinates registers that are specified in XY format and arithmetic operations Rendering commands use X and Y coordinates that are specified in IEEE Single Precision Floating Point ISPFP format and then converted to 16 bit 2 s complement integers In all cases no overflows will be detected or reported Care must be taken for drawing operations not to exceed the 16 bit coordinate space The d
72. ranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Introduction This manual provides information about how to configure install and program the Rastergraf Eclipse3 128 bit graphics display controllers Software support is available for Solaris Linux VxWorks LynxOS and Windows 2000 and XP They are available for PMC PCI and CompactPCI compatible computers This manual is broken down into four chapters Chapter 1 General Information Chapter 2 Installing the Graphics Board Chapter 3 Programming Devices and Memories Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Chapter I provides background material about the graphics boards Understanding the information in the chapter however is not essential for the hardware or software installation If you want to perform the installation as quickly as possible start with Chapter 2 If you have problems installing the hardware refer to Chapter 4 for help Introduction I Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Getting Help This installation manual gives specific steps to take to install your Rastergraf graphics board There are however variables specific to your computer configuration and monitor that this manual cannot address Normally the default values given in this manual will work If you have trouble installing or configuring your system first read Chapter 4 Troubleshooting If this information
73. rolled through the control registers in the chip itself See Section 2 3 2 for more comments about Interrupts Note that 1f the LM75 Temperature Sensor is installed it too can cause an interrupt on the INTA line What happens on that line at the other end CPU side is beyond the scope of this manual In most cases the interrupts are combined with other PCI slots and the software will have to poll all PCI devices to see who made the interrupt 3 22 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Introduction This chapter contains information which should assist you in tracking down installation and functional problems with your board 4 1 General procedures 4 2 Dealing with the PCI bus 4 3 Maintenance Warranty and Service Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 4 1 General Procedures The Eclipse3 boards were designed with reliability and durability in mind Nevertheless it may happen that a problem will occur This section is devoted to aiding the user in tracking down the problem efficiently and quickly You may be able to locate minor problems without technical assistance If the problem can not be remedied Rastergraf can then issue a Return Material Authorization RMA so that the board can be returned to the facto
74. rvvise you may go crazy trying to figure out why it doesn t work Please contact us support rastergraf com or 541 923 5530 if you have problems 4 3 Maintenance Warranty and Service Maintenance The Eclipse3 requires no regular service but if used in a particularly dirty environment periodic cleaning with dry compressed air is recommended Because of the heat generated by normal operation of the graphics board and other boards in the system forced crossflow ventilation is required If forced ventilation is not used IC temperatures can rise to 60 degrees C or higher Such high temperature operation causes IC failures and reduced MTBF With proper forced air cooling IC temperatures will be less than 35 degrees C Warranty The Eclipse3 graphics boards are warranted to be free from defects in material or manufacture for a period of 12 months from date of shipment from the factory Rastergraf s obligation under this warranty is limited to replacing or repairing at its option any board which is returned to the factory within this warranty period and is found by Rastergraf to be Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf defective in proper usage This warranty does not apply to modules which have been subjected to mechanical abuse electrical abuse overheating or other improper usage This warranty is made in lieu of all other warranties expressed or
75. ry for quick repair It can happen that installing a new board will overload the computer s power supply if the power supply margins are exceeded The first step in ascertaining if this is the problem is to calculate a power supply budget This involves adding up the power requirements of each board in the system to see if you are within specification Consult your computer s technical manual for information on how to correctly determine this A typical Eclipse3 will draw a total of less than 1 amps at 5 and 43 3 Volts When attempting to verify that the power supply is working properly it is not unusual to unplug everything and measure the supply without a load While this practice is acceptable for linear supplies switching supplies which are very commonly used in computers require a certain load before proper regulation is achieved Typically at least 5 Amps must be drawn from the 5 Volt supply before the 12 volt supplies will give the proper readings It can also happen that if you build your own cables and you short 5 to ground on the Eclipse3 front panel connector you may trigger the auto resetting fuse which protect power supply pins when an overload occurs The fuse resets automatically when an overload is removed Note If the board is not functioning check that 3 3V is supplied on the host side connectors The Eclipse3 boards REQUIRE both 3 3V and 45V The PMC and PCI boards can be supplied with a local 3 3V regulator
76. s you to define the timing parameters in one of two ways a you tell SDL that you are using a multiscan monitor You specify the display active width and height e g 1600 x 1200 and the Vertical Frequency and the program figures out the rest b you tell SDL exactly what you want the timing to be You specify e vertical frequency in Hz e vertical blanking in milliseconds ms e vertical front porch in ms e vertical sync width in ms horizontal blanking in microseconds us horizontal front porch in us horizontal sync width in us display width and height The program derives the horizontal frequency from this information Ordinarily you should be able to use the monitor s data sheet to obtain a satisfactory display However it may be that adjustments are required This section gives you some advice on how to do this You can also send Rastergraf a filled in copy of the parameters sheet which follows this section Declaration Rastergraf is dedicated to making your application work We can assist in determining special video timing parameters for specific monitors and other output devices If you need help it would be very useful if you can gather the data requested in the following form before calling us 3 14 Programming On board Devices Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf gEn 4 Vertical Retrace End
77. so if there is no way to supply 3 3V on the backplane there is a way out Please contact Rastergraf if you need to do this 4 2 Troubleshooting Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 4 2 Dealing with the PCI Bus Because of the nature of the PCI protocol and the way support has been implemented in the Operating Systems for PCI bus devices such as the Eclipse3 it is not possible to follow the same debugging strategies In fact there are no address jumpers for these boards Everything is configured in software through a set of on board registers which control the characteristics of the board as required by the PCI Specification The information used to program these registers is supplied to Operating System OS specific functions by Rastergraf s software Ordinarily several address map translations occur including the CPU physical and virtual address maps and the CPU to PCI bridge address map While x86 systems generally follow the standards required to meet PC compatibility and mask these details PowerPC systems do not Among PowerPC vendors there are no standards which ensure interoperability among CPU boards even when they use the same CPU and PCI bridge Therefore if you plan to use an Eclipse3 graphics board in a PowerPC based system it is vital to ensure that Rastergraf can vouch for the board s operation before you order the board Othe
78. tg com Rastergraf 1 4 General Information The Borealis design is based on technology licensed by Rastergraf from S3 Number Nine The chip itself is manufactured for Rastergraf by LSI Logic using LSI s 35u G 10P ASIC process The Borealis graphics controller is implemented using a highly pipelined graphic processor architecture This architecture allows for high performance 2D and 3D rendering After a sequence of commands and parameters are written the Borealis executes the selected command without any further host processor intervention A Display List Processor enables the Borealis to repetitively execute strings of commands The Borealis supports a local frame buffer with up to 32 MB SGRAM using a 128 bit wide data bus The frame buffer may be accessed as linear buffers through the frame buffer interface or through the drawing engine The large local buffer may be used as a display buffer as well as off screen memory to be used for the storage and manipulation of bitmaps texture maps Z buffering or fonts Figure 1 1 Borealis Block Diagram CS 0 2 Linear DQM 15 0 Windows D ADR 11 0 Controller gt WE RAS AD 31 0 Display Memory gt CAS 1 List Controller gt Processor gt S BE 3 0 D PA 7 0 PI PD 7 0 me 2D 3D E ja is CNTRL 6 0 terrace Drawing lt Engine lt CJ 15 0 HBCLK D MCLR D a E P VGA gt PXD 127 0 lt P HsvyNc pasne Internal pe BLANK RAMDAC CRT L P gre
79. th GND to pin 5 14 VSYNC Twisted Pair with GND to pin 10 15 DDCCK Twisted Pair with GND to pin 5 Connector Shell Chassis Ground o pea Chassis Ground Warning The Chassis Ground MUST NOT BE CONNECTED to Circuit Ground 1 16 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 5 2 DVI I Connector The DVI front panel connector is a DVI I analog digital http www ddwg org connector DVI uses the DVI TMDS encoded data format which allows longer data cables and reduces emitted noise Each of the three differential pairs carries nine digital video TTL lines A separate pair carries the PLL clock for the TMDS system TMDS requires that the length of all pairs must be closely matched The Borealis boards use a THine THC63DV 164 DVI transmitter Data sheets and application notes are available on the THine web page http www thine co jp You can access the VGA from the DVI I connector with an adapter Molex 88741 8700 available from Digikey It supplies analog video only to a standard VGA connector There is no split off for DVI You can also get cables and or adapters that provide both analog and digital or just analog or digital Rastergraf strongly urges you to obtain commercially manufactured cables and or adapters that are available from Rastergraf Molex and other suppliers But if you really want to roll you own
80. th the actual C address e g write 9 0x88 read 9 0x89 the following table uses that convention Table 3 5 PC Device Addresses m R 0100 0001 or x EE CR now wn 1 LM75 R 10011101 oxo 1 AT24C02 eld ve LT 1010 1001 1010 1000 sii A cd oo or 049 9 Programming On board Devices 3 19 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 3 9 DVI Digital Video Output General Description The Thine THC63DV 164 transmitter uses DVI Digital technology to support displays ranging from 640 x 480 up to 1280 x 1024 resolutions in a single link interface As used on the Eclipse3 the THC63DV 164 transmitter is connected to the Borealis using the 24 bit mode one pixel per clock edge interface The THC63D V 164 is programmed though an PC slave interface It supports Receiver and Hot Plug Detection for a variety of power management options You can obtain the data sheet for the THC63DV 164 from the technical document section on the Rastergraf web site Features Scaleable Bandwidth 25 110 Mpixels sec VGA to SXGA e PC Slave Programming Interface De skewing option varies clock to data timing Supports cable length over 5m with twisted pair fiber optics ready DVI 1 0 compatible Figure 3 4 THC63DV164 Block Diagram PanelLink Digital EXT_RES core PC ds ul Slave Configuration Machine
81. the horizontal position To shift the image left increase the horizontal front porch by the same amount Perform the converse procedure to move the image to the right Programming On board Devices 3 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf To change the vertical frequency The vertical frequency is also known as vertical refresh rate or vertical scan rate Indications that the vertical frequency needs to be changed are a picture which rolls up or down Sometimes the appearance is of multiple pictures one on top of another with multiple horizontal lines A very slow vertical frequency will cause the image to flicker Some monitors display no picture when the vertical frequency is out of its bandwidth Since the same symptoms can be caused by no sync at all make sure that the cable is connected correctly and that the monitor is configured correctly To change the vertical position To shift the image up increase the vertical front porch by the same amount Perform the converse procedure to move the image downward To change the height of the image There are two ways to change the height vertical size of the image 1 Change the number of lines The image aspect ratio remains the same 2 Change the vertical frequency but keep the horizontal the same Decreasing the vertical frequency will result in a shorter image increasing it will result in a tal
82. this document for any other purpose is specifically prohibited The information in this document is subject to change without notice The specifications of the Eclipse3 graphics boards and other components described in this manual are subject to change without notice Although it regrets them Rastergraf assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may occur in this manual Customers are advised to verify all information contained in this document The electronic equipment described herein generates uses and may radiate radio frequency energy which can cause radio interference Rastergraf assumes no liability for any damages caused by such interference Rastergraf products are not authorized for any use as critical components in flight safety or life support equipment without the written consent of the president of Rastergraf Inc These products have been designed to operate in user provided PMC CPCI and PCI compatible computers Connection of incompatible hardware is likely to cause serious damage Rastergraf assumes no liability for any damages caused by such incompatibility Rastergraf assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of software or hardware that is not supplied by Rastergraf or which has not been installed in accordance with this manual The Eclipse3 graphics boards are manufactured and sold under license from Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing CVVCEC Contact Rastergraf Inc for additi
83. to the Monitor If you have an Eclipse3 Standard version board plug a VGA cable into the VGA compatible front panel connector If you have an DVI option board use either a Rastergraf supplied breakout cable or your own cable solution and plug into the DVI I connector on the graphics board s front panel You can use either a VGA analog or digital DVD compatible monitor In either case be sure to snug the connector s thumbscrews down as it may otherwise work loose and cause unreliable operation Make sure that the 75 ohm switch on the monitor if there is one is turned on Checking your Display Note The Eclipse3 boards can supply 3 Wire RGB with sync on green BNC connectors or 5 Wire Video RGBHV VGA connector Rastergraf software defaults to 5 Wire Video NO sync on green Be aware that if you connect a board that has video parameters set up for sync on green to a VGA compatible monitor you will get a green background on the display Another minor detail The Eclipse3 board may depending on its original configuration as supplied by Rastergraf have its BIOS PROM programmed with VGA BIOS Sun SPARC compatible FCode or most commonly both In the two former cases obviously you can only use the board in a PC or SPARC respectively In the latter case you should be able to use the board in either a PC or SPARC and the system BIOS or OpenBoot should figure out what to do Now turn on the power and check your mo
84. u are running Solaris shutdown and halt the CPU until the OpenBoot prompt ok appears Then disable the CPU from automatically booting until the configuration process is completed ok setenv auto boot false Set the OpenBoot input and output devices to recognize Eclipse ok setenv input device keyboard ok setenv output device screen 2 9 2 2 NVEDIT Command Summary The next section makes use of the OpenBoot nvedit utility to change the default settings for the Rastergraf FCode that are maintained in the nvramrc file by OpenBoot NVEDIT Commands Ctrl N Ctrl P Ctrl A Ctrl L Ctrl K Ctrl C Go to the next line Go to the previous line Go to the beginning of a line List the entire contents Deletes a line Exits the editor Hitting the Enter key while in nvedit causes a new empty line to be inserted in the nvramrc Important Note in order for the changes that have been made in nvram to take effect some processor boards e g the Themis UltraSparcII may require the following to be added as the last line of the nvramrc probe all install console banner Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board 2 21 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 9 2 3 Setting the Console Resolution The initial system default console resolution of the Eclipse3 is 8 bits per pixel 1152 x 864 60Hz The Eclipse3 is capable of supporting additional conso
85. which the boards are plugged into the backplane or motherboard will determine which board will be used for the system display If OpenBoot picks the wrong one swap cables or turn power off and swap the boards positions If your system has a non removable VGA controller and you want to use the Rastergraf board as the system display you may have a problem If OpenBoot starts up using the built in VGA you may be able to disable it with an OpenBoot EEPROM setting Otherwise contact the system board manufacturer Failing these things you are probably out of luck 2 9 2 Using OpenBoot and the Rastergraf FCode on Eclipse3 Eclipse3 has the capability to function as a console device using the embedded OpenBoot FCode firmware programmed into the Eclipse3 board The display defaults to 1152 x 864 amp 60hz 8 bits per pixel with separate horizontal and vertical sync signals and black text on a white background Please skip to Section 2 13 if you do not wish to change the default startup appearance of the display Note that both analog RGB and DVI are supported by the BIOS code Connection to a DVI monitor is detected and the appropriate register values are set without the need to have the user set any special flags or jumpers 2 20 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 2 9 2 1 Getting Ready to Make the Changes If yo
86. xels The RAMDAC has a programmable four color bit mapped 64 x 64 cursor It supports VGA and common non interlaced displays ranging from 640 x 480 up to 1920 x 1200 Signature registers enable display analysis for end to end testing The pixel size can be 8 15 16 or 32 bits For 15 and 16 bpp the pixel is divided into Red Green and Blue 5 5 5 or 5 6 5 For 32 bpp pixel is divided into Red Green and Blue bits 24 31 are unused 8 8 8 8 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf Scroll Pan and Zoom Digital Output Optional Composite Video Signal Display Timing Scroll single line smooth scroll Pan anywhere on 16 byte boundaries Zoom horizontal 2 4 8 16 vertical 2 3 15 16 The Eclipse3 can supply a digital output using a THine THC63DV 164 DVI encoder The Borealis Video Out Bus which supplies TTL level RGB and Sync is sampled and multiplexed and driven onto 4 differential pairs Because of the high frequency nature of the TMDS signals it is vital that matched length shielded pair cable be used for DVI connections The standard front panel analog VGA connector is replaced by a DVI I connector This connector supplies both the digital DVI TMDS signals and VGA Rastergraf can supply an adapter that allows a standard VGA cable to be used when a DVI display is not desired or available A jumper can be installed to
87. ync On Green Up to 1920 x 1200 displayable analog resolution Up to 1280 x 1024 displayable digital DVI resolution Up to 32 MB high speed SGRAM supports multiple display pages Hardware pan zoom and scroll and bitmapped cursors Optional DVI Digital Output Non interlaced high refresh rate and Sync On Green displays Optional three status LEDs controlled by host software Optional 2 Kb serial EEPROM Optional LM75 thermal sensor Optional 3 3V Regulator for systems without local 3 3V User selectable Sync On Green boot mode Two connector choices Standard HD 15 VGA connector for RGBHV only DVI I connector with RGBHV and DVI digital ports Three different PCB form factors PMC single wide module PCI short CompactPCI 3U board with either 3U or 6U faceplate Optional rear panel I O configuration for CompactPCI Ruggedized version conformal coating and extended temperature SDL Graphics Subroutine Package Sun Solaris DDX 2D and 3D X Window System Servers Xfree86 Version 4 2 X Window System Server Windows 2K XP drivers 1 2 General Information Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Rastergraf 1 2 1 Borealis Graphics Controller The Rastergraf Borealis 2D 3D graphics controller chip is a 128 bit graphics controller vvith accelerated 2D and 3D patterned lines and shaded triangles Z buffer and 3D volume clipping It provides a high performance 33 66 MHz PC

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