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WAFER-945GSE 3.5” Motherboard

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Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control

One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port

Keyboard Controller

Watchdog Timer

Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below:

2.6.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface

The LPC interface on the Super I/O complies with the Intel

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Low Pin Count Specification

Rev. 1.0. The LPC interface supports both LDRQ# and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI

PME# interfaces.

2.6.3.2 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs

The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following:

Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2)

IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols

Another chipset connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another two serial port

connectors (COM3 and COM4).

2.6.3.3 Super I/O Digital Input/Output

The input mode supports switch debouncing or programmable external IRQ routing. The

output mode supports two sets of programmable LED blinking periods.

2.6.3.4 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor

The Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT

internally, and eight voltage monitor inputs. These hardware parameters are reported in

the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu.

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