Net6501 Interfaces

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The Soekris 6501 board has been shipping since September 2011. There is a preliminary version of the manual available here which contains quite a bit of information.

Connectors

As a quick reference, here are the various connectors on the net6501:

SW1 - Reset Button

P1 - COM1 serial port

J1 - SATA port 0

J2 - SATA port 1

J3 - PCIe connector

J4 - Header for optional riser PCIe

J5 - Mini PCIe USB only / mSATA socket

J6 - Mini PCIe / mSATA socket

J7 - DC Power Input Jack

JP1 - ???

JP3 - External USB connector

JP4 - Dual USB connector

JP5 - Internal USB connector

JP7 - COM2 RS232 serial port

JP8 - User IO on FPGA

JP9 - ???

JP10 - Xilinx Spartan FPGA JTAG port

JP11 - ???

JP12 - Fan connector

JP13 - Fan connector (not sure??? check this)

JP14 - ???

JP15 - Power

JP16 - Battery backup connector

JP17 - Gigabit Ethernet ports

JP18 - SATA power connector