| Helios is a low power, mid-range performance PC/104 form factor single board computer combining a highly integrated CPU with Diamond Systems renowned high-accuracy data acquisition circuitry on a single board, reducing size and cost while increasing ruggedness. Helios utilizes a Vortex integrated single chip CPU operating at 800MHz or 1GHz, and 256MB of DRAM soldered on-board.
Helios incorporates advanced features such as four USB 2.0 ports, an IDE hard drive interface, mounting capability for a solid state flashdisk up to 4GB, and CRT/LVDS LCD graphics. Helios also provides a 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface, two RS-232 serial ports, two RS-232/422/485 serial ports and legacy keyboard and mouse interfaces.
Helios includes an on-board 2MB bootable flash drive with FreeDOS installed. This flash drive offers additional cost savings for DOS applications, since no additional storage medium is required. It also enables you to quickly verify Helios's operation. Just connect keyboard, monitor, and power, and Helios boots up to DOS so you can verify proper working condition as well as test the various features on the single board computer.
Helios is extremely rugged, featuring on-board soldered DRAM and -40°C to +85°C fan-less operation. Optional hardwired jumpers and latching connectors are available for increased resistance to shock and vibration. Conformal coating is available as an extra cost option.
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Cable kit for Helios |
The Helios cable kit includes cables for Helios input and output. Many cables are also available individually.
C-HLV-KIT includes the following cables:
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6981004 |
IDE, 44 conductor 2mm ribbon cable |
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6981006 |
Output power cable |
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6981009 |
Power I/O cable |
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6981082 |
Dual USB 2.0 type A |
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6981083 |
Keyboard/Mouse, 2mm 2x4 crimp to 2x Mini-DIN-6 |
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6981084 |
VGA, 2x5 2mm latching to DD15F |
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6981161 |
RJ45PNL-CRIMP2x5 2mm, 12" |
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6981163 |
CRIMP50xIDC50FxIDC50F, 21 0.1"x2MMx2MM Data Acquisition |
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6981164 |
Cable, IDC20F to IDC20F, 2mm pitch, 12" length |
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6981166 |
IDC40F 2mm-DB9Mx4, 12" Serial Ports 1-4 |
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6981169 |
Ribbon cable for GPIO, A/D, and misc |
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6981180 |
External Battery |
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A Helios System Development Kit (DK-HLV800A-01) is available with all the components you need to get started on your embedded design project. The kit contains a Helios 800MHz SBC with 256MB of RAM and integrated data acquisition, 128MB flashdisk module with a bootable Linux image installed, cable kit, and software CD.
A software development kit for Linux is also available. The Helios Linux Kit (SDK-HLV-LNX) contains a 256MB flashdisk with a bootable linux image pre-loaded, a software CD with the linux tool chain and a backup image, and documentation.
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Integrated Data Acquisition |
Helios includes a complete autocalibrating jumperless analog and digital I/O circuit similar to our top-of-the-line PC/104 analog I/O board. It contains 16 analog inputs with 16-bit resolution and 250KHz sample rate, backed by a 2048 sample FIFO with programmable threshold. Programmable input ranges from a wide-range +/-10V down to 0-1.25V are provided. The analog circuitry also includes 4 D/A channels with 12-bit resolution and jumperless output range selection and simultaneous update capability. On the digital side, Helios provides 40 digital I/O lines with programmable direction, as well as two counter/timers for A/D sample rate control, pulse counting, frequency generation, or other applications. Its advanced control logic has more features and flexibility to fit almost any application, such as internal/external A/D clock source, scan and single-sample modes, and our exclusive programmable FIFO threshold that lets you tune the board's performance to your application. The data acquisition circuit is fully supported by our Universal Driver software for a wide range of operating systems.
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| Helios SBC, 800MHz Vortex86DX, 256MB RAM, full data acquisition, VGA/LCD video |
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| Helios SBC, 1GHz Vortex86DX, 256MB RAM, full data acquisition, VGA/LCD video |
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| Helios Development Kit with HLV800-256AV SBC, cables and software |
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| Cable, IDC,Ribbon IDC to IDC 44 POS HDD, 12"L Ribbon |
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| Cable, Power Out, 4 pos Female to 22013047 4 pos and 22013067 IDC Skt 4 pos |
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| Cable, Power I/O, Stranded x9 to Trim wires x9, 12"L |
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| Cable, Dual USB, 2mm 2x5 conn to 2x USB Type A Female, 12"L |
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| Cable, PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse, 2mm 2x4 conn to 2x Mini-DIN-6, 12"L |
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| Cable, Crimp 2x25 0.1" to IDC2x25F 2mm to IDC2x25F 2mm, 21"L Ribbon |
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| Cable, External Battery, Conn 1x2 0.1" to strip off flying wires, 6"L |
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Product Support for Helios |
| | User Manual
| | Universal Driver 6.02 Release Notes | | (.pdf, 141.3 KB) | | | Helios Quick Start Guide | | (.pdf, 290.0 KB) | | | Helios User Manual | | (.pdf, 2.1 MB) | | | Helios Panel I/O Board User Manual | | (.pdf, 534.5 KB) | | Visit Universal Driver software page
| | DSCUD 8.4.0 Driver | | | DSCUD 8.4.0 Demos-Helios | | | Drivers
| | Helios CE 6.0 Drivers | | (.zip, 166.4 KB) | | | Helios DOS Driver | | (.zip, 93.5 KB) | | | Helios Linux Drivers | | (.zip, 555.8 KB) | | | Helios Linux Ethernet Driver | | (.gz, 23.0 KB) | | | Helios Windows XP Ethernet Driver | | (.zip, 23.0 KB) | | | Helios Windows XP VGA Driver | | (.zip, 8.1 MB) | | | Utilities
| | Helios FreeDOS Utility | | (.zip, 1.1 MB) | | | Datasheet
| | Helios Datasheet | | (.pdf, 189.9 KB) | | | Technical Documents
| | Helios and Prometheus Product Comparison | | (.pdf, 34.0 KB) | | | Helios CPU Downclocking Application Note | | (.pdf, 291.9 KB) | | | Helios EMI Test Results | | (.pdf, 429.7 KB) | | | Mechanical Drawing
| | Helios VGA Heatsink Drawing | | (.pdf, 36.5 KB) | | | Pandora Front Panel for Helios | | (.pdf, 68.9 KB) | | | Firmware
| | Helios LVDS BIOS Files | | (.zip, 1.4 MB) | | Helios BIOS files with support for the following LVDS sizes: 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1020x600, 1020x760 | | | Support
| | Helios LCD Backlight Notice | | (.pdf, 20.5 KB) | | | Helios Model 300 End of Life Notice | | (.pdf, 22.8 KB) | | | Helios Rev H Notice | | (.pdf, 49.2 KB) | |
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