IGEL D210: Hardware 

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• Firmware
• Linux

As can be seen in the photographs my Igel D210 came without any mounting foot. The datasheet does say:

"CAUTION: Standard deployment of the device is in vertical position, horizontal deployment only supported with optional rubber feet!"

The unit carries a label identifying it as a D210 which was part of the UD2 range. One thing to note here is that there are two types of D210, one with a 500MHz CPU and one with a 1GHz CPU. My example is the 500MHz version.

Google found me two technical data sheets on the D210, only one of which was on the Igel site:

• Technical Specification and Connector Description of IGEL-UD 2 Series (Model: IGEL-D210)
• Technical Specification and Connector Description of IGEL IZ2/UD2 Series (Model: D210)

The only differences between the two datasheets were

• the Model name in the title: IGEL-D210 or D210
• the CPU clock rate: 500MHz or 1GHz
• the publication date: 21-11-2011 or 22-11-2013.

The photo shows the label on the bottom of my 500MHz unit with the model name shown as IGEL-D210. From the above one might suppose that on the 1GHz version it is just shown as D210? (If you have a 1GHz version feel free to send me a photo of the label using the link below).

I don't know when the D210 was launched - maybe 2011? Looking on Igel's web site at the End-of-life products it looks like the 500MHz may have gone out of production in November 2013, with production of the 1GHz model ending in May 2015.

I've noted before that the Igel website is (naturally?) focussed very much on the present. You can find very little (if any) archive information on past products. At the time of writing (May 2018) their press release archive only goes back to December 2016.

Specifications

The basic specs are:

Processor
Type & Speed	VIA Eden @ 500MHz or VIA Eden ulv @ 1GHz
Memory
Flash    RAM	1GB 1GB (max 2GB)
Video
Chip    Max resolution	VIA Chrome 9 1920 x 1200
Ports
Video    Network    USB    Serial    Parallel    PS/2	DVI-I 10/100 4 x USB2.0 none none Kybd
Power
Supply    Plug    Off    Running	12V 3A (label) Coax 5.5mm/2.5mm 1W 9W
Dimensions
W x H x D	41mm x 179cm x 187mm (without foot)

CPU

For those to whom it matters here is some detail from Linux's /proc/cpuinfo

vendor_id	:	CentaurHauls
cpu family	:	6
model	:	13
model name	:	VIA Eden Processor 500MHz
stepping	:	0
flags	:	fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm nx cpuid pni est tm2 xtpr rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en

PCI

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Host Bridge: Host Control (rev 03)
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Error Reporting
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Host Bus Control
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 DRAM Bus Control
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Power Management Control
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 APIC and Central Traffic Control
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Scratch Registers
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 North-South Module Interface Control
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Chrome 9 HCM Integrated Graphics
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 EIDE Controller
00:10.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 Bus Control and Power Management
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX8xx South-North Module Interface Control
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875/VX900 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller (rev 20)
01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)

Power Supply

The IGEL D210 uses an external 12V supply with a conventional coaxial connector: 5.5mm x 2.5mm.

Expansion

Memory

Both the Flash memory and the RAM in the D200 are easily replaceable.

Flash:The flash memory is a 1GB Compact Flash card plugged into a socket on the rear of the motherboard.

RAM:There is a single 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket for the RAM. The Transcend 1GB DIMM supplied with the unit is labelled: 1G DDR2 800 SODIMM 617833-2116. The D210 data sheet says: "DDR2 533-800 SO-DIMM x 1 (up to 2GB)"

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