Buffalo Kuro-box Pro
Buffalo Kuro-box Pro
Type: NAS
Power: 120 VAC ~ 60 Hz, ? A
Connector type: C7
CPU1: Marvell 88F5182 (400 MHz)
FLA1: 256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (STMicro NAND02GW3B2CN6)
FLA2: 256 KiB 0.25 MiB <br />262,144 B <br />2,048 Kib <br />2 Mib <br />2.441406e-4 GiB <br /> (SST SST39VF020)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Elpida E5116ANSE × 2)
Expansion IFs: PCIe x1, USB 2.0, SATA
Mini PCIe slots: 1
USB ports: 2
SATA ports: 2
JTAG: yes
Serial: yes, 3.3V TTL, 4-pin header, (115200 8N1)
ETH chip1: Marvell 88F5182
ETH chip2: Marvell 88E1118R
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 1
Additional chips
I2C Bus Serial RTC;Ricoh;RS5C372A;;1;
8-bit Single-Chip Microcontroller;NEC;μPD78F0500;;1;
Quad Differential PCIe Clock Source;IDT;ICS557-03;;1;
Quadruple 2-Input Positive-And Gate;TI;SN74LVC08A;;1;
16-bit D-Type Latch;Texas Instruments;SN74LVC16373A;;2;
30V, 7A Power Switching DC/DC Converter;Rohm;SP8K3;;1;
4A Low Dropout Regulator;Global Mixed-mode Technology;G973;;2;
Field Programmable DSP Switcher;Marvell;88PG847B;;1;
3A Peak Current Step-Down Regulator;Marvell;MVPG31;;2;
Stock bootloader: U-Boot 1.1.1 Marvell 1.12.1 TINY
Stock FW OS: Linux 2.6.12-6 -arm1
Flags: RTC w/ battery backup, fan
Default IP address: 192.168.11.150
the IP 192.168.11.150 is used by 1 additional devices
of which 1 are Buffalo devices
Default login user: root
Default login password: kuroadmin
For a list of all currently documented Marvell chipsets with specifications, see Marvell.
Kuro-Box/Pro Single Disk NAS Enclosure
Main board silkscreened with "MADE IN JAPAN" and "MVLS2EG-CA",
- PCIe and SATA ports are on sub-board silkscreened with
- "LSGLSUB-CA" and "MADE IN CHINA".
Reviews
Wikis
- Buffalo on NAS-Central Wiki (alternative firmware)
- Category:KuroboxPro • KuroboxPro (archived)
Hardware Specifications
- CPU: Marvell 88F5182 @400MHz
- Flash: 256MB (NAND), 256KB ROM (NOR)
- RAM: 128MB SDRAM (DDR2)
- Interface: 1x PCI Express X1, 1x SATA,
- Pin Header: UART x1, GPIO x2, I2C x1
- USB Ports: 2x USB 2.0 (Type A)
- Ethernet Controller: 1x GbE (RJ-45)
- IDE Host Controller: SATA (Marvell)
- Internal Bay: 1x 3.5” SATA HDD bay (int. fan)
- Power supply: Input: AC ~110V (internal)
- Output: DC 5V/1.5A, 12V/1.5A (max. 25W)
- Case: 60mm (W) x 163.6mm (H) x 215.5mm (D)
Kuro Box
The Kuro Box is the name for a series of PowerPC and ARM processor
- based computers intended for use as a network-attached storage device.
The original Kuro Box was made from spare hardware components
- the manufacturer had from the Linkstation.
Recent versions of the Kuro Box use later Linkstation hardware
- or hardware very similar to the one of the Linkstation.
All Kuro Box versions are provided without a Hard Drive.
The case has the same physical dimensions and shape as the LinkStation, but it is black
- in color and has the Kanji symbols for Kuro Box in silver lettering on the side panel.
It has an internal Parallel ATA or SATA interface for a user supplied hard drive
- (as the device does not come with one).
The product was designed to accept a Linux distribution, several have been
- ported to it by various user groups in both the USA/Europe and Japan.
It is sold by Buffalo Technology/Melco.
CPU
- The Kurobox and the Kurobox HG use a Motorola MPC8241 integrated processor.
- This chip uses a MPC603e processor core. The standard Kurobox processor
- is rated at 200MHz, while the Kurobox HG processor is rated at 266MHz.
- Features
- Motorola (Freescale Semiconductor) MPC8241
- • The MPC8241 is advertised as having:
- High-performance, superscalar PowerPC processor core
- Floating-point unit, integer, load/store,
- system register and branch processing unit
- 16K instruction cache, 16K data cache
- Lockable portion of L1 cache
- Dynamic power management
- Software-compatible with PowerPC processors
Kurobox Specifications
| Kurobox | Kurobox HG | Kurobox HG WR | Kurobox PRO | ||
| CPU | Motorola MPC8241 (LZQ200D) |
Motorola MPC8241 (LZQ266D) |
Motorola MPC8241 (LZQ266D) |
Marvell 88F5182 (ARM9 Core) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Speed |
200MHz | 266MHz | 266MHz | 400MHz | |
| Flash ROM |
4MB • Fujitsu (29PL32TM-90PFT) |
4MB • Fujitsu (29PL32TM-90PFTN) |
4MB • Fujitsu (29PL32TM-90PFTN) |
256MB (NAND), 256KB (NOR) | |
| RAM | 64MB • Samsung (K4S561632D-TC75 x2) |
128MB • Micron (MT48LC16M16A2-75 x4) |
128MB • Micron (MT48LC16M16A2-75 x4) |
128MB • Elpida (E5116ANSE x2) | |
| MCU | Atmel AVR (AT90S2313-4SC) |
Atmel AVR (AT90S2313-4SC) |
Atmel AVR (AT90S2313-4SC) |
NEC μPD78F0500 | |
| Ethernet Controller |
1x 100M ADMtek AN983B |
1x 1GbE Realtek RTL8110S-32 |
1x 1GbE Realtek RTL8110S-32 |
1x 1GbE Marvell 88E1118R | |
| USB Ports | 1x USB 2.0 (Type A) (1 Rear) |
2x USB 2.0 (Type A) (1 Front, 1 Rear) |
2x USB 2.0 (Type A) (1 Front, 1 Rear) |
2x USB 2.0 (Type A), 1x PCIe X1, 1x SATA | |
| USB Host Controller |
NEC μPD720101GJ |
NEC μPD720101GJ |
NEC μPD720101GJ |
On SoC | |
| IDE Host Controller |
Silicon Image Sil0680A |
Silicon Image Sil0680A |
Silicon Image Sil0680A |
Marvell (SATA) | |
| Hard Drive |
Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | |
| Power Supply |
AC ~110V (int.) |
AC ~110V (int.) |
~110V-240V (ext. switch) |
AC ~110V 25W (int.) | |
| Case (WxHxD) |
178 x 61 x 188 mm (7.0” x 2.4” x 7.4”) |
178 x 61 x 188 mm (7.0” x 2.4” x 7.4”) |
178 x 61 x 188 mm (7.0” x 2.4” x 7.4”) |
60 x 163.3 x 215.5 mm |
