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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
1.1 Key Features ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
1.2 Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.3 Power Supply ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.4 Power Dissipation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
1.5 Mechanical Dimensions ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
2 THERMAL SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
2.1 Heatspreader Concept ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.2 Thermal Definitions .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
2.3 Thermal Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
2.4 Power Management ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
2.5 Use Conditions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
3 MODULE CONNECTOR PINOUT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26
4 MODULE CONNECTOR SIGNAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................... 29
4.1 High Definition Audio ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
4.2 Ethernet ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.3 Serial ATA ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
4.4 PCI Express ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
4.5 USB ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.6 LVDS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.7 eDP ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
4.8 Dual Mode Display Port (DP++) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
4.9 SPI Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38
4.9.2 Off-module BIOS implementation for MSC Q7-BT ................................................................................................................................................................................ 39
4.9.3 Customer SPI-Bus based on Intel® Atom™ E3800 Product Family ...................................................................................................................................................... 39
4.10 LPC Bus ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.11 SDIO .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.12 UART ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
4.13 I²C ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
4.13.1 I²C Resources on the Module .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 41
4.14 Watchdog ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42
4.15 Fan ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
4.16 System Management............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43
4.17 SM Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 44