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Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................11
1.1 COM Express™ Concept .........................................................11
1.2 Options Information ................................................................. 12
2 Specifications ........................................................................... 13
2.1 Feature List ..............................................................................13
2.2 Supported Operating Systems ................................................ 14
2.3 Mechanical Dimensions ........................................................... 14
2.4 Supply Voltage Standard Power .............................................. 15
2.4.1 Electrical Characteristics .......................................................... 15
2.4.2 Rise Time ................................................................................. 15
2.5 Power Consumption ................................................................ 15
2.6 Supply Voltage Battery Power ................................................. 17
2.7 Environmental Specifications ................................................... 17
3 Block Diagram .......................................................................... 18
4 Cooling Solutions ..................................................................... 19
4.1 CSA Dimensions ...................................................................... 20
4.2 CSP Dimensions ....................................................................... 21
4.3 HSP Dimensions ....................................................................... 22
4.3.2.1 Heatspreader Thermal Imagery ............................................... 23
5 Connector Rows ....................................................................... 24
5.1 Primary and Secondary Connector Rows ................................. 24
5.1.1 PCI Express™ ...........................................................................24
5.1.2 PCI Express Graphics (PEG) .....................................................24
5.1.3 Display Interfaces ..................................................................... 25
5.1.3.1 DP++ ....................................................................................... 25
5.1.3.2 LVDS/eDP ................................................................................. 26
5.1.3.3 VGA.......................................................................................... 26
5.1.4 SATA ........................................................................................ 27
5.1.5 USB .......................................................................................... 27
5.1.6 Gigabit Ethernet ..................................................................... 28
5.1.7 High Definition Audio ............................................................. 28
5.1.8 LPC Bus .................................................................................... 28
5.1.9 I²C Bus ..................................................................................... 28
5.1.10 GPIOs ....................................................................................... 28
5.1.11 General Purpose Serial Interface ............................................. 29
5.1.12 Power Control .......................................................................... 29
5.1.13 Power Management ................................................................. 32
6 Additional Features ..................................................................33
6.1 congatec Board Controller (cBC) ............................................. 33
6.1.1 Board Information .................................................................... 33
6.1.2 General Purpose Input/Output ................................................ 33
6.1.3 Watchdog ................................................................................ 33
6.1.4 I
2
C Bus ...................................................................................... 33
6.1.5 Power Loss Control .................................................................. 34
6.1.6 Fan Control ..............................................................................34
6.1.7 Enhanced Soft-Off State ..........................................................34
6.2 OEM BIOS Customization ........................................................ 34
6.2.1 OEM Default Settings .............................................................. 35
6.2.2 OEM Boot Logo ....................................................................... 35
6.2.3 OEM POST Logo ..................................................................... 35
6.2.4 OEM BIOS Code/Data ............................................................. 35
6.2.5 OEM DXE Driver ...................................................................... 35
6.3 congatec Battery Management Interface ................................ 36
6.4 API Support (CGOS) ................................................................ 36
6.5 Security Features ......................................................................36
6.6 Suspend to Ram ....................................................................... 36
7 conga Tech Notes .................................................................... 37
7.1 Adaptive Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection
37
7.2 Processor Performance Control ...............................................38
7.2.1 Intel
®
SpeedStep
®
Technology (EIST) ......................................38
7.2.2 Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology ................................................ 38
7.3 Intel
®
Virtualization Technology ............................................... 39
7.4 Thermal Management ............................................................. 39