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Table of Contents
Revision History ............................................................................................................ 2
2.3 Video .............................................................................................................................................7
7.1 Menu Structure.......................................................................................................................... 47
7.2 Main ........................................................................................................................................... 48
Getting Service ............................................................................................................ 85
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1 Introduction
The Express-HL2 is a COM Express® COM.0 R2.1 Type 2 module supporting the 64-bit 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/3 processor with
mobile Intel® QM87 Chipset or 4th Generation Intel® Celeron® processor with mobile Intel® HM86 Chipset. The Express-HL2 is specifically
designed for customers who need high-level processing and graphics performance in a long product life solution.
The Express-HL2 features Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (up to 4 cores, 8 threads) and non-ECC type DDR3L dual-channel memory
at 1333/1600 MHz in dual stacked SODIMM sockets up to 16 GB to provide excellent overall performance. Intel® Flexible Display Interface
and Direct Media Interface provide high speed connectivity to the mobile Intel® QM87/HM86 Chipset.
Integrated Intel® Generation 7.5 Graphics includes features such as OpenGL 3.1, DirectX 11, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Advanced
Scheduler 2.0, 1.0, XPDM support, and DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 hardware decode. Graphics
outputs include VGA and LVDS. The Express-HL2 is specifically designed for customers with high-performance processing graphics
requirements who want to outsource the custom core logic of their systems for reduced development time.
The Express-HL2 features a single onboard Gigabit Ethernet port, USB 2.0 ports, PATA port, SATA 6 Gb/s ports, 32-bit PCI bus, rev 2.3,
and a multiplexed PCI Express® x16 graphics bus for discrete graphics expansion or general purpose PCI Express® x8 or x4 connectivity.
Support is also provided for SMBus and I
features such as remote console, CMOS backup, hardware monitor, and watchdog timer.
2
C and the module is equipped with SPI AMI EFI BIOS with CMOS backup, supporting embedded
• 2 independent and simultaneous display combinations of VGA / LVDS monitors
• Encode/transcode HD content
• Playback of high definition content including Blu-ray Disc
• Superior image quality with sharper, more colorful images
• Playback of Blu-ray disc S3D content using HDMI (1.4a spec compliant with 3D)
• DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for accelerating video processing
• Full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 HW Decode
• Advanced Scheduler 2.0, 1.0, XPDM support
• Windows 8, Windows 7, OSX, Linux OS support
• DirectX 11, DirectX
¾ Multi Display Support: 2 independent displays
¾ Display Types
• VGA Interface support with 300 MHz DAC Analog monitor support up to QXGA (2048 x 1536)
• LVDS Interface single/dual channel 18/24-bit LVDS through eDP (two lane) to LVDS Realtek RTD2136R
2.4 Audio
¾ Integrated: Intel® HD Audio integrated in PCH QM87/HM86
¾ Audio Codec: Realtek ALC886 on Express-BASE
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2.5 LAN
¾ Integrated: LAN MAC integrated in PCH QM87/HM86
¾ Intel PHY: Intel® Ethernet Controller i217LM
¾ Interface: 10/100/1000 GbE connection
2.6 Multi I/O and Storage
¾ Integrated in Intel® QM87/HM86 Express Chipset
¾ USB ports: 8 ports USB 2.0 (USB 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
¾ SATA ports: four ports SATA 6Gb/s (SATA0, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3) – QM87
three ports SATA 6Gb/s (SATA0, SATA2, SATA3, no SATA1) – HM86
¾ PATA ports: one PATA IDE (through SATA to PATA bridge)
¾ GPIO: 4 GPO and 4 GPI with interrupt
¾ 40-pin flat cable connector to be used with DB-40 debug module
• Supports: BIOS POST code LEDs, BMC access, SPI BIOS flashing, power testpoints, debug LEDs
¾ 60-pin XDP header for ICE debug of CPU/chipset
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2.10 Power Specifications
¾ Power Modes: AT and ATX mode (AT mode start controlled by SEMA)
¾ Standard Voltage Input: ATX = 12V±5% / 5Vsb ±5% or AT = 12V ±5%
¾ Wide Voltage Input: ATX = 8.5~20 V / 5Vsb ±5% or AT = 8.5 ~20V
¾ Power Management: ACPI 4.0 compliant, Smart Battery support
¾ Power States: supports C1-C6, S0, S1, S4, S3, S5, S5 ECO mode (Wake on USB S3/S4, WOL S3/S4/S5)
2.11 Operating Temperatures
¾ Standard Operating Temperature: 0°C to 60°C (wide voltage input)
¾ Extreme Rugged Operating Temperature: -40°C to 85°C (standard voltage input)
2.12 Environmental
¾ Humidity: 5-90% RH operating, non-condensing
5-95% RH storage (and operating with conformal coating).
¾ Shock and Vibration: IEC 60068-2-64 and IEC-60068-2-27
MIL-STD-202F, Method 213B, Table 213-I, Condition A and Method 214A, Table 214-I, Condition D
¾ Halt: Thermal Stress, Vibration Stress, Thermal Shock and Combined Test
2.13 Specification Compliance
¾ PICMG COM.0: Rev 2.1 Type 2, basic size 125 x 95 mm
2.14 Operating Systems
¾ Standard Support: Windows 7/8 32/64-bit, Linux 32/64-bit
¾ Extended Support (BSP): Windows Embedded Standard 7/8, Linux , VxWorks, QNX
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2.15 Function Diagram
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2.16Mechanical Drawing
connector onbottom side
Alltolerances ± 0.05 mm
Othertolerances ± 0.2 mm
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3Pinouts and Signal Descriptions
3.1 AB / CD Pin Definitions
The Express-HL2 is a Type 2 module supporting PCI and PATA on the CD connector
All pins in the COM Express specification are described, including those not supported on the Express-HL2. Those not supported on the
Express-HL2 module are crossed out
Row A Row B Row C Row D
Pin No. Pin Name Pin No. Pin Name Pin No. Pin Name Pin No. Pin Name
GBE0_ACT# B2 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 activity indicator, active low. O 3.3VSB PU 10k
GBE0_LINK# A8 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 link indicator, active low. O 3.3VSB
GBE0_LINK100# A4 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 100Mbit/sec link indicator, active low. O 3.3VSB
GBE0_LINK1000# A5 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 1000Mbit/sec link indicator, active low. O 3.3VSB
GBE0_CTREF A14 Reference voltage for Carrier Board Ethernet channel 1 and 2 magnetics
A13
A12
A10
A9
A7
A6
A3
A2
Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0: Media Dependent Interface Differential Pairs
0, 1, 2, 3. The MDI can operate in 1000, 100, and 10Mbit/sec modes.
Some pairs are unused in some modes according to the following:
center tap. The reference voltage is determined by the requirements of the
Module PHY and may be as low as 0V and as high as 3.3V. The
reference voltage output shall be current limited on the Module. In the
case in which the reference is shorted to ground, the current shall be 250
mA or less.
I/O Analog Twisted pair
signals for
external
transformer.
3.3VSB
GND min
3.3V max
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3.3.5 Serial ATA
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
SATA0_TX+
SATA0_TX-
SATA0_RX+
SATA0_RX-
SATA1_TX+*
SATA1_TX-*
SATA1_RX+*
SATA1_RX-*
SATA2_TX+
SATA2_TX-
SATA2_RX+
SATA2_RX-
SATA3_TX+
SATA3_TX-
SATA3_RX+
SATA3_RX-
(S)ATA_ACT# A28 ATA (parallel and serial) or SAS activity indicator, active low. O 3.3V
A16
Serial ATA channel 0, Transmit Output differential pair. O SATA AC coupled on Module
A17
A19
Serial ATA channel 0, Receive Input differential pair. I SATA AC coupled on Module
A20
B16
Serial ATA channel 1, Transmit Output differential pair. O SATA AC coupled on Module
B17
B19
Serial ATA channel 1, Receive Input differential pair. I SATA AC coupled on Module
B20
A22
Serial ATA channel 2, Transmit Output differential pair. O SATA AC coupled on Module
A23
A25
Serial ATA channel 2, Receive Input differential pair. I SATA AC coupled on Module
A26
B22
Serial ATA channel 3, Transmit Output differential pair. O SATA AC coupled on Module
B23
B25
Serial ATA channel 3, Receive Input differential pair. I SATA AC coupled on Module
PCI Express Reference Clock output for all PCI
Express and PCI Express Graphics Lanes.
I PCIE AC coupled off Module
O PCIE
3.3.7 Express Card
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
EXCD0_CPPE#
EXCD1_CPPE#
EXCD0_PERST#
EXCD1_PERST#
A49
B48
A48
B47
PCI ExpressCard: PCI Express capable card request I 3.3V PU 10k 3.3V
PCI ExpressCard: reset O 3.3V
3.3.8 LPC Bus
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
LPC_AD[0:3] B4-B7 LPC multiplexed address, command and data bus I/O 3.3V
LPC_FRAME# B3 LPC frame indicates the start of an LPC cycle O 3.3V
LPC_DRQ0#
LPC_DRQ1#
B8
B9
LPC serial DMA request I 3.3V
LPC_SERIRQ A50 LPC serial interrupt I/O OD 3.3V PU 8k2 3.3V
LPC_CLK B10 LPC clock output - 33MHz nominal O 3.3V
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3.3.9 USB
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
USB0+
USB0-
USB1+
USB1-
USB2+
USB2-
USB3+
USB3-
USB4+
USB4-
USB5+
USB5-
USB6+
USB6-
USB7+
USB7-
USB_0_1_OC# B44 USB over-current sense, USB ports 0 and 1. A pull-up
A46
USB differential data pairs for Port 0 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
A45
B46
USB differential data pairs for Port 1 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
B45
A43
USB differential data pairs for Port 1 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
A42
B43
USB differential data pairs for Port 2 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
B42
A40
USB differential data pairs for Port 3 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
A39
B40
USB differential data pairs for Port 4 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
B39
A37
USB differential data pairs for Port 5 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
A36
B37
USB differential data pairs for Port 6 I/O 3.3VSB USB 1.1/ 2.0 compliant
B37
for this line shall be present on the module. An open
drain driver from a USB current monitor on the carrier
board may drive this line low.
I 3.3VSB PU 10k 3.3VSB Do not pull high on carrier
USB_2_3_OC# A44 USB over-current sense, USB ports 2 and 3. A pull-up
for this line shall be present on the module. An open
drain driver from a USB current monitor on the carrier
board may drive this line low. .
USB_4_5_OC# B38 USB over-current sense, USB ports 4 and 5. A pull-up
for this line shall be present on the module. An open
drain driver from a USB current monitor on the carrier
board may drive this line low.
USB_6_7_OC# A38 USB over-current sense, USB ports 6 and 7. A pull-up
for this line shall be present on the module. An open
drain driver from a USB current monitor on the carrier
board may drive this line low.
I 3.3VSB PU 10k 3.3VSB Do not pull high on carrier
I 3.3VSB PU 10k 3.3VSB Do not pull high on carrier
I 3.3VSB PU 10k 3.3VSB Do not pull high on carrier
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3.3.10 USB Root Segmentation
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3.3.11 SPI (BIOS only)
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
SPI_CS# B97 Chip select for Carrier Board SPI BIOS Flash. O 3.3VSB
SPI_MISO A92 Data in to module from carrier board SPI BIOS flash. I 3.3VSB
SPI_MOSI A95 Data out from module to carrier board SPI BIOS flash. O 3.3VSB
SPI_CLK A94 Clock from module to carrier board SPI BIOS flash. O 3.3VSB
SPI_POWER A91 Power supply for Carrier Board SPI – sourced from Module –
nominally 3.3V.
The Module shall provide a minimum of 100mA on
SPI_POWER.
Carriers shall use less than 100mA of SPI_POWER.
SPI_POWER shall only be used to power SPI devices on the
Carrier
BIOS_DIS0# A34 Selection strap to determine the BIOS boot device. I PU 10K 3.3V Carrier shall pull to GND or
BIOS_DIS1# B88 Selection strap to determine the BIOS boot device. I PU 10K 3.3V Carrier shall pull to GND or
O P 3.3VSB
leave no- connect.
leave no- connect
3.3.12 Miscellaneous
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
SPKR B32 Output for audio enunciator, the “speaker” in PC-AT
systems
WDT B27 Output indicating that a watchdog time-out event has
occurred.
THRM# B35 Input from off-module temp sensor indicating an over-
temp situation.
THERMTRIP# A35 Active low output indicating that the CPU has entered
thermal shutdown.
O 3.3V
O 3.3V
I 3.3V
O 3.3V PU 330 3.3V
FAN_PWMOUT B101 Fan speed control. Uses the Pulse Width Modulation
(PWM) technique to control the fan’s RPM.
FAN_TACHIN11 B102 Fan tachometer input for a fan with a two pulse output. I OD 3.3V PU 10k 3.3V
Active high. TPM chip has an internal pull down. This
signal is used to indicate Physical Presence to the TPM.
O OD 3.3V
I 3.3V
PD 10k 3.3V
PD is only placed when
TPM is installed on module
3.3.13 SMBus
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
SMB_CK B13 System Management Bus bidirectional clock line. Power
sourced through 5V standby rail and main power rails.
SMB_DAT# B14 System Management Bus bidirectional data line. Power
sourced through 5V standby rail and main power rails.
SMB_ALERT# B15 System Management Bus Alert – active low input can be
used to generate an SMI# (System Management Interrupt) or
to wake the system. Power sourced through 5V standby rail
and main power rails.
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I/O OD
3.3VSB
I/O OD
3.3VSB
I 3.3VSB PU 10k
PU 2k2
3.3VSB
PU 2k2
3.3VSB
3.3VSB
3.3.14 I2C Bus
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
I2C_CK B33 General purpose I²C port clock output/input I/O OD 3.3VSB PU 2k2 3.3VSB
I2C_DAT B34 General purpose I²C port data I/O line I/O OD 3.3VSB PU 2k2 3.3VSB
3.3.15 General Purpose I/O (GPIO)
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
GPO[0] A93 General purpose output pins. O 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V After hardware RESET
output low
GPO[1] B54 General purpose output pins. O 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V After hardware RESET
output low
GPO[2] B57 General purpose output pins. O 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V After hardware RESET
output low
GPO[3] B63 General purpose output pins. O 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V After hardware RESET
GPI[0] A54 General purpose input pins.
Pulled high internally on the module.
GPI[1] A63 General purpose input pins.
Pulled high internally on the module.
GPI[2] A67 General purpose input pins.
Pulled high internally on the module.
GPI[3] A85 General purpose input pins.
Pulled high internally on the module.
output low
I 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V
I 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V
I 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V
I 3.3V PU 10K 3.3V
3.3.16 Serial Interface Signals
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
SER0_TX A98 General purpose serial port transmitter (TTL level output) O CMOS Power rail tolerance 5V /
12V
SER0_RX A99 General purpose serial port receiver (TTL level input) I CMOS Power rail tolerance 5V /
12V
SER1_TX A101 General purpose serial port transmitter (TTL level output) O CMOS Power rail tolerance 5V /
12V
SER1_RX A102 General purpose serial port receiver (TTL level input) I CMOS Power rail tolerance 5V /
12V
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3.3.17 Power and System Management
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
PWRBTN# B12 Power button to bring system out of S5 (soft off), active on falling edge. I 3.3VSB PU 10k
3.3VSB
SYS_RESET# B49 Reset button input. Active low request for module to reset and reboot. May
be falling edge sensitive. For situations when SYS_RESET# is not able to
reestablish control of the system, PWR_OK or a power cycle may be used.
CB_RESET# B50 Reset output from module to Carrier Board. Active low. Issued by module
chipset and may result from a low SYS_RESET# input, a low PWR_OK
input, a VCC_12V power input that falls below the minimum specification, a
watchdog timeout, or may be initiated by the module software.
PWR_OK B24 Power OK from main power supply. A high value indicates that the power is
good. This signal can be used to hold off Module startup to allow carrier
based FPGAs or other configurable devices time to be programmed.
SUS_STAT# B18 Indicates imminent suspend operation; used to notify LPC devices. O 3.3VSB
SUS_S3# A15 Indicates system is in Suspend to RAM state. Active-low output. An inverted
copy of SUS_S3# on the carrier board (also known as “PS_ON”) may be
used to enable the non-standby power on a typical ATX power supply.
SUS_S4# A18 Indicates system is in Suspend to Disk state. Active low output. O 3.3VSB
SUS_S5# A24 Indicates system is in Soft Off state. O 3.3VSB
WAKE0# B66 PCI Express wake up signal. I 3.3VSB PU 10k
WAKE1# B67 General purpose wake up signal. May be used to implement wake-up on
PS/2 keyboard or mouse activity.
I 3.3VSB PU 10k
3.3VSB
O 3.3VSB
I 3.3V PU 100k
3.3VSB
O 3.3VSB
3.3VSB
I 3.3VSB PU 10k
3.3VSB
BATLOW# A27 Battery low input. This signal may be driven low by external circuitry to
signal that the system battery is low, or may be used to signal some other
external power-management event.
LID# LID button. Low active signal used by the ACPI operating system for a LID
switch.
SLEEP# Sleep button. Low active signal used by the ACPI operating system to bring
the system to sleep state or to wake it up again.
I 3.3VSB PU 10k
3.3VSB
I OD
3.3VSB
I OD
3.3VSB
PU 10k
3.3VSB
PU 10K
3.3VSB
3.3.18 Power and Ground
Signal Pin # Description I/O PU/PD Comment
VCC_12V A104-A109
B104-B109
VCC_5V_SBY B84-B87 Standby power input: +5.0V nominal. If VCC5_SBY is used, all
VCC_RTC A47 Real-time clock circuit-power input. Nominally +3.0V. P
Primary power input: +12V nominal (8.5 ~ 20V wide input).
All available VCC_12V pins on the connector(s) shall be used.
available VCC_5V_SBY pins on the connector(s) shall be used.
Only used for standby and suspend functions. May be left
unconnected if these functions are not used in the system design.
Ground - DC power and signal and AC signal return path. P
IDE_IOW# D9 I/O write line to IDE device. Data latched on trailing (rising) edge. O 3.3V
IDE_IOR# C14 I/O read line to IDE device. O 3.3V
IDE_REQ D8 IDE Device DMA Request. It is asserted by the IDE device to request a
IDE_ACK# D10 IDE Device DMA Acknowledge. O 3.3V
IDE_CS1# D16 IDE Device Chip Select for 1F0h to 1FFh range. O 3.3V
IDE_CS3# D17 IDE Device Chip Select for 3F0h to 3FFh range. O 3.3V
IDE_IORDY C13 IDE device I/O ready input. Pulled low by the IDE device to extend the
IDE_RESET# D18 Reset output to IDE device, active low. O 3.3V
IDE_IRQ D12 Interrupt request from IDE device. I 3.3V PD 10k
IDE_CBLID# D77 Input from off-module hardware indicating the type of IDE cable being
D7
C10
C8
C4
D6
D2
C3
C2
C6
C7
D3
D4
D5
C9
C12
C5
I 3.3V
data transfer.
I 3.3V PU 4k7 3.3V
cycle.
shall
I 3.3V
used. High indicates a 40-pin cable used for legacy IDE modes. Low
indicates that an 80-pin cable with interleaved grounds is used. Such a
cable is required for Ultra-DMA 66, 100 and 133 modes.