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1 User Information
1.1 About This Document
This document provides information about products from Kontron and/or its subsidiaries. No warranty of
suitability, purpose, or fitness is implied. While every attempt has been made to ensure that the information in
this document is accurate, the information contained within is supplied “as-is” and is subject to change
without notice.
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rights of third parties are concerned.
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval
system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means (electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the express written permission of Kontron
Embedded Modules GmbH.
DIMM-PC®, PISA®, ETX®, ETXexpress®, microETXexpress™, X-board®, DIMM-IO® and DIMM-BUS® are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH. Kontron is trademark or registered trademark of
Kontron AG.
1.3 Trademarks
The following lists the trademarks of components used in this board.
» IBM, XT, AT, PS/2 and Personal System/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp.
» Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
» Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corp.
» All other products and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners.
1.4 Standards
Kontron is certified to ISO 9000 standards.
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1.5 Warranty
This Kontron product is warranted against defects in material and workmanship for the warranty period from the
date of shipment. During the warranty period, Kontron will at its discretion decide to repair or replace defective
products.
Within the warranty period, the repair of products is free of charge as long as warranty conditions are observed.
The warranty does not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance or handling by the
buyer, unauthorized modification or misuse, operation outside of the product’s environmental specifications or
improper installation or maintenance.
Kontron will not be responsible for any defects or damages to other products not supplied by Kontron that are
caused by a faulty Kontron product.
1.6 Technical Support
Technicians and engineers from Kontron and/or its subsidiaries are available for technical support. We are
committed to making our product easy to use and will help you use our products in your systems.
Please consult our Web site at http://www.kontron.com/support for the latest product documentation, utilities,
drivers and support contacts. Consult our customer section http://emdcustomersection.kontron.com for the
latest BIOS downloads, Product Change Notifications and additional tools and software. In any case you can
always contact your board supplier for technical support.
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2 Introduction
The COM Express® Evaluation carrier board for Type 2 modules is designed to allow embedded application
developers to get up and running quickly on the COM Express® basic and compact form factors, giving them a
head start on the total system design. Simply select a pin-out Type 2 COM Express CPU module, then Plug & Go.
The Kontron COM Express® Eval Type 2 is an evaluation backplane for COM Express® Computer-on-Modules
following the PICMG COM.0 specification with pin-out Type 2.
Ordering Information
Article Part-No. Description
COM Express® Type 2 Evaluation
Carrier
38104-0000-00-1 Evaluation Board COM.0 pin-out Type 2
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3 Specification
3.1 Functional Specification
» COM Express® baseboard compatible to Type 2 pin-out based modules
» ATX EPS (20pin + 4pin) power connector
» 1x PEG x16 slot
» 1x PCI Express x4 slots
» 1x PCI Express x1 slot multiplexed with Express card 0
» 2x PCI standard slots + 1x mini PCI socket
» 4 x SATA
» 1x LVDS/JILI FFC 40 connector
» 1x VGA
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» 1x 1x 10/100/1000 MBit LAN; RJ45 connector
» 4x USB 2.0 (standalone connectors)
» 2x USB 2.0 shared with GBE connector (USB 4 and 5)
» 1x USB 2.0 (USB 7) on Express Card
» 1x USB 2.0 (USB 6) on miniPCI Expres
» Feature Connector (MARS Compatible)
» LPC Firmware Hub and SPI Flash support for external BIOS
» Front panel features (HDD Act., Reset and Power Switch)
» IDE support
» Compact Flash support
» SIO
» Status LED
» GPIO 10-pin header
» 4 digit Port 80/81 POST code display with POST code control
» No LID and SLEEP support
» Power Control functions (Power Button override, module single supply, power consumption
measurements)
» Realtek ALC886 HD-Audio
» Audio Jack 6 in 1
» PWM FAN and Hardware Monitor connectors (FAN/Voltage)
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3.2 Block Diagram
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3.3 Mechanical Specification
» Size: 243.8mm x 304.8mm
» max height on top: 3.81mm (Connector J7)
» PCB thickness: 1.55mm ±10%
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3.4 Electrical Specification
Supply Voltage
» ATX Main Power 24pin
Power Supply Rise time
» The input voltages shall rise from ≤10% of nominal to within the regulation ranges within 0.1ms to
20ms.
» There must be a smooth and continuous ramp of each DC input voltage from 10% to 90% of its final set-
point following the ATX specification
Supply Voltage Ripple
» Maximum 100 mV peak to peak 0-20MHz
3.5 Environmental Specification
Ambient temperature
» Operating: 0 to +60 °C
» Non-operating: -30 to +85 °C
Humidity
» Operating: 10% to 90% (non condensing)
» Non operating: 5% to 95% (non condensing)
3.6 MTBF
The following MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) values were calculated using a combination of manufacturer’s
test data, if the data was available, and a Bellcore calculation for the remaining parts. The Bellcore calculation
used is “Method 1 Case 1”. In that particular method the components are assumed to be operating at a 50 %
stress level in a 40° C ambient environment and the system is assumed to have not been burned in.
Manufacturer’s data has been used wherever possible. The manufacturer’s data, when used, is specified at 50°
C, so in that sense the following results are slightly conservative. The MTBF values shown below are for a 40° C in
an office or telecommunications environment. Higher temperatures and other environmental stresses (extreme
altitude, vibration, salt water exposure, etc.) lower MTBF values.
D61, D62, D63, D64 POST Code Port 0x81 and Port 0x80
J1 VGA
J4, J5 2x Dual USB 3.0
J6A Gigabit Ethernet
J6B Dual USB 2.0
J7 5x Audio Jack + SPDIF
J11, J65 Internal Audio (CD in, Side)
J14 SMBus Header
J16 S\PDIF Header
J17 I2C Header
J18, J19, J26, J29 SATA Ports
J20 LPC Slot
J22 PCIe x1
J23 PCIe x4
J25 PCIe Graphics
J27, J28 BIOS Disable Jumpers
J31A COM Express AB Connector
J31B COM Express CD Connector
J32 SPI Flash Dediprog Connector
J36 LVDS
J39, J43 2x Fan Header
J38 Fan Power
J46 MicroSD Card
J47 Express Card
J49 PCIe Mini Card
J50 Feature Connector (MARS Compatible)
J54 ATC Connector (4-pin)
J55 ATX Connector (24-pin)
J56 GPIO Connector
J71 CompactFlash
J72 IDE
J73, J74 PCI 32 bit 3.3V /5V Card Slots A & B
J75 COM1
J76 COM2
J77 Parallel port
J79 Keyboard / Mouse
J80 SIO GPIO Header
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Connector Short Description
SW3 Reset Button
SW4 Power Button
SPK1 PC Buzzer
U3 Audio Codec VR
U4 Super I/O
U12 Audio Codec
U20 PCIe Clock Buffer
U21 Firmware Hub Socket
U22 SPI Flash
U28A, U28B EPM1270F256 CPLD
U29 Express Card Power
U38 SD Card / GPIO Switch
U41 FRU EEPROM
U42 V3.3_S5 DC/DC
U45 V1.5_S0 DC/DC
U56 PCI Clock Buffer
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5 Connectors and Features
5.1 Power supply
5.1.1 ATX connector
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 power supply follows the ATX 2.x specification and the baseboard should be
supplied by connecting an ATX PSU with 24-pin ATX (J55) and 4-pin ATX_12V (J54) supply cable in correct
orientation. The 4-pin ATX_12V connector mainly supplies power to the module.
Pin ATX Main Power Pin ATX Main Power
1 (Orange) +3.3V 13 (Orange/Brown) +3.3V / +3.3V sense
2 (Orange) +3.3V 14 (Blue) -12V
3 (Black) GND 15 (Black) GND
4 (Red) +5V 16 (Green) Power on
5 (Black) GND 17 (Black) GND
6 (Red) +5V 18 (Black) GND
7 (Black) GND 19 (Black) GND
8 (Grey) PWR_OK 20 No connection
9 (Purple) +5VSB 21 (Red) +5V
10 (Yellow) +12V 22 (Red) +5V
11 (Yellow) +12V 23 (Red) +5V
12 (Orange) +3.3V 24 (Black) GND
Pin ATX_12V Pin ATX_12V
1 (Black) GND 3 (Yellow) Module VCC (12V nominal)
2 (Black) GND 4 (Yellow) Module VCC (12V nominal)
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5.1.2 Reset and Power button
The COM Express® Eval Type 6 provides an onboard Reset Button (SW3) and Power Button (SW4).
Connector Function
SW4 Power Button
SW3 Reset Button
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5.2 COM Express® connector
The COM Express® Eval Type 6 is an evaluation carrier board for Type 6 based Computer-on-Modules. The type 6
module pin-out is based on two connectors with 2 rows (Row A and B and Row C and D) with 440 pins overall
(220 pins for each of the two connectors). Please refer to your module documentation for detailed pin-out
descriptions.
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5.3 Serial ATA
The COM Express® Eval Type 6 provides 4 7-pin SATA data connectors as standard 1.27mm Pitch Serial ATA High
Speed Header with Locking Latch.
SATA Pin Signal
1 Ground
2 Transmit +
3 Transmit -
4 Ground
Connector SATA Port
J18 SATA #0
J19 SATA #1
J26 SATA #2
J29 SATA #3
5 Receive -
6 Receive +
7 Ground
5.4 Storage and GPIO
This carrier board supports connections for various storage media including CompactFlash and microSD. Also
available is connection for GPIO. Consult your module manual for what GPIO it is enabled to communicate with.
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GPIO J48 PIN Description GPIO J48 Pin Description
1 VCC 3.3V 2 GPO0 / SD_CLK
3 GPI0 / SD_DATA0 4 GPO1 / SD_CMD
5 GPI1 / SD_DATA1 6 GPO2 / SD_WP
7 GPI2 / SD_DATA2 8 GPO3 / SD_CD#
9 GPI3 / SD_DATA3 10 GND
Note1: A SD-Card is detected if Card Detect is at low level. The write protection is active (read only) if SD_WP is
at high level.
Note2: The switching circuitry (J41: short jumper = SD card; open jumper = GPIO) which selects GPIO or SDIO
interface may influence the signal quality of SDIO which results in detection or boot issues with some
fast SD/SDHC cards. Therefore it's recommended to reduce SDIO interface speed to 24MHz in module's
BIOS if supported
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5.5 High Definition Audio
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides HDAudio via Realtek ALC886 High Definition Audio Codec supporting
analog, optical and digital audio connections.
Audio Connector J7 - Speaker Configuration
The Audio Connector J7 on the COM Express® Evaluation Board is a 5x Audio Jack plus SPDIF. Arrangement is as
follows
Orange: Center Blue: Line-In
Black: Rear Green: Front
SPDIF Pink: Mic
Note1:
Audio is only supported with HD Audio compatible COM Express® Modules.
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5.6 Ethernet
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides a RJ45/Dual USB Combo with a single RJ45 in combination with 2 USB
ports (USB 4/6). Ethernet Connector J6 with integrated magnetics and LED is configured to support modules
with10/100/1000.
J6 LED function
Function J61 Left LED J61 Right LED Status LED
Activity Green - D69
Link10 - Off D70
Link100 - Yellow D71
Link1000 - Green D72
5.7 USB
The COM Express® module's USB ports 0 to 5 are available on rear panel connectors J4, J5, and J6. USB port 6 is
used on Express Card connector and USB port 7 is used for the miniPCI Express card connector. The COM Express®
Eval Type 2 provides USB up to 8 ports with 2 on RJ45/USB Combo connector J6, 4 as standalone (J4, J5), 1
shared with Mini PCIe and 1 shared with the ExpressCard.
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5.8 PCI
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 supports 32 bit PCI
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5.9 PCIexpress and Express Card
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides one x4, one x1 PCIexpress x1 slots, one Express Card Slot, and one Mini
PCIe.
Connector Function
J25 PCIe Graphics
J23 PCIe x4 (0-3)
J22, J47 PCIe x1 (4) or Express Card (multiplexed by J63: open = Express Card;
closed =PCIe x1 connector), Express Card (supports 34 and 54)/ PCIe 4 /
USB 7
J49 PCIe Mini Card / PCIe (5) / USB 6
Express Card
The Express Card Slot J47 in combination with USB #7 allows 1.3A on 3.3V, 275mA on AuxPower and 650mA on
1.5V continuous Card Power with pin-out in table below.
Pin J41 Signal Pin J41 Signal
1 GND 14 3.3VS_1
2 USB_D- 15 3.3VS_0
3 USB_D+ 16 CLKREQ#
4 CPUSB# 17 CPPE#
5 NC 18 REFCLK-
6 NC 19 REFCLK+
7 SMB_CLK 20 GND
8 SMB_DATA 21 PERN0
9 1.5V_2 22 PERP0
10 1.5V_1 23 GND_1
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5.10 MARS connector
The MARS connector (J50) provides additional interfaces for Smart Battery Power Control Signals.
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5.11 VGA
On COM Express® Eval Type 2 the VGA output (J1).
5.12 LVDS
The 40-pin JILI LVDS panel connector J36 allows connecting a flat panel directly to the module's dual channel
LVDS output. Check your module documentation for available BIOS configurations for this flat panel output.
Pin LVDS Signal Pin LVDS Signal
1 NC 21 LCDDO13
2 LCDDO0 22 DETECT# (GND)
3 LCDDO1 23 LCDDO14
4 ENAVDD 24 LCDDO15
5 LCDDO2 25 GND
6 LCDDO3 26 LCDDO16
7 NC 27 LCDDO17
8 LCDDO4 28 GND
9 LCDDO5 29 LCDDO18
10 GND 30 LCDDO19
11 LCDDO6 31 +5V
12 LCDDO7 32 +5V
13 GND 33 +5V
14 LCDDO8 34 +5V
15 LCDDO9 35 BLON#
16 JILI_DAT 36 GND
17 LCDDO10 37 GND
18 LCDDO11 38 +12V
19 JILI_CLK 39 +12V
20 LCDDO12 40 +12V
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5.13 External BIOS
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 supports external boot. By closing Jumper J27 the module's onboard BIOS is
disabled and the system will boot from an external Firmware Hub in U21 PLCC socket.
For modules supporting SPI boot the COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides a SPI socket U22 for an optional
available SPI Flash. SPI is part of COM.0 Specification Rev 2.0 and external SPI boot can be enabled by closing
Jumper J27. Please check the documentation of your module if SPI is supported and which SPI Flash size is
required.
Booting from external BIOS:
» Close Jumper J27 to boot from the baseboard's SPI Flash
Flashing the external BIOS:
» Prepare a bootable USB flash drive and save BIOS and flash utility in the root folder
Please check Application Note KEMAP046 avialble at Kontron's customer section for more details
» Open J27 to boot from the module's BIOS
» Power on the system and boot from our USB flash drive
» Close J46 to enable the LPC FWH or close J75 to enable the SPI Flash
» Execute the BIOS update command (e.g. afudos.exe bios.rom /P /B /N /C /X)
» Reboot your system if flash procedure has finished
» Your system should now start from external BIOS
Note: Please check module documentation if external boot from LPC FWH and/or SPI Flash is supported
Warning: Do not close both jumpers at the same time
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5.14 CPLD & POST-Code Display
Power Management control, 4 digits LPC/PCI Port 80/81 Post Code and additional GPIOs are implemented in
onboard Altera CPLD (U28).
Port 80/81 POST Code
The 7-segment display D63/D64 for Port 81 and D61/62 for Port 80 shows BIOS status codes during boot-up
process.
5.15 FAN
The COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides two 4-pin (J39, J43) fan connectors.
5.16 FRU-PROM (I2C EEPROM)
Following the new COM Express® specification, the COM Express® Eval Type 2 provides an I2C EEPROM. The FRUPROM (Field Replacable Unit; U41) at I2C address 0xAF. The default setting is write protected. This is for
Kontron factory use and not recommended for non-Kontron modification.
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6 Battery Information
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CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.
Note: The battery of this product is not considered to be accessible by the end user. Therefore the
safety instructions are only given in English, German, French, Danish, Finish and Spanish language.
If the battery of this product however is accessible by the end user, it is in the responsibility of
the Kontron customer to give the corresponding safety instructions in the required language(s).
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7 Power Distribution
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Uate
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8 Security Advice
To protect the external power lines to peripheral devices the customer has to take care about:
- The wires to the external device have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current
- The housing of the external device fulfils the fire protection requirements of IEC/EN 60950.
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9 LED Indicators
For user convenience, Kontron has included some LED indicators along the side of the board design. These are
noted in the chart below and circled in the picture of the carrier board included at the end of this section.
LED Function
D29 Hdd Activity
D30 Module Rev 2
D31 Module Type 1
D32 Module Type 2
D33 Module Type 3
D34 Module Type 4
D35 Module Type 5
D36 Module Type 6
D37 Module Type 10
D38 Watchdog
D39 THRMTRIP#
D40 SUS_S5#
D42 SUS_S4#
D43 SUS_S3#
D44 SUS_STAT#
D45 V3.3_S5
D46 V5.0_S5
D47 V1.5_S0
D48 V3.3_S0
D49 V5.0_S0
D50 V12_AUX_S0
D51 V12_S0
D54 V-12_S0
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10 Document Revision History
Revision Date Edited by Changes
1.0 22 Jun 2012 CVG Initial release
1.01 5 Jul 2012 NYP Update, multiple sections (1,2, 3, 4,5,9, 10) due to engineering input