MSC CX-MB-EVA2 manual

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    1 CX-MB-EVA2 MSC COM Express TM Evaluation Board Rev. 1.0 January 14 , 2009 User’s Manual[...]

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    Preface Copy right Notice Copyright © 2008 M SC Vertriebs GmbH. All rights reserv ed. Copyin g of this document, and givin g it to others and the use or communi cation of the contents thereof, are forbidden w ithout express authority. Offenders are li able to the payment of damages. All rights are reserved in the event of the grant of a patent or [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual 3 Content 1 ........................................................................................................................... 1 Preface ................................................................................................................ 2 1 General Informat ion ....................................[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual 4 4.18 Su perI O ............................................................................................................37 4.18.1 COM Po rts ........................................................................................................37 4.18.2 IrDA .......................................................[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual 5 Illustrations Illustration 1 Block D iagram Base Board ........................................................................11 Illustration 2 Posit ioning of the Conne ctors ...................................................................12[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual 6 Tables Table 1 COMExpress Connec tor Rows A and B ............................................................16 Table 2 COMExpress Connec tor Rows C and D ............................................................18 Table 3 A ssignment PCI slot to connector reference ...............................................[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual General Information 7 1 General Inform ation 1.1 Revisions and Modifications Revision Date Comment 1.0 January 14, 2009 First release 1.2 Reference Docum ents [1] COM Ex press Module Base Speci fication COM Ex press Revision 1.0 Last update: July 10th, 2005 [2] ATX Specification atx2_21.pdf Version 2.2 http://www .form[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual General Information 8 1.3 Definitions and A bbreviations COM Computer-On-M odule RTC Real Time Cloc k ATX Advanced Technolo gy Extended PCI Peripheral Component Interconnec t IDE Int egrated Driv e Electronics EIDE Enhanced Integrated D rive Electronics CF Compact Flash ATA Advanced Technolo gy Attachment ATAPI Advance[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Introduction 9 2 Introduction 2.1 Product Descript ion COM Ex press modules are compact, highly integrated Sin gle Board Computers. Typically a COM Express module consists of CPU, chipset , memory, video cont roller, Ethernet controller, BI OS flash and EIDE- , SATA- and USB controller. Interface controllers (e.g. for [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Introduction 10  40 pin IDE interface Ult ra ATA-100/66/33  44 pin IDE interface Ult ra ATA-100/66/33  Compact flash interface Spec. v3.0  SATA channels up to 15 0MB /s  8 USB2.0 root hub inte rfaces  LAN interface max . 1GBit  LPC slot  Pin header for GPIOs  SuperIO W 83627 THF o 2x PS/2 o 2[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Introduction 11 LCD JILI40 JILI JILI EEPROM BACK LIGHT PCI e Graphics VGA TVout Line IN Line OUT MIC Head Phone AC97 - CODEC GPIO EEPROM LAN Trans - former Super IO PS/2 COM1 COM2 IrDa H W Monitor Fan PORT80 LPC Slot IO Connector Extension Card EEPROM HW Monitor 4x PCI Slot 6x PCIe Slot 8x USB 4x SATA CF Slot 40 pin Co[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Introduction 12 2.4 Positioning of the C onnectors Illustration 2 Posit ioning of the Conne ctors 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Back- light X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X 7 X8 X9 X10 X11 X12 X13 X14 X15 X16 X17 X21 X20 X19 X18 X22 X23 X24 X25 X26 X27 X28 X29 X30 X31 X32 X33 X34 X35 X36 X37 X38 X41 X40 X42 X43 X45 X47 X44 X46 X51 X 49 X50 X52 [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Mechanics 13 3 Mechanics 3.1 Dimensions Dimension: 254.5 mm x 36.8 mm W id th: 1.6 mm + /-10% Tolerances of the dril l holes: +/- 0.1mm in X and Y Tolerances of the dia meter: + 0.1 mm 3.2 A ssembl y notes CXC: 4x M 2.5 x 5mm bolt CXB: 5x M 2.5 x 5mm bolt CXE: 7x M 2.5 x 5mm bolt[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 14 4 Hardw are 4.1 Plug-in Position of the COM Expres s module Sockets for a COM Express type 2 module is avail able on the base board. Followin g form factors are supported:  Compact module ( Industry Consortium for m-factor)  Basic module  Extended module Specification:  Reference: X 1  Connec[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 15 A30 AC_RST# B30 AC_SDIN0 A31 GND B31 GND A31 GND B31 GND A32 AC_BITCLK B32 SPKR A33 AC_SDOUT B33 I2C_CK A34 BIOS_DISABLE# B34 I2C_DAT A35 THRMTRIP# B35 THRM# A36 USB6- B36 USB7- A37 USB6+ B37 USB7+ A38 USB_6_7_OC# B38 USB_4_5_OC# A39 USB4- B39 USB5- A40 USB4+ B40 USB5+ A41 GND B41 GND A42 USB2- B42 USB3- A4[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 16 A83 LVDS_I2C_CK B83 LVDS_BKLT_CTRL A84 LVDS_I2C_DA T B84 VCC_5V_S BY A85 GPI3 B85 VCC_5V_S BY A86 KBD_RST# B86 VCC_5V_S BY A87 KBD_A20GATE B87 VCC_5V_S BY A88 PCIE0_CK_RE F+ B88 RSVD A89 PCIE0_CK_RE F- B89 VGA_RED A90 GND B90 GND A91 RSVD B91 VGA_GRN A92 RSVD B92 VGA_BLU A93 GPO0 B93 VGA_HSYNC A94 RSVD B94 [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 17 C23 P CI_RESET# D23 PCI_AD3 C24 P CI_AD0 D24 PCI_AD5 C25 P CI_AD2 D25 PCI_AD7 C26 P CI_AD4 D26 PCI_C/BE0# C27 P CI_AD6 D27 PCI_AD9 C28 P CI_AD8 D28 PCI_AD11 C29 P CI_AD10 D29 PCI_AD13 C30 P CI_AD12 D30 PCI_AD15 C31 GND D31 GND C31 GND D31 GND C32 P CI_AD14 D32 PCI_PAR C33 P CI_C/BE1# D33 PCI_SERR # C34 P CI[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 18 C76 GND D76 GND C77 R SVD D77 IDE_CBLID# C78 P EG_RX8+ D78 PEG_TX8+ C79 P EG_RX8- D79 PEG_TX8- C80 GND D80 GND C81 P EG_RX9+ D81 PEG_TX9+ C82 P EG_RX9- D82 PEG_TX9- C83 R SVD D83 RSVD C84 GND D84 GND C85 P EG_RX10+ D85 PEG_TX10+ C86 P EG_RX10- D86 PEG_TX10- C87 GND D87 GND C88 P EG_RX11+ D88 PEG_TX11+ C89 P[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 19 4.2 PCI Slots Four 32-bit PCI slots are provide d according to PCI speci fication v2.1. The signal assi gnment for slot 0, slot 1, slot 2 and slot 3 is defined in the C OM Ex press specification.  INTA#, INTB#, IN TC# and INTD#  REQ[0..3]#  GNT[0..3]#  IDSEL PCI Slot Reference PCI Slot 0 X2 PCI [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 20 A22 AD28 B22 GND A23 AD26 B23 AD27 A24 G ND B24 AD25 A25 AD24 B25 3V3 A26 I DSEL B26 C/BE3# A27 3V3 B27 AD23 A28 AD22 B28 GND A29 AD20 B29 AD21 A30 G ND B30 AD19 A31 AD18 B31 3V3 A32 AD16 B32 AD17 A33 3V3 B33 C/BE2# A34 FRAME# B34 GND A35 G ND B35 IRDY# A36 T RDY# B36 3V3 A37 G ND B37 DEVSEL# A38 STOP# B38 [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 21 4.3 PCI Express x1 Slo ts One PCIe x1 slot is assi gned to each of the 6 PCIe lanes o f the COM Ex press module. Note: The order o f the connectors has changed on the new layout. Now X6 is near PEG slot. Note : The number o f PCIe lanes avail able will depend on the C OM Exp ress module used – not all mod[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 22 4.4 PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot A PCIe x16 graphics slo t is provided for inse rtion of PEG graphi cs cards. Depending on the chipse t the PCIe si gnals are mul tiplexed with SDV O signals, thus SDVO modules can be run in this slot a s well. SDVO o r PCIe graphics w ill be activated automatically via Pull[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 23 A36 PER_n4 1 B36 GND A37 GND B37 PET_p5 1 A38 GND B38 PET_n5 1 A39 PER_p5 1 B39 GND A40 PER_n5 1 B40 GND A41 GND B41 PET_p6 1 A42 GND B42 PET_n6 1 A43 PER_p6 1 B43 GND A44 PER_n6 1 B44 GND A45 GND B45 PET_p7 1 A46 GND B46 PET_n7 1 A47 PER_p7 1 B47 GND A48 PER_n7 1 B48 PRSNT2# A49 GND B49 GND A50 RSVD B50 PE[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 24 4.5 VGA Interface An analog display can be connected v ia a VGA (VES A DDC) interface. Specification:  References: X13  Connector: Suyin 7507S -15G5T-A  Pinout: Refer to Table 3 Pin Signal name Function 1 RED Signal red 2 GREEN Si gnal green 3 BLUE Si gnal blue 4 RSVD reserved 5 GND Ground digital [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 25 4.6 LVDS-Interface LCDs can be connec ted via a single channel LVD S interface: Specification:  References: X14  Connector: Hirose DF19G-20P-1H  Pinout: Refer to Table 4 Pin 20 can be configu red via 0 Ohm resisto rs to “OPEN” o r “GND” Pin Signal name Function 1 VDD Power Supply: +3.3V 2 V[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 26 4.6.2 Backlight Inverter Interface The supply v oltage of the backlight can be adjusted w ith jumper JP0601. The according position is printed on the PCB. Jumper J5 should be set according to the bac klight inverter used . If the inverter needs a low active start signal, jumper J5 has to be se t to L (pin1 [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 27 4.7 JILI Interface 4.7.1 Standard JILI Connector A standard JILI connec tor can be used alte rnatively for connection of LCDs. Both, single and dual ch annel LCDs, can be co nnected to the ba se board v ia small adaptor boards. Specification:  References: X16  Connector: Hirose FH12-40S-0.5SV  Pino[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 28 4.8 TV Out A TV-OUT connec tor is implemented for displayi ng the video signal on a TV set (or the like). The base board supports the following video signals  Composite Video  Component Video (YPb Pr)  S-Video The type of the vi deo signal is defined by the graphics cont roller on the COM Express m[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 29 4.9 Audio An AC’97 codec V2 .2 is connected to the AC lin k of the COM Express module. Footp rint and circuit are compatibl e to followi ng AC’97 codecs:  VIA VT1612A  Realtek ALC650 Followin g LF signals are provided by the AC’97 codec:  Mono Microphone  Stereo LineIn  Stereo LineOut ?[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 30 4.9.1.2 Stereo LineIn Specification:  References: X19  Connector: Kycon ST-3000  Pinout: Refer to Table 9 T able 14 Pin Signal name Function 1 GND Ground 2 LINEIN_R NF signal right (ring ) 3 LINEIN_L NF signal left (tip) Table 14 Pinout L ineIn 4.9.1.3 Stereo LineOut Specification:  References: [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 31 4.9.2 HDA codec Specification:  References: X39  Connector: Foxconn JAS331 -H1G2-4F  Pinout: Refer to Table 12 Con colour Function 1 light blue Line In 2 lime Line Out 3 pink Mikrofon 4 orange Center / LFE 5 black Surround 6 grey Side Table 17 Pinout L ineOut 4.10 IDE Interface A standard IDE inte [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 32 4.10.1.1.3 Compact Flash Inte rface A socket for compact flash cards, type I/II, is provide d at the primary IDE ch annel. The compact flash interface supports True IDE mode accordin g to compa ct flash specification rev . 3.0. Inter alia the compac t flash specification rev . 3.0 supports the UDMA mode. Sp[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 33 4.12 USB Topo logy Eight USB ports are p rovided by the COM Express module. The exact assignment of each port is defined in the follow ing table: USB-Port References Beschreibung USB0 X29 External dual connector 1 USB1 X29 External dual connector 1 USB2 X30 External dual connector 2 USB3 X30 External dual c[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 34 4.13 Ethernet The base board can be connected to a loca l area netw ork with an Ethernet inter face. The COM Ex press module already prov ides MDI signals, so that only the trans former on the base board requi red. The transformer PULSE H 5004 not only supports 10Base T and 100BaseTX but also 1Gbit. Specifi[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 35 4.15 I/O Connector An alternative SuperIO controller can be in tegrated via a 36-pin connector. In this case the onboard chip is not populated and a pi ggy back board w ith the SuperIO chip is plugged into the I/O and into the LPC connec tor. Specification:  References: X45  Connector: CAB 1002-161-03[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 36 4.16 GPIO The COM Ex press module provides four general purpose outputs and four general purpose inputs. The GPIs have Pull Up resistors and are routed to a dip sw itch (SW1103). With the dip switch the GPIs can be connected to ground. The assignmen t GPI – swi tch – level is printed on the PCB. If the [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 37 4.18 SuperIO The Winbond SuperI O W 83 627THF is integrate d on the base board. Interfaces used by the SuperIO  2 RS232 interface ( function of COM port sha red with IrDA inter face)  1 IrDA interface (function shared w ith COM port)  PS/2 interface for keyb oard and mouse  2 fan interfaces  [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 38 4.18.2 IrDA The connectors o f the IrDA interface a re designed for com mercial IrDA transmit ters. Specification:  References: X40  Connector: CAB 1001-161-005  Pinout: Refer to Table 19 T able 24 Pin S ignal name Function 1 +5V Power supply 2 NC Not connec ted 3 IRRX Receive d data 4 GND Ground 5[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 39 4.18.4 Fan interface Two P W M controlled fan interfaces are inte grated on the base board . They are loca ted near the COM Express modul. Measurement of the tacho signal and con trol of the rotation spe ed is done by the SuperIO. Specification:  References: X42 - X43  Connector: Molex 22-04-1031 Pino[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 40  5V Measured temperatu res  Ambient temperature The temperature is measured with a ther mistor. 4.19 SMB Hard ware Monitor In addition to the Supe rIO hardw are monitor you can also connec t a SM Bus hardware monitor. This chip enabl es you to cont rol different voltages, temperatures and ro tation sp[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 41 4.22 OnBoard BIOS-F lash There is a PLCC32 soc ket on the mother board , w here an additional firmw are hub can be inserted. To boo t from this firmware hub , the firmware hub on the COM Express module has to be disable d wi th J0203. 4.23 POST-Code Displ a y For debugging purposes a POST code displ ay is i[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 42 Pin Signal name Function 1 VCC Power Supply 2 SDO_TDO Serial Data Out 3 SDI_TDI Serial Data In 4 ISPEN# Programmin g Enable 5 KEY Key pin 6 MODE_TMS Programming Mode 7 GND Ground 8 SCLK_TCK Serial Clock Table 30 Pinout La ttice Progra mming Interface 4.24 Battery The RTC on the COM Express module is buffere[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 43 4.28 Miscellaneous 4.28.1 Resistors for curre nt measuring Resistors are inserted into the pow er supply lines o f the COM Express modul e, the PCI express graphics slot a s well as into every PCI slot and one PCI express x1 slot. These can be used for current measuremen t. In addition to there is on e jump[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 44 4.29 Jumper settings 4.29.1 BIOS-Flash Jumper J0203 To boot from the firmware hub in the PLCC32 socket on the mother board, install J0203. The firmware hub on the COM Express module will be auto matically disabled. Function J0203 COM Ex press module flash removed (BI OS disable LED off) Flash in PLCC32 inst[...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 45 4.29.8 Battery Jumper J1101 Function J1101 Battery on installed 4.29.9 Super I/O disable Jumper J6 Function J6 Super I/O enabled 1-2 Super I/O disabled 2-3 4.29.10 SMBus Hardware monitor address Jumpe r J1303 SMBus Address J1303 0101 1110 removed 0101 1100 installed 4.29.11 ATX Funktion Jumper J1301 PS_ON# [...]

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    CX-MB-EVA2 User's Manual Hardware 46 4.29.15 Lane RV Jumper J0504 Function J0504 PEG Lane reverse installed DIP-switch setting s 4.29.16 LCD EEPROM SW0611 Switch on Address 1 A0 high 2 A1 high 3 A2 high 4 - 4.29.17 SMB EEPROM SW1101 Switch on Address 1 A0 high 2 A1 high 3 A2 high 4 - Do not use address A0 and A4. There can be an address con fl[...]