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Notice Page DISCLAIMER ADLINK Technology, Incorporated makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents of this manual or of the associated ADLINK products, and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. ADLINK shall under no circumstances be liable for incidental or consequential damages or related expenses resulting from the use of this product, even if it has been notified of the possibility of such damages.
Miscellaneous ..........................35 SSD (Solid State Drive) ......................35 Real Time Clock (RTC) ......................35 Oops! Jumper (BIOS Recovery) ....................35 Serial Console .........................35 Serial Console Setup......................35 Hot (Serial) Cable ......................35 Hardware Voltage and Temperature Monitor ................36 Watchdog Timer ........................36 CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
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Save & Exit BIOS Setup Screen ..................... 51 Appendix A Technical Support ....................53 Index ..............................57 List of Figures Figure 2-1. Stacking PCI/104-Express Modules with the CoreModule 920 ....... 6 Figure 2-2. Functional Block Diagram ..................10 Figure 2-3. Component Locations (Top Side)................13 Figure 2-4.
PCI Specification, Revision 2.3, March 29, 2002 Web site: http://www.pcisig.com • LPC Specification Version 1.1 Web site: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/industry/lpc.htm • USB Specification Version 2.0 Web site: http://www.usb.org/developers • SATA Specification Version 3.0 Web site: http://www.sata-io.org/ • Ethernet IEEE802.3 Specifications Web site: http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.3.html CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
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AMI BIOS Aptio TSE User’s Guide Data sheet: http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMI_TSE_User_Manual_PUB.pdf Chip Specifications The following integrated circuits (ICs) are used in the CoreModule 920 SBC. • Intel Corporation and the Mobile 3rd Generation Core™i7 CPU integrated processor core and graphics memory hub Web site: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/embedded/hwsw/hardware/core-hm76/hardware...
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Chapter 1 About This Manual NOTE If you are unable to locate the datasheets using the links provided, search the internet using the name of the manufacturer or component model and locate the documents you need. CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
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Chapter 1 About This Manual Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Chapter 2 Product Overview This overview presents general information about the PCI/104-Express form factor and the CoreModule 920 Single Board Computer (SBC). After reading this chapter you should understand the following points with regard to the CoreModule 920. • PCI/104-Express From Factor •...
SSD, four PCIe x1 lanes, as well as interfaces for GPIO and RTC battery. The CoreModule 920 provides a Solid State Drive through the SATA2 port for storage up to 8GB, a Hardware Monitor chip to control temperature and voltage levels, and a Utility interface for Power button, Reset switch, and Speaker output.
Provides 16550-equivalent controllers with 16-byte FIFO modes Supports full-duplex buffering and full status reporting Supports full modem capability Supports programmable word length, stop bits, and parity Provides programmable baud-rate generator CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
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Pixel color depths of 18 and 24 bits Support PCI Express graphics (PEG) • External high-performance PCI Express graphics cards • General-purpose PCI Express devices • Theoretical bandwidth of up to 8GT/s • PCIe Gen3 compliance Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
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Real Time Clock (RTC) with external replaceable battery Battery-free boot Oops! Jumper support Serial Console support Watchdog Timer Logo Screen (Splash) SSD (Solid State Drive) Hardware Monitor (voltage and temperature) CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
Chapter 2 Product Overview Major Component (ICs) Definitions Table 2-1 lists the major ICs, including a brief description of each, on the CoreModule 920. Figures 2-3 show the locations of the major ICs. Table 2-1. Major Component Descriptions and Functions Chip Type Mfg.
A 10-pin header with two rows of pins, using odd/even numbering, where pin 2 is directly across from pin 1, is noted as 10-pin, 2 rows, odd/ even (1, 2). See Figure 2-5. 10-pin, two rows, Odd/Even, (1, 2) Figure 2-5. Connector Pin Sequence CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
JP1 - LVDS Voltage JP2 - PCI-104 Voltage Figure 2-7. Jumper Header Locations (Top Side) Specifications Physical Specifications Table 2-4 provides the physical dimensions of the CoreModule 920. Table 2-4. Weight and Footprint Dimensions NOTE Overall height is measured from the Item Dimension...
0.33 (8.38mm) 0.20 (5.08mm) 0.00 Figure 2-8. Mechanical Overview (Top Side) NOTE All dimensions are given in inches. Black square pins on headers and connectors represent pin 1. Black square pins on right-angle headers represent pin 2. Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Chapter 2 Product Overview Power Specifications Table 2-5 provides the current measurements for the CoreModule 920. Table 2-5. Power Supply Requirements Parameter 1.7GHz CPU (3517UE) Input Type Regulated DC voltages In-Rush Peak Current and Figure 2-9 Duration Typical Idle Current and 1.68A (8.41W)
5% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing Thermal/Cooling Requirements The CPU is the primary source of heat on the board. The CoreModule 920 is designed to operate at the maximum speed of the CPU and requires an active heatsink for extended temperatures (optional). A passive heatsink is available (optional) and allows maximum speed operation within the Standard temperature range.
Battery Interface • Ethernet LED Interface • Miscellaneous SSD (Solid State Drive) Time of Day/RTC Oops! Jumper (BIOS Recovery) Serial Console Hot Cable Hardware Temperature and Voltage Monitor Watchdog Timer CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
Acceleration (DXAV), Advanced Scheduler 2.0, 1.0, and XPDM. Memory The CoreModule 920 employs one 1333MHz memory channel with one rank of eight system memory chips (and one additional chip for ECC). The board provides up to 2GB of extended memory using 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM chips.
000A0000h 000AFFFFh Graphics Memory 000B0000h 000B7FFFh Mono Text Memory 000B8000h 000BFFFFh Color Text Memory 000C0000h 000CFFFFh Standard Video BIOS 000D0000h 000DFFFFh DVMT Memory 000E0000h 000EFFFFh PCI Express Base Memory 000F0000h 000FFFFFh System Flash and PCI Resources CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
Serial Port 2 (COM2) 03B0-03BB Video (monochrome) 03C0-03DF Video (VGA) 03F8-03FF Serial Port 1 (COM1) 0400-041F SMBus Configuration Ports 0500-053F PCH GPIO Configuration Ports 0800-087F PCH Power Management Ports 0CF8-0CFF PCI bus Configuration Address and Data Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Hardware Serial Interfaces The CoreModule 920 provides two RS-232 serial ports. The PCH BD82QM67 contains the circuitry for both serial ports and delivers the signals through two RS-232 transceivers: one transceiver for COM1 and the second transceiver for COM2. The serial ports support the following features: •...
COM2 Ring Indicator – Indicates external serial device is detecting a ring condition. Used by software to initiate operations to answer and open the communications channel. Ground Ground Note: The shaded table cells denote ground. The * symbol indicates the signal is Active Low. Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Hardware USB Interface The CoreModule 920 contains two root USB hubs and six functional USB ports. Four of the six USB ports are routed through two 10-pin headers (H15 and J25), and the other two ports are routed through the PCIe/104 interface connector.
Hardware Ethernet Interfaces The CoreModule 920 supports two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The first Ethernet interface originates from the 82579LM PHY transceiver, which occupies one PCI Express lane and supports the internal MAC (Media Access Controller) in the PCH. The second Ethernet interface is implemented through the 82574IT Ethernet controller, which occupies one PCI Express lane and generates its own Gigabit Ethernet signals.
Note: The shaded table cells denote ground. NOTE The magnetics (isolation transformer, T2) for the Ethernet header is included on the CoreModule 920. Video Interfaces The Core i7, 3517UE CPU provides an integrated 2D/3D graphics engine, which supports video decode such as MPEG2, VC-1, and AVC/H.264 (main, baseline at L3 and High-profile level 4.0/4.1) as well as...
LVDS A DATA Positive Line 3 LVDSA_DAT3_N LVDS A DATA Negative Line 3 LVDSA_DAT2_P LVDS A DATA Positive Line 2 LVDSA_DAT2_N LVDS A DATA Negative Line 2 LVDSA_DAT1_P LVDS A DATA Positive Line 1 LVDSA_DAT1_N LVDS A DATA Negative Line 1 Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Note: The shaded table cells denote power or ground. Power Interface The CoreModule 920 requires one +5 volt DC power source and provides a shrouded 10-pin, right-angle header with 2 rows, odd/even pin sequence (1, 2), and 0.100" (2.54mm) pitch.
Hardware User GPIO Interface The CoreModule 920 provides GPIO pins for customer use, routing the signals from the PCH chipset to the J26 and J27 headers. An example test application and source code reside in each BSP directory of the CoreModule 920 Support Software QuickDrive.
System Fan header, which provides a single row of 3 pins with 0.079" (2mm) pitch. Table 3-16. System Fan Pin Signals (J22) Pin # Signal Description +V_FAN +5.0 volts DC +/- 5% Not Connected Ground Note: The shaded table cells denote power or ground. CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
Green LED) GBE2_ACT_LED Ethernet Activity GBE2_LINK1000_LED Gigabit Ethernet Link GBE2_LINK100_LED Fast Ethernet Link with +3.3 volts power (Pins 3-4 for Bi-Color LED) Note: The shaded table cell denotes power. Configure Ethernet LEDs for Active Low operation. Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Real Time Clock (RTC) The CoreModule 920 contains a Real Time Clock (RTC). The RTC can be backed up with a battery. If the battery is not present, the board BIOS has a battery-less boot option to complete the boot process.
Hardware Hardware Voltage and Temperature Monitor The CoreModule 920 provides a hardware monitor to ensure the health of your embedded system with built- in support for monitoring and control of system temperatures, fan speeds, and critical module voltage levels. The ADT 7490 Hardware Monitor BIOS setting resides in the Advanced menu of the BIOS setup utility. See Chapter 4, “BIOS Setup”...
Entering BIOS Setup (Serial Port Console) This section describes how to enter the BIOS setup through a remote serial terminal or PC. Turn on the power supply to the CoreModule 920 and enter the BIOS Setup Utility using a local video display.
OEM Logo Utility The CoreModule 920 BIOS supports a graphical logo utility, which allows the user to customize the boot screen image. The graphical image can be a company logo or any custom image the user wants to display during the boot process.
BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Menus This section provides illustrations of the six main setup screens in the CoreModule 920 BIOS Setup Utility. Below each illustration is a bullet list of the screen’s submenus and setting selections. The setting selections are presented in brackets after each submenu or menu item, and the optimal default settings are presented in bold.
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ICC Overclocking Lib X.X.X.XX DIV-1S • DIV-1S • • Maximum supported frequency XXX.XX MHz • Minimum supported frequency XXX.XX MHz • Current frequency XXX.XX MHz • Current SSC mode Down • Current SSC % X.XX% Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
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Current SSC % X.XX% DIV-2NS • DIV-2NS • Not used • Maximum supported frequency XXX.XX MHz • Minimum supported frequency XXX.XX MHz • Current frequency XXX.XX MHz • Current SSC mode Down • Current SSC % X.XX% CoreModule 920 Reference Manual...
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XXXX MB (DDR3) • DIMM#1 Not Present • DIMM#2 Not Present • DIMM#3 Not Present • CAS Latency (tCL) • Minimum delay time - CAS to RAS (tRCDmin) - Row Precharge (tRPmin) - Active to Precharge (tRASmin) XX Reference Manual CoreModule 920...
Appendix A Technical Support ADLINK Technology, Inc. provides a number of methods for contacting Technical Support listed below in Table A-1. Requests for support through the Ask an Expert are given the highest priority, and usually will be addressed within one working day.
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