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SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 Symbols The following symbols may be used in this manual DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
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General Instructions on Usage In order to maintain Kontron’s product warranty, this product must not be altered or modified in any way. Changes modifications to the product, that are not explicitly approved by Kontron and described in this User Guide or received from Kontron’s Technical Support as a special handling instruction, will void your warranty.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 1/ Introduction This manual describes the Smart Mobility ARChitecture (SMARC) sxal board. The use of this Users Guide implies a basic knowledge of PC hard- and software. This manual is focussed on describing the special features and is not intended to be a standard PC textbook.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 2/ Description The SMARC sxal is a SMARC half-size module using the Intel Apollo Lake-I processor based on Intel x86 SoC. It is designed on the latest SMARC 2.0 specification. Figure 1: Half-size Card with SMARC interface Main characteristics are: ...
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 3/ Installation procedure 3.1. Packing Check List The package includes the following basic items accompany with this manual. One board If this item is damaged or missed, please contact your vendor and save all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance.
Temperature measurement of the SMARC PCB (2x with external thermal diode) A/D measurements on V_RTC, V_3V3_S0 and V_3V0-525_IN Trusted Platform incorporated Module (TPM) Complex The SMARC sxal design shall incorporate a Altera MAX10 CPLD controller which will handle Programmable the following. Logic Devices Power Sequencing (CPLD) ...
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Hardware Monitor chip. Power one 10-pin power connector: The SMARC sxal is supplied from a single power supply supporting a voltage of 5 V. The SMARC specification defines a maximum current per input voltage pin of 0.5 A.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 Security Kontron Security The board is equipped with the Kontron Security Solution Approtect, providing an Solution Approtect embedded hardware security solution that enables applications to be secured, even in unsecure environments. The solution provides features such as: ...
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 5/ Connectors 5.1. Hardware Configuration Setting This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connectors. All of the configuration jumpers on the board are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with an asterisk (*).
5.5. Thermal Management, Heatspreader and Cooling Solutions A heatspreader plate assembly is available from Kontron for the SMARC sXCAL (2). The heatspreader plate on top of this assembly is NOT a heat sink. It works as a SMARC-standard thermal interface to use with a heat sink or external cooling devices.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 6/ Pin Definitions The following sections provide pin definitions and detailed description of all on-board connectors. The connector definitions follow the following notation: Table 4: Connector Definitions Column Name Description Shows the pin-numbers in the connector. The graphical layout of the connector definition tables is made similar to the physical connectors.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 6.1. Processor Support Kontron has defined the board versions as listed in the following table, so far all based on Embedded CPUs. Industrial Grade: Intel Atom x5 E3930 2C 1.8 GHz, 6,5W (Entry SKU of Apollo Lake @ -40°C to 85°C) ...
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 6.3. Fan Connector The FANSYS (SYS_FAN) can be used to power, control and monitor a fan for chassis ventilation etc. The three-pin header is recommended to be used for driving three-wire type Fan in order to implement Fan speed control.
SMARC sXAL User Guide. Rev. 1.0 6.5. SMARC Connector The SMARC connector has different pins on both sides: Top side: 74 pins are on the left side, 82 pins on the right side Bottom side: 75 pins are on the left side, 83 pins on the right side...
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