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User Manual SOM-6898 COM Express Compact Module...
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Before setting up the system, check that the items listed below are included and in good condition. If any item does not accord with the table, please contact your dealer immediately. SOM-6898 CPU module 1 x Heatspreader (1960080159N000) SOM-6898 User Manual...
The sound pressure level at the operator's position according to IEC 704-1:1982 is no more than 70 dB (A). DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein.
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Don't touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is on. Disconnect power before making any configuration changes. The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive elec- tronic components. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Chapter General Information This chapter gives background information on the SOM-6898 CPU Computer on Module. Sections include: Introduction Specification Functional Block Diagram...
Introduction SOM-6898 is a COM Express Compact module with type 6 pin-out that fully complies with the PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufactures Group) COM.0 R2.1 specifi- cation. The CPU module uses an Intel 7th Generation Core i processor and other peripheral chips in a basic size 95x95mm COM Express form factor.
PCI Express x1: Supports default 5 ports PCIe x1 compliant. To PCIe Gen3* (8.0 GT/s) specification, several configurable combinations may need BIOS modifies. Please contact Advantech sales or FAE for more detail. (PCIe x1 Port #7 option with SATA2) Default...
AT: +8.5~20V – CMOS Battery: +3.3V Power Requirement: – Test condition: SOM-6898C7-U8A1E (i7-7600U), ADVANTECH 16GB SO- DDR4-2133 I-GRD 2PCS, Windows 10 Pro, rated voltage DC +5.0V, +12.0V, +20.0V – Idle: 4.16W – Max: 24.61W (BurnIn Test V8.1 Pro (1016) for 64 bit Windows) ...
2 x SATA3 (SATA0 ~ SATA1)* 4 x USB3.0 6 x PCIEx1 (PCIE0 ~ PCIE5) 1 x PCIEx1 Giga LAN eMMC (Optional) LPC BUS TPM2.0 * Default Setting WDT / GPIO* / I RS1/ RS2/ FAN GPIO SMBus SPI Bus SPI BIOS SOM-6898 User Manual...
Chapter Mechanical Information This chapter gives mechanical information on the SOM-6898 CPU Computer on Module. Sections include: Board Information Mechanical Drawing Assembly Drawing...
Board Information The figures below indicate the main chips on SOM-6898 Computer-on-Module. Be aware of these positions when designing your own carrier board to avoid mechanical issues, as well as designing a thermal solution with contact points for the best ther- mal dissipation performance.
Mechanical Drawing For more details about 2D/3D models, please look on the Advantech COM support service website http://com.advantech.com. 87.2 81.3 48.6 Figure 2.3 Board Mechanical Drawing - Front 87.2 83.5 31.7 Figure 2.4 Board Mechanical Drawing - Back SOM-6898 User Manual...
Figure 2.6 Main Chip Height and Tolerance (GT2) F5= NOM: 1.213, TOL: ±0.108 (PRE SMT PACKAGE HEIGHT) NOM: 1.16, TOL: ±0.108 (POST SMT STACKUP HEIGHT BASED ON LIMITED DATA FROM INTEL REFERENCE BOARD DESIGN) Figure 2.7 Main Chip Height and Tolerance (GT3) SOM-6898 User Manual...
Chapter BIOS Operation This chapter gives BIOS setup information for the SOM-6898 CPU Computer on Module. Sections include: Introduction Entering Setup Hot / Operation Key Exit BIOS Setup Utility...
Figure 3.1 Setup program initial screen AMI's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in flash ROM so it retains setup infor- mation when the power is turned off. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Use this option to change the system time and date. Highlight System Time or System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fields. - System Date: mm/dd/yyyy - System Time: hh/mm/ss SOM-6898 User Manual...
3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the SOM-6898 setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. Users can select any item in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. Users can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
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Number of cores to enable in each processor package. Hyper-Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Tech- nology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Tech- nology) Enable/Disable AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) SOM-6898 User Manual...
3.1.2.2 Power & Performance Figure 3.4 Power & Performance CPU- Power Management Control CPU- Power Management Control Options GT- Power Management Control GT- Power Management Control Options SOM-6898 User Manual...
Enable/Disable processor Turbo Mode (requires EMTTM enabled too. AUTO means enabled, unless max turbo ratio is bigger than 16- SKL A0 W/A – C state Enable/Disable CPU Power Management. Allows CPU to go to C states when it’s not 100% utilized. SOM-6898 User Manual...
GT- Power Management Control Figure 3.6 GT- Power Management Control – RC6 (Render Standby) Check to enable render standby support. SOM-6898 User Manual...
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3.1.2.3 PCH-FW Configuration ME State Sets ME to soft temporary disabled. Firmware Update Configuration Configures management engine technology parameters. PTT Configuration Configure PTT SOM-6898 User Manual...
1.2- Disables PTT in SkuMgr Warning! PTT/dTPM will be disabled and all data saved on it will be lost. – PTP aware OS Select whether or not the OS you will boot to will be PTP aware. SOM-6898 User Manual...
3.1.2.4 Trusted Computing Figure 3.9 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enables or Disables BIOS support for security devices. OS will not show secu- rity device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUSPEND button is pressed. Lock Legacy Resources Enables or Disables Lock of Legacy Resources S3 Video Repost Enables or Disables Lock of S3 Video Repost SOM-6898 User Manual...
Power Saving Mode Select Ite8528 Power Saving Mode Serial Port 1 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 1 (COMA) Serial Port 2 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 2 (COMB) Hardware Monitor Monitor hardware status SOM-6898 User Manual...
Serial Port 1 Configuration Figure 3.12 Serial Port 1 Configurations – Serial Port Enable or disables serial port (COM). – Change Settings Select an optimal setting for Super IO device. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Serial Port 2 Configuration Figure 3.13 Serial Port 2 Configurations – Serial Port Enable or disables. serial port (COM). – Change Settings Selects an optimal setting for Super IO device. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Hardware Monitor Figure 3.14 Hardware Monitor – Hardware Monitor Information This item shows Hardware information parameters. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Figure 3.15 W83627DHGSEC Super IO Configuration Serial Port 3 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 3 Serial Port 4 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 4 Parallel Port Configuration Set Parameters of Parallel Port (LPT/LPTE) SOM-6898 User Manual...
Serial Port 3 Configuration Figure 3.16 Serial Port 3 Configurations – Serial Port Enable or disables serial port (COM). – Change Settings Select an optimal setting for Super IO device. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Serial Port 4 Configuration Figure 3.17 Serial Port 4 Configurations – Serial Port Enable or disables. serial port (COM). – Change Settings Selects an optimal setting for Super IO device. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Parallel Port Configuration Figure 3.18 Parallel Port Configuration – Parallel Port Enable or Disable Parallel Port (LPT/LPTE) – Change Settings Select an optimal setting for Super IO device. – Device Mode Change the Printer Port mode. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Legacy Console Redirection Settings Figure 3.20 Legacy Console Redirection Settings – Legacy Serial Redirection Port Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages SOM-6898 User Manual...
Storage Controls the execution of UEFI and legacy storage OpROM. Video Controls the execution of UEFI and legacy video OpROM. Other PCI devices Determines OpROM execution policy for devices other than network, storage, or video. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller. 'Auto' uses default value: for a Root port it is 100ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor. SOM-6898 User Manual...
3.1.3 Chipset Select the chipset tab from the SOM-6898 setup screen to enter the chipset BIOS Setup screen. You can display a chipset BIOS setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS setup options are described in this section.
Memory Configuration Figure 3.27 Memory Configuration – Max TOLUD Maximum Value of TOLUD. Dynamic assignment would adjust TOLUD auto- matically based on largest MMIO length of installed graphic controller. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Select DVMT 5.0 Total Graphic Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. – Gfx Low Power Mode This option is applicable for SFF only. – Algorithm HDCP Re-encryption Flow. – PM Support Enable/Disable PM Support. – PAVP Enable Enable/Disable PAVP. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Wake on LAN Enable Enable/Disable integrated LAN to wake the system. Serial IRQ Mode Configure Serial IRQ Mode State After G3 Specify what state to go to when power is re-applied after a power failure (G3 state). SOM-6898 User Manual...
PCI Express Root Port 0 Control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM Set the ASPM level: Force L0s – Force all links to L0s state. Auto – BIOS auto configure Disable – disable ASPM. PCIe Speed Select PCI Express port speed. SOM-6898 User Manual...
PCI Express Root Port 1 Control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM Set the ASPM level: Force L0s – Force all links to L0s state. Auto – BIOS auto configure Disable – disable ASPM. PCIe Speed Select PCI Express port speed. SOM-6898 User Manual...
PCI Express Root Port 2 Control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM Set the ASPM level: Force L0s – Force all links to L0s state. Auto – BIOS auto configure Disable – disable ASPM. PCIe Speed Select PCI Express port speed. SOM-6898 User Manual...
PCI Express Root Port 3 Control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM Set the ASPM level: Force L0s – Force all links to L0s state. Auto – BIOS auto configure Disable – disable ASPM. PCIe Speed Select PCI Express port speed. SOM-6898 User Manual...
PCI Express Root Port 4 Control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM Set the ASPM level: Force L0s – Force all links to L0s state. Auto – BIOS auto configure Disable – disable ASPM. PCIe Speed Select PCI Express port speed. SOM-6898 User Manual...
SATA Mode Selection Determines how SATA controller(s) operate. – SATA Controller Speed Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can support. – Port 0 Enable or Disable SATA port – Port 1 Enable or Disable SATA port SOM-6898 User Manual...
USB Configuration Figure 3.37 USB Configuration – XHCI Disable Compliance Mode Options to disable Compliance Mode. Default is False to not disable Compliance Mode. Set TRUE to disable Com- pliance Mode. SOM-6898 User Manual...
HD Audio Configuration Figure 3.38 HD Audio Configuration – HD Audio Control Detection of the HD-Audio device. Disabled= HDA will be unconditionally disabled Enabled= HDA will be unconditionally enabled Auto= HDA will be enabled if present, disabled otherwise. SOM-6898 User Manual...
SB Porting Configuration Figure 3.40 SB Porting Configuration – SATA RAID ROM Legacy ROM: Legacy option ROM UEFI Driver: UEFI Raid Driver Both: Run the legacy Option ROM and UEFI driver. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Security Setting Figure 3.41 Security Setup Select Security Setup from the SOM-6898 Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Security Setup options, such as password protection is described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>: Change Administrator / User Password: Select this option and press <ENTER>...
Enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for BBS boot options. New Boot Option Policy Controls the placement of newly detected UEFI boot options. SOM-6898 User Manual...
Restore Defaults The SOM-6898 automatically configures all setup items to optimal settings when users select this option. Optimal Defaults are designed for maximum system perfor- mance, but may not work best for all computer applications. In particular, do not use...
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Restore User Defaults Restore the User Defaults to all the setup options Launch EFI Shell from file system device This items attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shell.efi) from one of the available file system devices. SOM-6898 User Manual...
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Appendix Pin Assignment This appendix gives you the infor- mation about the hardware pin assignment of the SOM-6898 CPU System on Module. Sections include: SOM-6898 Type 6 Pin Assign- ment...
This section gives SOM-6898 pin assignment on COM Express connector which compliant with COMR.0 R2.1 Type 6 pin-out definitions. More details about how to use these pins and get design reference, please contact to Advantech for design guides, checklists, reference schematics, and other hardware/software support.
Appendix Watchdog Timer This appendix gives you the infor- mation about the watchdog timer programming on the SOM-6898 CPU System on Module. Sections include: Watchdog Timer Programming...
** WDT new driver support automatically selects available IRQ number from BIOS, and then sets EC. Only Win 10 supports it. In other OS, it will still use IRQ number from BIOS setting as usual. For details, please refer to iManager & Software API User Manual: SOM-6898 User Manual...
Appendix Programming GPIO This Appendix gives the illustra- tion of the General Purpose Input and Output pin setting. Sections include: System I/O Ports...
Appendix System Assignments This appendix gives you the infor- mation about the system resource allocation on the SOM-6898 CPU System on Module. Sections include: System I/O ports Interrupt Assignments 1st MB Memory Map...
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