1/ Introduction - Kontron SMARC Eval-Carrier-2 User Manual

SMARC Eval-Carrier-2 – . Rev. 1.1

1/ Introduction

This manual describes the Smart Mobility ARChitecture SMARC Eval-Carrier-2 board. This document describes the
electronic, mechanical and thermal design of the SMARC evaluation carrierboard. It is designed for the testing of
SMARC-sXAL (2), SMARC_SMX7 and other SMARC 2.0 modules. The board will be equipped with DP++ connector,
HDMI connector, LVDS connector, two full-size or half-size mPCIe card slot (PCIe + USB 2.0), two PCIe x1 slot and
full-size mSATA slot to easily use and test additional cards.
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. New users are recommended to
study the short installation procedure stated in the following chapter before switching on the power. All
configuration and setup of the CPU board is either done automatically or manually by the user via the BIOS setup
menus. Latest revision of this manual, datasheet, BIOS, drivers and BSP's (Board Support Packages) can be
downloaded from Kontron Web Page.
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