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ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (COLLECTIVELY, "HIGH RISK APPLICATIONS"). You understand and agree that your use of Kontron devices as a component in High Risk Applications is entirely at your risk. To minimize the risks associated with your products and applications, you should provide adequate design and operating safeguards.
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Symbols The following symbols may be used in this user guide 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.
Therefore, in the interest of your own safety and of the correct operation of your new Kontron product, you are requested to conform with the following guidelines.
General Instructions on Usage In order to maintain Kontron’s product warranty, this product must not be altered or modified in any way. Changes or modifications to the product, that are not explicitly approved by Kontron and described in this user guide or received from Kontron Support as a special handling instruction, will void your warranty.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Table of Contents Symbols ..........................................6 For Your Safety ........................................7 High Voltage Safety Instructions .................................. 7 Special Handling and Unpacking Instruction ............................7 Lithium Battery Precautions ..................................8 General Instructions on Usage ..................................8 Quality and Environmental Management ..............................
Table 56: Main Setup Menu Sub-Screens and Functions ........................58 Table 57: List of Acronyms ................................... 80 List of Figures Figure 1: System Block Diagram ECX-BYT ..............................17 Figure 2: Top Side ......................................22 Figure 3: Rear Side ......................................24 Figure 4: Connector Panel Side ...................................
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 14: DC5V Fan Wafer FAN1 ................................33 Figure 15: SATA Connector SATA1 ................................34 Figure 16: HDD Power Output Wafer CN3 ..............................35 Figure 17: USB 2.0 Port Wafer CN15 ................................36 Figure 18: USB 2.0 Port 8, 9 Pin Header CN16 ............................36 Figure 19: 3W Audio AMP Output Wafer CN11 (Right Channel), CN12 (Left Channel) ..............
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 1/ Introduction This user guide describe the ECX-BYT board made by Kontron. This board will also be denoted ECX-BYT within this user guide. Use of this user guide implies a basic knowledge of PC-AT hardware and software. This user guide focuses on describing the ECX-BYT board's special features and is not intended to be a standard PC-AT textbook.
Handle the board only by the edges To get the board running follow these steps. If the board shipped from KONTRON already has components like RAM and CPU cooler mounted, then skip the relevant steps below. Turn off the PSU (Power Supply Unit) Turn off PSU (Power Supply Unit) completely (no mains power connected to the PSU) or leave the Power Connectors unconnected while configuring the board.
> 7 mm. Do not use washers with teeth, as they can damage the PCB and cause short circuits. 2.2. Chassis Safety Standards Before installing the ECX-BYT in the chassis, users must evaluate the end product to ensure compliance with the requirements of the IEC60950-1 safety standard: ...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 3.2. Component Main Data The table below summarizes the features of the ECX-BYT single board computer. Table 1: Component Main Data System Processor Intel® Bay Trail SoC Processors Memory 1x DDR3L SO-DIMM memory socket...
3.5" ECX (146 x 105 mm / 5.75" x 4.13") 3.3. Environmental Conditions The ECX-BYT is compliant with the following environmental conditions. It is the customer's responsibility to provide sufficient airflow around each of the components to keep them within the allowed temperature range.
3.5. Processor Support The ECX-BYT is designed to support Intel® Bay Trail SoC Processors. The BGA CPU is remounted from factory. Kontron has defined the board versions as listed in the following table, so far all based on Embedded CPUs. Other versions are expected at a later date.
Memory modules have in general a much lower longevity than embedded motherboards, and therefore EOL of modules can be expected several times during lifetime of the motherboard. As a minimum it is recommend using Kontron memory modules for prototype system(s) in order to prove stability of the system and as for reference.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 4/ Connector Locations 4.1. Top Side Figure 2: Top Side Table 8: Jumper List Item Designation Description See Chapter RTC Reset Selection 7.17.1 MPCIE Activity LED Indication 7.17.2 Backlight Enable Selection 7.17.3 Panel & Backlight Power Selection 7.17.4...
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Item Designation Description See Chapter HDD Power Output Wafer P80 Header Audio Input / Output Pin Header CN10 SIM Interface Wafer for MPCIE2 7.14 CN11 Right Channel 3W Audio AMP Output Wafer CN12 Left Channel 3W Audio AMP Output Wafer...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 5/ Connector Definitions The following defined terms are used within this user guide to give more information concerning the pin assignment and to describe the connector's signals. Defined Term Description Shows the pin numbers in the connector...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 6/ I/O-Area Connectors 6.1. HDMI Connector (HDMI1) The HDMI connector is based on standard HDMI type A. Figure 5: HDMI Connector HDMI1 Table 12: Pin Assignment HDMI Connector HDMI1 Signal Description Note TMDS Data2+ Ground TMDS Data2–...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 6.3. Ethernet Connectors (LAN1 & LAN2) The ECX-BYT supports two channels of 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet, which are based Intel® I210-AT, and Realtek RTL8111G controllers respectively. In order to achieve the specified performance of the Ethernet port, Category 5 twisted pair cables must be used with 10/100 MByte and Category 5E, 6 or 6E with 1 Gbit LAN networks.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 6.4. USB Connectors (I/O Area) The external I/O connector panel supports a dual USB 2.0 connector and a single USB 3.0 connector. USB3.0 ports are backward compatible with USB2.0. Figure 8: USB 2.0 Connector CN6 Table 15: Pin Assignment USB2.0 Connector CN6...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Signal Note USB_TX- USB 3.0 Tx. Differential Pair (-) USB_TX+ USB 3.0 Tx. Differential Pair (+) * The power source of +USBVCC can be selected by JP6. Table 17: Signal Description Signal Description USB_TX+, USB_TX-, Differential pair works as serial differential receive/transmit data lines.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7/ Internal Connectors 7.1. Power Connector Power connector must be used to supply the board with +12 VDC (±10%). Hot plugging any of the power connector is not allowed. Hot plugging might damage the board. In other words, turn off main supply etc. to make sure all the power lines are turned off when connecting to the motherboard.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.2. DC5V Fan Wafer (FAN1) The CPU FAN Wafer (FAN1) is used for the connection of the FAN for the CPU. Figure 14: DC5V Fan Wafer FAN1 Table 20: Pin Assignment FAN1 Signal Description...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.3. SATA (Serial ATA) Disk Interfaces (SATA1) The SATA connector supplies the data connection for the SATA hard disk and is SATA 2.0 compatible. Figure 15: SATA Connector SATA1 Table 22: Pin Assignment SATA1...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.5. USB Connectors (Internal) (CN15, CN16) The USB connectors (CN15 and CN16) support three USB 2.0 ports. Figure 17: USB 2.0 Port Wafer CN15 Table 25: Pin Assignment CN15 Signal Note +USBVCC USB_- USB_+ Figure 18: USB 2.0 Port 8, 9 Pin Header CN16...
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Signal Description +USBVCC 5 V supply for external devices. SB5V is supplied during power down to allow wakeup on USB device activity. Protected by active power switch 1 A fuse for each USB port.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.6. Speaker Connector (CN11 & CN12) The Speaker audio-out interface is available through the wafers CN11 and CN12. These outputs are shared with the audio output (Line-out) signals of the audio pin header CN9.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Table 32: Pin Assignment FP2 Signal Note Power LED + Power Button + Power Button - Power LED - SMB_ALERT# BATLOW# SMBus Data SMBus Clock Table 33: Signal Description Signal Description Power LED - System Power LED.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Table 36: Signal Description Signal Description Transmitted Data, sends data to the communications link. The signal is set to the marking state (-12 V) on hardware reset when the transmitter is empty or when loop mode operation is initiated.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.13. mPCIe Slot Connector (MPCIE1) Full-sized Mini-PCI Express V1.2 socket (MPCIE1). Socket MPCIE1 supports mPCIe, USB2.0 and SIM-card socket. The SIM-card socket makes it possible to use a 3G/4G-wireless modem in this mPCIe slot. The USB does support WAKE function.
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Signal Note Ground Ground +1.5V Ground SMB_CLK PETn0 SMB_DATA PETp0 Ground Ground USB_D- Ground USB_D+ +3.3VSB Ground +3.3VSB LED_WWAN# Ground LED_WLAN# Reserved LED_WPAN# Reserved +1.5V Reserved Ground Reserved +3.3VSB * These pins are connected to CN10 SIM Interface directly.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.14. SIM Interface Wafer for MPCIE1 (CN10) Figure 28: SIM Interface Wafer CN10 Table 43: Pin Assignment CN10 Signal Description Note UIM_PWR Power +5V or +3.3V UIM_DATA Input or Output for serial data UIM_RESET...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.16. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Wafer (CN2) The audio connector provides audio output (Line-Out), audio input (Line-In) and microphone (Mic-In) signals through the wafer CN9. The audio output signals are shared with those of the speaker connectors CN11 & CN12.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.17. Switches and Jumpers The product has several jumpers which must be properly configured to ensure correct operation. Figure 31: Jumper Connector For a three-pin jumper (see Figure 35), the jumper setting is designated “1-2” when the jumper connects pins 1 and 2.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 7.17.7. ME F/W Selection (JP8) Figure 38: ME F/W Selection JP8 Table 53: Pin Assignment JP8 Jumper Position Description Pin 1-2 ME F/W Disabled Normal Operation “X” = Jumper set (short) and “-” = jumper not set (open) www.kontron.com...
8/ On-Board Connectors & Mating Connector Types The Mating connectors / Cables are connectors or cable kits which are fitting the On-board connector. The cable kits marked with "*" are included in the "ECX-BYT Cable & Driver Kit". Table 54: On-Board Connectors & Mating Connector Types...
Supervisor Password (see Security menu), press <RETURN>, and proceed with step 5. 5. A setup menu will appear. The ECX-BYT uEFI BIOS setup program uses a hot key-based navigation system. A hot key legend bar is located on the bottom of the setup screens.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2. Setup Menus The Setup utility features shows six menus in the selection bar at the top of the screen: Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit The Setup menus are selected via the left and right arrow keys.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 39: BIOS Main Menu Screen System Data and Time BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit Product Information Product Name ECX-BYT-J1900 BIOS Version R0.0A (x64) BIOS Build Date 05/26/2014 ME FW Version 01.01.00.1089...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2.2. Advanced Setup Menu The Advanced setup menu provides sub-screens and functions for advanced configurations. The following sub- screen functions are included in the menu: LAN & Audio Configuration Display Configuration ...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 41: BIOS Advanced Menu - Display Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit Display Configuration Primary Display [Auto] UWA Frame Buffer Size [256MB] → ←: Select Screen DVMT Pre-Allocated [64M] ↑...
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ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Feature Option Description Control Mode mode. LVDS Backlight [0.0V], [0.5V], [1.0V], Select the voltage of LVDS backlight control mode. Control - Voltage [1.5V], [2.0V], [3.0V], [3.5V], [4.0V], [4.5V], [5.0V] www.kontron.com // 63...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 42: BIOS Advanced Menu - Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit Super IO Configuration > Serial Port 1 Configuration → ←: Select Screen > Serial Port 2 Configuration ↑...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Feature Option Description Serial Port 1 Type [RS232], [RS422], Select an appropriate type for Serial Port 1. [RS485] RS485 Duplex Mode [Half Duplex], [Full Select an appropriate RS485 Duplex Mode. Duplex] Figure 44: BIOS Advanced Menu - Super IO Configuration - Serial Port 2 Configuration...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 45: BIOS Advanced Menu - Super IO Configuration - Serial Port 3 Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit Serial Port 3 Configuration Serial Port [Enabled] → ←: Select Screen Device Settings IO=3E8h;...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Feature Option Description Serial Port [Disabled], [Enabled] Select whether to enable or disable Serial Port (COM). Change Settings [Auto], [IO=2E8h; Select an optional setting for Super IO device. IRQ=7;], [IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;], [IO=2F8h;...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 48: BIOS Advanced Menu - Super IO Configuration - Serial Port 6 Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit Serial Port 6 Configuration Serial Port [Enabled] → ←: Select Screen Device Settings IO=2E0h;...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Figure 53: BIOS Advanced Menu - H/W Monitor BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled] > CPU FAN Configuration → ←: Select Screen...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2.3. Power Setup Menu The Power setup menu provides functions and a sub-screen for power configurations. The following sub-screen function is included in the menu: WatchDog Timer Configuration Figure 54: BIOS Power Setup Menu...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2.4. Boot Setup Menu The boot setup menu lists the for boot device priority order, that is generated dynamically. Figure 56: BIOS Boot Setup Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Security Save & Exit...
The Security setup menu provides information about the passwords and functions for specifying the security settings. The passwords are case-sensitive. The ECX-BYT provides no factory-set passwords. If there is already a password installed, the system asks for this first. To clear a password, simply enter nothing and acknowledge by pressing <RETURN>.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2.5.1. Remember the password It is highly recommended to keep a record of all passwords in a safe place. Forgotten passwords results in being locked out of the system. If the system cannot be booted because the User Password or the Supervisor Password are not know, contact Kontron Support for further assistance.
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 9.2.6. Save & Exit Setup Menu The exit setup menu provides functions for handling changes made to the UEFI BIOS settings and the exiting of the setup program. Figure 58: BIOS Boot Setup Menu...
ECX-BYT - User Guide, Rev. 1.0 Appendix A: List of Acronyms The following table does not contain the complete acronyms used in signal names, signal type definitions or similar. A description of the signals is included in the I/O Connector and Internal connector chapters within this user guide.
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