Seco SECOnITX-ION User Manual

Single board computer with intel celeron t3100 or intel atom n270 cpu and nvidia mmp9 embedded ion chipset on nanoitx form factor

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SECOnITX-ION
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®
Single Board Computer with Intel
Celeron
T3100 or Intel
Atom
®
N270 CPU and NVIDIA
MMP9 Embedded ION
Chipset on nanoITX
form factor
SECOnITX-ION

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  • Page 1 SECOnITX-ION ™ ™ ® ® Single Board Computer with Intel Celeron T3100 or Intel Atom ™ ® N270 CPU and NVIDIA MMP9 Embedded ION Chipset on nanoITX form factor SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 2: Seconitx-Ion

    SECO S.r.l. is prohibited. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this manual, however, SECO s.r.l. accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions herein. SECO s.r.l. reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice in order to supply the best product possible.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.3.5 PCI Express Configuration Submenu ..................37 4.3.6 Smbios Configuration Submenu ....................37 4.3.7 Trusted Computing Submenu ...................... 38 4.3.8 USB Configuration Submenu ....................... 38 PCIP P MENU ........................... 39 BOOT MENU ............................. 40 Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 4 Panel Resolution .......................... 49 4.9.3 Color bit Mapping ......................... 49 4.9.4 Wait time ............................49 Appendix A Application Notes ....................50 ® ® ® Microsoft Windows 7 Installation Procedure for Intel T3100 CPU ....51 Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION  Warranty  Information and assistance  RMA number request  Safety  Electrostatic Discharges  RoHS compliance Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 6: Warranty

    Costs for replaced components will be calculated aside. Warning! All changes or modifications to the equipment not clearly approved by SECO S.r.l. could impair equipment’s functionality and lead to the expire of the warranty Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l.
  • Page 7: Information And Assistance

    In most of the cases you can find useful information to resolve your problem. SECO reseller: the reseller or agent can help you in determining the exact cause of the problem and search the best solution for it.
  • Page 8: Safety

    So whenever handling a SECOnITX-ION board, take care to ground yourself through an anti-static wrist strap. Placement of the board on an anti-static surface is also highly recommended.
  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Overview

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. Chapter 2 OVERVIEW  Introduction  Technical Specifications  Electrical specifications  Supported Operating Systems  Mechanical specifications  Heatsink Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 10: Introduction

    SECOnITX-ION pag. 10 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 2.1 Introduction SECOnITX-ION is a Single Board Computer (SBC) in nano-ITX form factor module, based on ® ® Intel...
  • Page 11: Technical Specifications

    PS/2 Keyboard internal Pin Header Watch Dog Timer Optional TPM device, ATMEL AT97SC3203 Power Management, ACPI 2.0 compliant +12V Power supply Operating Temperature: 0°C ÷ +70°C with dedicated finned heatsink Dimensions: 120 x 120 mm (4.72” x 4.72”). Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 12: Electrical Specifications

    +12V +12V 2.3.1 Power Button Connector SECOnITX-ION board is able to work in ATX mode, following ACPI specifications for Power Management. For this reason, on board there is a connector carrying signals for the Power Button (to be used to put the system in a Soft Off State, or awake from it), for Reset Button, and for an eventual intruder switch (managed directly by MMP9 Embedded ION Chipset).
  • Page 13: Hard Disk Power

    CAUTION: handling batteries incorrectly or with not-approved devices may present a risk of fire or explosion. Batteries supplied with SECOnITX-ION board are compliant to requirements of European Directive 2006/66/EC regarding batteries and accumulators. When putting out of order SECOnITX-ION board, remove the batteries from the board in order to collect and dispose them according to the requirement of the same European Directive above mentioned.
  • Page 14: Supported Operating Systems

    SECOnITX-ION pag. 14 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 2.4 Supported Operating Systems SECOnITX-ION supports the following operating systems:  ® ® Microsoft Windows 7 (see Appendix A) ...
  • Page 15: Mechanical Specifications

    According to nanoITX form factor, board dimensions are: 120 x 120 mm (4.72” x 4.72”). The printed circuit of the board is made of ten layers, some of them are ground planes, for disturbance rejection. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 16: Heatsink

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 2.6 Heatsink For thermal dissipation of SECOnITX-ION board, a custom finned heatsink (directly provided by SECO) is necessary. This heatsink can be supplied with our without fan: best board’s performances are reached using the heatsink with fan.
  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Connectors

    SECOnITX-ION pag. 17 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. Chapter 3 CONNECTORS  Connectors placement  Connectors overview  Connectors Description Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 18: Connectors Placement

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 3.1 Connectors placement On SECOnITX-ION carrier board, there are several connectors. Some of them are standard connectors, like CRT, DVI, USB, Ethernet, Audio, HDMI, and are placed on the same side of the board, so that they can be placed on a panel of an eventual containing box.
  • Page 19 SECOnITX-ION pag. 19 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. MiniPCI Express slot Compact Flash Socket Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 20: Connectors Overview

    LCD Power CNX7 SM Bus CN22 LVDS CNX9 Internal Line-In CN32 Power In CPU FAN CN34 RS-485 MMP9 FAN CN35 Gigabit Ethernet USB 4-5 CN36 USB 0-1 DDR-3 SODIMM slot CN37 USB 2-3 HDMI Header Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 21: Connectors Description

    3.3 Connectors Description 3.3.1 Compact Flash socket Mass storage capabilities of SECOnITX-ION includes the possibility to use Compact Flash cards, that can be connected to the board using socket CN6, that is a standard Compact Flash Socket, type JST ICM-MA50H-SS52-1141 or equivalent.
  • Page 22: S-Ata Connectors

    Serial port COM1 can also be configured, via SW, to work in RS-485mode. In this case, signals for RS-485 port are carried out on a 3 pin p2mm connector type MOLEX 89400-0320 or equivalent, with the following pin-out. COM1 RS-485 connector - CN34 Signal RS_485- RS_485+ Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 23: Ps/2 Keyboard Connector

    +5VDC PS2_KEYB_CLOCK PS2_KEYB_DATA 3.3.5 FAN Connector SECOnITX-ION board is able to manage two 12V fans, with speed control. For the connection of the fan, two connector type MOLEX 22-27-2031 or equivalent are available, with the following pinout: CPU FAN Connector – J1...
  • Page 24: Mini Pci Express Slot

    To add communications functionality, or other features not already implemented in the board SECOnITX-ION, is it possible to use mini-PCI Express cards, using the dedicate connector CN10, that is a standard 52pin miniPCI Express connector, type JAE MM60-52B1-E1-R650 or equivalent, H=5.9mm.
  • Page 25: Video Outputs

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 3.3.7 VIDEO OUTPUTS SECOnITX-ION board has the possibility of manage many video outputs. Some of them cannot be used together (LVDS and DVI), the other can be present at the same time.
  • Page 26: Lvds Connector

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 3.3.7.3 LVDS Connector SECOnITX-ION board can be interfaced to LCD displays using its optional LVDS interface, which allows the connection of displays with a color depth of 18 or 24 bit, single or dual channel. This interface is realized converting MMP9’s native TMDS interface, the same that would be used for...
  • Page 27: Hdmi Connector (Optional)

    3.3.7.5 HDMI Connector (optional) MMP9 Embedded ION Chipset offer a native HDMI interface, which is made externally accessible through an additional adapter module, directly mounted on SECOnITX-ION board and coupled to DVI OR VGA connector. External connector is a standard certified HDMI connector, type A, model Winning p/n WHDM-...
  • Page 28: Usb 2.0 Connectors

    USB ports (#4 and #5) that can be used for the connection of external devices. These ports are available through a standard pin header, P=2.54mm, 8 poles, dual row, with the following pinout: USB#4 and #5 Pin Header – J3 Signal Signal USB_P4+ USB_P5+ USB_P4- USB_P5- Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 29: Audio Connectors

    Line_In-Right 3.3.12 GPIO Connector Other than standard Input/Outputs, on SECOnITX-ION board there is also the possibility of using up to 8 General Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIO), coming out from a dedicated microcontroller, Texas Instruments MSP430F2122IPWR. Access to these GPIO can be done using a dedicated library, which can be supplied by SECO.
  • Page 30: Sm Bus Header

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 3.3.13 SM Bus Header To complete interfacing options of SECOnITX-ION board, there is also a 3-pin p2.54mm pin Header, which can be used for the connection of SM Bus compliant devices.
  • Page 31: Chapter 4 Bios Setup

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. Chapter 4 BIOS SETUP  AMIBIOS UTILITY  MAIN SETUP MENU  ADVANCED MENU  PCIPnP MENU  BOOT MENU  SECURITY MENU  CHIPSET MENU  EXIT MENU  VIDEO SETTINGS UTILITY Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 32: Amibios Utility

    The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format. The time is entered in HH:MM:SS format. Note: The time is in 24-hour format. For example, 5:30 A.M. appears as 05:30:00, and 5:30 P.M. as 17:30:00. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 33: Advanced Menu

    O.S. to control dynamically the clock Enabled Intel® SpeedStep(tm) tech speed, to maximize performances and minimizing Disabled power consumption and heat dissipation. This option is ™ ® available only with Intel ATOM N270 CPU Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 34: Ide Configuration Submenu

    While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence AHCI Port 4 / AHCI Port 5 of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices. Enabled JMicron 36x ATA Controller Select JMicron 368 ATA Controller Operate Mode Disabled Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 35: Acpi Configuration Submenu

    General ACPI Configuration See Submenu General ACPI Configuration Settings Advanced ACPI Configuration Settings Advanced ACPI Configuration See Submenu Use this section to configure additional ACPI options. Chipset ACPI Configuration See Submenu Chipset ACPI related Configuration Settings Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 36: Mps Configuration Submenu

    4.3.4 MPS Configuration Submenu MENU ITEM Options Description Select the revision. Of the Multi Processor Support interface that is supported by BIOS. MPS Revision 1.1 is recommended with older OSes that don’t support ACPI. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 37: Pci Express Configuration Submenu

    OS able to manage ASPM Enabled Auto Enabled, allows generation Extended Extended Synch Disabled Synchronization patterns. Enabled 4.3.6 Smbios Configuration Submenu MENU ITEM Options Description Disabled SMBIOS SMI Wrapper support for PnP functions 50h- Smbios Smi Support Enabled Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 38: Trusted Computing Submenu

    This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand-off Enabled support. BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Disabled The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver Enabled Legacy USB1.1 HC Support Support USB1.1 Host Controller Disabled Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 39: Pcipnp Menu

    Available only when Reserved Memory Size is not C0000 / C4000 / C8000 / Disabled. Reserved Memory Address CC000 / D0000 / D4000 / This is the Base Address of memory block to reserve for D8000 / DC000 legacy ISA devices Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 40: Boot Menu

    When disabled, these ROM BIOS will not be able to trap Interrupt 19, so it is not possible to boot OS from any bootable disk connected to these host adaptors, nor it is possible to gain access to their ROM setup utilities. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 41: Security Menu

    When enabled, each time any program or virus tries to Enabled Boot Sector Virus Protection write the Boot Sector, or to format the Disk, BIOS will Disabled issue a warning, asking for confirmation before continuing with the operation. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 42: Chipset Menu

    Available only when Advance Path is Enabled CYA ADS Mode: Disabled / Enabled Set ADS Mode. Available only when Advance Path is Enabled 0, 1, 2, …, 31 Ladder TRIM Config: Set Trim Configuration Options MEM Predictor Disabled / Enabled Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 43 Burst Length 4.7.1.2 Spread Spectrum Control Submenu MENU ITEM Options Description Disabled This option allows to enable or disable CPU Spread CPU Spread Spectrum Spectrum that allow to reduce EMI of Front Side Bus Enabled Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 44: Southbridge Configuration

    Allows selecting if internal MAC needs to have an MII RGMII (for FastEthernet) or RGMII interface (for GbEthernet). MAC0 Media Interface By selecting “Pin Setup”, the configuration is made Pin Setup using board’s strap option. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 45 SATA link to the disk to a low-power Enabled setting during idle time (i.e. when there is no I/O). 0, 1, 2, …, 16 SATA Clock Ratio Enter numeric value 133MHz SATA Clock Select Sets SATA clock speed 200MHz Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 46: Fan Control Options Submenu

    User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. 4.7.3 Fan Control Options Submenu MENU ITEM Options Description Always HI FAN0 Level Ctrl Always LOW 1, 2, 3, …, 14 Always HI FAN1 Level Ctrl Always LOW 1, 2, 3, …, 14 Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 47: Exit Menu

    Load Optimal Default values for all the setup questions. Load Optimal Defaults F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Failsafe Default values for all the setup questions. Load Failsafe Defaults F8 key can be used for this operation. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 48: Video Settings Utility

    <S> key allows saving changes made and exiting from the Video Settings Utility 4.9.1 Panel Resolution This menu item allows selecting which is the video resolution of connected LVDS display. Supported resolutions are: CRT only (no LVDS output) 600 x480 800x480 800x600 1024x600 1024x768 1280x800 Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 49: Panel Resolution

    When set to 0 sec., it is necessary to press <V> key repeatedly to access Video Settings utility during POST phase, but this will also allow a faster boot, since it is not necessary to wait for pressing of V key before starting boot from Boot Devices. Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 50: Appendix A Application Notes

    50 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. Appendix A Application Notes  Microsoft® Windows® 7 Installation Procedure for Intel® T3100 CPU Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...
  • Page 51 1) Plug a DVD-ROM drive to S-ATA port of your Carrier Board, or to an USB port (depending on the type of installation Drive you have) and insert the Setup media in it; 2) Be sure to have an USB keyboard and a mouse plugged to your SECOnITX-ION Board, then power up the system;...
  • Page 52 SECOnITX-ION pag. 52 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 0.1 - Last Edition: 1.2 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by G.M. www.seco.it Copyright © 2011 SECO s.r.l. SECOnITX-ION...

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