User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor About this Manual This manual describes the technical aspects of the PC3-ALLEGRO, required for installation and system integration. It is intended for the experienced user only. Edition History...
User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Overview The PC3-ALLEGRO is a rich featured high The PC3-ALLEGRO is equipped with up to 16GB performance 4HP/3U CompactPCI ® PlusIO CPU RAM with ECC support. 8GB memory-down are ®...
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Technical Features Feature Summary Feature Summary < CompactPCI® PlusIO (PICMG® CPCI 2.30) System Slot Controller J1 Connector for Full CompactPCI® Classic 32-Bit Support, universal V(I/O) (3.3V or 5V) <...
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Feature Summary < USB 3.0 XHCI SuperSpeed & USB 2.0 EHCI Support 2 x USB 3.0 F/P Connectors < 6 x USB 2.0 to Mezzanine Connectors <...
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Feature Summary < Regulation & Environmental RoHS compliant < EC Regulations EN55022, EN55024, EN60950-1 (UL60950-1/IEC60950-1) < Operating Temperature: 0°C to +70°C (Industrial Temperature Range on Request) <...
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Front Panel Connectors ETH1/2 Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 receptacles with integrated indicator LEDs mDP1/2 Mini DisplayPort digital video output receptacle (VGA connector available as alternate) USB1/2 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 type A receptacles...
Micro FC-BGA package for direct soldering to the PCB, i.e. the chip cannot be removed or changed by the user. The processors supported by the PC3-ALLEGRO are running at core clock speeds up to 2.1GHz for quad core and up to 2.5GHz on dual core devices. Due to Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® and Intel®...
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Thermal Considerations In order to avoid malfunctioning of the PC3-ALLEGRO, take care of appropriate cooling of the processor and system, e.g. by a cooling fan suitable to the maximum power consumption of the CPU chip actually in use. The processor contains digital thermal sensors (DTS) that are readable via special CPU registers.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Main Memory The PC3-ALLEGRO features two channels of DDR3 SDRAMs with support of ECC (Error Correction Code). One channel is realized with 18 memory devices soldered to the board (Memory Down) and delivers a capacity of up to 8GB with a clock frequency of 1600MHz (PC3-12800).
Core i7 processor, the different interfaces like DisplayPort and VGA are moved to the PCH. The PC3-ALLEGRO offers two Mini DisplayPort (mDP) interfaces in the front panel. Adapters to convert Mini DisplayPort to any other popular interface standard are available.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor LAN Subsystem The Ethernet LAN subsystem is composed of four Gigabit Ethernet ports: One Intel 82579LM Physical Layer Transceiver (PHY) using the PCH QM77 internal MAC and three Intel 82574IT Gigabit Ethernet Controllers.
A LED named HD located in the front panel, signals disk activity status of any of the SATA devices. Additionally a variety of side cards is available, suitable for mounting on the PC3-ALLEGRO in a 4HP (20.32mm) distance (resulting in 8HP front panel width for the assembly). Some of these side boards can accommodate a SATA drive, e.g.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor PCI Express® Interface The PC3-ALLEGRO is provided with several PCI Express (PCIe) lanes for I/O expansion. Four PCI Express Gen 2 lanes (5GT/s), originating from the QM77, are available at the backplane connector J2. Another four PCI Express lanes are provided by the Intel Core i7 processor to the J-PCIE connector.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Universal Serial Bus (USB) The PC3-ALLEGRO is provided with twelve USB ports. All of them are USB 2.0 capable, but two ports, routed to front panel connectors, are also supporting the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Real-Time Clock The PC3-ALLEGRO has a time-of-day clock and 100-year calendar, integrated into the QM77 PCH. A battery on the board keeps the clock current when the computer is turned off. The PC3 uses a BR2032 lithium battery soldered in the board, giving an autonomy of more than 5 years.
The healthy state of the PC3-ALLEGRO is indicated by the LED PG (Power Good) located in the front panel. This bicoloured LED signals different states of the board (see section below). As soon as this LED begins to lite green, all power voltages are within their specifications and the reset signal has been deasserted.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Watchdog An important reliability feature is a software programmable watchdog function. The PC3-ALLEGRO contains two of these watchdogs. One is part of the QM77 PCH and also known as TCO Watchdog. A detailed description is given in the QM77 data sheet. Operating systems like Linux offer a driver interface to the TCO watchdog.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Front Panel LEDs The PC3-ALLEGRO is equipped with four LEDs which can be observed from the front panel. Three of these LEDs are labelled according to their primary meaning, but should be interpreted altogether for...
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor PG (Power Good) LED The PC3-ALLEGRO offers a bicolour LED labelled PG located within the front panel. After system reset, this LED defaults to signal different power states: Sleep state S3, S4 or S5 <...
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor HD (Hard Disk Activity) LED The PC3-ALLEGRO offers a bicoloured LED marked as HD placed within the front panel. This LED, when blinking green, signals activity on any device attached to the SATA ports of the Intel® QM77 Panther Point Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
ENUM# changes, caused by insertion or removal of a peripheral board. Note that the PC3-ALLEGRO itself is not a hot swap device, because it makes no sense to remove the system controller from a CompactPCI® system. However, it is capable to recognize the hot swap of peripheral boards and to start software that is performing any necessary system reconfiguration.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Mezzanine Side Board Options The PC3-ALLEGRO is provided with several stacking connectors for attachment of a mezzanine expansion module (aka side board), suitable for a variety of readily available mezzanine cards (please refer to www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/mezz_ovw.pdf for a more comprehensive overview). EKF furthermore offers custom specific development of side boads (please contact sales@ekf.de).
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor PC3-ALLEGRO w. PCL-CAPELLA Side Card 8HP Assembly Related Documents Mezzanine Modules and Side Cards C40 ... C47 Series www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/c4x_mezz_ovw.pdf Mezzanine Storage Modules PCL-CAPELLA Mezzanine Side Card www.ekf.com/p/pcl/pcl.html...
CompactPCI® PlusIO (PICMG® 2.30) is a standard for rear I/O across J2. High speed signal lines (PCI Express®, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and USB) are passed from the PC3-ALLEGRO through the special UHM J2 connector to the backplane, for usage either with a PlusIO rear I/O transition module, or CompactPCI®...
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User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor ® Warning: Do not operate the PC3-ALLEGRO in systems with a 64-bit CompactPCI backplane. The ® J2/P2 pin assignments of a 64-bit CPCI backplane differ substantially from a CompactPCI PlusIO backplane, which may result in a short circuit situation.
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User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor ® As an alternate, the PC3-ALLEGRO can be combined with a CompactPCI PlusIO rear I/O transition module, such as the PR1-RIO, which is provided with I/O connectors (on-board and back-panel) for all high speed signals.
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Related Documents Mezzanine Modules and Side Cards C4x Series Mezzanine Storage Modules www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/c4x_mezz_ovw.pdf Mezzanine Modules Overview www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/mezz_ovw.pdf The EKF Mezzanine Module Concept www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/cpci_mezzanine_evolution.pdf J-EXP I/F Type...
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Installing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Removing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor EMC Recommendations In order to comply with the CE regulations for EMC, it is mandatory to observe the following rules: The chassis or rack including other boards in use must comply entirely with CE...
When your system is turned off, a battery maintains the voltage to run the time-of-day clock and to keep the values in the CMOS RAM. The battery should last during the lifetime of the PC3-ALLEGRO. For replacement, the old battery must be desoldered, and the new one soldered. We suggest that you send back the board to EKF for battery replacement.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Technical Reference Local PCI Devices The following table shows the on-board PCI devices and their location within the PCI configuration space. Several devices are part of the processor and platform controller hub QM77.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Local SMB Devices The PC3-ALLEGRO contains devices that are attached to the System Management Bus (SMBus). These are the SPD EEPROMs for the on-board memory or the possibly plugged SODIMM, a general purpose...
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Hardware Monitor LM87 Attached to the SMBus, the PC3-ALLEGRO is provided with a hardware monitor (LM87). This device is capable to observe the board and on-board memory temperatures, as well as several supply voltage rails with a resolution of 8 bit.
User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Board Control and Status Registers A set of board control and status registers allow to program special features on the PC3-ALLEGRO: Assert a full reset < Control activity of front panel reset and power event button <...
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Write/Read Control Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xA0 Default after reset: 0x00 Read: SMBus Address 0xA1 Description CMD_CTRL0 GPLED 0=Green part of the front panel LED GP is off (Default)
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Read/Clear Status Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xB0 Read: SMBus Address 0xB1 Description CMD_STAT0 PF18S 0=Normal operation 1=Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the +V1.8S voltage regulator...
The link width and transfer rate of the PCI Express interfaces attached to the local expansion connector P-PCIE is configurable by two DIP switches (DS-P) located on the backside of the PC3-ALLEGRO. Note that changes in PCIe link configuration are honoured by the PC3-ALLEGRO not before a system reset was performed.
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor The following table shows the factory settings of DS-P with different side boards mounted to the PC3-ALLEGRO: Side Board DS-P PCIe Link Width J-PCIE None OFF OFF...
The jumper P-GP may be used to reset the UEFI BIOS configuration settings to a default state. The UEFI BIOS on PC3-ALLEGRO stores most of its settings in an area within the BIOS flash, e.g. the actual boot devices. Using the jumper P-GP is only necessary, if it is not possible to enter the setup of the BIOS. To reset the settings mount a jumper on P-GP and perform a system reset.
The jumper P-MFG is used to bring the board into the manufacturer mode. This is necessary only on board production time and should not used by customers. For normal operation the jumper should be removed. The pin header P-MFG is not stuffed on the PC3-ALLEGRO by default. P-MFG...
BIOS POST after power on. Note that installing of jumper P-RTC will neither set UEFI BIOS Setup to EKF Factory Defaults nor resets the time and date register values of the RTC (Real Time Clock). To reset the RTC core the board must be removed from the system rack. Short-circuit the pins of P-RTC for about 1 sec.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Connectors Caution Some of the internal connectors provide operating voltage (3.3V and 5V) to devices inside the system chassis, such as internal peripherals. Not all of these connectors are short circuit protected. Do not use these internal connectors for powering devices external to the computer chassis.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Front Panel Connectors With respect to the video connector, the PC3-ALLEGRO is available in two flavours, either dual mDP or VGA. USB 3.0 USB 3.0 G-ETH...
DisplayPort and SDVO interfaces permitting simultaneous independent operation of up to three displays. Two DP receptacles are available from the PC3-ALLEGRO front panel, as mDP (Mini DisplayPort) connectors, which is a space saving alternate to the standard DP connector and is also specified by the VESA.
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® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Specified by the VESA DisplayPort connector standard is a dedicated power pin 20 (+3.3V 0.5A). Both the GPU (source side) and a DP monitor (sink side) must provide power via this pin. A VESA specified standard DisplayPort cable however must not connect the pins 20 of both cable ends, in order to avoid a back driving conflict.
Screw Locking Option for mDP Connectors Opposite to the Standard DisplayPort cable connectors, mDP connectors are not provided with a latching device. For rugged applications with need for a connector locking mechanism, EKF offers two methods of fixing. Option Screw-Lock Plate for mDP Cable Connectors 1.
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User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor A third DisplayPort video output is available when combining the PC3-ALLEGRO with the mezzanine side card PCS-BALLET. The standard DP connector is provided with latches, which may be important for some applications.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor VGA Video Connector As an option, the PC3-ALLEGRO can be equipped with a legacy VGA connector (High-Density D-Sub 15-position female connector). The connector VGA replaces the two Mini DisplayPort receptacles, and the digital video interface therefore is not available concurrently with this option.
USB Connectors The Intel® QM77 Platform Controller Hub incorporates a four-port USB 3.0 xHCI host controller. Two ports are directly available on the PC3-ALLEGRO front panel (type A receptacle), for attachment of external USB devices. USB • Dual USB 3.0 Receptacle USB 3.0 dual type A receptacle, stacked, 18-position...
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor SDVO/DisplayPort Expansion Header J-SDVO J-SDVO SDVO_RED+/DP_LANE0+ SDVO_CLK+/DP_LANE3+ SDVO_RED-/DP_LANE0- SDVO_CLK-/DP_LANE3- SDVO_GREEN+/DP_LANE1+ SDVO_INT+/DP_AUX+ SDVO_GREEN-/DP_LANE1- SDVO_INT-/DP_AUX- SDVO_BLUE+/DP_LANE2+ SDVO_CTR_CLK/DP_HPD SDVO_BLUE-/DP_LANE2- SDVO_CTR_DATA/DP_CFG1 To use J-SDVO as either an SDVO or a further DisplayPort interface, some of the control lines are configurable by a multiplexer.
The jumper P-FPH is used for attachment of an external SPDT switch. By default, P-FPH is connected across a short cable harness to a microswitch, which is integrated into the PC3-ALLEGRO front panel handle (ejector lever). The switch performs a power button event (e.g. system shutdown) by short- circuiting the pins 1 and 3 of P-FPH when activated (hold unlock button of front panel handle depressed momentarily).
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor PLD Programming Header P-ISP The PC3-ALLEGRO is provided with a powerful PLD (in-System Programmable Logic Device) which replaces legacy glue logic. The programming header P-ISP is not stuffed (in use for manufacturing only). Its footprint is situated at the bottom side of the board.
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Processor Debug Header XDP1 The PC3-ALLEGRO may be equipped with a 26-position processor debug header for hard- and software debugging (specified by Intel® as XDP-SFF-26 Pin Platform Connection). The connector is suitable for installation of a flat flex cable (FFC), in order to attach an JTAG debugger (emulator) such as the Arium ECM-XDP3.
® User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor CompactPCI J2 (PlusIO) This connector is a high speed UHM connector, suitable for Gigabit Serial I/O Refer also to PICMG® 2.30 CompactPCI® PlusIO Specification CLK6 2_ETH_B+...
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CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor This pin is pulled up with 1kS to V(I/O). Alternate pull up resistor values (e.g. 2.7kS for V(I/O)=+3.3V) are available on request. This pin is not connected.
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