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Board Controller (cBC) ..........51 8.4.11 PCH-FW Configuration Submenu ..........70 6.7.1 Fan Control ................51 8.4.12 SMART Settings Submenu ............71 6.7.2 Power Loss Control ..............52 8.4.13 Super IO Submenu ..............71 6.7.3 Board Information ..............52 8.4.14...
Additionally, the SBC supports dual channel DDR4 up to 2133 MT/s for a maximum system memory capacity of 32 GB, multiple I/O interfaces, up to three independent displays and various congatec embedded features. With smaller board size and lower height keep-out zones, the conga-IC170 SBC provides manufacturers and system designers with the opportunity to design compact systems for space restricted areas.
® • Linux 3.x/4.x Note For Windows installation, we recommend a minimum storage capacity of 20 GB. congatec will not offer installation support for systems with less than 20 GB storage space. Mechanical Dimensions • 170 mm x 170 mm •...
AG offers two cooling possibilities for the conga-IC170: • A customized active cooling solution (fan attached with heatsink) in combination with the conga-IC170 retention frame. This cooling solution is adapted to the Thin Mini-ITX height specification and features a Hi-Flow 225UT pressure sensitive, phase change thermal interface.
• Connect the fan’s power cable. Caution The congatec heatspreaders/cooling solutions are tested only within the commercial temperature range of 0° to 60°C. Therefore, if your application that features a congatec heatspreader/cooling solution operates outside this temperature range, ensure the correct operating temperature of the module is maintained at all times.
Note congatec offers cables and adapter for the eDP interface (see section 1.2.2 “Optional Accessories/Cables”). For more information, contact the congatec technical solution department. 5.4.3.1 Backlight Power Connector The conga-IC170 provides backlight power on connector X22. Table 21 Connector X22 Pinout Description...
5.11 I²C Bus The congatec board controller provides I²C signals. These signals are available in different locations on the conga-IC170, including the feature connector (X38) described in section 6.13 of this document. 5.12 LPC Super I/O Device The conga-IC170 has an onboard Super I/O controller. The controller is connected to the SoC’s LPC bus and provides additional interfaces such as two serial interfaces, optional ccTALK, GPOs, 4-wire CPU and system fans.
Note congatec offers adapter cable for the COM ports (see section 1.2.2 “Optional Accessories/Cables). For more information, contact congatec technical solution department. 5.12.3 CPU/System Fan Connector & Power Configuration The conga-IC170 supports 5V or 12V CPU and system fans. The signals of the CPU and system fans are routed to connectors X33 and X36 respectively.
The conga-IC170 is equipped with a Texas Instruments Tiva™ microcontroller. This onboard microcontroller plays an important role for most of the congatec BIOS features. It fully isolates some of the embedded features such as system monitoring or the I²C bus from the x86 core architecture, which results in higher embedded feature performance and more reliability, even when the x86 processor is in a low power mode.
OEM BIOS Code With the congatec embedded BIOS it is even possible for system designers to add their own code to the BIOS POST process. Except for custom specific code, this feature can also be used to support Window 7 SLIC table, verb tables for HDA codecs, rare graphic modes and Super I/O controllers.
The CGOS API (congatec Operating System Application Programming Interface) is the congatec proprietary API that is available for all commonly used Operating Systems such as Win32, Win64, Win CE and Linux.
PU 2k2 SMBus Alert (system wake or SMI), active low Ground TX_CGBC Output 3.3V standby UART transmit port from congatec board controller (a debug port) RX_CGBC Input 3.3V standby PU 10k UART receive port from congatec board controller (a debug port)
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GPI0 Input 3.3V PU 10k General purpose input to Board controller GPI1 Input 3.3V PU 10k General purpose input to congatec Board controller GPI2 Input 3.3V PU 10k General purpose input to congatec Board controller GPI3 Input 3.3V PU 10k...
POST allowing the operator to select either the boot device that should be used or an option to enter the BIOS setup program. Setup Menu and Navigation The congatec BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar and two main frames. The menu bar is shown below: Main Advanced...
No option Displays the serial number of the board. BC Firmware Revision No option Displays the congatec board controller firmware revision. MAC Address (1st Ethernet) No option Displays the MAC address of the onboard i219 Ethernet controller. MAC Address (2nd Ethernet) No option Displays the MAC address of the onboard i211 Ethernet controller.
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LVDS panel. Auto detection is performed by reading an EDID™ data VGA 640x480 1x18 (013h) set via the video I²C bus. The number in brackets specifies the congatec internal number of the WVGA 800x480 1x18 (01Fh) respective panel data set.
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Select delay to adjust LVDS panel timings. 100ms Delay Note: The congatec board controller will add the delay to the backlight signal coming from 250ms Delay the SoC according this setup node. This feature may help to avoid panel flickering.
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Note In ACPI mode, it is not possible for a “Watchdog ACPI Event” handler to directly restart or shutdown the OS. The congatec BIOS will perform one of the following actions instead: Shutdown: An over temperature notification is executed.
If enabled, BIOS flash write access is only possible via dedicated BIOS SMM interfaces. Disabled BIOS Update & Write Protection If enabled, the congatec flash software will require the BIOS password to perform write or Enabled erase operations. HDD Security Configuration List of all detected hard disks Select the device to open its security configuration submenu.
Only the congatec utility interface to the SMI handler of the BIOS flash update is enabled. Other interfaces to the SMI handler are disabled to prevent non congatec tools from writing to the BIOS flash. Because of this restriction, flash utilities supplied by AMI or Intel will not work .
Note The congatec BIOS by default enables CSM (Compatibility Support Module) and disables secure boot because most of the industrial computers today boot in legacy (non-UEFI) mode. Since secure boot is only enabled when booting in native UEFI mode, you must therefore disable the CSM (compatibility support module) in the BIOS setup to enable Secure Boot.
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Note The term ‘AC power loss’ stands for the state when the module looses the standby voltage on the 5V_SB pins. On congatec modules, the standby voltage is continuously monitored after the system is turned off. If the standby voltage is not detected within 30 seconds, this is considered an AC power loss condition.
OEMs often use BIOS updates to correct platform issues discovered after the board has been shipped or when new features are added to the BIOS. The conga-IC170 uses a congatec/AMI AptioEFI firmware, which is stored in an onboard flash ROM chip and can be updated using the congatec System Utility.
Industry Specifications The list below provides links to industry specifications that apply to congatec AG modules. Specification Link Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.0 (LPC) http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/industry/lpc.htm Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, Revision 2.0 http://www.usb.org/home PCI Specification, Revision 2.3 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications Serial ATA Specification, Revision 3.0...
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