1/ Introduction - Kontron Qseven-Eval Carrier User Manual

QSEVEN-Eval Carrier - Rev. 1.1

1/ Introduction

This user guide describes the Qseven-Eval carrier board. This document describes the electronic, mechanical and
thermal design of the QSEVEN evaluation carrier board. It is designed to test the Qseven-Q7AL and other QSEVEN 2.1
modules. The board is 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 user guide implies a basic knowledge of PC hardware and software. This user guide is focused 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 user guide, datasheet, BIOS, drivers and BSPs (Board Support Packages) can be downloaded
from Kontron's Web Page.
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