1/ Introduction - Kontron mITX-BDW-U User Manual

mITX-BDW-U – User Guide, Rev. 1.6

1/ Introduction

This manual describes the mITX-BDW-U board made by Kontron. This board will also be denoted mITX-BDW-U within
this user guide.
The mITX-BDW-U board is based on the BDW-U chipset and supports the 5 th generation Intel® Broadwell i7 -, i5 -, i3
2Core mobile processors. See Chapter 3.3 Processor Support Table, for specific details.
Use of this user guide implies a basic knowledge of PC-AT hard- and software. This manual focuses on describing the
mITX-BDW-U board's special features and is not intended to be a standard PC-AT textbook.
New users are recommended to study the short installation procedure within this user guide before switching-on the
power.
Configuration and setup of the CPU board is either done automatically or manually by the user via the BIOS setup
menus.
Latest revision of the user guide, datasheet, thermal simulations, BIOS, drivers, BSP's (Board Support Packages),
Mechanical drawings (2D and 3D) can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.kontron.com/products/boards-and-mezzanines/embedded-motherboards/mini-itx-motherboards/
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