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With smaller board size and lower height keep-out zones, the conga-IA4 SBC provides manufacturers and enthusiasts with the opportunity to design compact systems for space restricted areas. With appropriate I/O shield, the same conga-IA4 SBC can be used in either a Thin Mini-ITX or a Mini-ITX design.
Retention frame for conga-IA4 standard cooling conga-IA4 IO Shield Standard Size 052651 IO shield for conga-IA4 with standard Mini-ITX chassis (40 mm height) conga-IA4 IO Shield Thin Size 052651 IO shield for conga-IA4 with Thin Mini-ITX chassis (25 mm height)
Celeron ® N3160, N3060, N3010 Memory Two memory sockets (located on the top side of the conga-IA4). Supports: SO-DIMM non-ECC DDR3L modules Data rates up to 1600 MT/s Maximum 8 GB capacity Multi-stage watchdog, manufacturing and board information, board statistics, I2C bus, Power loss control...
Also make sure the memory modules support the data transfer rate of the particular variant. In addition, when using one memory socket, insert the memory module only in the first memory slot on the conga-IA4 (top side). If the first memory slot is empty, the SoC on the conga-IA4 ignores the second memory socket (bottom side).
Power Consumption The power consumption values were measured with the following setup: • conga-IA4 COM • modified congatec carrier board • conga-IA4 cooling solution • 12 V input voltage for S0 states and 5 V for S3 and S5 states •...
Table 8 Power Consumption Values The tables below provide additional information about the power consumption data for each of the conga-IA4 variants offered. The values are recorded at various operating mode. Part Memory BIOS Current (A) Size Rev. Rev. (64-bit)
Nonetheless, all electronics contain semiconductor devices which have operating temperature ranges that should be adhered to. This means that for reliable operation, the thermal design of the conga-IA4 must be carefully considered. For this reason, it is imperative to provide sufficient air flow to each of the components, to ensure the specified operating temperature of the conga-IA4 is maintained.
The congatec cooling solutions are designed for commercial temperature range only (0° to 60°C). Therefore, do not use the congatec CSP in temperatures above 60°C or below 0°C. If an end user’s system operates above 60°C or below 0°C, or is assembled with a non-congatec cooling solution, then the end user must use or design an optimized thermal solution that meets the needs of their application.
Connector Description Power Supply You can power the conga-IA4 SBC with a 12V-24V laptop type DC power supply (on connector X43) or a 4 pin internal power supply (on connector X44). Additionally, the SBC offers an optional SBM power connector (only BOM option). When this connector (X50) is populated, you can power the SBC with it.
Caution The absolute maximum rating of the input voltage is 36 volts. Do not exceed this rating or expose the conga-IA4 to the absolute maximum voltage for a prolonged time. Doing so may damage the system or affect system reliability.
Caution The absolute maximum rating of the input voltage is 36 volts. Do not exceed this rating or expose the conga-IA4 to the absolute maximum voltage for a prolonged time. Doing so may damage the system or affect system reliability.
Power Status LEDs The conga-IA4 provides two LED signals (FP_LED+ and P_LED-) on pins 2 and 4 of the front panel connector X38. The signals indicate the different power states of the conga-IA4. Possible states and corresponding activity of the LEDs are shown below:...
Audio Interfaces The conga-IA4 provides audio connectors both internally and on the rear side. The internal audio connectors are stereo speaker, digital microphone/SPDIF and front Panel HD audio. The rear audio connectors are Line-OUT and Mic-IN.
X62: 6 pin, single audio jack - pink color 5.3.2 Internal Audio Connectors The conga-IA4 provides the stereo speaker, digital microphone/SPDIF and front panel HD audio connectors internally. 5.3.2.1 Stereo Speaker Header The first analog line input channels (left and right) of the Realtek ALC888S HDA audio codec are routed via a TPA2012D2 amplifier to internal stereo speaker - connector X19.
Communication Bus The conga-IA4 supports both SMBus and I2C compliant devices. 5.4.1 SMBus The SMBus signals are available in different locations on the conga-IA4, including the feature connector (X34) described in section 6.13 of this document. 5.4.2 I²C Bus The congatec Board controller provides I²C signals. These signals are available in different locations on the conga-IA4, including the feature connector (X34) described in section 6.13 of this document.
Serial Ports (COM) The Super I/O controller on the conga-IA4 provides two fully featured RS-232 compliant UART interfaces (COM 0 and 1). The COM 1 interface can be optionally used as ccTALK compliant interface. The COM ports can drive up to 115 kbit/s at a maximum cable length of 15 m.
CPU/System Fan Connector & Power Configuration The conga-IA4 supports the connection of 5V or 12V cooling fans. The signals of the CPU and system fans are routed to 4-pin connectors X35 and X37 respectively. Use jumper X33 to select the CPU fan voltage and jumper X36 to select the system fan voltage.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) The conga-IA4 provides 6 USB ports - 4 USB ports on the rear side and 2 USB ports internally. The USB routing diagram is shown below: Intel Braswell SoC USB HUB To mPCIe Connector To mPCIe/mSATA Connector 2x USB 2.0 Rear Ports...
5.6.1 Rear USB Connectors The conga-IA4 offers four USB ports on the rear side - two USB 2.0 ports on connector X14 and two USB 3.0 ports on connector X15. The pinouts are described below: Table 25 USB 2.0 (Connector X14) Pinout Descriptions...
5.6.2 Internal USB Connector The conga-IA4 offers two USB 3.0 ports on connector X60 (internal header). The ports are backward compatible to USB 2.0 devices. Table 27 USB 3.0 Header (Connectors 60) Pinout Description Port 3 Port 2 Pin Signal...
Ethernet 10/100/1000 The conga-IA4 provides two Gigabit Ethernet ports (connectors X57 and X58) on the rear side. The two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are supported via the Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller i211. Table 28 Connectors X57/X58 Pinout Description Description 10base-T 100Base-T...
Standard SATA Ports The conga-IA4 provides two SATA ports. The SATA ports are routed to connectors CN1/CN2 and support data rates up to 6 Gb/s. The SATA LED on the front panel connector (X38) is lit when there is activity on any of the SATA interfaces.
Mini SATA The mini SATA connector X6 on the conga-IA4 is used to connect mSATA devices. This connector shares the SoC's SATA1 signals with SATA connector CN2. Connector CN2 will not function whenever an mSATA card is inserted into the mSATA connector. Therefore, if you plan to use connector CN2, do not insert an mSATA device into connector X6.
The conga-IA4 supports three simultaneous displays - two DP++ and an LVDS interface. 5.9.1 Display Port Interface DP++ The conga-IA4 SBC has two DP++ connectors (X26 and X27) located at the rear I/O panel. The DP++ connectors support DP, HDMI and DVI displays. Table 33 Connectors X26 Pinout Description.
5.9.2.1 Backlight Power Connector The conga-IA4 provides backlight power on connector X31. The power budget of BKLT_PWR (pins 3 and 4) is limited to 1.5 amps. Table 35 Connector X31 Pinout Description Backlight Power - Connector X31 Signal Name Description...
Backlight/Panel Power Selection The conga-IA4 supports different voltages for the panel and backlight connectors. With jumper X29, you can set the panel voltage to 3,3V, 5V or 12V. With jumper X30, you can set the backlight voltage to 5V or 12V.
X51: 2.54mm, 2 pin Molex connector. 5.10 PCI Express The conga-IA4 provides 3 PCIe interfaces - a x1 PCIe slot on connector X9, a half-size mini PCIe (mPCIe) slot on connector X10 and a full size mini PCIe/mini SATA slot on connector X6. 5.10.1 x1 PCIe Slot The conga-IA4 offers one PCIe x1 slot on connector X9.
Mini PCIe (Half Size) The conga-IA4 is equipped with a PCIe Mini Card socket (connector X10). PCI Express Mini Card is a unique small size form factor optimized for mobile computing platforms. The small footprint connector makes it possible to mount upgradable, standardized PCI Express Mini Card device to the SBC without additional expenditure of a redesign.
5.10.3 Mini PCIe (Full Size) The conga-IA4 offers an mPCIe slot on connector X6. This connector shares the SoC's PCIe 0 signals with connector X9 (x1 PCIe slot), via a multiplexer. The mPCIe slot supports both mPCIe and mSATA devices. When an mPCIe or mSATA device is attached to the mPCIe/mSATA slot (connector X6), the SoC automatically detects the type of device that is attached (via pin 43 - the signal detect pin) See section 5.10.2 "Mini PCIe (Half Size)"...
Front Panel Connector The conga-IA4 SBC supports front panel features such as power button, status LEDs and reset button via connector X38 - a 10-pin internal header. This connector offers one power supply pin (3.3V). The signals FP_LED+ and FP_LED- communicates the system states to two LEDs connected to this header.
Trusted Platform Module – TPM (Optional) The conga-IA4 SBC can optionally be equipped with a TPM 1.2 compliant security chip. The TPM security chip is connected to the LPC bus provided by the integrated Intel Chipset. The basic TPM chip initialization is performed by the SBC’s UEFI Boot firmware.
It also keeps track of dynamically changing data like runtime meter and boot counter. 6.4.4 GPIOs The conga-IA4 SBC provides eight General Purpose Inputs via the congatec board controller and eight General Purpose Outputs via the onboard Super I/O. The GPIO signals are routed to the feature connector X34. OEM BIOS Customization The conga-IA4 is equipped with congatec Embedded BIOS, which is based on American Megatrends Inc.
OEM POST Logo This feature allows system designers to replace the congatec POST logo displayed in the upper left corner of the screen during BIOS POST with their own BIOS POST logo. Use the congatec system utility CGUTIL 1.5.4 or later to replace/add the OEM POST logo.
The architecture of the CGOS API driver provides the ability to write application software that runs unmodified on all congatec CPU modules. All the hardware related code is contained within the congatec embedded BIOS on the module. See section 1.1 of the CGOS API software developers guide, which is available on the congatec website .
The conga-IA4 supports LAN, USB, PCIe and PWRBTN driven wake up events. 6.11 Feature Connector The conga-IA4 provides an internal 50 pol. 2mm pin header as feature connector. The pinout is described below: Table 43 Feature Connector X34 Pinout Description...
BIOS setup program. Setup Menu and Navigation The congatec BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar, left frame and right frame. The menu bar is shown below: Main...
Serial Number No option Displays the serial number of the board. BC Firmware Revision No option Displays the firmware revision of the congatec board controller. MAC Address (1 Ethernet) No option Displays the MAC address of the onboard Ethernet controller.
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Note In ACPI mode, the "Watchdog ACPI Event" handler cannot restart or shutdown the OS directly. For this reason, the congatec BIOS will • For shutdown: execute an over-temperature notification. This causes the operating system to shut down in an orderly fashion •...
LVDS panel. Auto detection is performed by reading an EDID™ data set via the video I²C bus. VGA 640x480 1x18 (013h) The number in brackets specifies the congatec internal number of the respective panel data set. WVGA 800x480 1x18 (01Fh) Note: Customized EDID™...
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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 within 30 seconds the standby voltage is no longer detected, then 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-IA4 uses a congatec/AMI AptioEFI firmware, which is stored in an onboard flash ROM chip and can be updated using the congatec System Utility.
Note The flash device listed above has been tested and can be used on the congatec debug adapter (PN:047858) listed in table 5 "Adapters". For more information about external BIOS support, refer to the Application Note AN7_External_BIOS_Update.pdf on the congatec website at http://www.congatec.com.
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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