Table Of Contents - GE Mini COM Express 10 Hardware Reference Manual

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 11

1.1 Features ............................................................................................................................................... 12

2 Unpacking and Inspection ........................................................................................................... 15

2.1 Electrostatic Discharge ........................................................................................................................... 15

2.2 Package Contents................................................................................................................................... 16

2.3 Unpacking and Inspecting ....................................................................................................................... 16

2.4 Handling .............................................................................................................................................. 17

3 Installation and Startup................................................................................................................. 19

3.1 Required Materials................................................................................................................................. 19

3.1.1 Carrier Board and Power Supply ........................................................................................................ 19

3.1.2 Keyboard and Mouse ....................................................................................................................... 19

3.1.3 Video Monitor ................................................................................................................................ 19

3.2 General Installation Guidelines................................................................................................................. 20

3.3 Installation Procedures............................................................................................................................ 21

3.3.1 Install the mCOM10-L1500 onto the Carrier Board ............................................................................... 21

3.3.2 Install the Combined Unit ................................................................................................................. 22

3.4 Initial Startup ........................................................................................................................................ 22

3.4.1 UEFI Firmware Setup ...................................................................................................................... 22

4 System Architecture ...................................................................................................................... 23

4.1 G-Series SoC Processor .......................................................................................................................... 23

4.1.1 Memory ........................................................................................................................................ 24

4.1.2 Digital Display Interface .................................................................................................................. 24

4.1.3 PCI Express ................................................................................................................................... 24

4.1.4 BIOS/UEFI Firmware ...................................................................................................................... 25

4.1.5 Serial ATA..................................................................................................................................... 25

4.1.6 USB ............................................................................................................................................. 25

4.1.7 Secure Digital or General-purpose I/O................................................................................................. 25

4.1.8 Audio ........................................................................................................................................... 25

4.1.9 Clocks .......................................................................................................................................... 26

4.1.10 Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM .................................................................................................... 26

4.1.11 LPC Bus ....................................................................................................................................... 26

4.1.12 SMBus.......................................................................................................................................... 26

4.2 Gigabit Ethernet Interface ....................................................................................................................... 27

4.3 FPGA.................................................................................................................................................. 28

4.3.1 Watchdog Timer ............................................................................................................................. 28

4.3.2 I

C Bus ......................................................................................................................................... 28

4.3.3 Serial Ports .................................................................................................................................... 28

4.4 Power Distribution................................................................................................................................. 29

4.4.1 Supervision and Reset...................................................................................................................... 29

4.4.2 Power Reset Sequence ..................................................................................................................... 29

4.4.3 Thermal Management ...................................................................................................................... 29

4.5 Test and Debug ..................................................................................................................................... 30

4.6 Fan Monitor.......................................................................................................................................... 30

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