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COMe-cBT6 User Guide Table of Contents » « Disclaimer ......................3 Intended Use ..................... 4 Revision History ....................5 Terms and Conditions ....................... 5 Customer Support ........................5 Customer Service ........................5 Customer Comments ......................... 5 User Information ..................8 1.1.
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COMe-cBT6 User Guide 3.7. Environmental Specification ....................20 3.7.1. Temperature Specification ..............................20 3.7.2. Humidity ....................................20 3.8. Standards and Certifications ....................21 3.9. MTBF ..........................23 3.10. Mechanical Specification ....................24 3.11. Module Dimensions ......................25 3.12. Onboard Fan Connector ....................26 3.13.
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COMe-cBT6 User Guide BIOS Operation ..................57 7.1. Determining the BIOS Version ..................... 57 7.2. BIOS Update ........................57 7.3. POST Codes ........................58 7.4. Setup Guide ........................58 7.5. BIOS Setup ........................59 7.5.1. Main ...................................... 59 7.5.2. Advanced ....................................64 7.5.3.
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Introduction 2.1. Product Description The standard design of the COM Express® compact modules – Kontron COMe-cBT6 – supports the entire portfolio of the Intel® Atom™ E3800 processors (COMe-cBTi6) and Intel® Celeron® processors N2800/N2900 and J1900 (COMe-cBTc6), whereby the E3800 variants are designed for the extended temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. The memory of up to 2x 8GB has been laid out as dual-channel DDR3L SODIMM.
This product manual serves as one of three principal references for a COM Express® design. It documents the specifications and features of COMe-cBT6. Additional references are available at your Kontron Support or at PICMG®: » The COM Express® Specification defines the COM Express® module form factor, pin-out, and signals. This document is available at the PICMG®...
The COM Express® compact sized Computer-on-Module COMe-cBT6 (CVV6) follows pin-out Type 6 and is compatible to PICMG specification COM.0 Rev 2.1. The COMe-cBT6, based on Intel's Bay Trail platform, is available in different variants to cover the demand of different performance, price and power: Industrial temperature grade modules (E2: -40°C to +85°C operating)
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.2. Functional Specification Processor The 32nm Intel® Atom™ E3800 / Celeron® (BayTrail-I/M/D) CPU family supports: » Intel® 64 » Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology » Thermal Monitoring Technologies » Execute Disable Bit » Virtualization Technology VT-x » 2 Display Pipes for dual independent displays CPU specifications Intel®...
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COMe-cBT6 / Introduction Graphics Core The integrated Intel® HD Graphics (Gen 7) supports: Intel® HD Graphics (Gen 7) Graphics Core Render Clock 311-542MHz Clock 667-854MHz Turbo Execution Units / Pixel Pipelines Max Graphics Memory 2048MB GFX Memory Bandwidth (GB/s) up to 21.3...
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SD Storage SD Boot MIPI-CSI PCI Express Configuration By default, the COMe-cBT6 supports x1 PCIexpress lane configuration only (Configuration 0). Following x2/x4 configurations are available via Management Engine Softstrap Options with a customized Flash Descriptor. PCIe Port #0 Port #1...
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COMe-cBT6 / Introduction Additional features » All solid capacitors (POSCAP). No tantalum capacitors used. » Optimized RTC Battery monitoring to secure highest longevity » Real fast I2C with transfer rates up to 40kB/s. » Discharge logic on all onboard voltages for highest reliability...
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.3. Block Diagram COM Express® connector CD – Pi n-out Type 6 USB 3.0 Host SODIMM Intel® Atom™ E3800- Gen7 iGFX Intel® Celeron® SODIMM J1900/N29xx USB 2.0 Host USB HSIC SMSC USB4604 CPU FAN0 2-32GB SLC NCT7802...
Cable adapter to connect FAN to module (COMe basic/compact) Part Number Miscellaneous Comment 18029-0000-00-0 MARS Smart Battery Kit Starter kit Kontron Mobile Application platform for Rechargeable Systems Compatible Memory Part Number DDR3L SODIMM, commercial temperature grade 97017-1024-13-1 DDR3L-1333 SODIMM 1GB...
» Maximum 100 mV peak to peak 0 – 20 MHz 3.5.4. Power Consumption The maximum Power Consumption of the different COMe-cBT6 variants is 3.5 - 13.5W (100% CPU load on all cores; 90°C CPU temperature). Further information with detailed measurements are available in Application Note KEMAP054 available EMD Customer Section.
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.5.5. ATX Mode By connecting an ATX power supply with VCC and 5VSB, PWR_OK is set to low level and VCC is off. Press the Power Button to enable the ATX PSU setting PWR_OK to high level and powering on VCC. The ATX PSU is controlled by the PS_ON# signal which is generated by SUS_S3# via inversion.
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.6. Power Control 3.6.1. Power Supply The COMe-cBT6 supports a power input from 4.75 - 20V. The supply voltage is applied through the VCC pins (VCC) of the module connector. 3.6.2. Power Button (PWRBTN#) The power button (Pin B12) is available through the module connector described in the pinout list. To start the module via Power Button the PWRBTN# signal must be at least 50ms (50ms ≤...
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.7. Environmental Specification 3.7.1. Temperature Specification Kontron defines following temperature grades for Computer-on-Modules in general. Please see chapter 'Product Specification' for available temperature grades for the COMe-cBT6 Temperature Specification Operating Non-operating Validated Input Voltage Commercial grade 0°C to +60°C -30°C to +85°C...
COMe-cBT6 / Introduction 3.8. Standards and Certifications RoHS II The COMe-cBT6 is compliant to the directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS II) in electrical and electronic equipment Component Recognition UL 60950-1 The COM Express® compact form factor Computer-on-Modules are Recognized by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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The COM Express® compact form factor Computer-on-Modules successfully passed shock and vibration tests according to » IEC/EN 60068-2-6 (Non operating Vibration, sinusoidal, 10Hz-4000Hz, +/-0.15mm, 2g) » IEC/EN 60068-2-27 (Non operating Shock Test, half-sinusoidal, 11ms, 15g) Validated in Kontron reference housing for EMC the COMe-cBT6 follows the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility standards » EN55022...
(as opposed to battery failures) is not accounted for in the above figures and need to be considered separately. Battery life depends on both temperature and operating conditions. When the Kontron unit has external power; the only battery drain is from leakage paths.
The COM Express® specification defines a module height of 13mm from bottom to heatspreader top: Cooling solutions provided from Kontron for compact sized Computer-on-Modules are 27mm in height from module bottom to Heatsink top. Universal Cooling solutions to be mounted on the HSP (36099-0000-00-x) are 14.3mm in height...
3.13. Thermal Management, Heatspreader and Cooling Solutions A heatspreader plate assembly is available from Kontron for the COMe-cBT6. The heatspreader plate on top of this assembly is NOT a heat sink. It works as a COM Express®-standard thermal interface to use with a heat sink or external cooling devices.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Features and Interfaces 4.1. Onboard eMMC Flash The COMe-cBT6 features a 12x16mm onboard Kingston NAND Flash drive with capacities of 2-64GB eMMC (w/E3800 CPU only). The Flash drive supports: » Compliant to JEDEC/eMMC standard version 4.4, 4.41 & 4.5 »...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide » Compliant to JEDEC/eMMC standard version 4.4, 4.41, 4.5 & 5.0 » 1 bit, 4 bits or 8 bits data bus width support » Data transfer rate up to 52Mbyte/s using 8 parallel data lines at 52MHz »...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.2. Secure Digital Card The COMe-cBT6 supports an SDIO Interface to be used for micro/mini/standard SD Card sockets. Following SD Cards are validated from Kontron and recommended for use: swissbit® S-200U & S-300U Series Industrial microSD Card »...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.3. S5 Eco Mode Kontron’s new high-efficient power-off state S5 Eco enables lowest power-consumption in soft-off state – less than 1 mA compared to the regular S5 state this means a reduction by at least factor 200! In the “normal”...
LPC. This leads to limitations for ISA bus and SIO (standard I/O´s like Floppy or LPT interfaces) implementations. All Kontron COM Express® Computer-on-Modules imply BIOS support for following external baseboard LPC Super I/O controller features for the Winbond/Nuvoton 5V 83627HF/G and 3.3V 83627DHG-P:...
The SPI interface can only be used with a SPI flash device to boot from external BIOS on the baseboard. 4.6. SPI boot The COMe-cBT6 supports boot from an external SPI Flash. It can be configured by pin A34 (BIOS_DIS#0) and pin B88 (BIOS_DIS1#) in following configuration: BIOS_DIS0#...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Using an external SPI flash To program an external SPI flash follow these steps: » Connect a SPI flash with correct size (similar to BIOS ROM file size) to the module SPI interface » Open pin A34 and B88 to boot from the module BIOS »...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.7. M.A.R.S. The Smart Battery implementation for Kontron Computer-on-Modules called Mobile Application for Rechargeable Systems is a BIOS extension for external Smart Battery Manager or Charger. It includes support for SMBus charger/selector (e.g. Linear Technology LTC1760 Dual Smart Battery System Manager) and provides ACPI compatibility to report battery information to the Operating System.
4.8. UART The COMe-cBT6 supports up to two Serial RX/TX only Ports defined in COM Express® specification on Pins A98/A99 for UART0 and Pins A101/A102 for UART1. The implementation of the UART is compatible to 16450 and is supported by default from most operating systems.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.9. Fast I2C The COMe-cBT6 supports a CPLD implemented LPC to I2C bridge using the WISHBONE I2C Master Core provided from opencores.org. The I2C Interface supports transfer rates up to 40kB/s and can be configured in Setup Specification for external I2C: »...
“feeding the watchdog” or “triggering the watchdog”). The intention is to bring the system back from the nonresponsive state into normal operation. The COMe-cBT6 offers a watchdog which works with two stages that can be programmed independently and used one by one.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.11. Speedstep Technology The Intel® processors offer the Intel® Enhanced SpeedStep™ technology that automatically switches between maximum performance mode and battery-optimized mode, depending on the needs of the application being run. It enables you to adapt high performance computing on your applications. When powered by a battery or running in idle mode, the processor drops to lower frequencies (by changing the CPU ratios) and voltage, conserving battery life while maintaining a high level of performance.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.12. C-States New generation platforms include power saving features like SuperLFM, EIST (P-States) or C-States in O/S idle mode. Activated C-States are able to dramatically decrease power consumption in idle mode by reducing the Core Voltage or switching of parts of the CPU Core, the Core Clocks or the CPU Cache.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.13. Graphics Features The integrated Intel® HD Graphics (Gen 7) graphics supports following OS dependent featureset: Win8 / WES8 Win7 / WES7 WEC7 Linux (F18/Yocto1.6) Linux (Tizen IVI 32b) Android 4.2/4.4 DP 1.1a up to 2560×1600...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.14. ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events The COMe-cBT6 supports the S-states S0, S3, S4, S5. S5eco Support: YES The following events resume the system from S3: » USB Keyboard (1) » USB Mouse (1) » Power Button »...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 4.15. USB The COMe-cBT6 supports up to 8x USB 2.0/1x USB 3.0 with following internal EHCI/xHCI configuration: Note: The USB Ports provided by the HSIC USB Hub requires xHCI enabled in Setup and full USB 3.0 OS Support...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 5.3. I/O Address Map The I/O-port addresses of the are functionally identical to a standard PC/AT. All addresses not mentioned in this table should be available. We recommend that you do not use I/O addresses below 0100h with additional hardware for compatibility reasons, even if available.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 5.4. Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Devices All devices follow the Peripheral Component Interconnect 2.3 (PCI 2.3) respectivily the PCI Express Base 1.0a specification. The BIOS and OS control memory and I/O resources. Please see the PCI 2.3 specification for details.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 6.2. Connector X1A Row A Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground PWR GND GBE0_MDI3- Ethernet Media Dependent Interface 3 - DP-I/O GBE0_MDI3+ Ethernet Media Dependent Interface 3 + DP-I/O GBE0_LINK100# Ethernet Speed LED GBE0_LINK1000# Ethernet Speed LED...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide PCIE_TX3+ PCI Express Lane 3 Transmit + DP-O only available on no-LAN var. PCIE_TX3- PCI Express Lane 3 Transmit - DP-O only available on no-LAN var. Power Ground PWR GND PCIE_TX2+ PCI Express Lane 2 Transmit +...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 6.3. Connector X1A Row B Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground PWR GND GBE0_ACT# Ethernet Activity LED LPC_FRAME# LPC Frame Indicator O-3.3 PU 20k in CPU (S0) LPC_AD0 LPC Multiplexed Command, Address & Data 0 I/O-3.3...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide PCIE_RX3+ PCI Express Lane 3 Receive + DP-I only available on no-LAN var. PCIE_RX3- PCI Express Lane 3 Receive - DP-I only available on no-LAN var. Power Ground PWR GND PCIE_RX2+ PCI Express Lane 2 Receive +...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 6.4. Connector X1B Row C Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground PWR GND Power Ground PWR GND USB_SSRX0- USB Super Speed Receive - (0) DP-I USB_SSRX0+ USB Super Speed Receive + (0) DP-I Power Ground...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide PEG_RX4+ Not Connected PEG_RX4- Not Connected RSVD Reserved for future use PEG_RX5+ Not Connected PEG_RX5- Not Connected Power Ground PWR GND PEG_RX6+ Not Connected PEG_RX6- Not Connected Power Ground PWR GND PEG_RX7+ Not Connected PEG_RX7- Not Connected...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 6.5. Connector X1B Row D Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground PWR GND Power Ground PWR GND USB_SSTX0- USB Super Speed Transmit - (0) DP-O USB_SSTX0+ USB Super Speed Transmit + (0) DP-O Power Ground...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide PEG_TX4+ Not Connected PEG_TX4- Not Connected Power Ground PWR GND PEG_TX5+ Not Connected PEG_TX5- Not Connected Power Ground PWR GND PEG_TX6+ Not Connected PEG_TX6- Not Connected Power Ground PWR GND PEG_TX7+ Not Connected PEG_TX7- Not Connected...
To determine the BIOS version currently used on the Computer-on-Modules please check System Information Page inside Setup 7.2. BIOS Update Kontron provides continuous BIOS updates for Computer-on-Modules. The updates are provided for download on http://emdcustomersection.kontron.com with detailed change descriptions within the according Product Change Notification (PCN).
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 7.3. POST Codes Important POST codes during boot-up Booted to DOS Booted to Setup / EFI Shell Booted to Windows 7.4. Setup Guide The Setup Utility changes system behavior by modifying the Firmware configuration. The setup program uses a number of menus to make changes and turn features on or off.
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 7.5. BIOS Setup 7.5.1. Main Feature Options Description System Date [mm/dd/yyyy] Set the Date. Use 'Tab' to switch between Date elements System Time [hh:mm:ss] Set the Time. Use 'Tab' to switch between Time elements...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Boot Features Feature Options Description NumLock Selects Power-on state for NumLock Timeout Number of seconds that P.O.S.T will wait for the user input before booting CSM Support Enables or Disables the UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module)to support legacy PC boot process.
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide RTS/CTS control, RTS/CTS = Hardware flow control, XON/XOFF = XON/XOFF Software flow control - Continue C.R. after POST Enabled Enables Console Redirection after OS has loaded Disabled Allow Hotkey in S4 resume Enabled Enable hotkey detection when system resuming from...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 7.5.2. Advanced Feature Options Description OS Selection Windows Select the Operating System family to be booted Linux Android...
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Select I2C Bus Speed in kHz from 1kHz to 400kHz S5 Eco Disabled Enable/Disable Kontron S5 Eco mode. Reduces supply current in Soft Off (S5) to less than 1mA. If enabled, Enabled power button is the only wake-up source in S5! See...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Watchdog Feature Options Description Auto-reload Disabled Enable automatic reload of watchdog timers on timeout Enabled Global Lock Disabled If set to enabled, all Watchdog registers (except WD_KICK) become read only until the board is reset Enabled...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide H/W Monitor Feature Value/Options Description CPU Temperature (Analog) xx°C Shows the measured temperature of the CPU Diode with onboard HWM CPU Temperature (DTS) xx°C Shows the internal digital CPU temperature (DTS) Module Temperature xx°C Shows the internal hardware-monitor temperature...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide always runs at 100% at Tjmax - 10°C Reference Temperature Determines the temperature source which is used for CPU Temperature (Analog) automatic fan control Module Temperature Widerange Vcc x.xx V Shows the Module Main Input Voltage 5.0V Standby...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide CPU Configuration Feature Options Description Execute Disable Bit Enable Execute Disable Bit prevent certain classes of malicious Disable buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS Limit CPUID Maximum Enable Disabled for Windows XP Disable...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide CPU Power Management Feature Options Description Intel® SpeedStep(TM) Enabled Enable/Disable processor performance states (P- Disabled States) Boot Performance Mode Max Performance Select the performance state that the BIOS sets before OS hand-off Max Battery Intel® Turbo Boost Technology...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Uncore Configuration Feature Options Description Integrated Graphics Device Disable Enable: enable Integrated Graphics Device (IGD) when Enable selected as the Primary Video Adaptor. Disable: Always disable IGD Primary Display Auto Select which of IGD/PCIe Graphics Devices should be...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide IGD - LCD Control Feature Options Description IGD - Boot Type Select the Integrated Graphics Video Device activated Auto during POST. LFP = Local Flat Panel (LVDS/eDP). EFP = External Flat Panel (Display Port 1), EFP2 = External Flat...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Mode Persistence Disabled Enables/Disables Mode Persistence Enabled Center Mode Disabled Select the Display Device that should be centered...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide System Component Feature Options Description PNP Setting Disable Select PNP setting mode, Disable, Performance, Power Power & Performance or Power&Performance mode Ax Stepping Bx Stepping...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide LAN Configuration Feature Options Description PXE ROM Disabled Enable/Disable PXE Option ROM execution for onboard Onboard only Addon only Both...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide PCI Express Configuration Feature Options Description PCIe Speed Auto Select PCIe Speed to Gen1 or Gen2 Gen1 Gen2 PCI Express Root Port Disable Control the PCI Express Root Port Enable...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide USB Configuration Feature Options Description xHCI Mode Smart Auto Mode of operation of xHCI controller. This will also influence EHCI controller settings since certain Enable combinations of those modes are not allowed. 'SMART Disable Auto' Mode is requied for OS with external Driver (e.g.
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide SATA Drives Feature Options Description Chipset SATA Enable Enables or Disables the Chipset SATA Controller. The Disable Chipset SATA controller supports the 2 internal SATA ports (up to 3Gb/s supported per port) SATA Test Mode Disable...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide LPSS & SCC Configuration Feature Options Description LPSS & SCC Devices Mode ACPI Mode Select operation mode for Low Power Super Speed LPSS PCI Mode devices eMMC/SDCard. For eMMC full speed operation the LPSS mode should be set to “ACPI”...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Miscellaneous Configuration Feature Options Description High Precision Timer Disable Enables or Disables the High Precision Event Timer Enable Boot Time with HPET Timer Disable Boot time calculation with High Precision Event Timer enabled Enable State After G3...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide SMBIOS Event Log Feature Options Description Event Log Disable Enables or Disables the SMBIOS Event Log Enable Mark SMBIOS events as read Enter Mark SMBIOS events as read. Marked SMBIOS events won't be displayed Clears SMBIOS events...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide View SMBIOS event log...
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide SuperIO Configuration This setup option is only available with LPC SuperI/O Nuvoton 83627 present on the carrier board. By default the COMe- cBT6 supports the legacy interfaces of a 5V 83627HF(J) or 3.3V 83627DHG-P on external LPC. The SIO hardware monitor is not supported in setup.
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COMe-cBT6 / User Guide Onboard UART Configuration Feature Options Description Serial Port 0 Disabled Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM) 0 Enabled Base Address Configure Serial Port Base Address Configure Serial Port IRQ Serial Port 1 Disabled Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM) 1...
COMe-cBT6 / User Guide 7.5.3. Security Feature Options Description Set Supervisor Password Enter Set or clear the Supervisor account's password Supervisor Hint String Press Enter to type Supervisor Hint String Min. password length Set the minimum number of characters for password (1-...
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