Intel xeon e3/core i7/i5/i3 lga1151 microatx with hdmi / 2 dp / edp(lvds), 6 com, quad lan, ddr4, pcie x 16, pcie x 8 and sataiii, 4 x usb3.1(gen2), 6 usb 2.0, 2usb3.0 (138 pages)
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User Manual AIMB-U217 AIMB-U217 Intel® Atom™ E3950/ E3940 Quad-Core 1.6 GHz UTX Industrial Motherboard with HDMI/eDP (LVDS)/DP++, 4 COMs, eMMC, Triple LAN, 4 USB, 1 MiniPCIe and 1 M.2 E Key...
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The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2019 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to improve the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from Advantech Co., Ltd.
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Our dealers are well trained and ready to provide the sup- port required for you to experience the most from your Advantech products. Most of the problems reported are minor and can be easily solved over the phone.
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Caution! There is a risk of a new battery exploding if incorrectly installed. Do not attempt to recharge, force open, or heat the battery. Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufac- turer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer's instruc- tions. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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-25 to 85 Pass DDR3L 1866 SQR-SD3M-4G1K8SNLB -20 to 85 Pass DDR3L 1600 AQD-SD3L8GN16-SG1 0 to 85 Pass DDR3L 1600 SQR-SD3N-4G1K6HNEC 0 to 85 Pass DDR3L 1600 AQD-SD3L4GN16-SG1 0 to 85 Pass DDR3L 1600 SQR-SD3N-2G1K6HNXC 0 to 85 Pass AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most customers never need to use our repair service. If an Advantech product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-war- ranty repairs, users will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, ser- vice time, and freight.
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All AIMB-U217 devices are mechanically and electrically inspected before shipment. Thus, your product should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt. While unpacking AIMB-U217, check the product for signs of shipping damage (for example, a damaged box, scratches, dents, etc.).
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A.1.31 System FAN Connector (SYSFAN1) .......... 83 A.1.32 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Connector #1/2 (USB12) ....84 A.1.33 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Connector #3/4 (USB34) ..... 85 A.1.34 Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Connector #5/6 (USB0506) ....85 AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Introduction AIMB-U217 is the newest UTX small form factor motherboard equipped with Intel® Atom® Quad Core 1.6 GHz x7-E3950/x5-E3940 processors and DDR3L 1866 MHz up to 8GB. The palm-sized industrial motherboard measures 137 x 112mm and offers fast graphics and media performance to support triple display by HDMI1.4b, DP++1.2, eDP1.3 (or LVDS), up to 3 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports offering high-...
Jumpers and Connectors The AIMB-U217 motherboard is equipped with connectors for linking the board to external devices such as hard disk drives. The board also features several jumpers for configuring the system according to specific applications. The function of each board jumper and connector is listed in the table below. The pro- cedure for setting jumpers is explained in subsequent sections of this chapter.
Table 1.1: Connector / Header List Universal Serial Bus 3.0 connector #1/2 USB12 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 connector #3/4 USB34 Universal Serial Bus 2.0 connector #5/6 USB0506 Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1.1 Jumper and Connector Locations AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Some jumpers comprise a set of three pins, labeled 1, 2, and 3. With these jumpers, simply connect either Pins 1 and 2, or Pins 2 and 3. A pair of needle- nose pliers may be necessary for setting jumpers. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
1.8.2 CMOS Mode Selection (JCOMS1) The AIMB-U217 motherboard contains a pin header that can erase CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information. To reset the CMOS data, you need to short Pins 1 & 2. This procedure resets the CMOS to its default settings.
Function Jumper Setting AT Mode(1-2) ATX Mode (2-3)(Default) 1.8.5 COM1 Mode Selection (CMOS1) Table 1.5: CMOS1: COM1 Mode Selection Function Jumper Setting Set COM1 as RI (1-2)(Default) Set COM1 as 5V (3-4) Set COM1 as 12V (5-6) AIMB-U217 User Manual...
LAN and USB Ports (LAN123, USB12/USB34) AIMB-U217 provides up to four USB 3.0 which are located on the rear side. The USB interface complies with the USB specification revision 2.0 that supports transmission rates of up to 480 Mbps and revision 3.0 that supports transmission rates of up to 5...
DC Input Connector (DCIN1) Serial Ports (COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4) AIMB-U217 supports four serial ports. COM1 and COM3 are RS-232. COM2 is RS- 232/422/485 (default is RS-422) and COM4 is RS-232/422/485 (default is RS-485). The IRQ and address ranges for both ports are fixed. However, users can disable the port or change the parameters via the system BIOS setup.
Many computer cases offer the convenience of a specific reset button. Connect the wire for the reset button. 2.9.3 HDD LED (JFP1/HDDLED) An LED can be linked to the connector to indicate when the HDD is active. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
(Powered on/off using the momentarily pressing the power supply switch) power button) PSON1 Pins 2-3 closed Pins 1-2 closed jumper setting System On System Off 2.10 HD Analog Audio Connectors (AUDIO1) AIMB-U217 supports line-out as the default setting. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
2.11 Serial ATA Interface (SATA1) AIMB-U217 features a high-performance Serial ATA interface (up to 600 MB/s). 2.12 AT/ATX Mode Selection Connector (PSON1) AIMB-U217 supports ATX/AT mode selection by jumper, the default setting is pin 2-3 ATX mode. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
2.13 SPI Flash Connector (SPI_CN1) The SPI flash card pin header may be used to flash the BIOS if the AIMB-U217 can- not be powered on. 2.14 Backlight Inverter Power Connector (INV1) AIMB-U217 User Manual...
AIMB-U217 BIOS setup menu pages. BIOS Setup The AIMB-U217 Series is equipped with built-in AMI BIOS and a CMOS Setup Utility that allows users to configure specific settings or activate certain system features. The CMOS Setup Utility saves the configuration in the CMOS RAM of the mother- board.
System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values via the keyboard. Press the <Tab> or <Arrow> keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format. The time must be entered in HH:MM:SS format. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.1 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable or disable BIOS support for security device AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.2 ACPI Settings Enable ACPI Auto Configuration Enable or Disable ACPI Auto Configuration Enable Hibernation This item allows users to enable or disable hibernation AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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ACPI Sleep State This item allows users to set the ACPI sleep state Lock Legacy Resources This item allows users to lock legacy device resources 3.2.1.3 Super I/O Configuration AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Serial Ports 1/2/3/4 This item allows users to enable or disable serial ports 1/2/3/4 Change Settings This item allows users to change the serial port 1/2/3/4 setting AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.4 Hardware Monitor This page shows the AIMB-U217 PC health status Wake On Ring This item allows users to enable or disable Wake On Ring functionality RS-485 AUTO FLOW This item allows users to enable or disable the RS-485 AUTO FLOW function...
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This item allows users to set the CPU temperature threshold at which the sys- tem automatically shuts down to prevent the CPU from overheating Watchdog Timer This item allows users to enable or disable the Watchdog timer 3.2.1.5 Digital I/O Configuration AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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This item will allow users to set up Digital I/O 1~16 to "input" or "output" 3.2.1.6 Smart Settings Smart Fan Settings The users are allowed to Enable/Disable smart fan The users are allowed to configure smart fan AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.7 S5 RTC Wake Settings Wake System From S5 Enable or disable system wake on alarm event AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.8 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection This item allows users to enable or disable console redirection AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.9 CPU Configuration This page shows CPU Information. Active Power Cores Number of cores to enable in each processor package Intel Virtualization Technology AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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When a processor thermal sensor trips (either core), the PROCHOT# will be driven. If bi-direction is enabled, external agents can drive PROCHOT# to throt- tle the processor Thermal Monitor Enable or disable Thermal Monitor Monitor Mwait Enable/disable Monitor Mwait P-STATE Coordination Change P-STATE Coordination type AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Enable/Disable Power Limit 1 Power Limit 1 Clamp Mode Enable/Disable Power Limit 1 Clamp Mode Power Limit 1 Power Power Limit 1 in Watts. Auto will program Power Limit 1 based on silicon default support value AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Power Limit 1 Time Window Power Limit 1 Time Window Value in seconds. Auto will program Power Limit 1 Time Window based on silicon default support value. 3.2.1.10 Network Stack Configuration Network Stack Enable or disable UEFI Network Stack AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.11 CSM Configuration CSM Support Enable or disable CSM Support AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.12 NVMe Configuration AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.13 SDIO Configuration AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.1.14 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enables support for legacy USB. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Mass Storage Device Mass storage device emulation type. 'AUTO' enumerates devices according to their media format. Optical drives are emulated as 'CDROM', drives with no media will be emulated according to a drive type. 3.2.1.15 Platform Trust Technology AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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fTPM Enabled or disabled fTPM 3.2.1.16 Security Configuration AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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TXE HMRFPO This item allows users to enable or disable TXE HMRFPO TXE EOP Message Send EOP Message before Enter OS AIMB-U217 User Manual...
3.2.2 Chipset This page provides information of the chipset on AIMB-U217 3.2.2.1 North Bridge LCD Control LVDS panel type selection / Brightness PWM Output settings AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Above 4GB MMIO BIOS assignment "Enable" to allow Memory-mapped IO BIOS assignment to go above 4GB PCIE VGA Workaround Enable it if your PCIe card cannot boot to DOS. This is for Test only 3.2.2.2 South Bridge AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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OS Selection Select the target OS 3.2.2.3 Uncore Configuration Integrated Graphics Device AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Select DVMT 5.0 Total Graphic Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device Cd Clock Frequency Select the highest Cd Clock frequency supported by the platform GT PM Support Enable/Disable GT PM Support PAVP Enable Enable/Disable PAVP Memory Configuration (Title) Enable/Disable Memory Scrambler AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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3.2.2.4 South Cluster Configuration PCI Express Configuration SATA Drives LAN1 Control Enable or disable the LAN 1/2/3 control AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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Enable or disable PCIE to wake the system from S5 PCI Express Clock Gating Enable/Disable PCI Express Clock Gating Compliance Mode Enable/Disable Compliance Mode Mini PCIE On/Off/Auto control of PCI Express port Enable/Disable ASPM L1 Substates settings PCIe Speed settings AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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This item allows users to enable or disable the Serial-ATA Port 1 device Spin Up Device This item allows users to enable or disable the Spin Up Device SATA Device Type Identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive AIMB-U217 User Manual...
3.2.3 Security Select Security Setup from the AIMB-U217 Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Secu- rity Setup options, such as password protection and virus protection are described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>: Change Administrator / User Password.
DARD mode or CUSTOM mode, this change is effect after save. And after reset, the mode will return to STANDARD mode. 3.2.4 Boot Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard Numlock state Quiet Boot Enables or disableds Quiet Boot option AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Restore User Defaults This item allows users to restore the user defaults for all options Launch EFI Shell From a File system Device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shell.efi) from one of the available filesystem devices AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Introduction The mission of Advantech Embedded Software Services is to “enhance user quality of life with Advantech platforms and Microsoft® Windows® embedded technology.” We equip Advantech platforms with Windows® embedded software products to more effectively support the embedded computing community. This eliminates the hassle of dealing with multiple vendors (hardware suppliers, system integrators, and embed- ded OS distributors) for specific projects.
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CPU speed according to the system load. System Throttling This refers to a series of methods for reducing system power consumption by lowering the clock frequency. This API allows users to adjust the clock frequency from 87.5% to 12.5%. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
The Monitoring API is a utility that allows users to monitor the system health indicators, such as voltage, CPU and system temperature, and fan speed. These system values are crucial. If critical errors occur and are not solved imme- diately, permanent damage to the device may result. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Before Installation Before installing the enhanced display drivers and utility software, please read the instructions provided in this chapter carefully. The drivers for AIMB-U217 are pro- vided on the Advantech support website: http://support.advantech.com/Support/. This driver will guide and link users to the utilities and drivers required for Microsoft Windows-based systems.
See Chapter 5 for information regarding installing the CSI utility. Download the driver from website on your computer. Navigate to the "Graphics" folder and click "setup.exe" to complete the installation of the drivers for Windows 10. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
Pin Assignments Connector and Header List: A.1.1 Line-Out Connector (Audio1) Signal Line-out A.1.2 MIC-in Pin Header (Audio2) Signal Signal MIC-L Analog GND MIC-R Jack detect A.1.3 CMOS Battery Connector (BAT1) Signal +VBAT AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.4 CAN Bus Connector (CAN1) Signal CAN_H CAN_L CAN_GND A.1.5 COM1 Pin Header (COM1) Signal Signal DCD# DSR# RTS# CTS# N.C. A.1.6 COM2 Pin Header (COM2) Signal Signal DCD# DSR# RTS# CTS# N.C. AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.7 COM3 Pin Header (COM3) Signal Signal DCD# DSR# RTS# CTS# N.C. A.1.8 COM4 Pin Header (COM4) Signal Signal DCD# DSR# RTS# CTS# N.C. A.1.9 CPU FAN Connector (CPUFAN1) Signal +12V DETECT PWM IN AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.10Direct Current Input Connector (DCIN1) Signal 12V~24V A.1.11 Direct Current Input Connector (DCIN2) Signal Signal 12V~24V 12V~24V 12V~24V A.1.12DDR3L SO-DIMM Socket (DIMMA1) Please see JEDEC STANDARD AIMB-U217 User Manual...
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A.1.13DisplayPort + High-Definition Multimedia Interface Connector (DP1+HDMI1) Signal Signal DP_0+ DP_0- DP_1+ DP_1- DP_2+ DP_2- DP_3+. DP_3- DP_AUX_EN# DP_AUX+ DP_AUX- DP_HPD +V3.3 Signal Signal HDMI_D2+ HDMI_D2- HDMI_D1+ HDMI_D1- HDMI_D0+ HDMI_D0- HDMI_CLK+ HDMI_CLK- N.C. N.C. HDMI_SCL HDMI_SDA HDMI_HPD AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.16CMOS Clear Pin Header (JCMOS1) Signal RTC RESET# A.1.17PWRBTN#/RESET#/HDD LED/PWR LED Pin Header (JFP1) Signal Signal PWRBTN# +V3.3 PWRBTN# HDD_LED# +V3.3 stand by RESET# PWR LED# A.1.18Voltage Selection for LVDS_EDP1 Connector (JLVDS1) Signal Signal +V12 VDD_LVDS +V3.3 AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.26AT/ATX Mode Selection (PSON1) Signal VCCAT +V3.3 stand by VCCATX A.1.27Serial ATA Interface Connector (SATA1) Signal A.1.28Serial ATA Interface Power Connector (SATAPWR1) Signal +V12 AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.29I2C Header (SIOI2C) Signal DATA A.1.30SPI Pin Header (SPI_CN1) Signal Signal SPI_CS +V1.8SB_SPI SPI_MISO N.C. N.C. SPI_CLK SPI_MOSI A.1.31System FAN Connector (SYSFAN1) Signal +12V DETECT PWM IN AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.32 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Connector #1/2 (USB12) Signal Signal +VCC_USB USB3.0_RX0- USB2.0_D0- USB3.0_RX0+ USB2.0_D0+ GND. USB3.0_TX0- USB3.0_TX0+ Signal Signal +VCC_USB USB3.0_RX1- USB2.0_D1- USB3.0_RX1+ USB2.0_D1+ GND. USB3.0_TX1- USB3.0_TX1+ AIMB-U217 User Manual...
A.1.33Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Connector #3/4 (USB34) Signal Signal +VCC_USB USB3.0_RX2- USB2.0_D2- USB3.0_RX2+ USB2.0_D2+ GND. USB3.0_TX2- USB3.0_TX2+ Signal Signal +VCC_USB USB3.0_RX3- USB2.0_D3- USB3.0_RX3+ USB2.0_D3+ GND. USB3.0_TX3- USB3.0_TX3+ A.1.34Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Connector #5/6 (USB0506) Signal Signal +VCC_USB +VCC_USB USB2.0_D4- USB2.0_D5- USB2.0_D4+ USB2.0_D5+ AIMB-U217 User Manual...