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- Page 1 COMe-bHL6 Document Revision 010 - preliminary www.kontron.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
3.12 Onboard Connectors........................30 3.12.1 FAN Connector J6 - PCB bottom...................... 30 3.12.2 CPU JTAG connector J3 - PCB bottom....................31 3.12.3 CPLD Debug connector J7 - PCB top....................31 Features and Interfaces...............32 S5 Eco Mode..........................32 LPC............................33 www.kontron.com... - Page 4 COMe-bHL6 / Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)....................34 boot............................ 34 M.A.R.S............................ 35 UART............................36 Fast I2C............................ 37 EAPI, JIDA & PLD Driver........................ 38 K-Tools............................. 39 4.10 K-Station 2 GUI.......................... 39 4.11 KeAPI............................40 4.12 GPIO - General Purpose Input and Output..................41 4.13...
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Page 5: User Information
“as-is” and is subject to change without notice. For the circuits, descriptions and tables indicated, Kontron assumes no responsibility as far as patents or other rights of third parties are concerned. -
Page 6: Warranty
COMe-bHL6 / User Information Warranty For this Kontron Europe GmbH product warranty for defects in material and workmanship exists as long as the warranty period, beginning with the date of shipment, lasts. During the warranty period, Kontron Europe GmbH will decide on its discretion if defective products are to be repaired or replaced. -
Page 7: Introduction
SPI and LPC. Additional dedicated features include 3x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 1 SATA 3Gb/s port, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB 3.0 ports, 4 USB 2.0 and 2 serial ports. The Kontron COMe-bHL6 features comprehensive display support with 3x dual mode DisplayPort++ which can also output, HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort 1.2. Industrial applications benefit from the watchdog and real-time clock. -
Page 8: Naming Clarification
Understanding COM Express® Functionality All Kontron COM Express® basic and compact modules contain two 220pin connectors; each of it has two rows called Row A & B on primary connector and Row C & D on secondary connector. COM Express® Computer-on-modules feature the... -
Page 9: Com Express® Documentation
This product manual serves as one of three principal references for a COM Express® design. It documents the specifications and features of COMe-bHL6. 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®... -
Page 10: Product Specification
The COM Express® basic sized Computer-on-Module COMe-bHL6 (BHL6) follows pin-out Type 6 and is compatible to PICMG specification COM.0 Rev 2.1. The COMe-bHL6 based on latest Shark Bay platform is available in different variants to cover the demand of different performance, price and power: Commercial grade modules (0°C to 60°C operating) -
Page 11: Functional Specification
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification Functional Specification Processor The 22nm Intel® 4th Gen Core™ i7/i5/i3/Celeron® embedded (Haswell / Crystal Well) CPU family with 37.5x32mm package size (BGA1364 socket) supports: » Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.01 » Intel® 64 » Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) »... - Page 12 COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification The integrated Intel® HD Graphics HD4600 supports: » GraphicsTechnology GT2 with 20 Execution Units or GT3 with 40 Execution Units » Intel® Quick Sync Video » Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology » Intel® Wireless Display » Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) »...
- Page 13 COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification CPU Featureset Intel® Core™ Core™ Core™ i7-4700EQ i5-4400E i5-4402E # of Cores # of Threads TDP Core frequency 2400MHz 2700MHz 1600MHz Max Turbo Frequency 1 core 3400MHz 3300MHz 2700MHz Max Turbo all cores 2800MHz 3200MHz 2600MHz...
- Page 14 YES (2x on COMe) The Intel® vPro Technology including Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), Active Management Technology (AMT) and Encryption AES-NI is not supported by default on COMe-bHL6. Please contact your local sales or support for custom BIOS variants supporting vPro.
- Page 15 COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification HighSpeed I/O Port Configuration QM87 I/O HM86 I/O COMe with QM87 COMe with HM86 Port1 USB3 #1 USB3 #1 USB #0 = USB3.0 USB #0 = USB3.0 Port2 USB3 #2 USB3 #2 USB #1 = USB3.0 USB #1 = USB3.0...
- Page 16 COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification PEG Configuration The x16 PCI Express Graphics Port (PEG) is compatible to standard PCI Express devices like Ethernet or RAID controllers. The COMe-bHL6 supports following PEG Port configuration when used as PCI Express Interface: » 1×16 » 1×8 »...
- Page 17 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet controller Intel® i218-LM (Clarkville) PCI Express Configuration By default, the COMe-bHL6 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...
- Page 18 COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification Misc Interfaces and Features Audio HD Audio + DisplayPort dual stream Onboard Hardware Monitor Nuvoton NCT7802Y Trusted Platform Module Atmel AT97SC3204-U2A1A-10 Miscellaneous 2x UART / PWM FAN Kontron Features External I2C Bus Fast I2C, MultiMaster capable Smart Battery (M.A.R.S.) support...
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Page 19: Block Diagram
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Page 20: Electrical Specification
» Maximum 100 mV peak to peak 0 – 20 MHz 3.4.4 Power Consumption The maximum Power Consumption of the different COMe-bHL6 variants is tbd (100% CPU load on all cores; 90°C CPU temperature). Further information with detailed measurements are available in Application Note KEMAP054 available on EMD Customer... -
Page 21: Atx Mode
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification 3.4.5 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. -
Page 22: Power Control
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification Power Control Power Supply The COMe-bHL6 supports a power input from 8.5V - 20V. The supply voltage is applied through the VCC pins (VCC) of the module connector. 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 ≤... -
Page 23: Environmental Specification
-40°C to +85°C VCC: 8.5V - 20V Please see chapter Product Specification for available variants Operating with Kontron heatspreader plate assembly The operating temperature defines two requirements: » the maximum ambient temperature with ambient being the air surrounding the module. -
Page 24: Standards And Certifications
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification Standards and Certifications RoHS II The COMe-bHL6 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® basic form factor Computer-on-Modules are Recognized by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. - Page 25 The COM Express® basic 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-bHL6 follows the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility standards » EN55022...
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Page 26: Mtbf
Estimated RTC battery life (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. -
Page 27: Mechanical Specification
Height The COM Express® specification defines a module height of 13mm from bottom to heatspreader top: Cooling solutions provided from Kontron Europe GmbH for basic 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 for an overall height of... -
Page 28: Module Dimensions
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification 3.10 Module Dimensions... -
Page 29: Thermal Management, Heatspreader And Cooling Solutions
Thermal Management, Heatspreader and Cooling Solutions A heatspreader plate assembly is available from Kontron Europe GmbH for the COMe-bHL6. 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. -
Page 30: Onboard Connectors
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification 3.12 Onboard Connectors 3.12.1 FAN Connector J6 - PCB bottom Specification » Part number (Molex) J8: 53261-0390 » Mates with: 51021-0300 » Crimp terminals: 50079-8100 Pin assignment » Pin1: Tacho, Pin2: VCC, Pin3: GND Electrical characteristic Module Input Voltage 8.5 - 13V... -
Page 31: Cpu Jtag Connector J3 - Pcb Bottom
COMe-bHL6 / Product Specification 3.12.2 CPU JTAG connector J3 - PCB bottom The XDP connector is for internal use only. Do not use under any circumstances 3.12.3 CPLD Debug connector J7 - PCB top The CPLD Debug and programming connector is for internal use only. Do not use under any circumstances... -
Page 32: Features And Interfaces
4 Features and Interfaces 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”... -
Page 33: Lpc
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:... -
Page 34: Serial Peripheral Interface (Spi)
The SPI interface can only be used with a SPI flash device to boot from external BIOS on the baseboard. SPI boot The COMe-bHL6 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#... -
Page 35: M.a.r.s
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 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. -
Page 36: Uart
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces UART The COMe-bHL6 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. -
Page 37: Fast I2C
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces Fast I2C The COMe-bHL6 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: »... -
Page 38: Eapi, Jida & Pld Driver
EAPI, JIDA & PLD Driver K-Station 2 including the Kontron PLD / Board Driver for new generation modules with UEFI is a replacement for former JIDA16/JIDA32 BIOS implementations. It consists of hardware drivers providing access to features like Watchdog, I2C Bus or GPIO implemented in the onboard Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). -
Page 39: K-Tools
K-Station 2 GUI As an example utility Kontron provides the K-Station 2 GUI for 32 and 64bit Windows. K-Station 2 GUI is a JAVA based example Graphical User Interface using the K-Tools in Remote Mode. It allows easy and fast evaluation of board specific... -
Page 40: Keapi
4.11 KeAPI The Kontron embedded API (KeAPI) is an extension of the PICMG EAPI mainly with additional remote functionality. It consists of hardware drivers providing access to features like Watchdog, I2C Bus or GPIO and a QT based user interface KEAPI GUI. -
Page 41: Gpio - General Purpose Input And Output
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.12 GPIO - General Purpose Input and Output The COMe-bHL6 offers 4 General Purpose Input (GPI) pins and 4 General Purpose Output (GPO) pins. On a 3.3V level digital in- and outputs are available. Signal... -
Page 42: Dual Staged Watchdog Timer
“feeding the watchdog” or “triggering the watchdog”). The intention is to bring the system back from the nonresponsive state into normal operation. The COMe-bHL6 offers a watchdog which works with two stages that can be programmed independently and used one by one. -
Page 43: Speedstep Technology
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.14 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. -
Page 44: C-States
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.15 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. -
Page 45: Hyper Threading
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.16 Hyper Threading Hyper Threading (officially termed Hyper Threading Technology or HTT) is an Intel®-proprietary technology used to improve parallelization of computations performed on PC´s. Hyper-Threading works by duplicating certain sections of the processor—those that store the architectural state but not duplicating the main execution resources. This allows a Hyper- Threading equipped processor to pretend to be two “logical”... -
Page 46: Dynamic Fsb Frequency Switching
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.17 Dynamic FSB Frequency Switching Dynamic FSB frequency switching effectively reduces the internal bus clock frequency by half to further decrease the minimum processor operating frequency from the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology performance states and achieve the Super Low Frequency Mode (Super LFM). -
Page 47: Vid-X
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.18 VID-x The processor implements the VID-x feature for improved control of core voltage levels when the processor enters a reduced power consumption state. VID-x applies only when the processor is in the Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology performance state and one or more cores are in low-power state (i.e., CC3/CC4/CC6). -
Page 48: Intel® Turbo Boost Technology And Avx
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.19 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and AVX For applications that are particularly power-hungry, the new processors provide enhanced Intel® Turbo Boost technology. This automatically shifts processor cores and processor graphics resources to accelerate performance, tailoring a workload to give users an immediate performance boost for their applications whenever needed. -
Page 49: Display Configuration
2880×1800 3840×2160 3 independent Display Support The COMe-bHL6 supports up to 3 independent displays in Windows 7/8 and Linux by using the following rules: » Max of 2 HDMIs » Max of 2 DVIs » Max of 1 HDMI and 1DVI »... - Page 50 COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces DDI Design Consideration » For sufficient signal quality baseboard designs with long signal lanes or impedance leaps may require an Equalicer or Redriver for the digital display interfaces » DDI hot-plug detection is high active »...
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Page 51: Hybrid Graphics / Multi-Monitor
4.21 Hybrid Graphics / Multi-monitor The COMe-bHL6 supports Hybrid Multi-monitor function which is one form of Intel's Hybrid Graphics where integrated graphics (in Chipset or CPU) is available to operate simultaneously with external PEG; PCIe or PCI graphics. This feature enables concurrent function of Intel's integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU/iGFX) along with a discrete GPU solution, allowing for operability of greater than two independently-driven displays. - Page 52 COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces In most cases the graphical user interfaces (e.g. ATI Catalyst Control Center) for both GPUs may not run properly. It's recommended to use O/S implemented Display Properties like in screenshot above Detailed documentation is available in Intel Paper...
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Page 53: Intel® Wireless Display
Intel® Wireless Display, most commonly known as WiDi, is a wireless display standard developed by Intel, based on the existing Wi-Fi standard. It allows a portable device or computer to send up to 1080p HD video and 5.1 surround sound to a compatible display wirelessly. The COMe-bHL6 supports WiDi in combination with following requirements: CPU: » Core(TM) i7 »... -
Page 54: Intel® Vpro™ Technology
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.23 Intel® vPro™ technology Kontron and Intel® are addressing the security and manageability challenges facing embedded systems today with the implementation of Intel® vPro™ technology to enable: » System integrity » Secure isolation » Remote systems management First, system integrity is the ability to identify whether the system hardware or system software has been modified without authorization. -
Page 55: Acpi Suspend Modes And Resume Events
COMe-bHL6 / Features and Interfaces 4.24 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events The COMe-bHL6 supports the S3 state (=Save to Ram). S4 (=Save to Disk) is not supported by the BIOS (S4_BIOS) but S4_OS is supported by the following operating systems: » Windows XP »... -
Page 56: System Resources
COMe-bHL6 / System Resources 5 System Resources Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines IRQ # Used For Available Comment Timer0 Keyboard Cascade COM2 onboard UART2 COM1 onboard UART1 SIO LPT Note(4) external SIO LPT COM3 Note(4) external SIO COM1 COM4 Note(4) external SIO COM1... -
Page 57: Memory Area
COMe-bHL6 / System Resources Memory Area The first 640 kB of DRAM are used as main memory. Using DOS, you can address 1 MB of memory directly. Memory area above 1 MB (high memory, extended memory) is accessed under DOS via special drivers such as HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE, which are part of the operating system. -
Page 58: Peripheral Component Interconnect (Pci) Devices
COMe-bHL6 / System Resources 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. -
Page 59: System Management (Sm) Bus
COMe-bHL6 / System Resources System Management (SM) Bus The 8-bit SMBus addresses uses the LSB (Bit 0) for the direction. Bit0 = 0 defines the write address, Bit0 = 1 defines the read address for the device. The 8-bit addresses listed below shows the write adress for all devices. 7-bit SMBus adresses shows the device address without Bit0. -
Page 60: Connectors
COMe-bHL6 / Connectors 6 Connectors The pinouts for Interface Connectors X1A and X1B are documented for convenient reference. Please see the COM Express® Specification and COM Express® Design Guide for detailed, design-level information. Connector Location... -
Page 61: Pinout List
COMe-bHL6 / Pinout List 7 Pinout List General Signal Description Type Description I/O-3,3 Bi-directional 3,3 V IO-Signal I/O-5T Bi-dir. 3,3V I/O (5V Tolerance) I/O-5 Bi-directional 5V I/O-Signal I-3,3 3,3V Input I/OD Bi-directional Input/Output Open Drain I-5T 3,3V Input (5V Tolerance) -
Page 62: Bios Operation
The module is equipped with Phoenix SecureCore, which is located in an onboard SPI serial flash memory. Determining the BIOS Version BIOS Update Kontron provides continous BIOS updates for Computer-on-Modules. The updates are provided for download on http://emdcustomersection.kontron.com with a detailed change description within the according Product Change Notification (PCN). - Page 63 COMe-bHL6 / BIOS Operation Selecting an Item ↑ ↓ Use the or key to move the cursor to the field you want. Then use the + and – keys to select a value for that field. The Save Value commands in the Exit menu save the values displayed in all the menus.
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