Intel pentium 4 & celeron processors
full-size cpu card with ddr, ethernet,
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Summary of Contents for Aaeon NanoCOM-WHU
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NanoCOM-WHU Rev B COM Express Module User’s Manual 2 Last Updated: October 7, 2021...
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AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product design without notice to its users.
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Acknowledgement All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. ⚫ Intel® and Celeron® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation ⚫ Intel Core™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation ⚫...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity NanoCOM-WHU Rev B ⚫ If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately. Preface...
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(if any), its specifications, dimensions, jumper/connector settings/definitions, and driver installation instructions (if any), to facilitate users in setting up their product. Users may refer to the product page at AAEON.com for the latest version of this document. Preface...
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Safety Precautions Please read the following safety instructions carefully. It is advised that you keep this manual for future references All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. Make sure the power source matches the power rating of the device. Position the power cord so that people cannot step on it.
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If any of the following situations arises, please the contact our service personnel: Damaged power cord or plug Liquid intrusion to the device iii. Exposure to moisture Device is not working as expected or in a manner as described in this manual The device is dropped or damaged Any obvious signs of damage displayed on the device...
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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China RoHS Requirement (EN) Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements in Products AAEON Main Board/ Daughter Board/ Backplane Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Component Lead Mercury Cadmium Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (Cr(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) PCB &...
Specifications System Form Factor COM Express Mini size, Type 10 Generation Intel® Core™/ Celeron® U Series Processor CPU Frequency Up to 1.70 GHz, i7-8665UE Chipset Generation Intel® Core™/ Celeron® U Series SoC Memory Type Onboard DDR-2133 Max. Memory Capacity Up to 8GB BIOS AMI BIOS, Legacy free Wake on LAN...
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Display Display Controller Intel® UHD Graphics 620/ 610 Video Output Dual Display: LVDS LCD/eDP, DDI x 1 Single Channel LVDS (18/24-bit) Ethernet Intel® i219LM Gigabit Ethernet x 1 Audio High Definition Audio Interface USB port USB3.2 Gen 2 x 2 USB2.0 x 8 Serial Port 2-wire UART (TX/RX) x 2...
System Test and Initialization The system uses certain routines to perform testing and initialization during the boot up sequence. If an error, fatal or non-fatal, is encountered, the system will output a few short beeps or an error message. The board can usually continue the boot up sequence with non-fatal errors.
AMI BIOS Setup The AMI BIOS ROM has a pre-installed Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configurations, which is stored in the battery-backed CMOS RAM and BIOS NVRAM so that the information is retained when the power is turned off. To enter BIOS Setup, press <Del>...
3.4.1 Graphics Configuration Options Summary Skip Scanning of Enable External Gfx Card Disable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default If Enable, it will not scan for External Gfx Card on PEG and PCH PCIE Ports. Primary Display Auto Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IGFS Select which of IGFX/PEG/PCI Graphics device should be Primary Display Or select SG for Switchable Gfx.
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Options Summary DVMT Pre-Allocated Optimal Default, Failsafe Default 32M/F7 Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. DVMT Total Gfx 128M 256M Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.3 CPU Configuration Options Summary Active Processor Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Cores Number of cores to enable in each processor package. Hyper-Threading Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled or Disabled Hyper-Threading Technology. Intel Trusted Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Execution Enabled Technology...
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Options Summary Intel® SpeedStep™ Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Allows more than two frequency ranges to be supported. Turbo Mode Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable/Disable processor Turbo Mode (requires Intel Speed Step or Intel Speed Shift to be available and enabled).
3.4.5.1 Fan 1 Mode Configuration Options Summary FAN 1 Full Mode Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Manual Mode by PWM Auto Mode by PWM Choose the mode for FAN 1. PWM signal Non-inverting Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Inverting Select output PWM of inverting or non-inverting signal. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.7 On-Module Configuration Options Summary Battery Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Management One Battery Enable to support battery in ACPI OS by I2C_CK, I2C_DAT(B33,B34) EC-SMB-HC Enabled Support Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default SMBus Host Controller Interface via Embedded Controller. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.8 Power Management Options Summary Power Mode ATX Type Optimal Default, Failsafe Default AT Type Select system power mode. Restore AC Power Last State Loss Always On Always Off Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO Restore AC Power Loss. Note: Restore AC Power Loss option is not available if Hardware Auto Power Button is Enabled (by BIOS option menu) RTC wake system Disabled...
3.4.9 AAEON BIOS Robot Options Summary Sends watch dog Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default before BIOS POST. Enabled Enabled - Robot set Watch Dog Timer (WDT) right after power on, before BIOS start POST process. And then Robot will clear WDT on completion of POST. WDT will reset system automatically if it is not cleared before its timer counts down to zero.
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Options Summary Delayed POST (PEI Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default phase) Enabled Enabled – Robot holds BIOS from starting POST, right after power. This allows BIOS POST to start with stable power or start after system is physically warmed-up. Note: Robot does this before ‘Sends watch dog’. Delayed POST (DXE Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.4.9.1 Device Detecting Configuration Options Summary Action Reset System Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Hold System Select action that robot should do. Soft or hard reset Soft Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Hard Select reset type robot should send on each boot. Retry-Count Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Fill retry counter here.
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3.4.9.1.1 Device #1~5 Detecting Configuration Options Summary Interface Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default SMBUS Legacy I/O Super I/O MMIO Select interface robot should use to communicate with device. Note: This menu is the same for all Devices #1 thru #5. Chapter 3 –...
3.5.1 PCI Express Configuration Options Summary PCIE_0~3 As four x1 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Configuration As one x2 and two x1 As two x2 As one x4 PCIE Controller Selection. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.5.1.1 PCIE_# Configuration Options Summary PCIE_N Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Control the PCI Express Root Port. PCIe Speed Auto Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 Configure PCIe Speed. Note: This menu is the same for PCIE_0, PCIE_1, PCIE_2, and PCIE_3. Chapter 3 –...
3.5.2 Storage Configuration Options Summary SATA Controller(s) Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Enable/Disable SATA Device. SATA Mode AHCI Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Selection Intel RST Premium with Intel Optane System Acceleration Determines how SATA controller(s) operate. SATA Port 0/1 Configuration Port 0/1 Disabled Enabled...
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Options Summary External Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled Marks this port as external. Spin Up Device Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled If enabled for any of ports Staggered Spin Up will be performed and only the drives which have this option enabled will spin up at boot. Otherwise all drives spin up at boot.
3.5.3 HD Audio Configuration Options Summary HD Audio Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Control Detection of the HD-Audio device. Disabled: HD-Audio will be unconditionally disabled. Enabled: HD-Audio will be unconditionally disabled. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.5.4 Digital IO Port Configuration Options Summary IO Type Output Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Input Set IO as Input or Output IO Data High Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set is output level when DIO pin is output Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.5.5.1 [*Active*] Serial Port 1 Options Summary Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable or Disable this Logical Device. Possible Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; DMA; IO=2C8h; IRQ=11; DMA Allows the user to change the device resource settings. New settings will be reflected on this setup page after system restarts.
3.5.5.2 [*Active*] Serial Port 2 Options Summary Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable or Disable this Logical Device. Possible Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=2F8h; IRQ=3; DMA; IO=2D8h; IRQ=10; DMA Allows the user to change the device resource settings. New settings will be reflected on this setup page after system restarts.
3.5.6.1 Legacy Console Redirection Settings Options Summary Redirection COM COM0 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Port Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages Resolution 80x24 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default 80x25 On Legacy OS, the Number of Rows and Columns supported redirection. Redirect After POST Always Enable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Bootloader...
3.5.7.1 NIC Configuration Options Summary Link Speed Auto Negotiated Optimal Default, Failsafe Default 10 Mbps Half 10 Mbps Full 100 Mbps Half 100 Mbps Full Specifies the port speed used for the selected boot protocol. Wake On LAN Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enables the server to be powered on using an in-band magic packet.
Setup Submenu: Security Change User/Administrator Password You can set an Administrator Password or User Password. An Administrator Password must be set before you can set a User Password. The password will be required during boot up, or when the user enters the Setup utility. A User Password does not provide access to many of the features in the Setup utility.
3.6.1 Secure Boot Options Summary Secure Boot Disable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key (PK) is enrolled and the System mode is in User mode. Changing the mode requires platform reset. Secure Boot Mode Standard Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Custom...
3.6.2 Key Management Options Summary Factory Key Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Provision Enabled Install factory default Secure Boot keys after the platform reset and while the System is in Setup mode. Restore Factory Press ‘Yes’ to install factory default Keys keys Force System to User Mode.
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Secure Boot Variable | Size | Keys# | Key Source Platform Key (PK) | 0 | 0 | No Key Update Enroll Factory Defaults or load certificates from a file: 1.Public key Certificate: a) EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST b) EFI_CERT_X509 (DER) c) EFI_CERT_RSA2048 (bin) d) EFI_CERT_SHAXXX 2.Authenticated UEFI Variable 3.EFI PE/COFF Image (SHA256)
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Secure Boot Variable | Size | Keys# | Key Source Forbidden Signatures | 0 | 0 | No Key Update Enroll Factory Defaults or load certificates from a file: Append 1.Public key Certificate: a) EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST b) EFI_CERT_X509 (DER) c) EFI_CERT_RSA2048 (bin) d) EFI_CERT_SHAXXX 2.Authenticated UEFI Variable 3.EFI PE/COFF Image (SHA256)
Driver Download and Installation Drivers for the NanoCOM-WHU Rev B can be downloaded from the product page on the AAEON website by following this link: https://www.aaeon.com/en/p/com-express-modules-nanocom-WHU Rev B Download the driver(s) you need and extract the zip. Then, follow the steps below to install the drivers.
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Step 4 – Install Audio Drivers Open the Audio Driver folder Run the 0009-64bit_Win7_Win8_Win81_Win10_R282.exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Step 5 – Install Intel Management Engine Firmware Open the Intel(R) Management Engine Firmware 1910.12.0.1239 folder Run the MEISetup.exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically...
Watchdog Timer Initial Program Table 1: Embedded BRAM relative register table Default Value Note Index 0x284(Note1) BRAM Index Register Data 0x285(Note2) BRAM Data Register Logical Device Number 0xA8(Note3) Watch dog Logical Device Number Function and Device Number 0x00(Note4) Watch dog Function/Device Number Table 2: Watchdog relative register table Option Register BitNum...
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************************************************************************************ // Embedded BRAM relative definition (Please reference to Table 1) #define byte EcBRAMIndex //This parameter is represented from Note1 #define byte EcBRAMData //This parameter is represented from Note2 #define byte BRAMLDNReg //This parameter is represented from Note3 #define byte BRAMFnDataReg //This parameter is represented from Note4 #define void EcBRAMWriteByte(byte Offset, byte Value);...
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************************************************************************************ Main VOID // Procedure : AaeonWDTConfig // (byte)Timer : Time of WDT timer.(0x00~0xFF) // (boolean)Unit : Select time unit(0: second, 1: minute). AaeonWDTConfig(); // Procedure : AaeonWDTEnable // This procudure will enable the WDT counting. AaeonWDTEnable(); ************************************************************************************ Appendix A – Watchdog Timer Programming...
DIO Programming NanoCOM-WHU Rev B utilizes an AAEON chipset as its Digital I/O controller. Below are the procedures to complete its configuration which you can use to develop a customized program to fit your application. Appendix C –Programming Digital I/O...
Digital I/O Register Table 1: Embedded BRAM relative register table Default Value Note Index 0x284(Note1) BRAM Index Register Data 0x285(Note2) BRAM Data Register Logical Device Number 0xA2(Note3) Watch dog Logical Device Number IO Direction DIO Input/Output Function/Device 0x00(Note4) Function and Device Number Number IO Value/Status DIO Output Data Function/Device...
Digital I/O Sample Program ************************************************************************************ // Embedded BRAM relative definition (Please reference to Table 1) #define byte EcBRAMIndex //This parameter is represented from Note1 #define byte EcBRAMData //This parameter is represented from Note2 #define byte BRAMLDNReg //This parameter is represented from Note3 #define byte BRAMFnData0Reg //This parameter is represented from Note4 #define byte BRAMFnData1Reg //This parameter is represented from Note5 #define void EcBRAMWriteByte(byte Offset, byte Value);...
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************************************************************************************ Main VOID Boolean PinStatus ; // Procedure : AaeonReadPinStatus // Input : Example, Read Digital I/O Pin 3 status // Output : InputStatus : 0: Digital I/O Pin level is low 1: Digital I/O Pin level is High PinStatus = AaeonReadPinStatus(DIO0ToDIO7Reg, DIO3Bit); // Procedure : AaeonSetOutputLevel // Input : Example, Set Digital I/O Pin 6 level...