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Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH will not be responsible for any defects or damages to other products not supplied by Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH that are caused by a faulty Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH product.
This credit card sized module is compatible to COM Express™ pin-out Type 1. On 55 mm x 84 mm footprint nanoETXexpress-SP is a perfect fit for the next generation of low power, ultra-mobile applications that require energy saving x86 processor performance, high-end graphics, PCI Express and Serial ATA combined with longer battery life.
2.4 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 nanoETXexpress-SP. The other two references, which are available from your Kontron Support or from PICMG®, include: »...
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A COM Express™ baseboard design has many advantages of a custom, computer-board design but delivers better obsolescence protection, greatly reduced engineering effort, and faster time to market.
Specification 3.1 Available Modules of nanoETXexpress-SP nanoETXexpress-SP is available in different variants to cover the demand of different performance, price and power. The following table shows the different combinations of nanoETXexpress-SP Product Number Intel® ATOM™ CPU Onboard DDR2 SDRAM...
3.2 Functional Specification Processor: Intel® ATOM™ Processor Number Core Processor VT-x Intel® 64 EIST Max TDP of Cores Base Cache Speed Frequency Z510 45nm 1.1 GHz 512KB 400 MHz Z530 45nm 1.6 GHz 512KB 533 MHz 2,2W Chipset: SCH US15W...
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Additional Interfaces: LPC: SMBus: I2C: Fast I2C (from US15W SCH GPIO: 8 GPIO, 4 GPI and 4 GPO via JIDA32 interface IO Port 0 SDIO: 1 x SDIO port (SD 1.1) shared with GPIO signals; SDIO boot supported with BIOS NOW1R113 or newer...
3.3 Onboard SSD The nanoETXexpress-SP is equipped with an onboard commercial or industrial flash drive from 512MB up to 4 GB capacity. The onboard flash drive is connected as the primary master device to the US15W PATA interface through a standard ATA/IDE bus interface.
3.4 System Memory The nanoETXexpress-SP provides up to 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM which is soldered on the module. The total amount of memory available on the module is used for main memory and graphics memory. The Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) manages how the system shares memory between the graphics controller and the processor.
The 4 mounting holes shown in the drawing should use 6mm diameter pads and should have 2.7mm plated holes, for use with 2.5mm hardware. The pads should be tied to the PCB ground plane. A complete Solid Works eDrawing package is available at Kontron’s EMD Customer Section...
» Maximum 100 mV peak to peak 0 – 20 MHz 3.7.4 Power Consumption The maximum Power Consumption of the different nanoETXexpress-SP modules is 4.9 - 6.2W (100% CPU load; 90°C CPU temperature). Further details with measurements and TDP values of the single variants can be found in our customer section.
3.8 Environmental Specification 3.8.1 Temperature With Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH heatspreader plate assembly Operating: » Ambient temperature: 0 to +60 °C » Maximum heatspreader-plate temperature: 0 to +60 °C Non-operating: -30 to +85 °C The maximum operating temperature with the heatspreader plate is the maximum measurable temperature on any spot on the heatspreader’s surface.
When the Kontron unit has external power; the only battery drain is from leakage paths. Connector The pin outs for nanoETXexpress-SP 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...
3.10.2 Connector X1A Row A Signal Description Type Termination (CE Comment 4.x.x) GND_1 Power Ground GBE0_MDI3- Ethernet Receive Data- DP-I GBE0_MDI3+ Ethernet Receive Data+ DP-I GBE0_LINK100# Ethernet Speed LED O-3.3 100Mbps GBE0_LINK1000# Ethernet Speed LED O-3.3 1000Mbps GBE0_MDI2- Ethernet Receive Data-...
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USB_6_7_OC# USB Over current Pair 6 / I-3.3 PU 10k 3.3V USB4- USB Data- Port #4 DP-I/O PD 15k in US15W USB4+ USB Data+ Port #4 DP-I/O PD 15k in US15W GND_5 Power Ground USB2- USB Data- Port #2...
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LVDS_A2+ LVDS Channel A (positive) DP-O PU 50R inUS15W LVDS_A2- LVDS Channel A DP-O PU 50R inUS15W (negative) LVDS_VDD_EN LVDS Panel Power Control O-3.3 PD 100k LVDS_A3+ LVDS Channel A (positive) DP-O PU 50R inUS15W LVDS_A3- LVDS Channel A...
3.10.3 Connector X1A Row B Signal Description Type Termination (CE Comment 4.x.x) GND_16 Power Ground GBE0_ACT# Ethernet Activity LED LPC_FRAME# LPC Frame Indicator O-3.3 LPC_AD0 LPC Address / Data Bus IO-3.3 PU 20k in US15W LPC_AD1 LPC Address / Data Bus IO-3.3...
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Indicator USB7- USB Data- Port #7 (USB DP-I/O / DP-I/O PD 15k in US15W - / - Mode) / USB Data- Client / PU 1k5 in (Client Mode) US15W USB7+ USB Data+ Port #7 (USB DP-I/O / DP-I/O PD 15k in US15W...
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LVDS_B0+ Not Connected not supported LVDS_B0- Not Connected not supported LVDS_B1+ Not Connected not supported LVDS_B1- Not Connected not supported LVDS_B2+ Not Connected not supported LVDS_B2- Not Connected not supported LVDS_B3+ Not Connected not supported LVDS_B3- Not Connected not supported...
3.10.4 SDVO Connector J1801 (optional) With hardware revision CE 4.x.x or newer the nanoETXexpress-SP provides an optional Serial DVO graphics output via onboard flat foil connector J1801. Signal Description Type Termination Comment GND#1 Ground SDVOB_CLK_N Serial Digital Video Channel B Clock-...
3.10.5 XDP Connector J1400 (optional) The nanoETXexpress-SP provides the XDP debug port of Silverthorne CPU optionally with connector J1400. The debug port is for internal use only. Do not connect any devices.
Only on nanoEXTexpress-SP without LAN two PCIe x1 lanes are available and can be used for additional PCIe devices. 3.11.2 The USB interface comes with three USB controllers (6 USB ports). The USB configuration of the nanoETXexpress-SP module is described in the following table:...
NDIS Network device or as NDIS Network device only in the device manager of the operating system. Please refer to the Kontron download page for nanoETXexpress-SP for the driver Configuration The USB controllers are PCI bus devices.
Configuration The audio controller is a PCI bus device. The BIOS allocates required system resources during configuration of the PCI device. 3.11.5 Serial IRQ The serial IRQ pin offers a standardized interface to link interrupt request lines to a single wire.
3.11.6 Graphics Interface The nanoETXexpress-SP uses the graphics accelerator GMA500 with 200MHz GPU clock integrated in the Intel® System Controller Hub (US15W), which delivers shader-based technologies and high-performance 2D, 3D and video capabilities. The GMA500 graphics engine supports a variety of LCD panels with single clock, color depths of 18/24 bit and resolutions up to WXGA (1366×768).
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SDVO A Serial DVO connection is supported with hardware revision CE 4.x.x or newer. The digital display channel configured from display Pipe A in GMA500 graphics adapter is capable of driving SDVO adapters that provide interfaces to a variety of external display technologies such as HDMI, DVI, TV-out or CRT (the maximum supported pixel clock is 160MHz).
3.11.7 Ethernet The Ethernet interface offers 10/100/1000 Mbit connections and is driven by the Intel® 82574L (Hartwell). The device auto-negotiates the use of the different speed connections. The ethernet interface operates at lowest power (<1W) when Gbit-Ethernet is fully active and supports functions as WOL (Wake On LAN), PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) boot and Jumbo Frames.
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When using a standard clock buffer on the baseboard please be aware that the generated delay has to be considered for the length matching of the layout. Clock Buffer Reference Schematic The implementation of a clock buffer can be realized as shown in the evaluation schematic below: Zero Delay Clock Buffer Do not use the reference schematic in the COM Express™...
3.11.9 Power Control Power Supply The nanoETXexpress-SP has a wide range power input from 4.75 - 14V. 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 ≤...
For additional information, refer to the COM Express™ Design Guide, I2C application notes and JIDA specifications which are available at the customer section of Kontron's Website. See BIOS chapter for supported features and speed of I2C. SM Bus System Management (SM) bus signals are connected to the SM bus controller, which is located in the -. The SMBus is a two wire bidirectional bus (clock and serial data) used for system management such as reading parameters from a memory card, and reading temperatures and voltages of system components.
You can program the timeout period for the watchdog timer in two ranges: » 1-second increments from 1 to 255 seconds » 1-minute increments from 1 to 255 minutes Contact Kontron Embedded Modules technical support for information on programming and operating the WDT.
Features 4.2 GPIO - General Purpose Input and Output The nanoETXexpress-SP 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 Description GPI0 General Purpose Input 0...
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Features To enable GPIO functionality, modules with HW revision CE 1.x.x must be reworked. Contact your local sales or support for further information. On modules with HW revision CE 4.x.x and BIOS R115 or newer GPIO/SDIO can be switched via BIOS setup option The General Purpose Inputs and Outputs are not applicable to drive applications faster than 2ms.
Features 4.3 Speedstep Technology The Intel® processors offers 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 let you customize 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.
Features 4.4 Flash Backup Feature The nanoETXexpress-SP supports a new functionality called “Flash Backup”. This new feature allows saving custom defaults directly into the Flash. With invalid EEPROM data or without a CMOS EEPROM, the module will start up with these custom defaults.
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Windows OS c:\>kflash.exe flash biosname.rom /bncr c:\>afudos.exe biosname.rom /p /b /n /c c:\>jidacmos.exe eep /clean kflash.exe is a shell tool included in Kontron K-Station System Utility Package. jidacmos utility is included in the BIOS download packages at Kontron's customer section.
Features 4.5 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“...
(http://sdcard.org). The card form factor, electrical interface, and protocol are all part of the SD Card specification. The Intel® System Controller Hub US15W supports up to 3 SDIO interfaces. On nanoETXexpress-SP the first interface SDIO#0 (4-bit wide) is shared with the module GPIO signals. The integrated SDIO 1.1/MMC 4.1 controller in US15W only supports byte-address mode for SDIO storage cards up to 2GB.
Features 4.7 Fast I2C The nanoETXexpress-SP integrates two configurable I2C buses. The external I2C provided via US15W GPIOs on COM Express™ Connector Pin B33/B34, the LVDS I2C from US15W SCH is available on COM express™ connector pin A83/A84. The I2C interface offers full MultiMaster and Clock Stretching support. Fast I2C clock speed depends on the CPU performance and differs between ATOM™...
Features 4.8 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events The nanoETXexpress-SP only 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 »...
Design Consideration 5.1.1 Thermal Management A heatspreader plate assembly is available from Kontron Embedded Modules for the nanoETXexpress-SP. 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 other cooling device.
Ressources System Ressources 6.1 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines Please be aware that an ACPI OS decides itself on resource usage. The tables below show only an example distribution. 6.1.1 In 8259 PIC Mode IRQ# Used For Available Comment Timer 0...
Ressources 6.2 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.
Ressources 6.4 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Devices All devices follow the Peripheral Component Interconnect 2.3 (PCI 2.3) respectively 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.
Ressources 6.8 System Management (SM) Bus nanoETXexpress-SP module: I2C Address Used For Comment JIDA Bus Nr. 30h/60h STTS424E02 Temp Sensor / SPD Winbond W83L771W HWM Clockgenerator Additional resources if connected to nanoETXexpress Evaluation Backplane and MARS I2C Address Used For Comment JIDA Bus Nr.
Ressources 6.9.4 Hardware Monitor Sensor Function Temp 0 Module Temperature (internal IC temperature of onboard Winbond W839771 HWM) Temp 1 CPU ACPI Temperature (measured with Winbond W839771 HWM)) Temp 2 External SIO Winbond 83627 Temp Sensor 1) Temp 3...
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Operation Legend Bar Use the keys listed in the legend bar on the bottom to make your selections or exit the current menu. The table below describes the legend keys and their alternates. Function <F1> or <Alt-H> General Help window.
Operation 7.3 BIOS Setup 7.3.1 Main Menu Feature Option Description System Time [hh:mm:ss] <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field System Date [mm-dd-yyyy] <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field...
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Operation Slot 1 Current Memory Configuration SLOT1 shows information of onboard system memory stored in SPD. The SPD EEPROM is supported with CE 4.x.x (PCB L140) or newer. Current LVDS Configuration...
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Operation CPU Configuration Feature Option Description Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit Disabled for WindowsXP Enabled Intel® Virtualization Tech Enabled When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional HW Caps, provided by Intel® Virtualization Tech. Note: A full reset is Disabled required to change the setting.
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Operation IDE Configuration Feature Option Description IDE Controller Enabled Enables or disables the IDE interface of US15W SCH. This concerns the onboard SSD and PATA2SATA brdige. Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled Disables/enables device write protection. It will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS functions.
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Operation IDE Device Submenu Feature Option Description Type Not Installed Selects the type of the IDE Devices connected to the system Auto CD/DVD ARMD LBA/Large Mode Disabled Disables the LBA mode or enables it, when a device supports it...
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Operation AHCI Configuration Feature Option Description AHCI BIOS Support Enabled Enables / Disables the AHCI Support in BIOS Disabled AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out Selects the boot time out for AHCI CD/DVD devices …...
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Operation SDIO Configuration Feature Option Description Select SDIO or GPIO SD Card The SD card interface is shared with module GPIO signals. To use GPIO with this module it is necessary to set this switch to GPIO. GPIO Data Access Mode...
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Operation LPC I/O Controller Configuration Feature Option Description Serial Port1 Address Disabled Selects the Address of COM Port 1 3F8/IRQ 2F8/IRQ 3E8/IRQ 2E8/IRQ Serial Port2 Address Disabled Selects the Address of COM Port 2 3F8/IRQ 2F8/IRQ 3E8/IRQ 2E8/IRQ Serial Port2 Mode...
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Operation ACPI Configuration Feature Option Description ACPI Version ACPI v.3.0 Selects the ACPI version ACPI v.2.0 ACPI APIC support Enabled Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list. Disabled Repost Video on S3 Resume If yes, Videobios is reinitialized after S3 Resume...
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Operation ACPI Cooling Options Feature Option Description Passive Trip Point Disabled This value controls the temperature of the ACPI Passive Trip Point - the point in which the OS will begin throttling the CPU. 40°C 45°C 50°C … 110°C Passive TC1 value This value sets the TC1 value for the ACPI Passive Cooling Formula.
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Operation Miscellaneous Settings Feature Option Description Spread Spectrum Disabled Enables or Disables spread spectrum for the selected Clocks. LVDS: Enables LVDS Spread Spectrum LVDS Core: Enables CPU, PCIe, Chipset Spread Spectrum Core Both A20 line controlled by Auto Detection This setting allows choosing how address line A20 is controlled for legacy systems.
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Operation I2C Busses Feature Option Description JIDA I2C Bus Speed Very high Select speed for JIDA/external I2C bus. See table below for speed settings. High Medium … Ultra Slow Multi Master support Enabled Enables / disables I2C multi master support...
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Operation Watchdog Feature Option Description Mode Reset Selects the mode of the watchdog Disabled Timeout Set the timout for Watchdog 1:00m 5:00m 10:00m...
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Operation MARS Interface Configuration Feature Option Description MARS Disabled Enables the MARS function Auto Charger Manager...
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Operation Ethernet Configuration Feature Option Description Onboard Gigabit Ethernet Disabled Disables / Enables the onboard Ethernet interface Enabled PXE ROM Disabled Disables / Enables the PXE Boot ROM Enabled...
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Operation PCIExpress Configuration Feature Option Description PCIe Ports Both Disables or enables according PCI Express lanes. Onboard Gigabit Ethernet is connected to Port 1. Disabled Port 0/1: enables specific PCI Express Lane Port 0 Both: Both PCI Express lanes from US15W SCH are enabled...
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Operation USB Configuration Feature Option Description Legacy USB Support Disabled Enables / disables support for legacy USB. Enabled USB 2.0 Controller Mode FullSpeed Configures the USB 2.0 controller in HiSpeed (480Mbps) or FullSpeed HiSpeed (12Mbps) BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Disabled This is a workaround for an OS without EHCI hand-off support.
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Operation USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Feature Option Description USB Mass Storage Reset Delay 10 Sec Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after 20 Sec start unit command. 30 Sec 40 Sec Emulation Type...
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Operation Hardware Health Configuration Feature Option Description Module HWM: Disabled Enables the onboard Hardware Health Monitoring Device H/W Health Enabled CPU Temperature: CPU ACPI temperature Function Module Temperature: Internal temperature of HWM Chipset Sensor #1 / Chipset Sensor #2: Internal thermal sensors of US15W SCH to cause main memory throttling and display refresh throttling.
Operation 7.3.4 Advanced PCI/PnP Settings Feature Option Description Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM once during next system boot. PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency register … PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Disables and enables PCI IDE Busmaster Enabled IRQ3 …...
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Operation Boot Setting Configuration Feature Option Description Dark Boot Disabled Disabled: Shows normal POST messages Enabled: Shows OEM Logo during boot up Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Set Display Mode for Option ROM Keep Current Bootup Num-Lock...
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Operation USB Bootable Port Configuration Feature Option Description Port 0 - 7 Disabled Enables/Disables a specific port to be bootable Enabled...
Operation 7.3.6 Security Feature Option Description Change Supervisor Password Type in Change User Password Type in Boot Sector Virus Protection Enables or disables boot sector virus protection. Disabled Enabled 7.3.7...
Operation 7.3.8 Advanced Chipset Settings Graphic Controller Configuration Feature Option Description Primary Graphic Adapter PCIe/Onboard Selects which graphics controller is used as primary boot device (boot sequence) Onboard Onboard Graphic Mode Disabled Selects the amount of pre-allocated system memory used by the...
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Operation Display Control Feature Option Description Boot Display Device Auto Select the Boot Display Device. Note: SDVO is not supported on LVDS HW Rev CE 1.x.x (PCB L130) SDVO- SDVO- DVI/HD...
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Operation Internal LVDS Configuration Feature Option Description Flat Panel Mode Auto Selects the Mode for the flat panel detection Fixed Mode PAID FPID Auto Fallback Disabled Selects what happens, when there is no EEPROM detected (only when Fixed Mode...
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Operation System Controller Hub Configuration Feature Option Description USB UHCI Controller Disabled Enables / Disables USB ports 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports … 8 USB Ports Enabled USB EHCI Controller Controls EHCI (USB 2.0) functionality for all the UHCI ports set to active...
Operation 7.3.9 Exit Menu Feature Description Save To RTC/EEPROM and Exit Saving system setup to RTC and EEPROM and exit setup. F10 key can be used for this operation Save As Custom Defaults To RTC/Flash and Exit Saving system setup as custom defaults to RTC and Flash and exit setup.
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18. (power supply) NOW1M130 20.05.09 Changed Layout to new Kontron Design, Updated Module specifications, Updated Block Diagram, Added current available module types and specifications of used onboard SSD Flash, Updated Power Consumption, Added MTBF, Updated detailed Graphics Memory Information, Corrected...