SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC About this Manual This manual describes the technical aspects of the SC8-FLUTE, required for installation and system integration. It is intended for the experienced user only. Edition History...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Standards Reference Documents Term Document Origin CompactPCI® CompactPCI® Serial Specification, PICMG® CPCI-S.0 www.picmg.org Serial DisplayPort VESA DisplayPort Standard Version 1.4a, www.vesa.org DisplayPort Alt Mode on USB Type-C Ethernet IEEE Std 802.3...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC General The SC8-FLUTE is a low power CompactPCI® High speed PCIe® x4 SSD mass storage is ™ Serial CPU board, based on an Intel® Atom available via low profile mezzanine modules...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary Feature Summary General CompactPCI® Serial (PICMG® CPCI-S.0) System Slot Controller Form factor single size Eurocard (board dimensions 100x160mm Mounting height 3U Front panel width 4HP (8HP/12HP assembly with optional mezzanine side card) Front panel I/O for versatile system configuration (3 x USB3/DisplayPort, 3 x 2.5Gbps Ethernet)
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary Firmware Phoenix® UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) with CSM* Fully customizable by EKF Secure Boot and Measured Boot supported Windows®, Linux and other (RT)OS' supported...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary Networking Up to 11 Gigabit Ethernet networking interfaces in total 3 x 2.5GBASE-T RJ45 front ports via integrated MACs & SGMII PHYs Marvell® AQR115C Option 8 x 1000BASE-T backplane w. S80-P6 mezzanine module - Marvell® Peridot switch Option 4 x 1000BASE-T backplane w.
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary Front Panel I/O (4HP) 3 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 (2.5GBASE-T, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-Te) 3 x DisplayPort (Type-C Alt Mode) 3 x USB 3.0 Type-C (same as DP connectors)
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary Local Expansion Mezzanine side card connectors for optional local expansion HSE1 - High speed expansion connector, PCIe® Gen3 fully configurable, derived from EHL SoC HSE2 - High speed expansion connector, PCIe® Gen3 configured 4x1, via PCIe® packet switch EXP - Sideband expansion connector, e.g.
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Feature Summary RT OS Board Support Packages & Driver Please contact sales@ekf.de Applications General low power industrial computing, for x86 based software Rugged systems (e.g. transportation, construction machines, harvester)
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC CompactPCI® Serial W h i l e m e c h a n i c a l l y c o m p l i a n t Most CompactPCI®...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Mezzanine Expansion The SC8-FLUTE is equipped with a set of high- HSE1 is assigned to a PCIe® Gen3 x4 capable speed local expansion interface connectors, link, derived directly from the EHL SoC. On a...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Front Panel Connectors USB/DP Type-C USB 3.1 & DisplayPort 1.4 Alternate Mode USB-PD downstream facing ports, V 5V up to 3A (maximum power not available concurrently on any port) DP 4096x2160 @60Hz, MST capable Front panel w.
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Front Panel Switches & Indicators Front Panel Handle integrated microswitch (red button) Programmable function, power event button by default General Purpose bicolour LED LED indicating any activity on SATA ports...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Overview On-Board Connectors & Jumpers Utility Expansion Interface Connector (e.g. eSPI, HD Audio, SMBus) N-EXP Interface to optional mezzanine side card HSE1 High Speed Expansion Connector 1 (PCIe® Gen4 1x4, USB 3.2 Gen 2x1) Interface to low profile mezzanine module or side card High Speed Expansion Connector 2 (PCIe®...
Series SoC System-on-Chip The SC8-FLUTE is equipped with an Intel® Atom® x6000RE Series SoC (aka Elkhart Lake), intended for industrial usage, which means an operating life (reliability) of 10 years, up to 100% active. The compute die and the PCH are integrated into a common package.
The x6000RE SoC features two memory controller channels x64 for DDR4 SDRAMs with in-band support of ECC (Error Correction Code). On the SC8-FLUTE, one channel is realized with 16 memory devices 8Gb, soldered to the board (Memory Down), and delivers a capacity of up to 16GB in total at a clock frequency of 3200MHz.
Mezzanine mass storage comes as an assembly with the SC8-FLUTE, either 4HP front panel width (low profile module), or 8HP (side card). Before ordering the SC8-FLUTE, discuss your need for a low profile mezzanine mass storage module or side card with sales@ekf.com.
DisplayPort™ 1.4 monitors, up to 4096x2160 @60Hz resolution. The ports are available from the SC8-FLUTE front panel via Type-C receptacles (DP Alt Mode). For monitors w/o Type-C video connector use an adapter cable Type-C to DisplayPort™. Suitable Type-C cable connectors can be screw locked optionally via M2 threads in the front panel (single screw connector type.
SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Networking The x6000RE SoC is provided with three 2.5GbE TSN MACs. These are wired on the SC8-FLUTE via discrete 2.5GBASE-T PHYs to the front panel RJ45 jacks, for 4-speed networking (2.5GBASE-T, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T).
Series SoC Trusted Platform Module (TPM) The SC8-FLUTE provides a Trusted Platform Module according to TPM2.0. The Infineon Optiga™ SLx 9670 TPM2.0 is connected to the SoC by an SPI interface, and supports various cryptographic algorithms. The chip contains sophisticated cryptographic hardware modules (crypto processor and cryptographic engines) and is TPM2.0 compliant according to TCG test suites.
The 8_SATA backplane port is wired directly to the EHL SoC, for best SATA 6G performance and suitable for boot devices. Activity is signalled via the HD LED in the SC8-FLUTE front panel. Another three backplane ports 5_SATA - 7_SATA are enabled by the JMS562 USB to SATA bridge (please refer also to Section 'Backplane Resources').
Series SoC PCI Express® The SC8-FLUTE is mainly based on PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology for on-board communication, CompactPCI® Serial backplane support, and mezzanine I/O expansion. Six PCI Express® Gen3 lanes are provided by the Elkhart Lake SoC. Four lanes are wired to the expansion connector HSE1, typically for use as x4 link by an NVMe®...
Series SoC Universal Serial Bus (USB) The SC8-FLUTE provides five USB 3.1 ports in total, 3 x front panel, 1 x backplane, 1 x mezzanine usage. Two USB 3.1 (5Gbps data transfer rate) interfaces derived from the EHL SoC are wired to Type-C front panel connectors USB/DP2 &...
Series SoC SPI Flash The SC8-FLUTE is equipped with two non-volatile serial Flash memory devices, 64Mbit each, or (16MB in total, for UEFI/BIOS and firmware program storage. These components are attached to the EHL SoC, and can be updated if necessary by the user. EKF provides programming tools and maintains BIOS long-term support with respect to feature updates and security issues.
In applications were the use of a battery is not permitted, a SuperCap can be soldered instead of the battery. It is also possible to use the SC8-FLUTE without any battery or SuperCap. In this case the Real-Time Clock can’t keep its time and date. Per default an error message is reported by the UEFI/BIOS...
Series SoC Watchdog An important reliability feature is a software programmable watchdog function. The SC8-FLUTE contains two of these watchdogs. One is part of the EHL SoC and also known as TCO watchdog. Operating systems e.g. Linux offer a driver interface to the TCO watchdog. For TCO details please refer to the 'Intel®...
SC8-FLUTE indicates the different power states. The SC8-FLUTE will enter the power state S5 if the front panel handle is not closed properly when the system powers up. An open handle is signalled by a yellow blinking ‘PG LED’.
6.65A has been defined by the CompactPCI® Serial specification for a card slot. The maximum current actually required for the SC8-FLUTE will be by far lower and depends on the particular processor populated and mezzanine expansion module in use.
Series SoC Thermal Considerations In order to avoid malfunctioning of the SC8-FLUTE, take care of appropriate cooling of the processor and system, e.g. by a cooling fan suitable to the maximum power consumption of the CPU chip actually in use. The processor contains digital thermal sensors (DTS) that are readable via special CPU registers or via PECI bus.
WAKE# (Connector P1 Pin I2) will be disconnected One result of that is, that a SC8-FLUTE plugged into a peripheral slot will not get a reset even if the system controller forces the reset signal on the backplane to an active state.
Series SoC Board Hot-Plug Hot-plug of the SC8-FLUTE itself is not supported, no matter whether it is working as a system controller or satellite board. But the SC8-FLUTE can detect and handle hot-plug events of CompactPCI® Serial peripheral cards. This feature is supported on all interfaces fed to the backplane, i.e.
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Technical Reference Local PCI® Devices The following table shows the on-board PCI® devices and their location within the PCI® configuration space. Several devices are part of the EHL SoC.
Local SMB/I C Devices The SC8-FLUTE contains devices that are attached to the System Management Bus (SMBus). These are the SPD EEPROMs for the on-board memory or the possibly plugged SODIMM, a general purpose serial EEPROM containing board configuration data, the supply voltage/temperature monitoring device NCT7491, a counter for operating hours and reset events, a set of board control and status registers as well as two dual general purpose, non-volatile electronic jumpers.
Series SoC Hardware Monitor NCT7491 Attached to the SMBus, the SC8-FLUTE is provided with the hardware monitor NCT7491. This device is capable to observe the temperatures of the board, processor cores, and on-board memory, as well as several supply voltage rails with a resolution of 10 bit. The following table...
SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Board Control and Status Registers (BCSR) A set of board control and status registers allow to program special features on the SC8-FLUTE: Assert a full reset Control activity of front panel reset and power event button...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Write/Read Control Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xA0 Default after reset: 0x00 Read: SMBus Address 0xA1 Description CMD_CTRL0 GPLED 0=Green part of the front panel LED GP is off (Default)
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Read/Clear Status Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xB0 Read: SMBus Address 0xB1 Description CMD_STAT0 RESERVED Always read as 0 RESERVED Always read as 0 PF18A 0=Normal operation 1=Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the +V1.8A voltage regulator...
™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Read/Clear Status Register 1 Write: SMBus Address 0xB2 Read: SMBus Address 0xB3 Description CMD_STAT1 WDGARMD 0=Normal operation 1=The watchdog is armed and has to be retriggered within its time-out period...
The jumper J-GP may be used to reset the UEFI/BIOS configuration settings to a default state. The UEFI/BIOS on SC8-FLUTE stores most of its settings in an area within the UEFI/BIOS flash, e.g. the actual boot devices. Using the jumper J-GP is only necessary, if it is not possible to enter the setup of the UEFI/BIOS.
The jumper J-MFG is used to bring the board into the manufacturer mode. This is necessary only on board production time and should not used by customers. For normal operation the jumper should be removed. The pin header J-MFG is not stuffed on the SC8-FLUTE by default. J-MFG...
Short-circuit the pins of J-RTC for about 1 sec. Thereafter reinstall the board to the system and switch on the power. The pin header J-RTC is not stuffed on the SC8-FLUTE by default. NOTE: It is important to execute the RTC reset while the board has no power.
F/P connectors are therefore not described in detail in this section. Caution SC8-FLUTE mezzanine connectors provide operating voltage (3.3V, 5V and 12V) to devices inside the system chassis, such as mezzanine cards or system internal peripherals. Not all of these power rails are short circuit protected.
The S8* mezzanines are intended to complement the CPU carrier card with respect to the P6 backplane connector, for up to 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The SC8-FLUTE itself does not provide the P6 connector, according the CompactPCI® Serial Mezzanine Concept.
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Side Card Board to Type-C Option Series Board HSE1 HSE2 Style Front I/O Ethernet Space (HSE2) PCIe x4, 10.0mm USB3 PCIe x4, PCIe x4, 10.0mm USB3 PCIe x4, 10.8mm...
Series SoC CompactPCI® Serial Backplane Connectors The SC8-FLUTE is provided with five high speed backplane connectors P1 - P5, compliant with the CompactPCI® Serial specification (pin mapping for system boards with respect to SC8-FLUTE). The PCI Express® link 1_PE has been derived directly from the EHL SoC (Gen3 x1). The 2_PE and 3_PE links are wired to the on-board packet switch PI7C9X3G808GP (Gen3 x1).
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC P1 CompactPCI® Serial System Slot Backplane Connector Type A 72 pos. 12x6, 14mm Width 1 PE 1 PE 1 PE 1 PE 1 PE 1 PE 1 PE...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC P2 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width BPID BPID USB2+ USB2- USB2+ USB2- USB2+ USB2- TX06+ TX06- RX06+ RX06- TX07+ TX07-...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC P3 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC P4 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width TX02+ TX02- RX02+ RX02- TX03+ TX03- RX03+ RX03- TX00+ TX00- RX00+ RX00- TX01+ TX01-...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC P5 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type C 72 pos. 12x6, 12mm Width CLKE# CLK+ CLK- CLKE# CLK+ CLK- CLKE# CLK+ CLK- CLKE# CLK+ CLK- CLK+ CLK-...
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™ SC8-FLUTE • CompactPCI® Serial CPU Board • Intel® Atom x6000RE Series SoC Beyond All Limits: EKF High Performance Embedded Industrial Computers Made in Germany boards. systems. solutions. Document No. 10074 • 10 June 2022 EKF Elektronik GmbH Phone +49 (0)2381/6890-0 Philipp-Reis-Str.
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