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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Symbols The following symbols may be used in this manual DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 Technical Support ..................................... 80 9.1. Warranty ........................................80 9.2. Returning Defective Merchandise ..............................80 List of Acronyms ......................................82 About Kontron ........................................83 List of Tables Table 1: Component Main Data ..................................16 Table 2: Environmental Conditions ................................18 Table 3: Certification and Compliance Information ..........................
Doc. Rev. 1.4 1/ Introduction This manual describes the Mini ITX 8th generation S-C236 board. This board will also be denoted mITX-KBL-S-C236 within this Users Guide. The use of this Users Guide implies a basic knowledge of PC hard- and software. This manual is focussed on describing the mITX-KBL-S-C236 board’s special features and is not intended to be a standard PC textbook.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 2/ Description The mainboard mITX-KBL-S-C236 is based on the 8th generation processor family. It uses the Chipset C236 PCH from Intel. This powerful hardware with efficient graphic and network capabilities offers a broad range of application areas. The processor, graphics and memory controller is built on 22 nm die.
• Handle the board only by the edges To get the board running follow these steps. If the board shipped from Kontron has already components like RAM and CPU cooler mounted, then relevant steps below can be skipped. Turn off the PSU (Power Supply Unit) Turn off PSU (Power Supply Unit) completely (no mains power connected to the PSU) or leave the Power Connectors unconnected while configuring the board.
3.3. Requirements IEC60950-1 Take care when designing chassis interface connectors in order to fulfil the IEC60950-1 standard. Users of mITX-KBL-S-C236 must evaluate the end product to ensure compliance the requirements of the IEC60950- 1 safety standard are met: The motherboard must be installed in a suitable mechanical, electrical and fire enclosure.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 3.4. Lithium battery precautions Danger of explosion if the lithium battery is incorrectly replaced. • Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions •...
Doc. Rev. 1.4 4.2. Component Main Data The table below summarizes the features of the mITX-KBL-S-C236 embedded motherboard. Table 1: Component Main Data Motherboard mITX-KBL-S-C236 Form factor Mini ITX (170.18 mm by 170.18 mm) Processor Onboard CPU variants Intel® 8th generation S Processor line, LGA1151 CPU Socket (37.5 mm x 37.5 mm) Range from 65 to 80 W TDP, Core™...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 CMOS Clear 1x (1x 3 ) 2 mm pin-header Front Panel 1x 24 pin connector Power COM pin 9 2x ( 2x 3 ) 2.0 mm pin-header; PS/2 1x(2x3) 2.0 mm pin-header (for installing Windows) Display Intel®Gen 9 LP (generation 9 Low Power) graphics core with three pipes and 72 Execution...
-20°C~70°C (-4°F~176°F); lower limit of storage temperature is defined by specification restriction of on-board CR2032 battery. Board with battery has been verified for storage temperature down to -40 C by Kontron. Up to 95 % relative humidity (temperature 25°C to 30°C) Radiated Emissions All Peripheral interfaces intended for connection to external equipment are EMI protected.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 5/ Jumpers and Connectors 5.1. Hardware Configuration Setting This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connectors. All of the configuration jumpers on the board are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with an asterisk (*).
Doc. Rev. 1.4 5.2. Mainboard Placement and Rear I/O locations Figure 2: Front Side and Interfaces ATX-4-pin Power connector ATX 12 V power interface LPC1 Bus SATA connector Sys-Fan Battery holder Com1 Memory connector Com2 CPU connector PCH chip controller...
Doc. Rev. 1.4 6/ Pin Definitions The following sections provide pin definitions and detailed description of all on-board connectors. The connector definitions follow the following notation: Table 4: Connector Definitions Column Name Description Shows the pin-numbers in the connector. The graphical layout of the connector definition tables is made similar to the physical connectors.
Intel® Core i7, -i5, -i3 Quad Core processor Intel® Xeon processor Kontron has defined the board versions as listed in the following table, so far all based on Embedded CPUs. Table 5: Processor Support Name Speed Turbo Embed.
1060-2764 6.3. Ethernet Connectors (I/O area) The mITX-KBL-S-C236 supports three channels of 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet (LAN1 to LAN3). In order to achieve the specified performance of the Ethernet port, Category 5 twisted pair cables must be used with 10/100 MByte/s and Category 5E, 6 or 6E with 1 Gbit/s LAN networks.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 Signal Description In MDI crossover mode, this pair acts as the BI_DD+/- pair. MDI[3]+ / MDI[3]- In MDI mode, this is the fourth pair in 1000Base-T, i.e. the BI_DD+/- pair. In MDI crossover mode, this pair acts as the BI_DC+/- pair.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 6.5. Audio Jack Connectors (I/O area) Figure 9: Audio Jack Ring Sleeve Mating Audio Jack (example) Table 11: Pin Assignment (Line Out, green) Pin Designation Signal Type Note Front_OUT_L For headphone, max 1.6 V Ring Front_OUT_R For headphone, max 1.6 V...
Doc. Rev. 1.4 6.6. Fan Connectors (internal) The FANSYS (SYS_FAN) can be used to power, control and monitor a fan for chassis ventilation etc. The FANCPU (CPU_FAN) is used for the connection of the FAN for the CPU. The 4-pin header is recommended to be used for driving 4-wire type Fan in order to implement FAN speed control.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 7/ Features and Power Supply 7.1. Onboard Power Supply The KBL-S/mITX implements an on-board Intel IMVP8 regulator for the processor core and graphics core power supply. The main feature of Intel IMVP8 regulator is that it is serial Voltage Identification Definition (VID) based. Both the processor core and graphics core Voltage Regulator (VRs) are integrated into a single package.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 7.3. Power Management Processor supports ACPI 4.0a C0, C1, C1E, C3, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10 states. All power management handshakes are made on the DMI interface. None of the ‘Power State’ status signals can be observed on the board directly.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 8/ BIOS Setup structure The Setup utility features for menus listed in the selection bar at the top of the screen: Main Advanced Chipset Security Boot Save & Exit The Setup menus are selected via the left and right arrow keys. The currently active menu and the currently active uEFI BIOS Setup item are highlighted in white.
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Low Power SO Idle Enable/Disable Low Power SO Idle Lpit Recidency Counter Select Recidency Counter PCI Delay Optimization Enable/Disable PCI Delay Optimization ZpODD Enable/Disable ZpODD C6DRAM Enable/Disable C6DRAM SW Guard Extensions (SGX) Enable/Disable Software Guard...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Flash Wear Out Protection Enable/Disable Flash Wear Out Protection Current Debug Interface Status Display Current Debug Interface Status Debug Interface Enable/Disable Debug Interface Support Debug Interface Lock Enable/Disable Debug Interface Lock Processor trace memory allocation...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Configurable TDP Enable/Disable Configurable TDP Lock Lock CTDP BIOS Control Enable/Disable CTDP Control via runtime ACPI BIOS methods ConfigTDP Levels ConfigTDP Turbo Activation Ratio, Power Limit 1, Power Limit 2 Custom Settings Setting for Power Limit 1, Power Limit 2,...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Display PS Current Threshold3 Current Threshol Enable/Disable PS3 Enable Enable/Disable PS4 Enable IMON Display IMON Slope Slope IMON Display IMON Offset Offset IMON Set the Offset value as positive or Prefix negative Display VR Current Limit...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Threshol Enable/Disable PS3 Enable Enable/Disable PS4 Enable IMON Display IMON Slope Slope IMON Display IMON Offset Offset IMON Set the Offset value as positive or Prefix negative Display VR Current Limit Current Limit...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Enable/Disable PS3 Enable Enable/Disable PS4 Enable IMON Display IMON Slope Slope IMON Display IMON Offset Offset IMON Set the Offset value as positive or Prefix negative Display VR Current Limit Current Limit Display VR Voltage Limit...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description IO MWAIT Redirection When set, will map IO_read instructions sent to IO registers PMG_IO_BASE_ADDRBASE+off set to MWAIT(offset) Package C State Limit Maximum Package C State Limit Setting C3 Latency Control (MSR 0X60A) Setting of Time Unit (Unit of...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Features State Display Features State AMT BIOS Features Display AMT BIOS Features AMT Configuration ASF support Enable/Disable Alert Standard Format Support USB Provisioning of AMT Enable/Disable of AMT USB Provisioning CIRA Active Trigger CIRA boot...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description ME Unconfig on RTC Clear Display ME Unconfig on RTC Clear Comms Hub Support Enable/Disable support for Comms Hub JHI Support Enable/Disable Intel® DAL Host Interface Service (JHI) Core Bios Done Message Enable/Disable Core Bios Done message...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description SensorHub Delay after applying power to SensorHub device I2C1 Controller Delay in _PSO I2C1 Controller TouchPad Delay after applying power to TouchPad device TouchPanel Delay in PR _ON after applying power to TouchPanel device...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Hibernate ACPI Sleep State Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUSPEND button is pressed Lock Legacy Resources Enable/Disable Lock Legacy Resources S3 Video Repost Enable/Disable S3 Video Repost...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Putty KeyPad Select function key and keypad on Putty Redirection After BIOS The settings specify if bootLoader is POST selected then Legacy console redirection is disable before booting to Legacy OS COM1(Pci Bus0, Dev0, Func0)
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description LVDS LVDS Flat Panel Display Support Enable/Disable LVDS Flat Panel Display Configuration Support Panel Type Select the type or Manufacturer’s name of the display panel Resolution Select the screen resolution of the display panel...
Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description specified speed Watchdog Function 0 = Disable. Enter the service interval in seconds before the system will reset ITE8528 Firmware Update This option is enable Auto Update when version is not match, force update or...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description floor values Dram Display Dram Power Meter Setting Power Meter Setting Memory Lock Enabled: lock several PCU Thermal Thermal registers related to DDR Reportin Manage power/thermal ment management Register Extern Enabled: The value from...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Warm Range [255;0]=[31.875;0] in Thresho W for OLTM, [127.5;0] in C ld Ch1 for CLTM Dimm1 Range [255;0]=[31.875;0] in Thresho W for OLTM, [127.5;0] in C for CLTM ld Ch1 Dimm0 Range [255;0]=[31.875;0] in Thresho W for OLTM, [127.5;0] in C...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description 1 enable Disable(Disable= Def) RAPL PL Range[0;2^14- 1 Power 1]=[2047.875;0] in W, (0= Def) RAPL PL Power PL 1 time windowX value, Window (1/1024)*(1+(x/4))*(2^y)(0= Def) RAPL PL Power PL 1 time windowY value,...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description DIMM SPD Alias Test Test to determine if the SPD has been corrupted to cause memory aliasing Receive Enable Centering 1D Enable/Disable Receive Enable Centering 1D Retrain Margin Check Enable/Disable Retrain Margin Check...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Probeless Trace HD Port, GDXC IOT/MOT od Disable Enable/Disable IED (Intel Enhanced Debug) Intel Enhanced Debug requires 4MB SMM memory Ch Hash Support Enable/Disable Channel Hash Support Ch Hash Mask Set the BIT(s) to be included...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description AUTO: 64 for ULX/ULT, 128 for DT/Halo Mrc Fast Boot Enable/Disable fast path thru the MRC Lpddr Mem WL Set Only applicable to LPDDR, Memory Write Latency Set selection (A is default, B will...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description PAVP Enable Enable/Disable PAVP Cdynmax Clamping Enable Enable/Disable Cdynmax Clamping Cd Clock Frequency Select the highest Cd Clock Frequency supported by the platform IUER Button Enable Enable/Disable IUER Button Functionality DMI/OPI DMI Max Link Speed...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description control on DMI DMI IOT Enable/Disable DMI IOT PEG Port PEG 0:1:0 Enable Root Port Enable/Disable the Root Configuration Port Max Link Speed Configure PEG 0:1:0 Max Speed PEGO Slot Power Limit Value...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description value for each Lane Lane 1 Value for Lane 1 Lane 2 Value for Lane 2 Lane 3 Value for Lane 3 Lane 4 Value for Lane 4 Lane 5 Value for Lane 5...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Lane 5 Value for Lane 5 Lane 6 Value for Lane 6 Lane 7 Value for Lane 7 Lane 8 Value for Lane 8 Lane 9 Value for Lane 9 Lane 10 Value for Lane 10...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description test mode Jitter Dwell Time PEG Gen3 Preset Search dwell time [0..65535] in [usec] Jitter Error Target The margin search error target value [1..65535] VOC Dwell Time The VOC margin search dwell time [0..65535] in...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Peer Memory Write Enable Peer Memory Write Enable/Disable Compliance Test Mode Enable when using Compliance Load Board PCIe-USB Glitch W/A PCIe-USB Glitch W/A for bad USB device(s) connected behind PCIE/PEG Port PCIe Function swap...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description PCIE15 Cm Display PCIE15 Cm PCIE15 Cp Display PCIE15 Cp PCIE16 Cm Display PCIE16 Cm PCIE16 Cp Display PCIE16 Cp PCIE17 Cm Display PCIE17 Cm PCIE17 Cp Display PCIE17 Cp PCIE18 Cm Display PCIE18 Cm...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Enable/Disable PCI Express Completion Timer T0 Enable/Disable SEFE Root PCI Express System Error on Fatal Error Enable/Disable SENFE Root PCI Express System Error on Non-Fatal Error Enable/Disable SECE Root PCI Express System Error on Correctable Error...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Override default platform mapping Extra Detect Non- Detect Non-Compliance PCI options Express Device Compliance Device Prefetchable Prefetchable Memory Memory Range for this Root Bridge Reserved Reserved Memory Memory Alignment (0-31 bits) Alignment Prefetchable...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description DITO Configuration Enable/Disable DITO Configuration DITO Value Display DITO Value DM Value Display DM Value SATA1 mSATA: Unknown Software Preserve Software Preserve Port 1 Enable/Disable SATA Port Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description DITO Value Display DITO Value DM Value Display DM Value SATA3 J12: Unknown Software Preserve Software Preserve Port 3 Enable/Disable SATA Port Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Configured as eSATA...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description SATA7 J13: Unknown Software Preserve Software Preserve Port 7 Enable/Disable SATA Port Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Configured as eSATA Hot Plug Supported Spin Up Device Enable/Disable Spin Up Device SATA Device Type...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description iDisplay Audio Disconnect Disconnects SDI2 signal to hide/disable iDisplay Audio Codec PME Enable Enables PME wake of HD Audio controller during POST HD Audio I/O Buffer Select the ownership of the Advanced Control:...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Detection Feature Audio DSP Enables/Disables 3rd Party Pre/Post- Processing Module Support Processing (identified by GUID) Module Support: Waves Post- process Enables/Disables 3rd Party Processing Module Support (identified by GUID) IntelSST Speech Enables/Disables 3rd Party...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Icepower IP Enables/Disables 3rd Party MFX sub Processing Module Support module (identified by GUID) Icepower IP EFX Enables/Disables 3rd Party sub module Processing Module Support (identified by GUID) Icepower IP SFX Enables/Disables 3rd Party...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description Settings Connected Device Indicate what type of device is connected to this serial IO controller Serial IO ChipSelect Polarity Sets initial polarity for SPI0 ChipSelect signal Settings Serial IO Bluetooth Device Enables/Disables the...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Sub-Screen Function Description the DCI which allows debug over the USB3 interface DCI Auto Detect Enable When set to Auto Detect, it detect DCI being connected during BIOS post time and enables DCI Debug Port Selection...
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 Function Description Intel® BIOS Guard Intel BIOS Guard Support Enable or Disable Intel BIOS Guard Technology Support Intel TXT Display Intel TXT Information (Chipset, BiosScm, Chipset Txt, Cpu Txt, Error Code, Class Code, Information Major Code and Minor Code)
Doc. Rev. 1.4 8.5. Boot Setup Menu The Boot Setup menu lists the for boot device priority order, which is dynamically generated. Table 32: Boot Priority Order Function Description Boot Configuration Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key...
Visit the RMA Information website: http://www.kontron.com/support-and-services/support/rma-information Download the RMA Request sheet for Kontron Europe GmbH and fill out the form. Take care to include a short detailed description of the observed problem or failure and to include the product identification Information (Name of product, Product number and Serial number).
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Doc. Rev. 1.4 The goods for repair must be packed properly for shipping, considering shock and ESD protection. Goods returned to Kontron Europe GmbH in non-proper packaging will be considered as customer caused faults and cannot be accepted as warranty repairs.
Doc. Rev. 1.4 List of Acronyms Error Checking and Correction Real Time Clock Field Replaceable Unit Trusted Platform Module Graphics Processing Unit UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Hard Disk mITX Mini ITX PCIe PCI-Express PECI Platform Environment Control Interface www.kontron.com...
About Kontron Kontron is a global leader in Embedded Computing Technology (ECT). As a part of technology group S&T, Kontron offers a combined portfolio of secure hardware, middleware and services for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 applications. With its standard products and tailor-made solutions based on highly reliable state-of-the-art embedded technologies, Kontron provides secure and innovative applications for a variety of industries.