User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor About this Manual This manual describes the technical aspects of the SC1-ALLEGRO, required for installation and system integration. It is intended for the experienced user only. Edition History Changes...
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User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Overview The SC1-ALLEGRO is a rich featured high The SC1-ALLEGRO is equipped with up to 16GB performance 4HP/3U CompactPCI ® Serial CPU RAM with ECC support. 8GB memory-down are board, equipped with an Intel®...
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CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Technical Features Feature Summary Feature Summary CompactPCI ® < Serial (PICMG® CPCI-S.0) System Slot Controller Chief River Ivy Bridge + ECC Panther Point Based on the Intel®...
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Front Panel Connectors ETH1/2 Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 receptacles with integrated indicator LEDs mDP1/2 Mini DisplayPort digital video output receptacle (VGA connector available as alternate) USB1/2 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 type A receptacles...
Micro FC-BGA package for direct soldering to the PCB, i.e. the chip cannot be removed or changed by the user. The processors supported by the SC1-ALLEGRO are running at core clock speeds up to 2.1GHz for quad core and up to 2.5GHz on dual core devices. Due to Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® and Intel®...
Speedfan, which can be downloaded from the web. After installation, both temperatures and voltages can be observed permanently from the Windows® taskbar. The SC1-ALLEGRO is equipped with a passive heatsink. Its height takes into account the 4HP limitation CompactPCI ®...
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Main Memory The SC1-ALLEGRO features two channels of DDR3 SDRAMs with support of ECC (Error Correction Code). One channel is realized with 18 memory devices soldered to the board (Memory Down) and delivers a capacity of up to 8GB with a clock frequency of 1600MHz (PC3-12800).
Core i7 processor, the different interfaces like DisplayPort, SDVO and VGA are moved to the PCH. The SC1-ALLEGRO offers two Mini DisplayPort (mDP) interfaces in the front panel. Adapters to convert Mini DisplayPort to any other popular interface standard are available.
A LED named HD located in the front panel, signals disk activity status of any of the SATA devices. Additionally a variety of side cards is available, suitable for mounting on the SC1-ALLEGRO in a 4HP (20.32mm) distance (resulting in 8HP front panel width for the assembly). Some of these side boards can accommodate a SATA drive, e.g.
The HD Audio port requires an additional audio codec, as provided e.g. on the CCO-CONCERT side card. The LPC bus presents an easy way to add legacy interfaces to the system. EKF offers a variety of mezzanine expansion boards (side cards), to be attached on top of the SC1-ALLEGRO, featuring all classic Super-I/O functionality, for example the CCO-CONCERT.
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Real-Time Clock The SC1-ALLEGRO has a time-of-day clock and 100-year calendar, integrated into the QM77 PCH. A battery on the board keeps the clock current when the computer is turned off. The SC1 uses a BR2032 lithium battery soldered in the board, giving an autonomy of more than 5 years.
The healthy state of the SC1-ALLEGRO is indicated by the LED PG (Power Good) located in the front panel. This bicoloured LED signals different states of the board (see section below). As soon as this LED begins to lite green, all power voltages are within their specifications and the reset signal has been deasserted.
Front Panel LEDs The SC1-ALLEGRO is equipped with four LEDs which can be observed from the front panel. Three of these LEDs are labelled according to their primary meaning, but should be interpreted altogether for...
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor PG (Power Good) LED The SC1-ALLEGRO offers a bicolour LED labelled PG located within the front panel. After system reset, this LED defaults to signal different power states: Sleep state S3, S4 or S5 <...
PS_ON# (connector P1 pin E2). If the system enters the sleep state S5 (soft off), the signal PS_ON# is pulled high, hence the main power supply is switched-off. The SC1-ALLEGRO is held in soft off state until a power management event (e.g. power button event triggered by the front panel handle) brings back the system to the S0 state.
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Mezzanine Side Board Options The SC1-ALLEGRO is provided with several stacking connectors for attachment of a mezzanine expansion module (aka side board), suitable for a variety of readily available mezzanine cards (please refer to www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/mezz_ovw.pdf for a more comprehensive overview). EKF furthermore offers custom specific development of side boads (please contact sales@ekf.de).
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CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor J-EXP I/F Type Controller LPC (Low Pin Count) HD Audio SMBus CPU (buffered) 2 x USB 2.0 J-HSE I/F Type Controller SATA1 PCH 3GT/s SATA2, SATA3 PCH 6GT/s 4 x USB 2.0...
Serial specification defines a card slot system based on the modern high ® speed data-links PCI Express , SATA, Ethernet and USB. The SC1-ALLEGRO, designed to act as a CompactPCI ® Serial system slot controller, provides the resources of these interfaces. The backplane distributes them in the form of point to point connections to the peripheral slots.
SGPIO (Connector P1 Pins G3/H3/J3/K3) will be disconnected < One result of that is, that a SC1-ALLEGRO 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.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Installing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Removing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor EMC Recommendations In order to comply with the CE regulations for EMC, it is mandatory to observe the following rules: The chassis or rack including other boards in use must comply entirely with CE...
When your system is turned off, a battery maintains the voltage to run the time-of-day clock and to keep the values in the CMOS RAM. The battery should last during the lifetime of the SC1-ALLEGRO. For replacement, the old battery must be desoldered, and the new one soldered. We suggest that you send back the board to EKF for battery replacement.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor 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 processor and platform controller hub QM77.
General Purpose EEPROM Hardware Monitor LM87 Attached to the SMBus, the SC1-ALLEGRO is provided with a hardware monitor (LM87). This device is capable to observe the board and on-board memory temperatures, as well as several supply voltage rails with a resolution of 8 bit. The following table shows the mapping of the voltage inputs of the...
User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Board Control and Status Registers A set of board control and status registers allow to program special features on the SC1-ALLEGRO: Assert a full reset < Control activity of front panel reset and power event button <...
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Description CMD_CTRL0 SRES 0=Normal operation (Default) 1=A full system reset is performed Read/Clear Status Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xB0 Read: SMBus Address 0xB1 Description CMD_STAT0...
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Read/Clear Status Register 1 Write: SMBus Address 0xB2 Read: SMBus Address 0xB3 Description CMD_STAT1 RESERVED Always read as 0 WDGRST 0=Normal operation 1=Last system reset may be caused by a watchdog time-out...
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor GPIO Usage GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO Type Tol. Function Description GPIO 0 3.3V THRM_ALERT# Monitoring of processor PROCHOT# GPIO 1 3.3V...
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CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO Type Tol. Function Description GPIO 34 3.3V EXP_SMB_EN Connect SMBus on J-EXP to local SMBus LOW: J-EXP disconnected from SMBus HIGH: J-EXP connected to SMBus GPIO 35 3.3V...
The link width and transfer rate of the PCI Express interfaces attached to the local expansion connector P-PCIE is configurable by two DIP switches (DS-P) located on the backside of the SC1-ALLEGRO. Note that changes in PCIe link configuration are honoured by the SC1-ALLEGRO not before a system reset was performed.
The jumper P-GP may be used to reset the UEFI BIOS configuration settings to a default state. The UEFI BIOS on SC1-ALLEGRO stores most of its settings in an area within the BIOS flash, e.g. the actual boot devices. Using the jumper P-GP is only necessary, if it is not possible to enter the setup of the BIOS.
BIOS POST after power on. Note that installing of jumper P-RTC will neither set UEFI BIOS Setup to EKF Factory Defaults nor resets the time and date register values of the RTC (Real Time Clock). To reset the RTC core the board must be removed from the system rack. Short-circuit the pins of P-RTC for about 1 sec.
DisplayPort and SDVO interfaces permitting simultaneous independent operation of up to three displays. Two DP receptacles are available from the SC1-ALLEGRO front panel, as mDP (Mini DisplayPort) connectors, which is a space saving alternate to the standard DP connector and is also specified by the VESA.
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User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor A third DisplayPort video output is available when combining the SC1-ALLEGRO with the mezzanine side cards SCS-TRUMPET or PCS-BALLET. The standard DP connector is provided with latches, which may be preferred for some applications.
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor VGA Video Connector As an option, the SC1-ALLEGRO can be equipped with a legacy VGA connector (High-Density D-Sub 15-position female connector). The connector VGA replaces the two Mini DisplayPort receptacles, and the digital video interface therefore is not available concurrently with this option.
USB Connectors The Intel® QM77 Platform Controller Hub incorporates a four-port USB 3.0 xHCI host controller. Two ports are directly available on the SC1-ALLEGRO front panel (type A receptacle), for attachment of external USB devices. USB • Dual USB 3.0 Receptacle USB 3.0 dual type A receptacle, stacked, 18-position...
This SATA channel is capable to perform up to 6Gbps. All TX/RX designations with respect to the SATA controller. This SATA channel was moved to the CompactPCI Serial Backplane with Rev.2 of SC1-ALLEGRO. WARNING: The +3.3V/+5V/+12V power pins are not protected against a short circuit event. The connector J-HSE therefore should be used only for attachment of an approved expansion side card.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor SDVO/DisplayPort Expansion Header J-SDVO J-SDVO SDVO_RED+/DP_LANE0+ SDVO_CLK+/DP_LANE3+ SDVO_RED-/DP_LANE0- SDVO_CLK-/DP_LANE3- SDVO_GREEN+/DP_LANE1+ SDVO_INT+/DP_AUX+ SDVO_GREEN-/DP_LANE1- SDVO_INT-/DP_AUX- SDVO_BLUE+/DP_LANE2+ SDVO_CTR_CLK/DP_HPD SDVO_BLUE-/DP_LANE2- SDVO_CTR_DATA/DP_CFG1 To use J-SDVO as either an SDVO or a further DisplayPort interface, some of the control lines are configurable by a multiplexer.
The jumper P-FPH is used for attachment of an external SPDT switch. By default, P-FPH is connected across a short cable harness to a microswitch, which is integrated into the SC1-ALLEGRO front panel handle (ejector lever). The switch performs a power button event (e.g. system shutdown) by short- circuiting the pins 1 and 3 of P-FPH when activated (hold unlock button of front panel handle depressed momentarily).
CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Processor Debug Header XDP1 The SC1-ALLEGRO may be equipped with a 26-position processor debug header for hard- and software debugging (specified by Intel® as XDP-SFF-26 Pin Platform Connection). The connector is suitable for installation of a flat flex cable (FFC), in order to attach an JTAG debugger (emulator) such as the Arium ECM-XDP3.
CompactPCI ® Serial User Guide • SC1-ALLEGRO • CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor Backplane Connectors Six high speed backplane connectors optimized for differential signal transmission are specified as P1 ® CompactPCI ® to P6 by the PICMG Serial. The mandatory P1 conveys amongst others the power, system control and status pins.
CompactPCI Serial CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor CompactPCI ® Serial Backplane Connector P1 CompactPCI ® Serial System Slot Backplane Connector • EKF Part #250.3.1206.20.02 72 pos. 12x6, 14mm Width, Type A 1_PE_TX02+ 1_PE_TX02- 1_PE_RX02+ 1_PE_RX02- 1_PE_TX03+ 1_PE_TX03- 1_PE_RX03+ 1_PE_RX03-...
The PCI Express Lanes 1_PE_* and 2_PE_* are derived from the i7 processor and capable to transfer 8GT/s. Polarity inversion was made on these lanes on SC1-ALLEGRO for better routing. This is allowed according the “PCI Express Base Specification 3.0" and has no effect on function or performance of the link.
CompactPCI Serial CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor CompactPCI ® Serial Backplane Connector P4 CompactPCI ® Serial System Slot Backplane Connector • EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.00 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width, Type B 6_PE_TX02+ 6_PE_TX02- 6_PE_RX02+ 6_PE_RX02- 6_PE_TX03+ 6_PE_TX03- 6_PE_RX03+ 6_PE_RX03-...
CompactPCI Serial CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor CompactPCI ® Serial Backplane Connector P5 CompactPCI ® Serial System Slot Backplane Connector • EKF Part #250.3.1206.20.00 72 pos. 12x6, 12mm Width, Type C 5_PE_CLKE# 5_PE_CLK+ 5_PE_CLK- 6_PE_CLKE# 6_PE_CLK+ 6_PE_CLK- 7_PE_CLKE# 7_PE_CLK+...
CompactPCI Serial CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor CompactPCI ® Serial Backplane Connector P6 CompactPCI ® Serial System Slot Backplane Connector • EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.02 96 pos. 12x8, 18mm Width, Type D 8_ETH_A+ 8_ETH_A- 8_ETH_B+ 8_ETH_B- 8_ETH_C+ 8_ETH_C- 8_ETH_D+ 8_ETH_D-...
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