Understanding Com Express® Functionality; Com Express® Documentation; Com Express® Benefits; Table 1: Pin Assignment Of Type 7 And Come-Bid7 - Kontron COMe-bID7 User Manual

1.3. Understanding COM Express® Functionality
All Kontron COM Express® basic and compact modules contain two 220pin connectors; each of it has two rows called
Row A & B on primary connector and Row C & D on secondary connector. The COM Express® Computer-On-Module
(COM) features the following maximum amount of interfaces according to the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers
Group (PICMG) module Pin-out type.

Table 1: Pin Assignment of Type 7 and COMe-bID7

Feature
NBASE-T LAN
10GBASE-KR LAN Ports
NC-SI
PCI Express
Serial ATA
USB
Serial Ports
eSPI/LPC
External SPI
External SMB
External I2C
GPIO
1.4. COM Express® Documentation
The COM Express® Specification defines the COM Express® module form factor, pin-out, and signals. This
specification is available at the PICMG® website by filling out the order form.
1.5. COM Express® Benefits
COM Express® defines a Computer-On-Module, or COM, with all the components necessary for a bootable host
computer, packaged as a highly integrated computer. All Kontron COM Express® modules are very compact and
feature a standardized form factor and a standardized connector layout that carry a specified set of signals. Each
COM is based on the COM Express® specification. This standardization allows designers to create a single-system
baseboard that can accept present and future COM Express® modules.
The baseboard designer can optimize exactly how each of these functions implements physically. Designers can
place connectors precisely where needed for the application, on a baseboard optimally designed to fit a system's
packaging.
A single baseboard design can use a range of COM Express® modules with different sizes and pinouts. This flexibility
differentiates products at various price and performance points and provides a built-in upgrade path when designing
future-proof systems. The modularity of a COM Express® solution also ensures against obsolescence when computer
technology evolves. A properly designed COM Express® baseboard can work with several successive generations of
COM Express® modules.
A COM Express® baseboard design has many advantages of a customized computer-board design and, additionally,
delivers better obsolescence protection, heavily reduced engineering effort, and faster time to market.
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Type 7 Standard
1x 10GBit max.
4x
1x
32x
2x
4x USB 3.2 (USB 2.0)
2x
1x
1x
1x
1x
8x
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1x 2.5GBit max
4x
1x
16x PCIe Gen3
16x PCIe Gen4
2x
4x USB 3.1 Gen1 respect. USB 3.0 (USB 2.0)
2x
1x
1x
1x
1x
8x
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