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Therefore, in the interest of your own safety and of the correct operation of your new Kontron product, you are requested to conform with the following guidelines.
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If your product is equipped with a lithium battery, take the following precautions when replacing the battery. Danger of explosion if the battery is replaced incorrectly. CAUTION Replace only with same or equivalent battery type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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General Instructions on Usage In order to maintain Kontron’s product warranty, this product must not be altered or modified in any way. Changes or modifications to the product, that are not explicitly approved by Kontron and described in this user guide or received from Kontron Support as a special handling instruction, will void your warranty.
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Environmental protection is a high priority with Kontron. Kontron follows the WEEE directive You are encouraged to return our products for proper disposal. RoHS / REACH / SVHC General information and documents regarding RoHS / REACH / SVHC are available on Kontron FTP server: https://ftp.kontron.com/main.html?download&weblink=3cb83a90a99c51160d2aa1f1f34cc340&subfolder&subfolder= Products/Declarations_RoHS-REACH-WEEE www.kontron.com...
Feature Overview Table of Content TERMS AND CONDITIONS CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR YOUR SAFETY TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF TABLES FEATURE OVERVIEW INTERFACES AND CONNECTORS SYSTEM MONITORING POWER SUPPLY www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Feature Overview USB IMPLEMENTATION DISPLAY AND GRAPHICS OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT TOOLS AND CUSTOMIZING MISCELLANEOUS ABOUT KONTRON www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
Table 12: Power LED - Board status and Error states ......................34 Table 13: BMC Alert LED - System Monitoring Events ...................... 34 Table 14: Embedded Controller - Board status ......................... 34 www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
SATA Drive Power √ √ Connector 1: F ABLE EATURE COMPARISON K393x-N provides five serial ports, but only four ports are usable simultaneously. ccTalk port is therefore shared with one internal COM port. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Part 6-3: Generic standards - Emission standard for industrial environments EN 62368-1 Safety Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements 3: C ABLE OMPLIANCE Planned: extended temperature range to -10°C until release. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
DPP4 „closed“ (Foam with copper nickel fabric) Breakout feature for D3713/D3723x Nominal insertion force: ~ 75 N NOTICE ATX Chassis “letterbox” for I/O shield: Nom. Size: 158.75 x 44.45mm Tolerance: +/- 0.2mm www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Recommended torque for M.2 screw is 0.2 Nm, and 0.3 Nm for the nut. CAUTION Max. torque must never be exceeded, otherwise the motherboard (solder nuts) may be damaged. Damaged solder nuts are not covered by any warranty! www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
Do not attach more than one FAN with tachometer/PWM signal per connector! Do not remove or connect fans when unit is still running and powered. Otherwise, the system or WARNING system management controller can be damaged. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Standard battery operating is specified in temperature range up to 60°C. Operation between 60°C and 70°C may result in: o Higher self discharge rate o Decline of specified characteristics o Danger of leakage increases www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Activate CPU Passive Cooling mode in BIOS to limit the CPU temperature. Thermal reference temperatures must never be exceeded! Active cooler (slim design) Order code: F5000-C026 Up to 60° environmental temperature (max. 15W TDP) www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Sensor / Fan matrix Indicates which sensor influences the specific fan speed Due to safety reasons, the influence of the CPU sensor for CPU FAN cannot be disabled! www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
OWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS Internal and external DC input must never be powered simultaneously! WARNING Internal or external power connector must be attached to motherboard only while the external power source it switched off! www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
Displays connected to LVDS, DPP1 and DPP2 o Output on LVDS and DPP1 3x4K60 is available on Alder Lake N Intel® Processor N97. May work also on other SKUs, but is not officially supported by Intel. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Note: 4K resolution on eDP is available on Alder Lake N Intel® Processor N97. All other SKUs max. resolution is Full-HD. 4K may work also on other SKUs, but is not officially supported by Intel. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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7.1 Released Drivers An overview about released drivers for Alderlake-N platform is available on FTP server. Just click on the links in the HTML file to download the driver packages. FTP Link: Drivers_ADL-N.html www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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For detailed information about BIOS update, requirements, special handling, etc… check BIOS-Release document in FTP BIOS path and as well our documentation of BIOS flash tools: Download location: BIOS-Flash-Tools Documentation: BIOS Flash Tools HowTo www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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No manual steps necessary. Ensure that the special flashfile “MEFW_K*.bin” is available in the update path. Always use the complete BIOS update package which is provided by Kontron. Do not manually exchange the CSME flash file. Otherwise unsupported BIOS/CSME firmware combinations with unexpected behaviors are the result.
Depending on the power settings of BIOS ,LED is off or blinking in S4 or S5 power state. If any wake-up source or USB standby power is enabled, motherboard will not enter “deep sleep” and therefore is able to blink the LED. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-ITX Industrial series...
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Miscellaneous About Kontron Kontron is a global leader in IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT). Kontron offers individual solutions in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 through a combined portfolio of hardware, software and services. With its standard and customized products based on highly reliable state-of-the-art technologies, Kontron provides secure and innovative applications for a wide variety of industries.
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