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BFN5 System Board
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  • Page 1 BFN5 System Board Hardware Manual Version: 1.2...

  • Page 2: About This Document

    BFN5 User Manual About this Document This guide provides insights into the diverse features of this product and the necessary steps for setup. It's designed for individuals who are: In charge of se�ng up, managing, and addressing issues with this system, like IT experts.

  • Page 3: Safety Guidelines

    BFN5 User Manual instruc�on manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communica�ons. The opera�on of this equipment in a residen�al area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
  • Page 4 BFN5 User Manual • Electrosta�c discharge (ESD) can damage equipment and impair electrical circuitry. ESD damage occurs when electronic components are improperly handled and can result in complete or intermitent failures. Be sure to follow ESD-preven�on procedures when removing and replacing components to avoid these problems.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduc�On

    CHAPTER 1: Introduc�on PRODUCT OVERVIEW These are some highlights to give you beter understanding about BFN5 System Board.  Tailored for fanless network appliances like routers, firewalls, VPNs, IPBX, and IoT gateways.  Fully compa�ble with open-source opera�ng systems including CentOS, OpenBSD, OPNsense, and FreeBSD, making it a prime choice for open-source enthusiasts.
  • Page 6 Adjustable Timer: 1-255s, 1-255min, with a disable option • Storage • mSATA: 1 (full size) • eMMC: 1 (Compatible with Boingfire Module only) • SATA: 1 (SATAII with transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s) • Internal I/O • Serial Ports: 3 (1 x RS-232, 2 x TTL with transfer rate up to 1Mbit/s) •...

  • Page 7: Bottom View

    BFN5 User Manual TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW P a g e...
  • Page 8 BFN5 User Manual Dimension OF BFN5 2D and 3D images are available, contact your distributor/reseller for more informa�on. Some condi�ons apply. P a g e...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2: Connector Layout

    BFN5 User Manual CHAPTER 2: CONNECTOR LAYOUT Here all the connectors from the top of BFN5 are men�oned. P a g e...
  • Page 10 BFN5 User Manual At the botom of the board connector shown in the image below. BFN5 I/O Port Layout 10 | P a g e...
  • Page 11 BFN5 User Manual COM Port Informa�on COM1 Port Iden�fica�on (Close to power & reset buton) RJ45 Console port Support remote PC accessing. NAME NAME Support typical baud rate from 9600bps ~ 115200bps (115200 default). Baud rate se�ng in BIOS Baud rate se�ng in freeBSD root@:/ # vi /boot/loader.conf...
  • Page 12 BFN5 User Manual (ETH1~ ETH3) Defini�on: NAME NAME MDI_0+ MDI_0- MDI_1+ MDI_2+ MDI_2- MDI_1- MDI_3+ MDI_3- In FreeBSD, ETH1 ~ ETH3 correspond to igb0 ~ igb2 Respec�vely. root@:~ # uname -a FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE r341666 GENERIC amd64 root@:~ # dmesg | grep address...
  • Page 13 BFN5 User Manual COM3 ~ COM4 Defini�on: (TTL level) The TTL level serial ports are from a USB bus convert chip CH340. NAME I2C1 (BLANK): The port would be available as soon as pin header soldered. I2C1 Defini�on NAME DATA LPC1 Defini�on：...
  • Page 14 BFN5 User Manual CLK+ CLK- RST_PWR_BTN1 NAME FUNCTION BPWBTN1 Power Buton BACK_RST1 Reset Buton FRONT_PWR_BTN1 & FRONT_RST_BTN1 & MODE_SW1 NAME FRONT_PWR_BTN1 Power Buton. the copy of the power buton at back FRONT_RST_BTN1 Rest Buton the copy of the reset buton at back MODE_SW1 GPIO pin.
  • Page 15 BFN5 User Manual Power and HDD LED NAME FUNCTION Red LED HDD Ac�vity light, blink when HDD in reading / wri�ng. Green LED Power Status. Light off in case system is in shutdown state The LEDs on the front side...
  • Page 16 BFN5 User Manual Front LEDs NAME FUNCTION HDD_LED1 (FRONT) HDD Ac�vity light, blink when HDD in reading / wri�ng. PSU_LED1(FRONT) Power Status. Light off in case system is in shutdown state (S4) ACT_LED 1~3 Ac�vity LED1~3 of ETH1~3 12V power in connector, 5.5mm/2.5mm...

  • Page 17: Usb Connector

    BFN5 User Manual J1 Defini�on: NAME +12VSB (ALWAYS ON) J2 is the copy of J1, it can be arranged for input or output, depends on client’s demand compa�ble with Boingfire approved UPS, POE, PSE cards. J2 Defini�on: NAME +12VSB (ALWAYS ON) CAUTION: 12V_S (OFF IN S4) and +12VSB (ALWAYS ON) are different power rail.
  • Page 18 BFN5 User Manual Posi�on USB Type Upper Port USB2.0 Lower Port USB3.0 USB2 Defini�on： NAME NAME mSATA1(SSD) Support mSATA SSD. SATA 2.0, 3.0 Gb/s 18 | P a g e...
  • Page 19 BFN5 User Manual MiniPCIe1 (4G/LTE, Wifi) Support 4G/LTE Module with SIM2 SIM Holder (botom) MiniPCIe2 (WiFi) The slot supports the WiFi cards, PCIe Gen2. Also compa�ble with Boingfire copper and op�cal mini-PCIe Cards. Check with your distributor. MiniPCIe3 (WiFi) The slot supports the WiFi cards, PCIe Gen2.
  • Page 20 BFN5 User Manual SATA1, SATA Power2 Support SATA 3.5/2.5 inch Hard drive, SATA2.0, 3 Gb/s 300MB/s Name Name 12V_S External PCIe Port for Expansion The PCIe x1 Gen2 slot, situated on the side of the device, is designed to facilitate the expansion with X1 PCIE cards.
  • Page 21 BFN5 User Manual Name Name 12V_S (Off in S4) 12V_S (Off in S4) 12V_S (Off in S4) 12V_S (Off in S4) 12V_S (Off in S4) SMB_CLK SMB_DAT 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V 3.5VSB (Always On) PERST# Wake# Key Notch PCIE_CLK+ PCIE_CLK- PCIE_TX+...
  • Page 22 Users can refer to the marks on the botom of the PCB to wire out the pin headers. JGPIO1, JGPIO2, JGPIO3 BFN5 has three 10-pin headers to support up to 24channels 3.3V GPIO signals. 16 channels are controlled by SOCE3845, and the remaining 8 channels are controlled by SUPERIO IT8772.
  • Page 23 GP37 GP57 GP36 GP60 GP61 In order to help developers carry out secondary development on BFN5, Boingfire has tested GPIO development tools, including BF-GPIO-KIT (purchase separately) 3x8 CHGPIO card, and FreeBSD, Linux, windows demo code. Contact sales@boingfire.com for more info.
  • Page 24 BFN5 User Manual eMMC_D4 eMMC_D5 eMMC_D6 eMMC_D7 eMMC_CMD eMMC_CLK 3.3VSB 1.8VSB 1.8VSB eMMC_RESET 3.3VSB Non-Solder Headers Some pin headers are not soldered by default. Developers & System integrators can use them flexibly as needed. POWER_OUT1(BLANK) The pin header is not soldered by default.
  • Page 25 The pin header is not soldered by default. NAME NAME 12V_S( OFF IN S4) 12V_S(OFF IN S4) VCC( 5V voltage , OFF IN S4) Batery holder Use CS2032 Batery type on BFN5 system board. Name Pin on PCB Nega�ve (-) Upper Pin Posi�ve (+) 25 |...

  • Page 26: Chapter 3: Bios Se�Ngs

    BFN5 User Manual CHAPTER 3: BIOS Se�ngs BFN5 system board comes with 64bit AMI BIOS. You can access BIOS by pressing DEL buton at the �me of boot up. In this sec�on we will cover some basic tasks that will help you to start ge�ng into your system for the configura�ons and OS installa�on as per your project requirements.
  • Page 27 BFN5 User Manual 4. You will see this window open, click on Browse my PC for drivers 5. Click on “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer” 6. You should see this screen if your drivers are already installed.
  • Page 28 Boo�ng BFN5 system from USB. By default system configured with the UEFI boot op�on where BFN5 System boots up from EFI System Par��on. To enable system to boot from USB or other media sources, you have to go to BIOS by following the instruc�ons available in this document.
  • Page 29 BFN5 User Manual Change Boot Mode from UEFI to LEGACY, Save and Exit. Now your system will boot up from the Sequence of BOOT ORDER Guidance on Console Redirec�on Configura�on For op�mal system performance and visual output, users are given the capability to manage Console Redirec�on se�ngs.
  • Page 30 BFN5 User Manual 3. Open “Serial Port console Redirec�on” 4. You can Enter by selec�ng the op�ons shown in the step 3 and Disable it if you want to Disable it, or enable it if you want to enable redirec�on.
  • Page 31 BFN5 User Manual 2. Open “IT8772E Super IO Configura�on” by pressing Enter 3. Open “Serial Port 1 Configura�on" 4. Disable by selec�ng Serial Port and press enter to change se�ngs to Disable or Enable depending on your requirements. 31 |...
  • Page 32 This helps in cases where there might not be immediate human interven�on available to reset the system. BFN5 System board Watchdog Configura�on Go to BIOS and follow the following Screen shots to enable and configure Watchdog. 32 |...
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  • Page 34: Terms And Conditions

    BFN5 User Manual TERMS AND CONDITIONS Warranty Policy 1. Products come with a one-year warranty from the purchase date, covering defects in materials and cra�smanship. 2. During the warranty period, the buyer covers the shipping costs for returning products for repairs, while the manufacturer pays for the return shipping post-repair.

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