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- Page 1 Technical Manual Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series K3921 ADL-N Mini-STX Motherboard K3921-N Mini-STX (2x LAN, LVDS, eDP, GPIO) K3921-H Mini-STX (1x LAN, eDP)
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Page 2: Terms And Conditions
Kontron sells products worldwide and declares regional General Terms & Conditions of Sale, and Purchase Order Terms & Conditions. Visit https://www.kontron.com/terms-and-conditions For contact information, refer to the corporate offices contact information on the last page of this user guide or visit... -
Page 3: For Your Safety
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. -
Page 4: Special Handling And Unpacking Instruction
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 5: General Instructions On Usage
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. -
Page 6: Disposal And Recycling
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... -
Page 7: Table Of Contents
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 www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 8 Feature Overview POWER SUPPLY USB IMPLEMENTATION DISPLAY AND GRAPHICS OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT TOOLS AND CUSTOMIZING BIOS FEATURES MISCELLANEOUS ABOUT KONTRON www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 9: List Of Tables
Table 45: Power LED - Board status and Error states ......................40 Table 46: BMC Alert LED - System Monitoring Events ...................... 40 Table 47: Embedded Controller - Board status ......................... 40 www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 10: Feature Overview
Feature Overview 1 Feature Overview 1.1 FTP Project Folder All relevant resources, documents, TechNotes, Drivers, BIOS updates … are available on Kontron FTP server: https://ftp.kontron.com/main.html?download&weblink=3cb83a90a99c51160d2aa1f1f34cc340&subfolder&subfolder= Products/Motherboards K3921-Nx K3921-Hx www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 11: Table 1: Feature Comparison
NVMe and SATA support 2230/2242/2280 modules PCIe x1 @ Gen3, SATA/USB, M.2 Key-B socket 2242/2280 M.2 Key-E socket √ √ PCIe, CNVio and USB support CFast SATA socket 1: F ABLE EATURE COMPARISON www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 12: Table 2: Feature Comparison (Continued)
√ / √ speaker 2W @ 4Ω SPDIF / Front Panel HD √ / √ √ / √ Audio SATA Drive Power Connector √ √ 2: F ABLE EATURE COMPARISON ONTINUED www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 13: Table 3: Environmental Specification
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Part 6-3: Generic standards - Emission standard for industrial environments Test according to UL 62368-1:2019 and CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1:2019 Safety Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety TUEV-NRTL requirements 4: C ABLE OMPLIANCE www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 14 Feature Overview 1.5 Technical Details K3921-N Basic Layout and Connectors www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 15: Onboard Components
HD Audio FP PCIe, 1x SODIMM DDR5 CNVio, Max 32GB Battery R2032 GPIO M.2 Key-M PCIe x2@G3 Intrusion Speaker Stereo) S/PDIF 8 Layer PCB *) COM2 support RS232/RS422/RS485 operating modes. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 16 Feature Overview 1.6 Technical Details K3921-H Basic Layout and Connectors www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
- Page 17 Power BTN/LED FAN1 (CPU) M.2 Key-E HD Audio FP PCIe, 1x SODIMM DDR5 CNVio, Max 32GB Battery R2032 M.2 Key-M PCIe x1@G3, SATA Intrusion Speaker Stereo) S/PDIF 8 Layer PCB www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 18: Table 5: Rear Io Connectors
Feature Overview 1.7 Rear IO Connectors Motherboards Rear IO K3921-N K3921-H 5: R IO C ABLE ONNECTORS 1.8 Front IO Connectors Motherboards Front IO K3921-N K3921-H www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 19: Installation Notes
CAUTION Max. torque must never be exceeded, otherwise the motherboard (solder nuts) may be damaged. Damaged solder nuts are not covered by any warranty! General M.2 / mPCI on Kontron Motherboards Overview on FTP server: Motherboards_Mini-PCIe_M.2_mSATA_Module-Support.pdf www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 20: Interfaces And Connectors
7: P ABLE INOUT ONFIGURATION UMPER Configuration options: BIOS Recovery mode: Connect Pin 5 + 6 BIOS Reserved Mode: Connect Pin 3 + 4 Jumper default position: Pin 4 + 5 www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 21: Table 18: Lan Connector Matrix
LINK / ACTIVITY (left) “green flashing” = ACTIVITY “green” = 2.5 Gb SPEED “yellow” = 1.0 Gb (right) “LED off” = 100 Mb or 10 Mb 9: LAN C ABLE ONNECTOR STATES www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 22 Headphone: Stereo max. 1,2 Vrms output voltage at 32Ω load Mute Topology HD Audio Headphone OUT mutes Front-IO headphone OUT and internal speaker header. Front-IO headphone OUT mutes internal stereo speaker www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 23: System Monitoring
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 24: Operating Conditions
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 Sufficient cooling necessary. Limit max. CPU temperature and disable Turbo mode recommended. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 25: Cooling Solution
Active cooler (slim design) Order code: F5000-C026 Supported environmental ambient temperatures: o Up to 60° max. 15W TDP Supported chassis (SC501) ambient temperature: o Up to 45°C max 15W TDP, any positon www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 26 Assembly of the backplate has to be handled with care in order not to damage/remove any component. Do not remove the insulating foil of the backplate, otherwise the motherboard may be damaged due to possible short circuit. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 27: Monitoring Tools
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 28: Power Supply
Input power DC Input 19-28V mode <100 Input power USB-C PD 20V mode <100 Motherboard incl. Memory, M.2 NVMe Typical Motherboard Input Power <10 (Idle + Full CPU load @ 15W TDP) www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 29: Table 36: Pinout Internal Power Supply Connector
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 30: Usb Implementation
USB Implementation 5 USB Implementation 5.1 USB Port Overview Rear Front USB-A USB-C USB2_1p USB2_2p www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 31 (Front IO, Type-C) 1x M.2 Slot (Key-E) USB2.0 Interface 2x Rear IO Type A (red ports) 3x internal USB2.0 ports Output power is configurable in BIOS: Limit USB Type-C Output power www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 32: Display And Graphics
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 33 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-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
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Page 34: Operating System Support
This motherboard product does not provide legacy OS (MBR mode) support. Only UEFI / GPT NOTICE capable operating systems are supported. 7.1 Supported OS Matrix Operating System OS Version Qualified by Kontron Tested “runnable” only MS Windows 10 (64 bit) 21H2 ... -
Page 35: Tools And Customizing
Some items are written permanent to motherboard BIOS and cannot be removed by BIOS recovery flash: Board serial number SystemData “BSOC” MAC addresses For general BIOS recovery handling please, refer to the BIOS Release Document and BIOS FlashTools How PDF. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0... - Page 36 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.
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Page 37: Bios Features
It is advisable to set the CPU Power Limit 1 to a maximum of 12W when utilizing the NOTICE Kontron heatsink F5000-C024. b) If the maximum configured temperature is reached, the CPU may limit its performance by autonomously reducing the maximum package power. - Page 38 It is not possible to enable or disable single USB Ports, connected to an USB hub. You can only NOTICE enable or disable the complete hub. The single USB ports are grayed out in this case. www.kontron.com Technical Manual - Alderlake-N Mini-STX Industrial series - V1.0...
- Page 39 [Main > System Information] BIOS setup UI Hint: Do not look for “Core Version” on “Main” tab. Please always check the Kontron “BIOS Revision” within “System Information” Type 0 (BIOS) Offset 05h (BIOSVersion) Type 2 (Baseboard) Offset 07h (Serial Number)
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Page 40: Miscellaneous
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-STX Industrial series - V1.0... -
Page 41: About Kontron
Kontron AG (www.kontron.com, ISIN AT0000A0E9W5, WKN A0X9EJ, KTN) is a leading IoT technology company. For more than 20 years, Kontron has been supporting companies from a wide range of industries to achieve their business goals with intelligent solutions. From automated industrial operations, smarter and safer transport to advanced communications, connectivity, medical, and energy solutions, the company delivers technologies that add value for its customers.
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