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6 of 60 1. Introduction This manual describes the KT690/mITX board made by KONTRON Technology A/S. The board will also be denoted KT690 family if no differentiation is required. All boards are to be used with the Mobile AMD Sempron™ and AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Processors for S1 socket.
2. Installation procedure Installing the board To get the board running, follow these steps. In some cases the board shipped from KONTRON Technology has CPU, DDR2 DRAM and Cooler mounted. In this case Step 2-4 can be skipped. 1. Turn off the power supply Warning: Do not use Power Supply without 3.3V monitoring watchdog, which is...
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KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 8 of 60 6. Connect Power supply Connect power supply to the board by the ATX/ BTXPWR and 4-pin ATX connectors. For board to operate connection of both the ATX/BTX and 4-pin ATX (12V) connectors are required. 7.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 9 of 60 Requirement according to EN60950 Users of KT690 boards should take care when designing chassis interface connectors in order to fulfill the EN60950 standard: When an interface/connector has a VCC (or other power) pin, which is directly connected to a power plane like the VCC plane: To protect the external power lines of peripheral devices the customer has to take care about: •...
10 of 60 3. System specification Component main data The table below summarises the features of the KT690 embedded motherboard. KT690/mITX: mini ITX (170.18millimeters by 170.18millimeters) Form factor • Support for Mobile AMD Sempron™, AMD Turion™ 64 and AMD Turion™ 64 X2...
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2x 10/100/1000Mbits/s LAN using Realtek RTL8111B controllers • RPL/PXE netboot supported. Wake On LAN (WOL) supported. Support • Kontron Technology / AMI BIOS (core version) BIOS • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI 1.0b), Plug and Play Suspend To Ram Suspend To Disk •...
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KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 12 of 60 Environmental Operating: Conditions 0°C – 60°C operating temperature (forced cooling). It is the customer’s responsibility to provide sufficient airflow around each of the components to keep them within allowed temperature range.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 13 of 60 System overview The block diagram below shows the architecture and main components of the KT690 board. The two key ® ® components on the board are the AMD M690T and AMD SB600 Embedded Chipsets.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 14 of 60 Processor support table. The KT690 is designed to support the following socket S1 processors: Mobile AMD Sempron™ AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Processors AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Processors Processor Brand Clock Core]...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 16 of 60 4. Connector Definitions The following sections provide pin definitions and detailed description of all on-board connectors. The connector definitions follow the following notation: Column Description name Shows the pin-numbers in the connector. The graphical layout of the connector definition tables is made similar to the physical connectors.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 20 of 60 Power Connector (ATXPWR) The KT690 boards are designed to be supplied from a standard ATX or BTX power supply. ATX/ BTX Power Connector: Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 21 of 60 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors Attachment of a keyboard or PS/2 mouse adapter can be done through the stacked PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector (MSE & KBD). Both interfaces utilize open-drain signaling with on-board pull-up. The PS/2 mouse and keyboard is supplied from SB5V when in standby mode in order to enable keyboard or mouse activity to bring the system out from power saving states.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 22 of 60 Display Connectors The KT690 board provides: 1. Analog CRT interface (Front panel) 2. Digital DVI (DVI-D) (Front panel) 3. LVDS connector (internal connector) 4. TV-Out (Front) The KT690 board does not support ADD2 / SDVO cards on the PCI Express x16 connector. The KT690 integrates the ATI Radeon™...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 23 of 60 4.4.1 CRT Connector (CRT) Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note /75R /75R GREEN DDCDAT 6K81 /75R BLUE HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK 6K81 Note 1: The 5V supply in the CRT connector is fused by a 1.1A reset-able fuse. Note 2: Pull-up to +5V.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 24 of 60 4.4.2 DVI Connector (DVI-D, digital only) Female socket, front view Note 1: Pins C1-C5 (DVI analogue signals) are not supported, but may be present for compatibility. Signal Description - DVI Connector: Pin No.
The KT690 board includes Macrovision support. : If the TV-Out option is available then you must make agreement with Macrovision IMPORTANT (http://www.macrovision.com/) about licence fee. Only Macrovision (not Kontron) can determine the actual licence fee which depends on the application. Pull...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 27 of 60 PCI-Express Connectors The KT690 board contains one 8-lane (x8) PCI Express port on a PCI Express x16 connector. The PCI Express port is compliant to the PCI Express Specification revision 1.1a. The x8 port operates at a frequency of 2.5 Gb/s on each lane;...
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KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 28 of 60 PRSNT#2 PEG_RXN[7]...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 29 of 60 4.5.2 miniPCI-Express connector The KT690 board supports one miniPCI Express port compliant to the Mini PCI Specification, Revision 1.0. This allows for implementation for small form factor PCI cards also referred to as Mini PCI Cards. Note Type Signal...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 30 of 60 Parallel ATA harddisk interface One parallel ATA harddisk controllers is available on the board – a primary controller. Standard 3½” harddisks or CD-ROM drives may be attached to the primary controller by means of the 40 pin IDC connector, PATA.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 31 of 60 4.6.1 IDE Hard Disk Connector (PATA) This connector can be used for connection of two primary IDE drives. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note RESET_P# DA10 DA11...
32 of 60 4.6.2 CF Connector (CF) This connector is mounted on the topside of the KT690/mITX. If a Compact Flash Disk is used, only one PATA drive can be connected to the PATA connector. The CF socket support DMA/UDMA modules. Pull...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 33 of 60 Serial ATA harddisk interface The KT690 boards have an integrated SATA Host controller that supports independent operation on four ports and data transfer rates of up to 3.0Gb/s (300MB/s). The SATA controller supports AHCI mode and has integrated RAID functionality with support for RAID modes 0, 1 and 10.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 34 of 60 Printer Port Connector (PRINTER). The signal definition in standard printer port mode is as follows: Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note (24)/24 OC(O) STB# AFD# OC(O) (24)/24...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 35 of 60 Floppy connector (FLOPPY). The KT690 supports connection of one standard 1.44M Floppy device. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note DENSEL0# INDEX# 330R MOTEA# DRVA# DIR# STEP# WDATA#...
Page 36 of 60 4.10 Serial Ports Two RS232 serial ports are available on the KT690/mITX boards The typical interpretation of the signals in the COM ports is as follows: Signal Description Transmitte Data, sends serial data to the communication link. The signal is set to a marking state on hardware reset when the transmitter is empty or when loop mode operation is initiated.
4.11 Ethernet connectors. The KT690/mITX boards supports 2 channels of 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet RTL8111B LAN controllers. In order to achieve the specified performance of the Ethernet port, Category 5 twisted pair cables must be used with 10/100MB and Category 5E, 6 or 6E with 1Gb LAN networks.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 38 of 60 4.11.2 Ethernet connector 2 (ETHER2) Ethernet connector 2 is mounted together with USB Ports 4 and 5. The pinout of the RJ45’s connector are as follows: Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note MDI0+...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 39 of 60 4.12 USB Connector (USB) The KT690 boards contains one Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) host controllers that supports USB 2.0 allowing data transfers up to 480Mb/s. The KT690 boards also contains five Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) controllers that support USB full-speed and low-speed signaling (USB 1.1).
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 40 of 60 4.12.2 USB Connector 4/5 (USB4/5) USB Ports 4 and 5 are are supplied on the combined ETHER2, USB4, USB5 connector. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note 5V/SB5V...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 41 of 60 4.12.4 USB Connector 8/9 (USB8/9) USB Ports 8 and 9 are supplied on the combined ETHER1, USB8, USB9 connector. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note 5V/SB5V /15K...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 42 of 60 4.13 Audio Connector The onboard Audio circuit implements 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio, featuring ten 24-bit stereo DACs and two 20-bit stereo ADCs. Thew Audio signals are made available on the Frontpanel stacked connector (Line in / Line out / MIC) and the onboard AUDIO_HEAD and CDROM Audioinput connectors.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 43 of 60 4.13.2 CD-ROM Audio input (CDROM) CD-ROM audio input may be connected to this connector. It may also be used as a secondary line-in signal. Signal Type Ioh/Iol Pull Note CD_Left CD_GND...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 45 of 60 4.14 Fan connectors , FAN_CPU and FAN_SYS. The FAN_CPU is used for connection of the active cooler for the CPU. The FAN_SYS can be used to power, control and monitor a fan for chassis ventilation etc. The 4pin header supports connection of 3-pin FANs, but it is recommended to use the 4-pin type for optimized FAN speed control.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 46 of 60 4.15 The Clear CMOS Jumper, Clr-CMOS. The Clr-CMOS Jumper is used to clear the CMOS content. ↑ CPU location ↑ No Jumper installed (Pin numbers) Jumper normal position •...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 48 of 60 4.17 Front Panel connector (FRONTPNL). Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note USB13_5V USB13_5V USB1- USB3- USB1+ USB3+ LINE2-IN-L 11 12 HD_LED 13 14 SUS_LED 15 16 PWRBTN_IN# RSTIN#...
General Purpose Inputs / Output. These Signals may be controlled or monitored through GPIO0..7 the use of the KONTRON API (Application Programming Interface) available for WinXP and Win2000. FAN 3 speed control OUTput. This analogue voltage output signal can be set to output FAN3OUT voltages from 0 –...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 51 of 60 4.19.1 Signal Description –PCI Slot Connector SYSTEM PINS Clock provides timing for all transactions on PCI and is an input to every PCI device. All other PCI signals, except RST#, INTA#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD#, are sampled on the rising edge of CLK and all other timing parameters are defined with respect to this edge.
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KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 52 of 60 ARBITRATION PINS (BUS MASTERS ONLY) Request indicates to the arbiter that this agent desires use of the bus. This is a point to point signal. Every REQ# master has its own REQ# which must be tri-stated while RST# is asserted. Grant indicates to the agent that access to the bus has been granted.
INT_PIRQ#B INT_PIRQ#C INT_PIRQ#D KT690/mITX When using the 820982 “PCI Riser - Flex - 2slot w. arbiter” the lower slot has IDSEL / IRQs routed straight through and the top slot has the routing: IDSEL=AD22, INT_PIRQ#F, INT_PIRQ#G, INT_PIRQ#H, INT_PIRQ#E. 820982 PCI Riser shall be plugged into Slot #1.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 56 of 60 PCI devices Device Function Vendor Device IDSEL Chip Device Function When a PCI-E or Mini PCI-E card is used it could change the BUS number on other PCI-E and PCI devices like RTL8111b.
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 58 of 60 I/O Map Address (hex) Size Description Notes: This is the IO map after a standard Windows XP SP2 installation...
KT690 Family KTD-00738-0 Public User Manual Date: 2007-12-13 Page 59 of 60 DMA Channel Usage DMA Channel Number Data Width System Ressources 8 or 16 bits Available 8 or 16 bits Available 8 or 16 bits Available 8 or 16 bits Available 8 or 16 bits DMA Controller...
60 of 60 7. Warranty KONTRON Technology warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship during the warranty period. If a product proves to be defective in material or workmanship during the warranty period, KONTRON Technology will, at its sole option, repair or replace the product with a similar product.
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