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  • Page 1 Kontron User's Guide ® ETX®-CN8 ® Document Revision 1.3...
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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4 .4.2 C onnector X2 Signal Description ................. 25    4 .5 C onnector X3 (VGA, LCD, Video, COM1 and COM2, LPT/Floppy, Mouse, Keyboard) ..26    4 .5.1 C onnector X3 (Signal Levels) ................28    Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 4 ................48    9 .3 B IOS Setup Menus ................... 50    9 .3.1 M ain Menu ..................... 50    9 .3.2 A dvanced Menu ....................51    9 .3.3 P CI/PnP Menu ....................68    Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 5 R S-232 Serial ....................76    1 1.3.2 S erial ATA ...................... 76    1 1.3.3 U SB ......................77    1 1.4 P rogramming ....................77    A PPENDIX I: DOCUMENT-REVISION HISTORY ..............78    Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 6: User Information

    “as-is” and is subject to change without notice. For the circuits, descriptions and tables indicated, Kontron assumes no responsibility as far as patents or other rights of third parties are concerned.

  • Page 7: Technical Support

    Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH will not be responsible for any defects or damages to other products not supplied by Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH that are caused by a faulty Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH product.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    ETX® Documentation This product manual serves as one of three principal references for an ETX® design. It documents the specifications and features of ETX®-CN8. The other two references, which are available from the Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH Web site, include: The ETX®...

  • Page 9: Etx® Benefits

    A properly designed ETX® baseboard can work with several successive generations of ETX® modules. An ETX® baseboard design has many advantages of a custom, computer-board design but delivers better obsolescence protection, greatly reduced engineering effort, and faster time to market. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 10: Specifications

    Serial Ports (COM1 and COM2) ® Infrared Device Association (IrDA) 1.0 SIR interface ® Parallel Port (LPT1) ® Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) with bi-directional ® capability Floppy (optional): shared with LPT signals ® Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 11 Onboard Ethernet: VIA VT6103L 10BASE-T/100BASE-T LAN ® BIOS: AMI, 1 MB Flash BIOS BIOS support for external super I/O (COM3, COM4, LPT, and Floppy) ® Watchdog timer (WDT) Real-time clock with CMOS RAM Standard ACPI Support Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 12: Block Diagram

    3 Specifications 3.1.1 Block diagram Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 13: Mechanical Specifications

    All boards were equipped with 512MB DDR SDRAM. Modules were tested using maximum CPU frequency. Prompt Standby Suspend ETX® board ETX®-CN8 500 1,81 9,18 1,34 6,88 1,34 6,88 ETX®-CN8 1500 3,10 15,33 1,72 8,78 1,72 8,78 Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 14: Supply Current (Windows Xp Sp2)

    2.0 V – 3.6 V 3.64 μA @ 3.0 V CMOS battery power consumption was measured with an ETX®-CN8 module on a standard Kontron ETX® evaluation board. The system was turned off and the battery was removed from the evaluation board.

  • Page 15: Environmental Specifications

    3 Specifications Environmental Specifications 3.4.1 Temperature Operating: (with Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH heat-spreader plate assembly): Ambient temperature: 0 to +60 °C ® Maximum heatspreader-plate temperature: 0 to +60 °C (*) ® Non-operating: -30 to +85 °C ® See the T hermal Management chapter for additional information.

  • Page 16: Mtbf

    (as opposed to battery failures) is not accounted for in the above figures and need to be considered for separately.Battery life depends on both temperature and operating conditions. When the Kontron unit has external power; the only battery drain is from leakage paths.

  • Page 17: Etx® Connectors

    ISA Bus Speaker Battery I2C-Bus SM-Bus PCI Bus LVDS (JILI) Serial Ports Audio PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Serial IRQ IRDA 3.3 V for external use Parallel Port (max. 500 mA) Floppy top view (connectors only) side view (connectors only) Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 18: General Signal Description

    * To protect external power lines of peripheral devices, make sure that: - the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current - the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire-protection requirements of IEC/EN60950 Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 19: Connector X1 (Signal Levels)

    PCI Bus Command and Byte enables 1 IO-3,3 SNDR Audio Out Right Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 20 PCI BUS Interrupt Request B I-3,3 PU 2k7 3,3V Ground Ground Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 21 The ETX®-CN8 offers the ability to connect external 3.3V devices to the onboard-generated supply voltage. Pin 12 and Pin 16 of Connector X1 are used to connect to the +3.3V ±5% power supply. The maximum external load is 500mA. Contact Kontron Embedded Systems Technical Support for help with this feature.

  • Page 22: Connector X2 (Isa Bus Only Supported On Prev. X12 And Later)

    4 ETX® Connectors For additional information, refer to the ETX® Design Guide, I2C application notes, and JIDA specifications, all of which are available on the Kontron Embedded Systems Web site. Connector X2 (ISA Bus only supported on Prev. x12 and later)

  • Page 23: Connector X2 (Signal Levels)

    ISA Adress Bus IRQ4 ISA Interrupt Request 4 PU 4K7 5V Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 24 ISA I/O Channel Check PU 4K7 5V RSTDRV ISA Reset Ground Ground Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 25: Connector X2 Signal Description

    4 ETX® Connectors 4.4.2 Connector X2 Signal Description ISA Bus Slot The implementation of this subsystem complies with the ETX® Specification. Implementation information is provided in the ETX® Design Guide. Refer to the documentation for additional information. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 26: Connector X3 (Vga, Lcd, Video, Com1 And Com2, Lpt/Floppy, Mouse, Keyboard)

    *To protect external power lines of peripheral devices, make sure that: - the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current - the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire-protection requirements of IEC/EN60950. **always 3.3V *** Not connected Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 27 *To protect external power lines of peripheral devices, make sure that: - the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current - the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire-protection requirements of IEC/EN60950 Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 28: Connector X3 (Signal Levels)

    Composite Sync VDDA S-Video Chrominance / SCART Green VDDA Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Note: Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 29 Keyboard Data IO-5 Ground Ground Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Note: Connector X3 Signal Description Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 30 The mouse uses I/O and IRQ resources. The BIOS allocates the resources during POST configuration. The resources are set to be compatible with common PC/AT settings. You can change some mouse-related parameters from the BIOS setup. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 31 4 ETX® Connectors IrDA The ETX®-CN8 is capable of IrDA SIR operation. This feature is implemented in the Winbond W83627HG. Contact Kontron Embedded Systems for help with this feature. Parallel Port The parallel-communication interface shares signals with the floppy-disk interface. The implementation of this parallel port complies with the ETX®...

  • Page 32: Connector X4 Subsystems

    *To protect external power lines of peripheral devices, make sure that: - the wires have the right diameter to withstand the maximum available current - the enclosure of the peripheral device fulfils the fire-protection requirements of IEC/EN60950 **This signal is not supported on the ETX®-CN8. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 33: Connector X4 (Signal Levels)

    Primary IDE Ready I-3.3 PU 4k7 3.3V Power +5V Power +5V Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 34 Hard Drive Reset O-3.3 Ground Ground Note: The termination resistors in this table are already mounted on the ETX® board. Please refer to the design guide for information about additional termination resistors. Note: Connector X4 Signal Description Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 35 - ACTLED: on when link, blinking when activity, off when no link - LILED: no function, always out = > Rev. 5.0.0 - ACTLED: blinking when activity, on when no link - LILED: on when link, off when no link Power Control Power Good / Reset Input: Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 36 ETX® Specification. Implementation information is provided in the ETX® Design Guide. Refer to the documentation for additional information. External SMI Interrupt Contact Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH technical support for information on this feature. Miscellaneous Circuits Speaker The implementation of the speaker output complies with the ETX®...

  • Page 37: Special Features

    1-minute increments from 1 to 255 minutes ® The watchdog can release a NMI or a reset. Contact Kontron Embedded Modules technical support for information on programming and operating the WDT. SATA Support The ETX®-CN8 supports two SATA ports compliant to the ETX® 3.0 specification...

  • Page 38: Design Considerations

    Design Considerations Thermal Management A heat-spreader plate assembly is available from Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH for the ETX®-CN8. The heat-spreader plate on top of this assembly is NOT a heat sink. It works as an ETX®-standard thermal interface to use with a heat sink or other cooling device.

  • Page 39: Heat Spreader Dimensions

    6 Design Considerations Heat spreader Dimensions 6.2.1 18031-0000-99-0 Heatspreader with thread Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 40: 8031-0000-99-1 Heatspreader Through Hole

    6 Design Considerations 6.2.2 18031-0000-99-1 Heatspreader through hole Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 41: Etx-Cn8® Onboard Fan Connector

    The ETX® CN8 BIOS supports only turning the onboard FAN ON/OFF. For additional support 3rd party software is necessary. 6.3.1 Schematics of fan control Part number (Molex) J2: 53261-0390 ® Mates with: 51021-0300 ® Crimp terminals: 50079-8100 ® Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 42: Location And Pinout Of Fan Connector J2

    6 Design Considerations 6.3.2 Location and Pinout of fan connector J2 Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 43: Important Technology Information

    Disk) is not supported by the BIOS (S4_BIOS) but it is supported by the following operating systems: WinME ® Win2k ® WinXP ® Vista ® The following events resume the system from S1: Power Button ® PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse IRQs (1 & 12) ® Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 44 ® LAN WOL ® RTC Alarm ® The following event resumes the system from S5: Power Button ® LAN WOL ® RTC Alarm ® Note: The regarding Event must be enabled in the BIOS setup utility Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 45: System Resources

    2 Unavailable if baseboard is equipped with an I/O controller SMC FDC37C669, and the device is enabled in setup. 3 Unavailable in Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) mode. Used as System Control Interrupt (SCI) in ACPI mode. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 46: Direct Memory Access (Dma) Channels

    Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channels DMA # Used for Available Comment If the “used-for” device is disabled in setup, the corresponding DMA channel is available for other devices. Unavailable if LPT is used in ECP mode. Cascade Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 47: Memory Area

    Do not use under any circumstances. The standard ETX®-CN8 Power management BIOS does support MARS (Mobile Application platform for Note: Rechargeable Systems). JILI-I2C Bus I2C Address Used For Available Comment JIDA-Bus-Nr. JILI-EEPROM EEPROM for JILI-Data Brightness Controller Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 48: Bios Operation

    AMIBIOS © 2006 American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS Date: 06/16/08 10:52:49 Ver: 08.00.14 Kontron® BIOS Version <MODCRXXX> © Copyright 2002-2008 Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH Setup Guide The AMIBIOS Setup Utility changes system behavior by modifying the BIOS configuration. The setup program uses a number of menus to make changes and turn features on or off.
  • Page 49 General Help Window Pressing <F1> or <Alt-F1> on a menu brings up the General Help window that describes the legend keys and their alternates. Press <Esc> to exit the General Help window. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 50: Bios Setup Menus

    9 BIOS Operation BIOS Setup Menus 9.3.1 Main Menu Feature Option Description System Time [hh:mm:ss] <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field System Date [mm-dd-yyyy] <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field Module Info Menu Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 51: Advanced Menu

    9 BIOS Operation 9.3.2 Advanced Menu Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 52 Disabled Enabled Enables and Disables the automatic power VIA Processor Up-Down Mode Disabled saving modes of the VIA processor Enabled Enables and Disables the ACPI power VIA Processor Power Management Disabled management of the VIA processor Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 53 Any Combination of 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8 and for the external IRQ 10, IRQ 11 Disabled External LPT Address Sets the address of the external parallel port Note: The settings might differ due to the Floppy- and Parallel Port setup of the backplane. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 54 Enables or Disables the onboard LAN LAN Controller Disabled Controller Enabled Enables or Disables the LAN Controller LAN Option ROM Disabled Option ROM for PXE boot support Enabled Enables or Disables the onboard HDAC Audio HDAC Audio Controller Controller Disabled Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 55 Leads to faster memory access Enabled Dynamic Bus Inversion: If enabled reduces DBI Function the overall system power consumption Disabled Warning: To enable the “Top Performance” feature can create non boot situations with certain memory modules. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 56 Enables or auto configures the 1 Tact 1T CMD Support Auto Command Support Normal Memory Chip Driving Sets the driver power Weak Auto Disabled DDR2 Memory Chip ODT Sets the On Die Termination 75 ohm 150 ohm Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 57 Auto will use the information stored 1280x1024 2x18 in the JILI EEPROM. 1280x1024 2x24 VESA 1440x900 2x24 VESA PAID FPID When enabled: System BIOS is informed Disabled Hook Driver Display Switch about a driver display switch and changed Enabled CMOS accordingly Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 58 HighSpeed (480Mbps) or FullSpeed FullSpeed (12Mbps) Disabled If enabled it is a workaround for OSs without BIOS EHCI Hand-Off EHCI hand-off support. Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables the beep during USB USB Beep Message Enabled device enumeration Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 59 Sets the time out of IDE detection Auto detects the SATA device and allows SATA-1/2 Primary IDE Opens Serial ATAPI IDE Device Configuration settings for the certain SATA modes SATA Controller Sets the mode of the SATA Controller RAID Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 60 MWDMAn UDMAn Auto Auto detects, disables or enables the Self- S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Tool for Disabled the device Enabled Enabled Enables or disables the 32Bit Data Transfer 32Bit Data Transfer Mode Disabled Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 61 MWDMAn UDMAn Auto Auto detects, disables or enables the Self- S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Tool for Disabled Enabled the device Enabled Enables or disables the 32Bit Data Transfer 32Bit Data Transfer Disabled Mode Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 62 Hardware Health Configuration Menu Feature Option Description Enabled H/W Health Function Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device Disabled Selects the number of ticks that the fan Fan Speed Devisor signals on each single turning ACPI Configuration Menu Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 63 Here you can select the ACPI version of your choice. ACPI v3.0 Enabled Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS ACPI APIC support Disabled post on S3/STR resume Enabled Enables and Disables headless operation Headless mode Disabled mode through ACPI Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 64 OS will begin throttling the CPU. … 110°C 40°C This value controls the temperature of the 45°C Critical Trip Point ACPI Critical Trip Point – the point in which … the OS will shut off the system. 110°C Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 65: Apm Configuration Menu

    Sets the CPU thermal behavior at 100°C Disabled 1Min Standby / Suspend Time Out Sets the Time Out for the regarding state 2Min … 40Min Disabled Hard Disk Time Out (Minutes) Sets the Time Out for the Hard Disk Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 66 Opens Dialog for Wake-up password keyboard Disabled Disables / Enables the wake-up from S1 for Resume on PS/2 Mouse Enabled PS/2 Mouse Disabled Disables / Enables the wake-up from S3 and Resume On RTC Alarm S5 for LAN Enabled Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 67 Watchdog (Reset or Reset NMI) Disabled Disables or Enables the Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum Enabled Function of the Clock Controller Disabled Disables or Enables the MARS Smart Battery MARS System Support Enabled Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 68: Pci/Pnp Menu

    PCI/PNP devices DMA Channel 0 - 7 Reserved: Specified DMA channel is reserved Reserved for use by legacy ISA devices Disabled Size of memory block to reserve for legacy Reserved Memory Size ISA devices Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 69: Boot Menu

    9 BIOS Operation 9.3.4 Boot Menu Note: Boot Device Priority Menu depends on the connected and detected devices. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...
  • Page 70 Wait for F1 key to be pressed if error occurs Disabled Enabled Displays “Press DEL to run Setup” in POST if Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Disabled enabled Disabled If enabled allow Option ROMs to capture Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 Enabled Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 71: Security Menu

    Feature Option Description Change Supervisor Password Enter password to enter BIOS setup utility Change User Password Enter password to boot the system Disabled Enables and disables the boot sector virus Boot Sector Virus Protection Enabled protection Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 72: Exit Menu

    9 BIOS Operation 9.3.6 Exit Menu Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 73: Updating And Restoring Of Bios

    BIOS image from a crisis diskette (see above). Additionally, the end user can insert an update key into the serial port (COM1 only) to force initiating the recovery routine for the boot block. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 74: Appendix F: Jida Standard

    Always use the procedure described above to determine the association between board and board number. Refer to the JIDA manual in the jidai1xx.zip folder, which is available from the Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH Web site, for further information on implementing and using JIDA calls with C sample code.

  • Page 75: Appendix G: Pc Architecture Information

    SIG on the Web. PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software Architecture & Design, Fifth Edition, Edward ® Solari and George Willse, Annabooks, 2001, ISBN 0-929392-63-9. PCI System Architecture, Tom Shanley and Don Anderson, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ® ISBN 0-201-30974-2. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 76: General Pc Architecture

    You can search for information about the working group on the Web. We recommend you also search the Web for information on 4.2 I/O cable, if you use hard disks in a DMA3 or PIO4 mode. Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 77: 11.3.3 Usb

    The Programmer’s PC Sourcebook, Second Edition, Thom Hogan, Microsoft Press, ® 1991, ISBN 1-55615-321-X Undocumented PC, A Programmer’s Guide to I/O, CPUs, and Fixed Memory Areas, ® Frank van Gilluwe, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-47950-8 Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

  • Page 78: Appendix I: Document-Revision History

    Updated BIOS setup information to current BIOS (MODCR110), updated chapter one to 08.01.09 current version and added Ethernet LED behaviour 14.01.09 Corrected BIOS setup information, added information in Ethernet LED pinout list (X4 pin10) 23.01.09 Added MTBF value, added USB configuration menu, IDE device configuration menu Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8...

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