Any questions please visit our website at http://www.commell.com.tw Packing List: Please check the package content before you starting using the board. Hardware: LP-173 Pico-ITX Miniboard x 1 Cable Kit: USB Cable x 1 SATA Cable x 1 (OALUSBA-3) / (1040173)
Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> The LP-173 motherboard is design based on Intel® Celeron® Processor J1900 / N2930 and Intel® Atom Processor E3845, delivering outstanding compute, graphical, and media performance while operating in an extended range of thermal conditions. The SoC bases on the Silvermont microarchitecture, utilizing Intel’s industry-leading 22nm...
LP-173 User’s Manual Flexible Extension Interface The board provides one PCIe mini slot 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor PICO-ITX miniboard Intel® Processor J1900/N2930/E3845, package type FCBGA1170 Memory 1 x DDR3L (support 1.35V) 1066/1333 SO-DIMM up to 8GB System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 Watchdog Timer sec./min.
LP-173 User’s Manual 2.4 <Memory Setup> The board provide 204-pin DDR3L SO-DIMM to support 1066/1333MHz up to 8GB. Support Non-ECC, unbuffered memory only 2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup> The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, please remove battery to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values.
LP-173 User’s Manual 2.6 <SATA Interface> Based on SOC, the board provides one Serial ATAII interfaces with up to 300MB/s of transfer rate. 2.7 <LAN Interface> The board integrates with one Intel® I210-AT controller, The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance.
LP-173 User’s Manual -CRTATCH IOGND1 IOGND1 IOGND1 -CRTATCH 5VCDA 5HSYNC 5VSYNC 5VCLK 2.8.2 <CN_LVDS> The board provides one 20-pin LVDS connector for 18 bit or 24bit single channel panel, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting.
LP-173 User’s Manual BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0) Single / Dual channel Single / Dual channel Output format Output format 640 x 480 1680 x 1050 800 x 600 1920 x 1200 1024 x 768 1440 x 900...
LP-173 User’s Manual 2.10 <USB 3.0 and USB 2.0Interface> LP-173 integrates 1 x USB3.0 and 3 x USB2.0, The specifications are listed below: Interface USB3.0 USB2.0 Transfer Rate Up to 5Gb/s Up to 480Mb/s Voltage Connector: CN_USB Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) header for USB Port (USB2.0)
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LP-173 User’s Manual enable xHCI Mode. USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver install Step1. Copy the USB 3.0 driver from “Driver CD” to the local hard driver directory, Step2. Configure default BIOS, click Advanced > South Cluster Configuration > USB Configuration, disable “EHCI Mode”.
LP-173 User’s Manual USB 3.0 driver. Step5. Double click the “Setup.exe” from the directory. Click “Next” to continue. Step6. Lastly, the “Setup Complete” screen appears so click “Finish” to restart your computer. 2.11 <Serial Port Jumper Setting > The board provides two RS232 serial ports Connector: CN_COM1/2 Type: 20-pin (5 x 2) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header for COM1/2...
LP-173 User’s Manual MSO1- MDTR1- MDSR1- MRTS1- MCTS1- MRI1- MDCD2- MSIN2- MSO2- MDTR2- MDSR2- MRTS2- MCTS2- MRI2- 2.12 <Power & FAN Connector > The board requires DC input with 2-pin header, the input voltage range is from 5V for the input current, please take a reference of the power consumption report on appendix.
LP-173 User’s Manual Description Description Description Ground +12V SYSFAN Connector: CPUFAN Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector Description Description Description Ground +12V CPUFAN 2.13 <Indicator and Switch> The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and beeper, etc.
LP-173 User’s Manual Function Signal Signal Power PWRBT- PWRBT+ Speaker SPK- SPK+ HDD LED HLED- HLED+ Power LED PWLED+ Reset- Reset 2.14 < PCIE Mini Card > The board provides one PCIE mini card socket Jumper: JMSATA Type: onboard 3-pin header...
LP-173 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Phoenix BIOS for the system configuration. The Phoenix BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel® x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers.
LP-173 User’s Manual Description Description Ground Ground GP10 GP14 GP11 GP15 GP12 GP16 GP13 GP17 Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool The board is based on Phoenix BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool.
LP-173 User’s Manual 4. Type the ” fpt64.efi -y -f xxx.bin” command to start flash BIOS processes. ( xxx.bin means the BIOS file that you want to update) 5. When it finished all update processes, restart the system. Any question about the BIOS re-flash please contact your distributors or visit the web-site at below: http://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htm...
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LP-173 User’s Manual -o 4F xx ;set GPIO as input/output; set ‘1’ for input,’0’for output -o 4E F1 -o 4F xx ;if set GPIO’s as output,in this register its value can be set Optional : -o 4E F2 -o 4F xx ;...
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LP-173 User’s Manual Timeout Value Range - 1 to 255 - Second or Minute Program Sample The integrated Watchdog Timer can be set up by programming. Enter configuration -O 4E 87 -O 4E 87 -O 4E 07 Logic Device Enable...
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