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• special BIOS is required for one x4 link). I²C Bus, Fast Mode (400 kHz) multimaster • 8x USB 2.0 (EHCI) UEFI 2.x firmware, 8MByte serial SPI with congatec Embedded BIOS features ® BIOS AMI Aptio Power Management ACPI 3.0 compliant with battery support. Also supports Suspend to RAM (S3).
If for some reason it is not possible to use the appropriate congatec module heatspreader, then it is the responsibility of the operator to ensure that all components found on the module operate within the component manufacturer’s specified temperature range.
LPC Bus. 4.1.6 I²C Bus 400kHz The I²C bus is implemented through the congatec board controller (STMicroelectronics STM32. It provides a Fast Mode (400kHz max.) multi-master I²C Bus that has maximum I²C bandwidth. 4.1.7 PCI Express™...
The standard variants of conga-BM67/BS67 do not support the FIELD_STALL signal pair used by some SDVO to LVDS and TV transmitters. The FIELD_STALL signal pair can be optionally made available. For more information about this subject contact congatec technical support.
HDMI. See section 7.5 of this document for more information about enabling HDMI peripherals. Note For more information about implementing a HDMI interface on COM Express™ carrier boards, refer to application note AN17_HDMI_DP_ Implementation.pdf, which can be found on the congatec website. 4.2.4 DisplayPort (DP) The conga-BM67/BS67 offers three DP ports, each capable of supporting link-speeds of 1.62 Gbps and 2.7 Gbps on 1, 2 or 4 data lanes.
The conga-BM67/BS67 is equipped with a STMicroelectronics STM32 microcontroller. This onboard microcontroller plays an important role for most of the congatec embedded/industrial PC features. It fully isolates some of the embedded features such as system monitoring or the I²C bus from the x86 core architecture, which results in higher embedded feature performance and more reliability, even when the x86 processor is in a low power mode.
OEM BIOS Code With the congatec embedded BIOS it is even possible for system designers to add their own code to the BIOS POST process. Except for custom specific code, this feature can also be used to support Win XP SLP installation, Window 7 SLIC table, verb tables for HDA codecs, rare graphic modes and Super I/O controllers.
The CGOS API (congatec Operating System Application Programming Interface) is the congatec proprietary API that is available for all commonly used Operating Systems such as Win32, Win64, Win CE, Linux and QNX. The architecture of the CGOS API driver provides the ability to write application software that runs unmodified on all congatec CPU modules.
Note congatec does not offer virtual machine monitor (VMM) software. All VMM software support questions and queries should be directed to the VMM software vendor and not congatec technical support. Thermal Management ACPI is responsible for allowing the operating system to play an important part in the system’s thermal management. This results in the operating system having the ability to take control of the operating environment by implementing cooling decisions according to the demands put on the CPU by the application.
Signal Descriptions and Pinout Tables The following section describes the signals found on COM Express™ Type II connectors used for congatec AG modules. The pinout of the modules complies with COM Express Type 2.0 Rev. 2.0. Table 2 describes the terminology used in this section for the Signal Description tables. The PU/PD column indicates if a COM Express™...
HDMI port C Control Clock I/O 3.3V This signal is not supported by COM Express standard but is mandatory to support the HDMI interface on conga-BM67/BS67. Therefore congatec has used the reserved (RSVD) pin D63 for this signal. DDPC_CTRLDATA HDMI port C Control Data I/O 3.3V...
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HDMI port D Control Clock I/O 3.3V This signal is not supported by COM Express standard but is mandatory to support the HDMI interface on conga-BM67/BS67. Therefore congatec has used the reserved (RSVD) pin C97 for this signal. DDPD_CTRLDATA HDMI port D Control Data I/O 3.3V...
This signal is not supported by COM Express standard but is mandatory to support the DisplayPort interface on conga-BM67/BS67. Therefore congatec has used the reserved (RSVD) pin D64 for this signal. This signal is not used on the DisplayPort interface but it must be used to enable the DisplayPort interface.
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This signal is not supported by COM Express standard but is mandatory to support the DisplayPort interface on conga-BM67/BS67. Therefore congatec has used the reserved (RSVD) pin D83 for this signal. This signal is not used on the DisplayPort interface but it must be used to enable the DisplayPort interface.
On the conga-BM67/BS67 the PCI Bus acts as the subtractive decoding agent. All I/O cycles that are not positively decoded are forwarded to the PCI Bus not the LPC Bus. Only specified I/O ranges are forwarded to the LPC Bus. In the congatec Embedded BIOS the following I/O address ranges are sent to the LPC Bus: 3F8 –...
If there are two devices connected to the same PCI REQ/GNT pair and they are transferring data at the same time then the latency time of these shared PCI devices can not be guaranteed. I²C Bus There are no onboard resources connected to the I²C bus. Address 16h is reserved for congatec Battery Management solutions. SM Bus ®...
BIOS setup program. Setup Menu and Navigation The congatec BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar and two main frames. The menu bar is shown below: Note Entries in the option column that are displayed in bold print indicate BIOS default values.
Serial Number no option Displays the serial number of the board. BC Firmware Rev. no option Displays the revision of the congatec board controller. MAC Address no option Displays the MAC address of the onboard Ethernet controller. Boot Counter no option Displays the number of boot-ups.
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VGA 640x480 1x18 (013h) Auto detection is performed by reading an EDID data set via the video I²C bus. The number in brackets specifies the congatec internal number of the respective panel data set. WVGA 800x480 1x24 (01Bh) Note: Customized EDID™ utilizes an OEM defined EDID™ data set stored in the BIOS flash device.
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Note In ACPI mode it is not possible for a “Watchdog ACPI Event” handler to directly restart or shutdown the OS. For this reason the congatec BIOS will do one of the following: For Shutdown: An over temperature notification is executed. This causes the OS to shut down in an orderly fashion.
Note 1. The term ‘AC power loss’ stands for the state when the module looses the standby voltage on the 5V_SB pins. On congatec modules, the standby voltage is continuously monitored after the system is turned off. If within 30 seconds the standby voltage is no longer detected, then this is considered an AC power loss condition.
Additional BIOS Features The conga-BM67/BS67 uses a congatec/AMI AptioEFI that is stored in an onboard Flash Rom chip and can be updated using the congatec System Utility, which is available in a DOS based command line, Win32 command line, Win32 GUI, and Linux version.
Industry Specifications The list below provides links to industry specifications that apply to congatec AG modules. Specification Link Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.0 (LPC) http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/industry/lpc.htm Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, Revision 2.0 http://www.usb.org/home PCI Specification, Revision 2.3 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications Serial ATA Specification, Revision 3.0...
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