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KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 4 of 61 Table of contents: INTRODUCTION .............................6 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ......................7 Installing the board..........................7 Requirement according to EN60950 ....................8 SYSTEM SPECIFICATION ........................9 Component main data ........................9 System overview ..........................12 KTUS15/mITX Board configurations....................13 System Memory support .........................14 3.4.1 Memory Operating Frequencies ....................14...
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KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 5 of 61 Serial Ports ............................34 4.9.1 Com1, 2, 3, 4 Pin Header Connector..................34 4.10 Ethernet connectors........................35 4.10.1 Ethernet connector (LAN) ......................35 4.11 USB Connector (USB)........................36 4.11.1 USB Connector 0/2 (USB0/2).....................37 4.11.2 USB Connector 4/5 (USB4/5).....................37 4.11.3...
6 of 61 1. Introduction This manual describes the KTUS15/mITX boards made by KONTRON Technology A/S. The boards will also be denoted KTUS15 family if no differentiation is required. The boards use the Dual-Core Intel® Atom™ processor together with the Intel® US15W chipset.
2. Installation procedure Installing the board To get the board running, follow these steps. In some cases the board shipped from KONTRON Technology has DDR2 DRAM mounted. In this case Step 2 can be skipped. 1. Turn off the power supply 2.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 8 of 61 Requirement according to EN60950 Users of KTUS15 family 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: •...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 9 of 61 3. System specification Component main data The table below summarises the features of the KTUS15/mITX embedded motherboards. KTUS15/mITX: mini ITX (170.18millimeters by 170.18millimeters) Form factor Processor • Intel® Atom™ BGA processors 1.1GHz (Z510) or 1.6GHz (Z530) depending on board configuration.
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• RPL/PXE netboot supported. Wake On LAN (WOL) supported (S3 only). • BIOS Kontron Technology / AMI BIOS (core version 8.00) • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI 3.0), Plug and Play Suspend To Ram Suspend To Disk Intel Speed Step •...
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KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 11 of 61 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.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 12 of 61 System overview The block diagram below shows the architecture and main components of the KTUS15 family boards. Components shown shaded are optional depending on variants of the board.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 14 of 61 System Memory support The KTUS15 boards have one 200-pin DDR2 Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (SO-DIMM) socket. The socket can be populated with up to 2 GB (* to be confirmed) of unbuffered DDR2 SO-DIMM modules. Memory speeds up to 533MT/s (PC2-4200) are supported.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 15 of 61 KTUS15 Graphics Subsystem The KTUS15 boards use the Intel ® US15W chipset for graphical control by the embedded Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 500. The Intel Graphics Media Adapter includes LVDS and Serial DVO display ports permitting simultaneous independent operation of two displays.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 16 of 61 3.5.2 Dual Independent / Mirror / Single Display support The table below shows the supported display configurations for the KTUS15 boards. LVDS Interface Mem. Freq. 533MT/s Color depth 32bit Refresh rate 60Hz No Display 640x480...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 17 of 61 KTUS15 Power 3.6.1 Power State Map 3.6.2 Power Budget The below table shows the power budget for the KTUS15 boards. This does not reflect the actual power used.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 18 of 61 3.6.3 Power Consumption The KTUS15/mITX board is powered through the PWR connector by a single supply DC voltage between 5-25V. The requirements to the supply voltage is as follows: Supply Note 4.75V...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 20 of 61 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.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 23 of 61 Power Connector (PWR) The KTUS15 boards are designed to be supplied from a wide-range single supply DC-supply: 5-25V DC +/-5%. Power Connector, PWR: Note Type Signal Signal Type Note +Vin +Vin...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 24 of 61 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors (KBD) Attachment of a keyboard or PS/2 mouse adapter can be done through the PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector (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.
DVI Connector (DVI-A), Analogue output The DVI-A connector only support DVI Analog output. For connecting a standard CRT (analogue) monitor to the DVI-A connector a DVI-CRT adapter can be used (Kontron P/N 822001). Female socket, front view Signal Description - DVI Connector: Pin No.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 26 of 61 4.4.2 DVI Connector (DVI-D), Digital output The DVI-D connector only support DVI Digital output. Female socket, front view Signal Description - DVI Connector: Pin No. Signal Description Type Pull Up TMDS Data 2- Digital Red –...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 28 of 61 PCI-Express Connectors The KT boards contains two 1-lane (x1) PCI Express ports intended for an external PCI Express cards. The PCI Express port is compliant to the PCI Express* Base Specification revision 1.1. The two 1-lane (x1) PCI Express ports are supplied through a onboard 5-Lane/5-port PCI express switch.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 29 of 61 Serial ATA harddisk interface The KTUS15 boards includes an onboard SATA interface depending on the configuration (refer to section KTUS15/mITX Board configurations). The SATA Host controller supports 2-port SATA II interface with data transfer rates of up to 3.0Gb/s (300MB/s).
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 30 of 61 Parallel ATA harddisk interface The PATA Host Controller supports three types of data transfers: • Programmed I/O (PIO): Processor is in control of the data transfer. • Multi-word DMA (ATA-5): DMA protocol that resembles the DMA on the ISA bus. Allows transfer rates of up to 66 MB/s.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 31 of 61 4.7.1 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...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 32 of 61 4.7.2 CF Connector (CF) This connector is mounted on the topside of the KTUS15/mITX. The CF socket support DMA/UDMA modules up to UDMA2. NOTE: If the CF connector is used then only one PATA device is supported and only by use of 40-wire cable (not 80-wire cable).
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 33 of 61 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...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 34 of 61 Serial Ports Two or four RS232 serial ports are available on the KTUS15 boards depending on the configuration (refer to section KTUS15/mITX Board configurations). The typical interpretation of the signals in the COM ports is as follows: Signal Description Transmitte Data, sends serial data to the communication link.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 35 of 61 4.10 Ethernet connectors. The KTUS15 board support 1 channel of 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet using the Intel® 82574L PCI express LAN controller. 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.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 36 of 61 4.11 USB Connector (USB) The KTUS15 boards ntains three Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) USB 1.1 controllers and an Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) USB 2.0 controller. A total of eight USB ports are supported. All eight of these ports are capable of highspeed data transfers up to 480 MB/s, and six of the ports are also capable of full-speed and low-speed signaling (USB Ports 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 37 of 61 4.11.1 USB Connector 0/2 (USB0/2) Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note 5V/SB5V /15K 0.25/2 USB0- USB0+ 0.25/2 /15K 5V/SB5V /15K 0.25/2 USB2- USB2+ 0.25/2 /15K Note 1: The 5V supply for the USB devices is on-board fused with a 2.0A reset-able fuse.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 38 of 61 4.11.3 USB Connector 6/7 (USB6/7) USB Ports 6 and 7 are are supplied on the internal USB6, USB7 pinrow connector. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note 5V/SB5V...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 39 of 61 4.12 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. The Audio signals are made available on the Frontpanel connectors (Line in / Line out / MIC) and the onboard AUDIO_HEAD and CDROM Audio input connectors.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 40 of 61 4.12.2 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...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 42 of 61 4.13 Fan connectors, (FAN_CPU) The FAN_CPU is used for connection of the FAN for the CPU or System. The 4pin header supports connection of 3-pin FANs, but it is recommended to use the 4-pin type for optimized FAN speed control.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 43 of 61 4.14 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 •...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 45 of 61 4.16 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 –...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 48 of 61 4.18.1 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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KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 49 of 61 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.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 50 of 61 4.18.2 KTUS15 PCI IRQ & INT routing Board type Slot IDSEL INTA INTB INTC INTD KTUS15/mITX AD16 INT_PIRQ#A INT_PIRQ#B INT_PIRQ#C INT_PIRQ#D 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=AD30, INT_PIRQ#D, INT_PIRQ#A, INT_PIRQ#B, INT_PIRQ#C.
Onboard system parity errors and IOCHCHK signal activation Onboard Timer 0 Interrupt Onboard Keyboard Interrupt Used for Cascading IRQ8-IRQ15 May be used by onboard Serial Port A May be used by onboard Serial Port B / IrDA Port May be used by onboard Parallel Port Used by onboard Real Time Clock Alarm May be used by onboard P/S 2 support Used for Onboard co-processor support...
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 56 of 61 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...
7. Overview of BIOS features This Manual section details specific BIOS features for the KTUS15 boards. The KTUS15 boards are based on the AMI BIOS core version 8.10 with Kontron BIOS extensions. System Management BIOS (SMBIOS / DMI) SMBIOS is a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) compliant method for managing computers in a managed network.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 58 of 61 8. BIOS Configuration / Setup Introduction The BIOS Setup is used to view and configure BIOS settings for the KTUS15 board. The BIOS Setup is accessed by pressing the DEL key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins.
KTUS15 Family KTD-00774-0 Public User Manual Date: 2008-12-29 Page 59 of 61 AMI BIOS Beep Codes Boot Block Beep Codes: Number of Description Beeps Insert diskette in floppy drive A: ‘AMIBOOT.ROM’ file not found in root directory of diskette in A: Base Memory error Flash Programming successful Floppy read error...
Use the Setup.exe files for all relevant drivers. The drivers can be found on KTUS15 Driver CD or they can be downloaded from the homepage http://www.kontron.com/ Note: When installing Intel ® Graphics drvers it is possible that the OS start up without any connected display(s) active.
61 of 61 10. 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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