Table of Contents
Revised February 2012 FACE Module Design Guide 3
Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 About This Document...................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Related Documents .......................................................................................................... 5
2OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................6
2.1 FACE Module Concept....................................................................................................6
3FACE MODULE INTERFACES......................................................................................7
3.1 PCIe.................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 SATA ............................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 USB.................................................................................................................................. 8
3.4 SMBus.............................................................................................................................. 9
3.5 Digital Audio.................................................................................................................... 9
3.6 LPC .................................................................................................................................. 9
3.7 GPIOs............................................................................................................................. 10
3.8 Power ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.9 Miscellaneous.................................................................................................................11
4FACE MODULE CONNECTORS ................................................................................. 12
4.1 FACE Extension Connectors (PX1, PX2) ..................................................................... 12
5ELECTRICAL DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................... 14
5.1 General Design Guidelines ............................................................................................ 14
5.2 PCIe Design Guidelines................................................................................................. 14
5.3 SATA Design Guidelines............................................................................................... 14
5.4 USB Design Guidelines .................................................................................................15
5.5 Power Supplies Design Guidelines................................................................................15
6MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................... 16
6.1 FACE Module PCB design............................................................................................ 16
6.2 FACE Module Panel Design.......................................................................................... 17
