Congatec X945 User manual

XTX™
conga-X945 and conga-XA945
Intel® Atom™ N270, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, Intel® Core™ Duo
and Celeron M processors with an Intel® 94 chipset
User's Guide
Revision 1.3

Revision History
Revision Date (dd.mm.yy) Author hanges
0.1 02.06.06 GDA Preliminary release
0.2 23.06.06 GDA Updated order table, specification table, and BI S section. Added BI S
Setup Data Backup overview section 5.3.1. Added Performance Control
information to section 6.4. Added ACPI resume events table to section 6.6.
1.0 14.11.06 GDA fficial Release.
Added section 1.4.1 Supply Voltage Ripple and sections 1.5.2, 1.5.4
power consumption tables. Updated section 1.6 Supply Voltage Battery
Power, section 1.7 Environmental Specifications, section 3.1 Heatspreader
Dimensions diagram, section 5.3.1 BI S Setup Data Backup verview
diagram. Added Power Consumption Graph for Intel® Core™ Duo U2500
ULV 1.2GHz variant and description for PP_TPM pin 60 on X2 connector.
Updated complete BI S Setup Description section.
1.1 13.02.07 GDA Added Electrostatic Sensitive Device information. Added Intel® Core™ 2
Duo L7400 1.5GHz variant to document. Removed processor core voltage
values from power consumption tables. Added caution statement to
section 3 Heatspreader.
1.2 23.08.07 GDA Changed all references of 82945GM to 82945GME. Replaced Intel®
Core™ Duo U2500 variant with Intel® Core™ Duo U7500. U2500 is no
longer available as a standard variant. Added information about center
mounting hole to 'Caution' statement in section 3 Heatspreader. Added
information to 'Caution' statement in section 4.1.4 nboard Generated
Supply Voltage. Added information to section 4.2.4 PCI Express about x4
mode. Added note about floppy cable to section 4.3.6 Parallel Port/Floppy
Interface. Added section 5.7 'congatec Battery Management Interface'.
Updated section 8 System Resources and section 9 BI S Setup
Description.
1.3 02.07.09 GDA Added conga-XA945 variant to user's guide. Improved section 1.4.1 and
added section 1.4.2. Corrected name of SMB Alert signal in the 'ACPI
Suspend and Resume Events' table in section 6.5. Was SMBALERT# but
should be SMBALRT#. Added 'Note' to section 7 'Signal Descriptions and
Pinout Tables'. Updated section 9, 'BI S Setup Description'.
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Preface
This user's guide provides information about the components, features, connectors and
BI S Setup menus available on the conga-X945/XA945. It is one of four documents
that should be referred to when designing an XTX™ application. The other reference
documents that should be used include the following:
XTX™ Design Guide
XTX™ Specification
ETX® Design Guide
The links to these documents can be found on the congatec AG website at
www.congatec.com
Disclaimer
The information contained within this user's guide, including but not limited to any
product specification, is subject to change without notice.
congatec AG provides no warranty with regard to this user's guide or any other
information contained herein and hereby expressly disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose with regard to any of the foregoing.
congatec AG assumes no liability for any damages incurred directly or indirectly from
any technical or typographical errors or omissions contained herein or for discrepancies
between the product and the user's guide. In no event shall congatec AG be liable for
any incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages, whether based on tort,
contract or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this user's guide or any other
information contained herein or the use thereof.
Intended Audience
This user's guide is intended for technically qualified personnel. It is not intended for
general audiences.
Symbols
The following symbols are used in this user's guide:
Warning
Warnings indicate conditions that, if not observed, can cause personal injury.
aution
Cautions warn the user about how to prevent damage to hardware or loss of data.
Note
Notes call attention to important information that should be observed.
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Terminology
Term Description
GB Gigabyte (1,073,741,824 bytes)
GHZ Gigahertz (one billion hertz)
kB Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
MB Megabyte (1,048,576 bytes)
Mbit Megabit (1,048,576 bits)
kHz Kilohertz (one thousand hertz)
MHz Megahertz (one million hertz)
PCI-EX PCI Express
SATA Serial ATA
PATA Parallel ATA
T. .M. Top of memory = max. DRAM installed
HDA High Definition Audio
I/F Interface
N.C. Not connected
N.A. Not available
T.B.D. To be determined
opyright Notice
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Some of the information found in this user's guide has been extracted WITH EXPRESS
PERMISSI N from the following C PYRIGHTED American Megatrends, Inc
documents:
•AMIBI S8_HDD_Security.pdf
•AMIBI S8-Flash-Recovery-Whitepaper.pdf
•AMIBI S8_SerialRedirection.pdf
•AMIBI S8 Setup User's Guide
The above mentioned documents are Copyright© 2005 American Megatrends, Inc. All
rights reserved. All text, pictures and graphics are protected by copyrights. No copying
is permitted without written permission from American Megatrends, Inc.
congatec AG has made every attempt to ensure that the information in this document is
accurate yet the information contained within is supplied “as-is”.
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Trademarks
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Expresscard is a
registered trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
(PCMCIA). PCI Express is a registered trademark of Peripheral Component
Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG). I²C is a registered trademark of Philips
Corporation. CompactFlash is a registered trademark of CompactFlash Association.
Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corp. AVR is a registered
trademark of Atmel Corporation. ETX is a registered trademark of Kontron AG.
AMIC RE8 is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc. Microsoft®,
Windows®, Windows NT®, Windows CE and Windows XP® are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. VxWorks is a registered trademark of WindRiver. conga,
congatec and XTX are registered trademark of congatec AG. All product names and
logos are property of their owners.
Warranty
congatec AG makes no representation, warranty or guaranty, express or implied
regarding the products except its standard form of limited warranty ("Limited Warranty").
congatec AG may in its sole discretion modify its Limited Warranty at any time and from
time to time.
Beginning on the date of shipment to its direct customer and continuing for the
published warranty period, congatec AG represents that the products are new and
warrants that each product failing to function properly under normal use, due to a defect
in materials or workmanship or due to non conformance to the agreed upon
specifications, will be repaired or exchanged, at congatec AG's option and expense.
Customer will obtain a Return Material Authorization ("RMA") number from congatec AG
prior to returning the non conforming product freight prepaid. congatec AG will pay for
transporting the repaired or exchanged product to the customer.
Repaired, replaced or exchanged product will be warranted for the repair warranty
period in effect as of the date the repaired, exchanged or replaced product is shipped by
congatec AG, or the remainder of the original warranty, whichever is longer. This
Limited Warranty extends to congatec AG's direct customer only and is not assignable
or transferable.
Except as set forth in writing in the Limited Warranty, congatec AG makes no
performance representations, warranties, or guarantees, either express or implied, oral
or written, with respect to the products, including without limitation any implied warranty
(a) of merchantability, (b) of fitness for a particular purpose, or (c) arising from course of
performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade.
congatec AG shall in no event be liable to the end user for collateral or consequential
damages of any kind. congatec AG shall not otherwise be liable for loss, damage or
expense directly or indirectly arising from the use of the product or from any other
cause. The sole and exclusive remedy against congatec AG, whether a claim sound in
contract, warranty, tort or any other legal theory, shall be repair or replacement of the
product only.
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ertification
congatec AG is certified to DIN EN IS 9001:2000 standard.
Technical Support
congatec AG technicians and engineers are committed to providing the best possible
technical support for our customers so that our products can be easily used and
implemented. We request that you first visit our website at www.congatec.com for the
latest documentation, utilities and drivers, which have been made available to assist
you. If you still require assistance after visiting our website then contact our technical
support department by email at support@congatec.com
ETX® oncept and XTXTM Extension
The ETX® concept is an off the shelf, multi vendor, Single-Board-Computer that
integrates all the core components of a common PC and is mounted onto an application
specific baseboard. ETX® modules have a standardized form factor of 95mm x 114mm
and have specified pinouts on the four system connectors that remain the same
regardless of the vendor. The ETX® module provides most of the functional
requirements for any application. These functions include, but are not limited to,
graphics, sound, keyboard/mouse, IDE, Ethernet, parallel, serial and USB ports. Four
ruggedized connectors provide the baseboard interface and carry all the I/ signals to
and from the ETX® module.
Baseboard designers can utilize as little or as many of the I/ interfaces as deemed
necessary. The baseboard can therefore provide all the interface connectors required to
attach the system to the application specific peripherals. This versatility allows the
designer to create a dense and optimized package, which results in a more reliable
product while simplifying system integration. Most importantly ETX® applications are
scalable, which means once a product has been created there is the ability to diversify
the product range through the use of different performance class ETX® modules. Simply
unplug one module and replace it with another, no redesign is necessary.
XTX™ is an expansion and continuation of the well-established and highly successful
ETX® standard. XTX™ offers the newest I/ technologies on this proven form factor.
Now that the ISA bus is being used less and less in modern embedded applications
congatec AG offers an array of different features on the X2 connector than those
currently found on the ETX® platform. These features include new serial high speed
buses such as PCI Express™ and Serial ATA®. All other signals found on connectors
X1, X3, and X4 remain the same in accordance to the ETX® standard (Rev. 2.7) and
therefore will be completely compatible. If the embedded PC application still requires the
ISA bus then an ISA bridge can be implemented on the application specific baseboard
or the readily available LPC bus located on the XTX™ module may be used. Contact
congatec technical support for details.
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Lead-Free Designs (RoHS)
All congatec AG designs are created from lead-free components and are completely
RoHS compliant.
Electrostatic Sensitive Device
All congatec AG products are electrostatic sensitive devices and are packaged
accordingly. Do not open or handle a congatec AG product except at an
electrostatic-free workstation. Additionally, do not ship or store congatec AG products
near strong electrostatic, electromagnetic, magnetic, or radioactive fields unless the
device is contained within its original manufacturer's packaging. Be aware that failure to
comply with these guidelines will void the congatec AG Limited Warranty.
conga-X945/XA945 Options Information
The conga-X945 is available in five different optional variants. The conga-XA945 is
available in one variant. This user's guide describes all of these options. Below you will
find an order table showing the different configurations that are currently offered by
congatec AG. Check the table for the Part no./ rder no. that applies to your product.
This will tell you what options described in this user's guide are available on your
particular module.
Part-No. 055874 085691 014781 034571 078965
PU Intel® Core™ 2
Duo L7400 LV
1.5GHz (Low
Voltage)
Intel® Core™
Duo L2400 LV
1.66GHz (Low
Voltage)
Intel® Core™ 2
Duo U7500 ULV
1.06GHz (Ultra
Low Voltage)
Intel® Celeron M
423 ULV
1.06GHz (Ultra
Low Voltage)
Intel® Celeron M
440 1.86GHz
ache 4 MByte 2 MByte 2 MByte 1 MByte 1 MByte
SATA 2x 2x 2x 2x 2x
SDVO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB 2.0 6x 6x 6x 6x 6x
P I Express 4x 4x 4x 4x 4x
Suspend to RAM (S3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
conga-XA945 Variants
Part-No. 055874
PU Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz
ache 512kB
SATA 2x
SDVO Yes
USB 2.0 6x
P I Express 4x
Suspend to RAM (S3) Yes
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ontents
1 Specifications.............................................................................................................................11
1.1 Feature List.............................................................................................................................11
1.2 Supported perating Systems................................................................................................12
1.3 Mechanical Dimensions...........................................................................................................12
1.4 Electrical Characteristics.........................................................................................................12
1.4.1 Supply Voltage Ripple..........................................................................................................13
1.4.2 Rise Time.............................................................................................................................13
1.5 Power Consumption................................................................................................................13
1.5.1 conga-XA945 Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz 512kB cache....................................................15
1.5.2 conga-X945 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz 4MB cache..............................................15
1.5.3 conga-X945 Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz 2MB cache...............................................15
1.5.4 conga-X945 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo U7500 1.06GHz 2MB cache...........................................16
1.5.5 conga-X945 Intel® Celeron M 423 1.06GHz 1MB cache.....................................................16
1.5.6 conga-X945 Intel® Celeron M 440 1.86GHz 1MB cache.....................................................16
1.6 Supply Voltage Battery Power.................................................................................................17
1.6.1 CM S Battery Power Consumption.....................................................................................17
1.7 Environmental Specifications..................................................................................................17
2 Block Diagram............................................................................................................................18
3 Heatspreader.............................................................................................................................19
3.1 Heatspreader Dimensions.......................................................................................................20
3.2 Exploded view of Threaded XTX Heatspreader, Module and Carrier Board Assembly...........21
4 Connector Subsystems..............................................................................................................22
4.1 Connector X1..........................................................................................................................22
4.1.1 PCI Bus................................................................................................................................22
4.1.2 USB......................................................................................................................................22
4.1.3 Audio....................................................................................................................................23
4.1.4 nboard Generated Supply Voltage....................................................................................23
4.2 Connector X2 (XTX™ Extension)............................................................................................24
4.2.1 LPC......................................................................................................................................24
4.2.2 USB 2.0................................................................................................................................24
4.2.3 Serial ATA™ .......................................................................................................................24
4.2.4 PCI Express™ .....................................................................................................................24
4.2.5 ExpressCard™ ....................................................................................................................24
4.2.6 AC'97 / HDA (High Definition Audio) Digital Audio...............................................................25
4.2.7 Extended System Management...........................................................................................25
4.3 Connector X3..........................................................................................................................26
4.3.1 Graphics...............................................................................................................................26
4.3.2 LCD......................................................................................................................................26
4.3.3 TV- ut..................................................................................................................................26
4.3.4 Serial Ports (1 and 2)...........................................................................................................26
4.3.5 Serial Infrared Interface........................................................................................................26
4.3.6 Parallel Port/Floppy Interface...............................................................................................26
4.3.7 Keyboard/Mouse..................................................................................................................27
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4.4 Connector X4..........................................................................................................................28
4.4.1 IDE.......................................................................................................................................28
4.4.2 Ethernet................................................................................................................................28
4.4.3 I²C Bus 400kHz....................................................................................................................28
4.4.4 Power Control.......................................................................................................................28
4.4.5 Power Management.............................................................................................................30
5 Additional Features....................................................................................................................31
5.1 Watchdog................................................................................................................................31
5.2 nboard Microcontroller..........................................................................................................31
5.3 Embedded BI S.....................................................................................................................31
5.3.1 Simplified verview of BI S Setup Data Backup.................................................................32
5.4 SDV ......................................................................................................................................33
5.5 Security Features....................................................................................................................33
5.6 Suspend to RAM (S3).............................................................................................................33
5.7 congatec Battery Management Interface.................................................................................33
6 conga Tech Notes......................................................................................................................34
6.1 Comparison of I/ APIC to 8259 PIC Interrupt mode..............................................................34
6.2 Native vs. Compatible IDE mode.............................................................................................34
6.2.1 Compatible Mode.................................................................................................................34
6.2.2 Native Mode ........................................................................................................................34
6.3 Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection...........................................................35
6.4 Processor Performance Control..............................................................................................36
6.5 Thermal Management.............................................................................................................39
6.6 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events............................................................................40
6.7 USB 2.0 EHCI Host Controller Support...................................................................................42
7 Signal Descriptions and Pinout Tables.......................................................................................43
7.1 X1 Connector Signal Descriptions...........................................................................................44
7.2 Connector X1 Pinout...............................................................................................................46
7.3 X2 Connector Signal Descriptions (XTX™ extension).............................................................47
7.4 X2 Connector Pinout...............................................................................................................51
7.5 X3 Connector Signal Descriptions...........................................................................................53
7.6 X4 Connector Signal Descriptions...........................................................................................58
7.7 X4 Connector Pinout...............................................................................................................61
7.8 SDV Connector X6...............................................................................................................62
7.9 Boot Strap Signals...................................................................................................................64
8 System Resources.....................................................................................................................65
8.1 System Memory Map...............................................................................................................65
8.2 I/ Address Assignment..........................................................................................................66
8.2.1 LPC Bus...............................................................................................................................67
8.3 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines.................................................................................................67
8.4 Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channels.................................................................................69
8.5 PCI Configuration Space Map.................................................................................................70
8.6 PCI Interrupt Routing Map.......................................................................................................71
8.7 PCI Bus Masters.....................................................................................................................72
8.8 I²C Bus....................................................................................................................................72
8.9 SM Bus....................................................................................................................................72
9 BI S Setup Description.............................................................................................................73
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9.1 Entering the BI S Setup Program..........................................................................................73
9.1.1 Boot Selection Popup...........................................................................................................73
9.1.2 Manufacturer Default Settings..............................................................................................73
9.2 Setup Menu and Navigation....................................................................................................73
9.3 Main Setup Screen..................................................................................................................74
9.4 Advanced Setup......................................................................................................................75
9.4.1 ACPI Configuration Submenu..............................................................................................76
9.4.2 PCI Configuration Submenu.................................................................................................78
9.4.2.1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion Submenu............................................................................78
9.4.2.2 PCI Interrupt Routing Submenu........................................................................................78
9.4.3 Graphics Configuration Submenu........................................................................................79
9.4.4 CPU Configuration Submenu for conga-X945 variants only.................................................81
9.4.5 CPU Configuration Submenu for conga-XA945 variants only..............................................82
9.4.6 Chipset Configuration Submenu...........................................................................................83
9.4.7 I/ Interface Configuration Submenu...................................................................................85
9.4.8 Clock Configuration..............................................................................................................86
9.4.9 IDE Configuration Submenu.................................................................................................86
9.4.9.1 Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenu...............................................................87
9.4.10 USB Configuration Submenu.............................................................................................88
9.4.10.1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Submenu........................................................89
9.4.11 Keyboard/Mouse Configuration Submenu..........................................................................89
9.4.12 Remote Access Configuration Submenu............................................................................90
9.4.13 Hardware Monitoring Submenu..........................................................................................91
9.4.14 Watchdog Configuration Submenu....................................................................................92
9.5 Boot Setup..............................................................................................................................93
9.5.1 Boot Device Priority..............................................................................................................93
9.5.2 Boot Settings Configuration..................................................................................................94
9.6 Security Setup.........................................................................................................................95
9.6.1 Security Settings..................................................................................................................95
9.6.2 Hard Disk Security................................................................................................................96
9.6.2.1 Hard Disk Security User Password....................................................................................96
9.6.2.2 Hard Disk Security Master Password................................................................................96
9.7 Power Setup............................................................................................................................97
9.7.1 Exit Menu.............................................................................................................................98
10 Additional BI S Features.........................................................................................................99
10.1 Updating the BI S................................................................................................................99
10.2 BI S Recovery......................................................................................................................99
10.2.1 BI S Recovery via Storage Devices..................................................................................99
10.2.2 BI S Recovery via Serial Port..........................................................................................100
10.3 Serial Port and Console Redirection....................................................................................100
10.4 BI S Security Features.......................................................................................................100
10.5 Hard Disk Security Features................................................................................................101
11 Industry Specifications...........................................................................................................102
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1 Specifications
1.1 Feature List
Table 1 Feature Summary
Form Factor ETX® standard (Rev. 2.7) with XTXTM extension
Processor Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz with 512-kB L2 cache
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo L7400 LV 1.5GHz with 4-MByte L2 cache (Low Voltage)
Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz with 2-MByte L2 cache LV (Low Voltage)
Intel® Core™ Duo U7500 ULV 1.06GHz with 2-MByte L2 cache (Ultra Low Voltage)
Intel® Celeron M 423 ULV 1.06GHz, with 1-MByte L2 cache (Ultra Low Voltage)
Intel® Celeron M 440 1.86GHz, with 1-MByte L2 cache
Memory S -DIMM DDR2 667 up to 2-GByte
hipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) Intel® 82945GME
Intel® I/ Controller Hub 82801GBM (ICH7M)
Audio Realtek ALC 203 AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible.
Ethernet ICH7M with PHY Intel® 82562
Graphics Options Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with max.224MByte Dynamic Video Memory
Technology (DVMT 3.0) as well as Dual independent display support.
•CRT Interface
400 MHz RAMDAC
Resolutions up to 2048x1536 @ 70Hz (QXGA)
including 1920x1080 @ 85Hz (HDTV)
•Flatpanel Interface (integrated)
2x112MHz LVDS Transmitter
Supports all 1x18, 2x18, 1x24, 2x24 Bit TFT
configurations (current chipset revisions
support 24Bit modes although not officially
stated by Intel®)
Supports both conventional (FPDI) and non-
conventional (LDI) color mappings
Automatic Panel Detection via EPI (Embedded
Panel Interface based on VESA EDID™ 1.3)
Resolutions 640x480 up to 1600x1200 (UXGA)
•Motion Video Support
Up- and Downscaling
High definition content decode
H/W motion compensation
Subpicture support
Dynamic bob and weave
•AUX utput
2 x Intel compliant SDV ports
(serial DV ) 200MPixel/sec each
Supports external DVI, TV and LVDS
transmitter
•TV ut: Integrated TV encoder
Supports component + s-video
Super I/O Winbond 83627HG
Peripheral
Interfaces
•2x Serial ATA®
•4x x1 PCI Express® Links
•PCI Bus Rev. 2.3
•6x USB 2.0 (EHCI)
•LPC Bus (no ISA Bus)
•1x EIDE (UDMA-66/100)
•PS/2 Keyboard, Mouse
•I2C Bus, Fast Mode (400 kHz) multimaster
•Floppy (shared with LPT)
•LPT (EEP/ECP, shared with floppy)
•2 x C M Ports, TTL Level
•1 x IrDA Port
•AC'97/HDA (High Definition Audio codecs) Digital Audio
interface
BIOS Based on AMIBI S8® -1MByte Flash BI S with congatec Embedded BI S features
Power Management ACPI 3.0 compliant with battery support. Also supports Suspend to RAM (S3).
Note
Some of the features mentioned in the Feature Summary are optional. Check the article
number of your module and compare it to the option information list on page of this
user's guide to determine what options are available on your particular module.
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1.2 Supported Operating Systems
The conga-X945/XA945 supports the following operating systems.
•Microsoft® Windows® Vista
•Microsoft® Windows® XP/2000
•Microsoft® Windows ®XP Embedded
•Microsoft® Windows® CE 5.0 / 6.0
•Linux
•QNX
1.3 Mechanical Dimensions
•95.0 mm x 114.0 mm (3.75” x 4.5”)
•Height approx. 12mm (0.4”)
1.4 Electrical haracteristics
haracteristics Min Typ Max Units omment
5V Voltage +/-5% 4.75 5.00 5.25 Vdc
Ripple - - 100 mVpp 0-20MHz
urrent See section 1.5 'Power Consumption' for supply current information.
5V_SB Voltage +/-5% 4.75 5.00 5.25 Vdc
urrent 250 mA
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1.4.1 Supply Voltage Ripple
•Maximum 100mV peak to peak over a frequency band of 10Hz to 20MHz.
The dynamic range shall not exceed the static range.
1.4.2 Rise Time
The input voltages shall rise from 10% of nominal to 90% of nominal at a minimum rise
time of 250V/s. The smooth turn-on requires that, during the 10% to 90% portion of the
rise time, the slope of the turn-on waveform must be positive.
1.5 Power onsumption
The power consumption values listed in this document were measured under a
controlled environment. The XTX module was mounted into a special baseboard. This
special baseboard does not have any power consuming components mounted on it. It
provides one connector for a CRT monitor connection, a PS/2 keyboard and mouse
connection, and an IDE device connection. The baseboard is powered by a Direct
Current (DC) power supply that is set to output 5 Volts and is connected directly to the
special baseboard. Additionally, positive and negative sense lines are connected to the
baseboard in order to measure the current consumption of the module. This current
consumption value is displayed by the DC power supply's readout and this is the value
that is recorded as the power consumption measurement. All recorded values are
approximate.
All external peripheral devices, such as the hard drive, are externally powered so that
they do not influence the power consumption value that is measured for the module.
This ensures the value measured reflects the true power consumption of the module
and only the module. A keyboard is used to configure the module and then it is
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disconnected before the measurement is recorded. If the keyboard remained
connected, an additional current consumption of approximately 10 mA is noticed.
Each module was measured while running Windows XP Professional with SP2 (service
pack 2) and the “Power Scheme” was set to “Portable/Laptop”. This setting ensures that
Pentium M processors reduce their output during desktop idle. Celeron M processors do
not support this feature and therefore run at full speed even during desktop idle. The
screen resolution was set to 800x600 32bit High Color. Each module was tested while
using a swissbit® DDR2 PC2-4200-444 512MB memory module. Using different sizes of
RAM will cause slight variances in the measured results. Power consumption values
were recorded during the following stages:
Windows XP Professional SP2
•Desktop Idle (1000MHz for Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz)
•100% CPU workload (see note below)
•Windows XP Professional Standby Mode (requires setup node “Suspend Mode” in
the BI S to be configured to S1 P S (Power n Suspend))
•Suspend to RAM (requires setup node “Suspend Mode” in BI S to be configured to
S3 STR (Suspend to RAM))
Note
A software tool was used to stress the CPU to 100% workload.
Processor Information
In the following power tables there is some additional information about the processors.
Intel® offers processors that are considered to be low power consuming. These
processors can be identified by their voltage status. Intel uses the following terms to
describe these processors. If none of these terms are used then the processor is not
considered to be low power consuming.
LV=Low voltage
ULV=Ultra low voltage
When applicable, the above mentioned terms will be added to the power tables to
describe the processor. For example:
Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz 2MB L2 cache
LV 90nm
Intel® also describes the type of manufacturing process used for each processor. The
following term is used:
nm=nanometer
The manufacturing process description is included in the power tables as well. See
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example below. For information about the manufacturing process visit Intel®'s website.
Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz 2MB L2 cache
LV 65nm
1.5.1 conga-XA945 Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz 512kB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-XA945 Art. No. 055600 conga-XA945 Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz 512kB cache
LV 65nm
Layout Rev. X270X0 /BIOS Rev. X270R110
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.2 A/6 W 2.0 A/10 W 1.3 A/6.5 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
1.5.2 conga-X945 Intel® ore™ 2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz 4MB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-X945 Art. No. 055874 Intel® ore™ 2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz 4MB L2 cache
LV 65nm
Layout Rev. X945B0 /BIOS Rev. X945R111
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.2 A/6 W 5.5 A/27.5 W 1.7 A/8.5 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
1.5.3 conga-X945 Intel® ore™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz 2MB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-X945 Art. No. 085691 Intel® ore™ Duo L2400 1.66GHz 2MB L2 cache
LV 65nm
Layout Rev. X945X0 /BIOS Rev. X945R006
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.2 A/6 W 4.8 A/24 W 1.4 A/7 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
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1.5.4 conga-X945 Intel® ore™ 2 Duo U7500 1.06GHz 2MB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-X945 Art. No. 014781 Intel® ore™ 2 Duo U7500 1.06GHz 2MB L2 cache
ULV 65nm
Layout Rev. X945 1 /BIOS Rev. X945R111
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.2 A/6 W 3.3 A/16.5 W 1.4 A/7 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
1.5.5 conga-X945 Intel® eleron M 423 1.06GHz 1MB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-X945 Art. No. 034571 Intel® eleron M 423 1.06GHz 1MB L2 cache
ULV 65nm
Layout Rev. X945A0 /BIOS Rev. X945R007
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.4 A/7 W 2.5 A/12.5 W 1.4 A/7 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
1.5.6 conga-X945 Intel® eleron M 440 1.86GHz 1MB cache
With 512MB memory installed
conga-X945 Art. No. 078965 Intel® eleron M 440 1.86GHz 1MB L2 cache
65nm
Layout Rev. X945A0 /BIOS Rev. X945R111
Memory Size 512MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Power State Desktop Idle 100% workload Standby Suspend to Ram (S3)
Power consumption (measured
in Amperes/Watts)
1.9 A/9.5 W 4.6 A/23 W 2.1 A/10.5 W 0.1 A/0.5 W
Note
All recorded power consumption values are approximate and only valid for the
controlled environment described earlier. 100% workload refers to the CPU workload
and not the maximum workload of the complete module. Power consumption results will
vary depending on the workload of other components such as graphics engine,
memory, etc.
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1.6 Supply Voltage Battery Power
•2.0V-3.6V DC
•Typical 3V DC
1.6.1 MOS Battery Power onsumption
RT @ 20º Voltage urrent
Integrated in the Intel®
I/ Controller Hub
82801GBM (ICH7M)
3V DC 2.4 µA
The CM S battery power consumption value listed above should not be used to
calculate CM S battery lifetime. You should measure the CM S battery power
consumption in your customer specific application in worst case conditions, for example
during high temperature and high battery voltage. The self-discharge of the battery must
also be considered when determining CM S battery lifetime. For more information
about calculating CM S battery lifetime refer to application note
AN9_RTC_Battery_Lifetime.pdf, which can be found on the congatec AG website at
www.congatec.com.
1.7 Environmental Specifications
Temperature peration: 0° to 60°C Storage: -20° to +80°C
Humidity peration: 10% to 90% Storage: 5% to 95%
aution
The above operating temperatures must be strictly adhered to at all times. When using
a heatspreader the maximum operating temperature refers to any measurable spot on
the heatspreader's surface.
congatec AG strongly recommends that you use the appropriate congatec module
heatspreader as a thermal interface between the module and your application specific
cooling solution.
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.
For more information about operating a congatec module without heatspreader contact
congatec technical support.
Humidity specifications are for non-condensing conditions.
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2 Block Diagram
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3 Heatspreader
An important factor for each system integration is the thermal design. The heatspreader
acts as a thermal coupling device to the module. It is a 2mm thick aluminum plate.
The heatspreader is thermally coupled to the CPU via a thermal gap filler and on some
modules it may also be thermally coupled to other heat generating components with the
use of additional thermal gap fillers.
Although the heatspreader is the thermal interface where most of the heat generated by
the module is dissipated, it is not to be considered as a heatsink. It has been designed
to be used as a thermal interface between the module and the application specific
thermal solution. The application specific thermal solution may use heatsinks with fans,
and/or heat pipes, which can be attached to the heatspreader. Some thermal solutions
may also require that the heatspreader is attached directly to the systems chassis
therefore using the whole chassis as a heat dissipater.
aution
The center mounting hole on the heatspreader must be used to ensure that all
components that are required to make contact with heatspreader do so. Failure to utilize
the center mounting hole will result in improper contact between these components and
heatspreader thereby reducing heat dissipation efficiency.
Attention must be given to the mounting solution used to mount the heatspreader and
module into the system chassis. Do not use a threaded heatspreader together with
threaded carrier board standoffs. The combination of the two threads may be
staggered, which could lead to stripping or cross-threading of the threads in either the
standoffs of the heatspreader or carrier board.
For more information about this subject refer to Application Note
AN14_ETX_XTX_Mounting_Solutions.pdf that can be found on the congatec website.
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3.1 Heatspreader Dimensions
Note
All measurements are in millimeters. Torque specification for heatspreader screws is
0.5 Nm.
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