
Copyright © 2022 congatec GmbH TSTLm01 8/72
Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................. 11
1.1 COM Express™ Concept......................................................... 11
1.2 Options Information................................................................. 12
2 Specifications........................................................................... 14
2.1 Feature List .............................................................................. 14
2.2 Supported Operating Systems ................................................ 15
2.3 Mechanical Dimensions ........................................................... 16
2.4 Supply Voltage Standard Power .............................................. 16
2.4.1 Electrical Characteristics .......................................................... 17
2.4.2 Rise Time ................................................................................. 17
2.5 Power Consumption ................................................................ 17
2.6 Supply Voltage Battery Power ................................................. 19
2.7 Environmental Specifications................................................... 19
3 Block Diagram.......................................................................... 20
4 Cooling Solutions..................................................................... 21
4.1 CSA Dimensions ...................................................................... 22
4.2 CSP Dimensions....................................................................... 23
4.3 HSP Dimensions....................................................................... 24
4.4 Heatspreader Thermal Imagery ............................................... 25
5 Connector Rows....................................................................... 26
5.1 Primary and Secondary Connector Rows................................. 26
5.1.1 PCI Express™........................................................................... 26
5.1.2 PCI Express Graphics (PEG) ..................................................... 26
5.1.2.1 PEG Link Configuraton ............................................................ 27
5.1.3 Display Interface ...................................................................... 28
5.1.3.1 DP++ ....................................................................................... 28
5.1.3.2 LVDS/eDP................................................................................. 29
5.1.3.3 VGA.......................................................................................... 29
5.1.4 SATA™..................................................................................... 30
5.1.5 Optional NVMe SSD ................................................................ 30
5.1.6 USB .......................................................................................... 30
5.1.7 Gigabit Ethernet ..................................................................... 31
5.1.8 High Definition Audio (HDA) ................................................... 31
5.1.9 LPC Bus.................................................................................... 31
5.1.10 I²C Bus ..................................................................................... 32
5.1.11 GPIOs....................................................................................... 32
5.1.12 General Purpose Serial Interface ............................................. 32
5.1.13 Power Control .......................................................................... 32
5.1.14 Power Management................................................................. 35
6 Additional Features.................................................................. 36
6.1 congatec Board Controller (cBC) ............................................. 36
6.1.1 Board Information.................................................................... 36
6.1.2 General Purpose Input/Output................................................ 36
6.1.3 Watchdog ................................................................................ 36
6.1.4 I2C Bus...................................................................................... 36
6.1.5 Power Loss Control.................................................................. 37
6.1.6 Fan Control .............................................................................. 37
6.1.7 Enhanced Soft-Off State .......................................................... 37
6.2 OEM BIOS Customization........................................................ 37
6.2.1 OEM Default Settings .............................................................. 38
6.2.2 OEM Boot Logo....................................................................... 38
6.2.3 OEM POST Logo ..................................................................... 38
6.2.4 OEM DXE Driver...................................................................... 38
6.3 congatec Battery Management Interface ................................ 38
6.4 API Support (CGOS) ................................................................ 39
6.5 Security Features...................................................................... 39
6.6 Suspend to Ram....................................................................... 39
7 conga Tech Notes .................................................................... 40
7.1 Adaptive Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection
40
7.2 Processor Performance Control ............................................... 41
7.2.1 Intel®SpeedStep®Technology (EIST) ...................................... 41
7.2.2 Intel®Turbo Boost Technology ................................................ 41
7.3 Intel®Virtualization Technology ............................................... 42
7.4 Thermal Management ............................................................. 43
7.5 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events.............................. 43