Emerson COMX-CAR-610 COM Express Quick start guide

Embedded Computing for
Business-Critical ContinuityTM
COMX-CAR-610 COM Express Carrier Board
Installation and Use
P/N: 6806800K26D
August 2011

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About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.3 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.5 Product Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 Hardware Preparation and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1 Environmental and Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.1 Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.2 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.2 Unpacking and Inspecting the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3 Installation and Removal of the COM Express Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.4 Replacing the Onboard Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 Controls, LEDs, and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Carrier Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2 COM Express Board-to-Board Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.4 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.4.1 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.4.1.1 LVDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.4.1.2 VGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.4.1.3 HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4.1.4 Display Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4.2 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.4.3 LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.4.4 PCI Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.4.5 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.4.5.1 USB 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.4.5.2 USB 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.4.6 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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3.4.7 Super I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.4.7.1 Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.4.7.2 PS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.4.7.3 LPT Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.4.7.4 Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.4.8 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.5 Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.5.1 LPC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.5.2 Trusted Platform Module (TPM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.5.3 GPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.5.4 Miscellaneous I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.5.5 SPI Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.5.6 EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.2 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.2.1 LVDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.2.2 VGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.2.3 HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.2.4 Display Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.3 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.4 LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.5 PCI Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.5.1 PCI Express Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.6 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.7 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.8 Super I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.8.1 Voltage and Thermal Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.8.2 Fan Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.8.3 PS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.8.4 LPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.8.5 RS-232 and RS-422/485 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.9 SPI Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.10 Watchdog Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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4.11 Real Time Clock (RTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.12 Wake Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A.1 Emerson Network Power—Embedded Computing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A.2 Manufacturers’ Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sicherheitshinweise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Table 1-1 Carrier Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 1-2 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 2-1 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 2-2 Carrier Board Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 2-3 Current Requirements from the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 3-1 COM Express Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 3-2 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 3-3 P8, Backlight Wafer Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 3-4 P6, LVDS Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 3-5 P7, LVDS Power Supply Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 3-6 P35, LVDS Power Supply Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 3-7 J5, VGA Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 3-8 J5, HDMI Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 3-9 J3 and J4, Display Port Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 3-10 J16, Audio Jack Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 3-11 P11, Audio Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 3-12 J1, LAN Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 3-13 P9 Jumper Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 3-14 P24 Jumper Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 3-15 P25 Jumper Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 3-16 P2, USB 2.0 Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 3-17 P1, USB 2.0 Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 3-18 P39, USB 2.0 Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 3-19 P10, Jumper Settings for Configuring USB Multiplexed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 3-20 J14 and J15, USB 3.0 Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 3-21 P10—P13, SATA Socket Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 3-22 P3 and P27, Fan Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 3-23 P26, PS/2 (Keyboard and Mouse) Connectors Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 3-24 P32, LPT Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 3-25 P18—P23, RS-232 Headers Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 3-26 P37 and P33, RS-422/RS-485 Headers Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 3-27 Set Jumpers P34 and P41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 3-28 P40 PS_ON Select Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 3-29 ATX Power Supply Connector Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 3-30 P29, Low Pin Count (LPC) Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 3-31 P28, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Table 3-32 P30, GPIO Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 3-33 P16, Miscellaneous I/O Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 3-34 P13, SPI Flash Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3-35 P12 and P14, Jumper Settings for SPI Flash SF100 header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3-36 P15 and P38, Jumper Configuration to Enable/Disable BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3-37 P17 Case Open Select Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 3-38 P31, EEPROM Header Pin Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 4-1 Wake Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table A-1 Emerson Network Power, Embedded Computing Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Figure 1-1 Standard Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 1-2 COMX-CORE Series Mechanical Dimensions (Top View) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 1-3 COMX-CORE Series Mechanical Dimensions (SideView) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 1-4 Location of Product Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 3-1 COMX-CAR-610 COM Express Carrier Board Component Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 4-1 COM Express Type 6 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 4-2 PCI Express Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 4-3 PCI Express Mini Card Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 4-4 Super I/O Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 4-5 SPI Flash Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 4-6 Watchdog Timer Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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About this Manual
Overview of Contents
This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices:
Introduction provides an overview of the product’s features.
Hardware Preparation and Installation provides instructions on installing and removing the
module.
Controls, LEDs, and Connectors provides information on the pin assignments of the various
connectors on the board.
Functional Description discusses the functions of various components on the board.
BIOS discusses the functions that are available on the Setup Utility.
Related Documentation lists various documentation relevant to the product.
Safety Notes provides a summary of the safety notices applicable to the product.
Sicherheitshinweise is a German version of the Safety Notes.
Abbreviations
This document uses the following abbreviations:
Abbreviation Definition
ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface
AMC Alarm Management Controller
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
BDS Boot Device Selection
DDR Double Data Rate
DXE Driver Execution Environment
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programable Read-Only Memory
eUSB Embedded Universal Serial Bus
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
GPIO General Purpose Input Output
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface

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I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit
I/O Input/Output
IDE Integrated Device Electronics
LED Light Emitting Diode
LIN Line In
LFM Linear Feet per Minute
LPT Line Print Terminal
LOUT Line Out
LDVS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
MICIN Microphone In
NVRAM Non-volatile RAM
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-E Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
POST Power-on Self Test
RTC Real Time Clock
SATA Serial AT Attachment
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SPD Serial Presence Detect
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SODIMM Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
Super I/O Super Input/Output
TPM Trusted Platform Module
USB Universal Serial Bus
VGA Video Graphics Adapter
WDT Watchdog Timer
Abbreviation Definition

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Conventions
The following table describes the conventions used throughout this manual.
Notation Description
0x00000000 Typical notation for hexadecimal numbers (digits are
0 through F), for example used for addresses and
offsets
0b0000 Same for binary numbers (digits are 0 and 1)
bold Used to emphasize a word
Screen Usedfor on-screenoutput andcoderelated elements
or commands in body text
Courier + Bold Used to characterize user input and to separate it
from system output
Reference Used for references and for table and figure
descriptions
File > Exit Notation for selecting a submenu
<text> Notation for variables and keys
[text] Notation for software buttons to click on the screen
and parameter description
... Repeated item for example node 1, node 2, ..., node
12
.
.
.
Omission of information from example/command
that is not necessary at the time being
.. Ranges, for example: 0..4 means one of the integers
0,1,2,3, and 4 (used in registers)
|LogicalOR

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Summary of Changes
This manual has been revised and replaces all prior editions.6806800K26B
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury
Indicates a property damage message
No danger encountered. Pay attention to important
information
Notation Description
Part Number Publication Date Description
6806800A36C January 2006 First edition
6806800K26B March 2010 GA Version
6806800K26C November 2010 GA version: Updated Section 3.4.4 PCI Express
6806800K26D September 2011 Updated Table "P12 and P14, Jumper Settings for
SPI Flash SF100 header" on page 47, Table "P15
and P38, Jumper Configuration to Enable/Disable
BIOS" on page 47.
Added Table "P17 Case Open Select Header" on
page 48 and Table "P40 PS_ON Select Jumper" on
page 44.

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Introduction
1.1 Features
The COMX-CAR-610 COM Express Carrier Board is a Type 6 carrier board. This board is designed
to support the COM Express Type 6 Specification and is compatible with COM Express Type 1
Specification. This board supports the following COM Express form factors: compact, basic,
and extended.
Table 1-1 Carrier Board Features
Feature Description
Form factor MicroATX (9.6'' x 9.6'')
Video One backlight header for powering a backlight
One LVDS connector
Two Display Port connectors
One VGA and HDMI connector
Audio One audio jack: MICIN,LOUT,LIN
One audio header: MICIN, LOUT
Clock buffer 33 MHz clock buffer: ICS9112AM-16
100 MHz clock buffer: ICS9DB108BFLF
LPT One LPT header from Super I/O
KBMS One keyboard and mouse header
COM Four RS-232 ports (COM1—COM4)
Two RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 ports (COM5 and COM6)
LAN LAN1—GbE from COM Express module
LAN2—GbE from carrier board (WG82574L)
USB Four USB3.0 ports
Three USB 2.0 ports (in header)
One eUSB flash (maximum of 8 GB)
PCI-E Slots One PCI-E x16 slot
Two PCI-E x4 slots
One PCI-E x1 slot
PCI-E Minicard One PCI-E Mini-Card for WiFi or WiMax
Serial ATA Four SATA II ports

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Trusted Platform Module One onboard TPM header
Power supply One 24-pin ATX power header
One 4-pin ATX_12V header
One battery socket
Hardware Monitor and Controller Three-channel voltage sensors: 5 V, 3.3 V and 12 V
Two-channel temperature sensors: module and system
Two-channel Fan speed Control: Module and system
Supported COM Express Form
Factors
Compact
Basic
Extended
Wake-Up Events Power Button: S0, S3, S4, S5
KB: S0, S3
Mouse: S0, S3
PME: S0, S3, S4, S5
USB: S0, S3
Wake on LAN support
Table 1-1 Carrier Board Features (continued)
Feature Description

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1.2 Standard Compliances
Figure 1-1 Standard Compliances

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1.3 Mechanical Data
Figure 1-2 COMX-CORE Series Mechanical Dimensions (Top View)

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1.4 Ordering Information
Figure 1-3 COMX-CORE Series Mechanical Dimensions (SideView)
Table 1-2 Ordering Information
Orderable Number Description
COMX-CAR-610 Type 6 COM express carrier board UATX

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1.5 Product Identification
The following figure shows the location of the board’s serial number.
Figure 1-4 Location of Product Serial Number