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Kontron User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1User Information........................................................................................................ 5
1.1About This Document .........................................................................................5
1.2Copyright Notice ...............................................................................................5
1.3Trademarks ......................................................................................................5
1.4Standards ........................................................................................................5
1.5Warranty .........................................................................................................5
1.6Technical Support..............................................................................................6
2Specifications ............................................................................................................ 7
2.1Mechanical Specifications ...................................................................................7
2.2Environmental Specifications ..............................................................................9
2.2.1Temperature.....................................................................................................9
2.2.2Humidity .........................................................................................................9
3Short description.......................................................................................................10
4Block Diagram...........................................................................................................11
5Connector locations ...................................................................................................13
6Connector and feature description ...............................................................................16
6.1COMexpress connector (J36) .............................................................................16
6.2ATX Power Connector (J15, J22).........................................................................17
6.3Power, Reset & PS_ON Override (SW1, SW2, J14, J40, J42) ......................................18
6.4Status LEDs & POST Code Display ........................................................................19
6.5SATA (J29, J30, J32, J34) .................................................................................20
6.6USB (J7, J23) .................................................................................................21
6.7USB Client (J3) ...............................................................................................22
6.8Ethernet (J10)................................................................................................23
6.9High Definition Audio (J2, J4, J5, J8, J11, J12) ....................................................24
6.10VGA & LVDS (J6, J33) .......................................................................................25
6.11TV-Out (J28, J31)............................................................................................26
6.12Kontron Feature Connector (J37) .......................................................................27
6.13PCIexpress (J25, J26, J27, U31 and Status LEDs)...................................................29
6.14PCI (J38, J39, U38) .........................................................................................30
6.15Express Card (J41, J49) ....................................................................................31
6.16SDIO & GPIO (J43, J48) ....................................................................................32
6.17LPC-I/O Controller (J21, U53)) ..........................................................................33
6.17.1LPC-I/O Fan Control (J44, J45) ..........................................................................34
6.18LPCI-I/O Parallel and Serial Ports (J9, J13, J24)....................................................35
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6.19Backup BIOS (U48, J46) ...................................................................................36
6.20CPLD (J47, U44)..............................................................................................37
7Battery Information (BT1)..........................................................................................38
8Security advice..........................................................................................................40
9Limitations ..............................................................................................................41
10Appendix A - Product Compatibility..............................................................................42
11Document History......................................................................................................43

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1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
User Information
About This Document
This document provides information about products from Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH and/or its
subsidiaries. No warranty of suitability, purpose, or fitness is implied. While every attempt has been
made to ensure that the information in this document is accurate, the information contained within is
supplied “as-is” and is subject to change without notice.
For the circuits, descriptions and tables indicated, Kontron assumes no responsibility as far as patents or
other rights of third parties are concerned.
Copyright Notice
Copyright © 2007 Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a
retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means
(electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the express written permission
of Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH.
DIMM-PC®, PISA®, ETX®, ETXexpress® , X-board®, DIMM-IO® and DIMM-BUS® are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH. Kontron is trademark or registered
trademark of Kontron AG.
Trademarks
The following lists the trademarks of components used in this board.
IBM, XT, AT, PS/2 and Personal System/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines
Corp.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corp.
All other products and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their
respective owners.
Standards
Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH is certified to ISO 9000 standards.
Warranty
This Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH product is warranted against defects in material and
workmanship for the warranty period from the date of shipment. During the warranty period, Kontron
Embedded Modules GmbH will at its discretion decide to repair or replace defective products.
Within the warranty period, the repair of products is free of charge as long as warranty conditions are
observed.

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The warranty does not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance or handling
by the buyer, unauthorized modification or misuse, operation outside of the product’s environmental
specifications or improper installation or maintenance.
Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH will not be responsible for any defects or damages to other products
not supplied by Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH that are caused by a faulty Kontron Embedded
Modules GmbH product.
1.6 Technical Support
Technicians and engineers from Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH and/or its subsidiaries are available
for technical support. We are committed to making our product easy to use and will help you use our
products in your systems.
Please consult our Web site at http://www.kontron.com/support for the latest product documentation,
utilities, drivers and support contacts. In any case you can always contact your board supplier for
technical support.

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Specifications
Mechanical Specifications
The nanoETXexpress UGM Evaluation Board is 304.8mm x 210.8mm in size and compares to ATX form
factor with 12" x 8.3". The maximum height on top is the audio connector J8 with 34,7mm.

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2.2 Environmental Specifications
2.2.1 Temperature
Operating:
Ambient temperature: 0 to +60 °C
Non-operating: tbd
Storage:
Ambient temperature: tbd
Note: The maximum operating temperature is the maximum measurable temperature on any spot on a baseboards’
surface. You must maintain the temperature according to the above specification.
2.2.2 Humidity
Operating: 10% to 90% (non condensing)
Non operating: 5% to 95% (non condensing)

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3Short description
The Kontron nanoETXexpress Evaluation Board is a Type 1 COM Express baseboard compatible to the new
nanoETXexpress standard. COM Express Type 2 modules in basic and compact size can also be used
without the features of Connector C/D.
Product specifications:
PCIexpress to PCIexpress Switch
PCIexpress to PCI Bridge
Compatible to 10/100Mbit and GBit-Ethernet Modules
2 PCI Slots
1 PCIexpress x16 Slot, electrically x4
1 PCIexpress x16 Slot, electrically x1
1 PCIexpress x1 Slot
Express Card Slot
4 x SATA Ports
LPT and 2 COM Ports
4 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports + 2 onboard USB pin header
USB Client connector
LVDS, VGA and TV output for integrated module graphics
Shared SD Card Interface and GPIO Header
Onboard HD Audio Codec Realtek ALC888
Analog 7.1 Audio, optical Toslink out and digital S/PDIF in & out
Kontron Feature Connector
Front Panel Connector (HDD Act, Reset SW, Power SW)
Port 80 Post Code display and Status LEDs
Onboard reset and power button

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4Block Diagram

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5Connector locations

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Summary of all available connectors and interfaces
Connector Description Connector Description
J1 Onboard Speaker Enable/Disable J26 PCIexpress x1 Slo
t
0 (mechanical x16)
J2 Optical S/PDIF out (Toslink) J27 PCIexpress x1 Slo
t
1
J3 USB Clien
t
J28 Component TV-Ou
t
J4 Front Panel Audio Connector J29 SATA2
J5 Digital Microphone In J30 SATA3
J6 VGA J31 Composite and S-Video TV-Ou
t
J7 USB Ports 0-3 J32 SATA0
J8 7.1 Analog HD Audio J33 LVDS (JILI)
J9 Combi Connector COM1/COM2 J34 SATA1
J10 RJ-45 Ethernet Por
t
J35 HDD Activity LED connector
J11 Electrical S/PDIF Outpu
t
J36 COMexpress Type1 connector
J12 Electrical S/PDIF Inpu
t
J37 Kontron Feature Connector
J13 COM2 J38 PCI Slot 0
J14 ATX_PS_ON Override J39 PCI Slot 1
J15 ATX_12V 4pin Power J40 Power Button connector
J16
100MBit / 1GBit Ethernet Switch
J41 ExpressCard Slo
t
J17 J42 Reset Button connector
J18 J43 SD I/O Card Interface
J19 J44 FAN1
J20 J45 FAN2
J21 Onboard SIO Address Switch J46 Enable/Disable Module BIOS
J22 ATX 24pin Main Power J47 CPLD JTAG (for internal use only)
J23 USB4 & USB5 pin header J48 GPIO Connector
J24 Parallel Port LP
T
J49 ExpressCard Reset selector
J25 PCIexpress x4 Slot (mechanical x16) J52 SPI/LPC Firmware Hub selector (optional)
Active onboard components:
Component Description Status LED Description
BT1 RTC Battery D6 VCC_3V3
SPK1 Onboard Speaker D7 VCC_5V0
SW1 Power Button D8 VCC_5V_SBY
SW2 Reset Button D11 VCC_12V_MOD
U31 PCIe - PCIe Switch PEX8505 D12 VCC_12V
U38 PCIe - PCI Bridge PEX8112 D13 VCC_3V3_SBY
U10 HD Audio Codec Realtek ALC888 D14 VCC_1V0
U44 Altera CPLD D15 VCC_1V5
U48 PLCC Socket for LPC BIOS Flash D16 SUS_STA
T
U53 LPC-IO Winbond W83627H
F
D17 SUS_S3
U57 SPI Flash (optional) D18 SUS_S4
D38 HDD Activity LED D19 SUS_S5
D39 Watchdog Trigger LED D21 THRMTRIP
D40 Port80 MSB D32 PCIe x1 Slot1
D41 Port80 LSB D33 PCIe x1 Slot0
D34 XpressCard
D35 PCIe-PCI Bridge
D36 PCIe Swi
t
ch Upstream
D37 PCIe Switch Fatal Error

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6.1
Connector and feature description
This chapter describes naming and layout of all standard connectors, pin outs and functions of onboard
pin headers, configuration jumpers and interfaces. Blue marked jumpers shows the default jumper
settings.
COMexpress connector (J36)
The standard Type 1 COM Express connector follows the COMexpress specification. Please refer to the
specifications or module manuals on http://www.kontron.com for more details and pin out description.
The Kontron nanoETXexpress Evaluation Baseboard offers the possibility to connect a full featured Type1
module following the new standard form factor nanoETXexpress or to connect a Type2 module like
ETXexpress in basic or micro size without the features of the second connector C/D.
The Type1 connection via connector A/B defines following feature set:
Row A Functions Row B Functions
Gigabit Ethernet LPC
SMB
SATA0, SATA2 SATA1, SATA3
Power Managemen
t
Audio, I2C
USB6, USB4
USB2, USB0
USB7, USB5
USB3, USB1
PCIe 0-5 PCIe 0-5
LVDS LVDS
GPIO VGA, TVou
t
VCC VCC

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6.2 ATX Power Connector (J15, J22)
Connect the ATX and the ATX_12V power supply cable to the power connector in the correct orientation.
The 12V power connector mainly supplies power to the module. If the ATX_12V power connector is not
connected, the system will not start.
24 pin ATX Power 4 pin ATX_12V
Pin Def Pin Def
1 +3.3VDC 13 +3.3VDC
2 +3.3VDC 14 -12VDC
3 GND 15 GND
4 +5VDC 16 PS_ON
5 GND 17 GND
6 +5VDC 18 GND
7 GND 19 GND
8 PWR_OK 20 -5VDC
9 +5VSB 21 +5VDC
10 +12VDC 22 +5VDC
11 +12VDC 23 +5VDC
12 +3.3VDC 24 GND
Pin Def
1GND
2GND
3+12VDC
4+12VDC

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6.3 Power, Reset & PS_ON Override (SW1, SW2, J14, J40, J42)
The behavior of power button SW1 and pin header J40 can be configured in BIOS Setup. Refer to the
module's manual for more details and possible configurations.
Reset & Power Button PS_ON override J14
Connector Function
J40 Power Button
SW1
J42 Reset Button
SW2
Closed Pins Function
1 - 2 OF
F
3 - 4 PS_ON
5 - 6 Always ON
J40 (Power Button) and J42 (Reset Button) are pin header to connect a switch on the chassis front
panel. With the manual PS_ON override Jumper J26 you are able to switch the Power Supply on or off
manually.
Note: Blue Jumpers and bold marked text shows Kontron default settings

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6.4 Status LEDs & POST Code Display
The onboard status and voltage indicator LEDs will show you the current power states, alarm signals and
correct voltage status on the COMexpress module.
LED Description LED Description
D38 HDD Activity LED D6 VCC_3V3
D39 Watchdog Trigger Active D7 VCC_5V0
D40 Port80 MSB D8 VCC_5V_SBY
D41 Por
t
80 LSB D11 VCC_12V_MOD
D12 VCC_12V
D13 VCC_3V3_SBY
D14 VCC_1V0
D15 VCC_1V5
D16 SUS_STA
T
D17 SUS_S3
D18 SUS_S4
D19 SUS_S5
D21 THRMTRIP
LED D38 shows hard disk activity for connected SATA devices. D40 (Port80 MSB) and D42 (Port80 LSB)
shows the actual POST Codes if the module BIOS is configured to send POST Code cycles to the LPC Bus.

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6.5 SATA (J29, J30, J32, J34)
The COM Express specification provides 4 SATA channels maximum. Please check how many SATA ports
are supported by the used COMexpress module.
SATA Connector Pin out Connector Configuration
Pin Signal
1 GND
2 TX+
3
T
X-
4 GND
5 RX-
6 RX+
7 GND
Connector SATA Port
J29 SATA2
J30 SATA3
J32 SATA0
J34 SATA1
Refer to the COMexpress module manual how to enable and configure SATA.