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PICMG1.3SingleHostBoard
Version 1.0
ROBO‐8115VG2AR

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Revision History
R1.0 Preliminary

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Contents
1Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2Specifications..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.1Supported Operating Systems ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.2Mechanical Dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.3Power Consumption .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
2.4Environmental Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................. 16
3Hardware Configuration.........................................................................................................................................................................................................18
3.1Jumpers and Connectors ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2Jumpers Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3Connector Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
J8/J15:USB2.0/3.0connector(Pitch2.0mm): ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
J19/J20/J23/J24:COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4PinHeader(Pitch2.54mm) .......................................................................................................... 31
4Signal Descriptions................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
4.1Watch Dog Signal ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
4.2GPIO Signal ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
5System Resources.................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
5.1Intel® Comet lake-S PCH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
5.2Main Memory ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 44
5.3Installing the Single Board Computer ...................................................................................................................................................... 45
5.3.1 Chipset Component Driver ................................................................................................................................................................ 45

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5.3.2 Intel® HD Graphics 630 .................................................................................................................................................................. 46
5.3.3 Intel LAN I210AT/I219LM Gigabit Ethernet Controller ......................................................................................................................... 46
6BIOS Setup Items..................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
6.1Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
6.2BIOS Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
6.2.1 Main .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 49
6.2.2 Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................................. 52
6.2.3 Security ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 88
6.2.4 Boot ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
6.2.5 Save & Exit ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
7Troubleshooting.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
7.1Hardware Quick Installation ................................................................................................................................................................... 93
7.2BIOS Setting ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 94
7.3FAQ ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95
8Portwell Software Service......................................................................................................................................................................................................97
9Industry Specifications...........................................................................................................................................................................................................98
9.1Industry Specifications ........................................................................................................................................................................... 98

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Preface
This user’s guide provides information about the components, features, connectors and BIOS Setup menus available on the ROBO-8115VG2AR. This
document should be referred to when designing PICMG 1.3 application. The other reference documents that should be used include the following:
 Intel Comet Lake-S Design Guide
 Intel Comet Lake-S Specification
Please contact Portwell Sales Representative for above documents.
Disclaimer
The information contained within this user’s guide, including but not limited to any product specification, is subject to change without notice.
Portwell 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. Portwell 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 Portwell 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.
Trademarks
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trademark holders. These trademark holders are not affiliated with Portwell, our products, or our website.

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Warranty
Portwell makes no representation, warranty or guaranty, express or implied regarding the products except its standard form of limited warranty (“Limited
Warranty”). Portwell 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, Portwell 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 Portwell’s option and expense.
Certification
Portwell is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 standard.
Technical Support
Portwell 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 http://www.portwell.com.tw/support/ 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
[email protected]for further assistance. Thank you!

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 Handling and Installing SBC
Caution:Donotjusthold any single side of the SBC; hold evenly on both sides!
 Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side.
 The bending may cause soldering or components damaged.
Notice
SBC Handling and Installation Notice

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 Fix your SBC in System
Caution: Suggest your S.I or vendor to use ametal bracket to hold/fix the desktop or server grade SBC to avoid the vibration damage during transportation. Heavy processor
cooler may bend the SBC when systems are during transportation without any holder.
Example:
 4U chassis :
Use Ltype mental or plastic or rubber bracket to hold SBC.

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 2U or 1U chassis: a mental bracket on the bottom of chassis to balance and support SBC from bending.

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1 Introduction
ROBO-8115VG2AR, a PICMG 1.3 Single Host Board (SHB) with the latest Intel 10th Generation Core processors supported from W series Xeon processors to
Core i3 processors. Portwell's ROBO-8115VG2AR implements flexible PCI Express Gen 3 expansion by one PCI Express x16 or two PCI Express x 8 or one
PCI Express x8 and two PCI Express x4 with dedicated processor sku, which is ideal for a range of applications, such as IndustrialAutomation, Digital Signage,
and Medical.
ROBO-8115VG2AR adopt Intel W480E and Q470E PCH. Providing up to 128GB DDR4 2666 Long-DIMM system memory supported with ECC or non-ECC
option. ROBO-8115VG2AR with the 10th generation Intel® processor family features and integrated, enhanced graphics engine which provides significant 3D
performance, up to DirectX® 12. It supports triple display function via DVI-I (VGAand DVI-D) and HDMI up to 4Kx2K. Rich I/O functions are also provided by
ROBO-8115VG2AR single host board, which is 6x USB 3.2(Gen2), 8x USB 2.0 (4 ports via backplane), 5x SATAIII ports (dual ports via backplane), 2x RS232
ports, 2x smart COM ports which select RS232/422/485 mode by bios adjustment, and dual Intel GbE LAN ports. It also supports on boardTPM 2.0 to secure
your applications.
For the industries who already have large install based systems, ROBO-8115VG2AR not only provides a way to upgrade to use the latest Intel processors, but
also supporting legacy elements such as VGA, four PCI expansion, four Serial ports and PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse.

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2 Specifications
Main Processor ◆Intel® Comet Lake-S W series and Core™ i Processors
System BIOS ◆AMI UEFI BIOS
Main Memory ◆Up to 128 GB ECC or non-ECC DDR4 on four Long-DIMM sockets. Supports dual channel DDR4
2666 MHz SDRAM
Graphics
◆Controller: Intel® Gfx Gen 9, HD graphics 630
◆VGA: Resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
◆DVI-D: Resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
(VGA+DVI-D on bracket by DVI-I port)
◆HDMI: Resolution up to 4096 x 2160 @ 24Hz
Expansion Interface ◆From CPU: 1x PCI Express x16 or 2x PCI Express x8 or 1x PCI Express x8 + 2x PCI Express x4 by jumper setting (Gen3 up to 8.0 GT/s)
◆From PCH: 1x PCI Express x4 or 4x PCI Express x1 by different bios support (Gen 3 up to 8.0 GT/s)
SATA Interface ◆Five SATA III ports (SATA 6Gb/s), dual ports via backplane
Input/Output
◆Serial Ports: 2x RS-232 & 2x RS-232/422/485 selectable by bios
◆USB Port: 2x USB 3.2(Gen2) on bracket, 4x USB 3.2(Gen2) on board header
◆GPIO connector: 8GPI + 8GPO
◆Audio Interface: Mic-In / Line-Out / Line-in (on-board header)
Ethernet ◆Supports dual 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port (s) via PCI Express x1 interface by Intel WGI219LM and WGI210AT controller
◆Dual RJ45 connector on bracket
TPM ◆On-board TPM 2.0 support (TPM IC: Infineon SLB9665TT2.0)
High Drive GPIO ◆One pin-header for GPIO (8bit in &8bit out)

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Mechanical and
environmental specifications
◆Operating temperature: 0 ~ 60° C
◆Storage temperature:-20 ~ 80° C
◆Humidity: 5 ~ 90% non-condensing
◆Power supply voltage: ATX
◆Board size: 338.5mm x 126.39mm, 13.33" (L) x 4.98" (W)
2.1 Supported Operating Systems
The ROBO-8115VG2AR supports the following operating systems.
 Windows* 10 IOT Enterprise RS51(64-bit)
 Ubuntu, SuSe, Redhat Enterprise 1,2 (Kernel 4.14)
 Yocto Project* BSP tool-based embedded Linux distribution1 (64-bit)
 Wind River VxWorks 7.0

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2.2 Mechanical Dimensions

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2.3 Power Consumption
Test Configuration
CPU T
yp
e Intel
(
R
)
Xeon
(
R
)
W-1270E CPU
@
3.4GHz
SBC BIOS Portwell,Inc.R0B0-8115VG2AR BIOS Rev.:0.0.1(11192020)
Memory SAMSUNG DDR4 2666V/32GB*2
VGACard Onboard，Intel(R) UHD Graphics P630
VGADriver Intel(R) UHD Graphics P630，Verson:27.20.100.8336
LAN Card #1 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection(11)I219-LM
LAN Driver #1 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection(11)I219-LM ，Version:12.18.9.20
LAN Card #2 Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection
LAN Driver #2 Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection ，Version:12.18.9.6
Audio Card Realtek High DefinitionAudio
Audio Driver Realtek High DefinitionAudio ，Version:6.0.1.6039
Chip Driver Intel(R) Chipset Device Software，Version:10.0.19041.1
USB 2.0 Driver USB Composite Device，Version:10.0.19041.1
USB 3.0 Driver Intel(R)USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller-1.10(Microsoft)，Version:10.0.19041.423
EC Version 0.1(11/02/2020)
Hard Drive WDC WD1004FBYZ-01YCBB2
Power Supply GPS-500BBC REV:03F
Carrier Board PBPE-12P4
Boot Mode Select UEFI MODE

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Power consumption
ATX: Item Power ON Full Loadin
g
10Min Full Loadin
g
30Min
CPU +12V 2.87A 8.16A 8.21A
System +12V 0.47A 1.26A 1.25A
System +3.3V 1.29A 2.16A 2.17A
System +5V 2.20A 3.78A 3.92A
System+ Device +12V 2.07A 1.49A 1.51A
System+ Device +5V 1.70A 2.27A 2.42A
CPU +Device +12V 3.15A 8.12A 8.14A
2.4 Environmental Specifications
Storage Temperature : -20~80°C
Operation Temperature : 0~60°C
Storage Humidity : 5~90%
Operation Humidity: 10~90%

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Block Diagram

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3 Hardware Configuration
3.1 Jumpers and Connectors
This chapter indicates jumpers’, headers’and connectors’locations. Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter.

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3.2 Jumpers Settings
For users to customize ROBO-8115VG2AR’s features. In the following sections, Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins; Open or N/C (Not
Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins. Users can refer to Figure 1 for the Jumper allocations.
Jumper Table
The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as follows:
Jump Function List:
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Jumper Function Remark
JP1 ClearCMOSsetting Pitch2.0mm
JP2 Reserve 
JP3 ReserveforIMVP8PWMprogram 
JP4 LPCpinheader 
JP6 ATX/ATSelectPin Pitch2.0mm
JP7 PCI‐EX16Configurationselect Pitch2.54mm