ADLINK Technology cExpress-AL, User Manual

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cExpress-AL
Introduction
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1. Introduction
The cExpress-AL is a COM Express COM.0 R3.0 Type 6 module supporting the Intel® Atom™ processor, Intel®
Pentium® processor and Intel® Celeron® processor system-on-chip (SoC). The cExpress-AL is specifically
designed for customers who need optimized processing and graphics performance
with low power consumption in
a long product life solution.
The Intel® Atom™ processor, Intel® Pentium® processor and Intel® Celeron® processor and support non-ECC
type DDR3L dual-channel memory at 1600/1867 MHz to provide excellent overall performance. Integrated Intel®
Gen9 LP Graphics includes features such as OpenGL 4.3, DirectX 12, OpenCL 2.0; and support for H.265/HEVC,
H.264, MPEG2, VC1, VP9, MVC, JPEG/MJPEG hardware decode. Up to three independent displays are available
from DDI ports supporting HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort, optional VGA, single/dual-channel 18/24-bit LVDS and optional
eDP. The cExpress-AL is specifically designed for customers with balanced performance/power consumption
requirements who want to outsource the custom core logic of their systems for reduced development time.
The cExpress-AL has dual stacked SODIMM sockets for up to 8 GB non-ECC type DDR3L memory. Featured IO
include a single Gigabit Ethernet port (IEEE 1588 support), USB 3.0 ports and USB 2.0 ports, SATA 6 Gb/s ports,
and up to 5 PCIe x1 lanes. In addition, SD signals are muxed with GPIO. Support is provided for SMBus and I
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The module is equipped with SPI AMI EFI BIOS, supporting embedded features such as remote console, CMOS
backup, hardware monitor, and watchdog timer. An optional eMMC 5.0 (8/16/32 GB) is supported.