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Table of Contents
Revised February 2012 FACE Module Design Guide
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 About This Document ...................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Related Documents .......................................................................................................... 5
2 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 FACE Module Concept .................................................................................................... 6
3 FACE MODULE INTERFACES ...................................................................................... 7
3.1 PCIe .................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 SATA ............................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 USB .................................................................................................................................. 8
3.4 SMBus .............................................................................................................................. 9
3.5 Digital Audio .................................................................................................................... 9
3.6 LPC .................................................................................................................................. 9
3.7 GPIOs ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.8 Power ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.9 Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................. 11
4 FACE MODULE CONNECTORS ................................................................................. 12
4.1 FACE Extension Connectors (PX1, PX2) ..................................................................... 12
5 ELECTRICAL DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................... 14
5.1 General Design Guidelines ............................................................................................ 14
5.2 PCIe Design Guidelines ................................................................................................. 14
5.3 SATA Design Guidelines ............................................................................................... 14
5.4 USB Design Guidelines ................................................................................................. 15
5.5 Power Supplies Design Guidelines ................................................................................ 15
6 MECHANICAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................... 16
6.1 FACE Module PCB design ............................................................................................ 16
6.2 FACE Module Panel Design .......................................................................................... 17