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conga-IA4 Thin Mini-ITX SBC

Detailed Description Of The congatec Thin Mini-ITX Based On 4th Generation Intel Celeron/Pentium SoCs

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Page 1: ...conga IA4 Thin Mini ITX SBC Detailed Description Of The congatec Thin Mini ITX Based On 4th Generation Intel Celeron Pentium SoCs User s Guide Revision 1 2...

Page 2: ...and section 9 Additional BIOS features Official release 1 1 2016 10 11 AEM Deleted references to MIPI and eDP because these interfaces are no longer supported 1 2 2018 12 21 AEM Updated the informati...

Page 3: ...tial 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 Intend...

Page 4: ...otes call attention to important information that should be observed Connector Type Describes the connector used on the Single Board Computer Copyright Notice Copyright 2016 congatec AG All rights res...

Page 5: ...upon specifications will be repaired or exchanged at congatec s option and expense Customer will obtain a Return Material Authorization RMA number from congatec AG prior to returning the non conformin...

Page 6: ...tec com Terminology Term Description PCIe Peripheral Component Interface Express cBC congatec Board Controller SDIO Secure Digital Input Output USB Universal Serial Bus SATA Serial AT Attachment seria...

Page 7: ...3 2 1 Stereo Speaker Header 28 5 3 2 2 Digital Microphone SPDIF 29 5 3 2 3 Front Panel HD Audio 30 5 4 Communication Bus 30 5 4 1 SMBus 30 5 4 2 I C Bus 30 5 4 3 SPI Bus 31 5 5 LPC Super I O Device 31...

Page 8: ...le Redirection Settings Submenu 69 8 4 13 Legacy Console Redirection Settings 70 8 4 13 1 Console Redirection Settings Out of Band Management Submenu 70 8 4 14 CPU Configuration Submenu 71 8 4 14 1 So...

Page 9: ...Copyright 2016 congatec AG IA40m12 indd 9 97 9 1 Navigating the BIOS Setup Menu 95 9 2 BIOS Versions 95 9 3 Updating the BIOS 95 9 4 Supported Flash Devices 96 10 Industry Specifications 97...

Page 10: ...Ports Connectors X21 X23 Pinout Description 31 Table 22 CPU Fan X35 32 Table 23 System Fan X37 32 Table 24 Jumper X33 X36 32 Table 25 USB 2 0 Connector X14 Pinout Descriptions 34 Table 26 USB 3 0 Con...

Page 11: ...s are equipped with various interfaces such as PCI Express SATA USB 2 0 3 0 Ethernet Displays and Audio 1 2 conga IA4 The conga IA4 is a Single Board Computer designed based on the Thin Mini ITX speci...

Page 12: ...400 Intel HD Graphics 405 Intel HD Graphic Graphics Base Burst Freq 320 600 MHz 320 600 MHz 320 600 MHz 400 700 MHz 320 MHz VGA No No No No No LVDS Single dual 18 24 bit Single dual 18 24 bit Single...

Page 13: ...000127 CHYAO SHIUNN 8 pin backlight cable with open end cab ThinMini ITX LVDS 14000129 ACES 50204 40 LVDS cable for Thin Mini ITX cab DP to HDMI 14000128 20 pin male DP to 19 pin female HDMI cab ThinM...

Page 14: ...IN 2x DisplayPort DP Supports DP DVI HDMI 2x Gigabit Ethernet 2x USB 2 0 2x USB 3 0 2 0 1x Line OUT 1x Mic IN Onboard I O Connectors 1x LVDS top side 1x Backlight 1x Monitor OFF SATA Interfaces 2x Sta...

Page 15: ...memory sockets Doing so may cause system instability or memory errors Also make sure the memory modules support the data transfer rate of the particular variant In addition when using one memory socke...

Page 16: ...System State Description Comment S0 Minimum value Lowest frequency mode LFM with minimum core voltage during desktop idle The CPU was stressed to its maximum frequency S0 Maximum value Highest freque...

Page 17: ...8 2 32 0 20 0 14 052609 2 x 2 GB A 2 IA40R110 Windows 7 Intel Atom x5 E8000 4 1 04 2 00 0 55 1 16 1 22 0 22 0 15 Note With fast input voltage rise time the inrush current may exceed the measured peak...

Page 18: ...onmental Specifications Temperature Operation 0 to 60 C Storage 20 to 80 C Humidity Operation 10 to 90 Storage 5 to 95 Note The above operating temperatures must be strictly adhered to at all times Hu...

Page 19: ...A0 PCIe PCIe i211 USB Hub i211 Ethernet Ethernet DP Audio HeadPh Audio MIC Buzzer Internal speaker Digital Mic USB3 0 SPI LVDS DDI1 DDI0 DP DDI2 2x24 bit LVDS 2x USB3 0 USB2 0 SATA0 SATA1 PCIe0 PCIe1...

Page 20: ...e to provide sufficient air flow to each of the components to ensure the specified operating temperature of the conga IA4 is maintained congatec AG offers two cooling possibilities for the conga IA4 A...

Page 21: ...n continue to tighten the other screws in a crossover pattern All the while keep holding the cooling adapter straight with one hand Caution The congatec cooling solutions are designed for commercial t...

Page 22: ...AG IA40m12 indd 22 97 4 2 CSP Dimensions Note All measurements are in millimeters Torque specification for cooling solution screws is 0 3 Nm Mechanical system assembly mounting shall follow the valid...

Page 23: ...a laptop type external power supply connected to the DC power jack on the rear I O This power input protects against polarity reversal and over under voltage Table 10 Connector X43 Pinout Description...

Page 24: ...01 2045 Note The conga IA4 starts immediately power is supplied Caution The absolute maximum rating of the input voltage is 36 volts Do not exceed this rating or expose the conga IA4 to the absolute m...

Page 25: ...ged time Doing so may damage the system or affect system reliability 5 1 3 1 Optional SBM3 Signal Connector As mentioned above if you need the optional SBM battery power connector X50 then you need in...

Page 26: ...5 Power Status LEDs The conga IA4 provides two LED signals FP_LED and P_LED on pins 2 and 4 of the front panel connector X38 The signals indicate the different power states of the conga IA4 Possible...

Page 27: ...rer s instructions 5 3 Audio Interfaces The conga IA4 provides audio connectors both internally and on the rear side The internal audio connectors are stereo speaker digital microphone SPDIF and front...

Page 28: ...t analog output right channel 4 A_GND Analog ground 5 SENSE_A Jack detect pin 1 6 A_GND Analog ground Connector Type X61 6 pin single audio jack lime color X62 6 pin single audio jack pink color 5 3 2...

Page 29: ...04 5 3 2 2 Digital Microphone SPDIF The digital microphone SPDIF signals of the Realtek ALC888S HDA audio codec are routed to connector X17 internal digital microphone SPDIF This connector offers two...

Page 30: ...2_R 2nd Analog line input right channel headphone 6 MIC2_JD Microphone input jack detect 7 SENSE_B Jack detection pin 2 8 KEY No pin 9 LINE2_L 2nd Analog line input left channel headphone 10 LINE2_JD...

Page 31: ...connected to the SoC s LPC Bus 5 5 1 Serial Ports COM The Super I O controller on the conga IA4 provides two fully featured RS 232 compliant UART interfaces COM 0 and 1 The COM 1 interface can be opti...

Page 32: ...nfiguration Table 22 CPU Fan X35 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 VCC 5VDC 12VDC 3 FAN_TACHOIN 4 FAN_CTRL Table 23 System Fan X37 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 VCC 5VDC 12VDC 3 FAN_TACHOIN 4 FAN_CTRL Table 24 Jumper X33 X36 P...

Page 33: ...aswell SoC 2x USB 2 0 Rear Ports Connector X14 2x USB 3 0 2 0 Rear Ports Connector X15 2x USB 3 0 2 0 Internal Ports Connector X60 To mPCIe Connector To mPCIe mSATA Connector USB 2 0 Port 2 USB 2 0 Po...

Page 34: ...a0 Hi speed differential transceiver negative 11 Data1 Hi speed differential transceiver negative 3 Data0 Hi speed differential transceiver positive 12 Data1 Hi speed differential transceiver positive...

Page 35: ...peed transmitter differential pair ve 5 SS3_TX SuperSpeed transmitter differential pair ve 15 SS2_TX SuperSpeed transmitter differential pair ve 6 SS3_TX SuperSpeed transmitter differential pair ve 16...

Page 36: ...RX RX BI_DB 4 Not connected or Bidirectional nc nc BI_DC 5 Not connected or Bidirectional nc nc BI_DC 6 Receive Data or Bidirectional RX RX BI_DB 7 Not connected or Bidirectional nc nc BI_DD 8 Not co...

Page 37: ...CN1 CN2 Pinout Description Pin Signal 1 GND 2 TX 3 TX 4 GND 5 RX 6 RX 7 GND Connector Type CN1 CN2 Standard SATA connector 5 8 2 SATA Power The conga IA4 provides an internal SATA power for hard drive...

Page 38: ...e mSATA connector Therefore if you plan to use connector CN2 do not insert an mSATA device into connector X6 The mSATA connector also supports mini PCIe devices When an mSATA or mPCIe device is connec...

Page 39: ...Reserved 39 3 3V 40 GND 41 3 3V 42 N C 43 Card_Type_Recognition 44 N C 45 N C 46 N C 47 N C 48 1 5V 49 N C 50 GND 51 N C 52 3 3Vaux 53 GND 54 GND Connector Type X6 0 8mm pitch 52 pin mini PCI socket...

Page 40: ...ignal 1 DDI_TX0 11 GND 2 GND 12 DDI_TX3 3 DDI_TX0 13 CONFIG1 4 DDI_TX1 14 CONFIG2 5 GND 15 DDI_AUX 6 DDI_TX1 16 GND 7 DDI_TX2 17 DDI_AUX 8 GND 18 DDI_HPD 9 DDI_TX2 19 GND 10 DDI_TX3 20 3 3V 5 9 2 LVDS...

Page 41: ...LVDS_B2 31 EDID_CLK 12 LVDS_B2 32 LVDS_BKLT_EN 13 LVDS_B1 33 LVDS_BKLT_CTRL 14 LVDS_B1 34 LVDS_B_CLK 15 LVDS_B0 35 LVDS_B_CLK 16 LVDS_B0 36 BKLT_PWR 17 EDID_GND 37 BKLT_PWR 18 LCD_VCC 38 BKLT_PWR 19 L...

Page 42: ...3 BKLT_PWR Backlight inverter power 4 BKLT_PWR Backlight inverter power 5 GND Backlight brightness ground 6 GND Backlight brightness Ground 7 Brightness_Up Flat panel brightness increase 8 Brightness...

Page 43: ...2V Table 36 Connector X29 Pinout Description Pin Signal Name 1 No Pin 2 3 3V 3 12V 4 Selected LCD power 5 No Pin 6 5V Table 37 Connector X30 Pinout Description Pin Signal Name 1 No Pin 2 N C 3 12V 4 S...

Page 44: ...onnector X10 and a full size mini PCIe mini SATA slot on connector X6 5 10 1 x1 PCIe Slot The conga IA4 offers one PCIe x1 slot on connector X9 This connector shares the SoC s PCIe 0 signals with conn...

Page 45: ...e x1 slot do not insert any device into the mPCIe slot 5 10 2 Mini PCIe Half Size The conga IA4 is equipped with a PCIe Mini Card socket connector X10 PCI Express Mini Card is a unique small size form...

Page 46: ...2 PERST 23 PERn0 24 3 3Vaux 25 PERp0 26 GND 27 GND 28 1 5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 31 PETn0 32 SMB_DATA 33 PETp0 34 GND 35 GND 36 USB_D 37 GND 38 USB_D 39 3 3Vaux 40 GND 41 3 3Vaux 42 N C 43 mSATA_mPCIe_det...

Page 47: ...he type of device that is attached via pin 43 the signal detect pin See section 5 10 2 Mini PCIe Half Size for the mini PCIe Pinout Description Connector Type X6 PCIe mini card socket Note Pins 21 and...

Page 48: ...ectors PCIe x1 Slot Mini PCIe Mini SATA Slot Mini PCIe Slot PCIe Lane0 USB Signals PCIe Lane 1 MUX MUX USB Signals SATA Signals X9 NOTE The PCIe x1 Slot X9 will not function if you insert an mPCIe car...

Page 49: ...to this header See section 5 1 5 Power Status LED for the possible states and corresponding activity of the LEDs Table 41 Front Panel Connector X38 Pinout Description Pin Function Description 1 HDD_P...

Page 50: ...Controller cBC The conga IA4 is equipped with a Texas Instruments Tiva TM4E1231H6ZRBI microcontroller This onboard microcontroller plays an important role for most of the congatec BIOS features It ful...

Page 51: ...IO signals are routed to the feature connector X34 6 5 OEM BIOS Customization The conga IA4 is equipped with congatec Embedded BIOS which is based on American Megatrends Inc Aptio UEFI firmware The co...

Page 52: ...e OEM code before handing over control to the OS loader Except for custom specific code this feature can also be used to support Win XP SLP installation Window 7 SLIC table OA2 0 Windows 8 OEM activat...

Page 53: ...esign Guide conga SBM3 User s Guide 6 7 API Support CGOS congatec provides an API that allows application software developers to easily integrate the BIOS customization features mentioned above into t...

Page 54: ...e Connector The conga IA4 provides an internal 50 pol 2mm pin header as feature connector The pinout is described below Table 43 Feature Connector X34 Pinout Description Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 V5S 2...

Page 55: ...28 GPI3 29 GPI4 30 GPI5 31 GPI6 32 GPI7 33 PM_SLP_S3 34 PM_SLP_S5 35 PM_SLP_S4 36 LID_BTN 37 SLP_BTN 38 PM_THRM 39 WDOUT 40 WDTRIG 41 I2C_DAT 42 PWR_OK 43 SPI_CS 44 I2C_CLK 45 SPI_SO 46 BIOS_DISABLE...

Page 56: ...114 76 132 35 63 76 44 47 6 35 42 15 FRONT PANEL HD AUDIO INTERNAL SPEAKER SPDIF DMIC BUZZER HALF MINI CARD PCIe x1 or x4 SATA1 SATA0 SATA_PWR SYS_FAN SBM3_PWR SBM3 PANEL_PWR CPU_FAN CASE_OPEN FRONT_...

Page 57: ...device that should be used or an option to enter the BIOS setup program 8 2 Setup Menu and Navigation The congatec BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar left frame and right frame The menu ba...

Page 58: ...nd is for configuring the system date and time You can always return to the main setup screen by selecting the Main tab Feature Options Description Main BIOS Version No option Displays the main BIOS v...

Page 59: ...n month day year format System Time Hour Minute Second Specifies the current system time Note The time is in 24 hour format 8 4 Advanced Setup Select the advanced tab from the setup menu to enter the...

Page 60: ...orming a reset Stop Watchdog for User Interaction No Yes Select whether the POST watchdog should be stopped during the popup of the boot selection menu or while waiting for the setup password Runtime...

Page 61: ...n 10min 30min Set the timeout value for the first stage watchdog event Timeout 2 Same as Timeout 1 Same as Timeout 1 Timeout 3 Same as Timeout 1 Same as Timeout 1 Watchdog ACPI Event Shutdown Restart...

Page 62: ...pply 5V Standard No option Displays the actual voltage of the 5V standard power supply 12V Standard No option Displays the actual voltage of the 12V standard power supply VCORE No option Displays the...

Page 63: ...o VGA 640x480 1x18 002h VGA 640x480 1x18 013h WVGA 800x480 1x18 01Fh WVGA 800x480 1x24 01Bh SVGA 800x600 1x18 01Ah XGA 1024x768 1x18 006h XGA 1024x768 2x18 007h XGA 1024x768 1x24 008h XGA 1024x768 2x2...

Page 64: ...t backlight value in percentage of the maximum setting Inhibit Backlight No Permanent Until End Of POST Select whether the backlight enable signal should be activated when the panel is activated remai...

Page 65: ...n Displays the MAC Address 8 4 5 Intel I211 Gigabit Network Connection Ethernet 2 Submenu Feature Options Description NIC Configuration Submenu Configure Boot Protocol Wake on LAN Link Speed and VLAN...

Page 66: ...ctions TPM State Disabled Enabled Enable or disable TPM chip Note The system may restart several times during POST to acquire the target state Pending operation None Enable Take Ownership Disable Take...

Page 67: ...ty to hibernate OS S4 sleep state Note If you want to use this feature please ensure that the operating system supports it ACPI Sleep State Suspend Disabled S3 Suspend to RAM Select the state used for...

Page 68: ...sabled Enable or disable serial port COM Change Settings Use Automatic Settings IO 2F8 IRQ 3 IO 3F8 IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 2F8 IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 3E8 IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 IO 2E8 IRQ...

Page 69: ...Set the terminal type Baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Set baud rate Data Bits 7 8 Set number of data bits Parity None Even Odd Mark Space Set parity Stop Bits 1 2 Set number of stop bits Flow C...

Page 70: ...ion Legacy Console Redirection Port COM0 COM1 Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages 8 4 13 1 Console Redirection Settings Out of Band Management Submenu Featu...

Page 71: ...nts can drive PROCHOT to throttle the processor If disabled a processor thermal sensor trips either core the PROCHOT will be driven Intel Virtualization Technology Disabled Enabled Enable or disable s...

Page 72: ...Enabled Enable or disable CPU state report to OS Max CPU C state C7 C6 C1 Select maximum CPU C state supported by the CPU SOix Disabled Enabled Enable or disable CPU SOix state support 8 4 16 Thermal...

Page 73: ...led Disabled If enabled for any ports staggered spin up will be performed and only the drives which have this option enabled will spin up at boot Otherwise all drives spin up at boot Device Sleep Supp...

Page 74: ...Delay Default 250 0 999ms Set SD card 3 3v discharge delay LPSS with GPIO Devices Support Disabled Enabled If this feature is disabled all LPSS devices are disabled LPSS DMA 1 ACPI Mode PCI Mode Disab...

Page 75: ...eration Disabled Enabled Enable or disable PCI device to generate SERR Above 4G Decoding Disabled Enabled Enable this feature to decode 64 bit capable devices in Above 4G address space Note Please ens...

Page 76: ...mediate Executes the trap right away Postpone Executes the trap during legacy boot Boot Option Filter UEFI and Legacy Legacy Only UEFI Only Select which devices boot loaders the system should boot to...

Page 77: ...on Access SD device in DMA mode if controller supports it otherwise in PIO mode MDA Option AccessSD device in DMA mode PIO Option Access SD device in PIO mode 8 4 25 USB Submenu Feature Options Descri...

Page 78: ...Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk CD ROM Select mass storage device emulation type Auto Enumerates devices according to their media format Note Drives without media will be emulated according to the drive...

Page 79: ...ole Interface Baudrate 1200 Baud 2400 Baud 4800 Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 38400 Baud Choose the baudrate for the BC Diagnostic Console Interface 8 4 27 Platform Trust Technology Feature Options Descri...

Page 80: ...Enable or disable input device debug beep generation Output Device Debug Beeps Disabled Enabled Enable or disable output device debug beep generation USB Driver Beeps Disabled Enabled Enable or disab...

Page 81: ...ed Disabled Select the IGD turbo feature Auto Enables IGD turbo only when SOC steeping is B0 or above GFX Boost Enabled Disabled Enable or disable GFX boost PAVC Disabled Enabled Enable or disable Pro...

Page 82: ...Device as B0D2F0 ISP PCI Device as B0D3F0 ISP PCI Device as B0D3F0 with Virtual ISP B0D2F0 Default ISP is PCI B0D2F0 for window boot Linux boot to select B0D3F0 PUNIT Power Configuration Disabled Enab...

Page 83: ...UseDimmSpd option Frequency A selection Auto 800 1067 1600 800 SKU333 1000 SKU333 1333 SKU333 900 SKU360 1800 SKU360 933 SKU373 1866 SKU373 Select frequency A Frequency B selection Auto 1067 800 SKU3...

Page 84: ...abled Disabled Enable or disable scrambler DRP Lock Disabled Enabled Enable or disable DRP lock REUT Lock Disabled Enabled Enable or disable REUT lock RH Prevention Disabled Enabled This feature preve...

Page 85: ...udio Support Disabled PCI Mode ACPI Mode Select LPE audio support Audio Controller Enabled Disabled Enable or disable audio controller Azalia Vci Enable Enabled Disabled Enable or disable Azalia Vci A...

Page 86: ...e SSIC port 2 HSIC Port 1 Enabled Disabled Enable or disable HSIC port 1 HSIC Port 2 Enabled Disabled Enable or disable HSIC port 2 USB2 PHY Power Gating Auto Disabled Enabled Select USB2 PHY power ga...

Page 87: ...Enable or disable root PCIe System Error on Fatal Error SEFE SENFE Disabled Enabled Enable or disable root PCIe System Error on Non Fatal Error SENFE SECE Disabled Enabled Enable or disable root PCIe...

Page 88: ...isabled Enable or disable evaluation of CLKREQ state CLKREQ Enable CLKREQ 0 CLKREQ 1 CLKREQ 2 CLKREQ 3 Evaluate CLKREQ x during PCIe in D0 S0ix entry and exit criteria checking S0ix LTR Threshold Late...

Page 89: ...the system is running in user mode with enrolled Platform Key PK and when CSM function is disabled Secure Boot Mode Standard Custom Select secure boot mode Key Management Submenu 8 6 1 1 1 Key Manage...

Page 90: ...pe Based Set boot priority from a list of device types even if they are not connected yet Boot Option Sorting Method Legacy First UEFI First Set boot option sorting method Legacy First Tries all legac...

Page 91: ...LAN Firmware based Bootloader Other Device 2nd Boot Device Disabled SATA 0 Drive SATA 1 Drive NVMe Storage USB Harddisk USB CDROM Other USB Device Onboard eMMC Storage Onboard LAN External LAN Firmwar...

Page 92: ...LAN Firmware based Bootloader Other Device 5th Boot Device Disabled SATA 0 Drive SATA 1 Drive NVMe Storage USB Harddisk USB CDROM Other USB Device Onboard eMMC Storage Onboard LAN External LAN Firmwar...

Page 93: ...systems using SMBus Select Auto for systems equipped with a real battery system manager connected via I2C or SMBus Auto Battery Manager UEFI Screenshot Capability Disabled Enabled If Enabled you can p...

Page 94: ...settings have been changed Discard Changes and Exit Exit setup menu without saving any changes Save Changes and Reset Save changes and reset the system Discard Changes and Reset Reset the system with...

Page 95: ...een The initial production BIOS for conga IA4 is identified as IA40R1xx where R is the identifier for a BIOS ROM file 1 is the feature number xx is the major and minor revision number The IA40 BIOS bi...

Page 96: ...ices Winbond W25Q64JVSSIG 8MB Note The flash device listed above has been tested and can be used on the congatec debug adapter PN 047858 listed in table 5 Adapters For more information about external...

Page 97: ...p developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm Universal Serial Bus USB Specification Revision 2 0 http www usb org home PCI Specification Revision 2 3 http www pcisig com specifications Seria...

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