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Copyright 

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2015 

congatec 

AG 

 

      TCEDm11 

       

3/96

Preface

This user’s guide provides information about the components, features, connectors and BIOS Setup menus available on the conga-TCA. It is 
one of three documents that should be referred to when designing a COM Express™ application. The other reference documents that should 
be used include the following:

 

COM Express™ Design Guide

 

COM Express™ Specification

The links to these documents can be found on the congatec AG website at www.congatec.com

Disclaimer

The information contained within this user’s guide, including but not limited to any product specification, is subject to change without notice.

congatec AG 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. congatec AG 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 congatec AG 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.

Intended Audience

This user’s guide is intended for technically qualified personnel. It is not intended for general audiences.

Lead-Free Designs (RoHS)

All congatec AG designs are created from lead-free components and are completely RoHS compliant. 

Electrostatic Sensitive Device 

All congatec AG products are electrostatic sensitive devices and are packaged accordingly. Do not open or handle a congatec AG product 
except at an electrostatic-free workstation. Additionally, do not ship or store congatec AG products near strong electrostatic, electromagnetic, 
magnetic, or radioactive fields unless the device is contained within its original manufacturer’s packaging. Be aware that failure to comply with 
these guidelines will void the congatec AG Limited Warranty. 

Summary of Contents for Conga-TCA

Page 1: ...Copyright 2015 congatec AG TCEDm11 1 96 COM Express conga TCA 2nd Generation Dual Core Intel Atom processor with an Intel NM10 express chipset User s Guide Revision 1 1...

Page 2: ...signal is not supported in COM Express type 6 specification Updated section 9 BIOS Setup Description Added BIOS binary size in section 10 Additional BIOS Features Added section 10 1 Supported Flash De...

Page 3: ...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 congatec AG be liable for any incid...

Page 4: ...gatec AG All rights reserved All text pictures and graphics are protected by copyrights No copying is permitted without written permission from congatec AG congatec AG has made every attempt to ensure...

Page 5: ...non conforming product freight prepaid congatec AG will pay for transporting the repaired or exchanged product to the customer Repaired replaced or exchanged product will be warranted for the repair w...

Page 6: ...sistance after visiting our website then contact our technical support department by email at support congatec com Terminology Term Description GB Gigabyte 1 073 741 824 bytes GHz Gigahertz one billio...

Page 7: ...High Definition Audio HDA Interface 23 5 1 4 Gigabit Ethernet 23 5 1 5 LPC Bus 24 5 1 6 I C Bus Fast mode 24 5 1 7 PCI Express 24 5 1 8 ExpressCard 24 5 1 9 Graphics Output VGA CRT 24 5 1 10 LCD 25 5...

Page 8: ...2 Watchdog Submenu 75 10 4 3 Hardware Monitoring Submenu 77 10 4 4 PCI Submenu 78 10 4 4 1 PIRQ Routing IRQ Reservation Submenu 79 10 4 5 ACPI Submenu 79 10 4 6 RTC Wake Settings Submenu 80 10 4 7 CP...

Page 9: ...Purpose I O Signal Descriptions 48 Table 15 Power and System Management Signal Descriptions 49 Table 16 General Purpose Serial Interface Signal Descriptions 50 Table 17 Power and GND Signal Descripti...

Page 10: ...mponents and is mounted onto an application specific carrier board COM modules are legacy free design no Super I O PS 2 keyboard and mouse and provide most of the functional requirements for any appli...

Page 11: ...ailable on your particular module conga TCA Variants Part No 047001 047002 047003 047004 Processor Intel Atom N2600 Dual Core 1 60 GHz Intel Atom N2800 Dual Core 1 86 GHz Intel Atom D2550 Dual Core 1...

Page 12: ...ics Options Integrated graphics with OpenGL 3 0 and DirectX9 support Two independent pipelines for full dual view support 1x VGA 1x LVDS 2x DDIs Digital Display Interfaces with support for 2x DisplayP...

Page 13: ...pability Unfortunately Intel does not provide Windows 8 32 bit graphics and network drivers 2 3 Mechanical Dimensions 95 0 mm x 95 0 mm 3 75 x 3 75 Height approximately 18 or 21mm including heatspread...

Page 14: ...nput Range Volts Derated Input Volts Max Input Ripple 10Hz to 20MHz mV Max Module Input Power w derated input Watts Assumed Conversion Efficiency Max Load Power Watts VCC_12V 12 12 11 4 12 6 11 4 100...

Page 15: ...tion of the module in S3 Standby mode was measured directly Each module was measured while running Windows 7 Professional 32Bit Hyper Threading enabled Speed Step enabled and Power Plan set to Power S...

Page 16: ...stem Windows 7 32 bit Power State Desktop Idle 100 workload 100 workload approx 100 C CPU temp peak Suspend to Ram S3 5V Input Power Power consumption 0 46 A 5 5 W 12V 0 66 A 7 9 W 12V 0 68 A 8 2 W 12...

Page 17: ...4 Intel Atom D2550 1 86 GHz 1MB L2 Cache 32nm Layout Rev TCEDLA0 BIOS Rev TCEDR006 Max Turbo Frequency Not supported Memory Size 1GB Operating System Windows 7 32 bit Power State Desktop Idle 100 work...

Page 18: ...ery voltage The self discharge of the battery must also be considered when determining CMOS battery lifetime For more information about calculating CMOS battery lifetime refer to application note AN9_...

Page 19: ...roller STM32F100R8 Watchdog TPM Intel Atom Processor N2800 N2600 D2550 DDR3 SODIMM max 4 GByte BIOS Flash RTC 2x SATA II 8x USB 2 0 HDA PCIe x1 Gbit Ethernet Fan Control SM Bus SM Bus SPI LPC DMI x2 N...

Page 20: ...0 to 60 C Therefore if your application that features a congatec heatspreader cooling solution operates outside this temperature range ensure the correct operating temperature of the module is mainta...

Page 21: ...AG TCEDm11 21 96 4 1 Heatspreader Dimensions Note All measurements are in millimeters Torque specification for heatspreader screws is 0 3 Nm Mechanical system assembly mounting shall follow the valid...

Page 22: ...nector consists of rows C and D In this view the connectors are seen through the module top view A B 5 PCI Express Lanes only 4 when USB 3 0 option present General Purpose I Os 2x Serial ATA II 8x USB...

Page 23: ...on 7 5 5 1 3 High Definition Audio HDA Interface The conga TCA provides an interface that supports the connection of HDA audio codecs 5 1 4 Gigabit Ethernet The conga TCA offers Gigabit Ethernet with...

Page 24: ...NM10 PCH chipset featured on the conga TCA offers four PCI Express lanes Through the use of a PCIe switch the conga TCA provides up to five external PCI Express lanes if the optional USB 3 0 is not i...

Page 25: ...BIOS flash device A SPI flash device can be used as a replacement for the Firmware Hub 5 1 12 General Purpose Serial Interface Two TTL compatible two wire ports are available on Type 6 COM Express mo...

Page 26: ...arrier board hardware must drive this signal low until all power rails and clocks are stable Releasing PWR_OK too early or not driving it low at all can cause numerous boot up problems It is a good de...

Page 27: ...is applied to the module Actively driving PWR_OK high is compliant to the COM Express specification but this can cause back driving Therefore congatec recommends driving the PWR_OK low to keep the mod...

Page 28: ...g necessary voltages are internally generated on the module using onboard voltage regulators A carrier board designer should be aware of the following important information when designing a power supp...

Page 29: ...COM Express connector The processor provides two ports capable of supporting HDMI See section 8 5 of this document for more information about enabling HDMI peripherals 5 2 3 DisplayPort DP The conga...

Page 30: ...o keeps track of dynamically changing data like runtime meter and boot counter 6 3 Watchdog The conga TCA is equipped with a multi stage watchdog solution that is triggered by software The COM Express...

Page 31: ...backup battery 6 6 2 OEM CMOS Default Settings and OEM BIOS Logo This feature allows system designers to create and store their own CMOS default configuration and BIOS logo splash screen within the BI...

Page 32: ...easily integrate all these features into their code The CGOS API congatec Operating System Application Programming Interface is the congatec proprietary API that is available for all commonly used Op...

Page 33: ...ncludes coprocessors to calculate efficient hash and RSA algorithms with key lengths up to 2 048 bits as well as a real random number generator Security sensitive applications like gaming and e commer...

Page 34: ...sability enhancements such as Hot Plug 7 2 Intel Processor Features 7 2 1 Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection Intel Atom D2000 N2000 series processors have a thermal monitor feature th...

Page 35: ...echnology EIST Operating systems that support performance control take advantage of microprocessors that use several different performance states in order to efficiently operate the processor when it...

Page 36: ...es a critical point then the operating system will perform a system shut down in an orderly fashion in order to ensure that there is no damage done to the system as result of high temperatures Use the...

Page 37: ...ERT Wakes unconditionally from S3 S5 PCI Express WAKE Wakes unconditionally from S3 S5 WAKE Wakes uncondionally from S3 PME Activate the wake up capabilities of a PCI device using Windows Device Manag...

Page 38: ...ed or if the EHCI software drivers are not present then the UHCI controller owns the port Owning the port means that the differential output is driven by the owner and the input stream is only visible...

Page 39: ...rnal pull ups or pull downs implemented by the chip vendors only pull ups or pull downs implemented by congatec are listed For information about the internal pull ups or pull downs implemented by the...

Page 40: ...generated by the Intel High Definition Audio controller O 3 3V AC 97 codecs are not supported AC HDA_SDOUT A33 Intel High Definition Audio Serial Data Out This signal is the serial TDM data output to...

Page 41: ...w O 3 3VSB GBE0_LINK100 A4 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 100Mbit sec link indicator active low O 3 3VSB GBE0_LINK1000 A5 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 1000Mbit sec link indicator active low O 3 3VSB G...

Page 42: ...TA Supports Serial ATA II specification up to 3 Gb s SATA1_TX SATA1_TX B16 B17 Serial ATA channel 1 Transmit Output differential pair O SATA Supports Serial ATA II specification up to 3 Gb s SATA2_RX...

Page 43: ...ase Specification Revision 1 0a PCIE_RX3 PCIE_RX3 B58 B59 PCI Express channel 3 Receive Input differential pair I PCIE Supports PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0a PCIE_TX3 PCIE_TX3 A58 A59 P...

Page 44: ...8 LPC Signal Descriptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment LPC_AD 0 3 B4 B7 LPC multiplexed address command and data bus I O 3 3V LPC_FRAME B3 LPC frame indicates the start of an LPC cycle O...

Page 45: ...ards compatible to USB 1 1 USB6 A36 USB Port 6 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant Backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB7 B37 USB Port 7 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant Backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB7...

Page 46: ...OD 5V PU 2k2 3 3V Table 11 LVDS Signal Descriptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment LVDS_A0 LVDS_A0 LVDS_A1 LVDS_A1 LVDS_A2 LVDS_A2 LVDS_A3 LVDS_A3 A71 A72 A73 A74 A75 A76 A78 A79 LVDS Chann...

Page 47: ...ded but not used SPI_MISO A92 Data in to module from carrier board SPI BIOS flash I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB SPI_MOSI A95 Data out from module to carrier board SPI BIOS flash O 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB SPI_CL...

Page 48: ...ptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment GPO0 A93 General purpose output pins Shared with SD_CLK Output from COM Express input to SD O 3 3V SDIO interface is not supported on the conga TCA GPO1...

Page 49: ...3VSB SUS_S4 A18 Indicates system is in Suspend to Disk state Active low output O 3 3VSB Not supported SUS_S5 A24 Indicates system is in Soft Off state O 3 3VSB WAKE0 B66 PCI Express wake up signal I...

Page 50: ...PD Comment VCC_12V A104 A109 B104 B109 Primary power input 12V nominal All available VCC_12V pins on the connector s shall be used P VCC_5V_SBY B84 B87 Standby power input 5 0V nominal If VCC5_SBY is...

Page 51: ...B13 SMB_CK A68 PCIE_TX0 B68 PCIE_RX0 A14 GBE0_CTREF B14 SMB_DAT A69 PCIE_TX0 B69 PCIE_RX0 A15 SUS_S3 B15 SMB_ALERT A70 GND FIXED B70 GND FIXED A16 SATA0_TX B16 SATA1_TX A71 LVDS_A0 B71 LVDS_B0 A17 SA...

Page 52: ...6 TPM_PP B96 VGA_I2C_DAT A42 USB2 B42 USB3 A97 TYPE10 B97 SPI_CS A43 USB2 B43 USB3 A98 SER0_TX B98 RSVD A44 USB_2_3_OC B44 USB_0_1_OC A99 SER0_RX B99 RSVD A45 USB0 B45 USB1 A100 GND FIXED B100 GND FIX...

Page 53: ...ial pairs for the Superspeed USB data path O Available only on modules with USB 3 0 support USB_SSTX0 D3 O Available only on modules with USB 3 0 support USB_SSRX1 C7 Additional receive signal differe...

Page 54: ...PEG_RX5 PEG_RX6 PEG_RX6 PEG_RX7 PEG_RX7 PEG_RX8 PEG_RX8 PEG_RX9 PEG_RX9 PEG_RX10 PEG_RX10 PEG_RX11 PEG_RX11 PEG_RX12 PEG_RX12 PEG_RX13 PEG_RX13 PEG_RX14 PEG_RX14 PEG_RX15 PEG_RX15 C52 C53 C55 C56 C58...

Page 55: ...PEG_TX15 PEG_TX15 D52 D53 D55 D56 D58 D59 D61 D62 D65 D66 D68 D69 D71 D72 D74 D75 D78 D79 D81 D82 D85 D86 D88 D89 D91 D92 D94 D95 D98 D99 D101 D102 PCI Express Graphics Transmit Output differential pa...

Page 56: ...h DP1_HPD and HDMI1_HPD I 3 3V PD 1M DDI1_CTRLCLK_AUX D15 Multiplexed with SDVO1_CTRLCLK DP1_AUX and HMDI1_CTRLCLK DP AUX function if DDI1_DDC_AUX_SEL is no connect HDMI DVI I2C CTRLCLK if DDI1_DDC_AU...

Page 57: ...plexed with DP3_LANE2 and TMDS3_DATA0 O PCIE Not supported DDI3_PAIR3 DDI3_PAIR3 C49 C50 Multiplexed with DP3_LANE3 and TMDS3_CLK Multiplexed with DP3_LANE3 and TMDS3_CLK O PCIE Not supported DDI3_HPD...

Page 58: ...3 3V PU 100k 3 3V HDMI1_CTRLDATA is a boot strap signal see note below HDMI enable strap already populated TMDS2_CLK TMDS2_CLK D49 D50 HDMI DVI TMDS Clock output differential pair Multiplexed with DD...

Page 59: ...ams and secondary data Multiplexed with DDI1_PAIR3 and DDI1_PAIR3 O PCIE DP1_LANE2 DP1_LANE2 D32 D33 Uni directional main link for the transport of isochronous streams and secondary data Multiplexed w...

Page 60: ...ectional main link for the transport of isochronous streams and secondary data Multiplexed with DDI3_PAIR3 and DDI3_PAIR3 O PCIE Not supported DP3_LANE2 DP3_LANE2 C46 C47 Uni directional main link for...

Page 61: ...logic may also implement a fault indicator such as an LED TYPE10 A97 Dual use pin Indicates to the carrier board that a Type 10 module is installed Indicates to the carrier that a Rev 1 0 2 0 module...

Page 62: ...D67 GND C13 USB_SSRX3 D13 USB_SSTX3 C68 PEG_RX5 D68 PEG_TX5 C14 GND D14 GND C69 PEG_RX5 D69 PEG_TX5 C15 DDI1_PAIR6 D15 DDI1_CTRLCLK_AUX C70 GND FIXED D70 GND FIXED C16 DDI1_PAIR6 D16 DDI1_CTRLDATA_AU...

Page 63: ...GND FIXED D41 GND FIXED C96 GND D96 GND C42 DDI3_PAIR1 D42 DDI2_PAIR1 C97 RVSD D97 RSVD C43 DDI3_PAIR1 D43 DDI2_PAIR1 C98 PEG_RX14 D98 PEG_TX14 C44 DDI3_HPD D44 DDI2_HPD C99 PEG_RX14 D99 PEG_TX14 C45...

Page 64: ...6 Multiplexed with DP1_AUX and HDMI1_CTRLDATA DP AUX function if DDI1_DDC_AUX_SEL is no connect HDMI DVI I2C CTRLDATA if DDI1_DDC_AUX_SEL is pulled high I O PCIE I O OD 3 3V PU100k 3 3V DDI1_CTRLDATA_...

Page 65: ...8kB 896kB C0000 DFFFF Expansion Area 640kB 768kB A0000 BFFFF 128kB Video memory and BIOS 639kB 640kB 9FC00 9FFFF 1kB Extended BIOS data 0 639kB 00000 9FC00 512kB Conventional memory Note T O M Top of...

Page 66: ...0h 3F5h 3F7h 2F8h 2FFh1 378h 37Fh2 778h 77Fh2 F8h 3FFh3 Parts of these ranges are not available if a Super I O is used on the carrier board If a Super I O is not implemented on the carrier board then...

Page 67: ...or PCI BUS INTx 4 Yes IRQ4 via SERIRQ or PCI BUS INTx 5 Yes IRQ5 via SERIRQ or PCI BUS INTx 6 Yes IRQ6 via SERIRQ or PCI BUS INTx 7 No Reserved for BIOS purposes 8 No Real time Clock Not applicable 9...

Page 68: ...0 PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 3 17 No PIRQB PCI Express Root Port 0 PCI Express Port 0 PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 3 18 No PIRQC UHCI Controller 2 PCI Express Root Port 0 PCI Express...

Page 69: ...Internal USB UHCI Controller 2 00h 1Dh 02h Internal USB UHCI Controller 3 00h 1Dh 03h Internal USB UHCI Controller 4 00h 1Dh 07h Internal USB 2 0 EHCI Controller 1 00h 1Eh 00h N A PCI to PCI Bridge 00...

Page 70: ...NTC 18 x x x x x D INTD 19 x x x x x x E 20 x x x x x F 21 x x x x G 22 x x x x x H 23 x x x x x x Note 1 These interrupt lines are virtual message based 9 6 I C Bus There are no onboard resources con...

Page 71: ...o enter the BIOS setup program 10 2 Setup Menu and Navigation The congatec BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar and two main frames The menu bar is shown below Main Advanced Boot Security Sav...

Page 72: ...eature Options Description Main BIOS Version no option Displays the main BIOS version OEM BIOS Version no option Displays the additional OEM BIOS version Build Date no option Displays the date the BIO...

Page 73: ...e number P UNI version IGD VBIOS Version no option Displays the video BIOS version ACPI Version no option Displays the version of the ACPI Reference Code INTEL IFFS no option Displays the Intel Fast F...

Page 74: ...0x768 1x24 01Ch Customized EDID 1 Customized EDID 2 Customized EDID 3 Select a predefined LFP type or choose Auto to let the BIOS automatically detect and configure the attached LVDS panel Auto detect...

Page 75: ...10min 30min Select the timeout value for the POST watchdog The watchdog is only active during the power on self test of the system and provides a facility to prevent errors during boot up by performin...

Page 76: ...g ACPI Event Shutdown Restart Select the operating system event that is initiated by the watchdog ACPI event These options perform a critical but orderly operating system shutdown or restart Note In A...

Page 77: ...Disabled Enabled Enable hardware fan speed control Independent from any operating system the fan will be turned on once a certain start temperature is reached and linearly ramped up to the defined ma...

Page 78: ...te EXCD0 1_PERST Disabled 1ms 5ms 10ms 50ms 100ms 150ms 200ms 250ms Select whether the COM Express EXCD0_PERST and EXCD1_PERST pins should be driven low during POST or how long it will be if enabled V...

Page 79: ...e operating systems ACPI Sleep State Suspend Disabled S3 Suspend to RAM Select the state used for ACPI system sleep suspend Lid Button Support Disabled Enabled Configure COM Express LID signal to act...

Page 80: ...Options Description CPU Information no option Describes the CPU Processor main parameters Hyper Threading Disabled Enabled Enable or disable Hyper Threading support Execute Disable Bit Disabled Enabl...

Page 81: ...abled Allows an automatic return to a previous C3 C4 State C State POPUP Disabled Enabled Allows to take the system from C3 C4 state to C2 state according to bus master request 10 4 8 Memory Submenu F...

Page 82: ...ns Description Azalia Controller Disabled HD Audio Controls activation of the HDA controller device Disabled HDA controller will be unconditionally disabled HD Audio HDA controller will be uncondition...

Page 83: ...trols Serial IRQ Mode 10 4 9 2 PCI Express Port Submenu Feature Options Description PCI Express Port x Disabled Enabled Enable or disable the respective PCI Express port x Port x IoxAPIC Disabled Enab...

Page 84: ...Extra Bus Reserved 0 7 Extra Bus Reserved 0 7 for bridges behind this Root Bridge Default value is 0 Reserved Memory 1 20 Reserved Memory and Prefetchable Memory 1 20MB Range for this Root Bridge Defa...

Page 85: ...tion disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected Disable option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications and setup EHCI Hand off Disabled Enabled This is a workaround for...

Page 86: ...e Works only for drives formatted with FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 Hard disk allows the device to be emulated as hard disk CDROM assumes the CD ROM is formatted as bootable media specified by the El Torito F...

Page 87: ...Redirection Disabled Enabled Enable Console Redirection Settings setup Node for EMS Console Redirection Settings submenu 10 4 14 1 Console Redirection Settings Submenu Feature Options Description Ter...

Page 88: ...0 VT UTF8 ANSI Select terminal type Baud rate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Select baud rate Flow Control None Hardware RTS CTS Select flow control Data Bits 8 no option Parity None no option Stop Bit...

Page 89: ...ous power state before power loss occurred Note Only works with an ATX type power supply AT Shutdown Mode System Reboot Hot S5 Determines the system s behavior when shutting down the system working on...

Page 90: ...Floppy USB Harddisk USB CDROM Onboard LAN External LAN Other BEV Device This view is only available when in the default Type Based mode When in Device Based mode you will only see the devices that ar...

Page 91: ...UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM Video OpROM Launch Policy Do not launch UEFI Only Legacy Only Legacy ROM First UEFI ROM First Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM Other OpROM Launch Po...

Page 92: ...e to open device security configuration submenu 10 6 1 1 Trusted Computing Feature Options Description Security Device Support Enable Disable Enable or disable security device NOTE Your computer will...

Page 93: ...s only reset if 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...

Page 94: ...MB 11 1 Supported Flash Devices The conga TCA supports the following flash devices Atmel AT25DF321 SU Greenliant Systems SST25VF032B 66 4I S2AF Macronix MX25L3206EM2I 12G The flash devices listed abov...

Page 95: ...password Both passwords can be set independently however the drive will only lock if a user password is installed The max length of the passwords is 32 bytes During POST each hard drive is checked fo...

Page 96: ...evision 1 0 LPC http 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 s...

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