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Chapter 1 Introduction

AL9A2

COM Express Mini Module

User’s Manual

A46200902

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Page 1: ...www dfi com Chapter 1 Introduction 1 AL9A2 COM Express Mini Module User s Manual A46200902...

Page 2: ...OM Express Module Base Specification http www picmg org FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Par...

Page 3: ...able 9 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 10 Board Layout 10 Block Diagram 10 System Memory 11 Connectors 12 COM Express Connector 12 COM Express Connector Signal Discription 15 Cooling Option 21 Heat Si...

Page 4: ...You must take extra care in han dling them to ensure against electrostatic build up 1 To prevent electrostatic build up leave the system board in its anti static bag until you are ready to install it...

Page 5: ...may differ in accordance with the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Before U...

Page 6: ...DS eDP LVDS single channel 24 bit resolution up to 1366x768 60Hz HDMI resolution up to 3840x2160 30Hz DP resolution up to 4096x2160 60Hz eDP resolution up to 3840x2160 60Hz Dual Display DDI LVDS DDI e...

Page 7: ...ents deliver the performance and compat ibility needed for today s and tomorrow s business applications Supports 1 x DDI HDMI DVI DP and 1 x LVDS eDP interfaces for display outputs Serial ATA Serial A...

Page 8: ...s of the different types of COM Express modules AL9A2 is a COM Express Mini The dimension is 84mm x 55mm 106 00 91 00 70 00 51 00 4 00 18 00 6 00 0 00 16 50 4 00 0 00 Extended Basic Compact Mini 74 20...

Page 9: ...LAN Port 0 1 1 1 A B Express Card Support 0 2 2 A B LPC Bus 1 1 1 A B SPI 1 2 1 A B SDIO muxed on GPIO 0 1 1 option General Purpose I O 8 8 8 A B SMBus 1 1 1 A B I2C 1 1 1 A B Watchdog Timer 0 1 1 A...

Page 10: ...H IN SLP LID WDT S USB 3 0 2x USB 2 0 8x USB 3 0 2x PCIe x1 4x PCIe x1 4x 8GB DDR3L Memory Down ECC support I2 C B 1 2 Serial Port 1 2 S I C Bus 1 2 SMBus SMBus 8 bit GPIO TCA6408A eMMC Optional MMC B...

Page 11: ...can damage your board processor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform installation procedures at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD pr...

Page 12: ...e AL9A2 COM Express board to a carrier board Connect the COM Express connector located on the solder side of the board to the COM Express connector on the carrier board Refer to the Installing AL9A2 o...

Page 13: ...ATA_ACT Pull up 10kohm to 3 3V Suspend B28 NA A29 AC HDA_SYNC 3 3V Suspend B29 NA A30 AC HDA_RST 3 3V Suspend B30 AC HDA_SDIN0 Row A Row B Row A Row B A31 GND B31 GND A32 AC HDA_BITCLK 3 3V Suspend B...

Page 14: ...3 GPO3 A64 PCIE_TX1 B64 PCIE_RX1 A65 PCIE_TX1 B65 PCIE_RX1 A66 GND B66 WAKE0 A67 GPI2 B67 WAKE1 A68 PCIE_TX0 B68 PCIE_RX0 A69 PCIE_TX0 B69 PCIE_RX0 A70 GND B70 GND A71 LVDS_A0 eDP_TX2 option B71 DDI0_...

Page 15: ...00 A5 OD CMOS 3 3V Suspend 3 3V Connect to LED and recommend current limit resistor 150 to 3 3VSB Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 1000 Mbit sec link indicator active low Signal Pin Pin Type Pwr Rail Tol...

Page 16: ...0K to 3 3V Connect to HDMI DVI I2C CTRLDATA HDMI DVI I2C CTRLDATA if DDI0_DDC_AUX_SEL is pulled high DDI0_HPD DP0_HPD B89 I CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PD 100K to GND PD 1M and Connect to device Hot Plug Detect DD...

Page 17: ...PU 10k to 3 3VSB Connect to Overcurrent of USB Power Switch USB over current sense USB channels 4 and 5 A pull up for this line shall be present on the Module An open drain driver from a USB current...

Page 18: ...Board SPI Device SO pin Data in to Module from Carrier SPI SPI_MOSI A95 O CMOS 3 3V Suspend 3 3V Connect a series resistor 33 Connect a series resistor 33 to Carrier Board SPI Device SI pin Data out...

Page 19: ...as well as powering the system down SYS_RESET B49 I CMOS 3 3V Suspend 3 3V PU 4 7K to 3V3SB Reset button input Active low request for Module to reset and reboot May be falling edge sensitive For situ...

Page 20: ...AL9A2 Carrier Board Description GPO0 A93 GPO1 B54 GPO2 B57 GPO3 B63 GPI0 A54 PU 47K to 3 3V GPI1 A63 PU 47K to 3 3V GPI2 A67 PU 47K to 3 3V GPI3 A85 PU 47K to 3 3V Signal Pin Pin Type Pwr Rail Tolera...

Page 21: ...Installing AL9A2 onto a Carrier Board Important The carrier board COM100 B used in this section is for reference purpose only and may not resemble your carrier board These illustrations are mainly to...

Page 22: ...s are for reference only 1 COMe LINK2 is the COM Express debug platform installed into COM Express Mini modules for the application of debugging and displaying signals and codes COM Express Connector...

Page 23: ...ress Signal Display Power Reset Sleep LID control COM Express Type Display Code Review Control COM Express Power Display COMe DEBUG COMe LINK2 Cable 3 Fasten bolts with mounting screws through mountin...

Page 24: ...module COMe LINK2 COM Express Mini Module COMe DEBUG Cable Side View of the Module Debug Card and Carrier Board 7 Use the long mounting screws to secure the heat sink on the top of the COM Express Mi...

Page 25: ...e data retains even when the power is off In general the information stored in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM will stay unchanged unless a configuration change has been made such as a hard drive replaced...

Page 26: ...Cache Number of Processors BXT SOC Microcode Revision Total Memory System Memory Speed SODIMM 0 TXE FW Version System Time System Date AL9A2 B18B 14A 2018 09 04 v0 2 1600 MHz 506C9 24 kB x 4 32 kB x...

Page 27: ...power is re applied after a power failure G3 the mechanical off state Always On The system is in working state Always Off The system is in soft off state except for trickle current to devices such as...

Page 28: ...tes Enable or disable CPU Power Management It allows CPU to go to C States when it s not 100 utilized Select which of IGD PCIe Graphics device should be Primary Display Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C...

Page 29: ...Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 18 1263 Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc SATA Controller SATA Configure As SATA Interface Speed SATA Port 0 Port 0 Hot Plug SATA Port 1 Port...

Page 30: ...Inc PCI Express Root Port 3 Hot Plug PCIe Speed Enable Disable Auto Advanced Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ES...

Page 31: ...ptimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer which the user is using will ex change data Both comput ers should have the same or compatib...

Page 32: ...ty Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 18 1263 Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc WatchDog1 function Advanced Disabled Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General...

Page 33: ...egatrends Inc Version 2 18 1263 Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Ex...

Page 34: ...seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Version 2 18 1263 Copyright C 2018 American Megatrends Inc Setup Prompt Timeout NumLock Quiet Boot Network Stack Boot Op...

Page 35: ...XE boot supports When disabled Ipv6 PXE boot option will not be created Boot Option Priorities Sets the system boot order Driver Option Priorities Sets the driver boot order Note AL9A2 only supports U...

Page 36: ...nd used on another system board of the same model 2 The BIOS SPI ROM on this system board must be the original equipment from the factory and cannot be used to replace one which has been utilized on o...

Page 37: ...g Windows INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility download AL9A2 Chipset Driver zip file at our website 1 Setup is ready to i...

Page 38: ...river and the system rebooted the screen will turn blank for 1 to 2 minutes while WinSAT is running before the Windows 10 desktop appears The blank screen period is the time Windows is testing the gra...

Page 39: ...sh Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next Intel LAN Driver To install the driver download AL9A2 LAN Driver zip...

Page 40: ...www dfi com Chapter 5 Supported Software 40 Chapter 5 5 The step displays the installing status in the prog ress 4 Click Install to begin the installation 6 After completing installa tion click Finish...

Page 41: ...river download AL9A2 TXE Driver zip file at our website 1 Tick I accept the terms in the License Agreement and then click Next 2 The step shows the com ponents which will be in stalled Then Click Next...

Page 42: ...d AL9A2 SIO Driver zip file at our website 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next 2 Read the license agreement care fully Click I accept the terms in the Li cense Agreement then click Next...

Page 43: ...www dfi com Chapter 5 Supported Software 43 Chapter 5 5 Setup is now installing the driver 6 Click Finish...

Page 44: ...Sample Code GPIO Input Process EC_DIO_Read_Input BYTE Data Pin0 3 Input Mode Data Get_EC_Data 0xBA Data 0x80 Write_EC_Data 0xBA Data while Get_EC_Data 0xBA 7 0x01 Data Get_EC_Data 0xBA Return Data GPI...

Page 45: ...int count_L Set Count WriteEC 0xB5 count_H High Byte WriteEC 0xB6 count_L Low Byte Enable Watch Dog Timer WriteEC 0xB4 0x01 int GetWDTime void int sum data_h data_l Select EC Read Type outportb EC_En...

Page 46: ...www dfi com Appendix B System Error Message 46 Appendix B Appendix B System Error Message Standard Status Codes PEI Status Codes PEI Error Codes DXE Phase Codes DXE Error Codes...

Page 47: ...www dfi com Appendix B System Error Message 47 Appendix B ACPI Checkpoints Beep Code...

Page 48: ...s power switch is on 2 Check that one end of the monitor s power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet 3 Check...

Page 49: ...attaching it to a serial port that is work ing and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem ma...

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