SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC)
The Intel Ethernet software and drivers for the i210IT are available for download from Intel®.
Any of the i210IT controllers supports the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol, important for TSN
(Time Sensitive Networking) applications. In addition, the first NIC (which is connected to the
upper RJ45 jack within the front panel) is configured to generate Pulse per Second (PPS) and Pulse
per Minute (PPM) signals for output (see below). These signals can be used to trigger events on
external hardware such as mezzanine side boards or peripheral cards. The following routing can
be enabled by UEFI/BIOS settings:
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Pulse per Second (PPS):
J-GP Pin1 and P1 Pin K3
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Pulse per Minute (PPM):
P1 Pin H3
Serial ATA Interface (SATA)
The SC6-TANGO provides a total of up to four serial ATA (SATA) 6Gbps ports, suitable for
attachment of mass storage devices. Two ports are derived directly from two the APL-I SoC;
another two ports are available as an option via an on-board SATA controller.
The APL SATA port P0 is in use for an on-board CFast™ connector. CFast™ cards are available up
to 512GB storage capacity as of current, sufficient for typical operating system installation and
application programs.
The APL SATA port P1 is wired to the mezzanine connector HSE, for optional usage with a low
profile mezzanine module such as the C48-M2 (M.2 SATA SSD storage).
As one option, the SC6-TANGO can be equipped with a discrete on-board SATA controller in
addition, providing another two SATA 6Gbps ports. The Marvell 88SE9170 is an SATA 6Gbps I/O
controller, connected to the system via PCI Express®. One of the 88SE9170 SATA ports is wired to
the mezzanine connector HSE. The 88SE9170 shares a common PCIe lane from the APL SoC with
the on-board NIC devices, by means of a PCI Express® packet switch. Therefore the maximum
throughput of the 88SE9170 SATA ports may be somewhat reduced compared to the APL native
SATA ports.
A bicolor LED named HD located in the front panel, signals the activity status of any APL SATA
device (green) or 88SE9170 SATA device (yellow).
Windows® drivers and software for the 88SE9170 is provided by Marvell and can be downloaded
from the EKF website.
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