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Feature
Type 6 Pinout
COMe-cTL6 Pinout
Gen1 by default as support depends on appropriate
carrier board design
VGA
1x
1x (optional)
LVDS
Dual Channel
Dual Channel LVDS with option to overlay with
embedded Display port (eDP)
DP++
(eDP/DP/HDMI/DVI/VGA)
3x
2x
LPC
1x
1x
External SMB
1x
1x
External I2C
1x
1x
GPIO
8x
8x
SDIO shared w/GPIO
1x optional
1x optional
UART (2-wire COM)
2x
2x
Fan PWM out
1x
1x
1.5.
COM Express® Benefits
COM Express® defines a Computer-On-Module, or COM, with all the components necessary for a bootable host
computer, packaged as a highly integrated computer. All Kontron COM Express® modules are very compact and
feature a standardized form factor and a standardized connector layout that carry a specified set of signals. Each
COM is based on the COM Express® specification. This standardization allows designers to create a single-system
baseboard that can accept present and future COM Express® modules.
The baseboard designer can optimize exactly how each of these functions implements physically. Designers can
place connectors precisely where needed for the application, on a baseboard optimally designed to fit a system’s
packaging.
A single baseboard design can use a range of COM Express® modules with different sizes and pinouts. This flexibility
differentiates products at various price and performance points and provides a built-in upgrade path when designing
future-proof systems. The modularity of a COM Express® solution also ensures against obsolescence when computer
technology evolves. A properly designed COM Express® baseboard can work with several successive generations of
COM Express® modules.
A COM Express® baseboard design has many advantages of a customized computer-board design and, additionally,
delivers better obsolescence protection, heavily reduced engineering effort, and faster time to market.
