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Chapter 1 Introduction

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WL968

A-617-M-2046

ver.a_MP_12-1420_13-37

COM Express Compact Module

User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for WL968

Page 1: ...www dfi com Chapter 1 Introduction 1 WL968 A 617 M 2046 ver a_MP_12 1420_13 37 COM Express Compact Module User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...OM Express ModuleTM 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 Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates u...

Page 3: ...ard 22 Installing the COM Express Debug Card Optional 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 26 Overview 26 Insyde BIOS Setup Utility 27 Main 27 Advanced 27 ACPI Configuration 28 CPU Configuration 29 Power Performance 29 PCH FW Configuration 30 Trusted Computing 32 PTN3460 Configuration 33 IT8528 Super IO Configuration 34 IT8528 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 2 Configuration 34 Serial Port Console Redirect...

Page 4: ...e 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 2 Wear an antistatic wrist strap 3 Do all preparation work on a static free surface 4 Hold the device only by its edges Be careful not to touch any of the components contacts or connections 5 Avoid ...

Page 5: ...package may not come similar to the information listed above This 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 Using the System Board Before using the system board prepare basic system components If you are installing the system board in a new sy...

Page 6: ... DP resolution up to 4096x2304 60Hz Triple Displays VGA LVDS DDI DDI eDP DDI EXPANSION eMMC 1 x 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB eMMC 5 1 available upon request Interface 6 PCIe x1 or 2 PCIe x1 1 PCIe x4 or 3 PCIe x1 2 PCIe x2 support up to 5 devices and 7 lanes 1 x LPC 1 x I2C 1 x SMBus 2 x UART TX RX AUDIO Interface HD Audio ETHERNET Controller 1 x Intel I219LM with iAMT12 x PCIe 10 100 1000Mbps I O USB...

Page 7: ...e demand for business and home entertainment applications Serial ATA Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1 0a specification With speed of up to 6Gb s SATA 3 0 it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB s The bandwidth of the SATA 3 0 will be limited by carrier board design Gigabit LAN The Intel I219LM Gigabit...

Page 8: ...ed Basic Compact Mini 74 20 80 00 91 00 121 00 151 00 Common for all Form Factors Extended only Basic only Compact only Compact and Basic only Mini only COM Express Module Standards The figure below shows the dimensions of the different types of COM Express modules The dimension of COM Express Compact module is 95mm x 95mm ...

Page 9: ... B A A B SDIO muxed on GPIO 0 0 1 General Purpose I O 8 8 8 1 1 1 s u B M S B A 1 1 1 C 2 I B A A B Watchdog Timer 0 1 1 A B Speaker Out 1 1 1 A B External BIOS ROM Support 0 1 2 A B Reset Functions 1 1 1 A B A B T 1 1 0 n o i t c e t o r P l a m r e h A B Battery 1 1 0 m r a l A w o L A B Suspend Wake Sig 1 3 0 s l a n A B Power Button Support 1 1 1 1 1 1 d o o G r e w o P B A 4 4 4 s t c a t n o...

Page 10: ...allation Board Layout Top View Bottom View iTE IT8528VG TPM optional SPI Flash BIOS Intel BGA 1528 Intel I219LM NXP PTN3460 Chrontel CH7517 CPU Fan 3 1 Standby Power LED SO_DIMM1 COM Express Connector C1 D1 C110 D110 B1 B110 A1 A110 COM Express Connector SO_DIMM1 ...

Page 11: ...rap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection Important When the Standby Power LED is red it indicates that there is power on the board Power off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any devices Failure to do so will cause severe da...

Page 12: ...g fan 3 1 Sense 12V Ground COM Express Connectors The COM Express connectors are used to interface the WL968 COM Express board to a carrier board Connect the COM Express connectors located on the solder side of the board to the COM Express connectors on the carrier board Refer to the Installing WL968 onto a Carrier Board section for more information Refer to the following pages for the pin functio...

Page 13: ... RSVD D27 DDI1_PAIR0 C82 NA D82 NA A28 S ATA_ACT B28 NA A83 LVDS_I2C_CK B83 LVDS_BKLT_CTRL C28 RSVD D28 RSVD C83 RSVD D83 RSVD A29 AC HDA_SYNC B29 AC HDA _SDIN1 A84 LVDS_I2C_DAT B84 VCC_5V_SBY C29 NA D29 DDI1_PAIR1 C84 GND D84 GND A30 AC HDA _RST B30 AC HDA _SDIN0 A85 GPI3 B85 VCC_5V_SBY C30 NA D30 DDI1_PAIR1 C85 NA D85 NA A31 GND FIXED B31 GND FIXED A86 RSVD B86 VCC_5V_SBY C31 GND FIXED D31 GND F...

Page 14: ...7 O SATA AC coupled on Module AC Coupling capacitor SATA1_RX B19 I SATA AC coupled on Module AC Coupling capacitor SATA1_RX B20 I SATA AC coupled on Module AC Coupling capacitor SATA2_TX A22 O SATA AC coupled on Module NA SATA2_TX A23 O SATA AC coupled on Module NA SATA2_RX A25 I SATA AC coupled on Module NA SATA2_RX A26 I SATA AC coupled on Module NA SATA3_TX B22 O SATA AC coupled on Module NA SA...

Page 15: ...eive differential pair Default NA Request by BOM option Serial ATA or SAS Channel 2 receive differential pair Serial ATA or SAS Channel 2 transmit differential pair Connect to SATA1 Conn RX pin Serial ATA or SAS Channel 1 receive differential pair SATA3_RX B25 I SATA AC coupled on Module NA SATA3_RX B26 I SATA AC coupled on Module NA S ATA_ACT A28 I O CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PU 10K to 3 3V Connect to LED a...

Page 16: ...NA PEG_TX11 D88 NA PEG_TX11 D89 NA PEG_RX11 C88 NA PEG_RX11 C89 NA PEG_TX12 D91 NA PEG_TX12 D92 NA PEG_RX12 C91 NA PEG_RX12 C92 NA PEG_TX13 D94 NA PEG_TX13 D95 NA PEG_RX13 C94 NA PEG_RX13 C95 NA PEG_TX14 D98 NA PEG_TX14 D99 NA PEG_RX14 C98 NA PEG_RX14 C99 NA PEG_TX15 D101 NA PEG_TX15 D102 NA PEG_RX15 C101 NA PEG_RX15 C102 NA PEG_LANE_RV D54 I CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PU 10K to 3 3V PCI Express Graphics lane...

Page 17: ...SB_SSRX2 C9 USB_SSTX3 D13 AC Coupling capacitor USB_SSTX3 D12 AC Coupling capacitor USB_SSRX3 C13 USB_SSRX3 C12 Signal Pin Module Pin Type Pwr Rail Tolerance WL968 Carrier Board Description LVDS_A0 A71 LVDS_A0 A72 LVDS_A1 A73 LVDS_A1 A74 LVDS_A2 A75 LVDS_A2 A76 LVDS_A3 A78 LVDS_A3 A79 LVDS_A_CK A81 LVDS_A_CK A82 LVDS_B0 B71 O PCIE AC coupled on Module Connect 90 100MHz Common Choke in series and E...

Page 18: ...O CMOS 3 3V 3 3V Connect to VGA connector with a 33V Buffer IC to isolate PCH Display Device Vertical sync output to VGA monitor VGA_I2C_CK B95 I O OD CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PU 2 2K to 3 3V Connect to VGA connector with a 3 3V to 5V Level shift circuit DDC clock line I2C port dedicated to identify VGA monitor capabilities VGA_I2C_DAT B96 I O OD CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PU 2 2K to 3 3V Connect to VGA connector with ...

Page 19: ...ng edge creates a power button event Power button events can be used to bring a system out of S5 soft off and other suspend states as well as powering the system down SYS_RESET B49 I CMOS 3 3V Suspend 3 3V PU 10K to 3V3_DU NC PU 4 7K to 3V3_SB Reset button input Active low request for Module to reset and reboot May be falling edge sensitive For situations when SYS_RESET is not able to reestablish ...

Page 20: ...rrier Board Active low Issued by Module chipset and may result from a low SYS_RESET input a low PWR_OK input a VCC_12V power input that falls below the minimum specification a watchdog timeout or may be initiated by the Module software PWR_OK B24 I CMOS 3 3V 3 3V PU 10K to 5V and PD 20K Power OK from main power supply A high value indicates that the power is good This signal can be used to hold of...

Page 21: ...er LED SO_DIMM1 Cooling Option Heat Sink 1 denotes the location of the thermal pad designed to contact the corresponding components that are on the WL968 Top View of the Heat Sink Important Remove the plastic covering from the thermal pads prior to mounting the heat sink onto the WL968 Note The system board used in the following illustrations may not resemble the actual board These illustrations a...

Page 22: ...ess WL968 down firmly to seat it in the COM Express connectors of the carrier board Note The illustration above shows the pressing points of the module onto the carrier board Be careful when pressing the module to avoid damages to the connectors 1 Grasp WL968 by its edges and position it on top of the carrier board with the mounting holes of WL968 aligning with the standoffs on the carrier board T...

Page 23: ...www dfi com Chapter 1 Introduction 23 3 Use the provided mounting screws to secure WL968 with heat sink to the carrie board The photo below shows the locations of the long mounting screws Long screws ...

Page 24: ...esigned for COM Express Compact modules to debug and display signals and codes of COM Express modules COMe LINK1 Bottom view Top view COMe DEBUG Connector COM Express Connectors 2 Connect the COMe DEBUG card to COMe LINK1 via a cable COMe DEBUG COMe LINK1 Cable COMe DEBUG COM Express Connectors COMe LINK1 2 Connector Port 80 Display LPC COM Express Signal Display Power Reset Sleep LID control COM ...

Page 25: ... debug card onto the carrier board COMe LINK1 Carrier Board 4 Then use the instructions from the previous section to install SU968 and heat sink on the top of the COMe LINK1 debug card Screws COMe DEBUG Side View of the Module Debug Card and Carrier Board COMe LINK1 Carrier Board WL968 ...

Page 26: ...does not require an operating system to run After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the message Press DEL to run setup will appear on the screen If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously N...

Page 27: ...SC Exit Security Advanced Chipset Boot Save Exit Main Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Set the Date Use Tab to switch between Date ele ments Default Ranges Year 2005 2099 Months 1 12 Days dependent on month Project Name BIOS Version EC Version FSP version RC version Intel R Core TM i5 8365UE CPU 1 60GHz ID Stepping L1 Data Cache L1 Instruction Cache L2 Cache L3 Cache Numb...

Page 28: ... of the day hour 00 23 minute 00 59 second 00 59 Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Enable or disable System wake on alarm event When enabled System will wake on the hr min sec...

Page 29: ...only be displayed when EIST is enabled C States Enable or disable CPU Power Management It allows CPU to enter C states when it s idle and nothing is executing Note Some of the fields may not be available when the features are not supported by the equipped CPU Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous V...

Page 30: ...anageability features This option disables enables Manageability Features support in FW To disable support platform must be in an unprovisioned state first AMT BIOS Features When disabled AMT BIOS features are no longer supported and user is no longer able to ac cess MEBx Setup This option does not disable manageability features in FW ME Unconfig on RTC Clear When disabled ME will not be unconfigu...

Page 31: ...r Real Force Secure Erase Enable or disable Force Secure Erase on next boot AMT Confuguration OEM Flags Settings Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced OEMFlag Bit 6 Hide Unconfigu...

Page 32: ...lect Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced TPM20 Device Found Firmware Version Vendor Security Device Support Pending operation 403 1 INTC Enable None Enables or Disables BIOS support for security de vice O S will not show Security Device TCG EFI ...

Page 33: ...can Megatrends Inc Advanced Enabled or Disabled PTN3460 LCD Features PTN3460 Function LCD Panel Type LCD Panel Color Depth Disabled 1024x768 24 Bit PTN3460 Function Enable or disable PTN3460 LCD features The following fields are only configurable when this field is enabled LCD Panel Type Select the resolution of the LCD Panel 800X480 800X600 1024X768 1366X768 1280X1024 1280X768 1920X1080 or 1600X9...

Page 34: ...te The sub menus are detailed in following sections Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port Device Settings Change Settings Enabled IO 3F8h I...

Page 35: ...ngs Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Emulation ANSI Extend ed ASCII char set VT100 ASCII char set VT100 Extends VT100 to support color funtion keys etc VT UTF8 Users UTF8 en ...

Page 36: ...B Support Enabled Enable Legacy USB support Disabled Keep USB devices available only for EFI applications Auto Disable Legacy support if no USB devices are connected XHCI Hand off Enable or disable XHCI Hand off USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enable or disable USB Mass Storage Driver Support Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change...

Page 37: ...ount 4 SYS Smart Fan Control Boundary 1 Boundary 2 Boundary 3 Boundary 4 Fan Speed Count 1 Fan Speed Count 2 Fan Speed Count 3 Fan Speed Count 4 Enable 30 40 50 60 35 60 80 100 Enable 30 40 50 60 35 60 80 100 PC Health Status Smart Fan Function Smart Fan is a fan speed moderation strategy dependent on the current system temperature When the system temperature goes higher than the Boundary setting ...

Page 38: ...PXE Support Ipv6 PXE Support PXE boot wait time Media detect count Enabled Disabled Disabled 0 1 Network Stack Enable or disable UEFI network stack The following fields will appear when this field is en abled Ipv4 PXE Support Enable or disable IPv4 PXE boot support If disabled IPv4 PXE boot support will not be avail able Ipv6 PXE Support Enable or disable IPv6 PXE boot support If disabled IPv6 PXE...

Page 39: ... Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Chipset Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Primary Display Select which of IGFX PEG PCI Graphics device to be the primary display Internal Graphics Keep IGFX enabled based on the setup optio...

Page 40: ...nable Enable or disable integrated LAN to wake the system Above 4GB MMIO BIOS assignment Switch MemoryMappedIO BIOS assignment above 4GB Max TOLUD Assign a value or set Dynamic to automatically adjust TOLUD based on largest MMIO length Note The sub menus are detailed in following sections Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt...

Page 41: ...0 American Megatrends Inc SATA And RST Configuration SATA Controller s SATA Controller Speed SATA Mode Selection Serial ATA Port 0 Port 0 Hot Plug Serial ATA Port 1 Port 1 Hot Plug Serial ATA Port 2 Port 2 Hot Plug Enabled Auto AHCI Empty Enabled Disabled Empty Enabled Disabled Empty Enabled Disabled Enable or disable SATA Device SATA Controller s This field is used to enable or disable the Serial...

Page 42: ...s F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Chipset Version 2 20 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Control Detection of the HD Audio device Disabled HDA will be un conditionally disabled Enabled HDA will be un conditionally enabled HD Audio Subsystem Confi guration Settings HD Audio Enabled HD Audio Control the detection of the HD Audio device Disabled HDA will be unconditionally disabled Enabled HDA wil...

Page 43: ...rican Megatrends Inc Secure Boot feature is Ac tive if Secure Boot is Ena bled Platfom Key PK is enrolled and the System is in User mode The mode change requires platform reset System Mode Secure Boot Secure Boot Mode Restore Factory Keys Reset To Setup Mode Setup Disabled Not Active Custom Secure Boot The Secure Boot store a database of certificates in the firmware and only allows the OSes with a...

Page 44: ... 1275 Copyright C 2020 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Save Options Save Changes and Reset Discard Changes and Reset Restore Defaults Boot Override Save Setting to file Restore Setting from file Reset the system after saving the changes Save Changes and Reset To save the changes select this field and then press Enter A dialog box will appear Select Yes to reset the system after saving all changes...

Page 45: ...m this system board and 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 other system boards 3 If you do not follow the methods above the Intel Management Engine will not be updated and will cease to be effective Note a You can take advantage of flash t...

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