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6
Connector Rows
The conga-TS170 is connected to the carrier board via two 220-pin connectors (COM Express Type 6 pinout) for a total of 440 pins connectivity.
These connectors are broken down into four rows. The primary connector consists of rows A and B while the secondary connector consists of
rows C and D.
6.1
Primary Connector Rows A and B
The following subsystems can be found on the primary connector rows A and B.
6.1.1
Serial ATA™ (SATA)
The conga-TS170 offers 4 SATA interfaces (SATA 0-3)
externally via the Intel
®
100 Series PCH. The SATA ports can perform DMA operation
independently and are based on Serial ATA Specification, revision 3.2
with up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates.
The SATA controller supports two modes of operation - AHCI mode using memory space and RAID mode. Legacy mode using I/O space is not
supported. For more information, refer to section 10 “BIOS Setup Description”.
6.1.2
USB 2.0
The conga-TS170 offers 8 USB 2.0 interfaces on the A-B connector. The XHCI host controller in the
PCH
supports these interfaces with High-
Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed USB signaling. The XHCI controller complies with USB standard 1.1 and 2.0.
6.1.3
High Definition Audio (HDA) Interface
The conga-TS170 provides an interface that supports the connection of
HDA audio codecs.
