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5.3
SATA
The conga-QA5 offers two 6Gb/s SATA interfaces on the edge finger via a SATA host controller integrated in the SoC. The SATA host controller
supports DMA auto-activate feature, hot-plug detect, AHCI operations and data transfer rates up to 6Gb/s. IDE Mode is not supported.
5.4
USB
The conga-QA5 offers up to eight USB ports routed directly from the SoC as shown below:
Table 8
USB Options
USB 2.0
USB 2.0 Dual Role
USB 3.0
USB 3.0 Dual Role
Default
4
1
1
Option 1
7
1
Option 2
2
1
1
Note
USB Dual Role is only supported under Linux. The port is a standard USB Host port under Windows. For non-default USB configuration, you
need a customized conga-QA5 variant.
5.5
UART
The conga-QA5 offers one UART interface connected to either the SoC or the congatec board controller (assembly option). The UART is not
legacy compatible and requires a special driver. For more information, see table 6 “UART Signal Description“.
5.6
SD Card
The conga-QA5 offers a 4-bit SD interface connected to the SD v3.01 host controller integrated in the SoC. It supports up to 50 MHz 3.3V
signalling and up to 208 Mhz 1.8V signalling. The MMC standard is not supported.
5.7
High Definition Audio (HDA)
The conga-QA5 provides a High Definition Audio interface connected to the audio controller in the SoC and supports one HDA audio codec.