
COMe-mAL10 – User Guide, Rev. 1.3
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1.4.
COM Express® Functionality
All Kontron COM Express® mini modules contain one 220-pin connector containing two rows called row A & row B.
The COM Express® mini Computer-On-Module (COM) features the following maximum amount of interfaces
according to the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) module pinout type.
Table 1: Type 10 and COMe-mAL10 Functionality
Feature
Type 10
COMe-mAL10
HD Audio
1x
1x
Gbit Ethernet
1x
1x
Serial ATA
2x
2x
Parallel ATA
PCI
PCI Express x 1
4x
Up to 4x
PCI Express x16 (PEG)
USB Client
1x
1x (Port 7 is dual role Client/Host)
USB
2x USB 3.0
8x USB 2.0
2x USB 3.0 (Including USB 2.0)
6x USB 2.0
LVDS (eDP)
Single channel
Single channel LVDS with optional eDP overlay
DP++ (DP/HDMI/DVI)
1x
1x
LPC
1x
1x
External SMB
1x
1x
External I2C
1x
1x
GPIO
8x
8x
SDIO shared w/GPIO
1x optional
1x
UART (2-wire COM)
2x
2x
FAN PWM out
1x
1x
Express Card
2x
2x
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 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