Reference
Manual
DOC. REV. 9/4/2013
Falcon
(VL-EPU-2610)
Intel
@
Atom E6x0T-based
Embedded Processing Unit with
SATA, Ethernet, USB, Serial,
Video, HD Audio, Mini PCIe
Socket, and microSD
Страница 1: ...Reference Manual DOC REV 9 4 2013 Falcon VL EPU 2610 Intel Atom E6x0T based Embedded Processing Unit with SATA Ethernet USB Serial Video HD Audio Mini PCIe Socket and microSD ...
Страница 2: ...every effort has been made to ensure this document is error free VersaLogic makes no representations or warranties with respect to this product and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose VersaLogic reserves the right to revise this product and associated documentation at any time without obligation to notify anyone of such changes ...
Страница 3: ...ding Reference Manual PDF format Datasheets and manufacturers links for chips used in this product Photograph of the circuit board BIOS information and upgrades This is a private page for Falcon users that can be accessed only by entering this address directly It cannot be reached from the public VersaLogic website The VersaTech KnowledgeBase is an invaluable resource for resolving technical issue...
Страница 4: ...nitial Configuration 8 Basic Setup 8 Operating System Installation 10 BIOS Setup 10 Physical Details 11 Dimensions and Mounting 11 Falcon Dimensions 11 VL CBR 5013 5014 Paddleboard Dimensions 12 VL HDW 405 Mounting Plate Dimensions 13 Hardware Assembly 14 External Connectors 16 Falcon Connector Locations CPU Module 16 Falcon Connector Locations Baseboard 17 Falcon Connector Functions and Interface...
Страница 5: ...CIe mSATA Socket 27 W_Disable Signal 29 Mini PCIe Card Wireless Status LEDs 29 microSD Sockets 30 USB Interface 30 Serial Ports 30 COM Port Configuration 30 RS 485 Mode Line Driver Control 30 Serial Port Connectors 31 Video 32 LVDS Flat Panel Display Connector 32 VGA Output 33 Audio 35 Push button Reset 35 Power Button 36 Supported Power States 36 External Speaker 36 LEDs 37 mSATA Activity LED 37 ...
Страница 6: ...Ethernet interface with ruggedized 8 pin latching connector Integrated Intel GMA600 2D 3D graphics core Full ACPI support Four USB 2 0 ports Four RS 232 422 485 COM ports one with RS 232 handshake line support Two microSD sockets One LVDS interface One Mini PCIe mSATA socket One SATA II port 3 0 Gb s Intel High Definition Audio HDA compatible Four user I O lines independently configurable Watchdog...
Страница 7: ...VL EPU 2610 EBxx 8 2W idle 9 0W typical 9 8W max 3 4W S3 VL EPU 2610 ECxx and EDxx 9 7W idle 10 6W typical 11 6W max 3 4W S3 System Reset Pus button power reset via paddleboard Watchdog timeout warm cold reset DRAM Soldered on 1 GB or 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MT s Video Interface LVDS 3 3V compatible 18 24 bit up to 1280 x 768 resolution 60 Hz SATA Interface One SATA II port 3 Gb s Flash Storage Two mi...
Страница 8: ... 0 x1 3 2 5 GT s SDIO I2 C USB Client 480 Mbps USB 2 0 4 480 Mbps SATA II 2 3 0 Gbps UART0 1 Micro SD Socket AUX Connector Device ID EEPROM Ethernet GigE PHY Micrel KSZ9021 31RNI COMe Type 10 Connector 8V 17V to 5V Switching Regulator FET Voltage Switch Voltage Generator BD9591MWV Clock Generator BU73335MWV Power Input 12V 8 17V Power Input 5V STBY XDP ITP DDR2 800 8 Components Memory Down DDR2 80...
Страница 9: ...el HD Audio Codec LVDS 24 Bit Single Channel SATA II R A Latching 3 0 GB s microSD Socket PCIe SATA Electronic Mux I4083B Transceivers Gigabit Ethernet GbE Magnetics MiniPCIe mSATA Socket ACPI Power Control Block Power Supplies 8 17V Main 3 0V Battery RS 232 422 485 COM2 3 Analog Audio Line In Out 8 17V Input Power USB 2 0 4 480 Mbps RS 232 422 485 COM1 2 Intel HDA LVDS 85 Mbps SATA II 3 0 Gbps Gb...
Страница 10: ... with high quality products and services meeting the European Union s RoHS directive Warnings ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE Warning Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage circuit boards disk drives and other components The circuit board must only be handled at an ESD workstation If an approved station is not available some measure of protection can be provided by wearing a grounded antistatic wrist stra...
Страница 11: ...k throttling and thermal based speed step transitions There is one thermal sensor on the processor and this is used for triggering Intel s thermal monitor The temperature at which the thermal sensor triggers the thermal monitor is set during the fabrication of the processor Triggering of this sensor is visible to software by means of the thermal interrupt LVT entry in the local APIC See the Intel ...
Страница 12: ... if any questions arise Quantity of items being returned The model and serial number barcode of each item A detailed description of the problem Steps you have taken to resolve or recreate the problem The return shipping address Warranty Repair All parts and labor charges are covered including return shipping charges for UPS Ground delivery to United States addresses Non warranty Repair All approve...
Страница 13: ...d be handled at an ESD workstation or while wearing a grounded antistatic wrist strap Before you begin unpack the Falcon and accessories Verify that you received all the items you ordered Inspect the system visually for any damage that may have occurred in shipping Contact Support VersaLogic com immediately if any items are damaged or missing Gather all the peripheral devices you plan to attach to...
Страница 14: ...nnectors J1 or J7 on the paddleboard Attach a USB CD ROM drive to one of the USB Type A connectors J1 or J7 on the paddleboard 2 Attach Power Plug the power adapter cable VL CBR 0807 into socket J1 of the baseboard Attach the motherboard connector of the ATX power supply to the adapter Attach an ATX power cable to any 3 5 drive that is not already attached to the power supply hard drive or CD ROM ...
Страница 15: ...ate the Falcon under Windows XP or Windows XP Embedded be sure to use Service Pack 3 SP3 for full support of the latest device features Operating System Installation The standard PC architecture used on the Falcon makes the installation and use of most of the standard x86 based operating systems very simple The operating systems listed on the VersaLogic OS Compatibility Chart use the standard inst...
Страница 16: ...unting FALCON DIMENSIONS The Falcon complies with the COM Express mini form factor standard Dimensions are given below to help with pre production planning and layout Figure 4 Falcon Dimensions and Mounting Holes Not to scale All dimensions in millimeters 3 4 4 84 55 ...
Страница 17: ...Physical Details VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 12 VL CBR 5013 5014 PADDLEBOARD DIMENSIONS Figure 5 VL CBR 5013 5014 Dimensions Not to scale All dimensions in inches 1 95 1 57 5 50 5 10 1 17 1 24 0 065 ...
Страница 18: ...ATE DIMENSIONS Figure 6 Mounting Plate Dimensions Not to scale All dimensions in millimeters 0 00 Falcon Outline 0 00 4 00 10 00 15 00 5 00 19 45 14 00 75 00 84 00 80 00 74 00 69 00 70 00 61 00 55 55 2 5 mm non threaded countersunk back x8 4 mm non threaded countersunk x4 ...
Страница 19: ...ssembly with Heat Plate Down The recommended method is to attach the Falcon heat plate to the mounting plate VL HDW 405 and attach the mounting plate to the enclosure A thermal interface compound must be applied to the heat plate to thermally bond it to the mounting plate or other surface to which the Falcon is mounted Spread the compound thinly and evenly across the entire heat plate surface befo...
Страница 20: ...ual 15 Figure 8 Hardware Assembly with Heatsink Up The recommended method is to attach the baseboard to the mounting plate VL HDW 405 and attach the mounting plate to the enclosure CPU Module Baseboard Heat Plate Mounting Plate FALCON Heatsink ...
Страница 21: ...sical Details VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 16 External Connectors FALCON CONNECTOR LOCATIONS CPU MODULE Figure 9 Connector Locations CPU Module J2 microSD CPU board pin 1 X Y coordinates measured from MTH3 ...
Страница 22: ...CATIONS BASEBOARD Figure 10 Connector Locations Baseboard J10 microSD J12 or J8 User I O J2 SATA J4 LVDS J6 Ethernet J1 Input Power J7 Mini PCIe mSATA Socket J3 User GPIO Baseboard pin 1 X Y coordinates measured from MTH1 J12 Pin 1 Non latching J8 Pin 1 Latching 7 1 8 2 ...
Страница 23: ...et VL CBR 2015 or VL CBR 2016 20 18 or 24 bit LVDS cable attaches to optional VL CBR 2014 LVDS to VGA adapter 32 9 55 mm 1 305 mm J6 BB Ethernet FCI 10073599 008LF housing 2mm Minitek AWG 22 24 x8 crimp terminal VL CBR 0804 Latching Ethernet cable 26 74 2 mm 39 9 mm J7 BB Mini PCIe mSATA socket Mini PCIe card or VL MPEs F1E Series mSATA Flash Drive 27 63 05 mm 9 8 mm J8 BB User I O Latching Samtec...
Страница 24: ...ctor FCI 98414 F06 50ULF 2 mm 50 pin keyed header J5 COM3 Conta Clip 10250 4 5 pin screw terminal J6 COM4 Conta Clip 10250 4 5 pin screw terminal J7 USB1 USB2 USB Type A USB Host J8 External Reset and Power Buttons Conta Clip 10250 4 3 pin screw terminal D1 mSATA activity top Power LED bottom LED S1 Power Button Push button S2 Reset Button Push button SP1 Speaker Piezo speaker J7 USB1 Top USB2 Bot...
Страница 25: ...Physical Details VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 20 Jumper Blocks JUMPERS AS SHIPPED CONFIGURATION V6 RS 485 Termination V1 W_Disable V2 Serial Port Mode 1 2 9 10 1 2 9 10 1 2 5 6 ...
Страница 26: ... In V2 7 8 COM4 Mode In RS 232 Out RS 422 485 In V2 9 10 Non volatile RAM clear With pins 2 4 of connector J3 clears MVRAM In and J3 2 4 in Clears NVRAM Out Normal operation Out V6 1 2 Push button required In Push button required to start board from low power state Out Push button not required Out V6 3 4 COM1 termination In Endpoint termination Out Not terminated Out V6 5 6 COM2 termination In End...
Страница 27: ...ower demand The VersaLogic VL PS ATX12 300A is a 1U size ATX power supply designed for use with the Falcon Use the VL CBR 0807 adapter cable to attach the power supply to the J1 connector Table 4 Main Power Connector Pinout J1 Pin Signal Name Description 1 V12P0_IN 12VDC Power Input 2 V12P0_IN 12VDC Power Input 3 V12P0_IN 12VDC Power Input 4 GND Ground 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 V3P3_RTC 2 75V to...
Страница 28: ...er from entering BIOS Setup the Falcon needs to be serviced by the factory DEFAULT BIOS SETUP VALUES After CMOS RAM is cleared the system will load default BIOS parameters the next time the board is powered on The default CMOS RAM setup values will be used in order to boot the system whenever the main CMOS RAM values are blank or when the system battery is dead or has been removed from the board R...
Страница 29: ...n to redirect the console is made early in BIOS execution and cannot be changed later Console redirection can be disabled or redirected to a different COM port The default settings for the redirected console are 115 2 Kbps 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and no flow control Null Modem The following diagram illustrates a typical DB9 to DB9 RS 232 null modem adapter System 1 System 2 Name Pin Pin N...
Страница 30: ...9 CTS RxD 28 23 USB1 USB1 5 0V 4 47 Ground Ground 29 22 Data 5 46 TXD TxD 30 21 Data 6 45 RTS TxD 31 20 USB2 USB2 5 0V 7 44 COM2 Ground Ground 32 19 Data 8 43 J3 RXD RxD 33 18 Data 9 42 Bottom DB9 RxD 34 17 USB3 USB3 5 0V 10 41 Ground Ground 35 16 Data 11 40 TXD TxD 36 15 Data 12 29 TxD 37 14 5 0V Protected 13 38 COM3 Ground Ground 38 13 D1 mSATA activity 14 37 J6 RXD RxD 39 12 SP1 Speaker 15 36 R...
Страница 31: ...le The Ethernet controller auto negotiates connection speed The interface uses IEC 61000 4 2 rated TVS components to help protect against ESD damage Table 6 Ethernet Connector Pinout J6 Pin Signal Name Function 1 MDI3_N Bi directional pair D 2 MDI3_P Bi directional pair D 3 MDI1_N Bi directional pair B 4 MDI1_P Bi directional pair B 5 MDI2_N Bi directional pair C 6 MDI2_P Bi directional pair C 7 M...
Страница 32: ...X Transmit 4 GND Ground 5 RX Receive 6 RX Receive 7 GND Ground Mini PCIe mSATA Socket The socket at location J7 accepts a full or half height Mini PCI Express PCIe card or an mSATA module The Mini PCIe interface includes one PCIe x1 lane one USB 2 0 channel and the SMBus interface The socket is compatible with plug in Wi Fi modems GPS receivers MIL STD 1553 flash data storage and other cards for a...
Страница 33: ...Not connected Reserved Not connected 15 GND Ground GND Ground 16 NC Not connected Reserved Not connected 17 NC Not connected Reserved Not connected 18 GND Ground GND Ground 19 NC Not connected Reserved Not connected 20 W_DISABLE Wireless disable Reserved Not connected 21 GND Ground GND Ground 22 PERST Card reset Reserved Not connected 23 PERn0 PCIe receive B Host receiver diff pair 24 3 3VAUX 3 3V...
Страница 34: ...tion 3 This signal drives the top LED D1 on the VL CBR 5013 5014 paddleboard This LED lights with mSATA disk activity if supported by the mSATA module 4 Some Mini PCIe cards use this signal as a second Mini PCIe card wireless disable input On the Falcon this signal is available for use for mSATA versus Mini PCIe card detection There is an option on the VersaLogic Features BIOS setup screen for set...
Страница 35: ...rated in RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 modes Only COM1 provides RS 232 handshake signals IRQ lines are chosen in CMOS Setup COM ports can share interrupts with other COM ports but not with other devices The UARTs on the Falcon use a 48 MHz clock and the OS should configure the clock rate in the UART Driver and UARTClock in the Packet Hub Driver for proper functionality COM PORT CONFIGURATION Jumper bloc...
Страница 36: ...use IEC 61000 4 2 rated TVS components to help protect against ESD damage Table 10 COM1 Pinout VL CBR 5013 5014 Connector J2 Top DB9 J2 Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 2 RXD RxD RxD 3 TXD TxD TxD 4 5 Ground Ground Ground 6 7 RTS TxD TxD 8 CTS RxD RxD 9 Table 11 COM2 Pinout VL CBR 5013 5014 Connector J2 Bottom DB9 J2 Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 2 RXD RxD RxD 3 TXD TxD TxD 4 5 Ground Ground Ground 6 7 TxD...
Страница 37: ... supports one LVDS display LVDS FLAT PANEL DISPLAY CONNECTOR The integrated LVDS flat panel display in the Falcon is an ANSI TIA EIA 644 1995 specification compliant interface It can support 18 or 24 bits of RGB pixel data plus 3 bits of timing control HSYNC VSYNC DE on the 4 differential data output pairs The LVDS interface supports a maximum resolution of 1280 x 768 60 Hz The Falcon has one LVDS...
Страница 38: ... GND Ground 19 3 3V 3 3V Protected 20 3 3V 3 3V Protected The 3 3V power provided to pins 19 and 20 of J3 is protected by a software controllable power switch 1 Amp max This switch is controlled by the LVDD_EN signal from the LVDS interface controller in the CPU VGA OUTPUT A VGA monitor can be attached to the J4 connector using the VL CBR 2014 LVDS to VGA adapter card Follow the procedure below to...
Страница 39: ...Interfaces and Connectors VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 34 Figure 12 VL CBR 2014 LVDS to VGA Adapter Card CN1 VGA J1 LVDS Pin 1 ...
Страница 40: ...me Function 1 LINE_INL Line In Left 2 LINE_INR Line In Right 3 HDA_GND HDA Ground 4 LINE_OUTL Line Out Left 5 LINE_OUTR Line Out Right 6 HDA_GND HDA Ground Note In Windows the rear line in audio input is configured by default as a microphone input To configure it for audio input disable the microphone boost to eliminate audio distortion Push button Reset Connector J8 includes an input for a push b...
Страница 41: ...g off the power supply and turning it back on if jumper V6 1 2 is not installed SUPPORTED POWER STATES The Falcon supports the following power states S0 G0 Working S1 G1 S1 All processor caches are flushed and the CPU stops executing instructions Power to the CPU and RAM is maintained Devices that do not indicate they must remain on may be powered down S3 G1 S3 Commonly referred to as Standby Slee...
Страница 42: ...will not be lit OTHER LEDS D12 Blue S0 power state LED indicates the board is in an S0 power state This LED is not easily visible when the heatplate and heat sink are installed D11 Blue S3 power state LED is on in power states S3 and S0 D5 Green always on LED is on in every power state except G3 General Purpose I O GPIO Connector J3 provides four independently configurable user I O lines See the I...
Страница 43: ...VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 38 Appendix A Mounting Options Falcon Mounting Configurations The following illustrations show the mounting options for the Falcon Figure 13 Bolt through Heat Plate A ...
Страница 44: ...Special Registers VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 39 Figure 14 Bolt through Heatsink ...
Страница 45: ... Registers VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 40 Mounting Plate Configurations The following illustrations show options for installing the Falcon with the VL HDW 405 mounting plate Figure 15 Mounting Plate Option 1 ...
Страница 46: ...Special Registers VL EPU 2610 Reference Manual 41 Figure 16 Mounting Plate Option 2 ...