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KTD-S0031-E Page 19 Serial-ATA Interface (S-ATA)
KTA55/pITX User's Guide
8 Serial-ATA Interface (S-ATA)
The KTA55/pITX has realized two S-ATA III ports. Serial-ATA connections boost the transfer rate theoreti-
cally up to 600 MB/sec. In addition it changes the parallel interface requiring 40 separate wires to a serial
interface requiring only 6 wires.
8.1 Connector
The S-ATA interface is available through the standard L-type connectors J1500 and J1501 (7 pins). A S-ATA
interface cable is deliverable from KONTRON (KAB-SATA-1, part number 96079-0000-00-1).
Header Pin Signal Name Function
1 GND Ground
2 TX+ Transmit (positive)
3 TX- Transmit (negative)
4 GND Ground
5 RX- Receive (negative)
6 RX+ Receive (positive)
7 GND Ground
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