Kontron COMe-mCT10 - Manual (Page 7)

COMe-mCT10 / Introduction
2 Introduction
2.1 Product Description
The first credit card sized (55mm x 84 mm) COM Express® mini COM based on Intel® 32nm Dual Core technology. Three
performance versions are availabe from 2x 1.6 GHz up to 2x 1.86 GHz. With onboard memory and optional flash as well as
divesified graphics interfaces, the Kontron COMe-mCT10 series is optimized for the Industrial Automation, Infotainment
and Medical markets to deliver outstanding graphics performance.
2.2 Naming clarification
COM Express® defines a Computer-On-Module, or COM, with all components necessary for a bootable host computer,
packaged as a super component.
» COMe-bXX# modules are Kontron's COM Express® modules in basic form factor (125mm x 95mm)
» COMe-cXX# modules are Kontron's COM Express® modules in compact form factor (95mm x 95mm)
» COMe-mXX# modules are Kontron's COM Express® modules in mini form factor (55mm x 84mm)
The product names for Kontron COM Express® Computer-on-Modules consist of a short form of the industry standard
(
COMe-), the form factor (b=basic, c=compact, m=mini), the capital letters for the CPU and Chipset Codenames (XX) and
the pin-out type ( #) followed by the CPU Name.
2.3 Understanding COM Express® Functionality
All Kontron COM Express® basic and compact modules contain two 220pin connectors; each of it has two rows called Row
A & B on primary connector and Row C & D on secondary connector. COM Express® Computer-on-modules feature the
following maximum amount of interfaces according to the PICMG module Pin-out type:
Feature Pin-Out Type 1 Pin-Out Type 10 Pin-Out Type 2 Pin-Out Type 6
HD Audio 1x 1x 1x 1x
Gbit Ethernet 1x 1x 1x 1x
Serial ATA 4x 4x 4x 4x
Parallel ATA - - 1x -
PCI - - 1x -
PCI Express x1 6x 6x 6x 8x
PCI Express x16 (PEG) - - 1x 1x
USB Client 1x 1x - -
USB 2.0 8x 8x 8x 8x
USB 3.0 - 2x - 4x
VGA 1x - 1x 1x
LVDS Dual Channel Single Channel Dual Channel Dual Channel
DP++ (SDVO/DP/HDMI/DVI) 1x optional 1x 3x shared with PEG 3x
LPC 1x 1x 1x 1x
External SMB 1x 1x 1x 1x
External I2C 1x 1x 1x 1x
GPIO 8x 8x 8x 8x
SDIO shared w/GPIO 1x optional 1x optional - 1x optional
UART (2-wire COM) - 2x - 2x
FAN PWM out - 1x - 1x
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