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Kontron microETXexpress-PV User’s Guide
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2.4 COM Express® Documentation
This product manual serves as one of three principal references for this COM
Express® module design. It documents the specifications and features of the
microETXexpress®-PV COM. The other two references, which are available from
your Kontron support representative or from PICMG, include:
» The COM Express® Specification, R2.0, which defines the COM Express® module
form factor, pin-out, and signals. This document can be obtained by filling
out the order form on the PIGMG website at
http://www.picmg.com .
» The PICMG COM Express® Design Guide, which serves as a general guide for
baseboard design, with a focus on maximum flexibility to accommodate a wide
range of COM Express® modules. This guide is on the PICMG website at
http://www.picmg.com .
2.5 COM Express® COM Benefits
Compact form factor (95 x 95 mm) Computer-on-Module Express (COM Express)
modules are very compact, highly integrated computers that use the Type 2 COM
Express® connector pin-out. All microETXexpress® modules feature a
standardized form factor and a standardized connector layout for a specified
set of signals, as defined in the PICMG COM Express® specification. This
standardization lets designers create a single-system baseboard that can
accept present and future microETXexpress® modules.
Kontron microETXexpress® modules include common personal computer (PC)
peripheral functions such as:
» Graphics
» USB ports
» Ethernet
» Audio
» IDE, PATA, and SATA hard disk drive formats
Baseboard designers can optimize exactly how each of these functions is
implemented physically for the intended application by placing connectors
precisely where they are needed on a baseboard that is designed for an
optimal fit in the system packaging.
A peripheral PCI bus can be implemented directly on the baseboard rather than
on mechanically unwieldy expansion cards. The ability to build a system on a
single baseboard using the computer as one plug-in super-component simplifies
packaging, eliminates cabling, and significantly reduces system-level total
cost of ownership.
A single baseboard design can use a range of COM Express modules. This
flexibility enables product differentiation at various price/performance