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Compaq COM Express Extension User Manual

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Table of Contents

Copyright © COM Express™ Extension

Specification Rev 012

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Table of Contents

1

User Information......................................................................................................................... 5

1.1

About This Document...................................................................................................... 5

1.2

Copyright Notice ............................................................................................................. 5

1.3

Technical Support............................................................................................................ 5

1.4

Disclaimer........................................................................................................................ 5

2

Introduction................................................................................................................................. 6

2.1

COM Express

Extension Specification ......................................................................... 6

2.2

COM Express

Design Guide ......................................................................................... 6

2.3

COM Express

Computer-On-Module ........................................................................... 6

2.4

Objective.......................................................................................................................... 8

3

COM Express

Module sizes ..................................................................................................... 9

3.1

Overview - Module Size .................................................................................................. 9

3.1.1

Figure - Overview – three module sizes ........................................................................ 10

3.1.2

Small Form Factor nano, COM Express™ Type 1........................................................ 10

Figure 3 – Small Form Factor nano

............................................................................................. 11

4

Signal Description ..................................................................................................................... 12

4.1

Graphic Signal Description............................................................................................ 12

4.1.1

Table – Graphic Signal Description - Row C for Pin-out Type 2 ................................. 12

4.1.2

Table – Graphic Signal Description - Row D for Pin-out Type 2 ................................. 13

5

Hardware extensions................................................................................................................. 15

5.1

Wide Range Input Power............................................................................................... 15

5.1.1

Wide Range Input Power for nano SFF......................................................................... 15

5.2

GPIO General Purpose I/O Recommended Use ............................................................ 16

5.2.1

Alternative GPIO use for SDIO Interface...................................................................... 17

SDIO Pin description

....................................................................................................................... 17

5.3

Thermal Control............................................................................................................. 18

6

Software extensions................................................................................................................... 19

6.1

TPM support .................................................................................................................. 19

6.2

Smart Battery BIOS support .......................................................................................... 19

6.3

Legacy Super I/O support in BIOS................................................................................ 20

6.4

CMOS backup in BIOS ................................................................................................. 20

6.4.1

Console redirection in BIOS.......................................................................................... 20