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1. 4 User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Card Intel Core i7 3xxx Processor Quad Core Ivy Bridge Document No 6782 Edition 26 30 October 2015 User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Contents Abouttnis Manual ssi teist EE E E 4 POON ISTON EE EE 4 Related Documents La Sees La le a ade dees 5 Weng i Sn s uu s us u uuu ga a ee a SS sede dash sd hide 5 irse Nalus usu uns RE RA 5 Legal Disclaimer liability EXCUSION vs ace bene a ee awan ss dr 5 Sn 6 Cupi eli 7 Technical TEE 9 Paste SUO sida o ti cba eee 9 Operating CONCIIONAS ques qoe oie dole ole dal LE dole dde doleo oie E do 10 Power REQUIERA ARANA AAA ARANA 10 sie WP ei PREPOSTA RT ARG ak yO ke o 11 Top View Component Assembly a uut ras s EX p EN al ME Rr 12 Front Panel Connectors ioa 23 3 qudd ed dnd ouod dod dnb cd dowd Hodes eu 13 Front Panel Switches amp Indicators sssisisisssicisisicidicisicidicicicidiriy 13 On Board Connectors amp Sockets aia paria dalia cartas Le ae Lala LOL Lei 14 Pim EE uu as ol E ng Ba Rae BE A musu aa 14 JUMPER sas Age Aer Kaga Aere Kia nada kna dee kya a a a a Byala Seege Seen Seeche Kak a aa ta 14 MIR iene eater 15 Thermal Comida a EPI 16 COC seres agaa rr OE T TEE INL re EE BEE ME ee 18 uei EE RT 19 LAN SUBSYSTEM ir e ER ee God ERE REI a od RR 19 Serial ATA merca SATA cru arae fur ere os EE ER pel ar ad 20 PCI
2. DIO e UJO2 Ja EKF Mi ES a SC1 ALLEGRO EKF ekf com ENC 223 9uuey c ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Front Panel Connectors ETH1 2 mDP1 2 USB1 2 VGA Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ 45 receptacles with integrated indicator LEDs Mini DisplayPort digital video output receptacle VGA connector available as alternate Universal Serial Bus 3 0 type A receptacles VGA analog video output connector Mini DisplayPort connectors available as alternate Front Panel Switches amp Indicators EB FPH GP HD PG RST EKF LED indicating Backplane Ethernet activity Front Panel Handle with integrated switch programmable function power event button by default General Purpose bicolour LED LED indicating any activity on SATA ports Power Good Board Healthy bicolour LED System Reset Button Option 13 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor On Board Connectors amp Sockets J EXPT J EXPB JERSE J PCIE J SDVO P1 P2 P4 P5 P6 SODM1 XDP Utility EXPansion Interface Connector LPC USB HD Audio SMBus available either from top T or bottom B of the board interface to optional side board High Speed Expansion Connector 3 x SATA 4 x USB interface to optional low profile mezzanine module or side board PCI Express Expansion Interface Connector
3. Peripheral Slot PER Peripheral Slot PER PER PER Peripheral Peripheral Peripheral Slot Slot EKF ekf com Slot ekf com 38 EKF User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Peripheral Slot Operation Beyond that the SC1 ALLEGRO is operable in periphery slots as well In this case it acts as a satellite system linked to other processor boards by its backplane Ethernet connections The other resources associated with the backplane like PCI Express SATA or USB are not usable in this situation Some of the following system slot dedicated control signals get an altered function or will be disconnected from the backplane PWRBTN Connector P1 Pin C3 will be disconnected PWR_FAIL Connector P1 Pin F3 becomes GA1 PRST Connector P1 Pin H2 becomes RST and will be disconnected WAKE Connector P1 Pin 12 will be disconnected SGPIO Connector P1 Pins G3 H3 J3 K3 will be disconnected v v v v v One result of that is that a SC1 ALLEGRO plugged into a peripheral slot will not get a reset even if the system controller forces the reset signal on the backplane to an active state Board Hot Plug Hot plug of the SC1 ALLEGRO is not supported no matter whether it is working as a system controller or satellite board K SC1 ALLEGRO as System Slot Controller for CompactPCI Serial Systems EKF 39
4. USB3 port on CompactPCI Serial connector P3 Memory Down and SO DIMM are changed to PC3 12800 Added changes to PCH GPIO assignment coming with rev 1 Added illustration backplane resources Changes to section Serial ATA Interfaces Added recommendation regarding DisplayPort cable pin 20 issue Added photos e g SC1 with PCS BALLET Side Card and BlueLine Small Systems Rack Removed display of JMB393 failures via red part of HD LED Added changes to CompactPCI Serial and J HSE SATA assignments coming with rev 2 Added Power Requirements Added MTBF Corrected tables concerning DS P switch in section Configuration PCI Express Switch DS P Reworked section Watchdog Added Section Board Control and Status Registers Removed typo in table P2 CompactPCI Serial Connector Added Power Requirements of SC1 041X Additions to section CompactPCI Serial Clarified resetting of UEFI BIOS settings to factory defaults Added comment to PCle polarity inversion on table P2 CompactPCI Serial Connector Updated description of BCSR Control Register 0 Added illustration backplane resources w system slot right aligned added photos SC1 with SCS TRUMPET side card Updated description of BCSR Status Registers 0 and 1 Cleaned up section Watchdog Updated LM87 Information Added photos SC1 ALLEGRO with C48 M2 mezzanine module Table Feature Summary added RTOS support Table Feature Summary added performance rating gn
5. GND 7 USB3 RX 1 GND 3 USB3 RX 1 GND ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P4 P4 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1208 20 00 96 pos 12x8 16mm Width Type B 6 PE TX02 6 PE TX02 6 PE _RX0O2 6 PE RX02 6 PE TX03 6 PE TX03 6 PE_RX03 GEDIES R x03 1 EU 1 29 1 i 1 6_PE_TX00 6_PE_TX00 GND 6 PE RX00 6 PE RKOO GND 6 PE TX01 6 PE TXOT GND 6 PE RX014 6 FE RX01 GND 1 1 1 1 MIREGO SESTO GND 5 PE RX02 4 SSBESTOSOZS GND SAPA EE GSPERTAX SE GND 5 PE RX03 SPESSO 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 c IU 4 PE TX02 4 PE TX02 GND 4 PE RX02 4 PE RX02 GND 4 PE TX03 4 PE TX03 GND 4 PE RX03 4 PE RX03 ib 1 1 4 PE TX00 4 PE TX0O GND 4 PE RX00 4 PE_RX00 GND 4 PE TX01 4 PE TX01 GND 4 PE RX014 4 PE RXO1 GND 1 1 1 1 3 PE TX02 3 PE TX02 GND 3 PE RX02 3 PE RX02 GND 3 PE _TX03 3 PE TX03 GND 3 PE RX03 3 PE RX03 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 PE TX00 3 PE TX00 GND 3 PE RX00 3 PE RX00 GND 3_PE_TX01 3 PE TXOI GND 3 PE RX014 3 PE RX01 GND 1 1 1 Ch 5_PE_TX00 5 PE TX00 GND 5 PE RX00 5 PE RX00 GND 5 PE TX01 5 PE TXO1 GND 5 PE RX014 5 PE RXO1 GND Not connected EKF 77 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Compa
6. NC1_MDX2 Port 1 NC1_MDX2 NC1_MDx1 NC1_MDX3 e Io iem de OO NC1 MDX3 NC2_MDX0 N NC2 MDXO NC2 MDX1 4 270 02 08 5 NC2_MDX2 Rone NC2_MDX2 NC2 MDX1 NC2_MDX3 CON SI en i EEN ECO NC2_MDX3 The lower green LED indicates LINK established when continuously on and data transfer activity when blinking If the lower green LED is permanently off no LINK is established The upper green yellow dual LED signals the link speed 1Gbit s when lit yellow 100Mbit s when lit green and 10Mbit s when off EKF 63 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Mezzanine Connectors EA o o O kd Mezzanine Side Card Connector Suite EKF 64 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Expansion Interface J EXP J EXPT J EXPB optinal GND 1 2 3 3V PCI CLK 33MHz 3 4 RST PLC LPC ADO 5 6 LPC AD1 LPC AD2 7 8 LPC AD3 LPC FRMZ 9 10 LPC DRQZ GND 11 12 3 3V E LPC_SERIRQ 13 14 WAKE s EXP SMIZ 15 16 SIO_CLK 14 3MHz FWH_ID0 17 18 FWH INITZ lt KBRST 19 20 A20GATE GND 21 22 5v USB EXP2 23 24 USB EXP1 USB EXP2 25 26 USB EXP1 4 si USB_EXP_OC 27 28 DBRESETZ 1 27mm Sd EXP SCL 29 30 EXPESDAS GND 31 32 5V HDA_SDOUT 33 34 HDA_SDINO HDA RSTZCL RSTZ 35 36 HDA SYNC HDA CLK CL CLK 37 38 HDA SDIN1 CL DATA SPEAKER 39 40 12V Power rail switche
7. User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Standards Reference Documents CFast CompactPCI CompactPCI PluslO CompactPCI Serial DisplayPort DVI Ethernet LPC HD Audio PCI Express SATA USB EKF CFast Specification Rev 1 0 CompactPCI Specification PICMG 2 0 R3 0 Oct 1 1999 CompactPCI PluslO Specification PICMG 2 30 R1 0 November 11 2009 CompactPCI Serial Specification PICMGO CPCI S 0 R1 0 March 2 2011 VESA DisplayPort Standard Version 1 1a January 11 2008 VESA Mini DisplayPort Connector Standard Version 1 October 26 2009 Digital Visual Interface Rev 1 0 Digital Display Working Group IEEE Std 802 3 2000 Edition Low Pin Count Interface Specification Revision 1 1 High Definition Audio Specification Rev 1 0 PCI Express Base Specification 3 0 Serial ATA 2 5 2 6 Specification Serial ATA 3 0 amp 3 1 Specification Universal Serial Bus 3 0 Specification Revision 1 0 November 12 2008 www compactflash org www picmg org www picmg org www picmg org WWW Vesa org www ddwg org standards ieee org developer intel com design chipsets industry Ipc htm www intel com design chipsets hdaudio htm www pclsig com WWNW Sata io org www usb org ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Overview The SCT ALLEGRO is a rich featured high pe
8. Default 1 A full system reset is performed Read Clear Status Register 0 Write SMBus Address OxBO Read SMBus Address OxB1 Bit Description CMD_STATO 7 PF18S 0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 8S voltage regulator PF15S 0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 5S voltage regulator EES 0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 3S voltage regulator PFVSA 0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the CPU VCC SA voltage regulator PF105L O Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 05LAN voltage regulator PF105S O Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 05S voltage regulator PFVRG O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the CPU VCC_AXG voltage regulator PFVRC O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the CPU VCC CPU voltage regulator The bits in this register are sticky i e their state will be kept even if a system reset occurs To clear the bits a write to the register with arbitrary data may be performed EKF 50 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Read Clear Status Register 1 Write SMBus Address OxB2 Read SMBus Address
9. v v v v The SMBus is controlled by the QM77 platform controller hub The SMBus signal lines on the J EXP utility expansion connector can be switched on off under software control PCH GPIO in order to isolate external components in case of an lC address conflict The HD Audio port requires an additional audio codec as provided e g on the CCO CONCERT side card The LPC bus presents an easy way to add legacy interfaces to the system EKF offers a variety of mezzanine expansion boards side cards to be attached on top of the SC1 ALLEGRO featuring all classic Super 1 O functionality for example the CCO CONCERT Access to the connectors PS 2 mouse keyboard COM USB and audio in out is given directly from the front panel EKF 21 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Real Time Clock The SC1 ALLEGRO has a time of day clock and 100 year calendar integrated into the QM77 PCH A battery on the board keeps the clock current when the computer is turned off The SC1 uses a BR2032 lithium battery soldered in the board giving an autonomy of more than 5 years Under normal conditions replacement should be superfluous during lifetime of the board In applications were the use of a battery is not permitted a SuperCap can be stuffed instead of the battery SPI Flash The BIOS and iAMT firmware is stored in flash devices with Serial Peripheral Interface SPI Up to 16MByte of BI
10. ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Removing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here Failure to disconnect power or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage Typically you will perform the following steps Switch off the system remove the AC power cord Attach your antistatic wrist strap to a metallic part of the system A Identify the board be sure to touch the board only at the front panel Unfasten both front panel screws top bottom unlock the ejector lever Remove any onboard cabling assembly Activate the ejector lever Remove the card carefully be sure not to damage components mounted on the bottom side of the board by scratching neighboured front panels Store board in the original packaging do not touch any components hold the board at the front panel only Warning EN Do not expose the card to fire Battery cells and other components could explode A and cause personal injury O EKF 44 ekf com EMC Recommendations User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CE In order to comply with the CE regulations for EMC it is mandatory to observe the following rules The chassis or rack including other boards in use must c
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12. are drivers for popular operating systems e g Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Linux To manage the RAID configuration of the JMB393 a Windows application is provided by JMicron that can be downloaded from EKF s website PCI Express Interface The SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with several PCI Express PCle lanes for I O expansion Sixteen PCI Express lanes originating from the Core i7 processor are building the two fat pipes defined by CompactPCI Serial These two links consists of eight lanes with transfer rates of up to 8Gbps PCI Express Gen 3 The QM77 offers a total of eight PCI Express ports supporting PCle Gen 2 speed 5GT s Four of them form the upstream link to a PCI Express switch The output ports downstream ports of the PCle switch are connected to the CompactPCI Serial connector P4 four lanes and to the local PCle expansion interface connector J PCIE four lanes Two small DIP switches DS P located on the backside of the board are used to configure different lane widths to each of both downstream interfaces and to choose the interface transfer rate Possible settings are gt Four links x 1 lane to CompactPCI Serial P4 and a single link x 4 lanes to J PCIE gt Four links x 1 lane to CompactPCI Serial P4 and four links x 1 lane to J PCIE gt 2 5GT s or 5GT s transfer speed See section Configuration PCI Express Switch DS P for details EKF 20 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO
13. ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor BluBoxx Series Small Systems Rack EKF 40 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplanes 1 4 Slots CompactPCI Serial Backplane O EKF 41 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Installing and Replacing Components Before You Begin Warnings The procedures in this chapter assume familiarity with the general terminology associated with industrial electronics and with safety practices and regulatory compliance required for using and modifying electronic equipment Disconnect the system from its power source and from any telecommunication links networks or modems before performing any of the procedures described in this chapter Failure to disconnect power or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage Some parts of the system can continue to operate even though the power switch is in its off state Caution Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage components Perform the procedures described in this chapter only at an ESD workstation If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis or boar
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15. interface to optional side board Digital Display Interface Connector SDVO DisplayPort CompactPCI Serial Type A Connector CompactPCI Serial Type B Connectors CompactPCI Serial Type C Connector CompactPCI Serial Type D Connector 204 pin DDR3 ECC Memory Module SDRAM PC3 12800 Socket ECC SODIMM CPU Debug Port Connector populated on customers request only Pin Headers P FPH P ISP Jumpers DS P OP P MFG EERIE EKF Pin header suitable for Front Panel Handle switch cable harness PLD glue logic device programming connector not populated Switches to configure link width and speed on J PCIE Jumper to reset UEFI BIOS Setup to EKF Factory Defaults Jumper to enter Manufacturing Mode not populated Jumper to reset RTC circuitry part of PCH not populated 14 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Microprocessor The SC1 ALLEGRO is equipped with Intel Core i7 or i5 3 generation mobile ECC processor code name lvy Bridge These low power processors provide integrated graphics and memory controller which results in a very efficient platform design The Core processors almost can be considered as a single chip solution since all functions of a typical north bridge have been moved to the CPU The Core i7 and i5 processor family includes beside the Standard Voltage SV also several Ultra Low Voltage ULV and Low Voltage LV processors as lis
16. 65 High Speed Expansion Connector J HSE 66 PCI Express Expansion Header J PCIE 67 SDVO DisplayPort Expansion Header J SDVO oo oooo os 68 Pin Headers amp Debug Ea 71 Front Panel Handle Microswitch Header P FPH 71 PLD Programming Header PHSP A A MELEN de eda da dd ew end 71 Processor Debug Header XDPT aiar 72 Backplane Connectors vaga ga S amada sur acra daa d quos dva dA aa 73 CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector bi 74 CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P2 TS CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P3 76 CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P4 Ti CompactPCI Serial Backplane ConnectorP5 78 CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P6 79 ICI SS NANO io I 80 Mechanical DraWImg gt il 80 EKF 3 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor About this Manual This manual describes the technical aspects of the SC1 ALLEGRO required for installation and system integration It is intended for the experienced user only Edition History Eg lente 20 EN 22 23 24 25 25 EKF User Manual SC1 ALLEGRO english preliminary edition Text 6782 File sc1_ug wpd Added photos Changed name of DS P to DS P removed the not connected note of 2
17. Boards Side Cards Available with and w o PCle gt Most Mezzanines Optionally Equipped with 2 5 Inch Single or Dual Drive gt UEFI Phoenix BIOS with ACPI gt Long Term Availability gt Coating Sealing Underfilling on Request gt RoHS compliant gt Designed amp Manufactured in Germany gt ISO 9001 Certified Quality Management System gt RT OS BSP amp Driver Support VxWorks 7 0 Available QNX and Others on Request m A A i ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Operating Conditions Operating Conditions Thermal amp gt Operating Temperature 0 C to 70 C 40 C to 85 C on Request Environmental gt Storage temperature 40 C to 85 C max Gradient 5 C min Conditions gt Humidity 5 95 RH non Condensing gt Altitude 300m 3000m gt Shock 15g 0 33ms 6g 6ms gt Vibration 1g 5 2000Hz EC Regulations EN55022 EN55024 EN60950 1 UL60950 1 IEC60950 1 2002 95 EC RoHS MTBF 104 x 10 h 11 9 years 50 C Power Requirements Power Requirements Load Current A at 12V 2 596 Maximum Performance Windows 7 Idle Board LEM HFM Turbo LEM HEM Turbo SC1 68XX 38 40 457 10 10 107 SC1 42XX DI 32 ff ek 10 10 10 Se 25 26 26 104104102 SC1 041K 1A 17 NA 1 0 1 0 NA Load Current A at 5V STDBY 5 3 Full On Sleep Hibernate Soft Off O07 007 0M 60 53 54 S5 Intel SpeedStep Frequenc
18. CTRLH REG The GP LED is not dedicated to any particular hardware or firmware function with exception of special power states of the LED PG as described above Nevertheless a red blinking GP LED is an indication that the BIOS code couldnt start While the CPU card is controlled by the BIOS firmware the GP LED is used to signal board status information during POST Power On Self Test After successful operating system boot the GP LED may be freely used by customer software For details please refer to www ekf com s sc1 firmware biosinfo txt HD Hard Disk Activity LED The SC1 ALLEGRO offers a bicoloured LED marked as HD placed within the front panel This LED when blinking green signals activity on any device attached to the SATA ports The red part of the HD LED isn t used currently As previously described the green part of this LED may change its function dependent on the state of the LED PG EKF 26 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor EB Ethernet Backplane LED To monitor the link status and activity on both Ethernet ports attached to the backplane via the CompactPCI Serial connector P6 a single bicoloured LED is provided in the front panel The states are decoded as follows 1 ETH 2 ETH LED EB no link no link OFF link no link GREEN no link link YELLOW link link GREEN YELLOW Blinking of the LED EB in the appropriate colour means that there is activi
19. CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor ALLEGRO SC1 ALLEGRO with C43 SATA Internal Connectors I SC 9 og y 3 SC1 ALLEGRO with C41 CFAST Low Profile Storage Module EKF 34 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial System Slot Controller The PICMG CompactPCI Serial specification defines a card slot system based on the modern high speed data links PCI Express SATA Ethernet and USB The SC1 ALLEGRO designed to act as a CompactPCI Serial system slot controller provides the resources of these interfaces The backplane distributes them in the form of point to point connections to the peripheral slots The SC1 ALLEGRO allocates most but not all communication channels defined by CompactPC Serial on the backplane Two PCle Links x8 2 5GT s 5GT s or 8GT s Fat Pipes Four PCle Links x1 2 5GT s or 5GT s Seven SATA Ports 3GT s Two USB 3 0 Ports Six USB 2 0 Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet Ports wv vv Vv w Ww These resources maybe distributed on a typical 9 slot CompactPCI Serial backplane as follows EKF 35 ekf com p el n n oO o a m gt oO E Lo pum Wal el CO a U S Ou Lo ca O U D Q S U e ac VU LUI I e 1 T U 09 OI 9 UI ke d Da SC1 ALLEGRO Rev 2 Resources w 1 8 Slots Backplane System
20. CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Universal Serial Bus USB The SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with fourteen USB ports All of them are USB 2 0 capable but four ports are also supporting the USB 3 0 SuperSpeed standard Two USB 3 0 interfaces are routed to front panel connectors the other two SuperSpeed ports are feed to the CompactPCI Serial connectors P1 and P3 The USB 2 0 interfaces are distributed to the front panel two ports two to the expansion board interface connectors J EXP four to the high speed expansion connector J HSE and six ports are available across the backplane connectors for CompactPCI Serial The front panel USB connectors can source a minimum of 1 5A 5V each over current protected by two electronic switches Protection for the USB ports on the expansion interfaces and on the CompactPCI Serial connectors is located on expansion boards and the boards on the CompactPCI Serial backplane respective The USB xHCI and two EHCI controllers handling the USB port operation at SuperSpeed high speed full speed and low speed are integrated into the QM77 PCH Utility Interfaces Besides the high speed mezzanine interface connectors J HSE and J PCIE the SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with the utility interface expansion connector socket J EXP This connector comprises several interfaces which may be useful for system expansion on mezzanine cards as an option HD Audio LPC Low Pin Count SMBus 2 x USB
21. D 6 SATA RX ln 3 SATA TX 3 SATA TX GND 3 SATA RX 3 SATA RX GND 4 SATA TX 4 SATA TX GND 5 5 5 5 ES 8 USB3 TKA 8 USB3 TX GND 8 USB3 RX4 8 USB3 RX GND 2 SATA TX 2 SATA TX GND 2 SATA RX 1 1 1 6 6 6 E 6 USB3 TX4 6 USB3 TX GND 6 USB3 RX 6 USB3 RX GND 7 USB3 TX 7 USB3 TX GND 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 USB3 TX4 4 USB3 TX GND 4 USB3_RX4 4 USB3 RX GND 5_USB3_TX 5_USB3_TX GND 5 USB3_RX 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GND 2 USB3_TX 2 USBS TX GND 2 USB3 RX 2 USB3 RX GND 3 USB3 TX 3 USB3 TX GND 1 ES RZ EMUSB2EE DRUSB2 gt GND 6 USB2 6_USB2 GND 7 USB2 7_USB2 GND 8_USB2 1 1 1 7 Not connected according the CompactPCI Serial Precedence Order Rules This SATA channel is derived from the PCH QM77 The remaining SATA channels are derived from the JMB393 RAID Controller This SATA channel was derived from the JMB393 RAID Controller in Rev 1 of SC1 ALLEGRO This SATA channel was connected to J HSE SATA Port 4 in Rev 1 of SC1 ALLEGRO This SATA channel was derived from the PCH QM77 in Rev 1 of SC1 ALLEGRO 9 This SATA channel derived from the JMB393 RAID Controller was not connected in Rev 1 of SC1 ALLEGRO EKF 76 P3 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1208 20 00 96 pos 12x8 16mm Width Type B 8 SATA _RX 2 3 4 6 SATA RX 4 SATA RX 2 SATA RX 6 7 USB3 RX 1 5 USB3 RX 1 3 USB3 _RX M 8 USB2 1 8 SATA RX 2 3 4 GND 4 SATA RX
22. EGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor EKF 81 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Industrial Computers Made in Germany boards systems solutions EKF Elektronik GmbH Philipp Reis Str 4 Haus 1 Phone 49 0 2381 6890 0 Fax 49 0 2381 6890 90 Internet www ekf com E Mail sales Qekf com Lilienthalstr 2 Haus 2 59065 HAMM Germany
23. GRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Replacement or the Battery Ap sq usa da npea uq Cas Qua aq dee 46 Technical Reference 6 ix vsa yawa ATTIRATI LICIA EE EE ENEE AA 47 L cal POIDEVICES ca vega da des ome DA gu Dagan Deke Qasa Pa hua Coke a du Qu a Le 47 Local SMB DEVICES occ dca ac dua Ro b ORC RR dd AA oS d CAO dox o q RU do aa 48 Hardware Monitor 11MB7 Ae usss A sasa saa ai uS qx RE p a aa Pa sa a asa 48 Board Control and Status et acses acr ades oen rac dea raid i ei 49 Write Read Control Register ie e nee neue Laws Ad RE ri 49 Redd Clear Status Register usaron dt 50 Resd Clear Status Register T u c ecu cee a ERR EZ CERP A RUE ERR EX Yd 51 Read PLD Revision Register 51 servo PUTET 52 GPIO Usage QN TGA sir RTLA IE PRECES 52 Commoner JUMPERS unas dictae a ba dodo e PUER ieee ad aodio 54 Configuration PCI Express Switch DS P _ ehh hs 54 Loading UEF BIOS Setup Defaults P GP ccr x EX ERI EE 55 Manufacturer Mode Jumper P MFG 55 RTC c e ile EEN 56 goi uer EE EE EE EE Qanpa oes See asa css 57 Front Panel CONNGGIOKS aaa aa ka ad ux ax aor de ao xe e ox dox dog ae Q do aa 57 DisplayPort Connectors GG 58 VGA VideO Connector sasa saeka aas EPA X REA SAGA EA E AX Rr AES 61 Ea y y 319 4 ax d bac RE ERROR EE RC E 62 Ethernet CONNECTIONS ira pusu sansa ayau asta att Dar aia de 63 Mezzanine CONMGCIONS ocio kaa aes Pra a dr A 64 Expansion Interface J EXP
24. IO 18 GPIO 19 GPIO 20 GPIO 21 GPIO 22 GPIO 23 GPIO 24 GPIO 25 26 GPIO 27 GPIO 28 GPIO 29 GPIO 30 32 GPIO 33 EKF O e o e o Ke 3V 5V 5V SES SEV SSW SL SW SISMI BISI SION SISMI DION SES SION DES SES BESMI DIS SES SISMI DION SES SION SL SW SES S SW BEN SL SW THRM_ALERT EXP_SMI HWREV PM MEMTSZ CPCI PWR FAILZ CPCI_SYSEN SPM CFG SET USB _OC5 USB OC6Z GP JUMP NC1 ENABLE HM_INT USB_0C7 SPM_MODEO MODE_DP_SDVO N A GP_LED_RED N A SE SYS WP N A SGPIO CLOCK N A USB POWEN N A USB POWEN2Z SPM MODE N A N A N A GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO Monitoring of processor PROCHOT Expansion Interface SMI Request J EXP Pin 15 PCB Revision Code HWREV 2 0 GPIO 4 2 000 001 010 na 111 Revision 0 1 p E 7 Memory Thermal Sensor Event Sense CompactPCI Serial Power Failure Line PWR FAIL Sense CompactPCI System Slot Enable Line SYSEN JMB393 RAID Controller Configuration MODE2 USB J HSE Port 2 Overcurrent Detect USB J HSE Port 3 or 4 Overcurrent Detect Reset UEFI BIOS Setup to Factory Defaults Jumper P GP Enable Ethernet Controller NC1 Hardware Monitor LM87 Interrupt Line USB J EXP Port 1 or 2 Overcurrent Detect JMB393 RAID Controller Configuration MODEO Switch Mode of J SDVO Connector LOW J SDVO in SDVO Mode HIGH J SDVO in DisplayPort Mode Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to GND General Purpose Red LED Control via PLD Not used on
25. N 33 35 37 39 2 o o S gt 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 GND 3 3V 3 3V GND PLTRSTZ PE_WAKE GND PE_1RP PE 1RN GND GND PE 2RP PE 2RN GND PE 3RP PE 3RN GND PE 4RP PE 4RN GND WARNING The 3 3V 5V power pins are not protected against a short circuit event The connector J PCIE therefore should be used only for attachment of an approved expansion side card The maximum current flow through these power pins should be limited to 1A per pin EKF 67 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor SDVO DisplayPort Expansion Header J SDVO J SDVO GND 1 2 GND SDVO_RED DP_LANEO 3 4 SDVO_CLK DP_LANE3 SDVO RED DP LANEO 5 6 SDVO CLK DP LANE3 SE E S IES GND 7 8 GND Sg Essl mi SDVO GREEN DP_LANET o 10 SDVO_INT DP_AUX Re E SDVO GREEN DP_LANE1 11 12 SDVO INT DP_AUX i GND 13 q GND SDVO BLUE DP LANE2 15 16 SDVO CTR CLK DP HPD SDVO BLUE DP LANE2 17 18 SDVO CTR DATA DP CFG1 GND 20 GND To use J SDVO as either an SDVO or a further DisplayPort interface some of the control lines are configurable by a multiplexer The state of this multiplexer is controlled by PCH QM77 GPIO16 and adjustable by BIOS Setting GPIO16 to LO configures the connector J SDVO to work in SDVO mode In this case pins 10 12 carry the SDVO INT and pins 16 18 the SDVO_CTR function With GPIO16 set to HIGH the conn
26. OS code firmware and user data may be stored nonvolatile in these SPI Flashes The SPI Flash contents can be updated by a DOS or Linux based tool This program and the latest SC1 ALLEGRO BIOS binary are available from the EKF website Read carefully the enclosed instructions If the programming procedure fails e g caused by a power interruption the SC1 ALLEGRO may no more be operable In this case you would possibly have to send in the board because the Flash device is directly soldered to the PCB and cannot be changed by the user EKF 22 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Reset The SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with several supervisor circuits to monitor supply rails like the CPU core voltage 1 5V 3 3V or 5V This circuitry is responsible also to generate a clean power on reset signal To force a manual board reset the SC1 ALLEGRO offers a small tactile switch within the front panel This push button is indent mounted and requires a tool e g a pen to be pressed preventing from being inadvertently activated The handle within the front panel contains a micro switch that is used to generate a power button event By pressing the handle s red push button a pulse is triggered Animated GIF www ekf com c ccpu img reset 400 gif NOTE To prevent the board to cause a power button override the handle should be closed immediately after unlocking the front panel handle A power butto
27. OxB3 Bit Description CMD_STAT1 7 RESERVED Always read as 0 6 WDGRST 0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a watchdog time out 5 WDGHT O0 Normal operation 1 The watchdog already has elapsed half of its time out period Al WEE O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V5PS voltage regulator SEM REES O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 05S or V3 3S voltages 2 PF133M O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V1 05M or V3 3M voltages 1 PF33A O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V3 3A voltage regulator OMM SES O0 Normal operation 1 Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the V3 3S voltage regulator Except of WDGHT the bits in this register are sticky i e their state will be kept even if a system reset occurs To clear the bits a write to the register with arbitrary data may be performed Read PLD Revision Register Write Not allowed Read SMBus Address OxC1 Bit Description CMD PLDREV 7 0 PLDREV Read PLD Revison Number EKF 51 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor GPIO Usage GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO 0 GPIO 1 GPIO 2 4 GPIO 5 GPIO 6 GPIO 7 GPIO 8 GPIO 9 GPIO 10 GPIO 11 GPIO 12 GPIO 13 GPIO 14 GPIO 15 GPIO 16 GPIO 17 GP
28. SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V General Purpose Serial EEPROM Write Protection Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Serial GPIO Bus CLOCK P1 J3 SATA SCL Not used on SC1 USB Front Panel Right Port Power Enable Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V USB Front Panel Left Port Power Enable JMB393 RAID Controller Configuration MODE1 Fixed to chipset internal function Fixed to chipset internal function Not used on SC1 52 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor GPIO 34 GPIO 35 GPIO36 37 GPIO 38 GPIO 39 GPIO 40 GPIO 41 GPIO 42 GPIO 43 GPIO 44 47 GPIO 48 49 GPIO 50 GPIO 51 GPIO 52 GPIO 53 GPIO 54 GPIO 55 GPIO 56 GPIO 57 GPIO 58 GPIO 59 GPIO 60 GPIO 61 62 GPIO 63 GPIO 64 67 GPIO68 71 GPIO 72 GPIO 73 GPIO 74 75 ORO SM BESMI DION SJL SW S SN SSW SES SV DIS SES 5V SL SW 5V S SW 5V SL SW SL SW 3N Baw S SW SISMI SSM SES SISMI N A SES S SW S SW EXP SMB EN CPCI SMB EN N A SGPIO LOAD SGPIO OUT USB_0C1 ENABLE NC3 ENABLE NC4 USB OCA N A N A N A N A N A N A N A ENABLE NC2 N A SPM MODE2 N A USB OC0Z N A N A N A BOARD CFG N A N A N A N A Connect SMBus on J EXP to local SMBus LOW J EXP disconnected from SMBus HIGH J EXP connected to SMBus Connect SMBus on CPCI Serial to local SMBus LOW CPCI Backplane disconnected from SMBus HIGH CPCI B
29. Slot Left GbE GbE 1 2 PER PER PER PER PER PER PER PER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SATA 3G 2 x PCH 5 x RAID 1xUSB3 3 xUSB2 PE Gen3 1x8 2 Ya x8 1 3 x USB2 vo nem PE Gen3 A PE Gen2 x 1 PE Gen2 x 1 PE Gen2 x 1 PE Gen2 x 1 SAGE sume 1x8 1 SATA 3G RAID SATA 3G RAID SATA 3G RAID SATA 3G RAID ix USB3 T SATA 3G RAID USB2 USB2 USB2 USB2 PCH PCH ideband USB3 Pipe ipe eriphera eriphera eriphera eriphera eriphera eriphera Fat Pipe FatPipe Peripheral Peripheral Peripheral Peripheral Peripheral Peripheral Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot EKF ekf com Note The Assignment of the SATA Resources has changed with Revision 2 of the SC1 ALLEGRO See sections CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P3 for details ekf com 36 EKF User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Backplane w System Slot Right Aligned EKF 37 ekf com O un n O o el Pus a S ES 0 go ka aa Ex a U E x ch Un EL Y 9 O S U CH aa LU E U LU q ae UI Q Va P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 O PER Peripheral Slot SC1 ALLEGRO Rev 2 Resources w 1 8 Slots Backplane System Slot Right PER
30. TH A 8 ETH Bi PETRU B S EIRICH SIETE SEND SJEUHID mo 1 DE 1 D 1 G 1 EN 7_ETH_A 7 ETH A GND 7 ETH B 7 ETH B GND 7 ETH C4 PERLE GND 7_ETH D 7 ETH D GND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a N GND 6 ETH A 6 ETH A GND G ETLISBSE 6 ETH B GND GOEIE GAETE GND SEI DEER ve 1 DE 1 UE 1 dE 1 essi 5 ETH A 5 ETH A GND 5 ETH B 5 ETH B GND 5_ETH_C 5_ETH_C GND 5_ETH D 5 ETH D GND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IRSE GND 4 ETH A 4 ETH A GND 4 ETH B 4 ETH B GND 4 ETH C A ETH C GND 4 ETH D 4 ETH D 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ETH A 3_ETH A GND 3 ETH Bs 3 EI B GND NS EAS 3 ETHIC GND SE D 3 ETH D GND UN GND 2 ETH A 2 ETH A GND 2 ETH B 2 ETH B GND 2 ETH C 2 ETH C GND 2 ETH D 2 ETH D EM 1 ETH A 1 ETH A GND 1_ETH_B 1 ETH B GND 1 ETH C4 1 ETH C GND 1 ETH D 1 ETH D GND 1 Not connected according the CompactPCI Serial Precedence Order Rules EKF 79 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Appendix Mechanical Drawing The following drawing shows the positions of mounting holes and expansion connectors on the SC1 ALLEGRO 100 0mm 94 E n 1 u E gt gt f m O Q o aM 3 in m e Un E UU CH ES w io ui ul Q a _ 3 3 3 Si e s MO a 3 3 Q d n gJ lt O DI uiuo 7 068 o w D un 3 3 WO Jo uus a ANA Wwo 00L 0 09L EKF 80 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALL
31. ackplane connected to SMBus Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to GND Serial GPIO Bus LOAD P1 K3 SATA SL Serial GPIO Bus DATAOUT P1 H3 SATA SDO USB Front Panel Right Port Overcurrent Detect Enable Ethernet Controller NC3 Enable Ethernet Controller NC4 USB J HSE Port 1 Overcurrent Detect Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to GND Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Enable Ethernet Controller NC2 Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V JMB393 RAID Controller Set Configuration Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V USB Front Panel Right Port Overcurrent Detect Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC Multiplexed with chipset internal function Board Configuration Jumpers Not implemented in PCH QM57 Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V Not used on SC Not used on SC1 pulled via resistor to 3 3V 1 GPIOs 8 and 57 have been swapped in Rev 1 of SC1 Shown is the assignment as in Rev 1 EKF 53 GPIO Usage QM77 PCH GPIO ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Configuration Jumpers Configuration PCI Express Switch DS P The link width and transfer rate of the PCI Express interfaces atta
32. ce standard are available A 3 DisplayPort or an SDVO port is fed in a multiplexed manner to the on board connector J SDVO EKF expansion boards like PCS BALLET feature the possibility to gain access to the 3 DisplayPort interface Additionally EKF offers a bundle of expansion boards that contain a display transmitter to provide a DVI channel via a pure digital DVI D connector As an option the SC1 ALLEGRO can be equipped with an ordinary HD D Sub 15 lead connector VGA style This connector is suitable for analog signals only Nevertheless also flat panel displays can be attached to the D Sub connector but with minor reduced image quality Independent from the video connector actually in use Mini DisplayPort DVI or VGA the VESA DDC standard is supported This allows to read out important parameters e g the maximum allowable resolution from the attached monitor DDC Power 3 3V or 5V on DisplayPort or VGA connector respectively is delivered via a resettable fuse to protect the board from an external short circuit condition 0 54 Graphics drivers for the Core i7 can be downloaded from the Intel web site LAN Subsystem The Ethernet LAN subsystem is composed of four Gigabit Ethernet ports One Intel 82579LM Physical Layer Transceiver PHY using the PCH QM77 internal MAC and three Intel 82574IT Gigabit Ethernet Controllers These devices provide also legacy 10Base T and 100Base TX connectivity Two of the Ethernet ports are fed to
33. ched to the local expansion connector P PCIE is configurable by two DIP switches DS P located on the backside of the SC1 ALLEGRO Note that changes in PCle link configuration are honoured by the SC1 ALLEGRO not before a system reset was performed 160 15 02 0 EKF ekf com OFF OFF 4 Lanes 5GT s ON OFF 4 Lanes 5GT s ORG ON 4 Lanes 2 5GT s ON ON 4 Lanes 2 5GT s SER 1 2 PCle Switch CPCI Serial J PCIE Upstream 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s 1 Link x 4 Lanes 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 2 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 2 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 2 5GT s 1 Link x 4 Lanes 2 5GT s Consists to the non fat pipe slots generally periphery slots 3 to 6 When the port on J PCIE is configured as single link the PCle switch may size down the link width to x2 or x1 by auto negotiation The following table shows the factory settings of DS P with different side boards mounted to the Side Board PCle Link Width SC1 ALLEGRO PCIE None CCI RAP CCK MARIMBA CCL CAPELLA CCO CONCERT PCS BALLET EKF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s 1 Link x 4 Lanes 5GT s 1 Link x 4 Lanes 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 2 5GT s 4 Links x 1 Lane 5GT s ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Loading UEFI BIOS Setup Defaults P GP The jumper P GP may be used to r
34. ctPCI Serial Backplane Connector P5 5 PE CLKE SHE CU 1 PE CLK4 1 PE CLK Bn 8 PE TX024 1 B PETXOO 8 PE pm 2 7 PE TX024 1 TOPES Ge 7_PE_TX00 2 Not connected 5 PE CLK 1 PE CLKEZ 8 PE TX02 1 GND 7_PE_TX02 GND 6 _PE_CLKE 2 PE CLK GND 8_PE_RX00 2 GND 7_PE_RX00 2 6_PE_CLK 2 PE GIK 8 PE RX024 1 8 PE RXOO 2 7 PE RX024 1 7 PE RXOO 2 2 Not connected according the CompactPCI Serial Precedence Order Rules EKF 6 PE CLK 7_PE GLKE 7 PE CLK 2 PE CLKE 3 PE ClK 3 PE CLK 8 PE RXO2 GND 8 PE TX03 GND B PETXO1 8 PE Dm 7_PE_RXO2 GND 7_PE_TXO3 GND 7PETXO1 7 PE TXOI 78 2 3_PE_CLKE 8 PE TX03 1 GND 7 PE TX03 1 GND P5 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1206 20 00 72 pos 12x6 12mm Width Type C 8 PE CIKE 2 4 PE CLK GND RX01 1 GND _RX01 1 7 PE CIK 8 PE CLK 2 4 PE CLK 8 PE _RX03 1 8 PE RXO1 1 7_PE_RX03 1 7_PE_RX01 1 8 PE CLK 2 4 PE CLKEZ 8 PE RX03 1 GND 7 PE RX03 1 GND ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P6 P6 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1208 20 02 96 pos 12x8 18mm Width Type D NN 8_ETH A 8 E
35. d front panel Store the board only in its original ESD protected packaging Retain the original packaging antistatic bag and antistatic box in case of returning the board to EKF for repair EKF 42 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Installing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here Failure to disconnect power or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage Typically you will perform the following steps Switch off the system remove the AC power cord Attach your antistatic wrist strap to a metallic part of the system A Remove the board packaging be sure to touch the board only at the front panel Identify the related CompactPCI slot peripheral slot for O boards system slot for CPU boards with the system slot typically most right or most left to the backplane Insert card carefully be sure not to damage components mounted on the bottom side of the board by scratching neighboured front panels A card with onboard connectors requires attachment of associated cabling now Lock the ejector lever fix screws at the front panel top bottom Retain original packaging in case of return EKF 43 ekf com User Guide SC1
36. d on in state SO only Connected to SMBus via buffered switch isolated after reset Stuffing option default is the HDA option Power rail switch off in state S5 The expansion interface header footprint is available on both sides of the board top J EXPT and bottom J EXPB The bottom side connector is stuffed only on customers request WARNING The 3 3V 5V 12V power pins are not protected against a short circuit event The connector J EXP therefore should be used only for attachment of an approved expansion side card The maximum current flow across these pins should be limited to 1A per power pin EKF 65 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor High Speed Expansion Connector J HSE High Speed Expansion J HSE al b1 8mm ekf com e 275 90 08 068 01 EKF 1 00mm Pitch High Speed Female Connector H a25 b25 Qv uy ar Da o WARNING The 3 3V 5V 12V power pins are not protected against a short circuit event The connector J HSE therefore should be used only for attachment of an approved expansion side card GND SATA HSE1 TXP SATA HSE1 TXN GND SATA HSE1 RXN P SATA HSE1 RXP GND SATA HSE2 TXP 9 gt SATA HSE2 TXN gt GND SATA HSE2 RXN gt SATA HSE2 RXP GND USB HSE1 P USB HSE1 N GND USB HSE2 P USB HSE2 N GND USB_HSE_OC1 USB_HSE_0C2 3 3VS 3 3VS 3 3VA i2 Y Power rail switched on in state SO o
37. dules www ekf com c ccpu c4x mezz ovw pdf Mezzanine Modules Overview www ekf com c ccpu mezz ovw pdf The EKF Mezzanine Module Concept www ekf com c ccpu cpci mezzanine evolution pdf EKF 28 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor I F Type Controller LPC Low Pin Count GRU HD Audio CPU SMBus CPU buffered 2 KUSER 20 PCH I F Type Controller SATA1 PCH 3GT s SATA2 SATA3 k sst 4 x USB 2 0 USB Hub I F Type PCI Express PE Switch Controller EKF 29 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor SC7 ALLEGRO SC1 ALLEGRO with C42 SATA Low Profile Storage Module 4HP Front Panel Width with C42 SATA EKF 30 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor SC7 ALLEGRO SC1 ALLEGRO with C47 MSATA Low Profile Storage Module 4HP Front Panel Width with C47 MSATA EKF 31 ekf com Intel i7 3xxx Processor User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board 4HP Front Panel Width Assembly w C48 M2 D E E uj 4 3 lt SC1 ALLEGRO with C48 M2 Dual M 2 SATA SSD Module EKF 32 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Ze DS T SC1 ALLEGRO with C45 SATA Assembly 8HP Front Panel EKF 33 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO
38. e main supply voltage 12V On the SC1 ALLEGRO the signal PWR FAIL is routed to GPIO6 of the QM77 PCH to analyse the state of the power supply unit EKF 27 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Mezzanine Side Board Options The SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with several stacking connectors for attachment of a mezzanine expansion module aka side board suitable for a variety of readily available mezzanine cards please refer to www ekf com c ccpu mezz ovw pdf for a more comprehensive overview EKF furthermore offers custom specific development of side boads please contact sales ekf de 2x SATA 6G LPC USB 1 x SATA 3G SMBus 4 x USB HD Audio PCI Express x4 Mezzanine SC1 ALLEGRO Expansion Intel Ivy Bridge GC Core 17 CPU EKF ekf com Video DP DVI p a lt E SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial EKF ekfcom be Most mezzanine expansion modules require an assembly height of 8HP in total together with the CPU carrier board resulting from two cards at 4HP pitch each In addition cropped low profile mass storage mezzanine modules can be attached to J HSE which maintain the 4HP envelope for extremely compact systems Furthermore these small size modules may be combined with the full size expansion boards that means an assembly comprised of 3 PCBs Related Documents Mezzanine Modules and Side Cards CAK Series Mezzanine Storage Mo
39. e Modes LFM Low Frequency Mode HFM High Frequency Mode 2 Add 60 200mA link only active 1Gbps per Ethernet Port This power supply is optional It can be left open if not available EKF 10 ekf com p Un un I 9 el p e m s oO LJ go Si e an gt e U S x a5 Wa ca O D U el S U O aoc dl Lu EBEN lt Qu U 70 LJ OI gt G ka oO u Block Diagram m I o Ivy Bridge ECC Simplified Block Diagram S SC1 ALLEGRO Rev 2 5 FRE PCIe Gen3 PICMG CompactPCI Serial O a DDR3 1600 Ivy Bridge ECC A System Slot Controller n UA Dual Channel Embedded Mobile U up to 16GB s CPU LU rond M m 2 4 Core PCle Gen3 ekf com a a 2013 04 12 A O a USB2 USB Front DMI2 Hub Panel 1 0 USB2 3 Panther Point m m USB3 USB2 3 USB2 Dal Da 2 249 SDVO DP a A DP1 LPC Audio SMB GPIO E Front Panel Stuffing Alternates either Mini DisplayPort or VGA VGA e DP2 SATA 3G E 2 Mobile SPI SPI SATA 3G SATA RAID Flash 1 0 1 3 5 6 P C H SATA 6G 3G 2 1 GbE 82579 PCle PCle 1 LM 2 GbE 82574 PCle PCle Gen2 2 IT 4 Intel Chief River Platform ekf com 11 EKF User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Top View Component Assembly OYDATIV LDS euas lDdl2edwoD e
40. ead from Status Register O Read Only OxB2 CMD STAT1 WR Write to Status Register 1 Write Clear 0xB3 CMD STATT RD Read from Status Register 1 Read Only OxC1 CMD PLDREV RD Read from PLD Revision Register Read Only To prevent misfunction accesses to the registers should be done by SMBus Byte Data commands Further writes to read only or reads to write only registers should be omitted Write Read Control Register 0 Write SMBus Address OxAO Default after reset 0x00 Read SMBus Address OxA1 Bit Description CMD CTRLO 7 4 3 EKF GPLED 0 Green part of the front panel LED GP is off Default 1 Green part of the front panel LED GP is on FPDIS O Enable the front panel handle switch Default 1 Disable the front panel handle switch FERP O The front panel handle switch generates a power event Default 1 The front panel handle switch generates a system reset WDGTO WDGT1 Maximum Watchdog retrigger time 0 0 2 sec 1 0 10 sec 0 1 50 sec 1 1 250 sec WDGTRG Retrigger Watchdog Any change of this bit will retrigger the watchdog After a system reset the watchdog is in an inactive state The watchdog is armed on the 1 edge of this bit PGLED O Red part of the front panel LED PG is off Default 1 Red part of the front panel LED PG is blinking 49 ekf com 0 User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Bit Description CMD_CTRLO SRES 0 Normal operation
41. ector behaves like a DisplayPort interface The pins 10 12 function as DP_AUX while pin 16 and 18 are connected to DP_HPD and DP CFG1 respectively EKF 68 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor SC1 ALLEGRO w PCS BALLET amp Half Slim SATA SSD 8HP HII EKF 69 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Tm Im Seu Typical 8HP Assembly w PCS BALLET Side Card amp C42 SATA EKF 70 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Pin Headers amp Debug Front Panel Handle Microswitch Header P FPH The jumper P FPH is used for attachment of an external SPDT switch By default P FPH is connected across a short cable harness to a microswitch which is integrated into the SC1 ALLEGRO front panel handle ejector lever The switch performs a power button event e g system shutdown by short circuiting the pins 1 and 3 of P FPH when activated hold unlock button of front panel handle depressed momentarily P FPH 1 black Microswitch Pole Common Wired to PLD 2 red Microswitch Throw F P Handle Locked Position NC 3 yellow Microswitch Throw F P Handle Unlocked Position Wired to GND PLD Programming Header P ISP The SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with a powerful PLD in System Programmable Logic Device which replaces legacy glue logic The
42. es and the digital video interface therefore is not available concurrently with this option J VGA Option 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 5 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 DDC POW 10 GND 11 NC 12 VGA DDC SDA 18 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 VGA_DDC_SCL 1 3 3V protected by a self resetting PolySwitch fuse 0 75A This voltage is switched on in SO state only EKF 61 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor USB Connectors The Intel QM77 Platform Controller Hub incorporates a four port USB 3 0 xHCI host controller Two ports are directly available on the SC1 ALLEGRO front panel type A receptacle for attachment of external USB devices USB Dual USB 3 0 Receptacle USB 3 0 dual type A receptacle stacked 18 position 1 VBUS 5V 1 5A max 2 USB D USB 3 0 N 3 USB D Y 4 GND mo 5 SSR LL N 6 SS RX 7 GND 8 SS TX 9 SS D 5V via 1 5A current limited electronic power switch Power rail may be switched off by software independently for each port Another two USB 3 0 connectors would be available when the SC1 ALLEGRO is combined with the PCS BALLET mezzanine side card SC1 ALLEGRO w PCS BALLET Mezzanine Side Card 8HP EKF 62 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Ethernet Connectors Gigabit Ethernet Ports 1 2 J ETH RJ 45 1 NC1_MDX0 N NC1 MDXO NC1_MDX1
43. eset the UEFI BIOS configuration settings to a default state The UEFI BIOS on SC1 ALLEGRO stores most of its settings in an area within the BIOS flash e g the actual boot devices Using the jumper P GP is only necessary if it is not possible to enter the setup of the BIOS To reset the settings mount a jumper on P GP and perform a system reset As long as the jumper is stuffed the BIOS will use the default configuration values after any system reset To get normal operation again the jumper has to be removed P GP Jumper Removed Normal operation Jumper Installed BIOS configuration reset performed This setting is the factory default Manufacturer Mode Jumper P MFG The jumper P MFG is used to bring the board into the manufacturer mode This is necessary only on board production time and should not used by customers For normal operation the jumper should be removed The pin header P MFG is not stuffed on the SC1 ALLEGRO by default P MFG P MFG Jumper Removed Normal operation Jumper Installed Entering Manufacturer Mode This setting is the factory default EKF 55 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor RTC Reset P RTC The jumper P RTC may be used to reset certain register bits of the battery backed RTC core within the PCH QM77 This can be necessary under rare conditions e g battery undervoltage if the CPU fails to enter the BIOS POST afte
44. f www ekf com s smart solution pdf www ekf com s serial html www ekf com p plus html Mo A EKF 8 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Technical Features Feature Summary Feature Summary 4 CompactPCI Serial PICMG CPCI S 0 System Slot Controller Based on the Intel Chief River Platform vy Bridge ECC CPU Panther Point PCH Intel Core 17 i5 i3 Mobile 3 Generation ECC Processor 22nm Process Technology Low Power Dual Core and Quad Core Code Name vy Bridge i7 3612QE Processor 2 1GHz e 35W TDP Standard Voltage Quad Core 4 i7 3555LE Processor 2 5GHz 25W TDP Low Voltage Dual Core i7 3517UE Processor 1 7GHz 17W TDP Ultra Low Voltage Dual Core gt i5 3610ME Processor 2 7GHz e 35W TDP Standard Voltage Dual Core gt 13 3120ME Processor 2 4GHz e 35W TDP Standard Voltage Dual Core gt i3 3217UE Processor 1 6GHz 17W TDP Ultra Low Voltage Dual Core gt Integrated HD Graphics Engine 3 Independent Displays Enhanced Media Processing gt Integrated Memory Controller up to 16GB DDR3 ECC 1333 and 1600 gt DDR3 ECC Soldered Memory up to 8GB gt DDR3 ECC SO DIMM Memory Module Socket up to 8GB gt Performance Rating Passmark 8 0 SC1 680D i7 i7 3612QE Passmark Rating 2241 CPU Rating 7243 gt Intel QM77 Platform Controller Hub PCH Code Name Panther Point gt Up to 3 Display Configuration Front Panel Dual mDP or Sin
45. gle VGA Connector Option gt Max Resolution 2560 x 1600 DisplayPort 1920 x 1200 VGA gt 2 1 SATA Channels 6Gbps 3Gbps for Mezzanine Storage Modules Connector HSE gt CompactFlash Card with C40 SCFA Mezzanine Module Option 4HP Maintained gt CFast Card with C41 CFAST Mezzanine Module Option 4HP Profile Maintained gt SATA 1 8 Inch Solid State Drive with C42 SATA Mezzanine Card Option 4HP Maintained gt Dual mSATA Modules with C47 MSATA RAID Mezzanine Card Option 4HP Maintained gt Dual M 2 SATA SSD Modules with C48 M2 RAID Mezzanine Card Option 4HP Maintained gt 7 x SATA Channels 3Gbps to Backplane Connectors 5 Channels Available for Hardware RAID Configuration Level 0 1 10 Hot Spare Option RAID Level 3 5 gt 4 x USB 3 0 XHCI SuperSpeed Channels 2 x to F P Connectors 2 x Backplane gt 10 x USB 2 0 EHCI 6 x to Mezzanine Connectors 4 x Backplane gt 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 2 x F P RJ 45 Jacks and 2 x Backplane Connector gt 8 8 x PCI Express Gen3 Lanes to CPCI Serial Backplane CPCI Serial Fat Pipe 1 2 gt 4 4 x PCI Express Gen2 Lanes 4 x Mezzanine Connector 4 x Backplane gt Legacy I O Mezzanine Expansion Connector EXP USB HD Audio LPC gt High Speed I O Mezzanine Expansion Connector HSE 3 x SATA 4 x USB gt PCI Express Mezzanine Expansion Connector PCIE 4 Lanes gt Third Display Mezzanine Expansion Connector SDVO DP gt Variety of Mezzanine Expansion
46. ing but should be interpreted altogether for system diagnosis Status PG GP HD Green Red Green Red Green Red GREEN GREEN Sleep State S5 Soft Off OFF GREEN OFF Sleep State 4 Suspend to Disk Hibernate OFF OFF GREEN Sleep State 3 Suspend to RAM Standby GREEN RED BLINK X After Reset GREEN X X Board Healthy and in SO State YELLOW BLINK X X Front panel handle is unlocked RED X X Hardware Failure Power Fault RED BLINK X X Software Failure EKF 25 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor PG Power Good LED The SC1 ALLEGRO offers a bicolour LED labelled PG located within the front panel After system reset this LED defaults to signal different power states Off Sleep state 53 S4 or S5 Green Healthy Yellow blink Front panel handle open Red steady Hardware failure Red blink Software failure Y Y Y Y Y To enter the PG LED state Software Failure the bit PGLED in the board control register CTRLL_REG must be set The PG LED remains in this red blinking state until this bit is cleared After that it falls back to its default function GP General Purpose LED This programmable bicolour LED can be observed from the SC1 ALLEGRO front panel The status of the red part within the LED is controlled by the GPIO18 of the PCH QM77 Setting GPIO18 to 1 will switch on the red LED Turning on or off the green LED is done by setting the bit GPLED in the board control register
47. kf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor DisplayPort Connectors The Intel i7 processors used on SC1 ALLEGRO are equipped with an integrated graphics controller which supports DisplayPort and SDVO interfaces permitting simultaneous independent operation of up to three displays Two DP receptacles are available from the SC1 ALLEGRO front panel as mDP Mini DisplayPort connectors which is a space saving alternate to the standard DP connector and is also specified by the VESA Mini DisplayPort J DP1 2 20 PWR 19 GND 18 AUX CH N 17 LANE2 N c 16 AUX CH P 15 LANE2 P O Ot o 9 14 GND 13 GND Ke Ce 12 LANE3 N 11 LANE1 N e 10 LANE3 P 9 LANE1 P S NO 8 GND 7 GND 6 CONFIG2 GND 5 LANEO N 4 CONFIG1 3 LANEO P 2 Hot Plug Detect 1 GND 1 3 3V protected by a self resetting PolySwitch fuse 0 754 This voltage is switched on in SO state only Most DisplayPort monitors come with the standard DP connector hence requiring a mDP to DP cable assembly for use with the SC1 ALLEGRO For attachment of either a classic style analog RGB monitor DVI or HDMI type display to the J DP receptacles there are both adapters and also adapter cables available Specified by the VESA DisplayPort connector standard is a dedicated power pin 20 3 3V 0 54 Both the GPU source side and a DP monitor sink side must provide power via this pin A VESA specified standard DisplayPo
48. le to the maximum power consumption of the CPU chip actually in use The processor contains digital thermal sensors DTS that are readable via special CPU registers DTS allows to get the temperatures of each CPU core separately Two further temperature sensors located in the system hardware monitor LM87 allows for acquisition of the boards surface temperature and the thermal state of the onboard system memory channel Beside this the LM87 also monitors most of the supply voltages A suitable software on Microsoft Windows systems to display both the temperatures as well as the supply voltages is Speedfan which can be downloaded from the web After installation both temperatures and voltages can be observed permanently from the Windows taskbar The SC1 ALLEGRO is equipped with a passive heatsink Its height takes into account the 4HP limitation in mounting space of a CompactPCI board In addition a forced vertical airflow through the system enclosure e g bottom mount fan unit is strongly recommended gt 20m h or 2m s 400LFM around the CPU slot Be sure to thoroughly discuss your actual cooling needs with EKF Generally the faster the CPU speed the higher its power consumption For higher ambient temperatures consider increasing the forced airflow to 3m s 600LFM or more The table showing the supported processors above give also the maximum power consumption TDP Thermal Design Power of a particular processor Fortunately the
49. mal Controller 245 00 0 0x8086 0x10D3 Ethernet Controller NC2 8257411 39 00 0 0x8086 0x10D3 Ethernet Controller NC3 8257417 4 00 0 0x8086 0x10D3 Ethernet Controller NC4 8257411 52 00 0 0x10B5 0x8614 PCle Switch Root Port PEX8614 62 01 02 04 0 Ox10B5 0x8614 PCle Switch Downstream Ports PEX861 4 n Depends on BIOS settings Bus number can vary depending on the PCI enumeration schema implemented in BIOS EKF 47 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Local SMB Devices The SC1 ALLEGRO contains devices that are attached to the System Management Bus SMBus These are the SPD EEPROMS for the on board memory or the possibly plugged SODIMM a general purpose serial EEPROM a supply voltage temperature controlling device and a set of board control and status registers Additional devices may be connected to the SMBus via the CompactPCI Serial backplane signals lC SCL P1 B2 and lC SDA P1 B3 or pins 29 30 of the mezzanine expansion connector J EXP 0x58 Hardware Monitor Memory Down Temperature Sensor LM87 Haag Board Control Status OxA0 SPD of On board Memory OxA4 SPD of SODIMM OxAE General Purpose EEPROM Hardware Monitor LM87 Attached to the SMBus the SC1 ALLEGRO is provided with a hardware monitor LM87 This device is capable to observe the board and on board memory temperatures as well as several supply voltage rails with a resolution of 8 bit The f
50. n override is triggered by opening the front panel handle for at least 4 seconds which results in bringing the board to power state S5 In case of entering this state unlock and lock the front panel handle a 2 time to reenter normal power state SO again See also section PG Power Good LED to see how the SC1 ALLEGRO indicates the different power states WARNING The SC1 ALLEGRO will enter the power state S5 if the front panel handle is not closed properly when the system powers up An open handle is signalled by a yellow blinking PG LED The manual reset push button and the power button functionality of the front panel handle could be passivated by BIOS settings An alternative and recommended way to generate a system reset is to activate the signal PRST located on CompactPCI Serial connector P1 pin H2 Pulling this signal to GND will have the same effect as to push the tactile reset switch The healthy state of the SC1 ALLEGRO is indicated by the LED PG Power Good located in the front panel This bicoloured LED signals different states of the board see section below As soon as this LED begins to lite green all power voltages are within their specifications and the reset signal has been deasserted EKF 23 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor EKF ekf com EKF 24 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3x
51. nly Switched Power rail on with system stand by power Always Power rail switch off in state S5 This SATA channel is capable to perform up to 6Gbps All TX RX designations with respect to the SATA controller This SATA channel was moved to the CompactPCI Serial Backplane with Rev 2 of SC1 ALLEGRO al a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 all al2 a13 al4 a15 al6 al7 a18 alg a20 a21 a22 a23 a24 a25 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 b10 b11 b12 b13 b14 b15 b16 b17 b18 b19 b20 b21 b22 b23 b24 b25 GND SATA HSE3 TXP SATA HSE3 TXN GND SATA HSE3 RXN SATA HSE3 RXP GND SATA HSE4 TXP 99 SATA HSE4 TXN GND SATA HSE4 RXN 9 SATA HSE4 RXP 9 GND USB HSE3 P USB HSE3 N GND USB HSEA P USB HSEA N GND USB HSE OC34 USB HSE OC34 5VS 5VS 5VA DI The maximum current flow through these power pins should be limited to 0 5A per pin EKF 66 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor PCI Express Expansion Header J PCIE JSPCIE GND 5V 5V 7 GND PE CLKP PE CLKN GND PE 1TP PE 1TN X SsaJdX3 D uo 43 G 080 0v0 1 067 GND pieog SUE D uo mala dol JOPP9UUO J205 paads ufi GND LLLLLLELLELLELLELL LI E PE 2TP PE 2TN GND PE 3TP PE 3TN GND PE ATP PE 4TN GND Power rail switched on in state SO only 1 ey cp nb LI 13 15 17 e 21 23 25 D 29 E
52. nt SATA controllers Two of these ports support data transfer rates of 6Gbps 600MB s while all ports are capable to work with 3Gbps 300MB s or 1 5Gbps 150MB s The SATA controllers are located within the QM77 Platform Controller Hub that holds 6 SATA interfaces The two 6Gbps and one 3Gbps ports are fed to the high speed expansion connector J HSE This connector allows the installation of low profile expansion boards like C41 CFAST or C42 SATA to attach the popular CFast cards or Micro SATA SSDs 1 8 inch respectively Another mezzanine is the C47 MSATA a carrier for two mSATA SSD modules that is connected via J HSE to the 6Gbps ports for fast data storage Also consider the C48 M2 mezzanine for mass storage which can accommodate two M 2 style SATA SSD modules Another of the 3Gbps ports is fed from the QM77 to a JMicron JMB393 6 port RAID controller supporting RAID levels 0 1 3 5 10 as well as JBOD and CLONE Five of the JMB393 ports as well as the two remaining QM77 ports are used to supply the CompactPCI Serial SATA interfaces on the backplane A LED named HD located in the front panel signals disk activity status of any of the SATA devices Additionally a variety of side cards is available suitable for mounting on the SC1 ALLEGRO in a 4HP 20 32mm distance resulting in 8HP front panel width for the assembly Some of these side boards can accommodate a SATA drive e g a 2 5 inch SSD Available for download from Intel s web site
53. ollowing table shows the mapping of the voltage inputs of the LM87 to the corresponding supply voltages of the SC1 ALLEGRO Input Source Resolution Register mV AIN1 Processor Core Voltage 0x28 AIN2 Graphics Core Voltage 9 8 0x29 VECRI SV 14 1 0x21 ser P SM 14 1 025 EE T OM 13 0x20 Tr S SN NV 172 0x22 ESA Sem 26 0x23 sr 1228 a ANA 625 0x24 Beside the continuous measuring of temperatures and voltages the LM87 may compare these values against programmable upper and lower boundaries As soon as a measurement violates the allowed value range the LM87 can request an interrupt via the GPI13 input of the QM77 PCH which may result in a system management interrupt EKF 48 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Board Control and Status Registers A set of board control and status registers allow to program special features on the SC1 ALLEGRO Assert a full reset Control activity of front panel reset and power event button Program time outs and trigger a watchdog Get access to two LEDs in the front panel Get power fail and watchdog status of last board reset The register set consists of five registers located on the SMBus at Device ID 0x5c on the following addresses OxAO CMD CTRLO WR Write to Control Register 0 Write Only OxA1 CMD CTRLO RD Read from Control Register 0 Read Only OxBO CMD STATO WR Write to Status Register 0 Write Clear OxB1 CMD STATO RD R
54. omply entirely with CE Close all board slots not in use with a blind front panel Front panels must be fastened by built in screws Cover any unused front panel mounted connector with a shielding cap External communications cable assemblies must be shielded shield connected only at one end of the cable Use ferrite beads for cabling wherever appropriate Some connectors may require additional isolating parts Recommended Accessories EKF Blind CPCI Front EKF Elektronik Panels Ferrit Bead Filters ARP Datacom 63115 Dietzenbach Metal Shielding Conec Polytronic Caps 59557 Lippstadt Widths currently available 1H 5 08mm with handle 4HP 8HP without handle 2HP AHP 8HP 10HP 12HP Ordering No 102 820 cable diameter 6 5mm 102 821 cable diameter 10 0mm 102 822 cable diameter 13 0mm Ordering No CDFA 09 165 X 13129 X DB9 CDSFA 15 165 X 12979 X DB15 CDSFA 25 165 X 12989 X DB25 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Replacement of the Battery When your system is turned off a battery maintains the voltage to run the time of day clock and to keep the values in the CMOS RAM The battery should last during the lifetime of the SC1 ALLEGRO For replacement the old battery must be desoldered and the new one soldered We suggest that you send back the board to EKF for battery replacement Warning Danger of explosion if the battery is incor
55. onnectors optimized for differential signal transmission are specified as P1 to P6 by the PICMG CompactPCI Serial The mandatory P1 conveys amongst others the power system control and status pins EKF 73 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P1 P1 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1206 20 02 72 pos 12x6 14mm Width Type A GND 1 PE PASE 1 PE TX02 GND 1 PE RX02 KEH 1 PE TX00 1 PE TX00 GND 1 PE RX00 1 PE RX00 GND 1 USB2 1 USB2 GND reserved z 1_USB3_TX 1 USB3 TX PWRBTN 1_USB3_RX 1 USB3 RX La GND PE SEL HC SDA GND PS ONS 12V 5V STANDBY GND 12V 12V Not connected Not connected according the CompactPCI Serial Precedence Order Rules EKF 1 PE TX03 1 PE TX03 GND 1 PE RX034 1 PE RX03 1 PE TXO GND 1 PE RXO14 1 PE RXO1 GND SATA A MESATA DES GND 1 SATA RX gt d SATA RX 2 SATA_SDO GA2 SATA SCL SATA SL GA3 PRST WAKE_IN GND reserved SYSEN 12V GND 12V 12V GND ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P2 P2 CompactPCI Serial System Slot Backplane Connector EKF Part 250 3 1208 20 00 96 pos 12x8 16mm Width Type B ow GND 2_USB2 2_USB2 3 _USB2 3_USB2 e
56. ontroller accesses the memory channels in an interleaved way Since Core i7 processors support Intels Flex Memory Technology interleaved operation isn t limited to systems using memory channels of equal capacity In the case of unequal memory population the smaller memory channel dictates the address space of the interleaved accessible memory region The remainder of the memory is then accessed in non interleaved mode In asymmetric mode the memory always will be accessed in a non interleaved manner with the drawback of less bandwidth The only meaningful application of asymmetric mode is the special case when only one memory channel is populated i e the SODIMM socket may be left empty The contents of the SPD EEPROM on the SODIMM is used by the BIOS at POST Power on Self Test to get any necessary timing parameters to program the memory controller within the chipset De Ze 2 LJ t 2 te e e Ze e EKF 18 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Graphics Subsystem The graphics subsystem is part of the Intel Core 7 processor and the PCH QM77 While the graphics controller is located within the Core i7 processor the different interfaces like DisplayPort SDVO and VGA are moved to the PCH The SC1 ALLEGRO offers two Mini DisplayPort mDP interfaces in the front panel Adapters to convert Mini DisplayPort to any other popular interfa
57. power consumption is by far lower when executing typical Windows or Linux tasks The heat dissipation increases when e g rendering software like the Acrobat Distiller is executed The Core i7 processors support Intel s Enhanced SpeedStep technology This enables dynamic switching between multiple core voltages and frequencies depending on core temperature and currently required performance The processors are able to reduce their core speed and core voltage in multiple steps down to 1200MHz 800MHz for LV ULV processors Additional a reduction of the graphics core clock and voltage is possible This leads to an obvious reduction of power consumption resulting in less heating This mode of lowering the processor core temperature is called TM2 TM Thermal Monitor Another way to reduce power consumption is to modulate the processor clock This mode TM1 is achieved by actuating the Stop Clock input of the CPU A throttling of 50 e g means a duty cycle of 5096 on the stop clock input However while saving considerable power consumption the data throughput of the processor is also reduced The processor works at full speed until the core temperature reaches a critical value Then the processor is throttled by 5096 As soon as the high temperature situation disappears the throttling will be disabled and the processors runs at full speed again These features are controllable by BIOS menu entries By default the BIOS of the SC1 ALLEGRO enable
58. programming header P ISP is not stuffed in use for manufacturing only Its footprint is situated at the bottom side of the board 1 ara 2 TDO 3 TDI 4 NC 5 KEY 6 TMS Ji GND 8 TCK EKF 71 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Processor Debug Header XDP1 The SC1 ALLEGRO may be equipped with a 26 position processor debug header for hard and software debugging specified by Intel as XDP SFF 26 Pin Platform Connection The connector is suitable for installation of a flat flex cable FFC in order to attach an JTAG debugger emulator such as the Arium ECM XDP3 An adapter ITP XDP SFF 26 is required in addition to convert the 26 pin XDP SFF 26 Pin connector to the standard 60 pin XDP The header XDP1 would be mounted on the PCB bottom side but is not stuffed by default XDP Processor Debug Connector EKF 269 1 026 902 FFC Connector EKF ekf com 1 OBSFN_A0 PREQ OBSFN_A1 PRDY 2 3 GND OBSDATA A0 4 5 OBSDATA A1 GND 6 7 OBSDATA A2 OBSDATA A3 8 9 GND HOOKO CPU PWRGOOD 10 11 HOOK1 XDP PWRBTN HOOK2 CFG 0 12 13 HOOK3 SYS_PWROK HOOKA BCLKP 14 15 HOOK5 BCLKN VCCOBS_AB 1 05V 16 17 HOOK6 PLTRST HOOK7 DBRESET 18 19 GND TDO 20 21 TRST TDI 22 25 TMS TCK1 24 25 GND TCKO TCK 26 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor Backplane Connectors Six high speed backplane c
59. provided for rugged applications and another 8GB are available via the DDR3 ECC SO DIMM socket As an option a low profile mezzanine module with dual mSATA SSDs may serve as a high speed RAID mass storage solution The SC1 ALLEGRO backplane connectors comply with the PICMG CompactPCI Serial system slot specification Most CompactPCI Serial peripheral slot cards require only the backplane connector P1 which comprises PCle SATA and USB signals resulting in a concise and inexpensive peripheral board design More powerful peripheral cards profit from so called Fat Pipe slots PCle x 8 The SCI ALLEGRO is a native CompactPCI Serial CPU card suitable for usage in a pure CPCI Serial environment Due to its generous backplane capabilities 20 x PCI Express lanes 6 x USB 7 x SATA RAID 2 x GbE very powerful industrial systems can be built Typically the SC1 ALLEGRO and the related side card would come as a readily assembled 8HP unit As an alternate low profile Flash based mezzanine storage modules are available that fit on the SC1 ALLEGRO while maintaining the 4HP profile The C42 SATA module e g is equipped with a very fast 1 8 inch SATA Solid State Drive SSD which installation of any popular operating system is suitable for ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Related Documents CompactPCI PluslO amp CompactPCI Serial www ekf com s serial concise pd
60. r power on Note that installing of jumper P RTC will neither set UEFI BIOS Setup to EKF Factory Defaults nor resets the time and date register values of the RTC Real Time Clock To reset the RTC core the board must be removed from the system rack Short circuit the pins of P RTC for about 1 sec Thereafter reinstall the board to the system and switch on the power It is important to accomplish the RTC reset while the board has no power The pin header P RTC is not stuffed on the SC1 ALLEGRO by default P RTC PRTC Jumper Removed Normal operation Jumper Installed RTC reset performed This setting is the factory default EKF 56 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Connectors Caution Some of the internal connectors provide operating voltage 3 3V and 5V to devices inside the system chassis such as internal peripherals Not all of these connectors are short circuit protected Do not use these internal connectors for powering devices external to the computer chassis A fault in the load presented by the external devices could cause damage to the board the interconnecting cable and the external devices themselves Front Panel Connectors With respect to the video connector the SC1 ALLEGRO is available in two flavours either dual mDP or VGA EKF draft do not scale e ekf com SC1 ALLEGRO SC1 ALLEGRO Dual mDP VGA EKF 57 e
61. rectly replaced or shorted Replace only with the same or equivalent type Do not expose a battery to fire EKF 46 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Technical Reference Local PCI Devices The following table shows the on board PCI devices and their location within the PCI configuration space Several devices are part of the processor and platform controller hub QM77 Vendor D 0 0x8086 0x0154 Processor Host Bridge DRAM Controller 0 1 0 0x8086 0x0151 Processor PCI Express Controller 0 2 0 0x8086 0x0156 Processor Integrated Graphics Device 0 6 0 0x8086 0x015D Processor PCI Express Controller 0 20 0 0x8086 0x1E31 USB xHCI Controller 0 p 0 0x8086 0x1E3A Intel ME Interface 1 0 p 1 0x8086 Ox1E3B Intel ME Interface 2 0 D p 0x8086 Ox1E3C Intel ME IDE Redirection 0 22 3 0x8086 0x1E3D Intel ME Keyboard Text Redirection 0 25 0 0x8086 0x1502 PCH Gigabit LAN NC1 82579LM 0 26 0 0x8086 0x1E2D USB EHCI Controller 2 0 27 0 0x8086 0x1E20 Intel High Definition Audio Controller 0 28 0 7 0x8086 0x2448 PCH PCI Express Port 1 8 0 29 0 0x8086 0x1E26 USB EHCI Controller 1 0 31 0 0x8086 0x1E55 LPC Bridge 0 31 2 0x8086 Ox1EO1 SATA Non AHCI RAID Ports 0 3 Ox1E03 SATA AHCI Mode 0x282A SATA Intel Rapid Storage Tech RAID Mode Ox1E07 SATA RAID Mode Capable 0 31 3 0x8086 0x1E22 SMBus Controller 0 31 5 0x8086 Ox1E09 SATA Non AHCI RAID Ports 4 5 0 31 6 0x8086 0x1E24 Ther
62. rformance 4HP 3U CompactPCI Serial CPU board equipped with an Intel Core 7 Mobile 3 Generation ECC dual or quad core processor based on 22nm technology The SC1 ALLEGRO front panel is provided with two Gigabit Ethernet jacks two USB 3 0 receptacles and two Mini DisplayPort connectors for attachment of high resolution digital displays configured e g as extended desktop While mechanically compliant to CompactPCI Classic CompactPCI Serial PICMG CPCIS 0 defines a completely new card slot based on PCI Express SATA Gigabit Ethernet and USB serial data lines Up to 6 high speed backplane connectors P1 P6 are provided on a system slot controller such as the SC1 ALLEGRO which can be considered as a root hub with respect to most signal lines A passive backplane is used for distribution of a defined subset of I O channels from the system slot to each of up to eight peripheral slots in a CompactPCI Serial system The SC1 ALLEGRO is equipped with a set of local expansion interface connectors which can be optionally used to attach a mezzanine side board A variety of expansion cards is available e g providing legacy I O and additional PCI Express based I O controllers such as SATA USB 3 0 and Gigabit Ethernet or a third video output Most mezzanine side cards can accommodate in addition a 2 5 inch drive EKF The SC1 ALLEGRO is equipped with up to 16GB RAM with ECC support 8GB memory down are
63. rh 4 USB2 4 USB2 GND oi io GND Io oi GND io Io GND 2 PE TX064 2 PE TX06 GND 2 PE RX06 2 PE RX06 GND 2 PE TX07 2 PE TX07 GND 2 PE RX07 2 PE RX07 2 PE TX04 2 PE TX04 GND 2 PE RX044 2 PE RX04 GND 2 PE TX054 2 PE TX05 GND 2 PE RX05 2 PE RX05 GND pu GND 2 PE TX024 2 PE TX02 GND 2 PE RX02 2 PE RX02 GND 2 PE TX03 2 PE TX03 GND 2 PE RX03 2 PE RX03 2 PE TX00 2 PE _TX00 GND 2 PE RX00 2 PE RXOO GND 2 PE TX01 2 PE TXO1 GND 2 PE RX01 2 PE RX01 GND EN GND 1 PE TX064 1 PE TX06 GND 1 PE RX06 1 PE RX06 GND 1 PE TX07 1 PE TX07 GND 1 PE RX07 1 PE RX07 E 1 PE TX04 1 PE TX04 GND 1 PE RX044 1 PE RXO04 GND 1 PE TX054 1 PE TX05 GND 1 PE RX05 1 PE RX05 GND Not connected The PCI Express Lanes 1 PE and 2 PE are derived from the i7 processor and capable to transfer 8GT s Polarity inversion was made on these lanes on SC1 ALLEGRO for better routing This is allowed according the PCI Express Base Specification 3 0 and has no effect on function or performance of the link The pin out shown is as per specification EKF 75 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor CompactPCI Serial Backplane Connector P3 ln 7 SATA TX 7 SATA TX 7 SATA RX 7 SATA RX GND 8 SATA TX 8 SATA TX 2 3 DE 2 3 Dia 2 3 4 2 3 4 Pa 5 SATA TX 5 SATA TX GND 5 SATA_RX 5 SATA RX GND 6 SATA TX 6 SATA TX GN
64. rt cable however must not connect the pins 20 of both cable ends in order to avoid a back driving conflict Unfortunately there are cable assemblies available with pin 20 passed through with unpredictable results on the system behaviour Before ordering DP cable assemblies verify the associated wiring diagram Sample VESA Compliant Mini DisplayPort Cable Assemblies 2 0m Mini DisplayPort mDP to DisplayPort DP plug to plug cable assembly VESA compliant EKF Part 270 66 2 02 0 Astron T2M2M20020 R Molex 0687850003 Roline 1045636 Wieson G9858 EKF 58 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel 7 3xxx Processor A third DisplayPort video output is available when combining the SC1 ALLEGRO with the mezzanine side cards SCS TRUMPET or PCS BALLET The standard DP connector is provided with latches which may be preferred for some applications SC1 ALLEGRO w PCS BALLET C32 FIO 12HP EKF 59 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor SC1 ALLEGRO w SCS TRUMPET Side Card 8HP Assembly I eui sues 0565 20 EKF 60 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor VGA Video Connector As an option the SC1 ALLEGRO can be equipped with a legacy VGA connector High Density D Sub 15 position female connector The connector VGA replaces the two Mini DisplayPort receptacl
65. s mode TM2 which is the most efficient EKF 16 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor EKF 17 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Main Memory The SC1 ALLEGRO features two channels of DDR3 SDRAMs with support of ECC Error Correction Code One channel is realized with 18 memory devices soldered to the board Memory Down and delivers a capacity of up to 8GB with a clock frequency of 1600MHz PC3 12800 The 2nd channel provides a socket for installing a 204 pin ECC SODIMM module thus allowing a simple expansion of system memory max module height 1 25 inch Supported are unbuffered DDR3 ECC SODIMMs 72 bit with Vpp 1 5V featuring on die termination ODT according the PC3 12800 specification Minimum module size is 512MB maximum module size is 8GB Please note that standard DDR3 SODIMMs without ECC feature do not work on SC1 ALLEGRO It is recommended to add a SODIMM module with same size as the Memory Down to get best performance some of the system memory is dedicated to the graphics controller This typically results in a size of 2x4GB of memory which is recommended to run the operating systems Windows Vista or WindowsQ 7 The memory controller supports symmetric and asymmetric memory organization The maximum memory performance can be obtained by using the symmetric mode When in this mode the memory c
66. ted below The processors are housed in a Micro FC BGA package for direct soldering to the PCB i e the chip cannot be removed or changed by the user The processors supported by the SC1 ALLEGRO are running at core clock speeds up to 2 1GHz for quad core and up to 2 5GHz on dual core devices Due to Enhanced Intel SpeedStep and Intel Turbo Boost Technology each core can decrease or increase its nominal operating frequency The clock speed is chosen depending on the power states of the processor cores graphics engine the currently required performance and the actual core temperature Power is applied across the CompactPCI connector P1 12V The processors core and graphics voltages are generated by switched voltage regulators according to Intels IMVP 7 voltage regulator specification Intel amp Core Processors Supported Processor Physical Core Clock Cache Junction CPU ID Stepping SPEC Number Cores nom max m Temp Code i7 3612QE 2 1 3 1GHz 650MHz 105 C 306A9h SROND LEI 2 2 5 3 2GHz 4AMB 550MHz 105 C 25W 306A9h Li SROT5 17 3517UE 2 1 7 2 8GHz 4MB 350MHz 105 C 17W 306A9h Li SROT6 15 3610ME 2 LAMAS 3MB 650MHz 105 C 35W 306A9h Li SROQK EKF 15 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Thermal Considerations In order to avoid malfunctioning of the SC1 ALLEGRO take care of appropriate cooling of the processor and system e g by a cooling fan suitab
67. two RJ45 jacks located in the front panel the others are attached to the CompactPCI Serial interface on P6 Each port includes the following features gt One PCI Express lane per Ethernet port 250MB s gt 1000Base Tx Gigabit Ethernet 100Base TX Fast Ethernet and 10Base T Classic Ethernet capability gt Half or full duplex operation IEEE 802 3u 802 3ab Auto Negotiation for the fastest available connection gt Jumperless configuration complete software configurable Two bicoloured LEDs integrated into the dedicated RJ 45 connector in the front panel are used to signal the LAN link the LAN connection speed and activity status A further bicoloured LED in front panel labelled EB displays the state of the backplane network ports Each device is connected by a single PCI Express lane to the PCH Their MAC addresses unique hardware number are stored in dedicated FLASH EEPROM components The Intel Ethernet software and drivers for the 82579 and 82574 is available from Intel s World Wide Web site for download When managing the board by Intel Active Management Technology iAMT the dedicated network port to do so is accessible by the RJ45 connector GbE1 the upper port within the front panel EKF 19 ekf com User Guide SC1 ALLEGRO CompactPCI Serial CPU Board Intel i7 3xxx Processor Serial ATA Interface SATA The SC1 ALLEGRO provides a total of ten serial ATA SATA ports derived from two independe
68. ty on the port Main Power Supply Control PS_ON The SC1 ALLEGRO draws its power from the 12V main supply rail defined by the CompactPCI Serial specification The board has been designed to control this main power supply by use of the signal PS ON connector P1 pin E2 If the system enters the sleep state S5 soft off the signal PS_ON is pulled high hence the main power supply is switched off The SC1 ALLEGRO is held in soft off state until a power management event e g power button event triggered by the front panel handle brings back the system to the SO state In order to work as described above and to generate clean signals on PS_ON the stand by voltage 5VSTB is necessary This optional power rail tied to connector P1 pin B1 is also part of the CompactPCI Serial specification The stand by power rail must be switched on always independent of the state of PS ON7 Nevertheless 5VSTB is not mandatory to operate the SC1 ALLEGRO If no stand by power is available the board creates this voltage from the main power rail In this case it is important that the PS ON signal is pulled down somewhere in the system Power Supply Status PWR_FAIL Power supply failures may be detected before the system crashes down by monitoring the signal PWR FAIL This active low line connector P1 pin F3 is an addition to the CompactPCI Serial specification and may be driven by the power supply PWR FAIL7 signals the possible failure of th
69. xx Processor Watchdog An important reliability feature is a software programmable watchdog function The SC1 ALLEGRO contains two of these watchdogs One is part of the QM77 PCH and also known as TCO Watchdog A detailed description is given in the QM77 data sheet Operating systems like Linux offer a driver interface to the TCO watchdog The behaviour of the 2 watchdog is defined within a PLD of the SC1 which activates deactivates the watchdog and controls its time out period The time out delay is adjustable in the steps 2 10 50 and 255 seconds After alerting the WD and programming the time out value the related software e g application program must trigger the watchdog periodically For details on programming the watchdog see section Board Control and Status Register BCSR This watchdog is in a passive state after a system reset There is no need to trigger it at boot time The watchdog is activated on the first trigger request If the duration between two trigger requests exceeds the programmed period the watchdog times out and a full system reset will be generated The watchdog remains in the active state until the next system reset There is no way to disable it once it has been put on alert whereas it is possible to reprogram its time out value at any time Front Panel LEDs The SC1 ALLEGRO is equipped with four LEDs which can be observed from the front panel Three of these LEDs are labelled according to their primary mean

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