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conga-PA5 Pico-ITX SBC

Detailed Description Of The congatec Pico-ITX Based On 5

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 Generation Intel® Atom®, Celeron® and Pentium®

User's Guide

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Page 1: ...conga PA5 Pico ITX SBC Detailed Description Of The congatec Pico ITX Based On 5th Generation Intel Atom Celeron and Pentium User s Guide Revision 1 12 ...

Page 2: ...e on LAN support in section 5 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports Updated section 5 7 UART Headers 1 3 2018 08 21 BEU Updated information throughout the document 1 4 2018 10 15 BEU Corrected TPM in table 6 Feature Summary and section 6 9 Security Features Added borehole versions of heatspreaders to section 1 2 2 Optional Accesories and 4 Cooling Solution Added possible mating connectors 1 5 2018 11 27 BEU Ad...

Page 3: ...ds to section 5 9 mPCIe mSATA Card Slot Updated note in section 6 1 1 Buttons and LEDs Deleted section 9 Industry Specifications 1 11 2021 04 15 BEU Updated display interfaces in table 1 2 6 and 3 Block Diagram 5 6 1 DP Port Moved section 6 2 4 CPU Fan Header to section 6 2 1 1 and added PWM explanation 1 12 2021 07 02 BEU Updated congatec AG to congatec GmbH throughout the document Added Software...

Page 4: ... governed by the respective Open Source license The Open Source software is provided by its programmers without ANY WARRANTY whether implied or expressed of any fitness for a particular purpose and the programmers DECLINE ALL LIABILITY for damages direct or indirect that result from the use of this software OEM CGUTL BIOS BIOS UEFI modified by customer via the congatec System Utility CGUTL is subj...

Page 5: ...vice from the static shielding bag or handle it except at an electrostatic free workstation Also do not ship or store electronic devices near strong electrostatic electromagnetic magnetic or radioactive fields unless the device is contained within its original packaging Be aware that failure to comply with these guidelines will void the congatec GmbH Limited Warranty Symbols The following symbols ...

Page 6: ...ue to non conformance to the agreed upon specifications will be repaired or exchanged at congatec s option and expense Customer will obtain a Return Material Authorization RMA number from congatec GmbH prior to returning the non conforming product freight prepaid congatec GmbH will pay for transporting the repaired or exchanged product to the customer Repaired replaced or exchanged product will be...

Page 7: ...rtified to DIN EN ISO 9001 standard Technical Support congatec GmbH technicians and engineers are committed to providing the best possible technical support for our customers so that our products can be easily used and implemented We request that you first visit our website at www congatec com for the latest documentation utilities and drivers which have been made available to assist you If you st...

Page 8: ...er 30 5 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports 30 5 5 SATA Connectors 31 5 5 1 SATA SATADOM Port 31 5 5 2 2 Pin SATA Power Connector 31 5 5 3 mSATA Card Slot 31 5 6 Display Interfaces 32 5 6 1 DP Port 32 5 6 2 LVDS eDP Header 33 5 6 2 1 Backlight Power Header 34 5 6 2 2 Panel Power Jumper 34 5 7 COM Headers 35 5 8 MIPI CSI 2 Camera 36 5 9 mPCIe mSATA Card Slot 38 6 Additional Features 39 6 1 Feature Connectors ...

Page 9: ...Copyright 2017 congatec GmbH PA50m112 9 48 8 BIOS Setup Description 47 8 1 Navigating the BIOS Setup Menu 47 8 2 BIOS Versions 47 8 3 Updating the BIOS 48 8 4 Supported Flash Device 48 ...

Page 10: ...nout Description 26 Table 12 Power Status LED State Description 27 Table 13 X23 Pinout Description 27 Table 14 X6 Pinout Description 28 Table 15 X8 Pinout Description 30 Table 16 Gigabit Ethernet Port LEDs Description 30 Table 17 X11 Pinout Description 31 Table 18 X3 Pinout Description 33 Table 19 X4 Pinout Description 34 Table 20 X24 Pinout Description 34 Table 21 X15 X16 Pinout Description 35 Ta...

Page 11: ...finition Audio S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signaling LPC Low Pin Count I C Bus Inter Integrated Circuit Bus SM Bus System Management Bus SPI Serial Peripheral Interface GbE Gigabit Ethernet LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling DDC Display Data Channel is an I C bus interface between a display and a graphics adapter PN Part Number the pa...

Page 12: ... opportunities for fanless designs The Pico ITX boards are equipped with various interfaces such as PCI Express SATA USB 2 0 3 0 Ethernet Displays and Audio 1 2 conga PA5 The conga PA5 is a Single Board Computer design based on the Pico ITX specification The conga PA5 SBC features the Intel 5th generation Atom Celeron and Pentium processors With maximum 12 W TDP processors the SBC offers Ultra Low...

Page 13: ...MB 2 MB 2 MB 1 MB 2 MB Burst Frequency 2 0 GHz 1 8 GHz 1 8 GHz 2 5 GHz 2 4 GHz 2 5 GHz Onboard Memory 8 GB 2400 MT s 4 GB 2133 MT s 4 GB 2133 MT s 8 GB 2400 MT s 4 GB 2400 MT s 4 GB 2400 MT s Processor Graphics Intel HD Graphics 505 Intel HD Graphics 500 Intel HD Graphics 500 Intel HD Graphics 505 Intel HD Graphics 500 Intel HD Graphics 505 Graphics Base Burst 500 650 MHz 400 600 MHz 400 550 MHz 2...

Page 14: ...Dual Core 1 3 GHz L2 Cache 2 MB 2 MB 2 MB Burst Frequency 2 0 GHz 1 8 GHz 1 8 GHz Onboard Memory 8 GB 2400 MT s 4 GB 2133 MT s 4 GB 2133 MT s Processor Graphics Intel HD Graphics 505 Intel HD Graphics 500 Intel HD Graphics 500 Graphics Base Burst 500 650 MHz 400 600 MHz 400 550 MHz LVDS Single Dual 18 24 bit Single Dual 18 24 bit Single Dual 18 24 bit DDI DP DP DP Processor TDP Max 12 W 9 5 W 6 5 ...

Page 15: ...t 14000203 Cable Kit for conga PA5 containing cab Pico ITX USB2 0 Twin cab Pico ITX Audio Cable Adapter cab Pico ITX Buttons LED cab Pico ITX GPIO cab Pico ITX RS232 cab Pico ITX RS485 cab Pico ITX External Power cab Pico ITX Feature cab Pico ITX SATA Power SATA Cable and Mini PCIe full size card extender cab Pico ITX LVDS 14000211 LVDS data cable for Pico ITX to connect LCD panel AUO G170EG01 V 1...

Page 16: ...Panel I O Connectors 1x DC Power Jack optional for industrial variants 2x USB 3 0 Ports 1x USB Type C Port 1x DP 2x Gigabit Ethernet Ports Onboard I O Connectors 1x 2 Pin Power Connector 1x CR2032 BR2330A Cell Battery Header 1x High Definition Audio Header 1x USB 2 0 Header for two additional USB 2 0 ports 1x SATA SATADOM Port 1x 2 Pin SATA Power Connector 1x mSATA Card Slot 1x Backlight Power Hea...

Page 17: ... expose the conga PA5 to the absolute maximum voltage for a prolonged time The system may not function may be damaged or may have reliability issues if you do not observe this warning information 2 5 Power Consumption The power consumption values were measured with the following setup conga PA5 conga PA5 cooling solution Microsoft Windows 10 64 bit Note The CPU was stressed to its maximum workload...

Page 18: ...variants offered The values are recorded at various operating modes Table 8 Power Consumption Values Part No Memory Size H W Rev BIOS Rev OS 64 bit CPU Current A 12 V Variant Cores Base Burst Freq GHz S0 Min S0 Max S0 Peak S3 S5 048100 8 GB A 0 PA50R019 Windows 10 Atom x7 E3950 4 1 6 2 0 0 16 1 65 1 88 0 06 0 06 048101 4 GB A 0 PA50R019 Windows 10 Atom x5 E3940 4 1 6 1 8 0 28 1 38 1 46 0 04 0 04 0...

Page 19: ...sider also the self discharge of the battery when calculating the lifetime of the CMOS battery For more information refer to application note AN9_RTC_Battery_Lifetime pdf on congatec GmbH website at www congatec com support application notes 4 We recommend to always have a CMOS battery present when operating the conga PA5 2 7 Environmental Specifications Temperature commercial variants Operation 0...

Page 20: ... 3pin FAN Backlight S PDIF Mic IN 2x USB 2 0 COM 1 PCIe I210IT for industrial temperature 12V DP PCIe USB 2 0 SATA HDA SDIO LPDDR4 DDR3 DDR2 LPDDR4 CPU Platform Hardware Graphics Accelerators Intel 64 EIST AES NI XD 2D Display Interface PCIe SATA SPI LPC SD Card eMMC USB 2 0 USB 3 0 VGA eDP DisplayPort I O Interfaces 3D Gfx with Burst Technology HDA Audio Interface HP Out microSD USB 3 0 Intel I21...

Page 21: ... cooling solution can cause a short on the conga PA5 2 The congatec heatspreaders cooling solutions are tested only within the commercial temperature range of 0 to 60 C Therefore if your application that features a congatec heatspreader cooling solution operates outside this temperature range ensure the correct operating temperature of the module is maintained at all times This may require additio...

Page 22: ...or Lidded Variants 21 25 72 100 Caution Mount the cooling solution in the correct orientation the connectors of the conga PA5 must match the connector names written on the side of the cooling solution Otherwise the cooling solution can cause a short on the conga PA5 ...

Page 23: ... Variants 72 100 21 25 Caution Mount the cooling solution in the correct orientation the connectors of the conga PA5 must match the connector names written on the side of the cooling solution Otherwise the cooling solution can cause a short on the conga PA5 ...

Page 24: ...ndoff for threaded version or ø2 7 x 8 mm non threaded standoff for borehole version Caution Mount the cooling solution in the correct orientation the connectors of the conga PA5 must match the connector names written on the side of the cooling solution Otherwise the cooling solution can cause a short on the conga PA5 ...

Page 25: ...r threaded version or ø2 7 x 8 mm non threaded standoff for borehole version Caution Mount the cooling solution in the correct orientation the connectors of the conga PA5 must match the connector names written on the side of the cooling solution Otherwise the cooling solution can cause a short on the conga PA5 ...

Page 26: ...sm including screw type connectors The supported power supply is defined in section 2 4 Supply Voltage Power Table 10 X21 Pinout Description Pin Function Center Pin 12V Sleeve Barrel GND Connector Type X21 DC power jack 5 5x2 5 mm diameter CUI PJ 002BH 5 1 2 2 Pin Power Connector The conga PA5 provides a 2 pin power connector X22 protected against short transient overvoltage The supported power su...

Page 27: ...inout description Table 12 Power Status LED State Description LED State Description ACPI State Off Sleeping or power off not running S3 S5 LED on Running S0 5 1 5 CR2032 BR2330A Cell Battery Header The conga PA5 provides a CR2032 cell battery BR2330A for industrial variants connected to a header X23 Table 13 X23 Pinout Description Pin Description 1 3V 2 GND X23 2x1 pins 1 25 mm pitch Molex 53398 0...

Page 28: ...nally this header can provide differential Line output L1 and S PDIF input Table 14 X6 Pinout Description Pin Default Signal Description Optional Signal 1 MIC_L Analog Microphone Input Left Channel 2 GND_HDA Audio Ground 3 MIC_R Analog Microphone Input Right Channel 4 5V_AMP 5V Power Supply for external speaker amplifier max 500mA 5 MIC_JD Microphone Jack Detection 6 HP_R Headphone Line Out Right ...

Page 29: ... stacked USB 3 0 Type A ports Caution The maximum cable length of a USB 2 0 device connected to any port shall not exceed 3 meters in order to comply to EN 55024 2010 5 3 2 USB Type C Port The conga PA5 provides one USB Type C port X9 It supports Power Delivery up to 5V 3A and DisplayPort Alternate Mode Connector Type X9 USB Type C port Caution The maximum cable length of a USB 2 0 device connecte...

Page 30: ...68 1063 Caution The maximum cable length of a USB 2 0 device connected to the header shall not exceed 3 meters in order to comply to EN 55024 2010 5 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports The conga PA5 provides two Gigabit Ethernet ports X12 X13 Both ports support Wake on LAN WOL The signals are routed from the Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller i211 commercial variants or i210 industrial variants The controller...

Page 31: ...ctivity LED to pin 11 anode and 12 cathode of the feature connector X18 Connector Type CN1 SATA SATADOM port 5 5 2 2 Pin SATA Power Connector The conga PA5 provides a 5V SATA power connector X11 The maximum current is limited to 1 A by a fuse Table 17 X11 Pinout Description Pin Signal 1 5V max 1 0 A 2 GND Connector Type X11 2x1 pins 2 50 mm pitch Molex 53375 0210 Possible Mating Connector Molex 51...

Page 32: ...faces The conga PA5 supports up to three displays via one DP port one DP over USB Type C port and one LVDS header 5 6 1 DP Port The conga PA5 provides one DP port X5 The maximum supported resolution is 4096 x 2160 60 Hz DP 1 2 Connector Type X5 20 pins DP port X5 ...

Page 33: ...VDS_EVEN_TX2N eDP_TX2N 12 LVDS_ODD_TX2N 13 GND 14 GND 15 LVDS_EVEN_TX1P eDP_TX1P 16 LVDS_ODD_TX1P 17 LVDS_EVEN_TX1N eDP_TX1N 18 LVDS_ODD_TX1N 19 GND 20 GND 21 LVDS_EVEN_TX0P eDP_TX0P 22 LVDS_ODD_TX0P 23 LVDS_EVEN_TX0N eDP_TX0N 24 LVDS_ODD_TX0N 25 GND 26 GND 27 LVDS_EVEN_CLKP eDP_AUXP 28 LVDS_ODD_CLKP 29 LVDS_EVEN_CLKN eDP_AUXN 30 LVDS_ODD_CLKN 31 GND 32 GND 33 CGBC_DDC_DAT 34 CGBC_DDC_CLK 35 VCC 3...

Page 34: ...V Backlight PWM control 5V 6 BKLTEN_5V Backlight Enable 5V 7 BKLTEN Backlight Enable 3 3V 8 BKLTCTL Backlight PWM control 3 3V 9 5V Optional power rail with 5V max 1A 10 5V Optional power rail with 5V max 1A Connector Type X4 10x1 pins 1 5 mm pitch Molex 87437 1043 Possible Mating Connector Molex 87439 1000 5 6 2 2 Panel Power Jumper The conga PA5 supports 3 3 V and 5 V LVDS panels Set the panel v...

Page 35: ...ngatec com Table 21 X15 X16 Pinout Description Pin RS232 Signal RS422 RS485 Signal 1 GND GND 2 TXD TX 3 RTS TX 4 CTS RX 5 RXD RX Connector Type X15 X16 5x1 pins 1 25mm pitch Molex 53261 0571 Possible Mating Connector Molex 51021 0500 Caution If termination is required a 120Ohm termination must be added externally across pin 4 RX and 5 RX Note congatec offers adapter cables for the COM ports see se...

Page 36: ...AM_PWR 3 3V 5 supply voltage to power the camera device 2 CAM_PWR 3 3V 5 supply voltage to power the camera device 3 CAM0_CSI_D0 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 0 4 CAM0_CSI_D0 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 0 5 GND 6 CAM0_CSI_D1 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 1 7 CAM0_CSI_D1 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 1 8 GND 9 CAM0_CSI_D2 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 2 10 CAM0_CSI_D2 CSI2 Camera 0 Data Lane 2 11 CAM0_RST Camera 0 Reset low a...

Page 37: ... 28 GND 29 CAM1_CSI_D0 CSI2 Camera 1 Data Lane 0 30 CAM1_CSI_D0 CSI2 Camera 1 Data Lane 0 31 CAM1_RST Camera 1 Reset low active 32 CAM1_CSI_D1 N C 33 CAM1_CSI_D1 N C 34 GND 35 CAM0_GPIO GPIO for Camera 0 36 CAM1_GPIO GPIO for Camera 1 Connector Type X1 36 pins 0 5mm pitch Hirose FH12A Series Possible Mating Connector I PEX FAW 1223 T1 Note The MIPI interface fuse limits the power budget by 750 mA ...

Page 38: ...K 12 N C 13 REFCLK 14 N C 15 GND 16 N C 17 N C 18 GND 19 N C 20 W_DISABLE 21 GND 22 PERST 23 PERn0 SATA_RX1 24 3 3V 25 PERp0 SATA_RX1 26 GND 27 GND 28 1 5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 31 PETn0 SATA_TX1 32 SMB_DATA 33 PETp0 SATA_TX1 34 GND 35 GND 36 USB_D 37 GND 38 USB_D 39 3 3V 40 GND 41 3 3V 42 N C 43 mSATA_mPCIe_detect 44 LED_WLAN 45 N C 46 N C 47 N C 48 1 5V 49 N C 50 GND 51 N C 52 3 3V 53 GND 54 GND Con...

Page 39: ... to ground 6 GND Ground 7 PWR_BTN Active low signal triggers power up sequence Pulse duration of 4 seconds triggers forced shutdown Signal can also be triggered by the cBC depending on BIOS settings see section 6 2 2 Power Loss Control 8 GND Ground 9 PWR_LED anode LED is on if the system is powered on 10 GND cathode LED is on if the system is powered on 11 SATA_LED anode LED indicates activity on ...

Page 40: ...ndby powered SMB_CLK SMBus Clock line 5 I2C_DAT I2C Data line External PU PD not required 3 3V standby powered SMB_DAT SMBus Data line 6 GND Ground 7 WDTRIG Active low signal resets system watchdog timer and prevents watchdog event External PU PD not required 3 3V runtime powered Input signal for module Should be driven by open collector output SLP_S3 Power state pin 8 WDOUT High active signal mea...

Page 41: ...1_RXD 1 8V BC_UART_RXD 3 3V 10 3 3V 3 3V 3 3V Connector Type X20 10x1 pins 1 25 mm pitch Molex 53398 1071 Possible Mating Connector Molex 51021 1000 Caution The optional SoC UART signals operate at 1 8 V Note 1 The SoC UART port on the feature connector X20 can be offered instead of COM port X15 via an assembly option The signals of this optional SoC UART port are directly connected to the SoC 2 T...

Page 42: ...d reliability even during low power mode 6 2 1 Fan Control The congatec Board Controller on the conga PA5 controls the power supply to the fan with the PWM signal Additionally there is an input signal called FAN_TACHOIN that provides the ability to monitor the system s fan RPMs revolutions per minute This signal must receive two pulses per revolution in order to produce an accurate reading For thi...

Page 43: ...ongatec website or contact technical support The customization features supported are described in the following sections 6 3 1 OEM Default Settings This feature allows system designers to create and store their own BIOS default configuration Customized BIOS development by congatec for OEM default settings is no longer necessary because customers can easily perform this configuration by themselves...

Page 44: ...ir own UEFI DXE driver to the congatec embedded BIOS Contact congatec technical support for more information on how to add an OEM DXE driver 6 4 congatec Battery Management Interface In order to facilitate the development of battery powered mobile systems based on embedded modules congatec has defined an interface for the exchange of data between a x86 CPU module using an ACPI operating system and...

Page 45: ...1 of the CGOS API software developers guide which is available on the congatec website 6 6 GPIOs The conga PA5 SBC provides four GPIs and four GPOs via the congatec board controller The GPI GPO signals are routed to the feature connector X20 6 7 Thermal Voltage Monitoring The CPU onboard the conga PA5 monitors the system temperature while the congatec Board Controller monitors the 12V input voltag...

Page 46: ...Copyright 2017 congatec GmbH PA50m112 46 48 7 Mechanical Drawing 30 6 3 72 66 36 30 6 100 36 X19 CN1 X11 X23 X22 X37 X31 X21 X9 X7 X13 X12 X5 X24 X17 X4 X3 X8 X6 X20 X1 X10 X18 3 ...

Page 47: ...you do not have access to the restricted area of the congatec website contact your local congatec sales representative 8 1 Navigating the BIOS Setup Menu The BIOS setup menu shows the features and options supported in the congatec BIOS To access and navigate the BIOS setup menu press the DEL or F2 key during POST The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for ...

Page 48: ... more information about Updating the BIOS refer to the user s guide for the congatec System Utility CGUTLm1x pdf on the congatec website at www congatec com Note 1 Deprecated Caution The DOS command line tool is not officially supported by congatec and therefore not recommended for critical tasks such as firmware updates We recommend to use only the UEFI shell for critical updates 8 4 Supported Fl...

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