Seco Qseven CQ7-A42, User Manual

Page 1: ...CQ7 A42 Carrier Board for Qseven Rel 2 0 Compliant Modules on 3 5 form factor ...

Page 2: ...erein SECO S r l reserves the right to change precise specifications without prior notice to supply the best product possible For further information on this module or other SECO products but also to get the required assistance for any and possible issues please contact us using the dedicated web form available at http www seco com registration required Our team is ready to assist you Revision Dat...

Page 3: ...Chapter 2 2 1 Introduction 13 2 2 Technical Specifications 14 2 3 Electrical Specifications 15 2 3 1 RTC Battery 15 2 3 2 Power Rails meanings 16 2 4 Mechanical Specifications 16 2 5 Block Diagram 17 CONNECTORS 18 Chapter 3 3 1 Connectors placement 19 3 2 Connectors overview 20 3 2 1 Connectors list 20 3 2 2 Jumpers list 20 3 3 Connectors description 21 3 3 1 Qseven Connector 21 3 3 2 Boot alterna...

Page 4: ...bo card slot 39 3 3 13 Serial ports 40 3 3 14 CAN terminal block 41 3 3 15 LPC GPIO Pin header 42 3 3 16 SPI Pin header 42 3 3 17 Feature internal pin header 43 3 3 18 GPIO internal pin header 44 3 3 19 FAN Connector 44 3 3 20 Optional Manufacturer and Debug Connectors 45 Appendices 46 Chapter 4 4 1 Thermal Design 47 4 2 Accessories 48 4 2 1 Accessories kit CABKITA42 48 4 2 2 HD Audio Adapter modu...

Page 5: ... Last Edition 2 0 Author S B Reviewed by G G Copyright 2016 SECO S r l 5 Chapter 1 Warranty Information and assistance RMA number request Safety Electrostatic Discharges RoHS compliance Terminology and definitions Reference specifications ...

Page 6: ...he RMA authorisation number must be put both on the packaging and on the documents shipped with the items which must include all the accessories in their original packaging with no signs of damage to or tampering with any returned item The error analysis form identifying the fault type must be completed by the customer and must accompany the returned item If any of the above mentioned requirements...

Page 7: ...ossible to send the faulty product to the SECO Repair Centre In this case follow this procedure o Returned items must be accompanied by a RMA Number Items sent without the RMA number will be not accepted o Returned items must be shipped in an appropriate package SECO is not responsible for damages caused by accidental drop improper usage or customer neglect Note Please have the following informati...

Page 8: ...h voltages caused by static electricity could damage some or all the devices and or components on board 1 6 RoHS compliance The CQ7 A42 board is designed using RoHS compliant components and is manufactured on a lead free production line It is therefore fully RoHS compliant Always switch the power off and unplug the power supply unit before handling the board and or connecting cables or other board...

Page 9: ...ort a type of digital video display interface developed especially for internal connections between boards and digital displays GbE Gigabit Ethernet Gbps Gigabits per second GND Ground GPI O General purpose Input Output HD Audio High Definition Audio most recent standard for hardware codecs developed by Intel in 2004 for higher audio quality HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface a digital audi...

Page 10: ...es all data of the owner necessary to allow him accessing to mobile communication networks SM Bus System Management Bus a subset of the I2C bus dedicated to communication with devices for system management like a smart battery and other power supply related devices SPI Serial Peripheral Interface a 4 Wire synchronous full duplex serial interface which is composed a master and one or more slaves in...

Page 11: ...x aspx I2C http www nxp com documents other UM10204_v5 pdf I2S https www sparkfun com datasheets BreakoutBoards I2SBUS pdf LPC Bus http www intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm LVDS http www ti com ww en analog interface lvds shtml http www ti com lit ml snla187 snla187 pdf PCI Express http www pcisig com specifications pciexpress Qseven specifications http www sget org uploads media Qseven ...

Page 12: ... A42 Rev First Edition 1 0 Last Edition 2 0 Author S B Reviewed by G G Copyright 2016 SECO S r l 12 Chapter 2 Introduction Technical Specifications Electrical Specifications Mechanical Specifications Block Diagram ...

Page 13: ...onalities other than included in the standard Qseven bus interface The connection to the Qseven board is implemented through a standardized MXM connector which is a proven high speed signal interface connector The board has been specifically designed for taking advantage of all possible features that can be offered by x86 and or ARM architectures on Qseven modules All the features on the CQ7 A42 b...

Page 14: ...igurable serial port on DB9 male connector 2 x RS 232 Full modem serial ports on internal header need LPC interface from Qseven module CAN interface on PCB terminal block Other Interfaces SPI internal pin header LPC Bus internal pin header SM Bus I2C GPIO expander makes available 16 x GPIOs on internal pin header Front Panel Header 1 x 28 pin connector for additional features I2C ACPI signals SM B...

Page 15: ...e carrier board to supply other external peripherals like Audio adapter modules HDD display Backlight FAN it is very important to balance well the typical final configuration summing all possible power consumptions This way it is possible to choose a PSU capable to supply enough current for the whole system 2 3 1 RTC Battery For the occurrences when the system Carrier Board Qseven module is not po...

Page 16: ...de of eight layers some of them are ground planes for disturbance rejection In order to fix the Qseven module to the carrier board on CQ7 A42 are soldered two metallic spacers those farthest from MXM connector height 7mm 2 5mm diameter that can be used for the fixing of standard size Qseven modules As a factory alternative it is possible to solder two spacers for fixing of μQseven modules this fac...

Page 17: ...iver UART to USB bridge 2 x RS 232 Transceiver EXAR XR28V382 SuperI O Serial port DB9 Connector ON Semiconductor CAT9555 I O Expander GPIO header LPC Bus GPIO header LCD display power eDP or LVDS header factory option SPI internal header Front Panel header FAN connector Feature internal header RS232 422 485 Transceiver Coin Cell battery holder Power Section Mini Fit Power connector SMBus PCIe lane...

Page 18: ...CQ7 A42 CQ7 A42 Rev First Edition 1 0 Last Edition 2 0 Author S B Reviewed by G G Copyright 2016 SECO S r l 18 Chapter 3 Connectors placement Connectors overview Connectors description ...

Page 19: ... appearance of the board could be different from the following pictures TOP SIDE BOTTOM SIDE Optional backlight CAN terminal block SATA Power Qseven connector SATA Port 1 SPI Interface USB ports 4 5 header Optional eDP connectors Battery Holder Optional Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gigabit Ethernet 0 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 DB9 port USB ports 2 3 USB port 0 RS 232 Serial 1 RS 232 Serial 2 Optional Debug USB Au...

Page 20: ...k CN10 USB 2 0 ports 4 5 pin header CN27 Optional Debug USB port CN11 USB 2 0 type A ports 2 3 CN28 Audio interface internal pin header CN12 USB 3 0 type A port 0 CN29 DB9 male configurable RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 serial port CN13 USB 2 0 type micro AB port 1 CN30 Feature internal pin header CN14 Optional embedded Display Port 0 CN31 RS 232 Serial Port 1 internal pin header CN15 Optional embedded Dis...

Page 21: ...of Qseven module Qseven Connector CN1 BOTTOM SIDE TOP SIDE Description Pin name Pin nr Pin nr Pin name Description Power Ground GND 1 2 GND Power Ground Gigabit Ethernet differential pair 3 GBE_MDI3 3 4 GBE_MDI2 Gigabit Ethernet differential pair 2 Gigabit Ethernet differential pair 3 GBE_MDI3 5 6 GBE_MDI2 Gigabit Ethernet differential pair 2 Ethernet 100Mb s link indicator GBE_LINK100 7 8 GBE_LIN...

Page 22: ... Power Ground Audio Synchronization output signal HDA_SYNC I2S_WS 59 60 SMB_CLK System Management Bus Clock Audio Codec Reset output HDA_RST I2S_RST 61 62 SMB_DAT System Management Bus Data Audio Bit Clock output HDA_BCLK I2S_CLK 63 64 SMB_ALERT System Management Bus Alert Audio Serial Data Input HDA_SDI I2S_SDI 65 66 GP0_I2C_CLK I2 C Bus Clock Line Audio Serial Data Output HDA_SDO I2S_SDO 67 68 G...

Page 23: ...annel pair 3 LVDS or eDP primary channel pair 3 LVDS_A3 eDP0_TX3 115 116 LVDS_B3 eDP1_TX3 LVDS or eDP secondary channel pair 3 Power Ground GND 117 118 GND Power Ground LVDS primary channel Clock or eDP primary auxiliary channel LVDS_A_CLK eDP0_AUX 119 120 LVDS_B_CLK eDP1_AUX LVDS secondary channel Clock or eDP secondary auxiliary channel LVDS primary channel Clock or eDP primary auxiliary channel...

Page 24: ...t PCI E Channel 1 Transmit PCIE1_TX 173 174 PCIE1_RX PCI E Channel 1 Receive PCI E Channel 0 Transmit PCIE1_TX 175 176 PCIE1_RX PCI E Channel 1 Receive TTL Serial Port Receive signal UART0_RX 177 178 UART0_CTS TTL Serial Port Clear To Send input PCI E Channel 0 Transmit PCIE0_TX 179 180 PCIE0_RX PCI E Channel 0 Receive PCI E Channel 0 Transmit PCIE0_TX 181 182 PCIE0_RX PCI E Channel 0 Receive Powe...

Page 25: ...219 220 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line Switched Power Supply Line 5V_S 221 222 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line Switched Power Supply Line 5V_S 223 224 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line Switched Power Supply Line 5V_S 225 226 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line Switched Power Supply Line 5V_S 227 228 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line Switched Power Supply Line 5V_S 229 230 5V_S Switched Power Supply Line ...

Page 26: ...ally to work with the existing network Please be aware that they will work in Gigabit mode only in case that they are connected to Gigabit Ethernet switches hubs routers For the connection cables category Cat5e or better are required Cables category Cat6 are recommended for noise reduction and EMC compatibility issues especially when the length of the cable is significant GBEx_MDI0 GBEx_MDI0 Ether...

Page 27: ...USB 3 0 port is available on a single USB connector CN12 which is placed near the Gigabit Ethernet connectors The connector used is a type A USB 3 0 receptacle Since this connector is a standard type receptacle it can be connected to all types of USB 1 1 USB 2 0 USB 3 0 devices using Standard A USB 3 0 or USB 2 0 plugs For USB 3 0 connections it is mandatory the use of SuperSpeed certified cables ...

Page 28: ...n the functionalities offered by the Qseven module used however For this reason this port is carried out through a standard micro AB connector described in the table on the left Depending on the support offered by the Qseven module and from the needed use of the system it is necessary to connect micro A or micro B USB cables to connector CN13 A micro A USB cable has to be used when the system has ...

Page 29: ...rt connector mounted In this case the connector mounted will be type WinWin p n WDPE 20F3L1BU3 or equivalent with the pinout shown in the table on the left Such a pinout allows the implementation of a DP interface i e an interface able to support both DP and HDMI DVI displays by using dedicated adapters Please be aware that this feature is possible only in the case the Qseven module used supports ...

Page 30: ...I management are the following TMDS_CLK TMDS_CLK TMDS differential Clock TMDS_LANE0 TMDS_LANE0 TMDS differential pair 0 TMDS_LANE1 TMDS_LANE1 TMDS differential pair 1 TMDS_LANE2 TMDS_LANE2 TMDS differential pair 2 HDMI_CTRL_DAT DDC Data line for HDMI panel HDMI_CTRL_CLK DDC Clock line for HDMI panel HDMI_CEC HDMI Consumer Electronics Control CEC Line As already described in the description of opti...

Page 31: ... table on the left Mating connector JST p n PHDR 34VS with HR SPHD 002T P0 5 female crimp terminals Display Data Channel signals are also provided in case that the Qseven module used supports them Most of the signals available on this connector come out directly from the Qseven connector please check the related table for a description of the signals eDP0_HPD and eDP1_HPD are derived by the signal...

Page 32: ...SE means that these voltages are protected by a polyswitch resettable fuse LCD software driven voltage i e signal SW_VDD_FUSE can also be regulated to be connected to 5V_A or 3 3V_A using jumper JP4 which is a standard pin header P2 54mm 1x3 pin Similarly backlight software driven voltage signal SW_BACK_FUSE can be regulated to be connected to 12V_A or 5V_A using jumper JP3 which is another standa...

Page 33: ...o be used for setting SW_BACK_FUSE and SW_VDD_FUSE voltage values Optional eDP 0 connector CN14 Optional eDP 1 connector CN15 Pin nr Pin name Pin nr Pin name 1 N C 1 N C 2 SW_BACK_FUSE 2 SW_BACK_FUSE 3 SW_BACK_FUSE 3 SW_BACK_FUSE 4 SW_BACK_FUSE 4 SW_BACK_FUSE 5 SW_BACK_FUSE 5 SW_BACK_FUSE 6 N C 6 N C 7 N C 7 N C 8 LVDS_BLT_CTRL 8 LVDS_BLT_CTRL 9 LVDS_BACKLIGHT_EN 9 LVDS_BACKLIGHT_EN 10 GND 10 GND ...

Page 34: ... HD Audio AC 97 I2S Serial Data Output signal HDA_SYNC I2S_WS HD Audio AC 97 Serial Bus Synchronization or I2S Word Select signal HDA_RST I2S_RST HD Audio AC 97 I2S Codec Reset signal HDA_BCLK I2S_CLK HD Audio AC 97 24MHz Serial Bit Clock or I2S Serial Data Clock signal SPKR Speaker output GP0_I2C_DAT General Purpose I2C data line GP0_I2C_CLK General Purpose I2C clock line Please be aware that usi...

Page 35: ...al has to be connected to an external momentary pushbutton contacts normally open When the pushbutton is pressed the pulse of Reset signal will cause the reset of the board PWR_SW_P Power switch input signal open drain This signal has to be connected to an external momentary pushbutton contacts normally open Upon the pressure of this pushbutton the pulse of this signal will let the switched voltag...

Page 36: ...external Hard Disks or Solid State Disks connected to the SATA male connector The dedicated power connector is a 4 pin male connector type MOLEX p n 89400 0420 or equivalent with pinout shown in the table on the left Mating connector MOLEX 87369 0400 crimp housing with MOLEX 51021 crimp terminals An adapter cable for powering SATA disks from this connector is also contained inside the dedicated ca...

Page 37: ..._RX Serial ATA Channel Receive differential pair Please be aware that mSATA slot will work only in case the Qseven module carries out SATA Channel 0 on Qseven connector pins 29 31 35 37 In case the Qseven module used doesn t have these signals connected then this slot will not be usable mSATA Slot CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 N C 2 3 3V_S 3 N C 4 GND 5 N C 6 N C 7 N C 8 N C 9 GND 10 N C 11 N C 12 N...

Page 38: ...t it must be externally driven by the miniPCI e module inserted in the slot when it requires waking up the system PCIE_RST Reset Signal that is sent from Qseven module to all PCI e devices available on the board i e the optional additional GbE controller and on the miniPCI e module It is a 3 3V active low signal PCIE0_CLOCK_REQUEST PCI Express Clock Request Input This signal shall be driven correc...

Page 39: ...mplements this functionality Please refer to the User Manual of the used Qseven module for information about Card types supported by the chipset Moreover as already stated in par 3 3 11 CQ7 A42 carrier board can accept also miniSIM cards for use of miniPCI Express modems These cards can be inserted in the dedicated slot of connector CN5 which is a combo μSD MMC miniSIM connector push push type 2 7...

Page 40: ...erial port coming out from Qseven connector Such a serial port is available on connector CN29 which is a standard DB 9 male connector According to the working mode selected via jumpers JP7 and JP8 the pinout of the connector will be as described in the following table Please consider that RS 232 signals RxD_0 TxD_0 RTS_0 and CTS_0 are obtained from signals UART0_RX UART0_TX UART0_RTS and UART0_CTS...

Page 41: ...A42 for CQ7 A42 carrier board Please also check chapter 4 2 1 for further details 3 3 14 CAN terminal block According to Qseven specifications the modules can optionally offer a CAN interface since many architectures offer this kind of interface natively For this reason on CQ7 A42 carrier board there is a CAN transceiver which allows the system to be interfaced directly to any CAN Network The inte...

Page 42: ...dule used for a description of effective signals available on this pin header considering the correspondence with the card edge connector 3 3 16 SPI Pin header It is possible to use SPI interface coming out from Qseven card edge connector for the connection of external SPI Devices like EEPROM or Flash devices but any kind of SPI device can be connected For this purpose it is available a dual row 1...

Page 43: ...eady realised by the carrier board For this purpose it is available a dual row 28 pin P2 54mm standard pin header with the pinout shown in the table on the left All the signals available on this connector come out directly from the Qseven connector please check the related table for a description of the signals Feature internal pin header CN30 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V_A 2 3 3V_S 3 SMB_CLK 4 GP...

Page 44: ...e is connected to SMBALERT signal otherwise it is connected to FAN_TACHOIN signal 3 3 19 FAN Connector Depending on the usage model of systems based on CQ7 A42 carrier board for critical applications environments it is available a 3 pin dedicated connector for an external 12VDC FAN FAN Connector is a 3 pin single line SMT connector type MOLEX 22 27 2031 or equivalent with pinout shown in the table...

Page 45: ...CN2 is a 1 25mm pitch connector type MOLEX p n 53398 0771 or equivalent Mating connector MOLEX 51021 0700 receptacle with MOLEX 50058 or 50079 crimp terminals Please be aware that Debug UART when routed to this connector on pins dedicated to signals MFG_NC1 and MFG_NC2 will be available at TTL level i e it cannot be used for a direct connection to a common RS 232 serial port like those available o...

Page 46: ...CQ7 A42 CQ7 A42 Rev First Edition 1 0 Last Edition 2 0 Author S B Reviewed by G G Copyright 2016 SECO S r l 46 Chapter 4 Thermal Design Accessories ...

Page 47: ...ipes and so on Conversely heatsinks in some situation can represent the cooling solution Until the modules are used on a development Carrier board on free air just for software development and system tuning then a finned heatsink could be sufficient for modules cooling Anyhow please remember that all depends also on the workload of the processor Heavy computational tasks will generate much heat In...

Page 48: ...s connector CN28 are carried out the generic audio signals coming out from the Qseven module For the Qseven modules offering HD Audio interface it is possible to use an HD Audio adapter module which can be mounted directly on carrier board s connector CN28 piggyback connection The module embeds a Cirrus Logic CS4207 HD Audio Codec and makes available two audio interfaces on standard 3 5mm stereo a...

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