onga-BA945


Low Power COM Express Modul with Intel? Atom? Prozessor N270 and Mobile Intel? 945GME Express Chipset


COM Express Basic
The “Basic” version, based on the COM Express Type 2, measures only 95x125mm2. Pins and mechanics are defined at the PICMG COM Express specification.

Low Power Design
Despite the high processing power, the Intel? Atom? processor N270 gets by with a maximum power dissipation of 2.5W. Thanks to the sophisticated power management provided by the congatec embedded BIOS the actual values reached during practical use remain well below this maximum level.

Hyper Threading
The congatec conga-BA945 supports Intel? Hyper Threading Technology, which means with the appropriate software it has the capability of running two operating systems in parallel and completely independent of one another.

Gigabit Ethernet
The conga-BA945 features Gigabit Ethernet via the COM Express connectors to enable fast communication links.

Lead-free Design (RoHS)
As of July 2006, all electronic products are required to be environmentally friendly. All congatec AG products fulfill this requirements.

Mass Storage
Two serial ATA? drives can be connected as fast mass storage devices. High performance RAID 0 and RAID 1 levels are supported. In order to support economical and robust CompactFlash cards, parallel ATA is also available.

Connectivity
Thanks to the 8x USB 2.0, 2x SATA?, 5x PCI Express Lanes, PCI Express Graphic (PEG), PCI, I2C,... the conga-BA945 offers more connectivity than most other computer modules.

Graphics Efficiency
The integrated Intel? Graphics Media Accelerator 950 features the latest 3D, 2D and video capabilities. It supports up to 224 MByte frame buffer using Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). With EPI support the conga-BA945 automatically recognizes almost every available flat panel display and sets all parameters accordingly. Additional displays can be connected using the analog VGA interface or the SDVO ports. TV-Out is also supported.

Sound
conga-BA945 can utilize several high definition audio (HDA) codecs. This allows for the easy implementation of telephone and audio applications that require the highest sound quality and numerous channels.

Security
The conga-BA945 can be equipped optionally with a ”Trusted Platform Module” (TPM). This TPM includes coprocessors to calculate efficient hash- and RSA-algorithms with key lengths up to 2,048 bits as well as a real random number generator. Security sensitive applications like gaming and ecommerce will benefit also with improved authentification, integrity and confidence levels.

Software and Driver Support
congatec offers advanced Board-Support-Packages for the conga-BA945, which include both the latest tested drivers from silicon vendors and the congatec specific drivers for accessing all of our additional embedded BIOS features. This will help our customers reduce their time-to-market.

Embedded BIOS Features
The conga-BA945 is equipped with the congatec Embedded BIOS and supports the following features:

ACPI Power Management
ACPI Battery Support
Supports Customer Specific CMOS Defaults
Multistage Watchdog
User Data Storage
Manufacturing Data and Board Information
OEM Splash Screen
Flat Panel Auto Detection
BIOS Setup Data Backup
Fast Mode I2C Bus
Real Headless Operation
Design-In Support
congatec support begins with your product idea and philosophy and continues throughout the series phase all the way up to the next product generation. This commitment to support helps our customers keep system development costs low and speeds up time-to-market.

System Integration
An important factor for each system integration is the thermal design. The heatspreader is a thermal coupling interface that makes fanless and rugged solutions possible.