11. I/O EXPANSION & CoM Express SOCKETS

This page describes the expansion sockets & CoM Express connector available on Athena IV.

The functionalities on Athena IV is enhanced by the expansion sockets available on-board. There are two I/O expansion sockets & one CoMEx socket on Athena IV.

The two I/O expansions sockets present on Athena IV are:

  1. PC/104

  2. M.2 SATA

Apart from I/O expansion, Athena IV also hosts a CoM Express AB connector. This connector is used to connect the Type 10 CoMEx Mini CPU module.

The pinout details of these sockets are briefed below.

11.1 PC/104 Expansion Connectors [J1, J2]

The ISA interface on Athena IV is accessed on PC/104 connectors. PC/104 connectors are a combination of two connectors; 2x32 connector & 2x20 connector. The 2x32 connector hosts the 8-bit ISA I/O cards. For added 16-bit ISA I/O support, the 2x20 connector is used. Athena IV supports interrupts, 8-bit & 16-bit transactions on the ISA bus.

The PC/104 connectors are press-fit stack through connectors. The ISA I/O cards can be either mounted on the top or the bottom. However, the ISA I/O are recommended to be mounted on the bottom side. This is to avoid blocking airflow over the top-side heat sink on Athena IV.

The 64-pin connector incorporates the 8-bit bus connector signals, and the 40-pin header incorporates the 36-pin 16-bit bus connector signals.

The resources available for external ISA cards are provided below:

Available ISA Address Ranges: 0x100 - 17F, 0x200 - 0x28F, 0x300 - 0x37F

Available ISA IRQs: 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15

Pinouts are as shown below:

Connector PN: J1; EPT# 962-60323-12, J2; EPT# 962-60203-12

11.2 M.2 SATA [J10]

Athena IV provides an M-Keyed 2230 size socket for storage applications. Pinouts are as shown below:

NOTE: The NC pins are not connected on Athena IV.

Connector PN: MDT320M03001

11.3 CoM Express Module [J18]

A 220-pin connector is used to mount the CoMEx CPU module. Pinouts are as shown below:

GND

A1

B1

GND

GBE0_MDI3-

A2

B2

GBE0_ACT#

GBE0_MDI3+

A3

B3

LPC_FRAME#

GBE0_LINK100#

A4

B4

LPC_AD0

GBE0_LINK1000#

A5

B5

LPC_AD1

GBE0_MDI2-

A6

B6

LPC_AD2

GBE0_MDI2+

A7

B7

LPC_AD3

GBE0_LINK# (NC)

A8

B8

LPC_DRQ0# (NC)

GBE0_MDI1-

A9

B9

LPC_DRQ1# (NC)

GBE0_MDI1+

A10

B10

LPC_CLK

GND

A11

B11

GND

GBE0_MDI0-

A12

B12

PWRBTN#

GBE0_MDI0+

A13

B13

SMB_CK

GBE0_CTREF (NC)

A14

B14

SMB_DAT

SUS_S3#

A15

B15

SMB_ALERT# (NC)

SATA0_TX+

A16

B16

SATA1_TX+

SATA0_TX-

A17

B17

SATA1_TX-

SUS_S4#

A18

B18

SUS_STAT#

SATA0_RX+

A19

B19

SATA1_RX+

SATA0_RX-

A20

B20

SATA1_RX-

GND

A21

B21

GND

USB_SSRX0-

A22

B22

USB_SSTX0-

USB_SSRX0+

A23

B23

USB_SSTX0+

SUS_S5#

A24

B24

PWR_OK

USB_SSRX1- (NC)

A25

B25

USB_SSTX1- (NC)

USB_SSRX1+ (NC)

A26

B26

USB_SSTX1+ (NC)

BATLOW# (NC)

A27

B27

WDT (NC)

ATA_ACT#

A28

B28

AC_SDIN2 (NC)

AC_SYNC

A29

B29

AC_SDIN1 (NC)

AC_RST#

A30

B30

AC_SDIN0

GND

A31

B31

GND

AC_BITCLK

A32

B32

SPKR

AC_SDOUT

A33

B33

I2C_CK

BIOS_DIS0#

A34

B34

I2C_DAT

THRMTRIP# (NC)

A35

B35

THRM# (NC)

USB6- (NC)

A36

B36

USB7- (NC)

USB6+ (NC)

A37

B37

USB7+ (NC)

USB_6_7_OC# (NC)

A38

B38

USB_4_5_OC# (NC)

USB4-

A39

B39

USB5- (NC)

USB4+

A40

B40

USB5+ (NC)

GND

A41

B41

GND

USB2-

A42

B42

USB3-

USB2+

A43

B43

USB3+

USB_2_3_OC# (NC)

A44

B44

USB_0_1_OC# (NC)

USB0-

A45

B45

USB1-

USB0+

A46

B46

USB1+

VCC_RTC

A47

B47

EXCD1_PERST# (NC)

EXCD0_PERST# (NC)

A48

B48

EXCD1_CPPE# (NC)

EXCD0_CPPE# (NC)

A49

B49

SYS_RESET#

LPC_SERIRQ

A50

B50

CB_RESET#

GND

A51

B51

GND

RSVD (NC)

A52

B52

RSVD (NC)

RSVD (NC)

A53

B53

RSVD (NC)

SD_DATA0 (NC)

A54

B54

SD_CMD (NC)

RSVD (NC)

A55

B55

RSVD (NC)

RSVD (NC)

A56

B56

RSVD (NC)

GND

A57

B57

SD_WP (NC)

PCIE_TX3+ (NC)

A58

B58

PCIE_RX3+ (NC)

PCIE_TX3- (NC)

A59

B59

PCIE_RX3- (NC)

GND

A60

B60

GND

PCIE_TX2+

A61

B61

PCIE_RX2+

PCIE_TX2-

A62

B62

PCIE_RX2-

SD_DATA1 (NC)

A63

B63

SD_CD# (NC)

PCIE_TX1+

A64

B64

PCIE_RX1+

PCIE_TX1-

A65

B65

PCIE_RX1-

GND

A66

B66

WAKE0#

SD_DATA2 (NC)

A67

B67

WAKE1# (NC)

PCIE_TX0+

A68

B68

PCIE_RX0+

PCIE_TX0-

A69

B69

PCIE_RX0-

GND

A70

B70

GND

LVDS_A0+

A71

B71

DDI0_PAIR0+

LVDS_A0-

A72

B72

DDI0_PAIR0-

LVDS_A1+

A73

B73

DDI0_PAIR1+

LVDS_A1-

A74

B74

DDI0_PAIR1-

LVDS_A2+

A75

B75

DDI0_PAIR2+ (NC)

LVDS_A2-

A76

B76

DDI0_PAIR2- (NC)

LVDS_VDD_EN

A77

B77

DDI0_PAIR4+ (NC)

LVDS_A3+

A78

B78

DDI0_PAIR4- (NC)

LVDS_A3-

A79

B79

LVDS_BKLT_EN

GND

A80

B80

GND

LVDS_A_CLK+

A81

B81

DDI0_PAIR3+ (NC)

LVDS_A_CLK-

A82

B82

DDI0_PAIR3- (NC)

LVDS_I2C _CK (NC)

A83

B83

LVDS_BKLT_CTRL

LVDS_I2C_DAT (NC)

A84

B84

VCC_5V_SBY

SD_DATA3

A85

B85

VCC_5V_SBY

RSVD (NC)

A86

B86

VCC_5V_SBY

RSVD (NC)

A87

B87

VCC_5V_SBY

PCIE0_CK_REF+

A88

B88

BIOS_DIS1#

PCIE0_CK_REF-

A89

B89

DDI0_HPD

GND

A90

B90

GND

SPI_POWER

A91

B91

DDIO_PAIR5+ (NC)

SPI_MSIO

A92

B92

DDIO_PAIR5- (NC)

SD_CLK (NC)

A93

B93

DDIO_PAIR6+ (NC)

SPI_CKL

A94

B94

DDIO_PAIR6- (NC)

SPI_MOSI

A95

B95

DDI0_DDC_AUX_SEL (NC)

TPM_PP (NC)

A96

B96

USB_HOST_PRSNT (NC)

TYPE10# (NC)

A97

B97

SPI_CS#

SER0_TX

A98

B98

DDI0_CTRLCLK_AUX+

SER0_RX

A99

B99

DDI0_CTRLCLK_AUX-

GND

A100

B100

GND

SER1_TX (NC)

A101

B101

FAN_PWMOUT (NC)

SER1_RX (NC)

A102

B102

FAN_TACHIN (NC)

LID# (NC)

A103

B103

SLEEP# (NC)

VCC_5V

A104

B104

VCC_5V

VCC_5V

A105

B105

VCC_5V

VCC_5V

A106

B106

VCC_5V

VCC_5V

A107

B107

VCC_5V

VCC_5V

A108

B108

VCC_5V

VCC_5V

A109

B109

VCC_5V

GND

A110

B110

GND

NOTE: The NC pins are not connected on Athena IV.

Connector PN: Foxconn# QT002206-4131-3H

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