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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8
1.1 Acronyms................................................................................................................. 8
1.2 Reference documents ................................................................................................ 9
System on a Module Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.1 Intel® Joule™ configurations ...................................................................................... 9
2.2 Intel® Joule™ feature summary.................................................................................10
2.3 Expansion board requirements ...................................................................................10
2.3.1
Method for connecting module to expansion board ..........................................10
2.3.2
Method to provide +VSYS power to the module ..............................................10
2.3.3
Required strapping of module pins ................................................................11
2.3.4
BIOS installed onto module..........................................................................11
2.4 Expansion board recommendations.............................................................................11
2.4.1
External EEPROM for multipurpose pin configuration data.................................11
2.4.2
Power button .............................................................................................11
2.4.3
DnX button................................................................................................11
2.4.4
Real time clock (RTC) backup power source ...................................................11
2.4.5
UART debugging.........................................................................................11
Power Delivery, Signaling, and Reset .............................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Main power supply (VSYS).........................................................................................12
3.2 Power on signaling ...................................................................................................12
3.2.1
+VDC_IN power sensing..............................................................................12
3.2.2
+VBUS power sensing.................................................................................12
3.2.3
Power good ...............................................................................................12
3.3 Hard shutdown via power button ................................................................................12
3.4 System voltage rail specifications ...............................................................................13
Graphics Specifications....................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.1 Intel® Gen9LP features ............................................................................................13
4.2 Graphic encoder and decoder support .........................................................................14
4.3 HDMI* signal group specifications ..............................................................................14
Wireless Connectivity .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
5.1 Intel
®
Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 highlights...............................................................15
5.1.1
Wi-Fi features ............................................................................................15
®
5.2 Bluetooth highlights ................................................................................................15
5.2.1
Supported Bluetooth
®
profiles ......................................................................15
5.3 Security ..................................................................................................................16
5.4 Wireless antenna connectors......................................................................................16
5.5 The Intel
®
Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 support site......................................................16
SD Card Interface.................................................................................................................................................................. 17
6.1 SD card interface features .........................................................................................17
6.1.1
SD card signal group specifications ...............................................................17
Module Connectors .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
7.1 Module dimensions ...................................................................................................17
7.2 Module to expansion board connectors ........................................................................18
7.2.1
Module electrostatic discharge......................................................................18
7.2.2
J6 connector interface signals ......................................................................18
7.2.3
J7 connector interface signals ......................................................................20
I2C Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
8.1 I2C features ............................................................................................................22
8.2 I2C default configuration ...........................................................................................22
8.3 I2C signal group specifications ...................................................................................22
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Clock Specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 22
9.1 RTC backup battery ..................................................................................................22
10 UART Specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 23
10.1 UART availability ......................................................................................................23
11 I2S Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
11.1 I2S signal group specifications ...................................................................................23
11.1.1
I2S available formats ..................................................................................23
11.2 Digital microphone ports ...........................................................................................24
12 GPIO Specifications.............................................................................................................................................................. 24
12.1 Dedicated GPIO lines ................................................................................................24
12.2 Reconfigurable interfaces buses as GPIO .....................................................................24
12.3 GPIO internal pull UP / pull DOWN resistors .................................................................24
12.4 Linux* GPIO to function mapping ...............................................................................25
13 Pulse Width Modulators ..................................................................................................................................................... 26
13.1 PWM frequency formula: ...........................................................................................26
13.2 PWM duty cycle formula:...........................................................................................26
14 Universal Serial Bus ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
14.1 Available USB ports ..................................................................................................26
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