Domain Features
The primary features listed below by domain and any related expansion board hardware or operating system elements required to enable the basic functionality are also described.
Note : Not all libraries and packages in use are listed, and the table contents are subject to change with various instances of the software installed and configuration files loaded.
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Performance specifications listed can be achieved under specific configurations and are not to be considered benchmarking statements or performance indicators.
Feature | Description | Related Hardware | Notes |
Boot and BIOS |
| Module SoC executes BIOS code stored in EEPROM | |
Configuration EEPROM
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Holds product metadata (S/N, date code, etc) that can be read by the module BIOS.
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8-Bit Type M24M02-DR EEPROM at I2 location 0x50-0x53
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Operating System | Linux* kernel is used to provide hardware abstraction, device driver management and debug console controls. |
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Graphics |
| The expansion board provides physical connection for display HDMI devices. | |
Display |
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The development board includes an HDMI re-driver to condition signals provided by the module to the physical Micro HDMI connector. The re-driver device also performs (UDEV) hot-plug detection. Audio streams intended for HDMI output are muxed in the module.
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Storage | Performance will vary across input / output formats and will be influenced by the mass storage system used and any parallel tasks running at the time. |
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Media |
| Compute module GPU and wireless device, storage | |
USB |
| The SoC within the module provide the USB controllers while the expansion board provides electrical signal conditioning and physical interface connectors. | The Micro USB Type-B connector on the expansion board is bridged to UART2 as a serial debug (console) port and cannot be used for USB gadgets. |
Input / Output |
| Devices on the expansion board perform voltage level signal transitions between the physical interfaces and module, where the I/O functionally resides. | |
Wi-Fi* |
| An Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 device is integrated into the module and connected to the SoC over PCIe bus 0. | |
Bluetooth® Low-Energy (BLE) |
| An Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 device is integrated into the module and connected to the SoC over PCIe bus 0. | |
Sensors | Numerous interfaces are available to support various sensors and accessory device connections in either slave or master mode. | There are no discreet hardware sensors on the reference expansion board. | Shield style mezzanine boards can be used to connect sensor devices to the compute module. |
Power and Energy Management |
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Thermal Management |
| The SoC within the compute module has a silicon junction thermistor that can be read by the BIOS and communicated to the OS by middleware functions. | Systems designers are to validate thermal measurement data and cooling solutions for their product designs. |
Debug |
| Intel® Joule™ development platform includes a UART to USB bridge for serial console debug. | Contact the device manufacturer for error reporting and debugging. |