Introduction
Your Sam460ex board is ready to go.
Just connect a hard drive, monitor, mouse and keyboard, and switch it on!
It can be housed into a flex-ATX, micro-ATX or full ATX computer case.
The use of a good quality ATX power supply is strongly advised for a correct operation of the
board.
Sam460ex Hardware Specifications
flex-ATX form factor (21.6 x 17 cm)
8 layers PCB
AMCC 460ex SoC – upto 1.150 Ghz
max 2 GB DDR2 Ram – 200-pin SODIMM
Silicon Motion SM502 embedded MoC (audio/video) max 64MB Gfx RAM
Audio 5.1 Realtek ALC655 codec
PCI-express 4x lanes slot (16x mechanical connector)
PCI-express 1x lane slot (* check notes)
PCI slot, 32 bits, 33/66 Mhz, 3.3V
1x SATA2 port (* check notes)
6x USB2 EHCI/OHCI ports + 1 USB1.1 port
1x 10/100/1000 Ethernet port (another 10/100/1000 Ethernet port is optional)
Lattice XP2 FPGA with 80 I/O pins expansion connector (connector is optional)
UMTS/GSM module (optional requires add-on card)
512 MB NAND Flash (optional)
integrated SD card reader
RTC clock
Serial port, 8-wires
I2C and SPI/I2C buses
passive cooling
U-Boot 2010.06
Connectors
Case panel connector (near the ATX Power connector) - J29
1-2 HD led
3-4 Power led
5-6 Power Switch
7-8 Reset Switch
Note: on computer cases with a single switch off/reset button, connect the button to pins 5-6
on J29. To reset the board, press shortly the button. To switch it off, keep pressed the button
for 2-3 seconds.
ATX Power connector - J36
RAM (DDR2 - 200-pin SODIMM) max 2 GB – J4
(we suggest the use of a 667/800 Mhz module)
