User Guide • PC1-GROOVE • CoreTM i7 CompactPCI®CPU Board
Feature Summary PC1-GROOVE
USB <All ports over-current protected, data transfer rate of up to 480Mbps, conforming to
USB2.0
<2 x USB type A connector (front panel)
<4 x USB ports J2/P2 PlusIO
<2 x USB ports via J-EXP expansion interface option (in use by several mezzanine side
boards)
<4 x USB ports via J-HSE (e.g. C40-SCFA mezzanine storage module)
<Dual EHCI controllers provided by PCH QM57
Ethernet <Total of four 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet controllers, two accessible via RJ45 jacks
from the front panel, two fed to J2/P2 PlusIO
<ETH1 equipped with Intel® 82577LM PHY (codename Hanksville), serves also as AMT out
of band communication path (MAC provided by PCH QM57), Jumbo Frame support up to
4KB
<ETH2...4 equipped with Intel® 82574L GbE controller (codename Hartwell), connected to
local PCIe lanes, supports 9KB jumbo packets, TimeSync Offload compliant with 802.1as
specification
SATA <Total of eight 3Gbps SATA channels available
<Quad-channel Serial ATA 3Gbps available for J2/P2 PluIO (derived from PCH QM57)
<Intel® Matrix Storage Technology MST (Raid 1, 0, Matrix Raid)
<Secondary on-board PCIe to SATA controller JMB362, dual channel SATA RAID, available
via J-HSE expansion connector (plus 2 SATA channels in addition from PCH QM57)
<Additional PCIe to SATA controller on mezzanine side boards e.g. CCI-RAP,
CCK-MARIMBA, CCL-CAPELLA, CCO-CONCERT
PATA (IDE) <Option mezzanine module attached to J-HSE expansion connector
<C40-SCFA mezzanine module available with on-board SATA to PATA bridge and
CompactFlash socket
PCI Express <12-Port PCIe Gen 2 switch provides 4 lanes to PCIe high-speed connector J-PCIE for CCJ-
RHYTHM and other mezzanine expansion cards, and 4 lanes to J2/P2 PlusIO interface
<Possible configurations on each interface 1 Link x 4 Lanes, 4 Links x 1 Lane
Mezzanine
Side Board
I/O
<J-EXP Legacy expansion interface connector LPC/USB/Audio (SIO, USB, HD Audio)
<J-HSE High-speed expansion interface connector (4 x SATA, 4 x USB)
<J-PCIE PCI Express 4-lane high-speed expansion connector
<J-SDVO2 additional digital graphics port high-speed expansion connector
<Suitable mezzanine companion side boards available, e.g.:
<CCI-RAP: 2 x PCI Express Mini Card sockets (WLAN, GSM, Wimax, Intel® Turbo
Memory), options secondary DVI-D, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), USB SSD, C20-SATA
mezzanine storage module (accommodates up to 2 SATA hard disk drives 2.5-inch
RAID capable)
<CCJ-RHYTHM: CompactPCI Express system slot controller function by on board 6-port
24-lane PCIe switch, options DVI-D, IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
<CCK-MARIMBA: PMC/XMC module carrier, option C20-SATA mezzanine storage
module
<CCL-CAPELLA: Up to 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, options IEEE 1394 (FireWire), USB SSD,
C20-SATA mezzanine module
<CCO-CONCERT: Audio analog/digital, option secondary DVI-D
<C23-SATA: PCIe to 2 x SATA 1 x PATA controller
<C40-SCFA: SATA to PATA bridge & CompactFlash header, option USB SSD, 4HP
envelope maintained
<C42-SATA: 1.8-inch SATA Solid State Drive (SSD), 4HP envelope maintained
J2
CompactPCI®
PlusIO
<Suitable PlusIO backplanes available (e.g. Schroff)
<High-Speed UHM connector
<4 x PCIe
<4 x Serial ATA (SATA)
<2 x Gbit Ethernet
<4 x USB
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