The cExpress-AL is a COM Express® COM.0 R3.0 Type 6 module supporting the Intel Atom® processor, Intel® Pentium® processor and Intel® Celeron® processor system-on-chip (SoC). The cExpress-AL is specifically designed for customers who need optimized processing and graphics performance with low power consumption in a long product life solution.
The Intel Atom® processor, Intel® Pentium® processor and Intel® Celeron® processor and support non-ECC type DDR3L dual-channel memory at 1600/1867 MHz to provide excellent overall performance. Integrated IntelR Gen9 LP Graphics includes features such as OpenGL 4.3, DirectX 12, OpenCL 2.0; and support for H.265/HEVC, H.264, MPEG2, VC1, VP9, MVC, JPEG/MJPEG hardware decode. Up to three independent displays are available from DDI ports supporting HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort, optional VGA, single/dual-channel 18/24-bit LVDS and optional eDP.
The cExpress-AL is specifically designed for customers with balanced performance/power consumption requirements who want to outsource the custom core logic of their systems for reduced development time. The cExpress-AL has dual stacked SODIMM sockets for up to 8 GB non-ECC type DDR3L memory. Featured IO include a single Gigabit Ethernet port, USB 3.0 ports and USB 2.0 ports, SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and up to 5 PCIe x1 lanes. In addition, SD signals are muxed with GPIO. Support is provided for SMBus and I2C. The module is equipped with SPI AMI EFI BIOS, supporting embedded features such as remote console, CMOS backup, hardware monitor, and watchdog timer. An optional eMMC 5.0 (8/16/32 GB) is supported.
At the heart of SEMA is the Board Management Controller (BMC) supporting SEMA functions. The SEMA Extended EAPI provides access to all functions and can be integrated into the user’s own applications. The SEMA GUI and SEMA Command Line Interface allow monitoring, control and use of the SEMA parameters and functions directly on your device for test and demonstration purposes.Optionally SEMA supports also remote procedure calls – please refer to SEMA Software Installation Guide.
Detailed forensic information is available after system or module failures. The BMC Power-Up Error Log function provides detailed information about history of failures that may have occurred during power-up sequences. Log information includes e.g. error number, flags, restart event, power cycles, boot count, status, CPU temperature and board temperature. Moreover minimum and maximum temperature of the CPU and system is available, as well as HDD S.M.A.R.T information- all of which can be used to analyze system or module failure in detail.
SEMA is available for Linux and Windows operating systems and for various HW platforms