Express-Base board is compatible with COM guide

The PICMG COM Express Carrier Design Guide is a 150-page document that provides information for designing a custom carrier board for COM Express modules.

The design guide includes reference schematics for the external circuitry required to implement the various COM Express peripheral functions, explains how to extend the supported buses, and how to add additional peripherals and expansion slots to a COM Express-based system.

The Adlink Express-Base is a reference carrier board for Basic Form Factor Type 2 COM Express modules in standard ATX size that allows system designers to emulate the functionality of the desired end product with their chosen COM Express module and get a head start on software development and hardware verification.

The latest version of the Adlink Express-Base is fully compatible with the design practices described in the PICMG COM Express Carrier Design Guide and provides a full complement of I/O interfaces, debugging tools, and peripheral devices (such as Super I/O and audio codec) that may be required on the custom carrier board.

The full schematics and mechanical drawings of the Express-Base and the PICMG COM Express Carrier Design Guide are available for download from the Adlink website.

A complete starter kit is also available, which includes the COM Express module of choice (including CPU and memory), the Express-Base reference carrier board, thermal solution, documentation, and software library.