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Advantech SOM-Express Design Guide 
72  Chapter 5 Carrier Board Design Guidelines
SOM-Express
TV_DAC_A
TV_DAC_C
TV_DAC_B
Chipset
150ohm
150ohm
150ohm
Carrier board 
Video
Filter
Video
Filter
Video
Filter
Connector
Zo=50O
Zo=50O
Zo=50O
Spacing 
>50 mils
Spacing 
Spacing 
Spacing 
>50 mils
>40 mils
>40 mils
150ohm
150ohm
150ohm
Zo=75O
Zo=75O
Zo=75O
MAX=0.2"
MAX=0.2"
MAX=0.2"
MAX=0.5"
MAX=0.5"
MAX=0.5"
3.3 V
3.3 V
3.3 V
TV
75 Ohm Coaxial Cable
Figure 5-37 TV DAC Routing Topology 
5.9 Miscellaneous 
5.9.1 Miscellaneous Signal Descriptions 
Table 5.22 Miscellaneous signal descriptions 
Pin Signal  I/O Description 
B32 SPKR  O 
This is the PC speaker output signal from the SOM-Express 
module. Please connect this signal to the speaker. 
B33  I2C_CK  O  General purpose I2C port clock output. 
B34 I2C_DAT 
I/O 
OD 
General purpose I2C port data I/O line. 
A34 BIOS_DISABLE# I 
Module BIOS disable input. Pull low to disable module BIOS. 
Used to allow off-module BIOS implementations. 
B27  WDT  O  Output indicating that a watchdog time-out event has occurred. 
A86 KBD_RST#  I 
Input to module from (optional) external keyboard controller that 
can force a reset. Pulled high on the module. This is a legacy 
artifact of the PC-AT. 
A87 KBD_A20GATE I 
Input to module from (optional) external keyboard controller that 
can be used to control the CPU A20 gate line. The A20GATE 
restricts memory access to the bottom megabyte and is a 
legacy artifact of the PC-AT. Pulled low on the module. 
A93,B54 
B57,B63 
GPO[0:3] O 
General purpose output pins. Upon hardware reset, these 
outputs should be low. 
A54,A63 
A67,A85 
GPI[0:3] I 
General purpose input pins. Pulled high internally on the 
module. 
B13 SMB_CK 
I/O 
OD 
System Management Bus bidirectional clock line. Power 
sourced through 5 V standby rail and main power rails. 
B14 SMB_DAT 
I/O 
OD 
System Management Bus bidirectional data line. Power 
sourced through 5 V standby rail and main power rails. 
B15 SMB_ALERT# I 
System Management Bus Alert – active low input can be used 
to generate a SMI# (System Management Interrupt) or to wake 
the system. Power sourced through 5 V standby rail and main 
power rails. 
C54 
C57 
D57 
TYPE[0:2]# PDS 
The TYPE pins indicate to the Carrier Board the Pin-out Type 
that is implemented on the module. The pins are tied on the 
module to either ground (GND) or are no-connects (NC). For 
Pin-out Type 1, these pins are don’t care (X). 










