This Application Note gives a general overview of how to install, configure, use and troubleshoot the RTS Hypervisor on congatec x86-based modules.

This application note provides recommendations for COM Express® Computer-On-Module (COM) carrier board designs to comply with PCIe® 4.0 requirements.

This application note provides information on how to set up the Wake-on-LAN feature in Windows 10 or Linux for any congatec module that supports Wake-on-LAN feature.

This Application Note explains how the congatec Embedded BIOS and congatec Board Controller (cBC) support the very low power System Mode S5e (Enhanced Soft Off state). This power state is congatec…

This application note explains how to estimate, increase, and monitor eMMC lifetime.

This application note describes helpful UEFI Shell commands for system debugging and diagnosis. The UEFI Shell can be executed on all congatec x86 products with UEFI boot firmware.

This application note describes how to create a UEFI script file for automating the cBC firmware update and BIOS update in a production line environment. It also shows how UEFI script files can be…

This application note provides the reference design and design notes for SPI TPM used on SMARC carrier boards.

This application note provides basic information about the PCIe REFCLK, PCIe reference clock architectures, Spread-Spectrum-Clocking (SSC) feature and provides an example of a typical implementation…

This application note provides routing rules, reference schematic and design notes for USB 3.2 Gen 2 carrier board designs. 

This Application Note introduces the SFF-8639 (U.2) interface. The goal is to give an overview of the technology and hint on how to design-in this technology for customer carrier boards. 

This Application Note explains the fundamentals of the COM-Express Type 7 related 10GbE LAN LED behavior. In addition, we show our implementation for the 10GbE LAN LED related circuits with our…

This application note provides the pinout description, reference design and design notes for each of the three M.2™ sockets commonly implemented on embedded systems (Socket 1 – Key E, Socket 2 – Key…

This application note provides a list of recommended BIOS setup settings for real-time applications, describes each setting and informs about some additional topics related to real-time operating…

This application note explains how to view the BIOS setup description of congatec products released after 2018 that feature an AMI Aptio® UEFI firmware by using the CgMlfViewer with a Menu Layout File…