THD8141

The THD8141 Single Board Computer

The THD8141 single board computer design utilizes PCIe 3.0 link retimers to ensure maximum single integrity between the processors’ native PCIe Gen3 links on the SBC and an I/O plug-in card located in a backplane slot farthest from the PCI Express root complex.  The SBC’s external I/O card interfaces adapt to PCIe 3.0, PCIe 2.1/2.0 and PCIe 1.1 plug-in cards with either a x16, x8, x4 or x1 PCI Express edge connector. This single board computer supports four DDR3-1600 DIMMs and a maximum system memory capacity of up to 32GB, along with on-board RAID which supports a 6-drive SATA/600 storage array, multiple I/O and communication interfaces including PCI Express 3.0.

The DDR3-1600 memory interface is made up of two, dual-channel interfaces with a peak memory interface bandwidth per channel of 25.6GB/s when using the PC3-12800 DIMMs. The SBC’s backer plate design enhances system stability while providing additional component protection.

Key features of the THD8141 single board computer include:

• System performance boost with Haswell micro-architecture
• Multiple video & PCIe 3.0 interfaces enhance system flexibility
• Supports four DDR3-1600 DIMMs with a max capacity of up to 32gb
• PCIe 3.0, USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 improves system performance
• PCIe Gen 3 / Gen2 / PCIe Gen 1.1 interfaces support x16, x8, x4 and x1 PCIe cards
• On-board RAID supports a 6-drive SATA/600 storage array
• Enhanced SBC stability and component protection provided by unique backer plate design

The THD8141 single board computer maximizes ROI with long-life, embedded components which drive an extended SBC product availability of seven years or more.

The THD8141 board uses Aptio 4.x BIOS from AMI and the BIOS resides in a SPI Flash device to simplify field upgrades and BIOS customization.

The THD8141 is designed, manufactured and supported in the U.S. and is covered by our five-year warranty.

Tech Specs

Model Number

THD8141

Form Factor

PICMG® 1.3 Form Factor – Automatically adapts to graphics or server-class backplane PCIe link configurations – one x16 and one x4/four x1 or two x8 and one x4/four x1 PCIe links

CPU

1 – Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 Series
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1 – Intel Core i7-4790S
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1 – Intel Core i5-4590S
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1 – Intel Core i3-4330TE

Processors

Long-Life 22nm/Haswell processor options

• Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 v3 Processor – Quad core, 3.5GHz with Hyper-Threading, 8MB cache, 84W TDP
• Intel® Xeon® E3-1225 v3 Processor – Quad core, 3.2GHz without Hyper-Threading, 8MB cache, 84W TDP
• Intel® Xeon® E3-1268L v3 Processor – Quad core, 2.3GHz with Hyper-Threading, 8MB cache, 45W TDP
• Intel® Core™ i7-4790S Processor – Quad core, 3.2GHz with Hyper-Threading, 8MB cache, 65W TDP
• Intel® Core™ i5-4590S Processor – Quad core, 3.0GHz without Hyper-Threading, 6MB cache, 65W TDP
• Intel® Core™ i3-4330TE Processor – Dual core, 3.5GHz with Hyper-Threading, 4MB cache, 35W TDP

These long-life processors built on the Intel® 22nm Micro-architecture (i.e. Haswell) feature native PCI Express 3.0 links to the system backplane and utilize a 5GT/s DMI or DMI2 interface to the board’s Intel® C226 PCH.

The board’s two dual-channel DDR3-1600 memory interfaces support four standard DIMM sockets for a 32GB maximum system memory capability when using 8GB DDR3 DIMMs.

Intel® AMT 9.0 support is available in all THD8141 long-life, embedded processor options.

BIOS (Flash)

AMI – Aptio® 4.x

Chipset

Intel® C226 Platform Controller Hub (PCH) (Lynx Point)

Configuration

DDR3-1600, 32GB max

Comms

1 – x16 and one x4 or two x8 PCIe 3.0 links and one x4 PCIe 2.0 link (Edge connectors A&B)
2 – 10/100/1000Base-T (I/O Bracket)
1 – 10/100/1000 (Edge conn. C)

I/O

6 – SATA/600 ports with RAID
10 – USB interfaces (4 – USB3 and 6 – USB2)
1 – PS/2 Mouse & 1 – PS/2 Kbd. header
1 – PCIe Mini-Card
1 – DVI-D Video
1 – VGA Analog Video
1 – IOB33 (Note: The IOB33 floppy port is not functional with the THD8141 SBC)

Memory

32GB maximum when using standard 8GB DDR3 DIMMs. The board’s two, dual-channel DDR3-1600 memory interfaces have four DIMM sockets that support unbuffered ECC, PC3-12800 DDR3 memory DIMMs.

All available THD8141 processor options support the DDR3-1600 maximum memory interface speed.

PCI Express Edge Card Interfaces

Standard PICMG 1.3 PCI Express Interfaces – Automatically adapts to graphics or server-class backplane PCIe link configurations – one x16, or two x8, or one x8 and two x4 PCIe 3.0 links from the SHB’s processor and one x4 PCIe 2.0 link for the board’s Intel C226 PCH.  The direct PCIe 3.0 links from the board’s processor (links A0, A1 and A2 ) may operate as either PCIe Gen3, Gen2 or Gen1.1 interfaces depending on the backplane design.  The x4 link from the board’s C226 PCH (link B0) also supports PCIe 2.0 or 1.1 interfaces and can operate as either one x4 link or bifurcate into four, x1 PCIe links automatically.  An optional x1 PCIe 2.0/1.1 link is also available for use with a Trenton IOB33 expansion module to a PICMG 1.3 backplane equipped with a PCIe Expansion Slot.

A Word About PCI Express 3.0 Interfaces – PCIe 3.0 doubles the PCIe 2.0 per lane interface speed from 500MB/s (5GT/s) to 1GB/s (8 GT/s) via speed changes and protocol enhancements.  As with all previous versions of the PCI Express specification, the PCIe 3.0 interface is backwards compatible and will run Gen 3, Gen 2 and Gen 1.1 I/O cards on the same interface link.  Running a PCIe 3.0 target device such as a Gen 3 I/O card at the actual PCIe 3.0 interface speed of 1GB/s requires that the PCIe 3.0 link from the root complex to the target card be tuned and optimized to meet the speed requirements of PCI Express 3.0.  If these tuning conditions are slightly off and not fully optimized, then the interface will operate at a slower interface speed.  Contact Us for more details regarding the specific of your particular PCIe 3.0 implementation.

Video Interfaces

Analog Video Port – Located on the board’s I/O bracket and supports standard 15-pin VGA video cables.

Digital Video Port – Located on the THD8141 itself, this DVI-D port supports standard digital video cable connections.

Multiple video connections are an inherent system design advantage of Trenton’s THD8141 featuring the SHB’s processor options and the Intel® C226 chipset.  The Intel® HD Graphics P4600/4600 technology is featured in the graphics controller engine of these Haswell processor options.  This graphics engine supports a total of three memory interfaces with a range of maximum graphics frequencies and graphics video memory capacities.

The integrated graphics controller of the board’s processor dynamically utilizes a portion of the system memory based on the OS and the amount of memory installed.  Intel® HD Graphics P4600 is featured in the Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3 series processors while Intel® HD Graphics 4600 is part of the THD8141’s long-life Intel Core i7-4790S, Intel Core i5-4590S and Intel Core i3-4330TE processor options.  All processors support maximum video resolutions of 2560 x 1600 pixels.

Ethernet Interfaces

• Intel® i350 Ethernet Controller – Two 10/100/1000Base-T on I/O Bracket Connectors
• Intel® i217 Ethernet PHY – One 10/100/1000Base-T interface routed to SHB edge connector C*

*Use this backplane LAN interface in system applications that take advantage of the THD8141’s Intel® AMT 9.0 network management, out-of-band client system security, KVM remote system access and control plus many other network management capabilities supported by Intel® vPro and specifically Intel® AMT 9.0.  This LAN interface may be accessed either by connector P18 on the THD8141 or via the LAN interface connection on a PICMG® 1.3 backplane.

*BP LAN Cable Option via P18 – You can build your own alternate backplane LAN cable using the instructions in the Jumpers, Connectors and Memory document for the THD8141 or you can take advantage on this third LAN interface by using the pre-made alternate backplane LAN cable with Trenton part number: 193500001150-00.

On-Board Interfaces

Four USB 3.0 and Six USB 2.0 ports – The two on the I/O bracket, and two located on one of the dual-interface onboard headers support the USB3 device interface while one additional dual-interface onboard header and the four routed to SHB edge connector “C” for use on a PICMG 1.3 backplane support six USB2 interfaces.

All six SATA ports on the THD8141 support 600MB/s data transfers. In other words all ports support SATA Gen 3.0 devices.  The ports may be used for either independent SATA drive operation or in RAID 0,1,5 and 10 drive array system configurations.

Serial Port 1 header – RS422/RS485
RS485 interface configuration jumpers enable the following RS485 interface options:

1. 1. full duplex without terminations
2. 2. half duplex without terminations
3. 3. full duplex with terminations

Serial Port 2 header – RS232

• PS/2 Mouse header
• PS/2 Keyboard header
• PCI Express Mini Connector located on the rear of the board support industry standard PCIe Mini Cards

Optional IOB33 provides an additional x4 PCIe link to a backplane plus the following I/O expansion capabilities:

• IOB33 I/O plate connectors – Two DB9 RS232 serial ports and one PS/2 MiniDin for PS/2 mouse & keyboard
• IOB33 I/O header connectors – Parallel port, PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse

Watchdog Timer

The THD8141 provides a programmable watchdog timer with programmable timeout periods of 100 msec, 1 second, 10 seconds or 1 minute via board component U11.  When enabled the WDT (i.e. U11) will generate a system reset.  WDT control is supplied via the General Purpose IO pins from the Intel® C226 Platform Controller Hub (PCH).  The PCH’s GPIO_LVL2 register controls the state of each GPIO signal.  This 32-bit register is located within GPIO IO spaces.  The GPIO_BASE IO address is determined by the values programmed into the PCH’s LPC Bridge PCI configuration at offset 48-4B(h).

See the watchdog timer section in the specifications chapter of the THD8141 Hardware Manual for more detailed information and a WDT programming example.

Battery

Lithium – CMOS data retention

Mechanical

Board dimensions – 13.330” (33.86cm) L x 4.976” (12.64”cm) H Standard cooling solution height – 2.15” (54.61mm)

Agency Approvals and Compliance

Designed for UL69050, CAN/CSA C22.2 No.60950-00, EN55022:1998 Class B, EN61000-4-2:1995, EN61000-4-3:1997, EN61000-4-4:1995, EN61000-4-5:1995, EN61000-4-6:1996, EN61000-4-11:1994

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)

MTBF – 234,190 Hrs Power-On Hours (POH) at 40° C per Bellcore

Power Requirements – 100% stressed

Typical Values – 100% Stressed with 16GB of system memory

† = Processor option does not support Intel® Hyper-Threading

ˆ = Processor option does not support ECC memory

All processors are quad-core except the dual-core Intel® Core™ i3-4330TE.

All processors are long-life processors.

Power Requirements – Idle

Typical Values – Static Desktop (System Idle) with 16GB of system memory

† = Processor option does not support Intel® Hyper-Threading

ˆ = Processor option does not support ECC memory

All processors are quad-core except the dual-core Intel® Core™ i3-4330TE.

All processors are long-life processors.

Operating Temperature

Operating Temperature: 0-50° C with the standard cooling solution and 350LFM of continuous airflow for all processor options except the Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 v3

Environmental

Airflow: 350LFM continuous airflow
Storage: -40° to 70° C.
Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing

Systems

The THD8141  system host board has been successfully tested with a wide variety of operating systems including Linux (Red Hat RHEL, Centos and SUSE), Windows® Win7 (32 or 64-bit), Windows® 2008 Sever 64, Windows® Win8.1 64, Windows® 2012 Server 64, and Oracle® Solaris 11. However, there are some operating systems that Intel® does not recommend for use with the board’s Haswell processor and Lynx Point PCH architecture, notably, Windows® XP (32 or 64-bit), and Windows® 2003 Server. Contact Us for additional information.

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