PC7-FESTIVAL

CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU Card • Intel® XEON® E3 v6 Processor

The PC7-FESTIVAL is a rich featured high performance 4HP/3U CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU board, equipped with an Intel® Xeon® E3 familiy mobile workstation processor for demanding applications. For scalability, the PC7-FESTIVAL is also available with an Intel® Core™ processor.
The PC7-FESTIVAL front panel is provided with two RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet jacks, two USB 3.0 Type-A receptacles, and two DisplayPort™ connectors. In addition, a third USB Type-C front panel receptacle i available as an option, usable alternatively as (third) DisplayPort.

The powerful Xeon® E3-1500 v6 series processor is accompanied by the CM238 mobile PCH, for a maximum of high speed I/O resources (e.g. PCI Express®, SATA, USB). On-board mass-storage solutions are based on low profile mezzanine expansion cards, which can accommodate up to two M.2 style SSD modules (PCIe® Gen3 x4 and/or SATA 6G). Side cards for an 8HP assembly are also available, providing front I/O and M.2 SSDs.
The PC7-FESTIVAL is equipped with up to 32GB DDR4 RAM with ECC support. Up to 16GB memory-down are provided for rugged applications, and another 16GB are available via the DDR4 ECC SO-DIMM socket.

The backplane connector J1 allows for up to seven CompactPCI® Classic peripheral cards in a system. The J2 connector complies with the CompactPCI® PlusIO standard for high speed rear I/O (fourfold PCIe®, SATA and USB2), or a hybrid CompactPCI® Serial backplane.

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Ordering Information

PC7-440D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Xeon E3 1505LV6 2.2/3.0GHz, 25W, 8MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGbE Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PICMG 2.30 PlusIO: 4xUSB2, 4xSATA3G, 4xPCIe, 5V only
PC7-446D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Xeon E3 1505LV6 2.2/3.0GHz, 25W, 8MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGbE Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PICMG 2.0 CompactPCI64
PC7-240D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Core i3 7102E 2.1GHz, 25W, 3MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGb Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PICMG 2.30 PlusIO: 4xUSB2, 4xSATA3G, 4xPCIe, 5V only
PC7-246D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Core i3 7102E 2.1GHz, 25W, 3MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGb Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PICMG 2.0 CompactPCI64
PC7-640D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Xeon E3 1505MV6 3.0/4.0GHz,45/35W, 8MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGbE Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, LPC, HD-AUDIO, UART
PC7-646D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Xeon E3 1505MV6 3.0/4.0GHz,45/35W, 8MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGbE Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PICMG 2.0 CompactPCI64
PC7-C72D-FESTIVAL	3U/4HP Xeon E3 1505MV6 3.0/4.0GHz,45/35W, 8MB LLC, PCH CM238 16GB on-board DDR4+ECC, 2x DP, 2xUSB3, 2xGbE Local Exp.: 4xPCIe, 1xDP, 2xUSB2, 1x USB3, 4xSATA/PCIe, PC7-640D+C48-1,-20..60°, Conformal Coating

Expansion Modules

Low Profile Mezzanine Modules

C48

S43

S48

P82

Mezzanine Side Cards

PCU

PCZ

SCJ

SCL

SCY

Specifications

General

CompactPCI® PlusIO (PICMG® CPCI 2.30) System Slot Controller
Form factor single size Eurocard (board dimensions 100x160mm²)
Mounting height 3U
Front panel width 4HP (8HP/12HP assembly with optional mezzanine side card)
Front panel I/O connectors for typical system configuration (2 x USB3, 2 x DisplayPort, 2 x GbE)
Backplane communication via CompactPCI® J1 and J2 hard metric connectors
J1 Connector for PICMG® CompactPCI® 32-Bit Support
J2 Connector for CompactPCI® PlusIO support (PCIe®, SATA, USB2)
J2 PlusIO configuration allows for either CompactPCI® Serial backplane usage or rear I/O module attachment
J2 Connector option available for 64-bit system slot (legacy CompactPCI® 2.0 Classic)
Side cards and low profile mass storage modules available as COTS and also as custom specific

Power Supply

+5V, +3.3V according to CompactPCI® 2.0 via J1 backplane connector
Total power consumption depends on processor type and mezzanine assembly
+5V only board design for low cost system power supply with all 25W processors *
SAC (Stand-Alone Computer) option w. two-pos. 5V/10A terminal block (J1/J2 removed)

* option different SKUs available with 25W processors for +5V/3.3V backplane supply – specify when ordering • on request: PC7-FESTIVAL +5V only can deliver +3.3V to backplane for CompactPCI® peripheral boards

Processor

Intel® Kaby Lake-H mobile platform with ECC (CM238 mobile workstation PCH)

Intel® Xeon® processor E3 v6 family (mobile workstation)
Xeon E3 1505M v6 • 3/4GHz • 8M • 4C/8T • DDR4 2400 ECC • 45/35W • GT2 – P630 • vPRO™/AMT
Xeon E3 1505L v6 • 2.2/3GHz • 8M • 4C/8T • DDR4 2400 ECC • 25W • GT2 – P630 • vPRO™/AMT

7th Generation Intel® Core™ mobile processor
i3 7100E • 2.9GHz • 3M • 2C/4T • DDR4 2400 ECC • 35W • GT2 – 630
i3 7102E • 2.1GHz • 3M • 2C/4T • DDR4 2400 ECC • 25W • GT2 -630

Firmware

Phoenix® UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) with CSM*
Fully customizable by EKF
Secure Boot and Measured Boot supported – meeting all demands as specified by Microsoft®
Windows®, Linux and other (RT)OS’ supported
Intel® AMT supported for Intel® Xeon® E3 v6 (disabled by default, must be enabled via BIOS setup)

* CSM (Compatibility Support Module) emulates a legacy BIOS environment, which allows to boot a legacy operating system such as DOS, 32-bit Windows and some RTOS’

Main Memory

Mezzanine Mass Storage

Mezzanine side card connectors for local expansion e.g. SSD mass storage
Low profile mezzanine modules available (4HP common front panel)
Side cards available (8HP common F/P assembly)
P-HSE1 – configurable as 4 x SATA 6G or 4 x PCIe® Gen3 (from CM238 PCH), 1 x USB3
P-HSE2 – 4 x PCIe® Gen3 (from CM238 PCH) & 3rd DisplayPort™ (from CPU)
P-EXP – Legacy interface (from PCH)

4HP Low profile mezzanine module preferred options:
C48-M2 Mezzanine module – 2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD sockets
S48-SSD – 1 x M.2 2280 NVMe® SSD socket, 1 x M.2 2280 NVMe® or SATA SSD socket (autosense), 1 x Type-C USB F/P connector (enabled for DisplayPort alternate mode)
P82-GBE – 2 x 2.5GBASE-T for J2 backplane connector, 1 x M.2 2280 NVMe® SSD socket

8HP/12HP Mezzanine side card options:
P01-M12 Replacement for RJ45 GbE jacks by M12-X receptacles
PCU-UPTEMPO – Side board w. 2 x M.2 SATA SSD sockets & front I/O
PCZ-NVM – Side board w. 2 x M.2 NVMe® SSD sockets & front I/O
SCJ-VEENA – M.2 NVMe® or SATA SSD socket (autosense), quad 2.5GBASE-T Ethernet RJ45 jacks
SCL-RHYTHM – M.2 NVMe® or SATA SSD socket (autosense), quad 1000BASE-T Ethernet M12-X ports

Custom specific side card design – I/O and storage

Graphics

Integrated graphics engine, 3 symmetric independent displays
3D HW acceleration DirectX12, OpenCL 2.x, OpenGL 4.3/4.4, ES 2.0
HW video decode/encode HEVC10b 10-bit, VP9 10-bit, JPEG
HDR (High Dynamic Range) Rec. 2020 Wide Color Gamut
Content protection
UHD premium content playback
Front panel options: Dual DisplayPort™ (DP) connectors
3rd DisplayPort™ optional via Type-C connector on low profile mezzanine card S48-SSD
Max resolution 4096 x 2304 @60Hz (any DisplayPort, concurrent operation)
DisplayPort™ 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport (MST) – display daisy chaining
MST max resolution via single DP connector 2880×1800@60Hz (2 displays), 2304×1440@60Hz (3 displays)
Integrated audio (3 independent audio streams)

Networking

Up to four networking interface controllers (NIC), 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T connections
Port 1 equipped w. I219LM PHY (suitable for Intel® AMT)
Port 2 equipped w. Intel® I210-IT -40°C to +85°C operating temperature GbE controller w. integrated PHY
IPv4/IPv6 checksum offload, 9.5KB Jumbo Frame support, EEE Energy Efficient Ethernet
IEEE 802.1Qav Audio-Video-Bridging (AVB) enhancements for time-sensivitive streams
IEEE 1588 and 802.1AS packets hardware-based time stamping for high-precision time synchronization
Option 2 x 2.5GbE over J2 backplane connector with P82-GBE low profile mezzanine module
RJ45 front panel jacks (option 2 x M12-X with mezzanine module P01)
Option quad 2.5GbE RJ45 front panel ports with SCJ-VEENA side card (8HP front panel width)
Option quad 1GbE M12-X front panel ports with SCL-RHYTHM side card (8HP front panel width)

Chipset

On-Board Building Blocks

Security

Front Panel I/O (4HP)

2 x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 (1 = PCH & I219LM – Intel® AMT support, 2 = I210IT)
2 x DisplayPort™ (from processor integrated HD graphics engine, standard DP latching receptacles)
2 x USB 3.0 Type-A

Option Type-C USB 3.1 Gen1 w. S48-SSD low profile mezzanine module
Support for Type-C locking plugs (dual screw) according to the ‘Locking Connector Spec. Rev. 1.0’
DisplayPort™ Alt Mode on Type-C connector (3rd video monitor output)

Additional Front I/O (8HP)

CompactPCI® Backplane Resources

PICMG® CompactPCI® 2.0 CPU card & system slot controller for J1 based 32-bit CompactPCI® systems
Support for up to seven CompactPCI® peripheral boards, 33/66MHz (PI7C9X112 PCIe® to PCI® bridge)

PICMG® CompactPCI® 2.30 J2 connector pin assignment according to CompactPCI® PlusIO
J2 is assigned to 4 x PCIe® Gen2*, 4 x SATA 3G*, and 4 x USB2 ports (all derived from PCH)
Option 2 x 2.5GbE* over J2 backplane connector with P82-GBE low profile mezzanine module
J2 can be used to enable CompactPCI® Serial peripheral card slots for hybrid systems with a split backplane
Hybrid small system racks available (e.g. SRP-BLUBOXX)
J2 can be used alternatively for a rear I/O module
Custom specific rear I/O module design on request
J2 Connector option available – 64-bit system slot tolerant for legacy CompactPCI® 2.0 (Classic)

* CompactPCI® PlusIO specifies PCIe® 5GT/s, SATA 3G and GbE 1000BASE-T only over J2 UHM. Due to obsolescence of the 3M UHM connector series the PC7-FESTIVAL will be equipped with a standard J2 hard metric backplane connector, which may result in PCIe® 2.5GT/s (Gen1) backplane link training under adverse application conditions.

Environmental & Regulatory

Designed & manufactured in Germany
ISO 9001 certified quality management
Long term availability
Rugged solution
Coating, sealing, underfilling on request
Lifetime application support
RoHS compliant 2002/95/EC
Operating temperature 0°C to +70°C
Operating temperature -40°C to +85°C (industrial temperature range) on request
Storage Temperature: -40°C to +85°C, max. Gradient 5°C/min
Humidity 5% … 95% RH non Condensing
Altitude -300m … +3000m
Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz
MTBF 21.2 years
EC Regulatory EN55035, EN55032, EN62368-1

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This product is currently under development and not yet available.
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This product is available for purchase and actively supported.
NRFND
"Not Recommended for New Designs" – we suggest avoiding this product for new projects.
EOL
"End of Life" – this product is discontinued and no longer available.

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CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU Card • Intel® XEON® E3 v6 Processor

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Release Notes for Phoenix UEFI/BIOS Firmware on EKF PC7-FESTIVAL

2025-10-22: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #242 production

2025-04-30: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #240 production

2025-04-08: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #238 production

2025-03-31: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #236 production

2024-12-06: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #234 production

2024-07-23: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #232 production

2024-07-15: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #230 production

2024-02-02: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #226 production

2023-12-08: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #224 production

2023-08-30: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #222 production

2023-04-06: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #220 production

2022-10-07: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #218 production

2022-09-19: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #216 production

2022-09-14: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #214 production

2022-07-11: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #212 production

2022-06-03: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #210 production

2022-03-17: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #204 production

2022-03-01: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #202 production

2022-02-17: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #200 production

2021-12-15: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #198 production

2021-10-11: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #196 production

2021-09-13: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #194 production

2021-07-30: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #192 production

2021-07-07: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #190 production

2021-06-01: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #188 production

2021-05-25: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #186 production

2021-04-20: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #184 production

2020-11-27: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #182 production

2020-10-23: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #180 production

2020-10-12: UEFI/BIOS release, Build #172 production

2020-09-21: First UEFI/BIOS production release, Build #170