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OEM installation manual Calexico 2
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Intel Mini PCI Wireless Card
Specification
(Supplement to Mini PCI Specification)
Lonnie McAlister
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Table of Contents
1. DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY.................................................................................4
2. REFERENCES..............................................................................................................4
3. PURPOSE....................................................................................................................4
4. BACKGROUND OF THIS MINI PCI SPECIFICATION ADDENDUM..................................4
5. MINI PCI V1.0 DEFINED FUNCTION-SPECIFIC CONNECTORS ..................................5
6. MINI PCI SYSTEM CONNECTOR PINS .......................................................................5
6.1 Sparks/Calexico Mini PCI Pinout Deviation to System Connector Pins:.....................6
6.1.1 LEDs....................................................................................................................6
6.2 Other Deviations on the Mini PCI edge connector ...................................................7
7. LED INDICATORS AND SWITCH..................................................................................7
7.1 WLAN LINK Indicator ............................................................................................7
7.2 WLAN Activity Indicator .........................................................................................8
7.3 Radio Transmitter Disable Switch...........................................................................8
7.4 Spectrum Indication Control Signal.........................................................................9
7.5 Bluetooth Coexistence ........................................................................................10
8. MECHANICAL ............................................................................................................10
8.1 PCB Card Design................................................................................................10
8.2 Antenna Connection............................................................................................11
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1. Document Revision History
Revision Date Comments
0.1 Dec 28, 2001 First draft
0.8 Jan. 08, 2002 Released to Engineering
0.85 Feb. 11, 2002 • Updated for OEM customizations:
• Added antenna mechanical
tolerances for type 3A and type 3B
card.
•
0.90 11 March 11,
2002 Updated pinout table
Updated LED configuration (again)
0.95 March 14, 2002 Updated Mini PCI edge connector
deviations section. Simplified LED
function description.
0.99 March 18, 2002 Draft release. Need Dual LED circuit
implementation yet.
1.0 April 12, 2002 Updated LED reference circuit.
Updated H/W Kill switch implementation
1.0b May 20, 2002 Updated edge connector pin-out for
Bluetooth co-existence
Updated manufacturing bevel design
requirements
2. References
This addendum is based upon the Mini PCI Specification, Revision 1.0, October 25th, 1999.
Additional information can be found in the PCI 2.2 specification.
3. Purpose
This document is intended for PC OEM customers designing for a wireless Mini PCI solution the
opportunity to review Intel’s Calexico Mini PCI pin out connections, mechanical requirements, and
custom interfaces and be able to design their platform(s) to support the Calexico Mini PCI card.
4. Background of this Mini PCI Specification Addendum
The Mini PCI specification is an industry-standard specification whose intent is to provide
system/platform designers and card designers with the ability to use a standards-based interface to
design to while still providing some flexibility/options in system and card designs. The original Mini
PCI specification did achieve its goal but at the time only LAN and modem technologies were
envisioned for this form-factor. Since the release of the first Mini PCI specification, wireless
technology has appeared in the market and is now appearing on Mini PCI cards, which introduces
unique challenges to both the system and card manufacturers. The purpose of this document is to
define the “custom” pinout configuration used by Calexico to achieve the proper performance and
unique feature set that Intel is providing with this generation of wireless Mini PCI card.
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5. Mini PCI v1.0 Defined Function-Specific Connectors
The MPCI specification defines function-specific connectors on the MPCI card for Wired LAN and
Modem functionality.
• The function-specific LAN connector. This is a 14-pin connector.
• The function-specific Modem connector. This is a 2-pin connector.
After reviewing next generation board layouts as well as the customer drive for more and more
capability while driving smaller form factors, the 14 pin I/O connector will no longer be supported on
Intel wireless Mini PCI cards going forward. Intel will continue to support the two-pin connector for
support of an AC’97 modem.
6. Mini PCI System Connector Pins
The Mini PCI edge connector pinout definition as described in the Mini PCI Specification, Revision
1.0, is shown below. The Intel wireless Mini PCI card will comply to this pinout for compatibility
purposes except for deviations as noted in this section.
Table 1: Mini PCI Card Type III System Connector Pinout
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 TIP 2 RING 63 3.3V 64 FRAME#
KEY KEY 65 CLKRUN# 66 TRDY#
3 8PMJ-3 4 8PMJ-1 67 SERR# 68 STOP#
5 8PMJ-6 6 8PMJ-2 69 GROUND 70 3.3V
7 8PMJ-7 8 8PMJ-4 71 PERR# 72 DEVSEL#
9 8PMJ-8 10 8PMJ-5 73 C/BE[1]# 74 GROUND
11 LED1_GRNP 12 LED2_YELP 75 AD[14] 76 AD[15]
13 LED1_GRNN 14 LED2_YELN 77 GROUND 78 AD[13]
15 CHSGND 16 RESERVED 79 AD[12] 80 AD[11]
17 INTB# 18 5V 81 AD[10] 82 GROUND
19 3.3V 20 INTA# 83 GROUND 84 AD[09]
21 RESERVED 22 RESERVED 85 AD[08] 86 C/BE[0]#
23 GROUND 24 3.3VAUX 87 AD[07] 88 3.3V
25 CLK 26 RST# 89 3.3V 90 AD[06]
27 GROUND 28 3.3V 91 AD[05] 92 AD[04]
29 REQ# 30 GNT# 93 RESERVED 94 AD[02]
31 3.3V 32 GROUND 95 AD[03] 96 AD[00]
33 AD[31] 34 PME# 97 5V 98 RESERVED_WIP
4
35 AD[29] 36 RESERVED 99 AD[01] 100 RESERVED_WIP
4
37 GROUND 38 AD[30] 101 GROUND 102 GROUND
39 AD[27] 40 3.3V 103 AC_SYNC 104 M66EN
41 AD[25] 42 AD[28] 105 AC_SDATA_IN 106 AC_SDATA_OUT
43 RESERVED 44 AD[26] 107 AC_BIT_CLK 108 AC_CODEC_ID0#
45 C/BE[3]# 46 AD[24] 109 AC_CODEC_ID1# 110 AC_RESET#
47 AD[23] 48 IDSEL 111 MOD_AUDIO_MON 112 RESERVED
49 GROUND 50 GROUND 113 AUDIO_GND 114 GROUND
51 AD[21] 52 AD[22] 115 SYS_AUDIO_OUT 116 SYS_AUDIO_IN
53 AD[19] 54 AD[20] 117 SYS
_
AUDIO
_
OUT 118 SYS
_
AUDIO
_
IN
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GND GND
55 GROUND 56 PAR 119 AUDIO_GND 120 AUDIO_GND
57 AD[17] 58 AD[18] 121 RESERVED 122 MPCIACT#
59 C/BE[2]# 60 AD[16] 123 VCC5VA 124 3.3VAUX
61 IRDY# 62 GROUND
6.1 Sparks/Calexico Mini PCI Pinout Deviation to System Connector Pins:
6.1.1 LEDs
PIN Old Signal Name New Signal Name Signal Definition .
11 LED1_GRNP LED_WLAN_LINK
Active-high LED drive signal provides an
indication of access point association. This signal
will blink slowly every 3 seconds until association
occurs at which time it will be HIGH until
association is lost. During initialization or while the
radios are in reset, the signal will be LOW.
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
12 LED2_YELP LED_WLAN_ACT
Active-high LED drive signal provides an
indication of data activity. This signal will blink
rapidly when data traffic is occurring. During
initialization, or while the radios are in reset, or if
the client is not associated with an access point the
signal will be LOW.
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
13 LED1_GRNN HW_RadioXMIT_OFF
#
A
ctive low input from a hardware switch to the
card to disable the radio from transmitting.
See further description in this document.
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
14 LED2_YELN WLAN_Radio_State#
(spectrum
identification)
This signal is an indication of which frequency
spectrum the wireless client is transmitting in.
During initialization or while the radios are in reset,
this signal will be LOW.
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
36 RESERVED Channel_Clk
BT_priority
A
ctive high input from the Bluetooth module to
the card
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
43 RESERVED
Channel_Data
11b_activity
Active high output from the miniPCI card to the
Bluetooth module.
Note: 0 ohm series resistor provides connection
to the Mini PCI edge connector
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6.2 Other Deviations on the Mini PCI edge connector
Additional modifications are being done to the Intel wireless Mini PCI card to eliminate potential
cross-talk on to the OEM base board. To that end, Intel is buffering the following interfaces with 0
ohm resistors which can be either populated or de-populated depending on the customer need.
These interfaces include:
Pins 11-14 (LED and RF control)
Pins 103 – 120 (AC Link)
7. LED Indicators and Switch
The Mini PCI specification calls for the support of two LEDs which are used for the wired LAN
function. These LEDs indicate LINK and Activity. Even though in the wireless space these
functions are not quite the same, they do provide a parallel meaning. Below is the definition of the
two LEDs being supported in this specification. In addition to support for LINK and Activity, two
additional features are provided to support a hardware kill switch for the RF radio as well as a
control signal that can be used to identify which spectrum of operation the radio is operating in.
Additional information is discussed in the following paragraphs.
7.1 WLAN LINK Indicator
The LED WLAN_LINK output signal from Pin11 of the MPCI system connector indicates wireless
LAN association. Frequency of LED blink rate is dependent upon the state of the adapter in
association with the network. If the WLAN client is associated with an access point, the LED will be
solid ON (High). If the client is not associated, the LED will blink slowly and regularly (at the rate of
1 flash per every 3 seconds).
The MPCI specification states that the card will provide a 7mA source current for 3.3V LED
operation. Termination for the LED is assumed to be on the OEM motherboard. Below is a typical
termination circuit for this LED:
470
Positive
terminal of LED
The operation of the LED is:
• Blinking regularly @ 3Sec intervals (3.3V) = Wireless client is not associated with the
network.
• Solid ON (3.3V) = Wireless client is associated with the network.
• OFF (low) = The WLAN card is does not have power or the wireless NIC is held in
RESET
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7.2 WLAN Activity Indicator
The LED_WLAN_ACT output signal from Pin12 of the MPCI system connector indicates wireless
LAN data activity. When the wireless client is associated, data traffic will commence. The rate of
blink is determined by the amount of data activity between the access point and the wireless client,
but will be fast enough at all times as to be clearly distinguishable between beacon activity (re:
LINK) versus data traffic.
If the WLAN client is not associated with an access point, the LED will be solid OFF (Low).
The MPCI specification states that the card will provide a 7mA source current for 3.3V LED
operation. Termination for the LED is assumed to be on the OEM motherboard. Below is a typical
termination circuit for this LED:
470
Positive
terminal of LED
The operation of the LED is:
• Rapidly blinking (3.3V) = Wireless client is passing data traffic to the access point.
• OFF (low) = The WLAN card is does not have power or the RF_Kill switch is active.
NOTE: The RF_Kill signal over rides Activity and drives this signal off (LOW)
7.3 Radio Transmitter Disable Switch
The HW_RadioXMIT_OFF# input signal on Pin13 of the Mini PCI system connector provides to the
OEM the opportunity to use a hardware implementation to disable the RF portions of the Calexico
Mini PCI card. The OEM recommended circuit for implementation is shown in the diagram below.
3.3V
RF_Kill#
Mini PCI Card
The Mini PCI card will provide support circuitry necessary to clean up the drive signal (i.e.: de-
bounce circuits and pull-up resistor) from the OEM platform.
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The Intel Mini PCI card will also “remember” the last switch position implemented. The last user
setting (radio enabled or disabled, whether through software or hardware) should be “sticky” and
will be remembered by the Mini PCI card’s hardware/software across suspends, boots, power
cycles, etc. (driven via GPIO and firmware controlled). This will be accomplished with registry
entries for easy software tracking.
The operation of the Signal is:
• ON (3.3V) = The radio transmitter is ON (powered and enabled).
• OFF (low) = The radio transmitter is turned OFF, and made incapable of transmitting
unless the user performs some action to change the state of the radio (such as manually
changing the switch)
Note: The control of the radio transmitter is an AND of the software and hardware mechanisms.
The radio transmitter must remain disabled unless BOTH the software and hardware settings are
enabled for the radio transmitter.
SW Setting HW Switch Radio Transmitter Function
Enable Enable/High Enabled
Enable Disable/Low Disabled
Disable Enable/High Disabled
Disable Disable/Low Disabled
Note: The LINK and Activity LEDs (Pins 11 and 12) should reflect normal operation of the Mini PCI
card unless the RF_Kill switch and/or software control pins are enabled. If either
the software control or RF_Kill hardware switches are enabled, both LINK and
Activity signals will be OFF (low).
7.4 Spectrum Indication Control Signal
This CMOS driver is intended to provide a control signal to a dual color LED. Depending on the
spectrum of radio operation, this control signal will direct current flow through the dual color LED
providing visual indication of which spectrum the wireless client is currently transmitting in. The
recommended OEM dual color LED implementation is shown below (note: an additional dual-
colored LED circuit will be required for LINK/Association):
ACTIVITY
Spectrum Cntrl
+3.3V
470
470
The operation of the Spectrum Control signal is:
• ON (3.3V) = The radio 5.2GHz transmitter is ON and transmitting.
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• OFF (low) = The radio 2.4GHz transmitter is ON and transmitting.
7.5 Bluetooth Coexistence
Bluetooth priority information and 802.11b channel information are exchanged over a 2-wire
interface. The BT_Priority Signal and the Channel_Clk Signal are multiplex on the same physical
interface with each signal transmitted in real-time and a coordinated manor. The Channel_Data
Signal transfers the current 802.11b channel in use, and indicates long-term channel inactivity, e.g.,
sleep modes to the Bluetooth module.
8. Mechanical
Intel’s Mini PCI cards should be designed for the smallest form-factor possible to ensure maximum
OEM platform compatibility. The target form-factor is the Mini PCI type 3B form-factor. If the card
grows for additional capability, maximum allowable card size if the Mini PCI type 3A form-factor as
defined in the Mini PCI rev. 1.0 specification.
Due to OEM demand, the Hirose U.FL-R-SMT (or equivalent) connector will be used on all Intel
Mini PCI cards to mate with cable connector U.FL-LP-066. The U.FL-R-SMT connector, though it
meets the RF requirements for operation, violates the Mini PCI Z-dimension by 0.1mm. Notification
of this spec violation will be worked via the OEM channel using product mechanical specifications.
Mini PCI card shielding requirements will be reviewed on a project-by-project basis. No restrictions
will be placed upon the design team for RF shielding outside of Z-height restrictions.
8.1 PCB Card Design
The purpose of this Guideline is to insure the card properly seats into a Mini-PCI Type III system
connector.
Connector Interface
Below is the mechanical information for the Mini PCI edge connector as it is specified within the
Mini PCI rev. 1.0 specification. The following sections detail Intel’s modifications from this
specification to improve the contact reliability for our customers.
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8.2 Antenna Connection
Antenna connector locations for both the type 3A and type 3B Mini PCI cards are illustrated below.
Intel’s 802.11 cards offer a diversity antenna scheme which allows for receiving or transmitting on
either antenna. The diagram shows a primary and secondary antenna connection which refers to
the default transmit antenna established by firmware.
Hirose style UL-F connector for attachment between the Mini PCI card to the co-ax cable attaching
the antenna elements. The mechanical information is shown in figure X. Please note the
mechanical Z-dimension exceeds the current Mini PCI specification by 0.1mm. The OEM must
make allowances for this in their chassis design.
The figures below specify the Primary and Secondary antenna connector locations on the type 3A
and type 3B Mini PCI cards. Note tolerances for antenna connector placement for the type 3A card
will be +/- 1.0mm in the Y-dimension only. X-dimension tolerance is +/- 1.0mm. For the type 3B
card the tolerance will be increased for additional design flexibility. Tolerances for the type 3B card
will be +/- 2.0mm in the Y-dimension and in the X-dimension tolerance is +/- 1.0mm. Component
keep-out zone around the connectors for both form-factors will be a 5.0mm radius.
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Type 3A Mini PCI Antenna Connector Placement
Notes:
Dimensions in mm.
M refers to the MAIN.
A refers to the Auxiliary.
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Type 3B Mini PCI Antenna Connector Placement
The card’s Primary and Secondary connectors will be clearly silk-screened on the PCB as noted
above.
Notes:
Dimensions in mm.
M refers to the MAIN.
A refers to the Auxiliary.