Embedded Design Tool: Motherboard Mechanical Layout Tool

Launch this easy-to-use interactive tool in order to:

Reduce failure of BGA surface-mounted components and solder joint damage
Get predicted relative mechanical shock risk information
Find the optimum chipset/PCH location on the board

This tool provides relative risk information¹ for the Intel® 6 Series Chipset (formerly Cougar Point) coupled with 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (formerly Sandy Bridge) on a 0.062” thick uATX motherboard (Sugar Bay variant layout) subjected to a 50g trapezoidal shock stress.

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Processor and chipset selection, peripheral devices, board size, power budget and thermal analysis.
Motherboard Mechanical Layout Tool
Find optimum locations to place the chipset on the motherboard to reduce the risk from mechanical shock.
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The Design-In Tools store allows you to speed through motherboard and system design with validation tools and services available for purchase from Intel.

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Android* Optimization on Intel® Architecture-Based Platforms
Ishu Verma discusses Android* SDK and NDK toolsets as well as the benefits of using NDK. (v.001, Oct. 2011)

Migration Solutions for Embedded Intel® Architecture
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Uncore Performance Counters
Covers uncore performance monitoring registers, counters, and integrated memory controller specifics.
Hypervisor Layer Installation on an Intel® Platform
Demonstrates how to use open source hypervisor, Xen* 3.0, and CentOS* 5.5. (v.1, Oct. 2010)
Verifying Intel® Turbo Boost Technology on a System
Demonstrates verification using turbo mode gadget and frequency display utility. (v.1, Oct. 2010)

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Voltage Regulator Test Tool Demo
Demos set-up, software, oscilloscope settings, and power delivery assessments. (v.001, Mar. 2010)
PCI Express* Compliance Load Board Demo
Demos tools, oscilloscope, platform, waveform analysis, SigTest software, and reports. (v.001, Mar. 2010)
Intel® Processors Bring Intelligence to Embedded Applications
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Boot to DOS Using a USB Drive
Demonstrates how to use a USB drive to boot a customer reference board to DOS. (v.1, June 2010)
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Tutorial for Debugging Intel® Platform with Linux*
Shows how to view tasks on Linux and compile objects exposed to debugging. (v.1, June 2009)

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1. Relative mechanical shock information should be used in conjunction with other considerations, such as electrical routing, signal timing, and thermal cycle stress, to design the board.

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