Pinout Headers

UDOO BOLT GEAR features two pinout headers (dual-row 40 Pins), one on the top(CN24) and another on the bottom(CN25) of the board.

• CN24 - Top: The pin header connector on the top of the board is connected to the ATmega32U4 microcontroller (Arduino® Leonardo-compatible). Check the Arduino Leonardo-compatible(ATmega32U4) Pinout section to know how to use it through the Arduino® programming.
• CN25 - Bottom: The pin header connector on the bottom of the board is connected to the Embedded Controller(MEC1705). The EC is used to manage some functionalities of the board like the fan management, the wake up of the Ryzen™ processor and others. The EC also manages the exposed buses in the CN25 pinout header like UART, I2C, etc. and these are usable from the main AMD Ryzen™ processor.

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Since the Arduino Pinout connector (CN24) is fully described in the dedicated section, we describe only the pinout header of the EC (CN25) in this page.

Embedded Controller I/O Pin header - CN25

The Embedded Controller input/output (I/O) pins operate at 3.3V.

⚠️ Warning: UDOO BOLT GEAR Pins controlled by the Embedded Controller are 3.3V compliant. Providing higher voltages, like 5V or 12V, could irreversibly damage the board. In order to properly work with an input voltage different from 3.3V you can use a bidirectional level shifter.

Pinmuxing

The image below shows the list of all possible functions assigned to each Pin.

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Here you can find the Embedded Controller [Microchip MEC1705 datasheet](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/MEC170x-Data-Sheet-DS00002206D.pdf).

UART 0 and UART 1

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) provides serial communication capability with external devices.

The UART 0 is available at Pins 34, 36, 38, 40.
The UART 1 is available at Pins 33, 35, 37, 39.

UART 0

Pin	Function	EC PAD
34	UART0_RX	UART0_RX
36	UART0_TX	UART0_TX
38	UART0_RTS	UART0_RTS#
40	UART0_CTS	UART0_CTS#

UART 1

Pin	Function	EC PAD
33	UART1_RX	UART1_RX
35	UART1_TX	UART1_TX
37	UART1_RTS	UART1_RTS#
39	UART1_CTS	UART1_CTS#

Accordingly to the Microchip MEC1705 datasheet these are full-function Serial Port that supports the standard RS-232 Interface. The baud rate goes from 50 to 3000000.

The UARTs are directly propagated to the OS as Legacy UART so you can already interact with they.

UARTs on Linux

On Linux the UARTs are seen as standard tty devices. The addresses are set by default to 0x3f8 and 0x2f8.

You should find the UARTs available on the devices /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 on Ubuntu with a baudrate of 115200.
The device name assigned by the Linux Distro you are using can change, you can check the name assigned running the command:

dmesg | grep tty

UARTs on Windows 10

On Windows the UARTs are seen as standard COM devices. The addresses are set by default to 0x3f8 and 0x2f8.

You should find the UARTs available on the devices COM1 and COM2 on Windows 10.

I2C 1 and I2C 2

The I2C (Inter-IC) bus is a bi-directional, two-wire serial bus that provides a communication link between integrated circuits (ICs). Phillips introduced the I2C bus 20 years ago for mass-produced items such as televisions, VCRs, and audio equipment. Today, I2C is the de-facto solution for embedded applications.

The I2C 1 is available at Pins 8, 10.
The I2C 2 is available at Pins 7, 9.

I2C 1

Pin	Function	EC PAD
8	I2C1_SCL	I2C08_SCL
10	I2C1_SDA	I2C08_SDA

I2C 2

Pin	Function	EC PAD
7	I2C2_SCL	I2C09_SCL
9	I2C2_SDA	I2C09_SCL

Check the Microchip MEC1705 datasheet for more info about the I2C interface.

You can use the I2C exposed by the EC using the EAPI libraries in your software.

SPI

The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a synchronous serial communication interface specification used for short-distance communication, primarily in embedded systems.
The SPI may be accurately described as a synchronous serial interface, but it is different from the Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) protocol, which is also a four-wire synchronous serial communication protocol.

The SPI is available at Pins 1, 2, 3, 4.

Pin	Function	EC PAD
1	SPI_MISO	SPI0_MISO
2	SPI_CS#	SPI0_CS#
3	SPI_MOSI	SPI0_MOSI
4	SPI_CLK	SPI0_CLK

You can use the SPI exposed by the EC using the EAPI libraries in your software.

Fan Controller

You can control an external Fan using the Fan Controller Pins.

The Fan controller is available at Pins 11, 12.

Pin	Function	EC PAD
11	FANOUT0	PWM0
12	FANTACH0	FAN_TACH0

The Fan Out is used as a PWM output to control the Fan Speed. The Fan Tachometer is used as in Input to capture the Fan Speed.
Remember you also need to provide the Voltage and Ground Pins to the external Fan.

These two signals (out and tachometer) are only 3.3V digital pins exposed by the controller and therefore do not deliver power.
To drive a 3-pin fan you need a power circuit that gives the right voltage to the fan. For example, this is the circuit used to drive the 5V fan installed above the heatsink:

You can control these Fan Pins using the EAPI libraries in your software.

Wake Pins

The Wake pin can be used as an interrupt, the signal is caught by the EC and propagated to wake up the main AMD Ryzen™ processor from S3/S4/S5 status (Suspend/Hibernate/Power Off).

The Wake is available at Pin 6.

Pin	Function	EC PAD
6	WAKE#	GPIO025

The wake signal is activated by a logical state change on the Pin (e.g. active low from 3.3V to GND).

GPIOs

The GPIOs can be used as General Pourpose Input Output pins.

The GPIOs are available at Pins from 13 to 28.

Pin	EAPI Function	EC PAD
13	GPIO 0	GPIO040
14	GPIO 5	GPIO017
15	GPIO 1	GPIO045
16	GPIO 6	GPIO020
17	GPIO 2	GPIO046
18	GPIO 7	GPIO021
19	GPIO 3	GPIO047
20	GPIO 8	GPIO026
21	GPIO 4	GPIO107
22	GPIO 9	GPIO027
23	GPIO 10	GPIO121
24	GPIO 13	GPIO124
25	GPIO 11	GPIO122
26	GPIO 14	GPIO125
27	GPIO 12	GPIO123
28	GPIO 15	GPIO126

You can use these Pins as GPIO exposed by the EC using the EAPI libraries in your software.