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Chapter 5. BeagleBone AI-64 High Level
Specification

BeagleBone AI-64 Key Components figure

 below shows the high level block diagram of BeagleBone

AI-64 board surrounding TDA4VM SoC.

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LPDDR4 (4GB)

Q3222PM1WDGTK-U

EEPROM 4Kbit

24FC04HT-I/OT

Micro SD

YL004-030-001

MCU_RGMII

1x RJ45 w/ 

Magnetics

DDR0

MMC1

CSIRX1

Mini DP Conn

3VM11201-D730-7H

MMC2

JTAG

Tag-Connect

10Pin

Crystal

19.2MHz

WKUP_OSCO

PMIC

WKUP_I2C0

USB3.0 HUB

TUSB8041

1 to 4

Expansion Header 

P9

USB2.0_HS_1

USB1

SERDES3(2L)

USB0 

USB TYPE C

5V 3A Only

USB3.0

Power Input 1

Power MUX

TPS2121 

4.5A MAX

Supply

Boot Mode Configuration

Pull-Up Pull-Down Resistor

SYS_BOOTMODE

MCU_BOOTMODE03

BUCK REG 

(3.3V)

LM5141RGET

SERDES2 (1L)

3.3V

32b

4b

USB_HS

Timer

IIC

PWM

MCASP

UART

Boot Mode 

Button

Ethernet PHY

DP83867CR

CSI1 Conn 

(RPi) 22Pin

4 Lane

SPI

Dual

USB3.0 Type A 

PCIe M.2 Conn (Key E)

AS0BC27-S40BE-7H

VSYS_5V0

USB3.0 Type A

MCU_BOOTMODE

UART1

MCASP10

SERDES4_TX

DP0(4L)

DP0_AUX

DC Jack

& BBB P9

5V Only

Power Input 2

USB3.0_SS_2

USB3.0_SS_1

USB2.0_HS_2

USB2.0_HS_3

eMMC (16GB)

EMMC16G-TB29-PZ90

MMC0

USB2.0_HS_4

8b

Buffer

SN74LVC2G241

Debug UART

Pin Header

Crystal

22.5792MHz

WKUP_UART0

MCU_ADC0

OSC1

USB_HS

5V

SERDES1 (2L)

PCIe 1(2L)

MCU_SPI1

DSI-TX

DSIConn (RPi) 

22Pin

4 Lane

MCU_TIMER_IO1

MCU_UART0

MCU_I2C1

Power

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Reset Button

SYS_BOOTMODE6

Power Button

MCU_PORz

GPIO

5V

I2C0

MCU_ADC1

Buffer

SN74LVC2G241

Debug UART

Pin Header

UART0

CSIRX0

CSI0 Conn 

(RPi) 22Pin

4 Lane

GPIO

USB_SS

USB_SS

Figure 18. BeagleBone AI-64 Key Components

5.1. Processor

BeagleBone AI-64 uses TI J721E-family 

TDA4VM

 system-on-chip (SoC) which is part of the K3

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Summary of Contents for BeagleBone AI-64

Page 1: ...BeagleBone AI 64 System Reference Manual...

Page 2: ...BeagleBone AI 64 System Reference Manual...

Page 3: ...t beagleboard org beagleboard beaglebone ai 64 issues All information in this document is subject to change without notice For an up to date version of this document refer to https git beagleboard org...

Page 4: ...NSE does not apply to BeagleBoard org Foundation trademarks BEAGLEBONE AI 64 ADDITIONAL TERMS BeagleBoard org Foundation and logo licensed manufacturers provide the board under the following condition...

Page 5: ...luding but not limited to Food and Drug Administration regulations if applicable which relate to your products and which relate to your use and or that of your employees affiliates contractors or desi...

Page 6: ...any use of the board that is not in accordance with the terms of the agreement This obligation shall apply whether Claims arise under the law of tort or contract or any other legal theory and even if...

Page 7: ...All boards received without RMA approval will not be worked on 5...

Page 8: ...d a registered trademark of the BeagleBoard org Foundation BeagleBoard org Foundation A Michigan USA based 501 c 3 non profit corporation BeagleBone A family of BeagleBoard org boards from the origina...

Page 9: ...o as AI 64 or BeagleBone AI 64 as a reminder This design is subject to change without notice as we will work to keep improving the design as the product matures based on feedback and experience Softwa...

Page 10: ...ember 2021 James Anders on 0 0 2 AI 64 final prototype December 2021 James Anders on 0 0 3 AI 64 initial production release June 9 2022 Deepak Khatri and Jason Kridner 2 2 Board Changes Be sure to che...

Page 11: ...3A laptop mobile adaptor with USB C cable All the BeagleBone AI 64 conections ports we will use in this chapter are shown in the figure below Figure 1 BeagleBone AI 64 conections ports 3 1 Methods of...

Page 12: ...de document on the board that should also be referred to The intent here is that someone looking to purchase the board will be able to read this section and get a good idea as to what the initial set...

Page 13: ...operly Tethered Configuration figure shows this configuration Figure 3 Tethered Configuration At least 5V 3A is required to power the board In most cases the PC may not be able to supply sufficient po...

Page 14: ...SB A end of thecable tp your PC or laptop USB port as shown in the USB Connection to the PC Laptop figure below Figure 5 USB Connection to the PC Laptop 3 The board will power on and the power LED wil...

Page 15: ...a few seconds for the status LEDs to come on so be patient The LEDs will be flashing in an erratic manner as it begins to boot the Linux kernel Figure 7 Board Boot Status 3 4 2 Accessing the Board as...

Page 16: ...on figure It allows you to create your code to make the board do whatever you need it to do It will however require certain common PC accessories These accessories and instructions are described in th...

Page 17: ...L For wireless connections a USB WiFi adapter or a recommended M 2 WiFi module can provide wireless networking 3 5 2 Connecting Up the Board 1 Connect the miniDP to DP or active miniDP to HDMI cable f...

Page 18: ...er in the USB host port of the board as shown in Keyboard and Mouse figure Figure 11 Keyboard and Mouse 4 Connect the Ethernet Cable If you decide you want to connect to your local area network an Eth...

Page 19: ...ternal DC Power figure below Figure 13 External DC Power 6 The cable needed to connect to your display is a miniDP DP or active miniDP HDMI Connect the miniDP connector end to the board at this time T...

Page 20: ...r or cable 7 Booting the Board As soon as the power is applied to the board it will start the booting up process When the board starts to boot the LEDs will come on It will take a few seconds for the...

Page 21: ...enters the Linux boot step You may have to move the physical mouse to get the mouse pointer to appear The system can come up in the suspend mode with the monitor in a sleep mode b After a minute or t...

Page 22: ...erent combinations of features A user may also develop their own board or add their own circuitry BeagleBone AI 64 is manufactured and warranted by partners listed at https beagleboard org logo for th...

Page 23: ...d Specification This section covers the specifications and features of the board and provides a high level description of the major components and interfaces that make up the board Feature Processor T...

Page 24: ...8 3 3V User Input 1 Reset Button 2 Boot Button 3 Power Button Video Out miniDP Audio via miniDP stereo Weight 192gm with heatsink Power Refer to main board power section 4 3 Board Component Locations...

Page 25: ...USB Client is a USB C connection to a PC that can also power the board BOOT switch can be used to force a boot from the microSD card if the power is cycled on the board removing power and reapplying...

Page 26: ...TI TDA4VM processor 4GB LPDDR4 Dual Data Rate RAM memory Ethernet PHY physical interface to the network eMMC onboard MMC chip that holds up to 16GB of data 24...

Page 27: ...32b 4b USB_HS Timer IIC PWM MCASP UART Boot Mode Button Ethernet PHY DP83867CR CSI1 Conn RPi 22Pin 4 L ane SPI Dual USB3 0 TypeA PCIe M 2Conn KeyE AS0BC27 S40BE 7H VSYS_5V0 USB3 0 Type A MCU_BOOTMODE...

Page 28: ...purpose use as two cores or in lockstep intended to help customers achieve functional safety goals for their end products Integration of a next generation fixed and floating point C71x Digital Signal...

Page 29: ...erface Receivers CSI_RX_IF with dedicated MIPI D PHYs DPHY_RX One Camera Streaming Interface Transmitter CSI_TX_IF with MIPI D PHY Transmitter DPHY_TX shared with DSI One Vision Processing Accelerator...

Page 30: ...ASP modules supporting up to 16 channels with independent TX RX clock sync domain One Video Processing Front End VPFE interface module The device also integrates Power distribution reset controls and...

Page 31: ...teen Dual Clock Comparators DCC to monitor clocking sources during run time Three Error Signaling Modules ESM to enable error monitoring Temperature monitoring sensors ECC on all critical memories Ded...

Page 32: ...ct RINGACC INTA INTR Channelized FW Channelized FW AES SECMGR Interconnect C66SS 32KB SRAM max 256KB L2 2 C66x DSP 2 R5FSS TCM 64KB Cortex R5F C LEC I3C C PS W 9 port switch UFS 3 eC AP ATL VPFE 2 I3C...

Page 33: ...rogram the eMMC when used in the manufacturing process or for field updates TODO This section needs more work and references to greater detail Other boot modes are possible Software to support USB and...

Page 34: ...6 pin USB to TTL adapter The header is compatible with the one provided by FTDI and canbe purchased for about 12 to 20 from various sources Signals supported are TX and RX None of the handshake signal...

Page 35: ...utton takes advantage of the input to the PMIC for power down features 5 10 Indicators There are a total of six green LEDs on the board One green power LED indicates that power is applied and the powe...

Page 36: ...I 64 Mechanical 6 1 Dimensions and Weight Size 102 5 x 80 4 x 3 15 Max height TODO PCB Layers TODO PCB thickness 2mm 0 08 RoHS Compliant Yes Weight 192gm 6 2 Silkscreen and Component Locations Figure...

Page 37: ...Figure 21 Top silkscreen 35...

Page 38: ...Figure 22 Bottom silkscreen 36...

Page 39: ...Chapter 7 Pictures Figure 23 BeagleBone AI 64 front Figure 24 BeagleBone AI 64 back 37...

Page 40: ...Figure 25 BeagleBone AI 64 back with heatsink Figure 26 BeagleBone AI 64 front at 45 angle 38...

Page 41: ...Figure 27 BeagleBone AI 64 back at 45 angle Figure 28 BeagleBone AI 64 back with heatsink at 45 angle 39...

Page 42: ...Figure 29 BeagleBone AI 64 ports 40...

Page 43: ...you feel your board is defective or has issues request an Return Merchandise Application RMA by filling out the form at http beagleboard org support rma You will need the serial number and revision o...

Page 44: ...ts TDA4VM Jacinto Processors for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles Silicon Revisions 1 0 and 1 1 datasheet Rev J DRA829 TDA4VM Technical Reference Manual Rev C Books BeagleBone Cookbook Bad to the Bone Exp...

Page 45: ...Index 43...

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