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Qseven

conga-QMX6

Freescale

i.MX6 ARM

Cortex A9 processor with Ultra Low Power Consumption

User’s Guide

Revision 0.3 (

Preliminary

)

Summary of Contents for Qseven conga-QMX6

Page 1: ...Qseven conga QMX6 Freescale i MX6 ARM Cortex A9 processor with Ultra Low Power Consumption User s Guide Revision 0 3 Preliminary...

Page 2: ...4 Heatspreader Added additional heatspreader variants Updated section 5 2 UART Updated section 5 13 Manufacturing Jtag Interface Added pin descriptions for the onboard UART connector and the RS 232 a...

Page 3: ...change without notice congatec AG provides no warranty with regard to this user s guide or any other information contained herein and hereby expressly disclaims any implied warranties of merchantabili...

Page 4: ...used in this user s guide Warning Warnings indicate conditions that if not observed can cause personal injury Caution Cautions warn the user about how to prevent damage to hardware or loss of data No...

Page 5: ...ersal Serial Bus SATA Serial AT Attachment serial interface standard for hard disks HDA High Definition Audio HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI supports standard enhanced or high definiti...

Page 6: ...ments which are available at www congatec com and or upon request Beginning on the date of shipment to its direct customer and continuing for the published warranty period congatec AG represents that...

Page 7: ...that you first visit our website at www congatec com for the latest documentation utilities and drivers which have been made available to assist you If you still require assistance after visiting our...

Page 8: ...Cortex A9 800 MHz Quad Core 1MB L2 cache 2GB eMMC 20 2 6 Supply Voltage Battery Power 20 2 6 1 CMOS Battery Power Consumption 20 2 7 Environmental Specifications 21 3 Block Diagram 22 4 Heatspreader...

Page 9: ...9 11 LPC GPIO 53 9 12 SPI 54 9 13 CAN Bus 54 9 14 Input Power 54 9 15 Power Control 55 9 16 Power Management 55 9 17 Miscellaneous 56 9 18 Manufacturing JTAG Interface 57 9 19 Thermal Management 58 9...

Page 10: ...able 13 LVDS Signal Descriptions 50 Table 14 DisplayPort Signal Descriptions 52 Table 15 HDMI Signal Descriptions 52 Table 16 LPC GPIO Signal Descriptions 53 Table 17 SPI Interface Signal Descriptions...

Page 11: ...e I O interfaces as deemed necessary The carrier board can therefore provide all the interface connectors required to attach the system to the application specific peripherals This versatility allows...

Page 12: ...Cortex A9 1 0 GHz Quad Core L2 Cache 512 kB 512 kB 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB Onboard Memory 1GB DDR3 1GB DDR3 1GB DDR3 1GB DDR3 2GB DDR3 eMMC up to 8GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB PCI Express Lane Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CA...

Page 13: ...blanking NOTE Supports three independent displays must be 2x single channel LVDS and 1x HDMI Video Decode Acceleration MPEG2 MP HP MPEG4 SP H 264 VC 1 DivX Peripheral Interfaces 1x Serial ATA Gen 2 3...

Page 14: ...mm x 70 0 mm 2 x 2 The Qseven module including the heatspreader plate PCB thickness and bottom components is up to approximately 12mm thick Heatspeader Qseven Module PCB Carrier Board PCB Dimension i...

Page 15: ...ge 5 4 75 5 00 5 25 Vdc Ripple 50 mVPP 2 4 2 Rise Time The input voltages shall rise from 10 of nominal to 90 of nominal at a minimum slope of 250V s The smooth turn on requires that during the 10 to...

Page 16: ...e period The modules were cooled by the heatspreader specific to the module variants Each module was measured while running 32 bit Linaro Ubuntu 11 10 To measure the worst case power consumption the c...

Page 17: ...Size 1GB onboard Operating System Ubuntu Power State Desktop Idle 100 workload Max Power Consumption Power consumption measured in Amperes Watts 0 22 A 1 1 W 0 34 A 1 7 W 0 46 A 2 3 W 2 5 2 Freescale...

Page 18: ...rd eMMC conga QMX6 Art No 016103 Freescale i MX6 Cortex A9 1 0 GHz 1MB L2 cache 40nm Layout Rev QMX6LB1 Bootloader Rev QMX6Rx07 Memory Size 1GB onboard Operating System Ubuntu Power State Desktop Idle...

Page 19: ...With 2GB onboard eMMC conga QMX6 Art No 016111 Freescale i MX6 Cortex A9 800 MHz 512kB L2 cache 40nm Layout Rev QMX6LB1 Bootloader Rev QMX6Rx07 Memory Size 1GB onboard Operating System Ubuntu Power S...

Page 20: ...ad of other components such as graphics engine memory etc 2 6 Supply Voltage Battery Power 2 0V 3 6V DC Typical 3V DC 2 6 1 CMOS Battery Power Consumption RTC 20 C Voltage Current RTC onboard the cong...

Page 21: ...perature ranges 40 to 85 C When using a heatspreader with conga QMX6 commercial grade variants the maximum operating temperature refers to any measurable spot on the heatspreader s surface congatec AG...

Page 22: ...MX6 Cortex A9 DDR3onboardMemory 2G DDR3L SDRAM 256MX16 JTAG TRACE Debug Port onboard SMSC USB2514 USB Hub Micro SD socket onboard eMMC max 16GB BGA onboard Power BATT MAXIM MAX3232 RS232 Debug Port on...

Page 23: ...rt No PN Compatible conga QMX6 Variants PN Comment conga QMX6 HSP1 B 016160 016112 016113 For modules equipped with lidded FC PBGA CPU 1mm Gap Pad conga QMX6 HSP2 B 016161 016100 016101 016110 016111...

Page 24: ...of the two threads may be staggered which could lead to stripping or cross threading of the threads in either the standoffs of the heatspreader or carrier board 4 1 Heatspreader Dimensions conga QMX6...

Page 25: ...eader screws is 0 3 Nm Mechanical system assembly mounting shall follow the valid DIN IS0 specifications Caution When using the heatspreader in a high shock and or vibration environment congatec recom...

Page 26: ...with the 230 pin card edge MXM connector located on the carrier board This connector provides the ability to interface the available signals of the conga QMX6 with the carrier board peripherals 1x HDM...

Page 27: ...3 3V to RS 232 voltage levels 5v and is guaranteed to run at data rates of 250 kbps in the normal operating mode while maintaining RS 232 output levels With the Molex connector you can output data to...

Page 28: ...ection 9 21 of this user s guide 5 4 SATA The Freescale i MX6 Cortex A9 processor on the conga QMX6 supports one SATA port only The supported signals are coupled with 10nF capacitors and then routed t...

Page 29: ...respectively The SDIO ports support SDIO Revision 1 1 SD Memory Card Specification Revision 3 0 and MMC Revision 4 4 5 7 HDA I2S AC 97 The conga QMX6 uses the I2S format for audio signals These signal...

Page 30: ...l streams HDMI encodes the video data into TMDS for digital transmission and is backward compatible with the single link Digital Visual Interface DVI carrying digital video The conga QMX6 provides HDM...

Page 31: ...cessary to add transceiver hardware A complete description of the CAN controller registers and functionality is beyond the scope of this user s guide Consult Freescale s i MX6 processor reference manu...

Page 32: ...ng by means of the power good signal PWGIN It is the responsibility of the external logic to release the PWGIN signal when the desired event e g pressing the power button occurs Power Supply Implement...

Page 33: ...uses advanced integration Power Management Unit PMU to reduce supply connections The PMIC complements the processor s internal regulators in providing a complete and simple way to supply voltage doma...

Page 34: ...s I2C3 is shared with LVDS and RTC while I2C2 is shared with camera interface and HDMI The I2C1 bus is routed directly without sharing on the edge connector Note On the conga QMX6 revision B x and lat...

Page 35: ...are accelerators available in the processor are VPU IPUv3H 3D GPU 2D GPU OpenVG 1 1 GPU and Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter ASRC 6 3 Power Management The Freescale i MX6 processor integrates power...

Page 36: ...With the Smart SpeedTechnology several execution units work in parallel thereby providing higher processor speed at lower power consumption System parallelism is accomplished via the Smart Speed cros...

Page 37: ...JVM Contact ARM for further information on how to obtain the software support code 7 3 TrustZone The ARM TrustZone technology is a security extension that provides additional dedicated security to a S...

Page 38: ...ate actions such as throttling back the core frequency when a temperature interrupt is set During normal system operation software can use the temperature sensor counter output in conjunction with the...

Page 39: ...n when the ARM is in a low power mode 8 4 LVDS Bridge The LVDS Bridge LDB supports the flow of synchronous RGB data from the Image Processing Unit to external devices through LVDS interface This suppo...

Page 40: ...gatec AG QMX6m03 40 63 conga QMX6 USB Routing Diagram Freescale i MX6 ARM Cortex A9 Processor SMSC USB HUB USB 0 Host only USB 2 Host only USB 3 Host only USB 4 Host only USB 1 Host Client USB Device...

Page 41: ...page 8 to determine the options available on the module Table 4 Signal Tables Terminology Descriptions Term Description I Input Pin O Output Pin OC Open Collector OD Open Drain PP Push Pull I O Bi di...

Page 42: ...33 SATA_ACT 34 GND 35 SATA0_RX 36 SATA1_RX 37 SATA0_RX 38 SATA1_RX 39 GND 40 GND 41 BIOS_DISABLE BOOT_ALT 42 SDIO_CLK 43 SDIO_CD 44 SDIO_LED 45 SDIO_CMD 46 SDIO_WP 47 SDIO_PWR 48 SDIO_DAT1 49 SDIO_DA...

Page 43: ...S_B3 115 eDP0_TX3 LVDS_A3 116 eDP1_TX3 LVDS_B3 117 GND 118 GND 119 eDP0_AUX LVDS_A_CLK 120 eDP1_AUX LVDS_B_CLK 121 eDP0_AUX LVDS_A_CLK 122 eDP1_AUX LVDS_B_CLK 123 LVDS_BLT_CTRL GP_PWM_OUT0 124 GP_1 Wi...

Page 44: ...IO1 187 LPC_AD2 GPIO2 188 LPC_AD3 GPIO3 189 LPC_CLK GPIO4 190 LPC_FRAME GPIO5 191 SERIRQ GPIO6 192 LPC_LDRQ GPIO7 193 VCC_RTC 194 SPKR GP_PWM_OUT2 195 FAN_TACHOIN GP_TIMER_IN 196 FAN_PWMOUT GP_PWM_OUT...

Page 45: ...hannel 2 Transmit Output differential pair O PCIE Not supported PCIE3_RX PCIE3_RX 162 164 PCI Express channel 3 Receive Input differential pair I PCIE Not supported PCIE3_TX PCIE3_TX 161 163 PCI Expre...

Page 46: ...is determined by the requirements of the module s PHY and may be as low as 0V and as high as 3 3V The reference voltage output should be current limited on the module In a case in which the reference...

Page 47: ...erential pair I O USB 2 0 compliant Backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB_P1 USB_P1 95 93 Universal Serial Bus Port 1 differential pair If USB_ID is LOW default USB Host If USB_ID is tied HIGH USB devic...

Page 48: ...4 and 5 I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3V USB_6_7_OC 79 Over current detect input 4 This pin is used to monitor the USB power over current of the USB Ports 6 and 7 I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB Not supported USB_ID 92 U...

Page 49: ...nd transfers During initialization mode this signal is open drain During command transfer this signal is in push pull mode I O 3 3V OD PP PU 10k 3 3V SDIO_LED 44 SDIO LED Used to drive an external LED...

Page 50: ...om Codec I 3 3V Note The conga QMX6 currently supports only I2S format 9 8 LVDS Table 13 LVDS Signal Descriptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment LVDS_PPEN 111 Controls panel power enable O 3...

Page 51: ...ck lines Display Port secondary auxiliary channel O LVDS LVDS_DID_CLK GP2_I2C_CLK 127 Primary functionality is DisplayID DDC clock line used for LVDS flat panel detection If primary functionality is n...

Page 52: ...HPD 154 Hot plug detection signal that serves as an interrupt request I 3 3V DisplayPort interface not supported Note The conga QMX6 does not offer DisplayPort interface because the interface is not s...

Page 53: ...ral Purpose Input Output 7 I O 3 3V Shared with GPIO7 LPC_CLK GPIO4 189 LPC clock shared with General Purpose Input Output 4 I O 3 3V The LPC clock output operates at 1 4th of FSB frequency By default...

Page 54: ...Bus Signal Descriptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment CAN0_TX 129 CAN Controller Area Network TX output for CAN Bus channel 0 In order to connect a CAN controller device to the Qseven modul...

Page 55: ...low or may be used to signal some other external battery management event I 3 3VSB Connected to GPIO WAKE 17 External system wake event This may be driven active low by external circuitry to signal an...

Page 56: ...General Purpose I C bus 1 clock line I O 3 3VSB OD PU 4k7 3 3V Connected to I2C SMB_DAT GP1_I2C_DAT 62 Data line of System Management Bus Multiplexed with General Purpose I C bus 1 data line I O 3 3V...

Page 57: ...case the multiplexer must be controlled by the MFG_NC4 signal NA NA MFG_NC4 204 This pin is reserved for manufacturing and debugging purposes May be used as JTAG_TRST signal for boundary scan purposes...

Page 58: ...oes active the system immediately transitions to the S5 State Soft Off O 3 3V Connected to GPIO 9 20 Fan Control Table 25 Fan Control Signal Descriptions Signal Pin Description I O PU PD Comment FAN_P...

Page 59: ...ve low O 2 5VSB PD 1k 3 3V GBE0_ACT is a bootstrap signal see note below Caution The signals listed in the table above are used as chipset configuration straps during system reset In this condition du...

Page 60: ...Data Receiver Orange 6 DCE1_RX NC Pin 3 i MX6 UART 5 Serial Data Receiver Purple Note The RS232 adapter cable PN 48000023 for the onboard UART interface is included in the congatec Qseven Evaluation...

Page 61: ...n Signal Descriptions Onboard the conga QMX6 is an eight pin connector for implementing android buttons The signals are directly connected to the Freescale i MX6 processor Signal Pin Description I O C...

Page 62: ...s a nand flash device and it is routed directly to the SDIO port 3 of the Freescale i MX6 processor Eight lanes are used for data 10 8 Micro SD The conga QMX6 offers an onboard micro SD connector back...

Page 63: ...org Qseven Design Guide http www qseven standard org Low Pin Count Interface Specification Revision 1 0 LPC http developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm Universal Serial Bus USB Specific...

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