Summary
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations used............................................................................................................................4
1.3 Document and Standard References........................................................................................................................5
1.3.1 External Industry Standard Documents....................................................................................................................................5
1.3.2 NXP Documents........................................................................................................................................................................5
1.3.3 Disclaimer..................................................................................................................................................................................5
2. Mechanical data............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Mechanical data........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Assembly Top View.................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Assembly Bottom View.............................................................................................................................................. 7
3. Ordering Information and Features............................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Ordering Information.................................................................................................................................................. 9
4. Pinout.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Module Pinout.......................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 What's new.............................................................................................................................................................. 17
4.3 Electrical specifications...........................................................................................................................................18
5. Carrier Board Design.................................................................................................................................. 19
5.1 Carrier board recommended specifications.............................................................................................................20
5.1.1Planarity in finish process........................................................................................................................................................20
5.1.2Planarity of PCB.......................................................................................................................................................................20
5.1.3Power Supply...........................................................................................................................................................................20
5.2 How to power the GEA M6UL module.....................................................................................................................21
5.2.1 How to connect a backup battery............................................................................................................................................22
5.3 How to connect two 3-wire RS232 serial port..........................................................................................................23
5.4 How to connect a RS485 serial port........................................................................................................................24
5.5 How to connect CAN BUS interfaces......................................................................................................................25
5.6 How to design the Ethernet interface......................................................................................................................26
5.6.1 Component Placement considerations...................................................................................................................................27
5.6.2 Cable Transient Event and PHY Protection............................................................................................................................28
5.6.3 Phy Ethernet............................................................................................................................................................................29
5.7 USB interface.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
5.7.1 How to connect the USB OTG interface.................................................................................................................................30
5.7.2 How to connect the USB host interface..................................................................................................................................32
5.8 How to connect the SD CARD interface..................................................................................................................33
5.9 How to connect an LCD display..............................................................................................................................34
5.9.1 Connection map for 18 bit TFT only........................................................................................................................................35
5.10 Boot Mode Pin....................................................................................................................................................... 36
5.10.1 Boot Signals Management....................................................................................................................................................38
5.11 How to connect the Audio Interface.......................................................................................................................39
5.12 How to connect the reset pin................................................................................................................................. 40
5.12.1 Input mode usage.................................................................................................................................................................40
5.12.2 Output mode usage...............................................................................................................................................................40
6. Peripheral multiplexing................................................................................................................................ 41
6.1 Peripheral multiplexing description..........................................................................................................................42
6.1.1 SPI Interfaces..........................................................................................................................................................................42
6.1.2 IIS Configuration.....................................................................................................................................................................43
6.1.3 Alternative PWM pins table.....................................................................................................................................................43
6.1.4 General Purpose Timer (GPT)................................................................................................................................................44
6.1.5 I2C Configuration....................................................................................................................................................................45
6.1.6 Alternative UART pins tables..................................................................................................................................................46
6.1.7 Alternative CMOS Sensor Interface........................................................................................................................................48
6.1.8 uSDHC Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................................49
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