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1.3 Board features
The table below lists the features of the LS1043ARDB.
Table 1-3. LS1043ARDB features
LS1043ARDB feature
Specification
Description
Processor support
Core processors
4x64-bit up to 1.5 GHz ARM® Cortex®-v8 A53 cores
High-speed serial ports (SerDes)
• Supports 4 lanes, up to 10.3125 GHz SerDes
• Supports PCIe 3.0, QSGMII, and XFI
• Two PCIe connectors supporting:
• Mini-PCIe card
• Standard PCIe card
• X1 RJ45 connector for Ethernet 10G support
• X4 RJ45 connector for QSGMII support
DDR
• Supports 2 GB DDR4 SDRAM discrete devices
• 32-bit DDR4 bus
• Supports data rates of up to 1600 MT/s
USB3.0
• Two super-speed USB 3.0 type A ports
• Supports x1 USB2.0 connection on the mini-
PCIe connector
IFC
• One 128 MB NOR flash 16-bit data bus (1.8 V)
• One 512 MB SLC NAND flash with ECC
support (1.8 V)
• CPLD connection: 8-bit registers in CPLD to
configure some mux/demux selections
eSDHC
• SDHC port connects directly to a full SD/MMC
slot.
DSPI
• 16 MB high-speed flash memory (up to 108
MHz in the Single-Transfer Rate mode)
DUART
• One RJ45 to DB9 connector with two UART
ports
• UART1 is routed to CMSISDAP circuit and
supports USB port to access serial port as
console
Package
• 21 x 21 mm, 621 flip-chip, plastic-ball, grid
array (FC-PBGA)
System logic
CPLD
• Manages system power and reset sequencing
• Latches IFC address/data multiplexed signals
• Controls signal muxing/demuxing
Clock
SYSCLK
• Supports single-ended SYSCLK, DDRCLK
clock input, with default value as 100 MHz
• Supports single-source differential
DIFF_SYCLK_/DIFF_SYSCLK_N, 100 MHz
SerDes
• Provides clocks to all SerDes blocks and slots
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Chapter 1 Introduction
QorIQ LS1043A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 0, 08/2015
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
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