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MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad  

Built to Freescale®

 

SABRE Lite design 

Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM 

Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012

 

 

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FIGURE 3-9 RS232 SERIAL PORT ..........................................................................................................................................22

 

FIGURE 3-10 RGMII LAN INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................22

 

FIGURE 3-11 MICRO USB INTERFACE...................................................................................................................................24

 

FIGURE 3-12 TF/MMC CARD INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................29

 

 

LIST OF TABLES 

TABLE 2-1 SABRE LITE KIT CONTENTS....................................................................................................................................8

 

TABLE 3-1 POWER INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................15

 

TABLE 3-2 SATA POWER INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................16

 

TABLE 3-3 SATA CONNECTOR ..............................................................................................................................................16

 

TABLE 3-4 CAN INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................................17

 

TABLE 3-5 PARALLEL RGB INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................18

 

TABLE 3-6 AUDIO OUTPUT JACK..........................................................................................................................................19

 

TABLE 3-7 MIC IN JACK ........................................................................................................................................................20

 

TABLE 3-8 CAMERA INTERFACE ...........................................................................................................................................20

 

TABLE 3-9 RS-232 SERIAL PORT ...........................................................................................................................................22

 

TABLE 3-10 RGMII LAN INTERFACE......................................................................................................................................23

 

TABLE 3-11 USB HOST INTERFACE .......................................................................................................................................23

 

TABLE 3-12 USB HOST INTERFACE .......................................................................................................................................24

 

TABLE 3-13 MICRO USB INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................24

 

TABLE 3-14 SD CARD INTERFACE .........................................................................................................................................25

 

TABLE 3-15 JTAG INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................................25

 

TABLE 3-16 IIC EXPANSION INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................26

 

TABLE 3-17 BOOT CONFIGURATION SELECT........................................................................................................................26

 

TABLE 3-18 ANDROID BUTTONS ..........................................................................................................................................27

 

TABLE 3-19 LED....................................................................................................................................................................28

 

TABLE 3-20 RESET SWITCH ..................................................................................................................................................28

 

TABLE 3-21 BOOT SWITCH...................................................................................................................................................28

 

TABLE 3-22 TF/MMC CARD INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................29

 

TABLE 3-23 HDMI INTERFACE ..............................................................................................................................................29

 

TABLE 3-24 LVDS INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................................30

 

TABLE 3-25 MIPI INTERFACE................................................................................................................................................31

 

TABLE 3-26 PCIE INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................32

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Freescale MCIMX6Q-SL

Page 1: ...MCIMX6Q SL Development Platform for i MX 6Quad Board built to Freescale SABRE Lite design ...

Page 2: ...2 Connect RS 232 cable 9 2 3 3 Connect USB OTG optional 9 2 3 4 Connect the Power Supply 9 3 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 10 3 1 PROCESSOR 10 3 1 1 Core Features 10 3 1 2 External memory interfaces 11 3 1 3 Interface to external devices 11 3 1 4 Advanced Power Management unit 12 3 1 5 Hardware Accelerators 13 3 2 EXPANDED CHIP INTRODUCTION 13 3 2 1 H5TQ2G63BFR H9C 13 3 2 2 SST25VF016B 13 3 2 3 KSZ9021RN 1...

Page 3: ... 3 18 LED 28 3 3 19 Switch 28 3 3 20 TF MMC Card Interface 29 3 3 21 HDMI Interface 29 3 3 22 LVDS Interface 30 3 3 23 MIPI Interface 31 3 3 24 PCIe Interface 32 4 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 33 4 1 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW LINUX 33 4 1 1 Overview 33 4 1 2 Software Features 33 4 1 3 System Development 34 4 1 3 1 Preparing the Board 34 4 1 3 2 Booting your Board 34 4 1 3 3 Using the Demo 34 4 1 4 For More Inform...

Page 4: ...ATA POWER INTERFACE 16 TABLE 3 3 SATA CONNECTOR 16 TABLE 3 4 CAN INTERFACE 17 TABLE 3 5 PARALLEL RGB INTERFACE 18 TABLE 3 6 AUDIO OUTPUT JACK 19 TABLE 3 7 MIC IN JACK 20 TABLE 3 8 CAMERA INTERFACE 20 TABLE 3 9 RS 232 SERIAL PORT 22 TABLE 3 10 RGMII LAN INTERFACE 23 TABLE 3 11 USB HOST INTERFACE 23 TABLE 3 12 USB HOST INTERFACE 24 TABLE 3 13 MICRO USB INTERFACE 24 TABLE 3 14 SD CARD INTERFACE 25 TA...

Page 5: ...Quad ARM Cortex A9 cores at 1 2 GHz from Freescale Semiconductor The platform helps evaluate the rich set of peripherals and includes a 10 100 Gb Ethernet port SATA II HDMI v1 4 LVDS parallel RGB interface touch screen interface analog headphone microphone micro TF and SD card interface USB serial port JTAG camera interface and input keys for Android as shown in Figure 1 1 The SABRE Lite can be us...

Page 6: ...meters o Working Temperature 0 C 70 C o Humidity Range 20 90 o Dimensions 82 55mm x 82 55mm o Input Voltage 5V Processor o ARM Cortex A9 MPCore 4xCPU Processor at 1GHz o Multi stream capable HD video engine delivering H 264 1080p60 decode 1080p30 encode and 3 D video playback in HD o Triple Play Graphics System consisting of a Quad shader 3D unit capable of 200MT s and a separate 2 D and separate ...

Page 7: ...ne serial port RS232 Logic UART2 3 line serial port RS232 Logic o USB Ports 1 x USB2 0 OTG micro USB high speed 480Mbps 2 x USB2 0 HOST Type A high speed 480Mbps 1 x USB2 0 HOST connector high speed 480Mbps o TF card interface o SD card interface o SATA II interface 3 0 Gbps o 10M 100M Gb Ethernet Interface RJ45 jack o 1 channel I2C interface o 1 channel PCIE X1 interface o CAN bus Input Interface...

Page 8: ...eb Based Contents Please refer to www element14 com iMX6 for the latest documents and software including Schematics Board layout Bill of Materials BOM Board Support Packages BSPs 2 3 Setting Up the System 2 3 1 Insert MicroSD Card Insert the supplied MicroSD card into the board s MicroSD card socket J20 Note MicroSD Card is included if ready at the date your kit was shipped For the latest version ...

Page 9: ... 3 2 Connect RS 232 cable Connect the custom serial cable provided to serial port J17 and then use cross serial cable to connect to the host computer Open a terminal window on the host eg Hyperterminal with serial port configuration 115 2 kbaud 8 data bits 1 stop bit with no parity 2 3 3 Connect USB OTG optional Connect the cable from the kit to micro USB connector J3 on the board 2 3 4 Connect th...

Page 10: ... on the ARM Cortex A9 MPCore platform with the following features ARM Cortex A9 MPCore 4xCPU Processor with TrustZone The core configuration is symmetric where each core includes o 32 KByte L1 Instruction Cache o 32 KByte L1 Data Cache o Private Timer and Watchdog o Cortex A9 NEON MPE Media Processing Engine Co processor The ARM Cortex A9 MPCore complex includes o General Interrupt Controller GIC ...

Page 11: ...R Flash All WEIMv2 pin are muxed on other interfaces o 16 bit PSRAM Cellular RAM 3 1 3 Interface to external devices Each i MX 6Dual 6Quad processor enables the following interfaces to external devices some of them are muxed and not available simultaneously o Hard Disk Drives SATA II 3 0 Gbps o Displays Total five interfaces available Total raw pixel rate of all interfaces is up to 450 Mpixels sec...

Page 12: ...perations and Endpoint operations Uses x1 PHY configuration Miscellaneous IPs and interfaces o Three I2S SSI AC97 up to 1 4 Mbps each o Enhanced Serial Audio Interface ESAI up to 1 4 Mbps per channel o Five UARTs up to 4 0 Mbps each o Providing RS232 interface o Supporting 9 bit RS485 multidrop mode o One of the five UARTs UART1 supports 8 wir while others four supports 4 wire This is due to the S...

Page 13: ...S Secure Non Volatile Storage including Secure Real Time Clock CSU Central Security Unit Enhancement for the IC Identification Module IIM Will be configured during boot and by eFUSEs and will determine the security level operation mode as well as the TZ policy A HAB Advanced High Assurance Boot Hv4 with the new embedded enhancements SHA 256 2048 bit RSA key version control mechanism warm boot CSU ...

Page 14: ...est in class Freescale integrated products currently on the market the SGTL5000 is able to achieve ultra low power with very high performance and functionality all in one of the smallest footprints available Designed with features such as capless headphone and an integrated PLL to allow clock reuse within the system it helps customers achieve a lower overall system cost 3 2 6 ICL3232CVZ The Inters...

Page 15: ...nterface 3 3 1 Power Input Jack The 5V 4A AC to DC power supply that comes with the board is plugged into the Power Jack J10 on the board It is not recommended to use a higher voltage since possible damage to the board may result due to failure of the protection circuitry Figure 3 2 Power input jack Table 3 1 Power Interface J10 Pin Signal Function 1 GND GND 2 NC NC 3 5V Power supply 5V 2A Type 3 ...

Page 16: ... 3 3 SATA Data Interface A SATA 7 pin data connector J21 is provided on the Quick Start Board and is connected to the SATA module of the i MX6 processor The SABRE Lite board is capable of communicating with any standard SATA device such as a hard drive or optical DVD CD reader The SATA data cable is plugged into the SABRE Lite board at the location shown in Figure 3 4 Figure 3 4 SATA connector Tab...

Page 17: ...12 Premier Farnell plc All Rights Reserved Freescale and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor Inc Reg U S Pat Tm Off 3 3 4 CAN Interface Figure 3 5 CAN Interface Table 3 4 CAN Interface J22 Pin Signal Function 1 CANH CAN differential pairs high level 2 GND GND 3 CANL CAN differential pairs low level 3 3 5 Parallel RGB Interface Figure 3 6 Parallel RGB Interface ...

Page 18: ...2 DISP0 data bit18 8 R3 DISP0 data bit19 9 R4 DISP0 data bit 20 10 R5 DISP0 data bit 21 11 R6 DISP0 data bit 22 12 R7 DISP0 data bit 23 13 G0 DISP0 data bit 8 14 G1 DISP0 data bit 9 15 G2 DISP0 data bit10 16 G3 DISP0 data bit 11 17 G4 DISP0 data bit 12 18 G5 DISP0 data bit 13 19 G6 DISP0 data bit 14 20 G7 DISP0 data bit 15 21 B0 DISP0 data bit 0 22 B1 DISP0 data bit 1 23 B2 DISP0 data bit 2 24 B3 ...

Page 19: ...reescale Semiconductor Inc Reg U S Pat Tm Off 36 I2C3_SDA IIC serial bidirectional data 37 PWM1 Backlight brightness control 38 5VIN 5V 39 5VIN 5V 40 5VIN 5V 3 3 6 Audio Output Jack A headphone with a standard 3 5mm stereo jack can be connected to the Audio Output jack at the point shown in Figure3 7 Figure 3 7 Audio Output Jack Table 3 6 Audio Output Jack J8 Pin Signal Function 1 GND_ANALOG ANALO...

Page 20: ... microphone input as shown in Figure 3 8 A mono microphone will input its signal though the tip of the 3 5mm plug Figure 3 8 MIC In Jack Table 3 7 MIC In Jack J9 Pin Signal Function 1 GND_ANALOG ANALOG GND 2 MIC_IN_P MIC input 3 NC NC 10 MIC_DET MIC input Jack detect 3 3 8 Camera Interface Table 3 8 Camera Interface J5 Pin Signal Function 1 GND GND 2 CSI0_DAT19 CSI0 capture data bit 19 3 CSI0_DAT1...

Page 21: ...SI0 capture data bit 12 10 CSI0_DAT11 CSI0 capture data bit 11 11 CSI0_DAT10 CSI0 capture data bit 10 12 CSI0_DAT9 CSI0 capture data bit 9 13 CSI0_DAT8 CSI0 capture data bit 8 14 I2C2_SCL I2C2 serial clock 15 I2C2_SDA I2C2 serial data 16 GND GND 17 GPIO_3_CLKO2 GPIO 18 GND GND 19 2P5V 2P5V 20 2P5V 2P5V 21 2P5V 2P5V 22 2P5V 2P5V 23 GND GND 24 CSI0_DATA_EN CSI0 DATA enable 25 GND GND 26 CSI0_RST CSI...

Page 22: ...D UART1 Transmit data 2 5VIN 5V 3 GND GND 4 UART2_TXD UART2 Transmit data 5 UART2_RXD UART2 Receive data 6 UART1_RXD UART1 Receive data 3 3 10 RGMII LAN Interface A standard CAT V Ethernet cable is attached to the Quick Start board at the Ethernet Dual USB connector J24 The connector contains integrated magnetic which allows the Ethernet IC to auto configure the port for the correct connection to ...

Page 23: ...N interface J24A Pin Signal Function 9 NC NC 10 TXRXP_A differential pair TXRX 11 TXRXM_A differential pair TXRX 12 TXRXP_B differential pair TXRX 13 TXRXM_B differential pair TXRX 14 TXRXP_C differential pair TXRX 15 TXRXM_C differential pair TXRX 16 TXRXP_D differential pair TXRX 17 TXRXP_D differential pair TXRX 18 YEL Link LED 19 GRN Speed LED 20 3P3V 3 3V 21 YEL Link LED 22 3P3V 3 3V 23 GND_D...

Page 24: ...in Signal Function 1 5VIN 5V 2 USBDN_DM3 USB Data 3 USBDN_DP3 USB Data 4 GND GND 3 3 12 Micro USB Interface The micro connector is connected to the high speed HS USB 2 0 OTG module of the i MX 6 processor and is cross connected with the lower USB Host port on J3 When a 5V supply is seen on the micro connector from the USB Host the i MX 6Q processor will configure the OTG module for device mode whi...

Page 25: ...ace J18 Pin Signal Function 1 SD3_DAT3 Card data 3 2 SD3_CMD Command Signal 3 GND GND 4 3P3V 3P3V 5 SD3_CLK Clock 6 VSS GND 7 SD3_DAT0 Card data 0 8 SD3_DAT1 Card data 1 9 SD3_DAT2 Card data 2 10 SD3_CD Card detect 11 SD3_WP Card write protected 12 GND GND 13 GND GND 14 GND GND 15 GND GND 3 3 14 JTAG Interface Table 3 15 JTAG Interface J13 Pin Signal Function 1 3P3V 3 3V 2 JTAG_TMS Test mode selec...

Page 26: ...5V 3 5VIN 5V 4 GPIO9 GPIO 5 I2C3_SCL IIC3 serial clock 6 I2C3_SDA IIC3 serial data 7 GND GND 3 3 16 Boot Configuration Select Table 3 17 Boot Configuration Select J12 Pin Function 1 EIM_A23 BOOT_CFG3 7 2 EIM_DA0 BOOT_CFG1 0 3 EIM_A22 BOOT_CFG3 6 4 EIM_DA1 BOOT_CFG1 1 5 EIM_A21 BOOT_CFG3 5 6 EIM_DA2 BOOT_CFG1 2 7 EIM_A20 BOOT_CFG3 4 8 EIM_DA3 BOOT_CFG1 3 9 EIM_A19 BOOT_CFG3 3 10 EIM_DA4 BOOT_CFG1 4...

Page 27: ...G4 5 22 EIM_DA10 BOOT_CFG2 2 23 EIM_EB1 BOOT_CFG4 4 24 EIM_DA11 BOOT_CFG2 3 25 EIM_EB0 BOOT_CFG4 3 26 GND GND 27 EIM_LBA BOOT_CFG4 2 28 EIM_DA12 BOOT_CFG2 4 29 GND GND 30 GND GND 31 EIM_WAIT BOOT_CFG4 1 32 EIM_DA13 BOOT_CFG2 5 33 GND GND 34 GND GND 35 EIM_A24 BOOT_CFG4 0 36 EIM_DA14 BOOT_CFG2 6 37 3P3V 3 3V 38 GND GND 39 3P3V 3 3V 40 EIM_DA15 BOOT_CFG2 7 3 3 17 ANDROID KEYBOARD INTERFACE Table 3 1...

Page 28: ...ved Freescale and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor Inc Reg U S Pat Tm Off 3 3 18 LED Table 3 19 LED LED Pin Signal Function D1 Power led 5V power indicator 3 3 19 Switch Table 3 20 Reset Switch SW4 Pin Signal Function 1 NC NC 2 GND GND 3 RESET_N System Reset 4 NC GND Table 3 21 Boot Switch SW1 Pin Signal Function 1 BOOT_MODE1 Boot mode detect 2 BOOT_MODE0 Boot mode dete...

Page 29: ...rd Connector J20 connects a 4 bit parallel data bus to the SD4 port of the i MX 6 processor The micro SD Card is inserted facing up at the location shown in Figure 3 12 Figure 3 12 TF MMC Card Interface Table 3 22 TF MMC Card Interface J20 Pin Signal Function 1 SD4_DAT2 Card data 2 2 SD4_DAT3 Card data 3 3 CMD Card command signal 4 3P3V 3P3V 5 SD4_CLK Card clock 6 VSS GND 7 SD4_DAT0 Card data 0 8 ...

Page 30: ...0M HDMI differential pairs data0 10 HDMI_CLKP HDMI differential pairs clock 11 GND GND 12 HDMI_CLKM HDMI differential pairs clock 13 NC NC 14 NC NC 15 BI2C2_SCL IIC2 serial clock 16 BI2C2_SDA IIC2 serial data 17 GND GND 18 5Vin 5V 19 HDMI_HPD HDMI detect 20 GNF_DVI GND 3 3 22 LVDS Interface Table 3 24 LVDS Interface J6 Pin Signal Function 1 3P3V 3 3V 2 3P3V 3 3V 3 GND GND 4 GND GND 5 LVDS0_TX0_N L...

Page 31: ...9 DISP0_CONTRAST GPIO 20 PWM4 Backlight brightness control 3 3 23 MIPI Interface Table 3 25 MIPI Interface J16 Pin Signal Function 1 CSI_D0M CSI differential pairs data0 2 5VIN 5V 3 CSI_D0P CSI differential pairs data0 4 5VIN 5V 5 GND GND 6 I2C2_SDA IIC2 serial data 7 CSI_D1M CSI differential pairs data1 8 I2C2_SCL IIC2 serial clock 9 CSI_D1P CSI differential pairs data1 10 PWM3 PWM3 11 GND GND 12...

Page 32: ...24 DSI_CLK0M DSI differential pairs clock0 25 CSI_CLK0M CSI differential pairs clock0 26 GND GND 27 CSI_CLK0P CSI differential pairs clock0 28 DSI_D1P DSI differential pairs data1 29 GND GND 30 DSI_D1M DSI differential pairs data1 3 3 24 PCIe Interface Table 3 26 PCIe Interface J23 Pin Signal Function 1 3P3V 3 3V 2 PCIE_RXM PCIE receive differential pairs data 3 PCIE_RXP PCIE receive differential ...

Page 33: ...MicroSD card provided with the board This BSP demonstrates a number of features on i MX 6Q based platforms including hardware video acceleration 3D graphics GUI software camera support and Web use 4 1 2 Software Features Items Notes OS Linux Version 3 0 15 Serial Series driver RTC Hardware clock driver Network 10 100 Gb IEEE1588 Ethernet Flash SPI flash driver Display Three display ports RGB LVDS ...

Page 34: ...d on your video display Wait for around 30 seconds for the boot process to complete At the conclusion of the boot the Qt demo launcher application will begin characterized by a number of application thumbnails arranged in a horizontal line with a mouse positioned at center screen NOTE A number of displays are supported as defaults for the BSP distributed with your board If you are using a non defa...

Page 35: ... non accelerated In order to do this Select Accelerated Video Non accelerated Video or Camera Click anywhere on the screen to bring up the Qt GUI overlay Add additional computational load with the Add CPU Load button View the per core CPU usage in the top left corner of the screen Note that you will see notable video slowdown when adding CPU load for the non accelerated video pipeline Alternativel...

Page 36: ...e show a wide range of GUI elements available to the Qt developer 4 1 4 For More Information The Linux kernel and software for this BSP was built using the Timesys Factory The Factory provides a toolchain sources and build infrastructure that can be used for rapid development and customization of an embedded Linux OS for your target platform At this time over 100 reference boards and 1300 packages...

Page 37: ... before handling any system components development kits by touching a grounded metal object such as the system unit unpainted metal chassis If possible use antistatic devices such as wrist straps and floor mats Always hold a evaluation board by its edges Avoid touching the contacts and components on the board Take care when connecting or disconnecting cables A damaged cable can cause a short in th...

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