PICO-IMX6 REV. A1. HARDWARE MANUAL
– VER 1.01 – JAN 28 2016
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3.9. Serial ATA Interface
The PICO-IMX6 incorporates a single SATA-II port implemented with the NXP i.MX6 integrated SATA
controller and PHY when the PICO-IMX6 is featured with a i.MX6 Dual or Quad Processor. (Availability
restrictions apply)
The interface supports the following main features:
The SATA block fully complies with AHCI specification version 1.10 and partially complies with
AHCI specification version 1.3 (FIS-based switching is currently not supported).
SATA 1.5 Gb/s and SATA 3.0 Gb/s speed.
Power management features including automatic partial-to-slumber transition.
eSATA (external analog logic also needs to support eSATA).
Hardware-assisted Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for up to 32 entries.
For additional details, please refer to the “Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Controller (SATA)”
chapter of the “i.MX6 Reference Manual”.
Table 14 - Serial ATA Signal Description
PIN
CPU
BALL
CPU PAD NAME
Signal
V
I/O Description
X2_4
B14
SATA_RXP
SATA1_RXP
2V5
I
Serial ATA Receive
differential pair positive
signal
X2_6
A14
SATA_RXM
SATA1_RXN
2V5
I
Serial ATA Receive
differential pair negative
signal
X2_10
B12
SATA_TXM
SATA1_TXN
2V5
O
Serial ATA Transmit
differential pair negative
signal
X2_12
A12
SATA_TXP
SATA1_TXP
2V5
O
Serial ATA Transmit
differential pair positive
signal
NOTE: SATA is only available on PICO-IMX6 modules that feature the i.MX6 Dual or i.MX6 Quad
processor and is not available on the i.MX6 Solo and i.MX6 Duallite processor.
