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Apalis Carrier Board Design Guide
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Interfaces
2.1 Architecture
The block diagram in Figure 1 shows the basic architecture of the Apalis module, depicting the
standard interfaces and some examples of type-specific interfaces.
Standard interfaces are interfaces that are compatible between different Apalis modules. The pins
are reserved for this specific function and are not used for other purpose. This guarantees electrical
compatibility between carrier board designs which only uses the standard interfaces. This helps to
ensure longevity of carrier board designs and provides support for future modules. Some modules
may not feature all the standard interfaces. In this case, for the GPIO compatible interfaces, GPIO
functionality is provided. Other interfaces on the module might be left disconnected.
Type-specific interfaces are interfaces which are not guaranteed to be functionally or electrically
compatible between modules. If a carrier board design uses such interfaces, then it is possible that
other modules in the Apalis module family do not provide these interfaces and instead provide
another interface on the associated pins. These interfaces might be electrically incompatible. In this
case, the carrier board will be restricted for use only with certain Apalis modules.
Analogue and Resistive
Touch
24 Bit Parallel LCD
Parallel Camera
Digital Audio
I2C (x3)
SPI (x2)
SATA (x1)
PCI Express (x1)
Analogue Audio
PWM (x4)
CAN (x2)
Gigabit Ethernet
USB
(2 x USB3.0)
(2 x USB2.0)
(1x USB client shared)
MMC (8 bit)
SDIO (4 bit)
UART (x4)
SPDIF
VGA
HDMI/DVI
Dual Channel LVDS
Display Serial Interface
(DSI)
Camera Serial Interface
(CSI)
PCI Express (x4)
Apalis Module
Function is standard: Reserved on every module (however, not necessarily
implemented on every module). Will only be used for this purpose or GPIO.
Function is type specific: May only be present on specific modules and is
not guaranteed to be electrically or functionality compatible on different
modules; the pins may be used for as yet undefined interfaces
GPIO (x8)
(dedicated, many more
available)
Figure 1: Apalis Module Architecture