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Additional Equipment (not included in Alpha Kit)
Display Add-on Kit (AC168, WK475, WK476, WK477)
WLAN Module (PEB-WLBT-05-UCon.A0)
phyCAM-M camera module (VM-016-M-COL-M12)
Cable for phyCAM-M camera module (WF271)
Connecting the phyBOARD-Pollux
There a few manual connections that you will need to make before using the phyBOARD-Pollux.
Connecting the USB Debug Interface
For the following steps, a console connection via USB is required. You can use the included USB Type-A to micro USB cable.
Connect your PC's USB port with the micro USB connector of the phyBOARD-Pollux (X1). After plugging the micro USB cable into X1 a green
LED (D13) will light up to indicate a present USB bus voltage.
Your device manager will show two new COM ports. Select the first COM port. On the processor side, UART2 is the default debug UART of the
A53 Cores.
Setup your Terminal with the following parameters:
Speed: 115200 baud
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow control: None
Connecting the RS-232 / RS-485 Interface
There is a multi-protocol transceiver providing RS-232 as DTE, RS-485 Full-Duplex und RS-485 Half Duplex. On the processor side, UART1 is connected
to the transceiver. The Protocol can be set up by JP3 and JP4 (see table below).
Configuration
Connector Pin X2
Mode
JP3
JP4
2
3
5
7
8
2+3
X
RXD
TXD
GND
RTS
CTS
RS-232 (DTE)
1+2
2+3
RX+
TX-
GND
TX+
RX-
RS-485 Full Duplex
Warning
As this is an Alpha Kit, there will be continuous revisions being made to the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus SOM and phyBOARD-Pollux. Due to this,
components and features may not be available. Contact PHYTEC if there any questions regarding components and features for this Alpha Kit.
To see which components are currently functional, refer to the i.MX 8M Plus release notes.
