BCM AR6MXCS Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

Ver 0.1

AR6MXCS- Series

This Quick Start Guide is for BCM AR6MXCS ARM motherboards based on Freescale i.MX6 Cortex A9 platform.

Contents

1. Overview…………………………………………………….3

2. Mainboard Illustration…………………………………….4

3. Getting Started……………………………………………..5

4. Jumper and Connector pin out………………………….6

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1. Overview

The AR6MXCS is a simplified version of our popular AR6MX platform. The AR6MXCS features a Single-Core i.MX6 processor from Freescale. The hardware specifications for the AR6MXCS board are the following:

o Single-Core ARM® Cortex A9 processor at 1GHz o 1GB of 32-bit DDR3 Memory @400Mhz o LVDS Outputs for 1080p displays o HDMI 1.4a o 4GB eMMC o On-Board mPCIE connector with both PCIe and USB interfaces o RS-232 serial port header o microSD 3.0/SDXC card slot o Analog (headphone/mic) and Digital (HDMI) audio o SPDIF header o 10/100/Gb Ethernet o 3x High speed USB ports (2xHost, 1xOTG) o CAN port header o I2C o Real-Time Clock with battery backup o SIM Card Holder

o General Purpose I/O for Device Control

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2. Mainboard illustration: Locations of IO ports & Jumper settings definition

Board Top View：

Board Side View：

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3. Getting Started

1.1 Connect a HDMI monitor to CN2 (HDMI).

1.2 Connect a USB mouse/keyboard either to the rear I/O USB connectors (CN18), or through the onboard header CN10 (USB cable not included)

1.3 Connect the power adapter to CN14

1.4 Plug in the power adapter to an outlet and the board will boot up

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4. Jumper Settings and Pin Definition

1.

JP6 2.

CN1: Micro SD Card Socket

Connector type：HDR 1X3 2.0mm

Definition

1

D5V 2 L0_PWR

3

D3V3

Default

Jumper selector

LVDS0 PWR SEL

1 － 2

5V

2 － 3

3.3V

Definition

1

DATA2

7

DAT0 2 CD/DATA3

8

DAT1 3 CMD 9 S 4 VDD

10

GND 5 CLK

11 S 6

VSS

12

GND

3.

CN2：HDMI Conn

Connector type：HDMI

Definition

1

D2+

13

CEC 2 D2_SHIELD

14

HEC 3 D2-

15

I2C_CLK

4

D1+

16

I2C_DATA

5

D1_SHIELD

17

GND 6 D1-

18

+5V 7 D0+

19

HOT_PLUG_DET

8

D0_SHIELD

20

SHELL1

9

D0-

21

SHELL2

10

CK+

22

SHELL3

11

CK_SHIELD

23

SHELL4

12

CK-

4.

CN4: LVDS0

2930

2 1

LVDS CONN.

Connector type：HIROSE DF13A-30DP-1.25

Definition

1

LBL0_PWR

11

LVS0_TX3_P

21

GND 2 LBL0_PWR

12

LVDS0_TX2_P

22

GND 3 GND

13

LVDS0_TX3_N

23

LVDS0_SDA

4

GND

14

LVDS0_TX2_N

24

LVDS0_TX0_P

5

BL0EN

15

CAP_TCH_INT0

25

LVDS_SCL

6

LVD0_CLK_P

16

GND

26

LVDS0_TX0_N

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7

LBL0_PWM

17

LVS0_TH_SCL

27

GND 8 LVDS0_CLK_N

18

LVDS0_TX1_P

28

GND 9 GND

19

LVDS0_TH_SDA

29

LCD0_PWR

10

GND

20

LVDS0_TX1_N

30

LCD0_PWR

5.

CN5：GPIO

6.

CN6：COM-1 RS232

Connector type：HDR 1x8 2.0

Definition

1

GPIO1

2

GPIO2

3

GPIO3

4

GPIO4

5

GPIO5

6

GPIO6

7

GPIO7

8

GPIO8

Connector type：1x6 2.00mm DIP

Definition

1

SOUT

2

RTS 3 CTS 4 SIN 5 GND 6 D5V

7.

CN7：CAN BUS

8.

CN8：SPDIF

Connector type：HDR 1x3 2.0

Definition

1

CANH 2 GND 3 CANL

Connector type：HDR 1x4 2.0

Definition

1

D5V 2 SPDIF_TX_O

3

SPDIF_RX_O

4

GND

9.

CN10：USB-3/USB-4

10.

CN13: Micro USB

Connector Type: Header 1x4 2.0

Definition

1

USBV3

2

USB3P-

3

USB3P+

4

GND

Connector type : 207A-ABAD-R

Definition

2

D- 3 D+ 4 ID 5 GND

11.

CN12：Console

12.

CN17：MIC IN

Connector type：Header 1X4 2.54

Definition

1

D3V3 2 GND 3 CON_TXD

4

CON_RXD

Connector type：1x4 2.0mm

Definition

1

MIC_DET

2

MICBIAS_J

3

MIC_J

4

AD_AGND

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13.

CN18：USB-1/USB-2’

14.

CN19：LAN Conn’

Connector type：USAF-8D-HNR0SPJ

Definition

1

USBV1

5

USBV2

2

USB1P-

6

USB2P-

3

USB1P+

7

USB2P+

4

GND 8 GND

Connector type：RTA-164AAK1A

Definition

1

GE_MDI0+

9

GE_MDI3+

2

GE_MDI0-

10

GE_MDI3-

3

GE_MDI1+

11

LED2 4 GE_MDI1-

12

D3V3 5 GND

13

D3V3 6 GND

14

LED1 7 GE_MDI2+

15

GND 8 GE_MDI2-

16

GND

15.

CN16：SIM Card Slot

16.

CN20：I2C3

Connector type：SIM_Socket

Definition

C1

SIM_VCC

C2

SIM_RST

C3

SIM_CLK

C5

SIM_GND

C6

SIM_VPP

C7

SIM_IO

Connector type：Header 1x2 2.0

Definition

1

I2C3_SCL_HDR

2

I2C3_SDA_HDR

17.

CN21: RESET SW

18.

CN22：SPK OUT

Connector Type: Header 1x2 2.0

Definition

1

SW_RST

2

GND

Connector type：3.5mm Phone Jack Green

Definition

1

AD_AGND

2

LOUT_R

3

L-DET

4

AD_AGND

5

LOUT_L

19.

CN23：D5V

Connector Type: Header 1x2 2.0

Definition

1

D5V 2 GND

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20.

CN15：mPCI-e Port 1

Connector type：PCI-e_MINI_CARD

Definition

1

WAKE#

16

UIN_VPP

31

PET_N0

46

LED_WPAN#

2

+3.3V_1

17

UIN_GND

32

SMB_DATA

47

RSVD10

3

RSVD1

18

GND8

33

PET_P0

48

+1.5V_3

4

GND7

19

UIN_IN

34

GND10

49

RSVD11

5

RSVD2

20

RSVD18

35

GND6

50

GND12

6

+1.5V_1

21

GND3

36

USB_D-

51

RSVD12

7

CLKREQ#

22

PERST#

37

RSVD5

52

+3.3V_2

8

UIM_PWR

23

PER_N0

38

USB_D+

53

GNDM1

9

GND1

24

+3.3V_AUX

39

RSVD6

54

GNDM2

10

UIN_DATA

25

PER_P0

40

GND11

11

REFCLK-

26

GND9

41

RSVD7

12

UIN_CLK

27

GND4

42

LED_WWAN#

57

NUT

13

REFCLK+

28

+1.5V_2

43

RSVD8

58

NUT

14

UIN_RST

29

GND5

44

LED_WLAN#

59

GND

15

GND2

30

SMB_CLK

45

RSVD9

60

GND

21.

CN25：PWR SW ON (Optional)

Connector type：HDR 2x10 2.0mm DIP

Definition

1

OTG_5V

6

PWR_D5V

11

GPIO_LED1+

16

WPS 2 IR_TX+

7

GND

12

GPIO_LED2#

17

GND 3 E_N 8 PWR_EN

13

GPIO_LED1#

18

GND 4 IR_TX-

9

GND

14

GND

19

IR_RX#

5

E_P

10

GPIO_LED2+

15

IR_RX+

20

GND

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