Freescale Semiconductor i.MX27 PDK 1.0 User Manual

i.MX27 PDK 1.0

Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Quick Start Guide

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1 About the Boards 3

About the 3-Stack Platfo rm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CPU Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Debug Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Personality Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Getting Started 13

Unpack the Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CD-ROM Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Provide a Development PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Build the Platform 17

Build a Development Platform: Assemble Three Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connect Personality Board to Debug Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connect CPU Board to Debug Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Connect Development Platform to PC; Run Preloaded Image. . . . . . . . . . .20

Build a Demo Platform: Assemble Two Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connect CPU Board to Pers onality Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Connect Power Supply; Run Preloaded Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4 Using the Demo Image 25

Touch Pad Calibration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Downloading Multimedia to the 3-Stack Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using Active Sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using an SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Using a USB Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Running the Demo Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Running the TV-Out Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Changing the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Demo Image Version . . . . . . . . 42

Ready to Begin Your Development? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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About the Boards

This chapter provides detailed information about the three boards (CPU, Debug,
Personal ity) and the locations of the connect ors and switches for each.

CAUTION Your PDK arrives housed in a plastic device enclosure, which under

normal circumstanc es you should not remove. However, the PDK
documentation set includes information for board-level components, and
also explains in some documents how to assemble the boards into th e
enclosu re. Should you need to work dire ctly with the bo ards, please use

great caution in handling the components:
– To remove or work w ith the boards, use sta tic precautions.
– To remove or add the enclosure, firs t read the enclosure assembly instructions

carefully and note which areas are delicate, such as the speakers.

About the 3-Stack Platform System

Freescale introduces the 3-Stack Pla tform System, which you use to develop multim edia
and connec tivity applications using the i.MX27 Applications Processor and the MC13783
Audio and Power Management device.

The 3-Stack Platform System decreases the time between first development and final
product release by providing you (as the system designer) with a near-to-final product
design, which you can use as a development platform for software and hardware.

There are two Board Support Packages (BSP) for the 3-Stack Platform System, with one
BSP for Windows Embedded CE™ 6.0, and one BSP for Linux operating systems. Th ese
BSPs contain drivers optimized for multimedia operations using the i.MX27 an d
MC13783 devices.

Freescal e's 3-Stack Platform S ystem consists of three small boards: CPU, Debug , and
Personality.

• A CPU board contains the i.MX27 CPU, me m o ries, and the MC13783 Power
Management IC (PMIC).

• A Debug board provides the debug interfaces (such as JTAG), and also has a CPLD
that imple m ents an external Etherne t and serial controller for debug purposes.

• The Personal ity board implements the functionality of the 3-Stack board, and
contains hardware for Wi-Fi connec tivity, FM receiver, and so on. The Personality
board can b e modi fied to meet you r sp ecif ic requi reme nt s wi tho ut the nee d to modi fy
the other two boards (CPU, Debug). The Personality board was desig ned to support

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About the 3-Stack Platform System

common multimedia applications, and has a 2.8-inch VGA display, im age sensor
camera, Wi-Fi CERTI FIED™ IEEE 802.11™ b/g st andards, FM receiver, SD Card
connector, USB OTG, USB Host, 2.4 QVGA smart display panel connector, ATA
connector and TV-Out connector. As the 3-Stack platform c ontinues t o evolve, more
Personality boards will be created to meet new multimedia requirements. Table 1.1
lists 3-Stack platform features in more detail.

Table 1.1 3-Stack Platform Features

Details

All boards • Near to final product form-factor demonstration

CPU board

Personality board • Peripheral components

Debug board • Two RS-232 interfaces

Expansion Headers • Utilizing reliable high density connector to interface

Battery Support • +4.2 V 2400mAh Battery power supply and Battery

LCD Display • 2.8 inch TFTLCD display panel with touch panel and

Smart LCD Connector • 2.4 inch QVGA smart display panel connector

modules and working platforms.

• Solid reference schematics that closely resemble
final products to aid customers' designs.

• i.MX27 ARM9

• MC13783 Atlas power management chip

• 256 MB of NAND Flash Memory

• 128 MB of 32 bit DDR SDRAM memory

• 37.914 mm x 67.517 mm

• Interface connectors

• 71.428 mm x 129.462 mm

• 10/100 Base-T Ethernet connector

• Current measure connectors

• 71.400 mm x 174.900 mm

between boards, 3 board assembly for software
development and 2-board assembly (without debug
board) for demonstration

Charging Function

LED backlight

™ Applications Processor

Camera Interface • Image sensor camera connector

Selectable Clock
Sources

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• Two selectable system clock sources: 32.768 KHz
and 26 Mhz

About the 3-Stack Platform System

Table 1.1 3-Stack Platform Features

Details

About the Boards

Debug Port

Video and Audio
Stereo

GPS Connector • One connector to outboard GPS module

FM Receiver

TV Out • TV decoder that supports 8-bit color, NTSC and PAL

PC Card Expansion • SD card connectors, with card sense

Keypad • Onboard keypad and keypad connector

Network Support • Onboard Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ IEEE 802.11 b/g

USB • One USB OTG high-speed transceiver with mini-

ATA Support ATA5 controller with

•RealView

• Stereo microphone jack, headphone and video jack,
stereo and mono (ear piece) speaker terminals

formats

standards and Bluetooth(r) Core Specification
Version 2.0 + EDR (enhanced data rate)
combination module

• One Ethernet jack connector (for application/debug)

USB connector

• One USB high-speed host transceiver, with
standard USB host connector

• One 44-position dual row 2 mm header for small
form-factor disk drivers

• One 40-pin ZIF connector for Toshiba HDD

®-ICE debug support

Accelerometer • Onboard accelerometer with sensitivity in three

Serial Port Two RS-232 interfaces with DB-9 connectors

separate axes (X, Y, Z)

• One RS-232 interface is driven by a UART channel
internal to the MX27, and it supports DCE with
optional full modem controls

• The other RS-232 interface is DTE with optional full
modem controls

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Cables • 5.0V/2.4A universal power supply kit

Software • Sample Windows® embedded CE binary image

Application
Development Tools

Table 1.1 3-Stack Platform Features

Details

• RS-232 standard serial cable

• High Speed USB cables with mini-AB connector s for
OTG

• High speed cable with standard A-to-mini-B
connectors

• Mini-USB adaptor

• Jack to RCA audio/video cable

• Ethernet cables (2) with RJ45-8 connectors

from Freescale

• Windows embedded CE BSP available from
Freescale

• ATK software

• Platform Builder 6.0

• Visual Studio 2005

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CPU Board

J1 Board-to-Board Connector

CPU
Board

Top

Bottom

About the Boards

CPU Board

Figure 1.1 CPU Board

You use the J 1 board-to-board connector (500 pins) to connect the CPU board to either of
the other two boards:

• Connect the CPU bo ard to a Personal ity board, for running dem os (no Debug board
is needed).

• Connect the CPU bo ard to a Debug board, (and connec t the Personality board to the
Debug board) for developing software. The Personality board plugs into the other
side of the Debug board.

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To Personality Board

Connector CN74

Current Measure J3

MX27 JTAG CN1

SW5–SW10 See Table 1.4

3.3V LED D9

Power-On S4

DC Power LED D11

DC Power J2

Ethernet J1

UART CON4

female

UART CON3

male

Device MAC
Address

Personality

CPLD JTAG

CN3

CPLD Test BT

Debug Reset S2

CPLD Test BT

Power S1

System Reset S3

CPLD LEDs D1–

SW4 See Table 1.3

Debug Board

TOP

Bottom

P1

P2

Resettable Fuse F1

To CPU Board Connector

Debug CPLD JTAG CN2

Address

MAC

Device

Debug Board

Debug Board

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Figure 1.2 Debug Board

Table 1.2 Debug Board Physical Features

Type Physical Feature

Switches • S1: Power button

• S2: Debug board reset button

• S3: System reset switch

• S4: Power-on switch

• SW4: Enable switch

Connectors • J1:10/100 Base-T Ethernet RJ45 connector

• J2: 5.0V DC power connector

• J3: Current measure connector

• J4: 500-pin connector to CPU board

• P1: WEIM Address measure connector

• P2: WEIM Data measure connector

• CN1: i.MX27 JTAG connector

• CN2: Debug board CPLD JTAG connector

• CN3: Personality board CPLD JTAG connector (Reserved)

• CN74: 500-pin connector to Personality board

• CON4: UART (DCE) DB9 female connector

LEDs • D1–D8: LEDs for CPLD debug

• D9: LED for Debug board 3.3V power

• D11:LED for DC power supply

Buttons • BT1, BT2: Test buttons for CPLD

About the Boards

Debug Board

Fuse • F1: Resettable Fuse

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Debug Board

Switch Setting Effect

SW4-1 UART Port Select ON Selects serial port UART (DCE) CON4

SW4-8 Power Enable ON Power is supplied to all three boards.

Table 1.3 Debug Board SW4 Switch

OFF Power is only supplied to the Debug

board.

Table 1.4 Boot Mode Setting (SW5–SW10)

Boot Mode
Device

UART/USB
bootloader

8-bit NAND Flash
(2KB page) Ext

SW5 Boot4

SW6

X0 0 0 0 0

X0 0 0 1 0

Boot3
SW7

SW8 SW9 SW10

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Personality Board

Bluetooth

Antenna

E2

Audio/Video
J19

USB OTG
J10

USB Host
J18

GPS CN13

GiantPlus QVGA Smart
Display J15

CMSO Sensor
CN14 (und erneath
LCD)

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TOP

On-Board
Keypad S1–S7

Fast
Ethernet
J16

SD Card
Socket
CN31

DC
Power
J12

HDD Connector CN12

Board-to-Board
Connector CN73

Coin Cell Battery
B1

Bottom

Personality
Board

WiFi Antenna
E1

Camera

Reset

Bu

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Epson VGA Dis play
Connector
(underneath LCD)

Battery Connector

About the Boards

Personality Board

Figure 1.3 Personality Board

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Personality Board

Type Physical Feature

Connectors • CN12: 44-position dual row, 2 mm header for HDD

Battery • B1: Coin cell battery

Table 1.5 Personality Board Physical Features

• CN13: GPS module connector

• CN14: 2.0 M pixel CMOS sensor connector

• CN16: Debug port for WiFi and Bluetooth module

• CN31: SD card socket

• CN70: 40-pin ZIF connector for HDD

• CN73: 500-pin connector to CPU Engine board (in demo
configuration) or Debug board (in development configuration)

• J10: Mini-USBOTG high speed connector

• J12: 5.0 VDC power connector

• J14: Epson VGA display connector

• J15: Giantplus QVGA smart display connector

• J16: 10/100 BT Fast Ethernet Connector

• J18: Standard USB host high speed connector

• J19: Audio and video connector

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Buttons • S7–S17: Onboard keypad

Fuse • F1: Resetable fuse

Antennas • E1: WiFi Antenna

• E2: Bluetooth antenna

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