
Hardware documentation
Version 0.04
Date: 2013-08-21
© by F & S Elektronik Systeme GmbH 2013
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armStoneA5
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About This Document
This document describes how to use the armStoneA5 board with mechanical and electrical
information. The latest version of this document can be found at http://www.fs-net.de.
Please also refer the design guide by using this module for your application.
Specifications are subject to change without notice!
History
0.04 A Added connector chapter
V Version
A,M,R Added, Modified, Removed
Au Author

Contents
About This Document 2
History 2
Contents 3
Dimensions 1 1
Connectors 3 2
Technical Data armStoneA5 5 3
Interface and signal description 6 4
4.1 Fast Ethernet LAN 6
4.2 USB host 6
4.3 USB device 6
4.4 microSD 6
4.5 LVDS port connector 7
4.6 TTL RGB connector 8
4.7 4 wire resistive touch 9
4.8 Backlight and LCD power switching signals 9
4.9 I2C connector 10
4.10 CAN connector 10
4.11 Audio connector 11
4.12 66 Pin Feature connector 11
4.12.1 Audio 13
4.12.2 RS232 COM port 13
4.12.3 TTL COM port 13
4.12.4 SPI 13
4.12.5 I2C 13
4.12.6 ADC In 13
4.12.7 PWM out 13
4.12.8 Matrix keyboard 13
4.12.9 GPIOs 14
4.12.10 MISC signals, power 14
4.12.11 CAN Bus 15
4.13 Power connector 15
Electrical Data 17 5
5.1 Power supply 17
5.2 Power consumption 17
5.3 DC electrical characteristics for 3.3V IO pins 17
5.4 Shield to GND connection 17
Appendix 18 6
Important Notice 19

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PCB thickness 1.5 mm ±10%
PCB size 72x100 mm (picoITX)
Height of parts on top side 14 mm
Height of parts on bottom side 3 mm
Weight: 55 g
Mounting hole diameter 3.2 mm
Mounting hole diameter for display 2.8 mm

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J2: LAN
J3: LAN
J4: Audio out
J5: CAN
J6: LVDS
J7: LCD Control
J8: Digital RGB
J9: USB Device
J11: USB Host
J12: Feature connector
J13: Power
J14: Resistive Touch
J15: Memory Card
J16: I2C
SW1: Reset

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Technical Data armStoneA5 3
Power supply: 5V DC ±5%, optional 8..14V
Interfaces: 2x Ethernet 10/100Mbit
1x USB 2.0 Host high speed
1x USB 2.0 Device high speed
1x microSD card connector push-push
1x 4 wire resistive touch
1x I2C for capacitive touch module
1x serial port TTL
1x stereo Audio LineIn, LineOut, Mic
2x serial port RS232
4x ADC In (12 bit)
3x PWM out
1x I2C
1x SPI
17x GPIO
LCD-interfaces: 1x 18bit LVDS/TTL
Memory: 256 MByte DDR2 DRAM (optional 512MB)
128 MByte NAND Flash (optional 256MB, 1 GByte)
CPU: Freescale Vybrid CPU (500 Mhz)
Operating temperature: 0°C...+70°C (optional -20…+85°C)

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Interface and signal description 4
4.1 Fast Ethernet LAN
The LAN1 and the LAN2 connector support 10 and 100 Mbit LAN.
4.2 USB host
The single USB Host connector does support USB2.0 connection with high speed up to
480Mbit/s and also full and low speed devices.
The power on the 5V line is equipped with a resettable fuse with 500mA.
4.3 USB device
The USB device connects the armStoneA5 as device on a PC.
4.4 microSD
The microSD push-push connector supports the SD Standard Host Specification Version 2.0
standard.

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4.5 LVDS port connector
The single channel LVDS display port can be direct connected to a LVDS 18 bit display.
The VLCD voltage is 3.3V and switched on the baseboard. The current limit is 1.2 A.
Connector is a JAE FI-S25P-HFE. Matching connector on display cable is a crimp connector
FI-S25S housing and a cable with FI-C3-A1-15000 crimp contacts.
This connector is used because a wide range of displays does have a JAE FI-S series con-
nector (with different pinouts) and it's easy to handle identical crimp contacts for the cable
manufacturer.
LCD connector pinout
BL ON signal (3.3V high active )
BL PWM signal (3.3V level)
Pin 1 is marked on the connector with an arrow and also marked on PCB.
The single channel LVDS port can be direct connected to a LVDS 18 bit display.
Unused signals should be left unconnected.

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4.6 TTL RGB connector
Connector is a 1.27mm pitch shrouded header for 1.27mm pitch IDC connector.
All signals have 3.3V level

I2C_DAT (shared with on-board touch)
I2C_CLK(shared with on-board touch)
4.7 4 wire resistive touch
The integrated resistive touch controller will support 4 wire analog resistive touch panels.
The connector is a Hirose 4 pin connector, model no. DF13A-4P-1.25H, mounted on the
armStoneA5 module. Pin 1 is marked on PCB.
Matching connector is a Hirose DF13-4S-1.25C with DF13-2630SCF crimping contacts.
If unused this signals should be left unconnected.
4.8 Backlight and LCD power switching signals
The connector is a Hirose 4 pin connector, model no. DF13A-4P-1.25H, mounted on the
armStoneA5 module. Pin 1 is marked on PCB.
Matching connector is a Hirose DF13-4S-1.25C with DF13-2630SCF crimping contacts.
If unused this signals should be left unconnected.

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4.9 I2C connector
An external touch controller can be connected here
The connector is a Hirose 6 pin connector, model no. DF13A-6P-1.25H, mounted on the
armStoneA5 module. Pin 1 is marked on PCB.
Matching connector is a Hirose DF13-6S-1.25C with DF13-2630SCF crimping contacts.
Unused signals should be left unconnected.
I2C data (shared with on-board touch)
I2C clock (shared with on-board touch)
I2C Interrupt Input, 3.3V TTL
4.10 CAN connector
This connector is a 2.54mm pitch shrouded header.
Power (5V, optional 3.3V)
NC 8 Power (5V, optional 3.3V)

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4.11 Audio connector
A 3.5mm stero phone jack provides audio line-out. The signals are shared with the audio
signals on the Feature connector.
4.12 66 Pin Feature connector
This 2.54mm connector supports CAN, RS232, Audio, ADC Input, PWM output, TTL serial
ports, keyboard matrix and GPIOs.

On default a 9 pin connector is mounted on pin 53..61 to use a COM port standard adapter
cable. Italic signals do have a 4k7 pull-up on the module.
!!! Pin 14 has a pull-down due to bug in processor revision. Will be changed to pull-up when
bug in processor is fixed.!!!

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4.12.1 Audio
The feature connector provides Stereo Line in, Stereo Line out and microphone.
4.12.2 RS232 COM port
A 9 pin double row connector is mounted in pin 53..61. That allows to attach a standard 9pin
to DSUB9 adapter cable for debug output of bootloader and kernel with TX, RX, RTS and
CTS to a terminal.
Pin 1 of this adapter should connect on pin 53 of the 66 pin connector. Pin 62 is the key pin
and should be removed.
On pin 36 & 38 is a second RS232 COM port (RXD2/TXD2).
4.12.3 TTL COM port
There is additional serial port with 3.3V TTL level (RXD1/TXD1).
4.12.4 SPI
The module supports a HS SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) with 2 chip selects. Signals are
3.3V compliant and have 4.7k pull-ups on module.
4.12.5 I2C
The module supports a I2C interface as I2C master. Signals are 3.3V compliant and have
4.7k pull-ups on module.
4.12.6 ADC In
4 ADC inputs (ADC_IN0..3)
Resolution: 12-bit
Differential Nonlinearity Error: ± 1.0 LSB (Max.)
Integral Nonlinearity Error: ± 4.0 LSB (Max.)
Maximum Conversion Rate: 0.5 MSPS
Analog Input Range: 0 ~ 3.3V
On-chip sample-and-hold function
4.12.7 PWM out
3 programmable PWM outputs (PWMOUT0..2) with 3.3V level in 16.1kHz up to 33 MHz fre-
quency range
4.12.8 Matrix keyboard
8x8 keyboard matrix (ROW0..7, COL0..1) with 3.3V level. The ROW signals have 4.7k pullups on module.

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4.12.9 GPIOs
GPIOs are programmable as Input or Output with 3.3V TTL level. The default maximum driv-
er current is 10mA (sink and source).
XGPIO0..9 have 4.7k pull-up on module.
!!! XGPIO9 has a pull-down due to bug in processor revision. Will be changed to pull-up
when bug in processor is fixed.!!!
4.12.10 MISC signals, power
RESETBTN 3.3V TTL low active RESET input; use pushbutton to GND or open
collector driver to pull low. Don’t drive with high level.
VCC3.3, VCC5 voltage outputs for external logic, max. 100mA per pin for external
chips and functions

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4.12.11 CAN Bus
As an optional feature the module does provide the CAN bus transmit and receive TTL signal
without any termination in standard version (CANRX, CANTX). Both signals are working with
3.3V level.
Needs an interface chip to the CAN bus as shown below. If not used, please left signals un-
connected.
Figure 3: CAN transceiver connection
Custom version with mounted transceiver is possible, please contact your sales channel for
minimal order quantity and pricing.
4.13 Power connector
A 5 pin power connector is mounted on the module.
Connector type
Phoenix contact MC 1,5/ 5-G-3,81 1803303
Würth Elektronik order no. 691 322 310 005
For matching connectors please refer the connector manufacturer website.
for RTC battery, don’t connect if not used
power supply (5V, optional 8..14V)
3.3V power output for external logic, max. current 50mA

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If an external 3.3V power supply is used for external logic, we recommend to use the “VCC
Out 3.3V” as enable signal for this power supply to avoid backdrive leak current through IO
pins..

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Electrical Data 5
5.1 Power supply
Power supply 5V 5V +/- 5% / 8..14V optional
Power supply BATT 3.0 … 3.6 V
5.2 Power consumption
!!! all values are preliminary and may change for series production !!!
typical current consumption BATT: 6.5µA
maximum power consumption BATT: 4mA
Rev. 1N02G and older of Vybrid have a serios bug in battery voltage driven parts. We do not
recommend to use a battery for this parts. Freescale will release a new revision
power consumption (Linux desktop idle, only power connected) 300mA
maximum power consumption 5V (summary all chips): 1000mA
Power consumption of connected devices like display, USB devices, SD card has to be add-
ed !
5.3 DC electrical characteristics for 3.3V IO pins
VDD= 3.3V +/- 5%
High Level Output Voltage
5.4 Shield to GND connection
There is the possibility to add a shield ground to signal ground connection on both mounting
holes on front side. There are 0603 shapes on the solder side of the board to add a connection. This gives customers the possibility to change EMV characteristic. On default this parts
are not mounted and the shield ground is not connected to the signal ground.

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Appendix 6
List of figures
Figure 1: Dimensions ............................................................................................................ 1
Figure 2: Connectors ............................................................................................................. 3
Figure 3: CAN transceiver connection ..................................................................................15

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Important Notice
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