HiKey960 Development Board Hardware User Manual
HiKey960 Development
Board Hardware User
Manual
Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 3
What’s in the Box ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Board Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 5
Key Components ........................................................................................................................................ 6
System Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................... 7
Getting Started ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Starting the board for the first time ........................................................................................................ 8
Component Details ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Processor ................................................................................................................................................ 9
PMIC ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Memory (DRAM) .................................................................................................................................. 9
Storage ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Micro SDHC .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Boot ROM .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Networking ............................................................................................................................................. 9
WiFi ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Display Interface .................................................................................................................................... 9
Camera Interface .................................................................................................................................. 10
USB Ports ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Audio .................................................................................................................................................... 11
DC Power ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Power Measurement ............................................................................................................................. 11
External Fan Connection ...................................................................................................................... 11
UART ................................................................................................................................................... 11
Buttons ................................................................................................................................................. 11
LED Indicators ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Additional Functionality ...................................................................................................................... 12
Expansion Connectors .............................................................................................................................. 13
Low Speed Expansion Connector ........................................................................................................ 13
High Speed Expansion Connector ........................................................................................................ 14
Power Management Overview ................................................................................................................. 17
Block Diagram ..................................................................................................................................... 17
DC Power Input ................................................................................................................................... 17
Power-on Sequence .............................................................................................................................. 17
Voltage Rails ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Mechanical specification ......................................................................................................
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Introduction
The HiKey960 Development Board is a 96Boards compliant community board based on Hisilicon
Kirin960 SoC. The following table lists its key features:
Processor
Memory/
Storage
Wireless
USB
Display
Video
Audio HDMI output
Kirin 960 SoC
4x Cortex-A73 @ 2.4GHz
4x Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 900MHz
32GB UFS flash storage
MicroSD card slot
PCIE Gen2 on M.2 Key connector
WiFi (2.4- and 5-GHz dual band with two antennas)( DFS band not support)
Bluetooh not support
2 x USB 3.0 type A (host mode only)
1 x USB 2.0 type C OTG
1 x HDMI 1.4 (Type A - full)
1 x 4L-MIPI DSI
HDMI output up to FHD 1080P
Inside Encoder:H.265/H.264 3840*2400@30fps 4 * 1080p @ 30 fps
Inside Decoder: H.265,HEVC MP/High Tier, Main 10/High
Tier,H.264BP/MP/HP, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1, VP6/8
Camera
Expansion
Interface
LED
Button
Power Source
OS Support AOSP/LINUX
Appearance
characteristic
1 x 4-lane MIPI CSI
1 x 2-lane MIPI CSI
40 pin low speed expansion connector: +1.8V, +5V, DC power,GND,2UART,
2I2C, SPI, I2S, 12*GPIO60 pin high speed e xpansion connector: 4L-MIPI
DSI, I2C x2, SPI (48M),USB 2.0, 2L+4LM IPI CSI
1 x WiFi activity LED(Yellow)
1 x Activity LED (Blue)
4 x User LEDs (Green)
Power Button :Button Power on/off & Reset the system
Recommend a 12V@2A adapter with a DC plug which has a 4.75mm outerb
diameter and 1.7mm center pin with standard center-positive
(EIAJ-3Compliant)
85mm x 55mm
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What’s in the Box
The box contains one HiKey960 Development Board and a quick start guide.
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Key Components
Position Reference Description
1 J2002 Low Speed Expansion Connector
2 P401 DC Input 8-18V
3 U1601 UFS 32GB
4 U501 Kirin960 & 3GB LPDDR4
5 U2101 WLAN
6 P2301 Micro SD Card Socket
7 J2001 High Speed Connector
8 J1901 HDMI Type A Port
9 J1701 USB Type C Connector
10 J1801 USB3.0 Host2 Connector
11 J1702 USB3.0 Host1 Connector
12 J2501 PCI-E
13 SW2201
Auto Power Boot SEL
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