NXP Semiconductors Freescale MCIMX6Q-SL User Manual

MCIMX6Q-SL: Development Platform for i.MX 6Quad

Board built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design

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MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad

Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design

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1 BOARD OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................5

1.1 P

1.2 F

2 QUICK START GUIDE .............................................................................................................................................................. 8

2.1 U

2.2 WEB-B

2.3 S

3 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.1 P

RODUCT INTRODUCTION

EATURES

NPACKING THE KIT

ASED CONTENTS

ETTING UP THE SYSTEM

2.3.1

Insert MicroSD Card...............................................................................................................................................8

2.3.2

Connect RS-232 cable ............................................................................................................................................ 9

2.3.3

Connect USB OTG (optional)..................................................................................................................................9

2.3.4

Connect the Power Supply .....................................................................................................................................9

ROCESSOR

3.1.1

Core Features.......................................................................................................................................................10

3.1.2

External memory interfaces:................................................................................................................................ 11

3.1.3

Interface to external devices................................................................................................................................ 11

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3.1.4

3.1.5

3.2 E

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2.3

3.2.4

3.2.5

3.2.6

3.2.7

3.3 H

3.3.1

3.3.2

3.3.3

3.3.4

3.3.5

3.3.6

Advanced Power Management unit .................................................................................................................... 12

Hardware Accelerators........................................................................................................................................ 13

XPANDED CHIP INTRODUCTION

H5TQ2G63BFR-H9C .............................................................................................................................................13

SST25VF016B....................................................................................................................................................... 13

KSZ9021RN .......................................................................................................................................................... 13

USB2514B-AEZG for USB 2.0 High Speed 4-Port Hub .......................................................................................... 14

SGTL5000.............................................................................................................................................................14

ICL3232CVZ..........................................................................................................................................................14

TJA1040T ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

ARDWARE INTERFACE

Power Input Jack..................................................................................................................................................15

SATA Power Interface...........................................................................................................................................15

SATA Data Interface .............................................................................................................................................16

CAN Interface ......................................................................................................................................................17

Parallel RGB Interface..........................................................................................................................................17

Audio Output Jack ...............................................................................................................................................19

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3.3.7

Microphone Input Jack ........................................................................................................................................ 20

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3.3.8

Camera Interface.................................................................................................................................................20

3.3.9

RS232 Serial Port ................................................................................................................................................. 22

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3.3.10 RGMII LAN Interface ............................................................................................................................................22

3.3.11 USB Host Interface...............................................................................................................................................23

3.3.12 Micro USB Interface............................................................................................................................................. 24

3.3.13 SD Card Interface................................................................................................................................................. 25

3.3.14 JTAG Interface...................................................................................................................................................... 25

3.3.15 Expansion Interface ............................................................................................................................................. 26

3.3.16 Boot Configuration Select.................................................................................................................................... 26

3.3.17 ANDROID KEYBOARD INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................ 27

3.3.18 LED.......................................................................................................................................................................28

3.3.19 Switch .................................................................................................................................................................. 28

3.3.20 TF/MMC Card Interface....................................................................................................................................... 29

3.3.21 HDMI Interface ....................................................................................................................................................29

3.3.22 LVDS Interface......................................................................................................................................................30

3.3.23 MIPI Interface ...................................................................................................................................................... 31

3.3.24 PCIe Interface ......................................................................................................................................................32

4 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................... 33

4.1 S

OFTWARE OVERVIEW- LINUX

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4.1.1

Overview.............................................................................................................................................................. 33

4.1.2

Software Features................................................................................................................................................ 33

4.1.3

System Development ...........................................................................................................................................34

4.1.3.1 Preparing the Board .......................................................................................................................................................... 34

4.1.3.2 Booting your Board............................................................................................................................................................34

4.1.3.3 Using the Demo................................................................................................................................................................. 34

4.1.4

For More Information ..........................................................................................................................................36

5 ESD PRECAUTIONS AND PROPER HANDLING PROCEDURES .............................................................................................. 37

6 APPENDIX A: SCHEMATICS .................................................................................................................................................. 37

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1-1 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM OF SABRE LITE BOARD......................................................................................5

FIGURE 3-1 BLOCK DIAGRAM OF I.MX 6DUAL/6QUAD .......................................................................................................11

FIGURE 3-2 POWER INPUT JACK ..........................................................................................................................................15

FIGURE 3-3 SATA POWER INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................15

FIGURE 3-4 SATA CONNECTOR ............................................................................................................................................16

FIGURE 3-5 CAN INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................17

FIGURE 3-6 PARALLEL RGB INTERFACE................................................................................................................................17

FIGURE 3-7 AUDIO OUTPUT JACK........................................................................................................................................19

FIGURE 3-8 MIC IN JACK ......................................................................................................................................................20

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FIGURE 3-9 RS232 SERIAL PORT ..........................................................................................................................................22

FIGURE 3-10 RGMII LAN INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................22

FIGURE 3-11 MICRO USB INTERFACE...................................................................................................................................24

FIGURE 3-12 TF/MMC CARD INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................29

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 2-1 SABRE LITE KIT CONTENTS....................................................................................................................................8

TABLE 3-1 POWER INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................15

TABLE 3-2 SATA POWER INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................16

TABLE 3-3 SATA CONNECTOR ..............................................................................................................................................16

TABLE 3-4 CAN INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................................17

TABLE 3-5 PARALLEL RGB INTERFACE..................................................................................................................................18

TABLE 3-6 AUDIO OUTPUT JACK..........................................................................................................................................19

TABLE 3-7 MIC IN JACK ........................................................................................................................................................20

TABLE 3-8 CAMERA INTERFACE ...........................................................................................................................................20

TABLE 3-9 RS-232 SERIAL PORT ...........................................................................................................................................22

TABLE 3-10 RGMII LAN INTERFACE......................................................................................................................................23

TABLE 3-11 USB HOST INTERFACE.......................................................................................................................................23

TABLE 3-12 USB HOST INTERFACE.......................................................................................................................................24

TABLE 3-13 MICRO USB INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................24

TABLE 3-14 SD CARD INTERFACE .........................................................................................................................................25

TABLE 3-15 JTAG INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................................25

TABLE 3-16 IIC EXPANSION INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................26

TABLE 3-17 BOOT CONFIGURATION SELECT........................................................................................................................26

TABLE 3-18 ANDROID BUTTONS ..........................................................................................................................................27

TABLE 3-19 LED ....................................................................................................................................................................28

TABLE 3-20 RESET SWITCH ..................................................................................................................................................28

TABLE 3-21 BOOT SWITCH ...................................................................................................................................................28

TABLE 3-22 TF/MMC CARD INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................29

TABLE 3-23 HDMI INTERFACE ..............................................................................................................................................29

TABLE 3-24 LVDS INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................................................30

TABLE 3-25 MIPI INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................31

TABLE 3-26 PCIE INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................32

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1 Board Overview

1.1 Product Introduction

The development platform for i.MX 6Quad from element14 (built to the Freescale® SABRE Lite design) is an evaluation platform featuring the powerful i.MX 6Q, a multimedia application processor with Quad ARM Cortex-A9 cores at 1.2 GHz from Freescale Semiconductor. The platform helps evaluate the rich set of peripherals and includes a 10/100/Gb Ethernet port, SATA-II, HDMI v1.4, LVDS, parallel RGB interface, touch screen interface, analog headphone/microphone, micro TF and SD card interface, USB, serial port, JTAG, camera interface, and input keys for Android, as shown in Figure 1-1.

The SABRE Lite can be used in the following applications:

• Netbooks (web tablets)

• Nettops (Internet desktop devices)

• High-end mobile Internet devices (MID)

• High-end PDAs

• High-end portable media players (PMP) with HD video capability

• Portable navigation devices (PNDs)

• Industrial control and Test and measurement (T&M)

• Single board computers (SBCs)

Figure 1-1 Functional Block Diagram of SABRE Lite Board

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1.2 Features

The SABRE Lite Board is based on the i.MX 6Quad-core processor from Freescale integrating all the functionalities of this multimedia application processor with the following features:

• Mechanical Parameters

o Working Temperature: 0°C - 70°C o Humidity Range: 20% - 90% o Dimensions: 82.55mm x 82.55mm o Input Voltage: +5V

• Processor

o ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ 4xCPU Processor at 1GHz o Multi-stream-capable HD video engine delivering H.264 1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode,

and 3-D video playback in HD

o Triple Play Graphics System consisting of a Quad-shader 3D unit capable of 200MT/s, and a

separate 2-D and separate OpenVG Vertex acceleration engines for superior 3D, 2D, and user interface acceleration

• Memories

o 1GByte of 64-bit wide DDR3 @ 532MHz o 2MB SPI FLASH

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• Media Interfaces

o Analog headphone/microphone, 3.5mm audio jack o LVDS interface o HDMI interface o Parallel RGB interface o Camera interface (Support CCD or CMOS camera) o MIPI lanes at 1 Gbps

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• Data Transfer Interfaces

o Serial Ports

o USB Ports:

o TF card interface o SD card interface o SATA II interface, 3.0 Gbps o 10M/100M/Gb Ethernet Interface (RJ45 jack) o 1 channel I2C interface o 1 channel PCIE X1 interface o CAN bus

• Input Interfaces

o Android keyboard interface o 10-pin JTAG interface o 2 bit DIP switch for boot mode selection o Boot configuration interface

• Others

o 1 Power LED o 1 DC Jack o 1 Reset button

 UART1, 3 line serial port, RS232 Logic  UART2, 3 line serial port, RS232 Logic

 1 x USB2.0 OTG, micro USB, high-speed, 480Mbps  2 x USB2.0 HOST, Type A, high-speed, 480Mbps  1 x USB2.0 HOST, connector, high-speed, 480Mbps

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Serial Cable

Crossover cable

–

DB9 female to DB9 female

2 Quick Start Guide

This section describes how to use the SABRE Lite and associated components.

2.1 Unpacking the Kit

The SABRE Lite development kit is shipped with the items listed in Table 2-1. Remove the circuit board from the conductive bag and perform a visual inspection.

Item

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Table 2-1 SABRE Lite Kit Contents

Description

Circuit Board

USB cable Micro-B to

SABRE Lite board

standard-A cable

RS-232 cable Custom serial cable

Ethernet cable Crossover cable to connect the board to host computer

Power Supply 5Vdc

Documentation Quick-Start

MicroSD Card The kit

@ 4

A power

includes

supply

Guide

a MicroSD Card pre-loaded with the Linux BSP from TimeSys

2.2 Web-Based Contents

Please refer to www.element14.com/iMX6 for the latest documents and software, including:

 Schematics  Board layout  Bill of Materials (BOM)  Board Support Packages (BSPs)

2.3 Setting Up the System

2.3.1 Insert MicroSD Card

Insert the supplied MicroSD card into the board’s MicroSD card socket J20. Note: MicroSD Card is included if ready at the date your kit was shipped. For the latest version of the BSP, please visit www.element14.com/iMX6

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2.3.2 Connect RS-232 cable

Connect the custom serial cable provided to serial port J17, and then use cross serial cable to connect to the host computer. Open a terminal window on the host (eg. Hyperterminal) with serial port configuration: 115.2 kbaud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, with no parity.

2.3.3 Connect USB OTG (optional)

Connect the cable from the kit to micro USB connector J3 on the board.

2.3.4 Connect the Power Supply

Plug in the 5Vdc supply to power jack J10, the power LED (D1) should illuminate. To re-boot, press the reset button SW4.

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3 Hardware Description

3.1 Processor

The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors represents Freescale Semiconductor’s latest achievement in integrated multimedia applications processors, which are part of a growing family of multimedia-focused products that offer high performance processing and are optimized for lowest power consumption.

The processor features Freescale’s advanced implementation of the quad ARM™ Cortex-A9 core, which operates at speeds up to 1GHz. They include 2D and 3D graphics processors, 3D 1080p video processing, and integrated power management. Each processor provides a 64-bit DDR3/LVDDR3-1066 memory interface and a number of other interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as WLAN, Bluetooth™, GPS, hard drive, displays, and camera sensors.

3.1.1 Core Features

The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors are based on the ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ platform with the following

features:

• ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ 4xCPU Processor (with TrustZone)

• The core configuration is symmetric, where each core includes:

o 32 KByte L1 Instruction Cache o 32 KByte L1 Data Cache o Private Timer and Watchdog o Cortex-A9 NEON MPE (Media Processing Engine) Co-processor

• The ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ complex includes:

o General Interrupt Controller (GIC) with 128 interrupt support o Global Timer o Snoop Control Unit (SCU) o 1 MB unified I/D L2 cache, shared by two/four cores o Two Master AXI (64-bit) bus interfaces output of L2 cache o Target frequency of the core (including Neon and L1 cache) is:

o 1 GHz overdrive over the specified temperature rang o 900 MHz non-overdrive over the specified temperature range

o NEON MPE coprocessor

o SIMD Media Processing Architecture o NEON register file with 32x64bit general-purpose registers o NEON Integer execute pipeline (ALU, Shift, MAC) o NEON dual, single-precision floating point execute pipeline (FADD, FMUL) o NEON load/store and permute pipeline

• The memory system consists of the following components:

o Level 1 Cache--32 KB Instruction, 32 KB Data cache per core o Level 2 Cache--Unified instruction and data (1 MByte) o On-Chip Memory:

o Boot ROM, including HAB (96 KB) o Internal multimedia / shared,fast access RAM (OCRAM, 256 KB) o Secure/non-secure RAM (16 KB)

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Figure 3-1 Block Diagram of i.MX 6Dual/6Quad

3.1.2 External memory interfaces:

o 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit DDR3-1066,LV-DDR3-1066, and 1/2 LPDDR2-1066 channels, supporting

DDR interleaving mode, for 2x32 LPDDR2-1066

o 8-bit NAND-Flash, including support for Raw MLC/SLC, 2 KB, 4 KB, and 8 KB page size, BA-NAND,

PBA-NAND, LBA-NAND, OneNAND™ and others. BCH ECC up to 32 bit.

o 16-bit NOR Flash. All WEIMv2 pin are muxed on other interfaces. o 16-bit PSRAM, Cellular RAM

3.1.3 Interface to external devices

Each i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processor enables the following interfaces to external devices (some of them are muxed and not available simultaneously):

o Hard Disk Drives--SATA II, 3.0 Gbps o Displays--Total five interfaces available. Total raw pixel rate of all interfaces is up to 450

Mpixels/sec, 24 bpp. Up to four interfaces may be active in parallel.

o One Parallel 24-bit display port, up to 225 Mpixes/sec (for example, WUXGA at 60 Hz or

dual HD1080 and WXGA at 60 Hz)

o LVDS serial ports!aOne port up to 165 Mpixels/seor two ports up to 85 MP/sec (for

example, WUXGA at 60 Hz) each

o HDMI 1.4 port o MIPI/DSI, two lanes at 1 Gbps o

• Camera sensors:

o Parallel Camera port (up to 20 bit and up to 240 MHz peak) o MIPI CSI-2 serial camera port, supporting up to 1000 Mbps/lane in 1/2/3-lane mode and up to

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800 Mbps/lane in 4-lane mode. The CSI-2 Receiver core can manage one clock lane and up to four data lanes. Each i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processor has four lanes.

• Expansion cards:

o Four MMC/SD/SDIO card ports all supporting: o 1-bit or 4-bit transfer mode specifications for SD and SDIO cards up to UHS-I SDR-104 mode (104

MB/s max)

o 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit transfer mode specifications for MMC cards up to 52 MHz in both SDR and

DDR modes (104 MB/s max)

• USB

o High Speed (HS) USB 2.0 OTG (Up to 480 Mbps), with integrated HS USB PHY o Three USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) hosts o One HS host with integrated High Speed PHY o Two HS hosts with integrated HS-IC USB (High Speed Inter-Chip USB) PHY

• Expansion PCI Express port (PCIe) v2.0 one lane

o PCI Express (Gen 2.0) dual mode complex, supporting Root complex operations and Endpoint

operations. Uses x1 PHY configuration.

• Miscellaneous IPs and interfaces:

o Three I2S/SSI/AC97,up to 1.4 Mbps each o Enhanced Serial Audio Interface ESAI), up to 1.4 Mbps per channel o Five UARTs, up to 4.0 Mbps each o Providing RS232 interface o Supporting 9-bit RS485 multidrop mode o One of the five UARTs (UART1) supports 8-wir while others four supports 4-wire. This is due to

the SoC IOMUX limitation, since all UART IPs are identical.

o Five eCSPI (Enhanced CSI), up to 52 Mbps each o Three I2C, supporting 400 kbps o Gigabit Ethernet Controller(IEEE1588 compliant), 10/100/1000 Mbps o Four Pulse Width Modulators (PWM) o System JTAG Controller (SJC) o GPIO with interrupt capabilities o 8x8 Key Pad Port (KPP) o Sony Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF), Rx and Tx o Two Controller Area Network (FlexCAN), 1 Mbps each o Two Watchdog timers (WDOG) o Audio MUX (AUDMUX)

3.1.4 Advanced Power Management unit

The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors integrate advanced power management unit and controllers:

• Provide PMU, including DCDC and LDO supplies, for on-chip resources

• Use Temperature Sensor for monitoring the die temperature

• Support DVFS techniques for low power modes

• Use SW State Retention and Power Gating for ARM and MPE

• Support various levels of system power modes

• Use flexible clock gating control scheme

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