NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK Owner's Manual
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1. Introduction ........................................................................ 1
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK Board Hardware
User's Guide
1. Introduction
This document is the hardware User’s Guide for the
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 Evaluation Kit (EVK) based
on the NXP Semiconductor’s i.MX 8M Mini
Applications Processor. This board is fully supported by
NXP Semiconductor. This manual includes system
setup and configurations, and provides detailed
information on the overall design and usage of the EVK
board from a hardware system perspective.
1.1.
Board overview
The LPDDR4 EVK board is a platform designed to
show the most commonly used features of the i.MX 8M
Mini Applications Processor in a small and low cost
package. The i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK board is an
entry level development board, which helps developers
get familiar with the processor before investing a large
amount of resources in more specific designs.
Table 1 lists the features of the i.MX 8M Mini
LPDDR4 EVK board.
Rev.
1.1. Board overview ....................................................... 1
1.2. Board contents ........................................................ 2
2. Specifications ..................................................................... 2
Processor ............................................................................... 5
2.1. Boot Mode and Boot Device configurations ........... 5
2.2. Power Tree .............................................................. 9
2.3. LPDDR4 DRAM memory .................................... 10
2.4. eMMC memory (U4) ............................................ 11
2.5. QSPI Nor Flash (U5) ............................................ 11
2.6. SD card slot (J701) ............................................... 11
2.7. MIPI-CSI&MIPI-DSI connectors (J802, J801) ..... 11
2.8. Ethernet connector (J501) ..................................... 11
2.9. USB connector (J301, J302) ................................. 11
2.10. Wi-Fi/Bluetooth (U6)............................................ 12
2.11. Audio Line output (J401) ...................................... 12
2.12. Audio Card connector (J1001) .............................. 12
2.13. JTAG connector (J902) ......................................... 12
2.14. USB-UART connector (J901) ............................... 12
2.15. M.2 connector (J601) ............................................ 13
2.16. Expansion connector (J1003) ................................ 13
2.17. I2C connector (J1004)........................................... 13
2.18. User interface buttons ........................................... 14
2.19. User interface LED indicators ............................... 14
3. PCB information .............................................................. 15
3.1. EVK design files ................................................... 16
4. Errata................................................................................ 17
5. Revision History .............................................................. 17
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Specifications
Table 1. Board features
Processor
NXP Applications Processor
MIMX8MM6DVTLZAA
DRAM memory
Micron 2 GB LPDDR4
MT53D512M32D2DS-053 WT:D
Mass storage
SanDisk 16 GB eMMC5.1
SDINBDG4-16G-I
Micron 32 MB QSPI NOR
MT25QU256ABA1EW7-0SIT
MicroSD card connector
SD3.0 supported
Power
ROHM PMIC BD71847 + Discrete DCDC/LDO
Camera
CSI interface (Mini-SAS connector)
Display interface
DSI interface (Mini-SAS connector)
Ethernet
1 GB Ethernet with RJ45 connector
USB
X2 USB (2.0) Type-C connector, only Port2 could be used as the Power Input
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
x1 on board Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module, 802.11b/g/n/ac, BT4.1
3.5 mm Stereo Line output, 2Vrms
FPC connector (SAI ports) for Audio Card
JTAG (10pin header)
MicroUSB for UART debug, two COM Ports for A53 and A4
M.2 connector
x1 M.2 slot (KEY-E type), support PCIE2.0, I2C interfaces
Expansion connector
40-pin dual-row Pin Header for I2S, UART, I2C and GPIO expansion
I2C connector
8-pin dual-row Pin Header for I2C expansion
Buttons
ON/OFF, RESET
LED indicators
Power status, UART
8MMINILPD4-CPU: 2inch x 2inch, 8-layer
8MMINI-BB: 4inch x 4.2inch, 8-layer
Audio connectors
Debug connectors
PCB
1.2.
Board contents
The i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK contains the following items:
• i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK board, assembled by two separate boards, 8MMINILPD4-CPU
(SOM Board) and 8MMINI-BB (Base Board)
• IMX-MIPI-HDMI Accessory Card, MIPI-DSI to HDMI adapter board
• USB Type-C 45W Power Delivery Supply, 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/2.25A supported
• Mini-SAS cable, 8" mini-SAS cable
• USB Type-C Cable, Cable – Assembly, USB 3.0, Type-C Male to Type-A Male
• USB micro-B Cable, Cable – Assembly, USB 2.0, Type-A Male to Micro-B Male
• USB Type-C to A Adapter, Adapter – USB 3.0, Type-C Male to Type-A Female
• Quick Start Guide
2. Specifications
This section provides the detailed information about the electrical design and practical considerations on
the LPDDR4 EVK board. Figure 1 describes each block in the high-level block diagram of the
LPDDR4 EVK board.
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Figure 1. MCIMX8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK Block Diagram
Figure 2 shows the overview of the i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK board.
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8MMINILPD4-CPU
8MMINI-BB
Figure 2. i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 EVK board overview
CAUTION
Type-C Port2 is the only power supply port, and it must be always supplied for system
running.
i.MX 8M Mini EVK is not a typical use case of the PD device. It is supplied by the
PD charger only, but with a power switch. When the switch keeps OFF for more than
5.5 seconds after adapting the PD charger, the charger (Source) will repower EVK
(Sink) after the system initiates the PD software. See Section 6.5.7 in the Universal
Serial Bus Power Delivery Specification Revision 2.0. There are two ways to avoid
repower:
• The power switch must always be at the ON side before adapting the PD
charger.
• Change the software to disable the PD function, and make it Type-C supply
only.
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BOOT_MODE0
BOOT_MODE1
Processor
The i.MX 8M Mini processors represent NXP Semiconductor’s latest achievement in the integrated
multimedia-focused products offering high performance processing with a high degree of functional
integration, targeted towards the growing market of connected devices. The i.MX 8M Mini processor
features NXP’s advanced implementation of the Quad Arm Cortex®-A53+ Arm Cortex®-M4 core,
which operates at speeds up to 1.8 GHz. Each processor provides a 32-bit DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR4
memory interface and other interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as MIPI LCD, MIPI Camera,
WLAN, Bluetooth™, Ethernet, Digital Mic, GPS, and multi-sensors.
For more detailed information about the processor, see the datasheet and reference manual on
www.nxp.com/i.MX8MMINI.
2.1.
Boot Mode and Boot Device configurations
The i.MX 8M Mini Applications Processor can boot from the boot configuration selected on SW1101 or
from the boot configuration stored on the internal eFUSE. In addition, the i.MX 8M Mini can download
a program image from a USB connection when configured in serial downloader mode. The method used
to determine where the processor finds its boot information is from two dedicated BOOT MODE pins.
Table 2 shows the values used in the two methods.
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Figure 3. Boot Mode Selection
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Table 2. Boot Mode settings
0
0
Boot from fuses
1
0
Serial downloader
0
1
Internal boot (Default)
1
1
Reserved
Table 3. Boot Device settings
eMMC/uSDHC3
0110110001
0001010100
MicroSD/uSDHC2
0110110010
0001101000
NAND Flash
0110000000
1000111100
QSPI NOR Flash
0110xxxxxx
00000x0010
Serial Download Mode
1010xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx0
BOOT_MODE0 BOOT_MODE1 Boot Mode
It is important for the developer to remember that these two pins are tied to the BOOT modules. If the
developer wants to boot the program Image from the Internal Boot mode, which means the processor
will execute the boot code from the internal boot ROM, the position of the switch 1 and 2 must be set to
OFF (0), ON (1), it is the same principle to choose the Serial Downloader mode or Boot from Fuse
mode to load boot code into the processor.
If Internal Boot mode is selected, the developer can set the switches SW1101 and SW1102 to choose the
boot device and related boot configurations as shown in Table 3 and Figure 4. Figure 5 shows the
detailed connection of SW1101 and SW1102.
BOOT Device SW1101 SW1102
NOTE
SW1101 bit 3 and bit 4 are used for compatible design with i.MX 8M
Nano, which must be set to 1 and 0 for i.MX 8M Mini.
SW1102 bit 10 is used for Infinit-Loop (Debug use only), which must be
set to 0.
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