NXP Semiconductors Freescale MCIMX6Q-SL User Manual
NXP Semiconductors Freescale MCIMX6Q-SL User Manual

NXP Semiconductors Freescale MCIMX6Q-SL User Manual

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  • Page 1 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development Platform for i.MX 6Quad ® Board built to Freescale SABRE Lite design...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Table of Contents BOARD OVERVIEW ................................5 ..............................5 RODUCT NTRODUCTION ..................................6 EATURES QUICK START GUIDE ................................8 ................................8 NPACKING THE ...............................8 ASED ONTENTS ..............................8 ETTING P THE YSTEM...
  • Page 3 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.8 Camera Interface ..............................20 3.3.9 RS232 Serial Port ..............................22 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...
  • Page 4 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 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...
  • Page 5: Board Overview

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 1 Board Overview 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.
  • Page 6: Features

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 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 •...
  • Page 7 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Data Transfer Interfaces • o Serial Ports UART1, 3 line serial port, RS232 Logic UART2, 3 line serial port, RS232 Logic o USB Ports: 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...
  • Page 8: Quick Start Guide

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 2 Quick Start Guide This section describes how to use the SABRE Lite and associated components. 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.
  • Page 9: Connect Rs-232 Cable

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 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.
  • Page 10: Hardware Description

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3 Hardware Description 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.
  • Page 11: External Memory Interfaces

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 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™...
  • Page 12: Advanced Power Management Unit

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 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: •...
  • Page 13: Hardware Accelerators

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.1.5 Hardware Accelerators The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors use dedicated HW accelerators to meet the targeted multimedia performance. The use of HW accelerators is a key factor in obtaining high performance at low power consumption numbers, while having the CPU core relatively free for performing other tasks.
  • Page 14: Usb2514B-Aezg For Usb 2.0 High Speed 4-Port Hub

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.2.4 USB2514B-AEZG for USB 2.0 High Speed 4-Port Hub The USB2514 hub is a family of low-power, OEM configurable, MTT (multi transaction translator) hub controller IC with 4 downstream ports for embedded USB solutions.
  • Page 15: Hardware Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Hardware Interface 3.3.1 Power Input Jack The 5V/4A AC-to-DC power supply that comes with the board is plugged into the Power Jack (J10) on the board.
  • Page 16: Sata Data Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Table 3-2 SATA Power Interface Signal Function +3.3V 3.3V output 5V output 3.3.3 SATA Data Interface A SATA 7-pin data connector (J21) is provided on the Quick Start Board and is connected to the SATA module of the i.MX6 processor.
  • Page 17: Can Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.4 CAN Interface Figure 3-5 CAN Interface Table 3-4 CAN Interface Signal Function CANH CAN differential pairs high level CANL CAN differential pairs low level 3.3.5 Parallel RGB Interface Figure 3-6 Parallel RGB Interface...
  • Page 18: Table 3-5 Parallel Rgb Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Table 3-5 Parallel RGB interface Signal Function DISP0_CNTRST GPIO DISP0 data bit16 DISP0 data bit17 DISP0 data bit18 DISP0 data bit19 DISP0 data bit 20 DISP0 data bit 21 DISP0 data bit 22 DISP0 data bit 23...
  • Page 19: Audio Output Jack

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 I2C3_SDA IIC serial bidirectional data, PWM1 Backlight brightness control 5VIN 5VIN 5VIN 3.3.6 Audio Output Jack A headphone with a standard 3.5mm stereo jack can be connected to the Audio Output jack at the point shown in Figure3-7.
  • Page 20: Microphone Input Jack

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.7 Microphone Input Jack The SABRE Lite board provides a 3.5mm stereo connector for a microphone input, as shown in Figure 3-8. A mono microphone will input its signal though the tip of the 3.5mm plug.
  • Page 21 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 CSI0_DAT12 CSI0 capture data bit 12 CSI0_DAT11 CSI0 capture data bit 11 CSI0_DAT10 CSI0 capture data bit 10 CSI0_DAT9 CSI0 capture data bit 9 CSI0_DAT8 CSI0 capture data bit 8 I2C2_SCL...
  • Page 22: Rs232 Serial Port

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.9 RS232 Serial Port Figure 3-9 RS232 Serial Port Table 3-9 RS-232 Serial Port Signal Function UART1_TXD UART1 Transmit data 5VIN UART2_TXD UART2 Transmit data UART2_RXD UART2 Receive data...
  • Page 23: Usb Host Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Table 3-10 RGMII LAN interface J24A Signal Function TXRXP_A differential pair TXRX+ TXRXM_A differential pair TXRX- TXRXP_B differential pair TXRX+ TXRXM_B differential pair TXRX+ TXRXP_C differential pair TXRX+ TXRXM_C...
  • Page 24: Micro Usb Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 USB2_VBUS USB2_D- USB Data- USB2_D+ USB Data+ Table 3-12 USB Host Interface Signal Function 5VIN USBDN_DM3 USB Data- USBDN_DP3 USB Data+ 3.3.12 Micro USB Interface The micro connector is connected to the high-speed (HS) USB 2.0 OTG module of the i.MX 6 processor and is cross connected with the lower USB Host port on J3.
  • Page 25: Sd Card Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.13 SD Card Interface Table 3-14 SD Card Interface Signal Function SD3_DAT3 Card data 3 SD3_CMD Command Signal 3P3V 3P3V SD3_CLK Clock SD3_DAT0 Card data 0 SD3_DAT1...
  • Page 26: Expansion Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.15 Expansion Interface Table 3-16 IIC expansion interface Signal Function 5VIN 5VIN 5VIN GPIO9 GPIO I2C3_SCL IIC3 serial clock I2C3_SDA IIC3 serial data 3.3.16 Boot Configuration Select Table 3-17 Boot Configuration Select Function...
  • Page 27: Android Keyboard Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 EIM_RW BOOT_CFG4[5] EIM_DA10 BOOT_CFG2[2] EIM_EB1 BOOT_CFG4[4] EIM_DA11 BOOT_CFG2[3] EIM_EB0 BOOT_CFG4[3] EIM_LBA BOOT_CFG4[2] EIM_DA12 BOOT_CFG2[4] EIM_WAIT BOOT_CFG4[1] EIM_DA13 BOOT_CFG2[5] EIM_A24 BOOT_CFG4[0] EIM_DA14 BOOT_CFG2[6] 3P3V 3.3V 3P3V...
  • Page 28: Led

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.18 LED Table 3-19 LED Signal Function Power led 5V power indicator 3.3.19 Switch Table 3-20 Reset Switch Signal Function RESET_N System Reset Table 3-21 Boot Switch Signal Function...
  • Page 29: Tf/Mmc Card Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 3.3.20 TF/MMC Card Interface The micro SD Card Connector (J20) connects a 4-bit parallel data bus to the SD4 port of the i.MX 6 processor. The micro SD Card is inserted facing up at the location shown in Figure 3-12.
  • Page 30: Lvds Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 HDMI_D2M HDMI differential pairs data2- HDMI_D1P HDMI differential pairs data1+ HDMI_D1M HDMI differential pairs data1- HDMI_D0P HDMI differential pairs data0+ HDMI_D0M HDMI differential pairs data0- HDMI_CLKP HDMI differential pairs clock+ HDMI_CLKM...
  • Page 31: Mipi Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 LVDS0_CLK_N LVDS0 transmit differential pairs clock- LVDS0_CLK_P LVDS0 transmit differential pairs clock+ LVDS0_TX3_N LVDS0 transmit differential pairs data3- LVDS0_TX3_P LVDS0 transmit differential pairs data3+ DISP0_CONTRAST GPIO PWM4...
  • Page 32: Pcie Interface

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 DSI_CLK0M DSI differential pairs clock0- CSI_CLK0M CSI differential pairs clock0- CSI_CLK0P CSI differential pairs clock0+ DSI_D1P DSI differential pairs data1+ DSI_D1M DSI differential pairs data1- 3.3.24 PCIe Interface Table 3-26 PCIe Interface Signal...
  • Page 33: Software Description

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 4 Software Description Software Overview- Linux 4.1.1 Overview Timesys has developed a board support package (BSP) for the element14 i.MX 6Q SABRE-Lite platform. The BSP comes pre-loaded on the MicroSD card provided with the board.
  • Page 34: System Development

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 4.1.3 System Development The instructions below assist the user with setting up the i.MX 6Q SABRE-Lite platform distributed with the Timesys BSP, including how to navigate and operate the BSP demo programs. 4.1.3.1 Preparing the Board To benefit from using the demos, at a minimum you must have:...
  • Page 35 MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 Demo applications 1. Timesys Theatre Timesys theatre showcases a number of the unique capabilites of the i.MX 6Q hardware, most notably: Hardware video acceleration •...
  • Page 36: For More Information

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 4. Qt applications Two Qt demos, "Vector Deformation" and "Path Stroking," have been included to demonstrate the capabilities of Qt software for this platform. Qt is a toolkit that provides the ability to construct complex and rich GUI environments for your applications.
  • Page 37: Esd Precautions And Proper Handling Procedures

    MCIMX6Q-SL: Development platform for i.MX 6Quad Built to Freescale® SABRE Lite design Doc ID: MCIMX6QSLUM Rev. 0.9, 11/12/2012 5 ESD PRECAUTIONS AND PROPER HANDLING PROCEDURES This section includes the precautions for mechanical handling and static precautions to be taken to avoid ESD damage: Avoid carpets in cool, dry areas.

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