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...
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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...
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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...
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.
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 •...
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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...
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.
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.
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.
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™...
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: •...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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:...
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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 •...
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.
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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