VIA Technologies VAB-820 Quick Manual

VAB-820
ARM-based Pico-ITX board
Quick Guide
Key Features:
• Compact 10cm x 7.2cm Pico-ITX form factor
• 1.0GHz NXP i.MX 6QuadPlus (or i.MX 6Quad)
Cortex-A9 quad-core SoC
• Flawless HD video performance up to 1080p
• Wide operating temperature range, -20°C~70°C
• Fanless and ultra low power consumption
• Linux and Android solution packs available
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Layout Diagram
1
Top side
S-Video i.MX 6QuadPlus/i.MX6Q SoC
LVDS power
select jumper
DC-in
PoE Output
DDR3 SDRAM
eMMC
PoE Input
SPI
Audio
Miscellaneous pin header
USB 2.0 and Boot flash
2
( I C, DIO, system reset, power LED
USB 2.0 OTG select jumper
and WPAN/Wi-Fi/WWAN LED
Bottom side
RTC battery connector LVDS
LVDS Inverter
MIPI-CSI-2
COM
COM/CAN
miniPCIe DDR3 SDRAM
Powered by a 1.0GHz NXP i.MX 6QuadPlus Cortex-A9 ARM SoC with
enhanced graphics and memory performance or a 1.0GHz NXP i.MX 6Quad
Cortex-A9 SoC, the VAB-820 provides the perfect blend of high performance
and low power consumption to meet the high end demands of advanced
industrial, energy management and in-vehicle applications.
Specifications:
•
Processor
•
1.0GHz NXP i.MX 6QuadPlus (or i.MX 6Quad) Cortex-A9
quad-core SoC
•
System Memory
• 1GB DDR3 SDRAM onboard
•
Storage
• 4GB eMMC Flash memory
•
Boot Load
•
4MB SPI Flash ROM
•
Graphics
•
Support three integrated, independent 3D/2D and video
graphics processing units
•
Supports OpenGL ® ES 3.0, OpenCL and OpenVG
acceleration
•
Supports MPEG-2, VCI and H.264 video decoding up to 1080p
•
Supports SD encoding
•
LAN
•
Micrel KSZ9031RNX Gigabit Ethernet transceiver with
RGMII support
•
Audio
•
NXP SGTL5000 low power stereo codec
•
HDMI
• Integrated HDMI Transmitter
•
USB
•
SMSC USB2514 USB 2.0 High Speed 4-port hub controller
•
Expansion I/O
•
1 x miniPCIe slot
External I/O Ports
2
Front Panel I/O
Micro SD Card slot
Back Panel I/O
(
USB 2.0 RCA jack
Gigabit Ethernet HDMI
•
Onboard I/O
• 1 x COM connector with power supply (supports 8-wire
DTE mode)
• 1 x COM/CAN connector with power supply (supports one
RS-232 (TX/RX) and two FlexCAN TX/RX ports)
•
1 x RTC battery connector
•
1 x MIPI CSI-2 connector (supports two data lanes)
• 1 x SPI master connector (supports two SPI slave devices)
• 1 x S-Video input pin header
•
1 x Front audio pin header for Line-in, Line-out and Mic-in
•
1 x Boot flash select jumper (for SPI or micro SD)
•
1 x USB 2.0 and USB 2.0 OTG pin header
•
1 x Miscellaneous pin header (for one I²C pair, DIO (4 GPI +
4 GPO), system reset button and LEDs for power/WPAN/
Wi-Fi/WWAN
•
1 x Dual-channel, 18/24-bit LVDS panel connector
•
1 x LVDS Inverter connector
•
1 x LVDS power select jumper
•
1 x DC-in connector (12V)
• 1 x miniPCIe slot (supports multiple connections and buses
including JTAG)
™ 1.1 hardware
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2 x PoE pin headers (support optional PD power board)
•
Front Panel I/O
•
1 x Micro SD Card slot
•
Back Panel I/O
•
1 x HDMI port
• 2 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port (supports optional IEEE802.3at type 2)
•
1 x Composite input RCA jack
•
Watchdog Timer
•
Integrated watchdog timer supports two comparison points.
Each comparison point can interrupt ARM core, and a second
comparison point capable of generating external interrupts on
WDOG line
•
Power Supply
• 12V DC-in

Product Dimensions

3
100mm
94mm
O 3.5mm (hole)
61.65mm
69.49 mm
52.5mm
33.58mm
15.42mm
•
Operating Temperature
•
-20°C ~ 70°C (3G and Wi-Fi not included)
•
Operating Humidity
•
0% ~ 95% (non-condensing)
•
Form Factor
• Pico-ITX
• 10cm x 7.2cm (100mm x 72mm)
•
Operating System
•
Android 6.0 and Android 5.0
•
Linux Kernel 4.1.15 and Linux Kernel 3.14.28
•
Compliance
•
CE, FCC
Note:
For the software evaluation, please visit VIA website: http://www.viatech.com
Box Contents
•
1 x VAB-820 mainboard
•
1 x DC power cable
•
1 x Audio cable
•
1 x USB cable
•
1 x Console cable (3-wired for debugging the console)
Note:
Please ensure that all items in the box are present before using this product.
If any of the items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor or sales
representative immediately.
Pinouts and Jumpers
4
USB 2.0 and USB 2.0 OTG pin header (J8)
Pin Signal Pin Signal
DC-In connector (J9)
1 GND 2 -
3 USB_OTG_ID 4 GND
Pin Signal
5 OTG_DP 6 USBD_T3+
1 +12V
7 OTG_DN 8 USBD_T3-
2 GND
9 OTG_VBUS 10 USB_VBUS
Miscellaneous pin header (J7)
RTC Battery connector (J1)
Pin Signal Pin Signal
Pin Signal
1 RESET_N 2 P_LED+
1 +VBAT
3 GND 4 P_LED-
2 GND
5 12C3_SCL 6 W_LED+
7 12C3_SDA 8 W_LED-
9 5VIN 10 GND
SPI connector (J10)
11 GPIO_1 12 GPIO_7
13 GPIO_2 14 GPIO_8
Pin Signal
15 GPIO_4 16 GPIO_9
1 CSPI3_CLK
17 GPIO_5 18 GPIO_16
2 CSPI3_MOSI
19 GND 20 -
3 CSPI3_MISO
S-Video Input pin header (S-VIDEO1) 4 3P3V
5 CSPI3_CS0
Pin Signal Pin Signal
6 GND
1 C 2 GND
3 Y 4 -
7 CSPI3_CS1
5 NC 6 GND