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  • Page 1 GrapeBoard User Manual...
  • Page 2 GrapeBoard™ is based on the NXP® LS1012A, a 64-bit ARM® v8 network processor with network packet acceleration. GrapeBoard™ contains a single ARM® Cortex-A53 based processor running up to 1 GHz, a hardware packet forwarding engine and high-speed interfaces. Also, the module incorporates the same Trust Architecture and software compatibility of higher-tier QorIQ™...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.2.15 Push button for recovery boot operation ....19 5 Board Support Package A References B List of Acronyms Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 4: List Of Tables

    ........19 Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV...
  • Page 5: Grapeboard™ Features

    User Manual www.scalys.com May 17, 2018 GrapeBoard™ features 1.1 Block diagram The block diagram of the GrapeBoard™ is depicted in Figure 1.1. Figure 1.1: Block Diagram Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 6: Feature List

    Chapter 1. GrapeBoard™ features www.scalys.com 1.2 Feature List 1.2.1 Main board components The module contains the following on board main components: - NXP® QorIQ LS1012A Processor - Flash 512Mb and 8Mb recovery - DDR3L 8Gb - USB hub 1.2.2 Interfaces...
  • Page 7: Board Overview

    May 17, 2018 Board overview This chapter describes the mechanical specifications and positions of mounting holes, connectors, headers, jumpers, buttons and LEDs available on the GrapeBoard™. Pin descriptions for headers can be found in chapter 4. 2.1 Mechanical drawing The mechanical dimensions are shown in Figure 2.1. All dimensions are in mm.
  • Page 8 Chapter 2. Board overview www.scalys.com Figure 2.2: Overview of mounting holes position on top Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 9: Connectors

    1 and 2, which is depicted with a red dot near the connectors in Figure 2.3. Figure 2.3: Overview of connector positioning on top Figure 2.4: Overview of connector positioning on bottom Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 10 Table 2.1: Signal group Number Connector Raspberry PI™ expansion JTAG SMA connector for WiFi/BT antenna Tamper Boot device select Boundary scan Ethernet 1 Ethernet 0 Serial console PWR IN PWR IN for industrial use SDHC USB3.0-A Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 11: Buttons And Leds

    Chapter 2. Board overview www.scalys.com 2.3.1 Buttons and LEDs The positions of the buttons and LEDs on the GrapeBoard™ are depicted in Figure Figure 2.5: Overview of button and LED positioning Table 2.2: buttons and LEDs Number Component Reset button...
  • Page 12: Electrical Specification

    The standard 12V/1A power supply can provide power to all interfaces and electronic compo- nents. 3.3 Temperature specification The GrapeBoard is available in commercial operating temperature grade, 0 °C to +70 °C. Industrial temperature grade available upon request. Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV...
  • Page 13: Interfaces

    User Manual www.scalys.com May 17, 2018 Interfaces This chapter describes the interfaces available on the GrapeBoard™. For the location of the connectors see Figure 4.1 SERDES options The LS1012A supports three SerDes lanes (SRDS_PRTCL_S1RCW[128:143]=3308), connected as follows: Table 4.1: SERDES configuration...
  • Page 14: Raspberry Pi™ Connector

    Note: None of the pins are considered rugged interface signals. Pin abuse by sourcing or sinking too much current or by applying too high voltages will damage your GrapeBoard™ permanently. You are interfacing directly to sensitive electronics.
  • Page 15: Wifi/ Bluetooth

    If SPI mode is selected(factory RCW default), GPIO_17 defaults to SPI_CS2_B. 4.2.3 WiFi/ Bluetooth On the GrapeBoard™ a WiFi and Bluetooth (BT) combination module (F23BUUM13-W2) is present. This module is accessible through the USB hub on port 4 hub and communicates through USB2.0 compatible bus signals.
  • Page 16: Tamper

    Chapter 4. Interfaces www.scalys.com Scalys offers an accessories pack, which includes WiFi antenna and a CE certified power supply. 4.2.4 Tamper The LS1012A tamper detect pin "GPIO2_17/TA_TMP_DETECT_B "is available through a dedi- cated 2-pin header marked "TMPR". One pin is connected to ground and the other to the tamper detect pin.
  • Page 17: Usb2.0-B Micro

    UART1_SIN receive data pin contains the combined (logical AND) data of both UART RXD signal paths(Expansion connector and USB2). Connect just one serial communication device to your GrapeBoard™ either through the USB2 connector or through the expansion connector. The default data format is: •...
  • Page 18: Usb3.0

    CPU. Refer to the QorIQ LS1012A Reference Manual [1] for the settings. 4.2.14 Board reset Pushing button marked RST, button 1 in Figure 2.5, will initiate a hardware reset (POR). Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 19: Push Button For Recovery Boot Operation

    By pressing and holding down the button marked "REC", button 2 in Figure 2.5, and power cycling the GrapeBoard™, the LS1012A will execute a recovery operation offering the possibility to restore the standard flash with valid contents. note: the recovery button must remain pressed until feedback is received via the UART1 of the LS1012A processor, which can be accessed via the USB2.0-B micro connector, refer to...
  • Page 20: Board Support Package

    May 17, 2018 Board Support Package The Board Support Package (BSP) provided for the GrapeBoard™ is based on the BSP provided by NXP®. Refer to the BSP user guide for information on obtaining, building and deploying the BSP. Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV...
  • Page 21: A References

    User Manual www.scalys.com May 17, 2018 References [1] QorIQ LS1012A Reference Manual, Std. [Online]. Available: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/ reference-manual/LS1012ARM.pdf [2] “M.2 signal description (change notice),” https://pcisig.com/sites/default/files/specification_docu- ments/4_SMBus_interface_for_SSD_Socket_2_and_Socket_3.pdf. [3] PCI Express M.2 Specification, Std. Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...
  • Page 22: B List Of Acronyms

    User Manual www.scalys.com May 17, 2018 List of Acronyms Board Support Package electro static discharge Bluetooth RCW Reset Configuration word SuperSpeed Reference Manual Hi-Speed Board Support Package Full-Speed RCW Reset Configuration Word Low-Speed SERDES Serializer/Deserializer Copyright © 2018, Scalys BV Public...

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