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  • Page 1 Developer Board 8 Hardware UserGuide Powered by:...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction..................................6 2 Key features..................................7 3 What’s in the Box................................10 4 Getting started..................................12 4.1 Prerequisites................................12 4.2 Starting the board for the first time........................12 5 DragonBoard Overview..............................13 5.1 System Block diagram............................13 5.2 Processor................................13 5.3 Memory................................. 13 5.4 MicroSD.................................
  • Page 3 5.10 Input DC-power..............................16 5.11 Measurements..............................16 5.12 Buttons................................16 5.13 UART..................................16 5.14 System and user LEDs............................16 5.15 Expansion Connector............................17 5.16 Additional Functionality............................17 5.16.1 GPS................................17 5.16.2 Ethernet Connector..........................17 5.16.3 Mini PCIE connector..........................17 6 Low speed Expansion connector............................18 6.1 UART {0/1}................................
  • Page 4 7.1.4 HSIC................................24 7.1.5 Reserved..............................24 7.1.6 SD/SPI................................. 24 7.1.7 Clocks................................24 7.1.8 USB................................25 7.2 Secondary High Speed Connector.........................25 7.2.1 Feature information........................... 28 7.2.2 MIPI DSI 1..............................28 7.2.3 I2C {CCI_0,CCI _1, SSC_2}...........................28 7.2.3 SPI {SSC_1}..............................28 7.2.4 TSIF – Transport Stream Interface......................28 7.2.5 Other signals on Secondary High Speed Connector..................
  • Page 5 10.2 Power Source Selection............................33 10.3 Power Consumption............................33 10.4 Power Sequencing............................... 33 11 Buttons and status LED’s..............................35 11.1 Buttons................................35 11.1.1 Volume up..............................35 11.1.2 Volume down............................35 11.1.3 Power Button............................35 11.1.4 Entering Fastboot............................. 35 11.1.5 Hard Reset..............................36 11.2 LEDs..................................36 11.2.1 User LED 1-4.............................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1 Introduction Acronyms and abbreviation definitions Acronym / Definition Abbreviation Bill Of Materials Blue Tooth Clock Central Processing Unit Chip Select Camera Serial Interface Display Serial Interface Electro-Magnetic Compatibility Electro-Magnetic Interference ENable Electro-Static Discharge GrouND GPIO General Purpose I/O Global Positioning System HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Inter-Integrated Circuit...

  • Page 7: Key Features

    2 Key features The Developer Board 8 (hereinafter referred to as DB8) board is a 96Boards compliant community board based on Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor. The following table lists its key features: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Quad-core Qualcomm® Kryo™ at up to 2.15GHz per core...
  • Page 8 ZIF connector with 4L-CSI, DC power, 5V and 3.3V supply, camera control signals, I2C. The DB8 board can be made compatible with Arduino compatible shield using an add-on mezzanine. Go to: http://www.96boards.org/product/sensors-mezzanine/ For more information about compatible mezzanine cards External Storage...
  • Page 9 2.1 Board overview (J11) Ethernet Connector (J23) Power Jack (J7) Analog Expansion Connector (J15) MINI PCIE Connector (J16) 3.5mm Headset Jack (J20) Secondary High Speed Connector (J21) 24 pin Audio Connector (J8) Low Speed Connector (LED1) Power up indicator (GPS)GPS Antenna (SH1)Shield Compartment containing APQ8096/LPDDR4, PM8996, WGR7640 (S6) Power Button...

  • Page 11: What's In The Box

    3 What’s in the Box The box contains one DB8 development Core Board and one DB8 development Carrier Board.

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    1. Connect the HDMI cable to the DB8 HDMI connector (marked J6) and to the LCD Monitor. step 2. Connect the mouse and keyboard to the DB8 USB connectors marked J2 and. (It doesn’t matter which order you connect them in. You can also connect via an external USB Hub.) step 3.

  • Page 13: Dragonboard Overview

    8C with GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.1, OpenGL ES 3.1+, DirectX, OpenCL, Renderscript Compute, FlexRender support. 5.3 Memory The DB8 uses a package on package (PoP) LPDDR4 RAM configuration and discrete UFS 2.0 flash memory ● The LPDDR4 interfaces directly to the APQ8096 built-in LPDDR controller. The maximum DDR clock is 1866 Mhz.

  • Page 14: Microsd

    The 96Boards specification calls for a microSD socket to be present on the board. The DB8 µSD slot (J24) signals are routed directly to the APQ8096 SDC2 interface. The slot is a push-push type with a dedicated support for card detect signal (many µSD slots do not have a dedicated CD pins, they use DATA3 state as the card detected signal).

  • Page 15: Usb Ports

    The 96Boards specification calls for a USB port to be implemented as an OTG port or a device port. The DB8 implements a USB device port. The port is located at J4, a MicroUSB type B. If an application requires the use of the device port, USB HUB_SEL switch (S1-4) shall be set to ‘0’...

  • Page 16: Input Dc-Power

    8V to 18V input voltage power supplied from the SYS_DCIN pins on the Low Speed Expansion Connector Please see section 10 for detailed information on DB8 implementation of DC Power. Note that the DB8 does not support USB Type C.

  • Page 17: Expansion Connector

    LEDS 3 2 1 0’. The DB8 drives three LEDs from the red, green and blue LED drive from power management IC PMI8996. The fourth User LEDs is driven by the PMI8996 via PM MPP2. Power indicator LED: A blue LED is included to indicate the presence of input power to the DB8.

  • Page 18: Low Speed Expansion Connector

    6 Low speed Expansion connector The following tables show the Low Speed Expansion Connector pin out: 96Boards Signals DB8 Signals Note UART0_CTS BLSP9_UART_CTS_N(APQ GPIO_51) UART0_TxD BLSP9_UART_TX (APQ GPIO_49) UART0_RxD BLSP9_UART_RX (APQ GPIO_50) UART0_RTS BLSP9_UART_RFR_N (APQ GPIO_52) UART1_TxD BLSP8_UART_TX(APQ GPIO_4) UART1_RxD...

  • Page 19: Uart {0/1

    The 96Boards specifications calls for a 4-wire UART implementation, UART0 and an optional second 2-wire UART, UART1 on the Low Speed Expansion Connector. The DB8 implements UART0 as a 4-wire UART that connects directly to the APQ8096 SoC. These signals are driven at 1.8V.

  • Page 20: Gpio {A-L

    The 96Boards specification calls for one SPI bus master to be provided on the Low Speed Expansion Connector. The DB8 implements a full SPI master with 4 wires, CLK, CS, MOSI and MISO all connect directly to the APQ8096 SoC.

  • Page 21: Power Supplies

    The DB8 routes the RST_BTN_N (named PM_RESIN_N on DB8 schematic) signal to the RESIN_N pin of the PMI8996 PMIC. This signal is driven by S4, the on-board reset switch. This signals is a dual purpose, any press lasting less than 10 seconds serves as Volume Down or Zoom out, a press longer than 10 seconds will reset the board.

  • Page 22: High Speed Expansion Connectors

    7 High speed expansion connectors 7.1 Primary high speed expansion connector The following table shows the High Speed Expansion Connector pin out: 96Boards Signals DB8 Signals Note SD_DAT0/SPI1_DOUT BLSP12_SPI_MOSI (APQ GPIO_85) SD_DAT1 N.C. This is a SPI implementation. not SD_DAT2 N.C.
  • Page 23 96Boards Signals 820c Signals Note CSI0_C+ MIPI_CSI0_CLK_P CSI0_C- MIPI_CSI0_CLK_M CSI0_D0+ MIPI_CSI0_LANE0_P CSI0_D0- MIPI_CSI0_LANE0_M CSI0_D1+ MIPI_CSI0_LANE1_P CCSI0_D1- MIPI_CSI0_LANE1_M CSI0_D2+ MIPI_CSI0_LANE2_P CSI0_D2- MIPI_CSI0_LANE2_M CSI0_D3+ MIPI_CSI0_LANE3_P CSI0_D3- MIPI_CSI0_LANE3_M I2C2_SCL CCI_I2C_SCL0 (APQ GPIO_18) I2C2_SDA CCI_I2C_SDA0 (APQ GPIO_17) I2C3_SCL BLSP7_I2C_SCL (APQ GPIO_56) I2C3_SDA BLSP7_I2C_SDA (APQ GPIO_55) CSI1_D0+ MIPI_CSI2_LANE0_P CSI1_D0-...

  • Page 24: Mipi Dsi 0

    The 96Boards specification calls for an SD interface or a SPI port to be part of the High Speed Expansion Connector. The DB8 implements a full SPI master with 4 wires (96Boards SPI Configuration), CLK, CS, MOSI and MISO all connect directly to the APQ8096 SoC.

  • Page 25: Usb

    7.1.8 USB The 96Boards specification calls for a USB Data line interface to be present on the High Speed Expansion Connector. The DB8 implements this requirement by routing USB channel 3 from the USB HUB to the High Speed Expansion Connector.
  • Page 26 DB8 Signals Note Currently not configured in SW SSC_SPI_1_MOSI(APQ SSC10) Currently not configured in SW SSC_SPI_1_CS_N (APQ SSC8) Currently not configured in SW SSC_SPI_1_CLK (APQ SSC9) Currently not configured in SW SSC_SPI_1_MISO(APQ SSC11) CAM_MCLK1(APQ-GPIO14) MIPI_DSI1_CLK_P MIPI_DSI1_CLK_M MIPI_DSI1_LANE0_P MIPI_DSI1_LANE0_M MIPI_DSI1_LANE1_P MIPI_DSI1_LANE1_M...
  • Page 27 DB8 Signals Note MIPI_CSI1_CLK_P MIPI_CSI1_CLK_M MIPI_CSI1_LANE0_P MIPI_CSI1_LANE0_M MIPI_CSI1_LANE1_P MIPI_CSI1_LANE1_M MIPI_CSI1_LANE2_P MIPI_CSI1_LANE2_M MIPI_CSI1_LANE3_P MIPI_CSI1_LANE3_M CCI_I2C_SCL0 (APQ GPIO_18) CCI_I2C_SDA0 (APQ GPIO_17) CCI_I2C_SCL1 (APQ GPIO_20) CCI_I2C_SDA1 (APQ GPIO_19) VREG_S4A_1P8...

  • Page 28: Feature Information

    7.2.1 Feature information Please refer to table notes column regarding which features are currently supported in SW. 7.2.2 MIPI DSI 1 The secondary high speed connector supports a 4-lane MIPI-DSI bus. 7.2.3 I2C {CCI_0,CCI _1, SSC_2} The secondary high speed connector supports two I2C busses. ●...

  • Page 29: Analog Expansion Connectors

    8 Analog Expansion Connectors 8.1 16-pin Analog Connector Unless otherwise noted, these signals interface to the WCD9335 codec (U3). Function Connect to Note CDC_EAR_M CDC_EAR_P VPH_PWR CDC_IN1_M Mic 4 can be used for ANC CDC_IN4_P headset CDC_IN1_P CDC_HPH_R HPH_REF CDC_HPH_L MBHC_HS_DET_L Mechanical insertion detection MIC_BIAS2...

  • Page 30: Headset

    ● MIC_BIAS2 Ground reference 8.1.3 Headset The headset signals are rounded from the WCD9335 codec, one signal is routed from the connector to the CODEC, the singles are: ● CDC_HPH_R - Headphone PA right channel output ● CDC_HPH_L - Headphone PA left channel output ●...

  • Page 31: 24 Pin Audio Expansion

    9 24 pin Audio Expansion Unless otherwise noted, these signals interface to the WCD9335 codec (U3). Function Connect to Note CDC_IN5_M CDC_IN6_M CDC_IN5_P CDC_IN6_P MIC_BIAS3 MIC_BIAS1 SPKR_AMP_EN1 PMI8996 (U1) CDC_SWR_CLK CDC_SWR_DATA SPKR_AMP_EN2 PMI8996 (U1) CDC_DMIC_CLK1 CDC_DMIC_CLK2 CDC_DMIC_DATA1 CDC_DMIC_DATA2 CDC_LINE_OUT2_M CDC_LINE_OUT2_P CDC_LINE_OUT1_M CDC_LINE_OUT1_P CDC_LINE_REF...

  • Page 32: Digital Microphones

    ● MIC_BIAS1, _BIAS3: Ground reference 9.2 Digital Microphones The 24 pin audio expansion connector supports 2 additional analog microphone inputs: ● DMIC_1 ● DMIC_2 9.3 Line Out The 24 pin audio expansion connector supports 4 line outputs: Line_Out1, Line_Out2: Differential drivenLine_Out3, Line_out4: Single ended with CDC_Line_Ref to use as a reference ground.

  • Page 33: Power Management

    SYS_DCIN can be as low as 6.5V on the DB8. ● Note that the DB8 operates from a ~24W supply such as a 12V/2A supply. An 8V to 18V power from the SYS_DCIN pins on the Low Speed Expansion Connector.
  • Page 34 scheme during the production of this part. The user has no access to alter, modify or change the PMIC power up sequencing.

  • Page 35: Buttons And Status Led's

    Once powered off, pressing and holding the power button S6 for longer than 2-3 seconds will result in the device powering on. 11.1.4 Entering Fastboot Holding down power and volume down buttons at power of the DB8 will force the device to enter fastboot mode.

  • Page 36: Hard Reset

    Holding power and volume down buttons for 15 seconds will force a hard reset of the DB8. 11.2 LEDs There are two status LEDs and four User LEDs on the DB8. The Status LEDs report the status of the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices onboard. The user LEDs are driven by the SoC directly.

  • Page 37: Boot Configuration

    UFS boot image upgrade. Please review the proper OS User Guide for more information on this process. Switch 2, SD BOOT’, when set to ‘on’ position, will force the µSD, J24, to serve as the boot source for the DB8. You can use uSD as the main boot source or it can serve as a method for UFS boot image upgrade.

  • Page 38: Mechanical Size Marking

    13 Mechanical size marking...
  • Page 39 FCC warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

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