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To provide feedback on this document, email your comments to techcomm@digi.com Include the document title and part number (ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary, 90002385 1P) in the subject line of your email. ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual -...
Debug JTAG Console ports USB recovery Communication Gigabit Ethernet RS-485 USB Host Mini PCIe XBee Multimedia HDMI, LVDS, and MIPI displays MIPI-CSI camera Audio User interfaces User LED User button ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
About the ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board The Digi ConnectCore® 8M Nano Development Board is a system-on-module (SOM) development kit that streamlines the prototyping of a wide range of industrial and medical applications. Built on the i.MX 8M Nano processor with power-efficient quad ARM® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex-M7 cores, Digi ConnectCore 8M Nano combines pre-certified wireless connectivity (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and...
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SMA antenna connectors, one for the on-module antenna and another for the Mini PCIe card User interfaces: x2 user buttons x3 user LEDs Dimensions: 210 x 130 mm Note * Only one display interface can be enabled at a time. ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
About the ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Placement and connectors Placement and connectors ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
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SJ1-3533NG J39-J40 XBee Cellular Samtec SMM-110-02-F-S-P-TR J41-J42 XBee user Samtec SMM-110-02-F-S-P-TR Control signals Wireless signals UARTs GPIOs SAI1 Wireless signals Clocks SMA antenna connector Bobbintron SMA A700T Power rails Audio ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
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Interfaces The following interfaces are available on the ConnectCore 8M Nano: Power System boot Debug Communication Multimedia User interfaces ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
Power DC-in connectors The input voltage of the ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board is 5 V. You can use one of two connectors to power the entire system. Note that you can only enable one at a time. DC-in power jack connector J2, a 2-pin, 2.54 mm pitch connector:...
Interfaces System boot Power applied to this power supply feeds the part of the ConnectCore 8M Nano SOM that supports battery applications. Power and reset buttons One power button (SW1) and one reset button (SW2) are included on the development board. These...
A dedicated USB micro AB-type port (J16) provides access to the two console ports of the ConnectCore 8M Nano system-on-module: i.MX 8M Nano Cortex A-53 serial debug port i.MX 8M Nano Cortex M4 serial debug port ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
The development board includes a dedicated USB micro AB-type port (J35) for recovery. This port detects when a cable is plugged in and automatically switches the USB1 bus of the CPU from its default USB Host connection to the recovery port: ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
The development board supports one RS-485 half-duplex bus, available on an expansion connector (J26): Pin Signal name Description 3V3_SOM_EXT 3.3 V power supply RS485_B RS485 B line RS485_A RS485 A line Ground ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
One port is connected to the XBee Cellular socket. Mini PCIe The development board provides one Mini PCI Express socket (J19) supporting USB and I2C connection to the ConnectCore 8M Nano module. A micro SIM socket is also connected to the Mini PCI Express slot. XBee Two XBee sockets are populated on the development board.
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Data pair 3 (+) line LVDS_PWM_OUT Backlight PWM (connected to MCA_IO17) LVDS_I2C_SCL i.MX8M I2C2 bus clock line LVDS_I2C_SDA i.MX8M I2C2 bus data line LVDS_IRQ_N Interrupt line (connected to i.MX8M GPIO4_18) 5 V power supply ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
I2C2 bus data line MIPI_CSI_I2C_SCL i.MX8M I2C2 bus clock line Not connected MIPI_CSI_RESET_N Rreset line (connected to i.MX8M GPIO1_12) Ground MIPI_CSI_CLK_P Clock pair (+) line MIPI_CSI_CLK_N Clock pair (-) line ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
The speakers, line-out signals, and line-in signals are available over a 10-pin connector (J53): Pin Signal name Description LINE1_IN_R Single-ended line input A1 LINE1_IN_L Single-ended line input A2 LINE2_IN_R Single-ended line input B1 ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
Three LEDs are available on the development board: one green, one yellow, and one red. All of them are connected to SOM GPIOs. User button Two buttons are available on the development board, both of them connected to the SOM. ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Board Hardware Reference Manual - Preliminary...
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