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Carrier Board for phyCORE-PXA270 Hardware Manual PCB# 1220.3 Edition February 2006 A product of a PHYTEC Technology Holding company...
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PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH neither gives any guarantee nor accepts any liability whatsoever for consequential damages resulting from the use of this manual or its associated product. PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH reserves the right to alter the information contained herein without prior notification and accepts no responsibility for any damages which might result.
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Preface Preface This manual describes only the functions of the PHYTEC phyCORE-PXA270 Carrier Board. The controllers and relevant Single Board Computers for use with the Carrier Board are not described herein. Additional controller- and board-level information and technical descriptions can be found in appropriate Hardware Manual or User's Manual support documentation.
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The phyCORE-PXA270 Carrier Board is one of a series of PHYTEC Carrier Boards supporting the phyCORE-PXA270 Single Board Computer module. PHYTEC supports common 8-, 16- and selected...
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Introduction 1 Introduction The Carrier Board phyCORE-PXA270 is a universal carrier board for start-up programming PHYTEC phyCORE-PXA270 Single Board Computer module with two high density SMT (160 pins each, 0.63 mm pitch) pin header connectors. The Carrier Board is fully equipped with all mechanical and electrical...
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24 V). supplies regulated +3.3 V phyCORE-PXA270. Additional +5 V is created for the IDE and CF card and LCD/inverter circuitry. • Optional battery charger circuitry for NiMH batteries • Power magement for MMC, CF, IDE and LC display • Two user programmable LEDs •...
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Jumpers 3 Jumpers For configuration purposes, the phyCORE-PXA270 Carrier Board has 10 removable and 32 solder jumpers, most of which have been installed prior to delivery depending on the board's configuration. Solder jumpers should not be changed by the user. Figure 6 illustrates the numbering of the jumper pads, while Figure 7 indicates the location of the jumpers on the board.
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+3.3 V (VCC) Nearly all of the components on the Carrier Board, the Expansion Board and the phyCORE-PXA270 are powered by VCC (+3.3 V). The supply voltages for the CompactFlash Card and the Multimedia Card on the Expansion Board can be switched with the help of transistors.
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/CS2 signals as well as the PCMCIA interface for controlling the components on the data bus. All other /CS and /SDCS signals from the phyCORE-PXA270 are routed to and can be controlled by the address decoder (control PLD U7) in order to connect the external data bus drivers and allow for custom-specific modification options.
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Carrier Board phyCORE-PXA270 5.1 Interrupts The interrupt signals for components on the phyCORE-PXA270 are configured on the phyCORE module itself. Because of the limited number of available GPIOs, the signals /MMC_DET and MMC-WP cannot be connected to GPIO9 and GPIO10 on the phyCORE module, hence these functions are not available.
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Memory Configuration Control register 4 controls the external supply voltage for MultiMedia Card #1 of the phyCORE-PXA270. ADDR D7-D4 CTRL 4 0x04000008 MMC1PWR R/W=0 R/W=0 R/W=0 R/W=0 Signal /MMC1_3V Name Table 12: PLD U7 Control Register 4 MMC1PWR Setting this bit turns on the supply voltage for MMC card #1.
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Table 16: PLD U7 Control Register 9 FL_WP NOTE: When using the J3D Flash type on the phyCORE-PXA270 this signal is hard wired to VCC (logic high). This bit has no function in this case. FL_DIS This bit can be used to disable the on-board Flash on the phyCORE-PXA270.
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Carrier Board phyCORE-PXA270 5.2.2 External Data and Address Bus The data and address bus on the phyCORE-PXA270 operates with a clock frequency of 100 MHz, therefore it must be decoupled for external use. All components on the Carrier Board except the Control PLD are connected to the decoupled data and address bus.
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Memory Configuration 5.3 IDE Interface and CF Card PLD (U6) The phyCORE-PXA270 provides a PCMCIA interface that supports two independent PCMCIA sockets. The first socket is available on the Carrier Board as an IDE interface, the second interface extends as a CF card socket to the Expansion Board.
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Carrier Board as well. The hard disk will be attached to the board using spacers on top of the phyCORE-PXA270 module (refer to Figure 15 for details). LIGHT QUICK CAPTURE...
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Ethernet Interface 6 Ethernet Interface The Ethernet interface of the phyCORE-PXA270 is supplemented on the Carrier Board by the Ethernet transformer and the RJ45 connector. p h y C O R E - P X A 2 7 0 E x t e r n...
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On the Carrier Board the USB host interfaces are connected to a double USB host socket. Note that socked B is inactiv and must not be used in conjunction with the phyCORE-PXA270 given the fact that only one USB host is available. Since the USB host interface can also operate in OTG mode it is connected to the OTG socket on the Expansion Board as well.
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RS-232 Interface The PXA270 controller has four internal UARTS. Three of these are supported in the current version of the phyCORE-PXA270. Two of the interfaces are accessible in the standard RS-232 level over DB-9 sockets at P1 (FF-UART) and P2 (BT-UART).
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The FF-UART (Full Feature UART) is a UART with all modem and control signals and a maximum transfer rate of 921.5 kBaud. This interface is used on the phyCORE-PXA270 for communication with the host-PC. The RS-232 transceiver device is located on the phyCORE module at U1.
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The Quick Capture Interface of the PXA270 controller is supported on the Carrier Board starting with PCB revision 1220.3. This requires use of a special phyCORE-PXA270 module configuration without the MAX7301 or the MAX6957 GPIO Expander chip. A PHYTEC camera module with a KAC-9638 CMOS image sensor can be connected to X7 on the Carrier Board.
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Matrix Keyboard 17 Matrix Keyboard The phyCORE-PXA270 features an optional GPIO expander IC which can be used for connecting to a matrix keyboard. The signal lines extend to connector X34 and are arranged in columns and rows. The column outputs have an in-line resistance of 33R and the row inputs have an RC combination with R=1 kOhm against VCC and C = 100 nF against GND to prevent a possible signal bouncing.
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GPIO Expansion Interface GPIO Expansion Board Interface The Carrier Board also provides a socket for standardized PHYTEC Expansion Boards. All signals except the data, address and control bus of the phyCORE-PXA270 extend from phyCORE connector X18 to the expansion connector X17 in a strict 1:1 arrangement. The data, address and control bus is buffered on the Carrier Board over line driver circuits before being routed to X17.
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19B, 24B, 29B, 34B, 39B, 44B, 49B, 54B, 59B, 64B, 69B, 74B, x/CS_1x If J19 = 1+2 on the phyCORE-PXA270 then x/CS_1x is not available because it is used as /CS Signal for the second on-board 16-bit Flash, alternative: GPIO15...
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The physical dimensions of the Carrier Board are represented in Figure 41. PHYTEC is currently working on an enclosure for this Carrier Board with Expansion Board. The dimensions shown below are subject to change. The maximum height of all components, the inserted phyCORE module and with a display mounted on the PCB is ca.
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Handling Hints 21 Hints for Handling the Module • Modifications on the phyCORE-PXA270 Carrier Board and Expansion Board Removal of various components is not advisable given the compact nature of the module. Should this nonetheless be necessary, please ensure that the board as well as surrounding components and sockets remain undamaged while desoldering.
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