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SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................... 3 PRECAUTIONS ....................4 Safety Precautions ..................4 Write Prohibited Regions ................. 5 Warranty ......................5 PRODUCT FEATURES ..................6 Overview ......................6 Features and Specifications ................7 Product Outline Dimension ................
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 1 Precautions Safety Precautions In order to use this product safely, please take special note of the following precautions. • Read all product manuals and related documentation before using this product. Use this product correctly and safely. Follow all warnings. •...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Write Prohibited Regions Data stored by the EEPROM, i.MX6Q/D electrical fuse (e-Fuse) is used by the software contained in this product. Do not write to these regions as this may cause the product stop working correctly. Purposely writing to these regions voids the product warranty. Warranty As described in the Product Warranty Policy provided with this product, the main board is covered by a one year replacement warranty starting from the time of purchase.
2 Product Features Overview The NSD2105 is a Freescale iMX6 ARM Cortex-A9 based smart display products with a 5-inch 800x480 LCD and touch screen. It is a flexible, high performance and inexpensive computer platform designed for embedded display applications such as home/building automation, KIOSK or HMI.
NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual 3 Interface Specifications The following photos show connector positions on the NSD2105 product. The functional details of the connectors are described in subsequent sections. PCB Top View D6/D7: J1: GPIO MicroSD Ethernet Reset CN2: Debug /...
NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual MicroSD Connector The microSD host connector has the following specification: SD Host Controller Standard Specification version 3.0 MMC System Specification version 4.2/4.3/4.4 SD Memory Card Specification version 3.0 and supports the Extended Capacity SD Memory Card ...
NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual UART Connectors & Debug Port There are 3 UART ports on this device. The connector type and functions are described in the table below: UART Connector Available Notes Number Type Signals 1x5 header CMOS signal level Console/Debug port.
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NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual RS232 RS485 header 485+ 485- Male Connector Female Connector 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 8 9 9 8 7 6 UART1 Connection Diagram: NSD2104 NSD2105 UART1 UART1 is dedicated as the debug or console port. The default communication settings are Baud Rate 115200, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and no flow control.
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NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual UART2 Block Diagram: TX, RX iMX6 RS232 RTS, CTS Transceiver Connector UART2 (with TX, RX, RTS, CTS signals) works as a regular RS232 port. UART3 Connection Diagram: iMX6 ZT485E Connector ZT485E: RS485 transceiver. RS485 works in half duplex mode.
NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual USB Connectors The USB interfaces on NSD2105 include a USB 2.0 OTG port and four USB2.0 host ports. Speed of up to 480 Mbps supported. The USB 2.0 host interface is connected to a hub controller to extend host ports. Two of the USB2.0 hub ports are available in type A connectors for users.
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NSD2104/NSD2105 Hardware User Manual USB port 2 is connected to J6 pin header. USB port 3 is connected to J8 pin header and is reserved for 802.11b/g/n WiFi module. Page 16...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Audio Interface The audio interface is implemented by a SGTL5000 audio codec. The data and control interface between CPU and SGTL5000 is I Connector Number Part Description CON1 Speaker Right CON2 Speaker Left MIC-IN Headphone Out Line-IN Audio Interfaces:...
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SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Ethernet Interface The 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet interface is available with a standard RJ-45 connector. Ethernet: iMX6 Ethernet RJ-45 Connector Page 19...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Power Supply (DC-IN connector) +5V Power input can be applied to the J7 DC jack or to the 2-pin header J5. The JP4 header can be connected to an LED as the indicator of power input. Page 20...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual GPIO Pin Header The GPIO pin header provides user to connect up to 8 GPIO devices (+3.3V signal level). The GPIO pins are available on J1 pin header. J1 pin 1 Page 21...
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SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual GPIO pin assignment: J1 pin # GPIO # J1 pin # GPIO # For more information about programming GPIO, please refer to a separate document: “Application Note GPIO”. Page 22...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual BM Connector The J4 connector is used to select the operation mode: Normal Operation mode or Firmware Download mode. For more information about Firmware Download mode (to burn firmware image), please refer to “Firmware Image Download” application note. J4 pin 1 J4 pin 1 Firmware Download:...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Parallel Display Interface The parallel display interface (CN6) is a 40-pin connector designed to use with a 4.3” 480x272 LCD or 5” 800x480 LCD. Other size and resolution of LCDs can also be used with this interface with proper signal connection.
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SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Most of the interface pins are connected directly to iMX6 processor pins. For the electrical DC/AC parameters of the pins, please refer to Freescale iMX6 processor data sheet. CN6 Pin 1 Page 25...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 3.10 Touch Screen Interface CN7 is for connecting to a 4-wire resistive touch screen: J9 can be used for capacitive touch screen or touch pad interface. In addition to +5V and +3.3V power pins, two GPIO for interrupt, reset and one I2C master port for data are on the connector.
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 3.11 D6 and D7 LEDs are connected to GPIOs for customer application software to use them. Please check with us to make sure the device driver is already available for application software to turn on/off LEDs. D6/D7: Page 27...
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 3.13 Expansion Connector HC1 and HC2 connectors are for connecting to expansion board to realize more iMX6 functions. The interfaces on HC1 and HC2 include (but is not limited to) LVDS, MIPI, Camera interface, I2C, SD card, GPIO,etc. Contact us for more details when you plan to use the interfaces on HC1 or HC2.
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SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 3.14 EEPROM A 4Kx8bit (32K-bit) non-volatile eeprom is mounted on board to keep system data. Part of the storage is available for user to store application data. The eeprom data read/write is done by iMX6 I2C channel 1. A device driver in Android and Linux is available for application software to read/write eeprom data.
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual 3.15 RTC (Real Time Clock) The RTC is implemented by a DS1307 real time clock chip connected to iMX6 I2C channel-1. A chargeable coin battery (3V/5mAh) is mounted on board to keep RTC in normal operation when system power is off.
SBC/NSD/EC 21 Series Hardware User Manual Appendix B: 5-inch LCD Brief (WVGA) General Specifications Item Specification LCD Size 5.0 inches Driver Element a-Si TFT active matrix Display Resolution 800 x 3 (RGB) x 480 Display Mode Normally white, Transmissive Dot Pitch 0.360(W) x 0.360(H) mm Active Area 108.00(W) x 64.80(H) mm...
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