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MBLX2160A UM 0101
28.02.2022

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  • Page 1 MBLX2160A User's Manual MBLX2160A UM 0101 28.02.2022...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page I TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS MANUAL ....................................1 Copyright and license expenses ................................1 Registered trademarks ....................................1 Disclaimer ........................................1 Imprint ..........................................1 Tips on safety ........................................ 2 Symbols and typographic conventions ...............................
  • Page 3 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page II Reliability and service life..................................44 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ................................45 RoHS ..........................................45 WEEE .......................................... 45 ® REACH ........................................45 ® EuP ..........................................45 Packaging ........................................45 Batteries ........................................45 8.6.1...
  • Page 4 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page III TABLE DIRECTORY Table 1: Terms and Conventions .................................... 2 Table 2: TQMLX2160A mating connectors ................................6 Table 3: Connector X1, MBLX2160A ..................................7 Table 4: Connector X2, MBLX2160A ..................................8 Table 5: Connector X3, MBLX2160A ...................................
  • Page 5 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page IV FIGURE DIRECTORY Figure 1: Block diagram MBLX2160A ..................................4 Figure 2: Block diagram TQMLX2160A ................................... 5 Figure 3: Block diagram power supply ................................15 Figure 4: Pinout 24 V Supply ....................................15 Figure 5: Block diagram protective circuit ................................
  • Page 6 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page V REVISION HISTORY Rev. Date Name Pos. Modification 0100 17.09.2021 Petz First edition Figure 5, 8, 13, 26 Translated 0101 28.2.2022 Kreuzer Figure 27 Changed...

  • Page 7: About This Manual

    User's Manual, or due to usage of erroneous or incomplete information, are exempted, as long as there is no proven intentional or negligent fault of TQ-Systems GmbH. TQ-Systems GmbH explicitly reserves the rights to change or add to the contents of this User's Manual or parts of it without special notification.

  • Page 8: Tips On Safety

    Violation of this guideline may result in damage / destruction of the MBLX2160A and be dangerous to your health.

  • Page 9: Naming Of Signals

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 3 Naming of signals A hash mark (#) at the end of the signal name indicates a low-active signal. Example: RESET# If a signal can switch between two functions and if this is noted in the name of the signal, the low-active function is marked with a hash mark and shown at the end.

  • Page 10: Brief Description

    The MBLX2160A is designed as a carrier board for the TQMLX2160A. All TQMLX2160A interfaces, which can be used, are available on the MBLX2160A, thus the features of the LX2160A can be evaluated and software development for a TQMLX2160A-based project can be started directly.

  • Page 11: Electronics

    EEPROM. All TQMLX2160A internal voltages are derived from the 5 V supply voltage. Further information can be found in the TQMLX2160A User’s Manual. The available signals are routed to the MBLX2160A via three connectors. On the MBLX2160A the interfaces provided by the TQMLX2160A are routed to industry standard connectors. Furthermore the MBLX2160A provides all power supplies and configurations required for the operation of the TQMLX2160A.

  • Page 12: Tqmlx2160A Mating Connectors

    3.1.1 TQMLX2160A mating connectors The TQMLX2160A is held in the mating connectors on the MBLX2160A by 560 pins on three connectors. The standard board-to- board distance is 8 mm, but a reduced distance of 5 mm is possible. Table 2:...
  • Page 13 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 7 3.1.2 TQMLX2160A pinout (continued) Table 3: Connector X1, MBLX2160A Dir. Level Group Signal Signal Group Level Dir. Power Power Power Power Power Power Power Power Power Power –...
  • Page 14 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 8 3.1.2 TQMLX2160A pinout (continued) Table 4: Connector X2, MBLX2160A Dir. Level Group Signal Signal Group Level Dir. – Ground DGND DGND Ground – 3.3 V Reset LX_CPU_RESET_OUT#...
  • Page 15 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 9 3.1.2 TQMLX2160A pinout (continued) Table 4: Connector X2, MBLX2160A (continued) Dir. Level Group Signal Signal Group Level Dir. – USB2 USB2_RX_N DGND Ground – – Ground DGND...
  • Page 16 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 10 3.1.2 TQMLX2160A pinout (continued) Table 5: Connector X3, MBLX2160A Dir. Level Group Signal Signal Group Level Dir. – Ground DGND DGND Ground – 1.8 V EC1_TX_EN EC1_RX_CLK 1.8 V...
  • Page 17 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 11 3.1.2 TQMLX2160A pinout (continued) Table 5: Connector X3, MBLX2160A (continued) Dir. Level Group Signal Signal Group Level Dir. – SERDES1 SD1_RX5_N SD1_TX5_N SERDES1 – – Ground DGND...

  • Page 18: Boot Source

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 12 3.1.3 Boot source The boot source of the MBLX2160A is selected with signals BOOT_SRC[2:0] via DIP switch S1. Pull-ups to 3.3 V are populated on the TQMLX2160A. Table 6: Boot source selection, DIP switch S1...

  • Page 19: Emmc Configuration

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 13 3.1.4 eMMC configuration The TQMLX2160A allows a variable configuration of the SDHC2 interface via the control signals eMMC_SEL[1:0]. These signals are pulled-up to 3.3 V on the TQMLX2160A by default.

  • Page 20: Nor Flash Swap

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 14 3.1.5 NOR flash swap The TQMLX2160A allows an easy toggle of the two XSPI NOR Flash devices. Only the chip select of both devices are swapped, so that from the view of the CPU no differences appear.

  • Page 21: Power Supply And Pmc

    Power supply and PMC The MBLX2160A has to be supplied with 24 V ±10 % (21.6 V to 26.4 V) at the 6-pin connector X40 or the 2-pin connector X4. The maximum power consumption of the MBLX2160A can be approximately 180 W to 220 W without additional PCIe cards.

  • Page 22: Protective Circuitry

    VBAT_RTC (X3-B95), which can be supplied with 2.1 V to 3.7 V, typical 3.0 V. VBAT_RTC is also routed to X31-16 on the MBLX2160A. This pin can be used as a measuring point or, if the Coin Cell is removed,...

  • Page 23: Clock Generation

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 17 Clock generation SYSCLK and DDRCLK are generated on the TQMLX2160A. Therefore the following clocks must be applied externally: • SerDes clocks • ECx Ethernet clocks The clocks depend on the chosen SerDes protocol, see following table:...
  • Page 24 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 18 Clock generation (continued) Two programmable clock drivers are provided on the MBLX2160A for the clock structure. 2 pcs Fractional PLL available: - 1 x 156.25 MHz - 1 x 100 MHz with Spread Spectrum...

  • Page 25: I2C Devices

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 19 I2C devices The TQMLX2160A provides up to six I C buses, of which I2C1, I2C5 and I2C6 are used on the MBLX2160A. The following block diagram shows the I C bus structure: TQMLX2160A...

  • Page 26: Serdes

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 20 SerDes 3.5.1 SerDes Multiplexing options The LX2160A provides three SerDes blocks with eight lanes each. No AC coupling capacitors are assembled on the TQMLX2160A. These have to be populated on the carrier board.

  • Page 27: Serdes #1

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 21 3.5.2 SerDes #1 The following multiplexing options are used on the MBLX2160A: • Multiplexing 14 (1 × 100 Gbit Eth + 1 × PCIe ×4) • Multiplexing 12 (1 × PCIe ×2 + 2 × SGMII Gbit Eth) Lanes 0–3 cannot be used with multiplexing 12, since the CAUI-4 interface is used exclusively for the 100 Gbit Ethernet.

  • Page 28: Serdes #2

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 22 3.5.3 SerDes #2 The following multiplexing options are used on the MBLX2160A: • Multiplexing 7 (2 × PCIe ×1 + 4 × 1 Gbit Ethernet + 2 × 10 Gbit Ethernet) •...

  • Page 29: Serdes #3

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 23 3.5.4 SerDes #3 The following multiplexing options are possible on the MBLX2160A: Figure 15: SerDes #3 multiplexing options Figure 16: DIP switch setting for SerDes #3...

  • Page 30: Qsfp28 100 Gbit Ethernet

    QSFP28 100 Gbit Ethernet For the 100 Gbit Ethernet the SerDes #1 interface (multiplexing 14) with CAUI-4 interface is used on the MBLX2160A. Only optical media are still suitable for transmission. Similar to the implementation for the XFI 10 Gbit Ethernet with SFP modules, there are modules for 100 Gbit Ethernet, according to the QSFP28 standard.

  • Page 31: Sfp+ 10 Gbit Ethernet

    IO control signals controllable via GPIO port expander RGMII / SGMII Ethernet Ten individual 1-Gbit Ethernet interfaces are available on the MBLX2160A. However, not all of them can be used at the same time, but depending on the SerDes multiplexing, see chapter 3.5.
  • Page 32 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 26 In principle, all Ethernet interfaces have an identical structure. • Ethernet TI DP83867 PHY (connection via SGMII or RGMII) • Stacked ETH sockets with two LEDs each (green / orange) •...

  • Page 33: Communication Interfaces

    The layout guidelines of the respective standards are to be taken note of for the mainboard design. FR-4 is used as PCB material for the MBLX2160A. Therefore the track lengths of the SerDes signals and the estimated insertion losses have to be taken into consideration. The insertion losses are estimated as follows: •...

  • Page 34: Mini Pcie

    ×4 via SerDes #3 with muxing 3 3.9.2 Mini PCIe The MBLX2160A provides two Mini PCIe slots, each with one PCIe lane (×1) for full-size cards (50.95 mm × 30 mm). • mPCIe ×1, X16 plus SIM card holder • mPCIe ×1, X17 Any standard compliant Mini PCIe card can be used.

  • Page 35: Sata

    As described in chapter 3.5.1, SATA is available at SerDes #2 with muxing 8. The M.2 slots with B-Key on the MBLX2160A support M.2 sizes 2242 and 2280. The default mounting is for type 2280. The third SATA interface on X18 is designed for a standard 2.5" SSD. The pinout and the connectors are standard compliant.

  • Page 36: Usb 3.0

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 30 3.9.5 USB 3.0 The TQMLX2160A provides two USB 3.0 controller with integrated PHYs. Both controllers support: • SuperSpeed (5 Gbps) • Hi-Speed (480 Mbps) • Full- and Low Speed A 4-port USB 3.0 hub is used on the board, which is connected to USB1.

  • Page 37: Can

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 31 3.9.6 The LX2160A provides two internal CAN controllers, which support both the 2.0B standard and the CAN-FD protocol. The interfaces are not galvanically isolated. The muxing offers the following options: •...

  • Page 38: Uart

    The LX2160A provides four UART interfaces with Rx/Tx signals, or two UART interfaces when the handshake signals are used. On the MBLX2160A, one UART is connected as RS-232 to a D-Sub-9 connector, which serves as the primary console. The data rate for the console outputs is 115200 baud.
  • Page 39 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 33 3.9.9 GPIO (continued) Table 19: GPIO port expander signals Reference 7-bit address Port Signal Function block IO0_0 QSFP_MODSEL IO0_1 QSFP_RESET# IO0_2 QSFP_PODPRS# IO0_3 QSFP_INT# 100G - QSFP module...

  • Page 40: Headers

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 34 3.9.9 Headers On the MBLX2160A four pin headers are installed, whose signals are grouped as shown below: • Supply voltages: X31 • CPU signals after muxing: X27, X28 •...
  • Page 41 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 35 3.9.10 Headers (continued) Table 22: Pinout 20-pin header, X30 Signal Signal SYSC_I2C_SCL VCC3V3_STBY SYSC_I2C_SDA JTAG_CPLD_TCK PMC_I2C_SCL JTAG_CPLD_TMS PMC_I2C_SDA JTAG_CPLD_TDI RESET_BUTTON JTAG_CPLD_TDO ON_OFF_BUTTON TQMLX_MON_UART_RXD EXT_POWER_FAIL_IN# TQMLX_MON_UART_TXD MBLX_PGOOD TQMLX_SLEEP#...

  • Page 42: User Interfaces

    3.10 User interfaces 3.10.1 OLED display On the MBLX2160A an OLED display is installed. The interface is adapted to the Newhaven Display NHD-1.69-160128G. Detailed information about the display is provided by Newhaven: https://www.newhavendisplay.com/nhd169160128g-p-9642.html Figure 34: Push buttons S10 to S12 Figure 33: OLED display NHD-1.69-160128G...
  • Page 43 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 37 3.10.1 OLED display (continued) System UP If the system was successfully started, "System Up" is displayed. Press to access the menu. Home From here you can navigate through the menu with opens the respective submenu.

  • Page 44: Gp Leds And Gp Buttons

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 38 3.10.2 GP LEDs and GP buttons Two GP_LEDs and two GP_BUTTONs are provided on the MBLX2160A. They are controlled as follows: • GP_LED V41: GPIO3_DATA08 • GP_LED V42: GP_LED_2 via Port Expander D21 •...

  • Page 45: Dip Switches

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 39 3.10.4 DIP switches The MBLX2160A can be configured with DIP switches S1 ~ S5. The switch positions can be read out by the I²C Port Expander D23 (connected to I2C1_CPU).

  • Page 46: Jtag

    Figure 39: NXP Code Warrior TAP adapter (source NXP) For the PMC on the MBLX2160A and the System Controller on the TQMLX2160A a UART-USB interface for console outputs is available. The USB debug interface is self-powered and has two ports. 3.11 For proper operation, the TQMLX2160A must be cooled.

  • Page 47: Mechanics

    The TQMLX2160A is held in its mating connectors with a considerable retention force. To avoid damage caused by mechanical stress, the TQMLX2160A may only be extracted from the MBLX2160A by using the extraction tool MOZILX2160A that can be obtained separately.

  • Page 48: Assembly

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 42 Assembly Figure 41: MBLX2160A labels The labels on the MBLX2160A revision 01xx show the following information: Table 28: Labels on MBLX2160A Label Content MBLX2160A version and revision, tests performed...

  • Page 49: Safety Requirements And Protective Regulations

    (also "slow signals" and DC can radiate RF indirectly) A good protection against electrostatic discharge must be installed directly at the inputs of a system. On the MBLX2160A common measures have been provided. The following measures are recommended for a carrier board: •...

  • Page 50: Climate And Operational Conditions

    TQMLX2160A and thus malfunction, deterioration or destruction. Protection against external effects Protection class IP00 was defined for the MBLX2160A. There is no protection against foreign objects, touch or humidity. Reliability and service life No detailed MTBF calculation has been done for the MBLX2160A.

  • Page 51: Environment Protection

    General notes Due to technical reasons a battery is necessary for the MBLX2160A. Batteries containing mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) or lead (Pb) are not used. If this is for technical reasons unavoidable, the device is marked with the corresponding hazard note.

  • Page 52: Appendix

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 46 APPENDIX Acronyms and definitions The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in this document: Table 30: Acronyms Acronym Meaning Ball Grid Array BIOS Basic Input/Output System Controller Area Network...
  • Page 53 User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 47 Acronyms and definitions (continued) Table 29: Acronyms (continued) Acronym Meaning QSFP Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Reset Configuration Word REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (and restriction of) Chemicals ®...

  • Page 54: References

    User's Manual l MBLX2160A UM 0101 l © 2022, TQ-Systems GmbH Page 48 References Table 31: Further applicable documents Name Rev., Date Company LX2160A Reference Manual (TBD) LX2160A Data Sheet (TBD) LX2160A Fact Sheet Rev. 0, 05. Oct. 2017 TQMLX2160A User’s Manual –...
  • Page 55 TQ-Systems GmbH Mühlstraße 2 l Gut Delling l 82229 Seefeld Info@TQ-Group TQ-Group...

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