Integrated flash controller JTAG Joint Test Action Group Low-dropout Light-emitting diode Media access control Multimedia card Media-independent interface Mass storage device Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
LS1046ARDB. Some of the documents listed below may be available only under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). To request access to these documents, contact your local field applications engineer (FAE) or sales representative. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
(usually JTAG) while connected to a developer workstation through Ethernet or 1.3 Block diagram The figure below shows the LS1046ARDB block diagram. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Processor feature used Description Processor QorIQ LS1046A processor NOTE For details on the LS1046A processor, see QorIQ LS1046A Reference Manual. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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• USB2: Supports a USB 3.0 micro-AB connector configured in the On-The-Go (OTG) mode, by default • USB3: Connects to the mini-PCIe slot Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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PMIC, clock generator, current monitor, thermal monitor, EEPROM, mini-PCIe slot, and one PCIe slot • I2C4: Controls the other PCIe slot and RTC Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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• 3.3 V for RGMII and SGMII PHYs, SDHC connector, and PCIe slots • 3.3/1.5 V for mini-PCIe slot • 5 V for USB port • 3.3/1.8 V for CPLD Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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• Three DIP switches for quick board configuration NOTE See QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Getting Started Guide for more details on LS1046ARDB DIP switches. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
12 V power for correct operation of the LS1046A processor, DDR4 UDIMM, PHYs, and numerous other peripherals. The figure below shows the LS1046ARDB power supply block diagram. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Figure 5. Pinout details toward LS1046ARDB 2.1.2 Secondary power supplies The table below describes the LS1046ARDB power supply devices that generate secondary power supplies on the board. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
• Supply for LT3065 (U12) power supply device SW4LX: +SVDD Filtered supply for processor SVDD (1/0.9 V at 1 A) Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Shunt resistor value 0.001 Ω INA220 All other power supplies of the board are considered as low-current/incidental supplies and therefore, they are not instrumented for power measurement. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
The LS1046ARDB DDR interface can work with any JEDEC-compliant, 288-pin, DDR4 UDIMM or RDIMM module. The DIMM used in the board is only a representative DIMM (MTA18ASF1G72AZ-2G3B1). QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
— SLOT 3: Standard PCIe x1 • One SATA 3.0 connector • One SFP + module with XFI retimer The following figure shows the SerDes architecture with PCI Express support. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
The mini-PCIe card slot supports: • USB 2.0 • PCIe • I2C Configure the Wi-Fi module on the mini-PCIe slot as per the configuration given in the table below. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
L: Transmit or receive activity R: Link (any speed) LVDD (1.8 V) MAC4 P2 top L: Transmit or receive activity R: Link (any speed) Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
(2.5 V) domain respectively and are used to control separate PHY transceiver devices. The EMI1 bus is connected to the four Realtek (RTL8211FS) PHYs. The EMI2 bus is connected to the Aquantia (AQR107) PHY. The EMI routing architecture is shown in the figure below. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
5 V power at up to 1.2 A. The power enable and power-fault-detect pins are connected to the LS1046A processor via CPLD for individual port management. The figure below shows the LS1046ARDB USB architecture. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
NX3DV42GU (U514, U512, and U513) drive the SDHC signals to eMMC or SD card. The figure below shows the SDHC signal connections supported on the LS1046ARDB. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
• The level shifter device (PCA9306DCUR) is used on the LS1046ARDB I2C1 bus, to convert the LS1046A 3.3 V to 2.5 V signals for the SPD The figure below shows the overall I2C scheme connections. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
(through THERM_WARN_B and THERM_FAULT_B interrupt signals) to the processor. These interrupts can be used to power down the system to protect the processor from over-temperature damage. The figure below shows thermal management system in the LS1046ARDB. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
• 1: SerDes1 clock 2 is sourced from a 156.25 MHz clock source (default setting) SW4[6] Unused Reserved with 0 as the default setting SW_EVDD_SEL Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Description Green +3.3V • OFF: 3.3 V power is OFF Green Chassis POWER • ON: 3.3 V power is supplied Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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Indicates the status of the Wi-Fi card used on the mini-PCIe slot. Depends on the Wi-Fi card used. Yellow Chassis STATUS Controlled through CPLD register, REG_STAT US_LED. See "Programming Model" chapter for more details. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Sets to 1 on POR by CPLD or IFC_OE_B, IFC_WP0_B resistors NOTE This section does not cover non-processor configuration signals, which are handled using statically-driven signals through registers. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
CPLD_VER CPLD major revision number CPLD_VER Reserved 3.2 CPLD Minor Revision Register (CPLD_VER_SUB) Offset Register Offset CPLD_VER_SUB Function Read this register to get CPLD minor revision. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
Read this register to get PCBA revision. Diagram Bits PCBA_VER Reserved Reset 1000 0000 Fields Field Function PCBA_VER PCBA revision number PCBA_VER Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
DEV#0 DEV#0 DEV#1 DEV#0 Others Reserved Reserved 3.9 System clock POR Register (REG_SYSCLK_SEL) Offset Register Offset REG_SYSCLK_SEL Function Use this register to configure system clock POR. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
0: From on-board clock generator (default value) 1: From 1588 Interface connector Reserved 3.14 STATUS LED Control Register (REG_STATUS_LED) Offset Register Offset REG_STATUS_LED Function Use this register to control STATUS LED. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
3.15 System Hardware Reset Register (REG_GLOBAL_RST) Offset Register Offset REG_GLOBAL_RST Function Use this register to implement system hardware reset and initialize the value of CPLD registers. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
1: Reset asserted Reserved 3.16 SD or EMMC Interface Control Register (REG_SD_EMM) Offset Register Offset REG_SD_EMM Function Use this register to select SD or eMMC interface. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
3.17 VDD Voltage Control Register Take Effect Enable Register (REG_VDD_EN) Offset Register Offset REG_VDD_EN Function Use this register to enable REG_VDD_SEL register value to take effect. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
0: REG_VDD_SEL register no effect (default value) 1: REG_VDD_SEL register take effect Reserved 3.18 VDD Voltage Control Register (REG_VDD_SEL) Offset Register Offset REG_VDD_SEL Function Use this register to control VDD voltage. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
1b: Tx disable Reserved 3.20 SFP+ Module Status Register (REG_SFP_STATUS) Offset Register Offset REG_SFP_STATUS Function Use this register to read the status of the SFP+ module. QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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0b: Normal operation (default value) 1b: Transmitter fault XFI1_RETIMER_LOS XFI1_RETIMER XFI1 retimer signal loss _LOS 0b: A valid signal is present (default value) 1b: The signal is lost Reserved QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
03/2017 Board features on page 9 Updated core frequency to 1.8 GHz in Table 3. LS1046ARDB features on page 9 Rev. 0 09/2016 Initial public release QorIQ LS1046A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 2, 30 May 2019 NXP Semiconductors...
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