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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Manual This manual is intended to provide the user with an overview of the board and benefits, complete features specifications, and set up procedures. It contains important safety information as well. 1.2.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Content 1 PICO-IMX8M-MINI Introduction ......................3 1.1 Summary ............................. 3 1.2 Processor Features ........................3 1.3 SoM Specifications ........................4 1.4 Block Diagram..........................5 1.5 PCB Dimension..........................6 1.6 Pin Definition ..........................6 1.7 Development Kit (EM-IMX8M-MINI) ...................
1 PICO-IMX8M-MINI Introduction 1.1 Summary The PICO-IMX8M-MINI system-on-module is equipped with NXP’s IMX8MINI quad Arm® Cortex®-A53 core, which operates at speeds of up to 1.8 GHz and A general purpose Cortex®-M4 400 MHz core processor is for low-power processing. It is designed specifically such as intelligent lamp post, advertising...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Display 1x MIPI DSI (4-lane) with PHY 1080p60 VP9 Profile 0, 2 (10-bit) decoder, HEVC/H.265 decoder, AVC/H.264 Baseline, Main, High decoder, VP8 decoder Video Playback 1080p60 AVC/H.264 encoder, VP8 encoder Audio 5x SAI (12Tx + 16Rx external I2S lanes), 8ch PDM input Camera 1x MIPI CSI (4-lane) with PHY 2x USB 2.0 OTG controllers with integrated PHY...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1.4 Block Diagram 1.4.1 i.MX 8M Mini Block Diagram Security Main CPU Platform Connectivity and I/O TrustZone 1 GB Ethernet Quad Cortex-A53 (IEEE1588, EEE, and AVB) DRM Ciphers 32 KB I-cache 32 KB D-cache S/PDIF Rx and Tx Secure Clock NEON...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1.4.2 Evaluation Kit Block Diagram JTAG Infrared / LED mini-SAS CN mini-SAS CN PIN H LANE x4 LANE x4 JTAG GPIO/PWM MIPI DSI MIPI CSI JT AG USB 2.0 OTG USB TYPE-C 4 bit USB OTG DRP x2...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on ground ground ground VSYS_5V System Power 5V input VSYS_5V System Power 5V input VSYS_5V System Power 5V input VSYS_5V System Power 5V input VSYS_5V System Power 5V input VSYS_5V System Power 5V input ground ground ground...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on SAI1_RXD1 GPIO4_IO03/SAI5_RxData1 pull Up 10K 3.3V SAI1_RXD0 GPIO4_IO02/SAI5_RxData0 pull Up 10K 3.3V SAI5_RXFS GPIO3_IO19/SAI1_TxData0 3.3V ground SAI5_RXC GPIO3_IO20/SAI1_TxData1/PDM_CLK 3.3V SAI5_RXD2 GPIO3_IO23/SAI1_TxSYNC/PDM_Data2 3.3V SAI5_MCLK GPIO3_IO25/SAI1_TxBCLK 3.3V SAI5_RXD3 GPIO3_IO24/SAI1_TxData5/SAI1_TxSYNC/PDM_Data3 3.3V SAI5_RXD1 GPIO3_IO22/SAI1_TxData3/SAI1_TxSYNC/PDM_Data1 3.3V ground ground SAI5_RXD0 GPIO3_IO21/SAI1_TxData2/PDM_Data0...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on SD2_WP GPIO2_IO20/usdhc2_WP 3.3V PCIE_CLK_P PCIE clock positive 1.8V SD2_CMD GPIO2_IO14/usdhc2_CMD 3.3V PCIE_CLK_N PCIE clock negative 1.8V SD2_CLK GPIO2_IO13/usdhc2_CLK 3.3V ground SD2_RESET_B GPIO2_IO19/usdhc2_RESET_B 3.3V PCIE_TXN_P PCIE output positive 1.8V ground PCIE_TXN_N PCIE output negative 1.8V SD2_DATA0 GPIO2_IO15/usdhc2_DATA0...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on MIPI_CSI_CLK_P CSI clock positive 1.8V JTAG_TRST_B cjtag_wrapper_TRST_B 3.3V MIPI_CSI_CLK_ CSI clock negative 1.8V CLKOUT1 anamix_CLKOUT1 1.8V Ground CLKOUT2 anamix_CLKOUT2 1.8V MIPI_CSI_D1_P CSI data1 positive 1.8.V CLKIN1 anamix_CLKIN1 1.8V MIPI_CSI_D1_N CSI data1 negative 1.8V CLKIN2 anamix_CLKIN2...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Ground UART4_RXD GPIO5_IO28/UART2_CTS_B/PCIE1_CLKREQ_B 3.3V MIPI_DSI_D2_P DSI data2 positive 1.8V UART3_TXD GPIO5_IO27/UART1_RTS_B/usdhc3_VSELECT 3.3V MIPI_DSI_D2_N DSI data2 negative 1.8V UART3_RXD GPIO5_IO26/UART1_CTS_B/usdhc3_RESET_B 3.3V Ground UART2_TXD GPIO5_IO25/ECSPI3_SS0 3.3V MIPI_DSI_CLK_P DSI clock positive 1.8V UART2_RXD GPIO5_IO24/ECSPI3_MISO 3.3V MIPI_DSI_CLK_ DSI clock negative 1.8V...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on MIPI_DSI_D0_N DSI data0 negative 1.8V I2C2_SCL GPIO5_IO16/ENET1_1588_EVENT1_IN/usdhc3_CD_B 3.3V Ground I2C2_SDA GPIO5_IO17/ENET1_1588_EVENT1_OUT/usdhc3_WP 3.3V ECSPI1_SCLK GPIO5_IO6/UART3_RX 3.3V ECSPI2_MOSI GPIO5_IO11/UART4_TX 3.3V ECSPI1_MOSI GPIO5_IO7/UART3_TX 3.3V ECSPI2_MISO GPIO5_IO12/UART4_CTS_B 3.3V ECSPI1_MISO GPIO5_IO8/UART3_CTS_B 3.3V ECSPI2_SCLK GPIO5_IO10/UART4_RX 3.3V ECSPI1_SS0 GPIO5_IO9/UART3_RTS_B 3.3V ECSPI2_SS0 GPIO5_IO13/UART4_RTS_B...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on GPIO1_IO15 usb2_OTG_OC/usdhc3_WP/PWM4_OUT 3.3V GPIO1_IO12 usb1_OTG_PWR/sdma2_EXT_EVENT1 3.3V GPIO1_IO14 usb2_OTG_PWR/usdhc3_CD_B/PWM3_OUT 3.3V GPIO1_IO08 ENET1_1588_EVENT0_IN/usdhc2_RESET_B 3.3V GPIO1_IO05 m4.NMI/ccmsrcgpcmix_PMIC_READY 3.3V GPIO1_IO11 usb2_OTG_ID/usdhc3_VSELECT 3.3V GPIO1_IO07 ENET1_MDIO/usdhc1_WP 3.3V GPIO1_IO01 PWM1_OUT/anamix_REF_CLK_24M 3.3V GPIO1_IO09 ENET1_1588_EVENT0_OUT/usdhc3_RESET_B 3.3V SPDIF_EXT_CLK GPIO5_IO5/PWM1_OUT 3.3V GPIO1_IO06 ENET1_MDC/usdhc1_CD_B 3.3V SPDIF_RX GPIO5_IO4/PWM2_OUT...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1.7 Development Kit (EM-IMX8M-MINI) Speaker Power in RS485 UART Power DC 5V/3A ON/OFF Power Headphone Reset JTAG UART RS232 MIPI LCD Audio card GPIO Boot mode MIPI Camera Optional WiFi&Bluetooth 4G/SSD Optional Debug Cortex-M4 Debug...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on RS485 Compatible 9-bit data format, 3-pin connector (P3) Buttons Reset (SW2), Power (SW3), Boot Mode (SW4) Expand interface 2x I2C, 1x SPI, 6x GPIO, 26-pin header (J11) PCIe Support USB2.0, PCIE2.1, UIM interface for SSD or 4G module Camera MIPI-CSI, 4 data lanes, 26-pin header (CON1) WiFi&Bluetooth...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Support up to 4 data lanes ⚫ Support 80Mbps - 1.5Gbps data rate in high speed operation ⚫ MIPI CSI signals Defaults Function Signal Description CSI_DP0 MIPI-CSI data0 diff-pair Positive CSI_DP0 CSI_DN0 MIPI-CSI data0 diff-pair Negative CSI_DN0 CSI_DP1...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on SAI1_TXD3 SAI1_TXD3 SAI1 Transmit data3 PDM_DATA1 SAI1_TXD4 SAI1_TXD4 SAI1 Transmit data4 PDM_DATA2 SAI1_RXD7 SAI1_TXD5 SAI1_TXD5 SAI1 Transmit data5 PDM_DATA3 SAI1_TXD6 SAI1 Transmit data6 SAI1_TXD6 SAI1_TXD7 SAI1 Transmit data7 SAI1_TXD7 SAI1_TXC SAI1_TXC SAI1 Transmit bit clock SAI5_MCLK SAI1_MCLK SAI1_TXFS...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on ENET_TX_CTL Ethernet MAC Transmit enable control ENET_TX_CTL ENET_MDC MAC and PHY Communication clock ENET_MDC ENET_MDIO MAC and PHY Communication data ENET_MDIO ENET_nINT ENET interrupt GPIO1_IO10 2.5 USB Two USB controllers and PHYs that support USB 2.0 and OTG. Each USB instance contains USB 2.0 core, which can operate in 2.0 mode.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Defaults Function Signal Description SD3_DATA0 SDIO3 data0 Un-pinout SD3_DATA0 for emmc SD3_DATA1 SDIO3 data1 Un-pinout SD3_DATA1 for emmc SD3_DATA2 SDIO3 data2 Un-pinout SD3_DATA2 for emmc SD3_DATA3 SDIO3 data3 Un-pinout SD3_DATA3 for emmc SD3_DATA4 SDIO3 data4 Un-pinout SD3_DATA4 for emmc...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 2.8 SPI 2.8.1 ECSPI Full-duplex enhanced Synchronous Serial Interface, with data rate up to 52 Mbit/s. Configurable to support Master/Slave modes, four chip selects to support multiple peripherals. Defaults Function Signal Description ECSPI1_SCLK SPI1 Master clock put out;...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on configurations: 7- or 8-bit data words, 1 or 2 stop bits, programmable parity (even, odd, or none) • Programmable baud rates up to 4 Mbps. This is a higher max baud rate relative to the 1.875 MHz, •...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on I2C3_SCL I2C3 serial clock I2C3_SCL I2C3_SDA I2C3 serial data I2C3_SDA I2C4_SCL I2C4 serial clock I2C4_SCL I2C4_SDA I2C4 serial data I2C4_SDA 2.11 PWM The pulse-width modulator (PWM) has a 16-bit counter and is optimized to generate sound from stored sample audio images.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 3 Product Electrical Characteristics 3.1 Dissipation and Temperature Symbol Parameter Unit VSYS System Voltage System IO VCC_IO 3.3-5% 3.3+5% Voltage VSYS Isys_in 1500 input Current VCC_IO output Ivio_out 1000 1200 Current VCC_RTC RTC Voltage RTC input Iirtc...
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