Chapter 1 LS1028ARDB overview The QorIQ LS1028A reference design board (LS1028ARDB) provides a comprehensive platform that enables design and evaluation of the LS1028A processor, which is a dual-core Arm Cortex-v8 A72 processor with frequency up to 1.3 GHz. The board is lead-free and RoHS-compliant.
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Serial peripheral interface Spread spectrum Spread spectrum clocking TCXO Temperature compensated crystal (Xtal) oscillator UART Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 6 / 116...
— x1, x4, and x8 I/Os — SDR/DDR modes up to 52 MHz clock speed — HS200/HS400 modes Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 9 / 116...
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• Supports display resolution of up to 4Kp60 • Supports link transfer rates of up to HBR2 (5.4 Gbit/s) Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 10 / 116...
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• Socket and heat sink are included System logic CPLD • Manages the following: — System reset sequencing Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 11 / 116...
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LS1028ARDB feature Specification Description — SoC POR configuration at reset • Implements registers for system control and monitoring • General fault monitoring and logging QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 12 / 116...
• System controller 2.1 Processor ® ® The LS1028ARDB board is based on the QorIQ LS1028A processor having two Arm Cortex - A72 processor cores. The LS1028ARDB board supports as many features of the LS1028A as possible. NOTE For more details about the LS1028A processor, see QorIQ LS1028A Reference Manual .
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MIKROBUS CONNECTORS LEDs MISC PARTS (BUFFERS & TRANSLATORS USB_HVDD LS1028 USB_HVDD 3.3V @ .45 A LPF x2 Figure 2. Power supplies - Part 1 QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 14 / 116...
LS1028A). MC34716EP 1.2 V at 4 A DDR4 DRAM memories Semiconductors LS1028A DRAM controller core and I/O Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 16 / 116...
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Jumper-enabled 1V8 also powers PROG_MTR and PROG_SFP. FPF1321UCX EVDD eSDHC IO Power. 3.3 V Semiconductor 1.8 V Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 17 / 116...
On the availability of 12 V supply to the power regulators, the orderly enable of all power supplies are sequenced using powergood of the regulators, as shown in the following figure. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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Figure 5. Power up voltage sequence NOTE The LS1028ARDB follows the power supply sequencing requirements as detailed in QorIQ LS1028A Data Sheet . QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 19 / 116...
The 5P49V5907B520NDGI is a programmable clock generator that generates most of the clocks. Clock configurations are stored in its one-time programmable (OTP) memory. The configuration in volatile memory can be changed through the I2C1_CH1 QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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1588 port LVCMOS • Operating voltage: 1.8 V 27 MHz crystal Frequency: 27 MHz Display port DP_REFCLK_P Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 21 / 116...
VCC_GVDD_S (1.2 V), VTT (0.6 V) and VREFCA (0.6 V). The memory interface including all the necessary termination and I/O power are routed, as shown in the following figure. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
(DFP) or upstream facing port (UFP). Based on the configuration detected on the Type C port, the USB2 PHY can operate either in host or device mode. The following figure shows the architecture of the USB 3.0 interface. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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Both, USB1 and USB2 connectors have an LED nearby, USB1_5V and USB2_5V, respectively, which are active when the +5 V USB power supply is enabled to the connectors. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
Figure 9. SerDes architecture The LS1028A SerDes module support several protocols, which are assigned to dedicated functions on the LS1028ARDB, as shown in the table below. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 25 / 116...
The onboard Ethernet PHY, Qualcomm AR8033 PHY (U23) connects to the ENETC of the LS1028A processor using SGMII protocol over SerDes lane A. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 26 / 116...
The onboard Ethernet PHY, NXP F104S8A PHY (U24), connects to the TSN switch of the LS1028 processor using QSGMII protocol over SerDes lane B. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 27 / 116...
The LS1028A processor provides support for the IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP), which works in tandem with ENETC to timestamp the incoming packets. A 12-pin header (J11) is provided on the board to allow support for 1588 protocol. The SMA QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
M.2 connector select Signal name Mount resistor/capacitor Values Type E PEXM2_2_REFCLK_P R214 0 Ω PEXM2_2_REFCLK_N R213 0 Ω Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 30 / 116...
It is recommended to use UART1 as a debug port. The LTC2804-1 transceiver can support 1 Mbit/s data rate on each of the serial ports. The figure below shows the LS1028ARDB DUART connections. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 31 / 116...
The TJA1052T/3 transceivers can support data rate of up to 5 Mbit/s in CAN with Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) phase. The figure below shows the CAN architecture. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
(1.8 V to 3.3 V and 3.3 V to 1.8 V) for CPLD and external I2C devices. The figure below shows the I2C bus architecture. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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All channels on I2C1 are translated to 3V3 except channel 1, which operates at 1V8 (OVDD) power supply. The I2C devices available on the I2C1 bus are shown in the figure below. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
The JTAG port provides access to the processor using a standard 10-pin Arm Cortex JTAG connector for debugging purposes. The following figure shows the LS1028ARDB JTAG architecture. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
(FPF1321UCX) changes the 3.3 V supply to 1.8 V for the controller depending upon the value of SDHC_VSEL signal. The following table describes EVDD switch output voltage depending upon the SD card speed and SDHC_VSEL value. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
Figure 19. mikroBUS architecture The following table describes some of the mikroBUS click modules (boards) that can be used on the mikroBUS sockets. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 40 / 116...
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1: PWM (FTM1_CH1) routed to mikroBUS2 module. Also, the click modules on mikroBUS1 or mikroBUS2 can be accessed directly through I2C1 channel 6 or channel 7, respectively. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 41 / 116...
0x77 0x0B 0x0B Program primary I2C bus multiplexer (PCA9848PWJ) to get access to I2C1_CH3 (I2C sub-channel for SA56004ED) Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 42 / 116...
Yellow ASLEEP The processor has not exited Sleep mode, which generally indicates: • Improper RCW source selection Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 46 / 116...
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Indicates that the LS1028A processor is in socket The following table lists all the LEDs available on the front-panel of the LS1028ARDB board chassis. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 47 / 116...
• Remapping of system boot devices • Handling of board control and status registers The following figures show the system controller architectural details. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 49 / 116...
BRDCFG and DUTCFG registers. BRDCFG registers are always active, and software may change them to result in immediate changes to the system configuration. DUTCFG registers are used to control processor configuration pins that are only sampled QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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Controls how XSPI_A chip-select 0 is connected to devices/peripherals. CFG_MEM_WP SW3[4] CTL[3] Allows/prevents write to SYSTEM ID, UEFI flash, and DDR4 SPD. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 52 / 116...
The LS1028A processor asserts ASLEEP and HRESET_B in response. ASLEEP is monitored with an LED, otherwise the signals are ignored. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 53 / 116...
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RCW source location. When RCW loading is complete, the LS1028A processor de-asserts HRESET_B and ASLEEP. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 54 / 116...
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The CPLD has finished reset management. The reset sequencer watches for reset switch events and will restart at reset sequencer step 1 if any are detected. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 55 / 116...
Reconfiguration Control (RCFG) 0001x00xb 010h USB Control (USB_STAT) 00000001b 01Dh USB Control (USB_CTL) 00100000b 01Eh Watchdog (WATCH) 00011111b 01Fh Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 56 / 116...
The ID register contains a unique classification number. This ID number is used by system software to identify board types. The ID number remains same for all board revisions. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
Register Offset MODEL 003h Function The MODEL register contains information about the software programming model version and PCB Bill Of Materials (BOM) information. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 61 / 116...
The MINOR (or MINTAG) register can be used to obtain CPLD build information from software. The register returns a subset of the Qixis QTAG facility but more than the limited MINOR facility on other RDBs. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
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0x30-7F reserved reserved Diagram Bits MINOR NONE Fields Field Function Read: Data to read from MINOR/MINTAG. MINOR Write: Address of data to read. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 63 / 116...
0= FAIL LED is not asserted due to software (it might still be on due to hardware failures). 1= FAIL LED is forced on. Generally, this indicates a software-diagnosed error. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
00000000 Fields Field Function User-defined value. 3.12 System Status (STAT_SYS) Address Register Offset STAT_SYS 009h Function The STAT_SYS register reports general system status. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 65 / 116...
The ALARM register detects and reports any alarms raised in the QIXIS system. Write 1 to an ALARM register bit to prevent Qixis from recognizing that alarm condition. By default, all alarms are handled. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
The LED register can be used to directly control the monitoring LEDs (M3-M0) for software debugging or other purposes. Direct control of the LEDs is possible only when CTL[LED] is set to 1; otherwise they are used to display general system activity. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
The RCFG register is used to control the reconfiguration sequencer. Diagram Bits LIVE WDEN CRST SW_BOOT... RRST Fields Field Function Reserved. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 70 / 116...
1= On the 0-to-1 transition, the reconfiguration process begins. 3.19 USB Control (USB_STAT) Address Register Offset USB_STAT 01Dh Function The USB_STAT register reports USB 2 port status. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 71 / 116...
1= USB2 ID is high (UFP mode). 3.20 USB Control (USB_CTL) Address Register Offset USB_CTL 01Eh Function The USB_CTL register manages USB features, principally USB fault control and/or status. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 72 / 116...
Note that the watchdog timer is not dependent upon a reconfiguration sequence being active. While it is typically enabled along with RCFG[GO] as part of a reconfiguration sequence; in fact, it is independent and can be enabled for any reason. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
PMBus/I2C interface). 3.23 Power Control 2 (PWR_CTL2) Address Register Offset PWR_CTL2 021h Function The PWR_CTL2 register is used to control system power-on/power-off events. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 74 / 116...
Main Power Supply Control Status: ATXON 0= Power supply is set to off. 1= Power supply is set to on. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 75 / 116...
The PWR_STAT1 registers is used to monitor the status of individual power supplies. If a bit is set to '1', the respective power supply is operating correctly. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
1= Power supply is operating. 3.26 Clock Control Registers The clock control registers control programmable clock synthesizers used to supply clocks to the processor and associated peripherals. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 77 / 116...
The CLK_ID register is used to identify the arrangement of the clock control registers. Software should check CLK_ID register before attempting to interpret/control the clock control registers. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
The RST_CTL register is used configure or trigger reset actions. Diagram Bits REQMD DDRLK ARST CRST SW_RST_MODE Fields Field Function Reserved. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 79 / 116...
1= Upon transition from 0 to 1, restart the reset sequence. 3.31 Reset Status (RST_STAT) Address Register Offset RST_STAT 041h Function The RST_STAT register reports the current status of various reset-related signals. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 80 / 116...
3.32 Reset Event Trace (RST_REASON) Address Register Offset RST_REASON 042h Function The RST_REASON register is used to report the cause of the most-recent reset cycle. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 81 / 116...
1, the reset signal to grouped devices will be asserted. Resetting a resource while in used by the bootloader or OS will typically cause crashes, etc. Use carefully. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
NOTE: This bit only asserts the signal to the DUT; it is not intended to be used as a general system reset. 3.35 Reset Force 3 (RST_FORCE3) Address Register Offset RST_FORCE3 045h Function Assert selected reset sources. See RST_FORCE1 for details. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 84 / 116...
Note that RST_MASK bits are cleared on AUX reset, and so are usually only cleared by software. This is very different from the RST_FORCE registers. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 85 / 116...
- they are driven only during the reset configuration sampling interval (PORESET_B assertion), and remain tri-stated thereafter. Refer to the device hardware specification for hardware pin-sampled timing parameters. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
The DUTCFG2 register manages device selection (SVR) and internal-only device test features. Diagram Bits SVR01 TEST RRST 11111 SW_SVR Fields Field Function Reserved. Table continues on the next page... QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 97 / 116...
3.52 GPIO Registers The GPIO registers provide an 8-bit general-purpose GPIO port. For the LS1028A RDB, the following connections are provided: LS1028A GPIO3\[4:2\] => QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 98 / 116...
Register Offset PIC_EDGE 0A0h Function PIC_EDGE selects between edge-triggered and level-sensitive modes for each individual interrupt inputs, defaulting to level sensitive by default. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 104 / 116...
Function PIC_POL sets the polarity of interrupt inputs, whether level-sensitive (0) or edge-sensitive (1) on an individual level. See PIC_EDGE for mode selection. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 105 / 116...
PIC_MASK controls whether interrupts are handled or ignored. By default, less-used interrupts are masked and must be specifically enabled, while ethernet-related interrupts are unmasked. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 106 / 116...
(by writing a 1) to clear the status. Bits, once set, remain active until cleared, even if the input has changed or the interrupt signal is removed. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual...
Since there is no interrupt vector into the LS1028, this register can be used by software if desired. 3.66 PIC Control (PIC_CTL) Address Register Offset PIC_CTL 0A7h Function PIC_CTL controls optional features of the PIC. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 109 / 116...
3.69 Core Management Data (CMSD) Address Register Offset CMSD 0D9h Function CMSD contains the value of a CMS register selected by CMSA. See CMSA for details. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 111 / 116...
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NXP Semiconductors Qixis Programming Model Diagram Bits DATA ARST 00000000 Fields Field Function Read/write internal CMS registers selected with CMSA. DATA QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 112 / 116...
How to use LS1027A device Added the Appendix. on LS1028ARDB DIP switches Updated Table Adapters Added a note in this section. Rev. 0 02/2019 Initial public release. QorIQ LS1028A Reference Design Board Reference Manual, Rev. 3, 07 February 2022 Reference Manual 114 / 116...
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