Artila M-X6ULL-B Installation instructions

M-X6ULL-B
Linux-Ready Cortex-A7
System on Module
Hardware Guide
Version: 1.01
2021 Sep.

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Revision Date Remark
V 1.0 2021 Ja I itial
V1.01 2021 Sep. CN18 defi itio

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Ta le of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Features .............................................................................................. 6
1.2 Specificatio s (Hardware) .................................................................... 6
1.3 Specificatio s (Software) ..................................................................... 8
1.4 Packi g List ......................................................................................... 10
1.5 Optio al ............................................................................................... 10
2. i.MX-6ULL: Arm Cortex-A7 MPU.................................................................. 11
2.1 NXP i.MX 6ULL Block Diagram ........................................................... 11
2.2 NXP i.MX-6ULL Features .................................................................... 12
3. Layout & Dimensions................................................................................... 13
3.1 Outlook ................................................................................................ 13
3.2 Dime sio s .......................................................................................... 14
4. Block Diagram .............................................................................................. 15
5. Pin Assignment and Definitions.................................................................. 16
5.1 Co ector I formatio ......................................................................... 16
5.2 Matchi g Co ector I formatio (M-X6ULL-B starter kit) ..................... 16
5.3 Co ector a d PIN defi itio ............................................................... 17
5.3.1 Co ector (CN1) ................................................................................. 17
5.3.2 Co ector (CN2) ................................................................................. 18
5.3.3 Co ector (CN3) ................................................................................. 19
5.3.4 Co ector (J1): Co sole port ............................................................... 20
5.3.5 Co ector (J2): Exter al Battery Co ectio ....................................... 20
5.3.6 Co ector (JP1): Boot Selectio .......................................................... 21
6. Starter Kit (M-X6ULL-B) ............................................................................... 22
6.1 Features .............................................................................................. 22
6.2 Layout ................................................................................................. 23
6.3 Co ector a d Pi Defi itio ............................................................... 24
6.3.1 Co ector (CN1 ~ CN3) ...................................................................... 24
6.3.2 Co ector (CN4): GPIO ....................................................................... 25
6.3.3 Co ector (CN6): LCD / TTL ............................................................... 26
6.3.4 Co ector (CN7): LCD / TTL & Touch ................................................. 27
6.3.5 Co ector (CN8): LCD backlight +12Vdc ............................................ 28
6.3.6 Co ector (CN9): LCD backlight +5Vdc .............................................. 28
6.3.7 Co ector (CN10): Touch Se sor........................................................ 29
6.3.8 Co ector (CN11): LCD / LVDS .......................................................... 30
6.3.9 Co ector (CN16): RS-232.................................................................. 31
6.3.10 Co ector (CN17: RS-232) & (CN18: UART) ...................................... 31

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6.3.11 Co ector (J5): RS-485 ....................................................................... 32
6.3.12 Co ector (Co sole)............................................................................ 32
6.4 Jumper Setti g .................................................................................... 33
6.4.1 Jumper (JP1): LCD PWM Voltage Selectio ........................................ 33
6.4.2 Jumper (JP2): LCD Backlight Voltage Selectio .................................. 33
6.4.3 Jumper (JP3&JP4): Audio out Selectio .............................................. 34
7. Initial Operation ............................................................................................ 35
7.1 Usi g Default Li ux file system ............................................................ 35
7.2 I stall Software Package ..................................................................... 35

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1. Introduction
M-X6ULL-B is highly i tegrated, compact, low power co sumptio , the Li ux-Ready
arm Cortex-A7 System-o -Module.
It provides a ideal buildi g block that easily i tegrates with a wide ra ge of target
markets, such as i dustrial co trol, automatio gateway a d other applicatio s.
Li ux Ker el 5.4.x with Boot Loader & File system is pre-i stalled i the flash disk of
M-X6ULL-B a d ma y powerful utility programs are also i cluded. M-X6ULL-B is
ready to drop i your desig to save your time i software porti g a d hardware
debug.
1.1 Features
 NXP i.MX6ULL, a si gle arm Cortex-A7 core, 800MHz I dustrial grade Processor,
 512MB DDR3/LvDDR3 SDRAM
 16GB eMMC Flash
 Li ux Ker el 5.4.x with Boot Loader & File system
 24bits RGB display i terface, 4-wired resistive touch i terface
 1 x 10/100Mbps Ether et i terface with MAC/PHY a d tra sformer
 O e USB 2.0 Hi-speed (480Mbps) Host Ports a d O e USB Clie t port
 Four UARTs
 I
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 15 Programmable Digital I/O Port (GPIO)
 O e Serial Peripheral I terface (SPI) Ports
 Compact size: 50 x 80mm
 Si gle +3.3VDC Power-i
1.2 Specifications (Hardware)
 CPU / Memory
 CPU: NXP i.MX6ULL
 Featuri g NXP’s adva ced si gle ARM Cortex®-A7 core
 Operates at speeds: 800MHz
 SDRAM: 512MB DDR3/LvDDR3 SDRAM
 Flash: 16G eMMC
 Network
 1x 10/100Mbps Ether et with PHY
 Sig al: EXT+, EXT-, ERX+, ERX-
 Protectio : 1.5 KV Mag etic isolated

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 USB Port
 1x USB 2.0 Hi speed (480Mbps) Host
Sig al: USB Host Data+, USB Host Data-
 1 x USB 2.0 Clie t
Device: DDP (data+), DDM (data-), UDIO (I/O)
 UART
 4x U iversal Asy chro ous Receiver a d Tra smitter (UART)
 UART 1~4: TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS (Software co figurable RS-232/485 mode)
 Sig al level: 3.3VDC
 Baud Rate: Up to 921.6 Kbps
 Parity: No e, Eve , Odd, Mark, Space
 Data Bits: 5, 6, 7, 8
 Stop Bits: 1, 1.5, 2
 Flow Co trol: RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF, No e
 RS-485 Bi-Directio Co trol Sig al: RTS for UART1~4
 Programma le DIO (GPIO)
 15Pi s Ge eral Purpose I/O ca be programmable as digital i put or output
 Sig al Level: TTL Compatible
 Digital I put:
- Low level: 0V mi / +0.99V max
- High level: +2.31V mi / +3.3V max
 Digital Output:
- Low level: +0.15V max @ 1mA
- High level: +3.15V mi @ 1mA
 SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)
 O e SPI port
 Three wires sig als: MISO, MOSI a d CLK
 Sig al: MISO, MOSI, CLK, SD data 0~3
 De ug Port
 Sig al: Co ector: J1 (4-pi s Wafer)
 Power
 I put: +3.3VDC
 Co sumptio : 0.75W

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 Predefine Pins
 H/W Reset Butto (CN1, pi #11) , i put
 System Reset (CN1, pi #13), i put
 Buzzer (CN1, pi #22), output
 System Ready LED (CN1, pi #1), output
 LAN Activity LED (CN1, pi #3), output
 GPIO 15pi s (CN1, pi #10/12/14~21/23 & CN3, pi #31/33/35/37)
1.3 Specifications (Software)
 Operation System
 Li ux ker el 5.4.x
 Supports bootup from eMMC or SD card
 Boot Loader: Barebox
 File System: EXT4
 GUI E gi e: X11
 Software Development
 Toolchai : gcc 9.3.0 + glibc 2.31
 Supports i -place C/C++ code compilatio
 Package Management
 Package repository: Artila self-mai tai ed repository
 Comma d: Usi g sta dard apt-get comma d
 Popular Packages
 Web server: Apache/Ngi x/Lighttpd
 Database: MySQL/SQLite3/PostgreSQL
 Script La guage: PHP/Pytho /Perl/NodeJS
 Text editor: vim/ a o/sed
 Admi istratio : Webmi
 Utilities
 Bash: Shell Comma d
 Tel et: Tel et clie t program
 Busybox: Li ux utility collectio
 FTP: FTP clie t program

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 Protocol Stacks
 IPV4, ICMP, ARP, DHCP, NTP, TCP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, PPP, PPPoE, CHAP,
PAP, SNMP V1/V3, SSL, SSH 1/2
 Daemon
 pppd: Dial I /out over serial port a d PPPoE
 s mpd: SNMP age t program
 ftpd: FTP server program
 gi x: Web server program
 sshd: secured shell server
 iptables: Firewall service ma ager
 Standard Device Drivers
 ttymxc0: serial co sole port (CORTEX-A7 SERIES debug port)
 ttymxc1~ttymxc4: serial ports (CORTEX-A7 SERIES UART0~UART3)
 gpio: Ge eral Purpose I/O
 mmc: SD/MMC:
 rtc: Real Time Clock
 sda: USB flash memory disk
 ttyACM: USB Modem
 ttyUSB: USB RS-232 adaptor
 spi: spi bus
 I/O devices Control
Use sta dard I/O device co trol to access followi g devices:
 Ether et: eth1
 Serial Ports: ttymxc1, ttymxc2, ttymxc3, ttymxc4
 Serial Co sole Port: ttymxc0
 Real time clock: rtc0
 USB Flash Disk: sda, sda1, sdb, sdb1
 SD memory Card: mmc0
 USB Serial Cable: ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1
 SPI bus: spi0

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 Default Setting
 IP Default setti g:
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eth1: 192.168.2.127 (Netmask: 255.255.255.0)
 ssh Logi : root
 Password: root
 Termi al type: VT100
1.4 Packing List
 M-X6ULL-B: Li ux-ready Cortex-A7 800MHz SoM (System o Module)
with 512MBSDRAM, 16GB eMMC Flash
1.5 Optional
 Starter Kit (detail i formatio refer to 6. Starter Kit (M-X6ULL-B))
 91-PHDF9-050: Co sole Cable (4Pi header to DB9 Female, 50cm)