F&S armStone A9 Operator's manual

Hardware Documentation
armStone™A9
Version 102
14.09.2018
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ESD Requirements
All F&S hardware products are ESD (electrostatic sensitive devices).
All products are handled and packaged according to ESD guidelines.
Please do not handle or store ESD-sensitive material in ESD-unsafe
environments. Negligent handling will harm the product and warranty
claims become void.
History
Date
V
Platform
A,M,R
Chapter
Description
Au
2013-02-19
0.01
ASA9
A
*
First Preliminary version
KW
2013-11-15
0.02
ASA9
M
4
5.1
Correct signal name conventions, correct pins for COM
Adjust TDP
KW
2014-03-06
0.03
ASA9
A
M
4
0
Connector layout
additions
KW
2014-03-14
0.04
ASA9
A
4.11.5
2, 3
Add note it is optional
Add SATA with limitations
KW
2014-08-15
0.04
ASA9
M
*
Change to New Company CI
JG
2014-10-02
0.05
ASA9
A
A
A
5.2
0
4
Add cooling notes
Add backlight wiring description
Note for JILI30 pin 1
KW
2014-10-14
0.06
ASA9
A
4.11.5
5.2
Correct to ADS1015
Add electrical data for 3.3V IO
KW
2014-10-16
0.06
ASA9
A
4.11.4
Information about I2C interfaces
HF
2014-10-18
0.07
ASA9
A
4.11.4
Correct information about SPI
HF
2014-12-02
0.07
ASA9
M
4.8
Correct article numbers for touch modules
JG
2014-12-10
0.08
ASA9
M
4.6.1
Correct pin 24
KW
2015-01-08
0.09
ASA9
M
4.6.14.11
4.11.10
Remove the optional CAN Transceiver
KW
2015-02-05
0.10
ASA9
M
0
Add notice for pull-up at touch con.
HF
2015-06-15
0.11
ASA9
A
5.1
Add TDP for Solo and Duallight
KW
2016-10-16
0.12
ASA9
M
A
4.11.7
6,7,8
Correct PU to COL
Add some chapter for Storage, ROHS, Barcode Sticker
KW
2017-01-03
100
ASA9
A
4.6.2
4.6, 5.1
Add missing I2C signals
Add VLCD max current
KW
2017-11-13
101
ASA9
M
Index refreshed
HF
2018-09-14
102
ASA9
A
Extend thermal specification
HF
V Version
A,M,R Added, Modified, Removed
Au Author
About This Document
This document describes how to use the armStoneA9 board with mechanical and electrical
information’s. The latest version of this document can be found at http://www.fs-net.de.
Please also refer the design guide by using this module for your application.
Specifications are subject to change without notice!

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Table of Contents
ESD Requirements 2
History 2
About This Document 2
Table of Contents 3
1Dimensions 4
2Technical Data armStoneA9 5
2.1 Thermal Specification......................................................................................5
3Block diagram 6
4Interface and signal description 7
4.1 Gbit Ethernet LAN ...........................................................................................8
4.2 USB Host Connector .......................................................................................8
4.3 USB Device Connector....................................................................................8
4.4 Digital Monitor Connector ................................................................................8
4.5 microSD Connector .........................................................................................8
4.6 LVDS Connectors............................................................................................9
4.6.1 F&S JAE FI-S25P connector on top side.........................................................9
4.6.2 JILI30 JAE FI-X30S connector on bottom side...............................................10
4.7ESDCI RGB connector..................................................................................12
4.8 Backlight control connector............................................................................13
4.8.1 Solution with a single cable with 3 connectors...............................................13
4.8.2 Solution with 2 cable with 2 connectors each.................................................14
4.9 I2C connector for touch module.....................................................................15
4.10 Mini PCI Express...........................................................................................15
4.11 66 Pin Feature connector ..............................................................................16
4.11.1 Audio.............................................................................................................17
4.11.2 RS232 COM port...........................................................................................17
4.11.3 TTL COM port................................................................................................17
4.11.4 I2C/ SPI.........................................................................................................18
4.11.5 ADC In...........................................................................................................19
4.11.6 PWM out........................................................................................................19
4.11.7 Matrix keyboard.............................................................................................19
4.11.8 GPIOs............................................................................................................19
4.11.9 MISC signals, power......................................................................................19
4.11.10 CAN Bus........................................................................................................20
4.12 Power connector............................................................................................21
5Electrical Data 22
5.1 Power supply.................................................................................................22
5.2 DC electrical characteristics for 3.3V IO pins.................................................22
5.3Power consumption and cooling....................................................................23
6Storage conditions 24
7ROHS and REACH statement 24
8Matrix Code Sticker 24
9Appendix 25
Important Notice..........................................................................................................25

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Warranty Terms ..........................................................................................................26
1 Dimensions
Figure 1: mechanical dimensions
PCB thickness 1.5 mm ±10%
PCB size 72x100 mm (picoITX)
Max. Height of parts on top side 15 mm
Max. Height of parts on bottom side tbd
Weight: tbd

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2 Technical Data armStoneA9
Power supply: 5V DC ±5%, optional 8..14V DC
Interfaces: 1x Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbit
4x USB 2.0 Host
1x USB 2.0 Device
1x digital monitor
1x microSD card connector push-push
1x mPCIe
1x SATA (only with quad core CPU)
1x I2C for touch module
1x stereo Audio LineIn, LineOut, Mic
2x serial port RS232
1x serial port TTL
4x ADC In (10 bit, 500kSPS, optional on custom version)
3x PWM out
1x I2C
1x SPI
17x GPIO
LCD-interfaces: 1x 18bit LVDS F&S JAY FI-S25P
1x 2x 24bit LVDS JILI30
1x 18bit TTL ESDCI
Memory: 1 GByte DDR3 DRAM (optional 2GB)
128 MByte NAND Flash (optional up to 32 GByte)
CPU: Freescale i.MX6 Solo, DualLite or Quad Core
(Optional several temperature and frequency)
2.1 Thermal Specification
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
Operating temperature
0
+701
°C
Operating temperature (“I”)2
-20
+851
°C
Junction temperature i.MX6
-20
+105
°C
Junction temperature i.MX6 (“I”) 2
-20
+105
°C
Junction to Top of i.MX6 (Psi-JT)3
2
°C/W
1 Depending on cooling solution.See also: Power consumption and cooling
2Optional
3Temperature difference between package top and the junction temperature per JEDEC
JESD51-2.

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3 Block diagram
I2C
SPI
GPIO
UART
RS232
Figure 2: block diagram
LVDS 2x24 bit
(JILI30 JAE FI-X30S)
4x 128Mx16 DDR3
(4x 256Mx16)
I2C con for touch controller
(Hirose DF13A-6P)
microSD push-push
USB 2.0 device
3x USB 2.0 host
digital monitor
66 pin connector
Audio Codec
SLC NAND Flash
TTL 18 bit
(ESDCI 34polig 1.27mm)
LVDS 18 bit
(JAE FI-S25P)
SATA (iMX6 Quad only)
10/100/1000 Mbit LAN
LAN Phy
Freescale
CortexTM A9
CPU
i.MX6
1GHz
mPCIe
USB Hub
I2C->ADC
CAN controller

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4 Interface and signal description
Figure 3: connector diagram
Note: there is a wrong pin 1 marker on the JILI30 connector on back side. The inner pin is
pin 1. The picture above is right. This marking failure will occur up to PCB Rev 1.10.

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4.1 Gbit Ethernet LAN
The LAN1 connector does support 10, 100 and 1000 Mbit LAN.
4.2 USB Host Connector
The double USB Host connector does support USB2.0 connection with High speed up to
480Mbit/s and also full and low speed devices.
The on-board pin connector for internal USB does have the following pin out.
Pin
Function
1
+5V (shared with resettable fuse from front port connector)
2
USB3-
3
USB3+
4
GND
Table 1: Internal USB host connector
The signals on the internal connector doesn’t have EMV filter.
The power on the 5V line is equipped with a resettable fuse with 1100mA for both front
connected port and the internal port together. At 70°C the summary current is limited to
650mA.
Current consuming summary of all ports shouldn’t exceed maximum power consuming limit
on the 5V path.
4.3 USB Device Connector
The USB device connects the armStoneA9 as device on a PC.
4.4 Digital Monitor Connector
A digital monitor can connected to the board. This interface supports up to 1080p 60Hz.
4.5 microSD Connector
The microSD push-push connector supports the SD Standard Host Specification Version 2.0
standard.

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4.6 LVDS Connectors
4.6.1 F&S JAE FI-S25P connector on top side
The single channel LVDS display port on top side can be direct connected to a LVDS 18 or
24 bit display.
The VLCD voltage is 3.3V and switched on the baseboard. The current limit is 1.2 A.
Connector is a JAE FI-S25P-HFE. Matching connector on display cable is a crimp connector
FI-S25S housing and a cable with FI-C3-A1-15000 crimp contacts.
This connector is used because a wide range of displays does have a JAE FI-S series
connector (with different pinouts) and it's easy to handle identical crimp contacts for the cable
manufacturer.
LCD FI-S25S Connector
Pin
Function
1,2,23
VLCD (3.3V switched, max. 300mA)
3,4,7,10,13,16,19..22
GND
14
LVDS0_CLK-
15
LVDS0_CLK+
5
LVDS0_DATA0-
6
LVDS0_DATA0+
8
LVDS0_DATA1-
9
LVDS0_DATA1+
11
LVDS0_DATA2-
12
LVDS0_DATA2+
17
LVDS0_DATA3-
18
LVDS0_DATA3+
24
Backlight on (3.3V high active CMOS logic)
25
Backlight PWM (3.3V level CMOS logic)
Table 2: Single channel LVDS connector
Pin 1 is marked on the connector with an arrow and also marked on PCB.
The single channel LVDS port can be direct connected to a LVDS 18 bit display.
Unused signals should be left unconnected.

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4.6.2 JILI30 JAE FI-X30S connector on bottom side
The dual channel LVDS display port can be direct connected to a LVDS 18 or 24 bit single
channel or dual channel display.
The signals for the first channel are shared with the other connector 4.6.1.
By connecting 2 single channel displays to the board we recommend to use the top
connector for the first channel and the second channel of the bottom connector for the
second display.
LCD FI-X30P Connector
Pin
Function
28..30
VLCD (3.3V switched, max. 300 mA)
7,14,17,24
GND
1
LVDS0_DATA0- *3)
2
LVDS0_DATA0+ *3)
3
LVDS0_DATA1- *3)
4
LVDS0_DATA1+ *3)
5
LVDS0_DATA2- *3)
6
LVDS0_DATA2+ *3)
8
LVDS0_CLK- *3)
9
LVDS0_CLK+ *3)
10
LVDS0_DATA3- *3)
11
LVDS0_DATA3+ *3)
12
LVDS1_DATA0-
13
LVDS1_DATA0+
15
LVDS1_DATA1-
16
LVDS1_DATA1+
18
LVDS1_DATA2-
19
LVDS1_DATA2+
20
LVDS1_CLK-
21
LVDS1_CLK+
22
LVDS1_DATA3-
23
LVDS1_DATA3+
25
I2C_C_DAT (4k7 PU onboard)

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26
VLCDON (TTL 3.3V)
27
I2C_C_CLK (4k7 PU onboard)
Table 3: JILI30 dual channel LVDS connector
*3) shared with FI-S25P on top side

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4.7 ESDCI RGB connector
Connector is a 1.27mm pitch shrouded header for 1.27mm pitch IDC connector.
All signals have 3.3V level. I2C signals are for touch controller and to control the backlight on
display adapter.
Pin
Function
1
+V3.3, max. 1000 mA
2
+V5.0, max. 1000 mA
3,7,14,21,28
GND
4
LCD_CLK
5
LCD_HSYNC
6
LCD_VSYNC
8
LCD_R0
9
LCD_R1
10
LCD_R2
11
LCD_R3
12
LCD_R4
13
LCD_R5
15
LCD_G0
16
LCD_G1
17
LCD_G2
18
LCD_G3
19
LCD_G4
20
LCD_G5
22
LCD_B0
23
LCD_B1
24
LCD_B2
25
LCD_B3
26
LCD_B4
27
LCD_B5
29
LCD_DE
30, 31
VLCD (3.3V switched, max. 300mA), usable as VLCDON
32
I2C_DAT (shared with I2C connector for touch module), 4,7k PullUp
33
I2C_IRQ (shared with I2C connector for touch module)
34
I2C_CLK (shared with I2C connector for touch module), 4,7k PullUp
Table 4: Digital RGB display connector

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4.8 Backlight control connector
The connector is a Hirose 4 pin connector, model no. DF13A-4P-1.25H, mounted on the
QBlissA8 module. Pin 1 is marked on PCB.
Matching connector is a Hirose DF13-4S-1.25C with DF13-2630SCF crimping contacts.
Unused signals should be left unconnected.
Pin
Signal
1
VLCDON (3.3V TTL level control signal; not used for backlight)
2
Backlight On (3.3V TTL level control signal, no power out)
3
Backlight PWM (3.3V TTL level control signal)
4
GND
Table 5: Backlight Control
4.8.1 Solution with a single cable with 3 connectors
Cable with 3 connector
Figure 4: backlight connection with single cable
LCD Signals
BL Control
BL Power
armStone
Power
Power
Supply
Backlight
converter
Display
armStone

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4.8.2 Solution with 2 cable with 2 connectors each
Cable with 2 connector
Figure 5: backlight connection with 2 cable
LCD Signals
armStone
Power
BL Power
& Control
Power
Supply
Backlight
converter
Display
armStone
BL Control

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4.9 I2C connector for touch module
This connector is to connect the F&S SINTF-ADP-CTOUCH or SINTF-ADP-RTI2C. SINTF-
ADP-CTOUCH module is based on Atmel mXT224 maxTouch chip working with several
capacitive touch glasses.
The SINTF-ADP-RTI2C is based on Semtech SX8655 for 4 and 5 wire touch.
The connector is a Hirose 6 pin connector, model no. DF13A-6P-1.25H, mounted on the
armStoneA9 module. Pin 1 is marked on PCB.
Matching connector is a Hirose DF13-6S-1.25C with DF13-2630SCF crimping contacts.
Signals are shared with I2C interface on ESDCI RGB connector for the same functionality..
Unused signals should be left unconnected.
Pin
PullUp
Signal
1
VCC 3.3V
2
4,7k
I2C data, 3.3V TTL
3
4,7k
I2C clock, 3.3V TTL
4
Reset Output, 3.3V TTL
5
I2C Interrupt Input, 3.3V TTL
6
GND
Table 6: I2C Touch Interface
4.10 Mini PCI Express
One 52 pin Mini-PCI-Express socket for a full-size 30x50,95 mm card is mounted on the arm-
StoneA9. This socket does provide a PCIe channel x1 and one USB port.

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4.11 66 Pin Feature connector
This 2.54mm connector supports CAN, RS232, Audio, ADC Input, PWM output, TTL serial
ports, keyboard matrix and GPIOs.
Function
Pin
Pin
Function
VCC3.3 (J5 pin 26)
1
2
VCC5
XGPIO0/COL0
3
4
XGPIO1/COL1
XGPIO2/COL2
5
6
XGPIO3/COL3
XGPIO4/COL4
7
8
XGPIO5/COL5
XGPIO6/COL6
9
10
XGPIO7/COL7
GND
11
12
XGPIO8/SPI_CLK
TX1/GPIO0
13
14
XGPIO9/SPI_CSn
RX1/GPIO1
15
16
I2CLK/SPI_MOSI
I2DAT/SPI_MISO
17
18
XGPIO10/ROW0
XGPIO11/ROW1
19
20
XGPIO12/ROW2
XGPIO13/ROW3
21
22
XGPIO14/ROW4
XGPIO15/ROW5
23
24
XGPIO16/ROW6
XGPIO17/ROW7
25
26
XGPIO18 (J5 pin1)
GND
27
28
PWMOUT0
ADC_IN0
29
30
PWMOUT1
ADC_IN1
31
32
PWMOUT2
ADC_IN2
33
34
Backlight On
ADC_IN3
35
36
RXD2 rs232
GND
37
38
TXD2 rs232
VCC3.3
39
40
VCC5
MIC1 (Audio pin 1)
41
42
GND
nc
43
44
LINEIN_R
LINEOUT_R
45
46
GND
GND
47
48
LINEIN_L
LINEOUT_L
49
50
GND
RESETBTN
51
52
VCC3.3
nc (COM pin1)
53
54
nc
RX0
55
56
RTS0
TX0
57
58
CTS0
nc
59
60
nc
GND
61
62
VCC5 (COM keypin)
CANRX
63
64
CANTX
BOOTSEL
65
66
VCC3.3
Table 7: armStone Feature Connector
On default a 9 pin connector is mounted on pin 53..61 to use a COM port standard adapter
cable. Italic signals does have a 4k7 pull-up on the module.

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4.11.1 Audio
The connector does provide Stereo Line in, Stereo Line out and microphone.
Figure 6: Audio connection
4.11.2 RS232 COM port
A 9 pin double row connector is mounted in pin 53..61. That allows attaching a standard 9pin
to DSUB9 adapter cable for debug output of boot loader and kernel with TX and RX to a
terminal.
An additional RX/TX COM port pair is on pin 36&38.
4.11.3 TTL COM port
There is an additional serial ports with 3.3V TTL level on pin 13&15.

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4.11.4 I2C/ SPI
The module supports two I2C interfaces at feature connector. Only one is compatible with
armStone standard. Signals are 3.3V compliant and do have 4.7k pull-ups on module
There is also a HS SPI interface as alternative function available on these pins.
armStoneA9 Feature Connector I2C Interfaces
J1 Pin
PullUp
I2C
Standard
Optional
12
4,7k
-
GPIO
GPIO, SPI_CLK
14
4,7k
-
GPIO
GPIO, SPI_CS
16 2)
4,7k
Soft I2C_SCL
I2C_SCL
GPIO, SPI_MOSI
17 2)
4,7k
Soft I2C_SDA
I2C_SDA
GPIO, SPI_MISO
18 2)3)
I2C1_SCL
GPIO
GPIO, ROW0
26 2)3)
I2C1_SDA
GPIO
GPIO
Table 8: I2C/ SPI Interfaces
2) These IO-Pins can be reconfigured as GPIO.
3) Alternate pin configuration function in software. Please refer the software manual or ask
our technical support. There is no compatibility to other armStone using this alternative
function.

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4.11.5 ADC In
4 ADC inputs (ADC_IN0..3)
Created by an on board mounted TI ADS1015.
This feature is just available on a custom version.
4.11.6 PWM out
3 programmable PWM outputs (PWMOUT0..2) with 3.3V level in 16.1kHz up to 33 MHz
frequency range
4.11.7 Matrix keyboard
8x8 keyboard matrix (ROW0..7, COL0..1) with 3.3V level. The COL signals in pin 3..10 does
have 4.7k pull-ups on board.
4.11.8 GPIOs
GPIOs are programmable as Input or Output with 3.3V TTL level. The default maximum
driver current is 10mA (sink and source).
XGPIO0..9 do have 4.7k pull-up on module.
4.11.9 MISC signals, power
RESETBTN 3.3V TTL low active RESET input; use pushbutton to GND or open
collector driver to pull low. Don’t drive with high level.
VCC3.3, VCC5 voltage outputs for external logic, max. 100mA per pin
for external chips and functions
Backlight On 3.3V TTL high active output to switch on LCD backlight. Same signal
as on 4.6.1 and 4.7
Bootsel only used for production. Don’t use.

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4.11.10 CAN Bus
The module does provide the CAN bus transmit and receive TTL signal without any
termination in standard version (CANRX, CANTX). Both signals are working with 3.3V level.
Needs a interface chip to the CAN bus showing below. If not used, please left signals
unconnected.
Figure 7: CAN transceiver circuit