Huawei HiKey960 Instructions for use

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HiKey960 Development
Board Hardware User
Manual
Version 1.0

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................................3
What’s in the Box.......................................................................................................................................4
Board Overview..........................................................................................................................................5
Key Components........................................................................................................................................6
System Block Diagram...............................................................................................................................7
Getting Started............................................................................................................................................8
Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................................8
Starting the board for the first time........................................................................................................8
Component Details.....................................................................................................................................9
Processor................................................................................................................................................9
PMIC......................................................................................................................................................9
Memory (DRAM) ..................................................................................................................................9
Storage ...................................................................................................................................................9
Micro SDHC..........................................................................................................................................9
Boot ROM..............................................................................................................................................9
Networking.............................................................................................................................................9
WiFi .......................................................................................................................................................9
Display Interface....................................................................................................................................9
Camera Interface..................................................................................................................................10
USB Ports.............................................................................................................................................10
Audio....................................................................................................................................................11
DC Power.............................................................................................................................................11
Power Measurement.............................................................................................................................11
External Fan Connection......................................................................................................................11
UART...................................................................................................................................................11
Buttons.................................................................................................................................................11
LED Indicators.....................................................................................................................................11
Additional Functionality ......................................................................................................................12
Expansion Connectors..............................................................................................................................13
Low Speed Expansion Connector ........................................................................................................13
High Speed Expansion Connector........................................................................................................14
Power Management Overview .................................................................................................................17
Block Diagram.....................................................................................................................................17
DC Power Input ...................................................................................................................................17
Power-on Sequence..............................................................................................................................17
Voltage Rails........................................................................................................................................18
Mechanical specification..........................................................................................................................20

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Introduction
The HiKey960 Development Board is a 96Boards compliant community board based on Hisilicon
Kirin960 SoC. The following table lists its key features:
Processor Kirin 960 SoC
4x Cortex-A73 @ 2.4GHz
4x Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 900MHz
Memory/
Storage
32GB UFS flash storage
MicroSD card slot
PCIE Gen2 on M.2 Key connector
Wireless WiFi (2.4- and 5-GHz dual band with two antennas)( DFS band not support)
Bluetooh not support
USB 2 x USB 3.0 type A (host mode only)
1 x USB 2.0 type C OTG
Display 1 x HDMI 1.4 (Type A - full)
1 x 4L-MIPI DSI
HDMI output up to FHD 1080P
Video Inside Encoder:H.265/H.264 3840*2400@30fps 4 * 1080p @ 30 fps
Inside Decoder: H.265,HEVC MP/High Tier, Main 10/High
Tier,H.264BP/MP/HP, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1, VP6/8
Audio HDMI output
Camera 1 x 4-lane MIPI CSI
1 x 2-lane MIPI CSI
Expansion
Interface
40 pin low speed expansion connector: +1.8V, +5V, DC power,GND,2UART,
2I2C, SPI, I2S, 12*GPIO60 pin high speed expansion connector: 4L-MIPI
DSI, I2C x2, SPI (48M),USB 2.0, 2L+4LMIPI CSI
LED 1 x WiFi activity LED（Yellow）
1 x Activity LED (Blue)
4 x User LEDs (Green)
Button Power Button ：Button Power on/off & Reset the system
Power Source Recommend a 12V@2A adapter with a DC plug which has a 4.75mm outerb
diameter and 1.7mm center pin with standard center-positive
(EIAJ-3Compliant)
OS Support AOSP/LINUX
Appearance
characteristic 85mm x 55mm

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What’s in the Box
The box contains one HiKey960 Development Board and a quick start guide.

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Board Overview

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Key Components
Position Reference Description
1 J2002 Low Speed Expansion Connector
2 P401 DC Input 8-18V
3 U1601 UFS 32GB
4 U501 Kirin960 & 3GB LPDDR4
5 U2101 WLAN
6 P2301 Micro SD Card Socket
7 J2001 High Speed Connector
8 J1901 HDMI Type A Port
9 J1701 USB Type C Connector
10 J1801 USB3.0 Host2 Connector
11 J1702 USB3.0 Host1 Connector
12 J2501 PCI-E
13 SW2201
Auto Power Boot SEL

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System Block Diagram

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Getting Started
Prerequisites
Before you power up your HiKey960 Development Board for the first time you will need the following:
HiKey960 Development Board.
A 96Boards compliant power supply (sold separately ).
A HDMI or DVI LCD Monitor that supports a resolution of 1080P/60Hz.
HDMI-HDMI cable or HDMI-DVI cable to connect the board to the Monitor.
A computer keyboard with USB interface.
A computer mouse with USB interface.
Starting the board for the first time
To start the board, follow these simple steps:
step1. Connect the HiKey960 to your display with the HDMI cable. It is important to do this first
becausethe monitor will not detect the board if it is connected after starting. Ensure that the source for
the displayis switched to the HDMI port you are using.
step2. Connect the Express-UartBoard.
step3. Ensure Auto Power is ON.

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Component Details
Processor
4 ARM Cortex-A73 MPCore(Big Core 4 2.4G Hz) 4 A53 MPCore(Little Core 1.8G)
ARM Mali G71 MP8 3DGPU
PMIC
There are a master PMIC and two slave PMIC for Kirin960 platform.
Master PMIC is a power management system chip.
One of the slave PMIC is a 4-phase high efficiency buck converter which applied to offer the power of
CPU-B, and the other one is used for GPU&CPU-L.
Memory (DRAM)
The Hikey960 Development Board provides 3GB LPDDR4-SDRAM which is a 4-channel and 64bit
width bus implementation interfacing directly to the Kirin960 build-in LPDDR controller. The maximum
DDR clock is 1866MHz. It is mounted over the Kirin960 using pop technology.
Storage
The Hikey960 Development Board provides an 32GB UFS which is compliant with UFS2.0.
Micro SDHC
The Hikey960 Development Board SD slot signals are routed directly to the Kirin960 SDC interface. It
meets the SD3.0 standard.
Boot ROM
The Hikey960 Development Board boots up from the UFS.
Networking
WiFi
 Dual-band (2.4/5GHz) single stream 802.11 a/b/g/n RF.
 20- and 40-MHz SISO and 20-MHz 2 × 2 MIMO at 2.4 GHz for High Throughput: 80 Mbps(TCP),
100 Mbps (UDP).
 2.4-GHz MRC Support for Extended Range and 5-GHz Diversity Capable.
Display Interface
HDMI
The 96Boards specification calls for an HDMI port to be present on the board. The Kirin960 doesn’t
include a built-in HDMI interface.

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The Hikey960 Development Board deploys the built-in DSI interface as the source for the HDMI output.
A peripheral Bridge IC (U1901, ADV7535) performs this task and it supports 1080p at 30Hz.
MIPI-DSI
The 96Boards specification calls for a MIPI-DSI implementation via the High Speed Expansion
Connector.
The Hikey960 Development Board implements a 4-lane MIPIDSI interface meeting this requirement. It
can support up to 2560*1600@60fps. The Hikey960 Development Board routes the MIPIDSI interface
signals to the DSI-0 interface of the Kirin960.
Camera Interface
The 96Boards specification calls for two camera interfaces.
The Hikey960 Development Board supports two camera interfaces, one with a 4-lane MIPICSI interface
and one with 2-lane MIPICSI interface, meeting this requirement. The 4-lane MIPICSI interface can
support 26M camera and the 2-lane MIPICSI can support 8M camera.
USB Ports
The Hikey960 Development Board supports a USB OTG port and three USB host ports via a USB MUX.
The input channel( D+/D-) of USB MUX is connected to the usb port of the SOC, and the two output
channels(1D+/1D-,2D+/2D-) are connected to type C USB port and USB hub respectively. The three
USB host ports are connected to the downstream ports of the USB hub. The control of MUX is done via
a software controlled GPIO. When this signal is logic low, ‘0’, the USB data lines are routed to the type
C USB connector. When ‘USBSWSEL’ is logic level high, ‘1’, the USB data lines are routed to USB
HUB.
USB Host ports
The Hikey960 Development Board supports three USB host port via a USB hub (U1803 USB5734). Its
upstream signal is connected to USB interface of Kirin960.
Port 1 of the USB HUB is routed to J1702, a Type ‘A’ USB Host connector. A current
controller (U1704) sets the Power Current limit to 1A.
Port 2 of the USB HUB is routed to J1801, a Type ‘A’ USB Host connector. A current limited
controller (U1806) sets the Power Current limit to 1A.
Port 3 of the USB HUB is routed to the High Speed Expansion connector. No current limited
controller is implemented on the board for this channel.