MAS STELLA i.MX6 User manual

STELLA-SBC
i.MX6
Hardware Manual
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1.0 STELLA i.MX6 Hardware &
Software Manual
07/09/2015 S.Mascetti M.Tomasi S.Mascetti
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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 6
FEATURES ......................................................................................................................... 7
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 8
2 CPU ..................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 MEMORIES .................................................................................................................... 10
DDR3 Memory .................................................................................................................. 10
Nand Flash ....................................................................................................................... 10
eMMC ............................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 CONECTION .................................................................................................................. 11
uSD CON .......................................................................................................................... 11
LAN ................................................................................................................................... 11
RGMII Gigabit Ethernet Phy ............................................................................................. 11
Wifi .................................................................................................................................... 12
2.3 MULTIMEDIA ................................................................................................................. 12
3D Graphic Acceleration ................................................................................................... 12
Video Encore/Decore ....................................................................................................... 13
HD Video Encode ............................................................................................................. 14
INTERFACES ................................................................................................................... 14
2.4 PO ER SUPPLY .......................................................................................................... 16
Absolute Maximum Rating ............................................................................................... 16
Operational Characteristics .............................................................................................. 16
Power supplies .............................................................................................................. 16
Power Consumption ..................................................................................................... 16
DC Electrical Characteristics ............................................................................................... 17
Table 4 DC Electrical Characteristics ................................................................................... 17
Environmental Specifications ........................................................................................... 17
Table 5 Environmental specifications ................................................................................... 17
I2C mapping ......................................................................................................................... 17
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3 CONNECTORS PINOUT .................................................................................................. 18
Connector J1 Power SATA ................................................................................................... 18
Connector J2 SD Channel ................................................................................................... 18
Connector J3 SATA Connector ..................................................................................... 18
Connector J4 SD Channel 2 ......................................................................................... 19
Connector J8 RESISTIVE TOUCH CONNECTOR ...................................................... 19
Connector J9 PROXIMITY SENSOR ........................................................................... 19
Connector J10 PROXIMITY SENSOR ......................................................................... 20
Connector J12 OPTIONAL EXTENTION ..................................................................... 20
Connector J15 GIGABIT ETHERNET .......................................................................... 20
Connector J24 Mini-Pcle ............................................................................................... 20
Connector J24 JTAG ..................................................................................................... 22
Connector J30 Camera Link and MIPI Input ................................................................ 23
Connector J31 MIPI Display Output ............................................................................. 24
Connector J32 Spare GPIOs ........................................................................................ 25
Connector J38 on/off board .......................................................................................... 26
Connector J40 SD2/3 BOOT SELECT ......................................................................... 26
Connector J41 USB CONNECTOR .............................................................................. 26
Connector J42 USB OTG ............................................................................................. 26
Connector J47 USB SERIAL ........................................................................................ 27
Connector J48 SELECT CAN1 TERMINATION ........................................................... 27
Connector J53 CAMERA DESERIALIZER B ............................................................... 27
Connector J54 FLASH .................................................................................................. 28
Connector J55 CAMERA DESERIALIZER A ................................................................ 28
J58 POWER INPUT ...................................................................................................... 29
J59 SELECT CAN2 TERMINATION ............................................................................. 29
Connector J60 LVDS0 .................................................................................................. 29
Connector J61 LVDS1 .................................................................................................. 31
J62 RS232 Serial port ................................................................................................... 32
Connector J63 USB ...................................................................................................... 32
Connector J64 LiPol Battery ......................................................................................... 32
J65 Isolated CAN Bus Port 1 ........................................................................................ 33
J66 Isolated CAN Bus Port 2 ........................................................................................ 33
Connector J67 AUDIO IN .............................................................................................. 33
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Connector J68 AUDIO OUT .......................................................................................... 34
BOARD LAYOUT TOP SIDE ............................................................................................... 36
BOARD LAYOUT BOTTOM SIDE ...................................................................................... 37
4 SOFT ARE ...................................................................................................................... 38
i.MX6: Uboot e Linux Kernel ................................................................................................ 38
Il contenuto: .................................................................................................................. 38
4.1 COMPILATION UBOOT ............................................................................................ 39
How TO ......................................................................................................................... 39
Set Envs ........................................................................................................................ 39
Init build ......................................................................................................................... 39
Build .............................................................................................................................. 39
4.2 COMPILATION KERNEL ........................................................................................... 39
3.10.17 Repository ........................................................................................................ 39
How TO ......................................................................................................................... 39
Set Envs ........................................................................................................................ 39
Init build ......................................................................................................................... 40
Build .............................................................................................................................. 40
3.0.35 Repository .......................................................................................................... 40
How TO ......................................................................................................................... 40
Set Envs ........................................................................................................................ 40
Init build ......................................................................................................................... 40
Build .............................................................................................................................. 40
4.3 MAKE SD ....................................................................................................................... 41
Layout SD ......................................................................................................................... 41
fdisk ............................................................................................................................... 41
Creare una nuova MBR ................................................................................................ 41
Creare una partizione ID 53 .......................................................................................... 41
Creare partizione ext4 .................................................................................................. 42
Verifica partizioni ........................................................................................................... 42
Format EXT4 ................................................................................................................. 42
4.4 MAKE UBOOT SD .................................................................................................................. 43
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1
1 INTRODUCTION
STELLA in an SBC (Single Board Computer supporting the Freescale's i.MX6 Quad/
Dual/ DualLite/ Single core ARM Cortex-A9. The CPU frequency peaks up to1.2GHz.
The board delivers high CPU and graphical performance with minimum power
consumption.
It processes data and communicates very effectively thanks to its multi-core processing
and connects to the Cloud and Internet of Things (IOT through the MQTT protocol.
Robustness and reliability, especially in environmental conditions of high stress, versatile
solutions -40 to 85 °C temperature range and Dual CAN support is ideal for industrial and
medical applications, while 1080p video and graphics accelerations make it equally
suitable for intensive multimedia applications.
Supporting Markets:
Stella targets a wide range of applications, including: Digital Signage, Medical
Devices,Navigation, Industrial Automation, HMIs, Avionics, Entertainment system, POS,
Data Acquisition,
Robotics, Gaming and much more
Operating systems support:
Linux Kernel 3.1.x Yocto
Android Lollipop 5.02
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Contact support for further information mailto:[email protected]
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FEATURES
The features of the i.MX6 are:
CPU i.MX6 Freescale
CPU Type Cortex-A9 MPCore up to Single/Dual and Quad core
CPU clock (Max up to 1.2GHz
RAM DDR3 up to 4Gbyte
Nand Flash up to 8Gbyte
eMMC up to 64Gbyte
Camera Interface 1 x CSI, 2 x CPI
Video Encore /Decore 1080p60 H.264 Decore / 1080p30 H.264 Encore
 3D Graphic Acceleration GPU 3D Vivante
Integrated Audio Codec
HDMI v.1.4 1920x1080
LVDS Dual 1920x1200 24-bit
TTL 24Bit
SD/MMC x 2
USB Host/Device USB 2.0: 1 x Host, 1 x OTG
Uart x4 up to 3,6 Mbps
I2C x2
SPI x2
M-Sata Interface, 3.0Gbps
RTC on board
PCI-Express(mini Gen 2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE
GPIO Variable, shared whit other peripherals
Power 5 V or 18-36V Isolated
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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
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Stella Block Diagram
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2
2 CPU
The Stella supports i.MX6 SOC supports of ARM Cortex TM A9 Solo/Dual/Dual Lite and
Quad processors, commercial and Industrial temperature range. The table below
summarizes the feature of the processors supported by Stella:
iMX6Quad iMX6Dual i.MX6 Dual Lite iMX6Solo
Freescale SoC MCIMX6Q5EYM10AC MCIMX6D5E
YM10AC
MCIMX6U5DVM10
AC MCIMX6S5DVM10AC
CPU Cores 4 2 2 1
L1 Instruction Cache
(each core 32KByte 32KByte 32KByte 32KByte
L1 Data Cache (each
core 32KByte 32KByte 32KByte 32KByte
L2 Cache (shared by
cores 1MByte 1MByte 512KB 512KB
NEON MPE √ √ √ √
Maximum CPU
frequency 1,2GHz 1,2GHz 1GHz 1GHz
ARM TrustZone √ √ √ √
Advanced High
Assurance Boot √ √ √ √
Cryptographic
Acceleration and
Assurance Module
√ √ √ √
Secure Real-Time
Clock √ √ √ √
Secure JTAG
Controller √ √ √ √
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