Novasom NOVAsomP Instructions for use

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NOVAsomP
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Index
1 Welcome to the NOVAsom P world ............................................................................................................... 6
2 Features.......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Description...................................................................................................................................................... 9
4 Board Layout, Connectors description and Configuration........................................................................... 10
4.1 Board Layout.......................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Connectors list and function.................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 Connectors pinout................................................................................................................................. 12
4.4 J9 Connector pinout .............................................................................................................................. 15
4.5 J13 Connector pinout ............................................................................................................................ 17
4.6 Connectors table color code.................................................................................................................. 18
4.7 J9 Signal Association and Alternate Functions...................................................................................... 19
4.8 J13 Signal Association and Alternate Functions .................................................................................... 21
5 Electrical characteristics............................................................................................................................... 24
5.1 Absolute maximum ratings.................................................................................................................... 24
5.2 Recommended operating conditions.................................................................................................... 25
5.3 Power consumption and power dissipation.......................................................................................... 25
5.4 LVDS relevant standards........................................................................................................................ 26
5.5 HDMI relevant standards....................................................................................................................... 26
5.6 USB relevant standards ......................................................................................................................... 26
5.7 PCI express relevant standards.............................................................................................................. 26
5.8 SATA relevant standards (QUAD only) .................................................................................................. 27
6 Operational characteristics........................................................................................................................... 28
6.1 Development system requirements...................................................................................................... 28
6.2 The NOVAsom P console ....................................................................................................................... 29
6.3 The first boot ......................................................................................................................................... 29
6.4 Connections to J9 and J13 ..................................................................................................................... 31
6.5 Connecting an external battery to the NOVAsom P board ................................................................... 32
6.6 Developing a NOVAsom P extension board .......................................................................................... 32

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7 Board outline and mechanical dimensions .................................................................................................. 38
8 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................... 39
9 Contacts........................................................................................................................................................ 41
10 Document revisions, references and notes................................................................................................ 41
10.1 Document revisions............................................................................................................................. 41
10.2 External references.............................................................................................................................. 41
10.3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................... 41

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Index of Tables
Table 1: Connectors list ................................................................................................................................... 12
Table 2: Connectors pinout ............................................................................................................................. 14
Table 3: J9 Connectors pinout......................................................................................................................... 16
Table 4: J13 Connector pinout......................................................................................................................... 18
Table 5: Connectors table color codes ............................................................................................................ 18
Table 6: J9 Signal Association and Alternate Functions .................................................................................. 20
Table 7: J13 Signal Association and Alternate Functions ................................................................................ 23
Table 8: Absolute maximum ratings................................................................................................................ 24
Table 9: Recommended operating conditions ................................................................................................ 25
Table 10: Groups recommendations............................................................................................................... 35
Table 11: Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................... 40

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Index of Figures
Figure 1: NOVAsom P top view........................................................................................................................ 10
Figure 2: NOVAsom P top view........................................................................................................................ 10
Figure 3: NOVAsom P top view........................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 4: NOVAsom P bottom view................................................................................................................. 11
Figure 5: The NOVAsom P first boot................................................................................................................ 30
Figure 6: Power input section.......................................................................................................................... 36
Figure 7: USB Host example ............................................................................................................................ 37
Figure 8: USB OTG example............................................................................................................................. 37
Figure 9:The NOVAsom Dimensions................................................................................................................ 38

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1 Welcome to the NOVAsom P world
Thank you for choosing this NOVAsom Industries product.
Please carefully read this user guide before using the device for the first time to ensure safe and proper
use.
In particular note that:
•Contents and illustrations may differ from your device, depending on the software version, OS
version or product improvements that NOVAsom Industries judges important, and are subject to
change without prior notice. Always stay updated visiting www.novasomindustries.com .
•Descriptions are based on the device default settings.
•Modifying the device, the device’s operating system or installing software from unofficial sources
may damage the device itself and lead to data corruption or data loss, or worst, hardware damage.
Such actions will violate your NOVAsom Industries license agreement and void your warranty.
•Always use genuine NOVAsom Industries accessories. The supplied items are designed only for this
device and may not be compatible with other devices. To have further information on this specific
item visit www.novasomindustries.com .
•Default applications on the device are subject to updates, and support for these applications may
be withdrawn without prior notice. If you have any questions about an application provided with
the device, please contact NOVAsom Industries at www.novasomindustries.com .
•Software, audio, wallpaper, images, and other media supplied with your device or found in the
appropriate SDK are licensed for limited use. If you extract and use these materials for commercial
or other purposes, you may be infringing copyright laws. As a user, you are fully responsible for the
illegal use of media.
The NOVAsom P family is a product line from NOVAsom Industries, targeted toward the low price market
(vending, domotics, IoT, etc.) and designed to compete with low cost boards while maintaining NOVAsom
Industries high quality level.
NOVAsom P is a very small NOVAsom board, approximately credit card size, but with all the necessary to
guarantee an immediate bootstrap, driving a display, connecting via Ethernet and USB.
It’s equipped with two 2.54 mm. dual row strips for external expansions and a mPCIe slot ready for use, i.e.
with a Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth™, a 3G with full PCM audio support or a GPS card, or what you may need.
3 different standard products (with different configurations) are available:
• NOVAsomP6B: with processor NXP® iMX6 SOLO @1GHz,512MB RAM DDR3
• NOVAsomP7D: with processor NXP® iMX6 Dual Lite@1GHz, 1GB RAM DDR3, RS485/CAN drivers
• NOVAsomP8E: with processor NXP® iMX6 Quad @1GHz,1GB RAM DDR3, eMMC (4GB), RS485/CAN
drivers, 3 channel USB on strip, SATA connector, RTC battery connector, remote IR input connector.
This list is only an example and will vary with time, more information about product status and availability
can be found visiting www.novasomindustries.com .

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2 Features
From the integrator point of view the board is a full-fledged SBC, with video and communications
capabilities and requires a single supply from a wall cube or a generic external power supply.
The main characteristics of the NOVAsom P are:
On Board Peripherals:
•Up to 32GBytes bootable eMMC (Option)
•Up to 1GBytes 32 bit wide DDR
•1 bootable µSD slot up to 32GBytes
•1 Ethernet port @ 10/100 Mbit/sec.
•1 Dual Channel LVDS up to 1920x1080 with PWM brightness control and I2C for touch screen
•1 Full Size HDMI connector with audio and CEC
•1 mPCIe slot with optional SIM bay (the SIM bay is for 3G mPCIe boards)
•1 Integrated RTC with optional external battery connector (the RTC draws up to 50 µA)
•1 USB Host connector
•1 Remote IR input with optional connector
•1 Power led and 1 User Driven led, plus one led driven by the mPCIe board if present
•Standard 2.5mm Power Supply Jack for 6.5Vcc to 18Vcc input, central positive
On Expansion Connectors (J9 and J13):
•1 I2C @ 3.3V
•4 SPI @ 50 MHz maximum, 3 of them with 2 Slave Select and 1 with 1 slave select
•8 GPIO @ 3.3V
•1 Full UART @ 3.3V (TX; RX; RTS; CTS)
•1 PCM AUDIO @ 3.3V
•1 SPDIF OUT
•2 LANE CSI for Camera Sensor (Note 1)
•2 LANE DSI for External Display (Note 1)
•1 x OTG port, 2 x HOST port, two of them with power management (Note 1)
•1 x console @ RS232 (Note 2)

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•1 x RS232 (Note 2)
•1 x CAN with optional transceiver (Note 2)
•1 x optional RS485 with transceiver and optional termination (Note 2)
•1 x µSD/eMMC plus 3 GPIO externally powered @ 3.3/1.8V expansion (Note 3)
•1 x TX/RX only UART externally powered @ 3.3/1.8V (Note 3)
•1 x Full UART externally powered @ 3.3/1.8V (TX; RX; RTS; CTS) (Note 3)
•1 x I2C externally powered @ 3.3/1.8V (Note 3)
Note 1: these pins have a dedicated function and cannot be used as GPIO
Note 2: these pins have the appropriate driver
Note 3: these pins are powered externally from a 1.8V or 3.3V source. The 3.3V source can be from the
NOVAsom P shorting the appropriate pin on one of the two expansion connectors (J9), other supplies must
be provided from the expansion board that will utilize them.
All the pins without (Note 1), (Note 2) or (Note 3) can be programmed as GPIO or programmed accordingly
to the functions described in table 6 and table 7 below.
The connectors J9 and J13 are normally not equipped with the pin strip.
The user has so the choice to use a male or female contact type, and to solder the strips on top or bottom
of the NOVAsom P, use partially populated connectors or a mix of them.

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3 Description
The NOVAsom P family is equipped with 3 different processors and different combinations of RAM and
peripherals:
• iMX6 SOLO @1GHz,512MB DDR3
• iMX6 Dual Lite@1GHz, 1GB DDR3, RS485/CAN drivers
• iMX6 Quad @1GHz,1GB DDR3, eMMC (4GB), RS485/CAN drivers, 3 USB on strip, SATA connector, RTC
battery connector, remote IR input connector
Visit www.novasomindustries.com, you can download 3D drawings and detailed mechanical drawing.
Note: the signal names have been maintained the same as in the CPU manual.
Having different GPIOs with different functions, only the functions implemented at DTB kernel level have
been reported below. If you need to combine different functions with the GPIOs this will be possible after
modification of the DTB kernel.
More information on the various possible combinations can be found in the CPU manual.

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4 Board Layout, Connectors description and Configuration
4.1 Board Layout
In Figure 1 you can see the NOVAsom P board TOP General Layout, in figure 2 you can see the NOVAsom
P board BOTTOM general Layout.
Figure 1: NOVAsom P top view
Figure 2: NOVAsom P top view