NXP Semiconductors S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 User manual

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S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 User Guide
NXP Semiconductors
Document Number: S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3UG
User's Guide
Rev. 1.0
,
03/2023

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Chapter 1
Get To Know S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3
1.1 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Board Overview
The S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 is a compact, highly-optimized and integrated reference design board
featuring the S32G399A Vehicle Network Processor. This board provides reference for various typical
automotive applications such as:
•Service-oriented gateway
•High-performance central compute unit
•Safety checker for ADAS and autonomous driving
•Black-box for vehicle data logging
•Automotive access point
Figure 1.1 shows the board overview of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3.
Figure 1.1 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 board overview

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1.2 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Block Diagram
Figure 1.2 shows the block diagram of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3.
S32G399A
20 MB Internal RAM
4 x Cortex-M7 LS, Up to 400 MHz
4 x Cortex-A53 LS / 8 x Cortex-A53, Up to 1.3 GHz
QSPI Flash
512M-bit
200MHz
LPDDR4
32G-bit
SD Card eMMC
32G-Byte
RTC
PCA85073A
LIN Phy
(Master Mode)
Gigabit Eth.
Phy
AR8035
Gigabit Eth.
Phy
KSZ9031
Gigabit Eth.
Phy
KSZ9031
Gigabit Eth.
Phy
AR8035
Eth. Switch SJA1110
Eth. Phy
LIN Phy
TJA1021
(Slave Mode)
FlexRay Phy
TJA1081 UART-USB
FT232
Boot mode
select circuit Parallel RCON
select circuit
PMIC
VR5510
USB 2.0 Phy
USB83340
CAN Phy
TJA1043
6 pcs
UART-USB
FT232
CAN Phy
TJA1463
6 pcs
CAN Phy
TJA1153
4 pcs
CAN Phy
TJA1043
2 pcs
PMIC
FS5600
PMIC
PF5300
PMIC
PF5020 PMIC
PF5020 Load
Switch
GMAC0 PFE_MAC2 SerDes1SerDes0
100Base-T1 Phy x6100Base-Tx Phy
100Base-T1
x6-ch
100Base-Tx
Port 2 Port 3
RGMII RGMII
PCIe x2 PCIe x2
RGMII RGMII
uSDHC I/F LINFlex 2GPIO Flex CAN LINFlex 1 LINFlex 0 ULPIADC
IO Expander
PCAL6524H
SGMII PCIe x1
SGMII
1000Base-T Port M.2 slot E-key M.2 slot M-key PCIe x1 socket
100Base-T1 Port
100Base-TX Port 1000Base-T Port 1G / 2.5GBase-T Port
USB PortUART0 PortUART1 PortAutomotive Bus PortMulti-Function PortSD Card Port12V DC Power Supply Input Port
ADC
x5ch GPIO
x6 Flex LIN
x1ch LLCE LIN
x4ch LLCE CAN
x6ch LLCE CAN
x4ch LLCE CAN
x6ch Flex CAN
x2ch
FlexRay
x1ch
S32G Aurora Port
S32G JTAG Port
SJA1110 JTAG Port
LLCE LIN LLCE FlexRay LLCE CAN LLCE CAN LLCE CAN
Clock generator
Si5332
Port 4Port 1
SerDes
multiplex circuit
PCIe x2 SGMII
Figure 1.2 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 block diagram
1.3 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Hardware Resources
The resources of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 are listed as below:
•Processor
➢8x Arm Cortex-A53 cores (with optional cluster lockstep)
➢4x dual-core lockstep Arm Cortex-M7 cores
➢Hardware Security Engine (HSE)
➢CAN, LIN and FlexRay offload with Low Latency Communications Engine (LLCE)
➢Gigabit Ethernet Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE)
➢20 MB Embedded System RAM with ECC
➢32KB Standby RAM with ECC
•External Storage
➢1x on-board NOR Flash memory (64MB)
➢1x SD card slot
➢1x on-board eMMC (32GB)
➢1x on-board LPDDR4 (4GB)

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•Ethernet—12ports
➢1x 100BASE-TX
➢6x 100BASE-T1
➢4x 1000BASE-T
➢1x 1G/2.5GBASE-T
•PCIe
➢1x M.2 M-key slot*
➢1x M.2 E-key slot*
➢1x PCIe x1 socket
•LIN
➢4x LLCE LIN
➢1x LINFlexD
•CAN/CAN FD
➢16x LLCE CAN/CAN FD
➢2x FlexCAN /CAN FD
•FlexRay
➢1x LLCE FlexRay
•USB
➢1x USB 2.0 I/F Host/Device mode
•Scalable interface
➢1x DSPI
➢5x ADC
➢1x I2C
➢1x WKUP
•RTC
➢Support on-board external RTC
•Debug
➢1x 20-pin JTAG for S32G
➢1x 10-pin JTAG for SJA1110A
➢1x Aurora Trace
➢2x UART
Note
Only one of the M.2 M-key slot and E-key slot can be used at a time.

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Chapter 2
S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Hardware Package
2.1 Hardware Package Overview
This section describes hardware package of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3. Hardware and accessories are shown
in the figure 2.1.
Figure 2.1 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 hardware and accessories
2.2 Hardware Connection Instruction
To connect any cables to S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3, follow the instructions shown in figure 2.2.
J53 cable connection (100BASE-T1)
P5 cable connection (1G/2.5GBASE-T)
P4 cable connection (100BASE-TX)
P3, P2 cable connection (1000BASE-T)
UART cable connection(UART0, UART1)
J6 cable connection (LLCE CAN, FlexCAN, FlexRay)
J5 cable connection(LLCE LIN, LINFlexD, ADC, I2C, DSPI, WKUP, Power supply)
UART0 UART1 J6 J5
J53 P5 P4
P3 P2
Figure 2.2 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 hardware connection instruction

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Chapter 3
S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Switch Setting
3.1 Switch description
The table below describes the DIP switches of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3
Table 3.1. DIP switches
Switch
Description
SW3[1]
ON : Connects the S32G399A's uSDHC interface to SD card.
OFF : Connects the S32G399A's uSDHC interface to eMMC chip.
SW4[1:8]
Setting of RCON PIN [0:7] value
SW5[1:8]
Setting of RCON PIN [8:15] value
SW6[1:8]
Setting of RCON PIN [16:23] value
SW7[1:8]
Setting of RCON PIN [24:31] value
SW8[1]
Please refer to chapter3.8 SerDes Interface of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Reference
Manual
SW9[1]
1-OFF, 2-OFF : BOOTMOD1 value: 0
1-ON, 2-OFF : BOOTMOD1 value: 1
1-OFF,2-ON : BOOTMOD1 value: RESET_B
1-ON, 2-ON : BOOTMOD1 value: INV_RESET_B
SW9[2]
SW10[1]
1-OFF, 2-OFF : BOOTMOD0 value: 0
1-ON, 2-OFF : BOOTMOD0 value: 1
1-OFF,2-ON : BOOTMOD0 value: RESET_B
1-ON, 2-ON : BOOTMOD0 value: INV_RESET_B
SW10[2]
SW11[1]
ON : Connects GPIO6,GPIO7,GPIO95 to U128(RGB LED)
OFF : Connects GPIO6,GPIO7,GPIO95 to J5 connector
SW17[1]
Please refer to chapter3.8 SerDes Interface of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Reference
Manual
SW17[2]
Please refer to chapter3.8 SerDes Interface of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Reference
Manual
SW17[3]
Please refer to chapter3.8 SerDes Interface of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Reference
Manual
SW17[4]
Please refer to chapter3.8 SerDes Interface of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Reference
Manual

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3.2 Default Switch Setting
Figure 3.1 shows the default switch setting of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 when out of box.
SW7
SW6
SW5
SW4
SW9 SW10
SW3
6th-OFF
7th-ON
OTHERS-OFF
SW3
SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7
SW8
SW9 SW10 SW11
ALL-OFF 1st-ON
2nd-OFF OFF ON
ON
ALL-OFF ALL-OFF ALL-OFF
SW17
SW8
SW17
SW11
ALL-ON
Figure 3.1 Default switch setting
3.3 Switch Setting for Power Selection
Figure 3.2 shows the switch setting for power selection.
If a external 12V DC power
supply is connected via J176,
the board will be powered on.
The board is powered off
If a external 12V DC power
supply is connected via J5 pin2,
the board will be powered on.
SW15
SW15
SW15
J176 J5
Figure 3.2 Power selection switch setting

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3.4 Switch Setting for SD card Boot
Figure 3.3 shows the switch setting for SD card boot.
SW3
SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7
SW9 SW10
ALL-OFF 1st-ON
2nd-OFF ON
6th-OFF
7th-ON
OTHERS-OFF
ALL-OFF ALL-OFF ALL-OFF
SW7
SW6
SW5
SW4
SW9 SW10
SW3
Figure 3.3 SD card boot switch setting
3.5 Switch Setting for eMMC Boot
Figure 3.4 shows the switch setting for eMMC boot.
SW7
SW6
SW5
SW4
SW9 SW10
SW3
SW3
SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7
SW9 SW10
ALL-OFF 1st-ON
2nd-OFF OFF
6th-ON
7th-ON
OTHERS-OFF
ALL-OFF ALL-OFF ALL-OFF
Compare with default setting, the SW3 and the
6th of SW4 need to be changed
Figure 3.4 eMMC boot switch setting

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3.6 Switch Setting for NOR Flash Boot
Figure 3.5 shows the switch setting for NOR Flash boot.
SW7
SW6
SW5
SW4
SW9 SW10
SW3
SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7
SW9 SW10
ALL-OFF 1st-ON
2nd-OFF
6th-OFF
7th-OFF
OTHERS-OFF
ALL-OFF ALL-OFF ALL-OFF
Compare with default setting, the 7th of SW4
need to be changed
Figure 3.5 NOR Flash boot switch setting
3.7 Switch Setting for Serial Boot
Figure 3.6 shows the switch setting for serial boot.
SW9 SW10
SW9 SW10
ALL-OFF 1st-OFF
2nd-OFF
Compare with default setting, only the 1st of SW10 need to be
changed regardless of SW3, SW4, SW5, SW6, SW7 settings
Figure 3.6 Serial boot switch setting

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Chapter 4
S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 Connectors
4.1 Connectors Overview
Figure 4.1 shows important connectors of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3.
J5 J6 J1 J2 J4
J3
J57 J44
J47
J56
P3 P2
P4
P5
J53
J48
P1
J176
J184
J180
J189
J185
J50
J186
Figure 4.1 S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 connectors
Table 4.1 shows connectors of the S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3 and their corresponding signals.
Table 4.1 Connectors of S32G-VNP-GLDBOX3
Connector
Signals
J1
UART1