Q7-928 Qseven® Rel. 2.0 Compliant Module with NXP i.MX6 Processor

REVISION HISTORY Revision First Release Introduction and Technical features revised; Block Diagram updated Power consumption added; Qseven® golden finger pinout updated Minor corrections; Technical features updated: number of independent displays and LVDS max resolutions updated; Supported Operating Systems added. Limitation about PCI express support added. Pull-up resistors indicated on signals UART0_RX and UART0_CTS#. Corrected pull-up to pull-down on WDOUT signal description LVDS resolution combinations corrected (par. 3.2.3.8) μSD card slot warning added (par 3.2.2); LVDS resolution combinations...

Q7-928 Q7-928 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 3.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by P.Z Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

Warranty Information and assistance RMA number request Safety Electrostatic Discharges RoHS compliance Terminology and definitions Reference specifications Q7-928 Q7-928 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 3.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by P.Z Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

1.1 Warranty This product is subject to the Italian Law Decree 24/2002, acting European Directive 1999/44/CE on matters of sale and warranties to consumers. The warranty on this product lasts for 1 year. Under the warranty period, the Supplier guarantees the buyer assistance and service for repairing, replacing or credit of the item, at the Supplier’s own discretion. Shipping costs that apply to non-conforming items or items that need replacement are to be paid by the customer. Items cannot be returned unless previously authorised by the supplier. The authorisation is released after completing...

1.2 Information and assistance What do I have to do if the product is faulty? SECO S.r.l. offers the following services: SECO website: visit http://www.seco.com to receive the latest information on the product. In most of the cases it is possible to find useful information to solve the problem. SECO Sales Representative: the Sales Rep can help to determine the exact cause of the problem and search for the best solution. SECO Help-Desk: contact SECO Technical Assistance. A technician is at disposal to understand the exact origin of the problem and suggest the correct solution. E-mail: [email protected]...

1.4 Safety The Q7-928 module uses only extremely-low voltages. While handling the board, please use extreme caution to avoid any kind of risk or damages to electronic components. Always switch the power off, and unplug the power supply unit, before handling the board and/or connecting cables or other boards. Avoid using metallic components - like paper clips, screws and similar - near the board when connected to a power supply, to avoid short circuits due to unwanted contacts with other board components. If the board has become wet, never connect it to any external power supply unit or battery....

1.7 Terminology and definitions AC’97 ACPI API CAN Bus CEC CPLD CSI2 DDC DDR DDR3 DVI FFC/FPC FPGA GBE Gbps GND GPI/O HD Audio HDMI I2C Bus JTAG LPC Bus LVDS MAC Mbps Audio Codec’97, a standard for audio hardware codecs developed by Intel® in 1997 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for the board’s devices configuration and power management. Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific Operating Systems Controller Area network, a protocol designed for in-vehicle communication...

MIPI MMC/eMMC N.A. N.C. OpenCL OpenGL OpenVG OTG PCI-e PHY PWM PWR RGMII SATA SD SDIO SM Bus SPI TBM TMDS TTL USB uSDHC V_REF Mobile Industry Processor Interface alliance MultiMedia Card / embedded MMC, a type of memory card, having the same interface as the SD card. The eMMC is the embedded version of the MMC. They are devices that incorporate the flash memories on a single BGA chip. Not Applicable Not Connected Open Computing Language, a software library based on C99 programming language, conceived explicitly to realise parallel computing using Graphics Processing Units (GPU) Open Graphics...

1.8 Reference specifications Here below it is a list of applicable industry specifications and reference documents. Gigabit Ethernet Qseven® Design Guide Qseven specifications Q7-928 Q7-928 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 3.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by P.Z Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

Q7-928 Q7-928 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 3.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by P.Z Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

Introduction Technical Specifications Electrical Specifications Mechanical Specifications Block Diagram Q7-928 Q7-928 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 3.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by P.Z Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

2.1 Introduction Q7-928 is a CPU module, in Qseven® format, based on embedded NXP i.MX6 processor, an ARM® Cortex®-A9 processor, Single-, Dual- and Quad-Core, with frequencies up to 1.2GHz, which is ideal for applications requiring multimedia capabilities and/or high levels of parallel computing. Along with programmable CPLD Lattice LCMXO640, the board offers a very high level of integration, both for all most common used peripherals in ARM world and for bus interfaces normally used in x86 world, like PCI-Express and S-ATA. All this comes out in the extremely reduced space offered by Qseven®...

2.2 Technical Specifications Processors NXP i.MX6 Family, based on ARM® CORTEX-A9 processors - i.MX6S Solo - Single core up to 1GHz - i.MX6D Dual - Dual core up to 1.2GHz per core - i.MX6DL Dual Lite - Dual core up to 1GHz per core - i.MX6Q Quad - Quad core up to 1.2GHz per core Memory Up to 4GB DDR3 onboard (up to 2GB with i.MX6S) Graphics Dedicated 2D Hardware accelerator Dedicated 3D Hardware accelerator, supports OpenGL® ES2.0 3D ™ Dedicated Vector Graphics accelerator supports OpenVG (only i.MX6D and i.MX6Q) Supports up to 3 independent displays with i.MX6D and i.MX6Q Supports 2 independent...