SBC-984 Single Board Computer with NXP i.MX6 Processor

REVISION HISTORY Revision First Official Release. RTS# and CTS# signals removed from connector J5. Paragraph 3.3.7 updated consequently Product name Change All rights reserved. All information contained in this manual is proprietary and confidential material of SECO S.r.l. All information contained in this manual is related to SBC-984 board with PCB REVC or higher. For boards with PCB REVB or less, please refer to information contained in SECOμSBC-i.MX6_Manual_Rel_2.0. Unauthorized use, duplication, modification or disclosure of the information to a third-party by any means without prior consent...

SBC-984 SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

SBC-984 SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

Warranty Information and assistance RMA number request Safety Electrostatic discharges RoHS compliance Terminology and definitions Reference specifications SBC-984 SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. 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 authorized by the supplier. The authorization 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 SBC-984 board 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 AHCI API CAN Bus CEC CSI2 DDC DDR DDR3 DVI FFC/FPC GBE Gbps GND GPI/O HDMI I2C Bus LVDS MAC Mbps MIPI MMC/eMMC N.A. N.C. Audio Codec’97, a standard for audio hardware codecs developed by Intel® in 1997 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for board’s devices configuration and power management Advanced Host Controller Interface, a standard which defines the operations modes of SATA interface Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific...

OpenCL OpenGL OpenVG OS OTG PCI-e PHY PSU PWM PWR RGMII SATA SD SM Bus SPI TBM TMDS TTL USB uSDHC V_REF Open Computing Language, a software library based on C99 programming language, conceived explicitly to realise parallel computing using Graphics Processing Units (GPU) Open Graphics Library, an Open Source API dedicated to 2D and 3D graphics Open Vector Graphics, an Open Source API dedicated to hardware accelerated 2D vector graphics Operating System On-the-Go, a specification that allows to USB devices to act indifferently as Host or as a Client, depending on the device connected to the port...

1.8 Reference specifications Here below it is a list of applicable industry specifications and reference documents. Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express mini cards SBC-984 SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

Introduction Technical specifications Electrical specifications Mechanical specifications Block diagram SBC-984 SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.

2.1 Introduction SBC-984 is a Single Board Computer, measuring just 80 x 67 mm (3.15” x 2.64”) 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 maintaining advantages offered by low-power consuming ARM architecture in an extremely reduced space. Graphics features of the board are managed directly by NXP i.MX6 processors, which integrate up to three separated accelerators for 2D, OpenGL® ES2.0 3D and OpenVG ,...

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 2GB DDR3l soldered onboard (up to 1GB 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...