Single Board Computer with NXP i.MX 8 Applications Processors

REVISION HISTORY Revision 1.0 First Official Release. All rights reserved. All information contained in this manual is proprietary and confidential material of SECO S.p.A. Unauthorized use, duplication, modification or disclosure of the information to a third-party by any means without prior consent of SECO S.p.A. is prohibited. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this manual. However, SECO S.p.A. accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions herein. SECO S.p.A. reserves the right to change precise specifications without prior notice to supply the best product...

SBC-C43 SBC-C43 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 1.0 - Author: A.R. - Reviewed by S.R. -Copyright © 2020 SECO S.p.A.

SBC-C43 SBC-C43 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 1.0 - Author: A.R. - Reviewed by S.R. -Copyright © 2020 SECO S.p.A.

Warranty Information and assistance RMA number request Safety Electrostatic discharges RoHS compliance Terminology and definitions Reference specifications SBC-C43 SBC-C43 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 1.0 - Author: A.R. - Reviewed by S.R. -Copyright © 2020

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.p.A. 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-C43 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 API CAN Bus CEC CSI2 DDC DDR eDP GbE Gbps GND GPI/O GPU HDMI I2C Bus I2S LVDS LPDDR4 MAC Mbps MMC/eMMC N.A. N.C. OpenGL OpenVG OS 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 Consumer Electronics Control, an HDMI feature which allows controlling more devices connected together by using only one remote control MIPI Camera Serial Interface, 2nd generation standard regulating communication between...

OTG PCI-e PHY PSU PWM PWR RGMII SATA SD SM Bus SPI TBM TMDS TTL USB uSDHC V_REF 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 Peripheral Component Interface Express Abbreviation of Physical, it is the device implementing the Physical Layer of ISO/OSI-7 model for communication systems Power Supply Unit Pulse Width Modulation Power Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface, a particular interface defining the communication between an Ethernet MAC and a PHY Serial Advance Technology Attachment, a...

1.8 Reference specifications Here below it is a list of applicable industry specifications and reference documents. Gigabit Ethernet SBC-C43 SBC-C43 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 1.0 - Author: A.R. - Reviewed by S.R. -Copyright © 2020 SECO S.p.A.

Introduction Technical specifications Electrical specifications Mechanical specifications Block diagram SBC-C43 SBC-C43 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 1.0 - Author: A.R. - Reviewed by S.R. -Copyright © 2020 SECO S.

2.1 Introduction SBC-C43 is a Single Board Computer, measuring just 102 x 146 mm (4,02 x 5,75 ) based on embedded NXP i.MX 8 Family, featuring multicore processing (Single or Dual ARM Cortex®-A72 cores + Quad ARM Cortex®-A53 cores + Dual general purpose Cortex®-M4 processor). Graphics features of the board are managed directly by NXP i.MX8 processor, which integrate 2x Graphics accelerators Vivante GC7000 / XVSX or GC7000 Lite / XVSX (QuadMax and QuadPlus) GPUs, supporting OpenGL® ES 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0 / 3.1, Open CL 1.2 OpenGL 3.x, DirectX 11. This family of processors integrate one embedded VPU,...

2.2 Technical specifications Processors NXP i.MX 8 Family of processors, based on ARM® Cortex®-A72 Core + ARM® Cortex®-A53 Core + Cortex®-M4F core platform: • i.MX 8 QuadMax: Dual A72-core, Quad A53-core, Dual M4F-core • i.MX 8 QuadPlus: Single A72-core, Quad A53-core, Dual M4F-core Memory 64-bit soldered down LPDDR4-1600 memory, up to 8GB total Graphics 2x Graphics accelerators Vivante GC7000/XVSX or GC7000Lite/XVSX (QuadMax and QuadPlus) 1x embedded VPU, supporting H.265(4K30) and H.264(1080p60) decoding and H.264 (1080p30) encoding Supports 3 independent video outputs (total combined resolution...