IGEP SMARC iMX6

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SMARC module SINGLE/DUAL/QUAD core ARM Cortex-A9 up to 1200 MHz

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This Module processor cover an extremely wide performance range. Based on the ARM Cortex-A9 technology, they enable an efficient development of smart devices in an extremely compact, fanless design with balanced processor and graphics performance.


IGEP SMARC iMX6

Highlight Possible Applications
  • Freescale i.MX6 Cortex-A9 Solo, Dual-Lite, Dual and Quad up to 1.2GHz
  • 1GB DDR3L (2GB Option, Solo=512MB), 4GB eMMC Flash, 1x SD/MMC, 1x SATA (D/Q)
  • Parallel 18/24-bit RGB, 24-bit dual-chann. LVDS, HDMI
  • 1 x 10/100/1000Mbps LAN
  • 2 x CAN, 4 x UART, 5 x I2C, 2 x I2S, 1 x PCIe, 12 x GPIOs, 2 x SPI, 4-LANE Serial Camera Interface
  • Human Machine Interface (HMI)
  • Rear Seat Entertainment Systems
  • In-Freight Entertainment
  • The Internet of Things (IOT)
  • Medical-CT Scanner
  • Digital Signage
  • Point of Sales
  • Display Units
  • General Control Systems
  • Smart Grid
  • HVAC Control System


Technical information

Processor

iMX6 Solo/DualLite/Dual/Quad, by NXP Semiconductors

Up to 4 x ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore

NEON SIMD Coprocessor

Frequency speed up to 1200 MHz (depending on model)

3D/2D Accelerator

Vivante GC2000 or GC880 (depending on model), GC355 and GC320,

providing 2D/3D acceleration with OpenGL-ES2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 support.

Video

Video acceleration: H.264, H.263, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4

Memory

RAM: 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB DDR3
eMMC Flash: 4 GB or 8 GB eMMC
SPI Flash (optional)
EEPROM

Ethernet

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet PHY Interface

USB

1 x USB 2.0 Host
1 x USB 2.0 OTG

Display

1 x LVDS (4 lanes)
1 x HDMI 1.4a (with audio)
1 x MIPI DSI (2 lanes)

Image Capture Interface

1 x MIPI CSI2 interfaces (4 lanes Dual/Quad version, 2 lanes Solo/DualLite version)

Wireless

WiFi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (Access Point: Yes)
Bluetooth v4.0 (BLE)

Antenna

1 x Internal WiFi/Bluetooth antenna
1 x U.FL connector for external antenna

Additional Interfaces

3 x UART (4 x No WiFi version)
4 x I2C (3 x Dual/Quad version)
1 x MMC
1 x I2S (2 x No WiFi version)
2 x SPI
2 x PWM
2 x CAN
1 x SDIO
12 x GPIO
1 x JTAG Interface
1 x SATA II (Dual/Quad version)
1 x PCIe v2.0 (1 lane) (Dual/Quad version)

SW Support

Linux

Power Supply

Power from expansion connectors: From 4,7 V to 5,25 V
Digital I/O voltage: 1,8 V

Power Consumption

Typical 1,8 W (depending on software) (Quad version)

Maximum 6 W (depending on software) (Quad version)

Thermal

Commercial temperature: 0 ºC to +60 ºC

Industrial temperature: -40 ºC to +85 ºC

Form Factor

82,00 mm x 50 mm by SMARC Specifications

Humidity

93% relative Humidity at 40 ºC, non-condensing (according to IEC 60068-2-78)

MTBF

> 100000 hours


 Evaluation Baseboard: IGEP SMARC EXPANSION

Revisions

Model Description
IGEP0046 - RA99 (2015)
IGEP0046 - RA (2015)
IGEP0046 - RB (2016)
IGEP0046 - RC (2016)
IGEP0046 - RD (2018)

Variants

Model Variants    
IGEP0046-RD01 IGEP0046-DWU1-4XXX ==> WIFI DUAL-LITE DDR 1GB -FLASH 4GB WITHOUT NOR SPI

IGEP0046-RD02

IGEP0046-DWQ2-8SXX ==> WIFI QUAD DDR 2GB -FLASH 8GB SPI NOR
IGEP0046-RD03 IGEP0046-DWU2-4XXX ==> WIFI DUAL-LITE DDR 2GB -FLASH 4GB WITHOUT NOR SPI
IGEP0046-RD04 IGEP0046-DWQ1-8SXX ==> WIFI QUAD DDR 1GB -FLASH 8GB SPI NOR
IGEP0046-RD05 IGEP0046-DWE2-8SXX ==> WIFI DUAL-PLUS DDR 2GB -FLASH 8GB SPI NOR

IGEP0046-RD06

IGEP0046-DWR2-8SXX ==> WIFI QUAD-PLUS DDR 2GB -FLASH 8GB SPI NOR
IGEP0046-RD07 IGEP0046-DWSH-4XXX ==> WIFI SOLO DDR 512MB -FLASH 4GB WITHOUT NOR SPI
IGEP0046-RD08 IGEP0046-DWD2-8SXX ==> WIFI DUAL DDR2GB -FLASH 8GB SPI NOR
IGEP0046-RD10 IGEP0046-DWU2-4XXX ==> NO WIFI DUAL-LITE DDR 2GB -FLASH 4GB WITHOUT NOR SPI

Documentation

Tutorials

  1. IGEP SMARC iMX6 Boot Pin-out
  2. How to prepare a ready to boot firmware
  3. U-Boot Bootloader
  4. Linux Kernel
  5. IGEP Firmware set-up
  6. Boot from MicroSD Card
  7. Boot from NAND/eMMC flash.
  8. Update Installed IGEP Firmware

Firmware

Official

Custom Software

Guides

Getting started with IGEP SMARC iMX6

Ubuntu / Debian

Yocto