VIA Technologies SOM-6X50, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL SOM 6X50 Compact cost effective solution for HMI applications with rapid time to market 1 02 08222018 143700 ...

Page 2: ...uch change VIA Technologies Inc reserves the right the make changes to the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice Regulatory Compliance FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection...

Page 3: ...wer cord where people will step on it Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add on card or module If any of the following situations arise get the equipment checked by authorized service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has entered into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment is faulty or you cannot get it work according to User s Manual...

Page 4: ... touch panel 2 x USB cables 1 x COM cable 1 x speaker Ordering Information Part Number Description 00GJQ10E00020 SOM module with 800MHz VIA Cortex A9 SoC 8GB eMMC 512KB SPI ROM 512MB DDR3 SDRAM 1 HDMI or Single Channel LVDS or DVO CSI 3 USB 2 0 6 UART GPIO 10 100Mbps Ethernet STK SOM6X50 00A1 SOM 6X50 starter kit iv ...

Page 5: ...GPIO Pin header 17 A 2 1 7 SPI Pin Header 17 A 2 1 8 I2 C Pin header 18 A 2 1 9 Headphone Pin Header 18 A 2 1 10 Mic In Connector 19 A 2 1 11 Mono Speaker Out Connector Pin Header 19 A 2 1 12 Audio Mono Out Signal Pin Header 20 A 2 1 13 Left Channel Speaker Connector Pin Header 20 A 2 1 14 Right Channel Speaker Connector Pin Header 21 A 2 1 15 Line In Pin Header 21 A 2 1 16 IR Receiver Sensor Pin ...

Page 6: ...n header diagram 18 Figure 22 Headphone pin header diagram 18 Figure 23 Mic in connector diagram 19 Figure 24 Mono speaker out connector pin header diagram 19 Figure 25 Audio mono out signal pin header diagram 20 Figure 26 Left channel speaker connector pin header diagram 20 Figure 27 Right channel speaker connector pin header diagram 21 Figure 28 Line in pin headers diagram 21 Figure 29 IR receiv...

Page 7: ...pin header pinouts 19 Table 14 Audio mono out signal pin header pinouts 20 Table 15 Left channel speaker connector pin header pinouts 20 Table 16 Right channel speaker connector pin header pinouts 21 Table 17 Line in pin headers pinouts 21 Table 18 IR receiver sensor pin header pinouts 22 Table 19 Debug connector pin header pinouts 22 Table 20 RCA pin header pinouts 24 Table 21 RTC battery connect...

Page 8: ...T one CSI camera input 10 100Mbps Ethernet nine GPIO and one Micro SD Card slot The VIA SOM 6X50 features a Linux BSP which includes the kernel 3 4 5 and bootloader source codes Other features include a Tool Chain to help make adjustments to the kernel and to support the VIA SOMDB1 carrier board I O and other hardware features 1 1 Key Features Powered by a 800MHz VIA Cortex A9 SoC Supports two int...

Page 9: ...hardware acceleration Supports MPEG 2 and H 264 video decoding up to 1080p LAN Realtek RTL8201 10 100 base TX PHY chip Audio Wolfsen WM8960 I2S Audio Codec HDMI Integrated HDMI 1 4 Transmitter USB to UART CP2108 B02 GM USB to UART 4 port controller Supported I O 1 x HDMI or 1 Single Channel LVDS 1 x DVO 1 x CSI 3 x USB 2 0 ports 6 x UART 5 TX RX RTS CTS 1 Debug TX RX 9 x GPIO 1 x 10 100Mbps Ethern...

Page 10: ...ry depending on the actual situation and environment It is highly recommended to execute a solid testing program and take all the variables into consideration when building the system Please ensure that the system runs well under the operating temperature in terms of application 2 Please note that the lifespan of the onboard eMMC memory chip may vary depending on the amount of access More frequent...

Page 11: ...User Manual 4 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 Layout diagram of the SOM 6X50 module top side Figure 2 Layout diagram of the SOM 6X50 module bottom side eMMC DDR3 SDRAM VIA Cortex A9 SoC Golden finger Debug connector ...

Page 12: ...1 4 Product Dimensions Figure 3 Dimensions of the SOM 6X50 module top view Figure 4 Dimensions of the SOMDB1 carrier board with the SOM 6X50 module installed 44 3mm 67 6mm 48mm O 2mm SOMDB1 VTS8666C 160mm 26mm 100mm 42mm 41mm ...

Page 13: ...its functionality 2 1 Debug Connector The SOM 6X50 comes with a debug connector which is used for debugging purposes It supports TX RX The pinouts of the debug connector are shown below Table 1 Debug connector pinouts Pin Signal 1 UART0TXD 2 UART0RXD 3 GND 4 SFCLK 5 SFDO 6 SFDI 7 SFCS0 8 VCC33_SF Figure 5 Debug connector diagram ...

Page 14: ...rier Board Step 1 Install the thermal pad on the top of the processor on the SOM 6X50 module then flip over the module Figure 6 Installing the thermal pad Step 2 Align the notch on the SOM 6X50 module with the counterpart on the SOM DDR3 SODIMM slot on the SOMDB1 carrier board then insert the module at a 30 angle Figure 7 Installing the SOM 6X50 module SOMDB1 1 1 VTS8666C 30 ...

Page 15: ...Once the SOM 6X50 module has been fully inserted push down the module until the standoff holes align with the screw holes and then secure the module with the provided screws Figure 8 Securing the SOM 6X50 module SOMDB1 1 1 VTS8666C ...

Page 16: ...se visit our website at https www viatech com en boards modules som 6x50 For technical support and additional assistance always contact your local sales representative or board distributor or go to https www viatech com en support driver support fag technical support for technical support For OEM clients and system integrators developing a product for long term production other code and resources ...

Page 17: ... x Line out connectors pin headers for Mono Right Left channel speakers 1 x Audio mono out signal pin header 1 x Mic in connector 1 x Headphone pin header 1 x RCA pin header 1 x System recovery button 1 x Watchdog timer switch 1 x Power button 1 x RTC battery connector 1 x DC in connector Front Panel I O 1 x Composite RCA jack 1 x 10 100Mbps Ethernet port 1 x Headphone jack Back Panel I O 1 x Micr...

Page 18: ...ctor IR Receiver Watchdog mer switch System recovery bu on Power bu on Le channel speaker connector RTC ba ery connector Right channel speaker connector Mono speaker out connector SOM DDR3 SODIMM slot USB 2 0 connector SOMDB1 VTS8666C Audio mono out Headphone pin header Le channel speaker pin header Right channel speaker pin header Mono speaker out pin header IR Receiver pin header SPI pin header ...

Page 19: ... 6X50 User Manual 12 Figure 11 SOMDB1 front panel I O Figure 12 SOMDB1 back panel I O Figure 13 SOMDB1 right panel I O 10 100Mbps Ethernet RCA jack Headphone jack Micro SD card slot Micro USB 2 0 OTG HDMI ...

Page 20: ...C 1 1 J34 Figure 14 LCD panel connector diagram Pin Signal 1 LCM_LEDA 2 LCM_LEDA 3 LCM_LEDK 4 LCM_LEDK 5 GND 6 VCOM 7 VCC33 8 MODE 9 LCD_EN 10 LCD_VSYNC 11 LCD_HSYNC 12 LCD_B7 13 LCD_B6 14 LCD_B5 15 LCD_B4 16 LCD_B3 17 LCD_B2 18 LCD_B1 19 LCD_B0 20 LCD_G7 21 LCD_G6 22 LCD_G5 23 LCD_G4 24 LCD_G3 25 LCD_G2 Pin Signal 26 LCD_G1 27 LCD_G0 28 LCD_R7 29 LCD_R6 30 LCD_R5 31 LCD_R4 32 LCD_R3 33 LCD_R2 34 ...

Page 21: ... shown below Table 3 Touch connector pinouts SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 1 J35 Figure 15 Touch connector diagram Pin Signal 1 GND 2 DRIVE15 3 DRIVE14 4 DRIVE13 5 DRIVE12 6 DRIVE11 7 DRIVE10 8 DRIVE09 9 DRIVE08 10 DRIVE07 11 DRIVE06 12 DRIVE05 13 DRIVE04 14 DRIVE03 15 DRIVE02 16 DRIVE01 17 DRIVE00 18 GND 19 GND 20 SENSE00 21 SENSE01 22 SENSE02 23 SENSE03 24 SENSE04 25 SENSE05 26 SENSE06 27 SENSE07 28 SENSE08...

Page 22: ...to support a wide range of imaging solutions The connector is labeled as J36 The pinouts of the camera connector are shown below Table 5 Camera connector pinouts J2 Pin Signal 1 VBUS01 2 USBH1 3 USBH1 4 GND J4 Pin Signal 1 VBUS01 2 USBH2 3 USBH2 4 GND SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J2 1 1 J4 1 Figure 16 USB 2 0 connectors diagram Pin Signal 1 NC 2 GND 3 I2C2SDA 4 AVCCVID 5 I2C2SCL 6 CAMERA1_RESET 7 VVSYNC 8 CA...

Page 23: ...ors nor pin headers will function simultaneously so if the COM connectors are enabled the UART pin headers will be disabled and vice versa J55 Pin Signal 1 COM_A_RX 2 COM_A_TX 3 GND 4 COM_A_RTS 5 COM_A_CTS SOMDB1 VTS8666C J57 1 1 1 1 1 J55 J58 J59 1 1 1 1 1 1 J9 1 J8 J8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCC33_UART 2 VCC33_UART 3 UARTA_TX 4 UARTB_TX 5 UARTA_RTS 6 UARTB_RTS 7 UARTA_RX 8 UARTB_RX 9 UARTA_CTS 1...

Page 24: ...OMBD1 carrier board comes with an SPI pin header labeled as J17 which is used to connect the SPI BIOS programming fixture The pinouts of the SPI pin header are shown below Table 9 SPI pin header pinouts Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SUS_GPIO0 2 VCC33 3 SUS_GPIO1 4 GPIO5 5 GPIO0 6 GPIO6 7 GPIO1 8 GPIO7 9 GPIO3 10 GPIO8 11 GPIO4 12 GPIO9 SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J20 1 Figure 19 GPIO pin header diagram Pin Signal...

Page 25: ...SOMDB1 carrier board has a headphone pin header labeled as J30 which provides a connection to any headphone device The pinouts of the headphone pin header are shown below Table 11 Headphone pin header pinouts Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCC33 2 VCC33 3 I2C1SCL 4 I2C1SDA 5 I2C2SCL 6 I2C2SDA 7 I2C3SCL 8 I2C3SDA 9 GND 10 GND Pin Signal 1 HPOUTL 2 LINPUT3 3 HPOUTR SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J18 1 Figure 21 I2 C pi...

Page 26: ...nector Pin Header The SOMDB1 carrier board is equipped with a mono speaker out connector pin header which are used for connecting the mono speaker The mono speaker out connector is labeled as J26 and the pin header as J24 The pinouts of the mono out speaker connector pin header are shown below Table 13 Mono speaker out connector pin header pinouts Pin Signal 1 GND 2 MIC1 SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J42 1 Fi...

Page 27: ...annel Speaker Connector Pin Header The SOMDB1 carrier board is equipped with a left channel speaker connector pin header for the left speaker respectively The left channel speaker connector is labeled as J27 and the pin header as J28 The pinouts of the left channel speaker connector pin header are shown below Table 15 Left channel speaker connector pin header pinouts SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 1 J25 Figure...

Page 28: ...aker connector pin header pinouts A 2 1 15 Line In Pin Header The SOMDB1 carrier board comes with two Line in pin headers for connecting an external audio device player The Line in pin headers are labeled as J31 and J32 The pinouts of the Line in pin headers are shown below Table 17 Line in pin headers pinouts SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 1 1 J23 1 J22 Pin Signal 1 SPKR_P 2 SPKR_N Figure 27 Right channel spe...

Page 29: ...2 1 17 Debug Connector Pin Header The SOMDB1 carrier board comes with a debug connector pin header which are used for debugging purposes only The debug connector is labeled as J15 and the pin header as J14 The pinouts of the Debug connector pin header are shown below Table 19 Debug connector pin header pinouts SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J16 IR1 1 1 1 Figure 29 IR receiver sensor and pin header diagram Pin ...

Page 30: ...and recovers the system when it crashes or turns off The diagram of the system recovery button is shown below A 2 1 20 Watchdog Timer Switch The SOMDB1 carrier board comes with a watchdog timer switch labeled as SW3 which enables and disables the watchdog function on the board The diagram of the watchdog timer switch is shown below SOMDB1 VTS8666C SW1 SOMDB1 VTS8666C SW2 SOMDB1 VTS8666C SW3 Enable...

Page 31: ...he SOMDB1 carrier board is equipped with an onboard RTC battery connector which is used for connecting the external cable battery that provides power to the 32 768KHz crystal oscillator for Real Time Clock RTC The RTC battery connector is labeled as J53 The pinouts of the RTC battery connector are shown below Table 21 RTC battery connector pinouts Pin Signal 1 CVBS_IN 2 GND SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 1 J45...

Page 32: ...with a DC in connector that carries a 5V 19V DC which provides power to the board The connector is labeled as J46 The pinouts of power DC in connector are shown below Table 22 DC in connector pinouts SOMDB1 VTS8666C 1 J46 1 Figure 36 DC in connector diagram Pin Signal 1 Power 2 GND ...

Page 33: ...LK 14 GND 15 SPI0SS0 16 nUSBHD0 17 GND 18 nUSBHD0 19 SD0CLK 20 GND 21 SD0DATA1 22 UARTB_CTS 23 SD0WP 24 UARTB_RTS 25 SD0DATA0 26 UARTB_RX 27 SD0CMD 28 UARTB_TX 29 SD0DATA2 30 UARTA_CTS 31 SD0DATA3 32 UARTA_RTS 33 SD0PWRSW 34 UARTA_RX 35 SD0CD 36 UARTA_TX 37 M0_LINK 38 UARTC_RTS 39 M0_SPEED 40 UARTC_RX 41 PWMOUT0 42 UARTC_TX 43 PWMOUT1 44 UARTC_CTS 45 GND 46 UARTD_RTS 47 NET_RX 48 UARTD_CTS 49 NET_...

Page 34: ...R 132 SD3DATA1 133 SPK_OUT_R 134 SD3PWRSW 135 GND 136 SD3WP 137 SPK_OUT_L 138 I2CSDA 139 SPK_OUT_L 140 I2C1SCL 141 GND 142 I2C2SCL 143 HPOUTR 144 I2C2SDA 145 OUT3 146 I2C3SDA 147 HPOUTL 148 I2C3SCL 149 MICBIAS 150 SUS_GPIO0 151 GND 152 PWRGD 153 LINPUT3 154 WAKEUP0 155 LINPUT2 156 SPI1MOSI 157 LINPUT1 158 GND 159 GND 160 SPI1CLK Pin Signal Pin Signal 161 RINPUT1 162 SPI1SS0 163 RINPUT2 164 SPI1MIS...

Page 35: ...OTG Port The SOMDB1 carrier board is equipped with a Micro USB 2 0 OTG port on the right panel which gives complete Plug and Play and hot swap capability for external devices The USB interface complies with USB UHCI Rev 2 0 and it supports the OTG function The pinouts of the Micro USB 2 0 OTG port are shown below Table 25 Micro USB 2 0 OTG port pinouts Pin Signal 1 USB_VBUS 2 USBHD0 3 USBHD0 4 USB...

Page 36: ...eed status Table 27 10 100Mbps Ethernet port LED color definition A 2 2 4 Headphone Jack The SOMDB1 carrier board comes with a headphone jack which offers High Definition Audio sounds through the 3 5mm Tip Ring Sleeve TRS connector to enable connections to Line out The headphone jack is for connecting to external speakers or headphones The diagram of the headphone jack is shown below Link LED Left...

Page 37: ... the Micro SD card slot are shown below Table 28 Micro SD card slot pinouts A 2 2 6 RCA Jack The SOMDB1 carrier board comes with a RCA jack which is used for connecting display component video signals using the yellow composite video jack Pin Signal 1 SD0DATA2 2 SD0DATA3 3 SD0CMD 4 VCC33 5 SD0CLK 6 GND 7 SD0DATA0 8 SD0DATA1 9 SD0CD 9 1 Figure 42 Micro SD card slot diagram Figure 43 RCA jack diagra...

Page 38: ...ier board Figure 45 Dimensions of the SOMDB1 front panel I O Figure 46 Dimensions of the SOMDB1 back panel I O Figure 47 Dimensions of the SOMDB1 right panel I O SOMDB1 VTS8666C 152 4mm 160mm 26mm 100mm 77mm 42mm 41mm 3 8mm O 4mm 3 8mm 92 4mm 16mm 84mm 115 5mm 1 7mm 37mm 68 5mm 51 25mm ...

Page 39: ...10 687 4654 Email embedded viatech com Email embedded via tech eu Taiwan Headquarters USA Europe Tsinghua Science Park Bldg 7 No 1 Zongguancun East Road Haidian Dist Beijing 100084 China Tel 86 10 59852288 Fax 86 10 59852299 Email embedded viatech com cn 3 15 7 Ebisu MT Bldg 6F Higashi Shibuya ku Tokyo 150 0011 Japan Tel 81 3 5466 1637 Fax 81 3 5466 1638 Email embedded viatech co jp China Japan ...