Overview:
Measuring only 65.46mm by 102.04mm, the MarS Board is a low-cost highly-integrated controller board based on Freescale’s i.MX 6Dual ARM Cortex-A9 application processor which encompasses a dual-core platform running up to 1 GHz with 1 MB of L2 cache and 64-bit DDR3 or 2-ch., 32-bit LPDDR2 support. Integrated FlexCAN, MLB busses, PCI Express® and SATA-2 provide excellent connectivity, while integration of LVDS, MIPI display port, MIPI camera port and HDMI v1.4, the i.MX 6Dual provides a scalable solution for consumer, automotive and industrial applications.
The MarS Board has 4GByte eMMC, 4*256MByte DDR3 SDRAM and 2MByte SPI Flash on board and features 4 USB Host and 1 USB OTG, 10M/100M/1Gbps Ethernet, TF card socket and three display ports on board (HDMI, RGB, LVDS). More other peripheral signals have been brought out from a pair of 2.54mm space 2*20-pin board-to-board female connectors such as UARTs, CAN, SPI, I2C, PWM, etc.
The MarS Board is a ready-to-run platform with ported Linux 3.0.35 or Android 4.3. Additionally, Embest provides the demo for uC/OS-II V2.92.05 for user experience. It is an ideal core processing component for your end devices based on a single hardware design. This will greatly improve the efficiency and agility of design, shorten the circle of developing, and accelerate the products to come into the market.
Embest also provides many add-on options for the MarS Board such as USB WiFi module (Wi-Pi), HDMI-to-VGA conversion module (Pi-View) and 4.3 inch or 7 inch TFT LCD including touch screen.
These modules have further extended more functions for the MarS Board.
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Figure 1-1 Wi-Pi Module
Figure 1-3 Wi-Pi Module
HDMI-to-VGA conversion module (Pi-View):
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Figure 1-2 Pi-View Module
4.3 inch or 7 inch TFT LCD including touch screen:
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Figure 1-3 LCD including Touch Screen
The MarS Board can run separately or work with many accessories as shown below::
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Figure 1-6 MarS Board Interface Diagram
Hardware Features:
The MarS Board is a compact controller board featuring the powerful i.MX 6Dual Application Processor. The hardware specifications for the MarS Board are the following:
Mechanical Parameters:
Working Temperature: 0°C - 50°C
Humidity Range: 20% - 90%
Dimensions: 65.46mm by 102.04mm
Input Voltage: +5V
Processor:
ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ 2xCPU Processor at 1GHz
1 MB L2 cache
32 KB instruction and data caches
NEON SIMD media accelerator
HD class 1080p encode/decode video engine
2D+3D Hardware Graphics Accelerators (3 GPUs, 200Mtri/s)
Memories:
Media Interfaces:
LVDS interface
HDMI 1.4a interface
Parallel RGB interface
Data Transfer Interfaces:
USB Ports
1 x USB2.0 OTG, micro USB, high-speed, 480Mbps
2 x USB2.0 HOST, Type A, high-speed, 480Mbps
2 x USB2.0 HOST, 2.54mm pitch 10-pin connector, high-speed, 480Mbps
Serial Port: 1 x RS232 Debug serial port, micro USB connector
TF card interface
10M/100M/1Gbps Ethernet Interface (RJ45 jack)
Others:
Boot mode configuration interface
1 DC Jack
1 Reset button
Expansion connectors (2.54mm 2*20-pin SMT Female Pin Header) bring out signals below:
AUDMUX (Digital Audio Multiplexer);
Two channel CAN;
ECSPI2 (Enhanced Configurable SPI);
Two channel I2C;
Camera/ Parallel, 8bit or 10bit;
KPP (Keypad Port);
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation);
GPMI (General Purpose Memory Interface);
SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface);
Four channel UARTs;
USDHC1 (Ultra Secured Digital Host Controller)
ESAI (Enhanced Serial Audio Interface)
The overall dimensions of the MarS Board are 65.46mm by 102.04mm.
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Figure 1-7 MarS Board Dimension Chart
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Figure 1-8 MarS Board Function Block Diagram
Items |
Notes |
OS |
Linux |
Version 3.0.35 |
Android |
Version 4.3 |
uC/OS-II |
Version 2.92.05 (Demo only) |
Device Driver |
Serial |
Series driver |
Rtc |
Hardware clock driver |
Net |
10M/100M/1Gbps IEEE1588 Ethernet |
Flash |
Spi flash driver |
Display |
Three display ports (RGB, LVDS, and HDMI 1.4a) |
mmc/sd |
Dual SD 3.0/SDXC card slots & eMMC |
Usb |
3 High speed USB ports (2xHost, 1xOTG) |
Audio |
Digital (HDMI) audio |
Led |
User leds driver |