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Industrial Automation Platform with Arm Cortex-A53

Overview

Description

Applications such as human machine interfaces (HMI), image processing, video processing, and AI systems require high-performance, low-latency, and energy-efficient computing. The Arm® Cortex®-A53 platform offers efficient data processing, video encoding/decoding, and AI model execution, making it ideal for industrial automation environments focused on real-time performance, reliability, and scalability.

This industrial automation platform design provides a comprehensive power and clocking system tailored for Arm Cortex-A53 MPUs, including the iMX8M series of application processors.

System Benefits​:

  • Simplifies system integration by meeting power, clock, and connectivity requirements for Arm Cortex-A53 core MPUs, reducing design complexity.
  • Two high-performance PMICs simplify design, reduce the BOM, and offer a smaller footprint, lowering costs and space requirements.
  • Multiple clock outputs from a single generator reduce the need for multiple components, saving cost and board space.
  • A dedicated programmable PCIe clock with very low jitter ensures reliable PCIe performance with minimal signal distortion, enhancing system stability and data transfer accuracy.

Comparison

Applications

  • Human machine interface (HMI)
  • Image processing systems
  • Video processing systems
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems

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4:3 ratio Sheet.1 Sheet.2 Sheet.3 Sheet.4 US168 US168 US168 VDD/S0C:0.9V,3.6A VDD_S0C: 0.9V,3.6A VDD_S0C: 0.9V,3.6A Sheet.33 Sheet.34 Sheet.35 Sheet.36 Sheet.37 Sheet.38 Sheet.39 Sheet.40 Sheet.41 Sheet.42 Sheet.43 Sheet.44 Sheet.45 Sheet.46 Sheet.47 Sheet.49 Sheet.50 Sheet.51 Sheet.52 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 LPDDR4 eMMC eMMC eMMC QSPI QSPI QSPI Power Switch Power Switch Power Switch USB Type A USB Type A USB Type A USB Type C USB Type C USB Type C Audio Codec Audio Codec Audio Codec Audio Jack Audio Jack Audio Jack Ethernet PHY Ethernet PHY Ethernet PHY RJ45 Connector RJ45 Connector RJ45 Connector Other interfaces: DSI Display, HDMI, Camera x2,Ethernet, Wi-Fi (PCIe interfaced), uSD Card Other interfaces: DSI Display HDMI Camera x2 Ethernet Wi-Fi (... Other interfaces:· DSI Display· HDMI· Camera x2· Ethernet· Wi-Fi (PCIe interfaced)· uSD Card Clock Clock Clock PCIe Clock 1 PCIe Clock PCIe Clock PCIe Clock 2 PCIe Clock PCIe Clock Sheet.90 Sheet.91 Sheet.92 Sheet.93 Sheet.94 Connector 1.157 Connector 1.157.96 RTC/CLK RTC_CLK RTC_CLK BAT BAT BAT Coin-Cell Battery 5V 5V 5V Sheet.109 Sheet.110 Sheet.111 NVCC/DRAM:1.1/1.2/1.35V,1.2A NVCC_DRAM:1.1 /1.2/1.35V,1.2A NVCC_DRAM:1.1/1.2/1.35V,1.2A NVCC/1V8:1.8V,1.1A NVCC_1V8: 1.8V,1.1A NVCC_1V8:1.8V,1.1A VDD/3V3:3.3V,3.5A VDD_3V3: 3.3V,3.5A VDD_3V3: 3.3V,3.5A 0.9V PHY:0.9V,0.25A 0.9V PHY:0.9V,0.25A 0.9V PHY:0.9V,0.25A NVCC/SD2:1.8/3.3V,0.15A NVCC_SD2:1.8/3.3V,0.15A NVCC_SD2:1.8/3.3V,0.15A VDD/SNVS:0.9V,2mA VDD_SNVS:0.9V,2mA VDD_SNVS:0.9V,2mA Sheet.118 Connector 1.157.119 Sheet.120 Connector 1.157.121 VDD/ARM:0.9/1.0V,4A VDD_Arm:0.9/1.0V,4A VDD_Arm:0.9/1.0V,4A VDD/GPU:0.9/1.0V,2A VDD_GPU:0.9/1.0V,2A VDD_GPU:0.9/1.0V,2A VDD/VPU:0.9/1.0V,1A VDD_VPU:0.9/1.0V,1A VDD_VPU:0.9/1.0V,1A VDD/DRAM:1.0V,2.5A VDD_DRAM:1.0V,2.5A VDD_DRAM:1.0V,2.5A Sheet.126 Sheet.127 Connector 1.128 VDDA/1V8:1.8V,0.3A VDDA_1V8:1.8V,0.3A VDDA_1V8:1.8V,0.3A NVCC/SNVS:3.3V,2mA NVCC_SNVS:3.3V,2mA NVCC_SNVS:3.3V,2mA 1.8V PHY:1.8V,50mA 1.8V PHY:1.8V,50mA 1.8V PHY:1.8V,50mA 3.3V PHY:3.3V,0.1A 3.3V PHY:3.3V,0.1A 3.3V PHY:3.3V,0.1A 475mA 475mA 475mA 2.25mA 2.25mA 2.25mA Sheet.135 Connector 1.157.136 Sheet.137 Sheet.138 Sheet.139 Connector 1.157.140 140mA 140mA 140mA Coin-cell Battery Coin- cell Battery Coin-cell Battery Sheet.143 Sheet.144 Sheet.145 Connector 1.157.146 Connector 1.157.147 Connector 1.157.148 700mA 700mA 700mA 100mA 100mA 100mA 150mA 150mA 150mA Sheet.152 Sheet.153 Connector 1.154 27mA 27mA 27mA USB Hub USB Hub USB Hub Sheet.158 Sheet.160 Sheet.161 Sheet.162 Sheet.163 Sheet.164 Sheet.165 Sheet.167 Sheet.168 Sheet.169 Sheet.170 Sheet.171 Sheet.172 Sheet.173 Sheet.174 Sheet.175 Sheet.176 Sheet.177 Sheet.179 Sheet.180 Sheet.181 Sheet.182 Sheet.183 Sheet.184 Sheet.185 Sheet.186 Sheet.187 Sheet.188 Sheet.191 Sheet.192 Sheet.193 Sheet.194 Sheet.195 Sheet.196 Sheet.197 Sheet.198 Sheet.199 Sheet.200 Sheet.201 Sheet.202 Sheet.203 Sheet.204 Sheet.205 Connector 1.157.206 813mA 813mA 813mA Sheet.208 Sheet.209 Sheet.210 Sheet.211 Connector 1.157.212 Connector 1.157.213 118mA 118mA 118mA Sheet.215 ETH/25M ETH_25M ETH_25M 1A 1A 1A 1880mA 1880mA 1880mA 2800mA 2800mA 2800mA BAT BAT BAT RTC/CLK, 32.768kHz RTC_CLK, 32.768kHz RTC_CLK, 32.768kHz HDMI/CLK HDMI_CLK HDMI_CLK XTALI/25M XTALI_25M XTALI_25M XTALI/27M XTALI_27M XTALI_27M ETH/25M ETH_25M ETH_25M Sheet.226 25M 25M 25M 25M 25M 25M Wi-Fi/CLK Wi-Fi/CLK Wi-Fi/CLK PCIe/CLK PCIe/CLK PCIe/CLK Sheet.232 Sheet.233 Sheet.234 Sheet.235 Sheet.238 VDD/3V3, 120mA VDD_3V3, 120mA VDD_3V3, 120mA MPU MPU x4 Arm Cortex A53 MPU x4 Arm Cortex-A53 MPU x4 Arm Cortex-A53 DBSC DBSC DBSC MMC MMC MMC QSPI QSPI QSPI USB2.0/3.0 USB 2.0/3.0 USB2.0/3.0 USB2.0/3.0 USB2.0/3.0 USB2.0/3.0 SAI SAI SAI GBE0 GBE0 GBE0 I2C I2C I2C PMIC PMIC 1 PMIC PMIC Buck1 Buck1 Buck1 Buck2 Buck2 Buck2 Buck3 Buck3 Buck3 Buck4 Buck4 Buck4 LD01 LD01 LD01 LD02 LD02 LD02 LD03 LD03 LD03 I2C I2C I2C RESET RESET RESET RTC RTC RTC PMIC.243 PMIC 2 PMIC PMIC I2C I2C I2C BuckCore1 BuckCore1 BuckCore1 BuckCore2 BuckCore2 BuckCore2 BuckPRO BuckPRO BuckPRO BuckPERI BuckPERI BuckPERI Buck10 Buck10 Buck10 LD01 LD01 LD01 LD07 LD07 LD07 LD08 LD08 LD08 BuckPERI BuckPERI BuckPERI LD09 LD09 LD09
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