7. EVM Setup for J721E

This section is intended to give a quick reference of EVM related to SDK usage. Full EVM documentation can be referenced at TDA4VM & DRA829V system-on-module.

Important

  • The power supply current requires more than 1A @12V input

  • DisplayPort-to-DVI or DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters don’t work with DisplayPort

  • The SOM board has to be tightly inserted into the connector sockets.

  • When connecting the fusion daughter card, the power cable connecting processor board and fusion board should look exactly like the picture in section Fusion daughter card. (P.S. The same cable from TDA2P EVM has the opposite wire connection at one end)

7.1. EVM Setup to run SDK demos

7.1.1. Daughter card requirements

Below table shows the daughter cards required for various features/demos

Feature

Infotainment card

Fusion 1 card

IMX390+UB953 FPDLink sensors

GESI card

LI Serial Capture Board

HDMI display

REQUIRED

na

na

na

na

eDP (DisplayPort)display

na

na

na

na

na

CSI2RX camera input

na

REQURIED

REQURIED

na

na

CPSW9G (ETHFW) demos

na

na

na

REQUIRED

na

CAN demos

na

na

na

REQUIRED

na

CSITX external loopback test

na

na

na

na

REQUIRED

7.1.2. UART terminal setup

  • Connect USB cable to Main UART port on common processor board (see Common Processor Board)

    • 4 UART ports would be visible at the PC side

    • Port 0 from this is used this for QNX, RTOS UART terminal from A72

  • If you use the SBL bootflow, it would be helpful to connect to the MCU UART port on the common processor board as well. The second COM port from the MCU UART gives you logs from the MCU R5F from which the boot app will be run.

  • Setup UART for 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit

7.1.3. Boot Modes

Bootmodes are selected using the SW8 and SW9 switches on the common processor board.

7.1.3.1. No Boot Mode

When you want the binaries to be loaded from a debugger (CCS), the common processor boards has to be set in the NO boot mode.

Following are the switch settings to do the same.:

SW8[1-8] = 1000 1000
SW9[1-8] = 0111 0000
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Fig. 7.1 No Boot Mode

7.1.3.2. SD Boot Mode

Following are the switch settings to set the boot mode to SD for common processor board.:

SW8[1-8] = 1000 0010
SW9[1-8] = 0000 0000
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Fig. 7.2 MMC/SD Boot Mode

7.1.3.3. OSPI Boot Mode (J721E ES1.x versions only)

Following are the switch settings to set the boot mode to OSPI for common processor board.:

SW3[1-8] = 0xxx xxxx
SW8[1-8] = 0000 0000
SW9[1-8] = 0100 0000
_images/K3-J721E-EVM-SW3-UART-boot.png

Fig. 7.3 OSPI Boot Mode SW3

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Fig. 7.4 OSPI Boot Mode SW8 and SW9

7.1.3.4. xSPI Boot Mode (J721E ES2.x versions only)

Following are the switch settings to set the boot mode to XSPI for common processor board.:

SW3[1-8] = 0xxx xxxx
SW8[1-8] = 0000 1010
SW9[1-8] = 0110 0000
_images/K3-J721E-EVM-SW3-UART-boot.png

Fig. 7.5 xSPI Boot Mode SW3

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Fig. 7.6 xSPI Boot Mode SW8 and SW9

7.1.3.5. UART Boot Mode

Following are the switch settings to set the boot mode to UART for common processor board.:

SW3[1-8] = 0xxx xxxx
SW8[1-8] = 0000 0000
SW9[1-8] = 0111 0000
_images/K3-J721E-EVM-SW3-UART-boot.png

Fig. 7.7 UART Boot Mode SW3

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Fig. 7.8 UART Boot Mode SW8 and SW9

7.2. EVM and Daughter Card information

7.2.1. J721E SOM

The J721E Evaluation Module consists of a SOM (System on Module), shown in the red box below, fitted to a common processor board or base EVM.

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Fig. 7.9 J721E SOM

Contents of the board

  • J721E SoC

  • Power controller

  • 4 GiB DDR RAM

  • OSPI NOR flash

  • Hyperflash

7.2.2. Common Processor Board

Common Processor Board is the main board which has peripherals to provide most common functionality. It has expander ports to connect to different adapter cards.

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Fig. 7.10 J721E Common Processor Board

Contents of the board

  1. 4xUART to USB port for Main uarts

    • Port0 from this is used this for Linux, RTOS UART terminal from A72

  2. 2xUART to USB port MCU domain uarts

    • Port0 from this is used for DMSC UART

    • Port1 from this is used for MCU R5F UART

  3. 2x Display (eDP/DP) ports

    • Display0 is used by software for eDP/DP output

  4. Ethernet (CPSW2G) port

  5. SD card slot

  6. XDS110 on board USB JTAG connector

  7. USB ports

  8. 12V Power input

  9. Power switch

  10. MIPI JTAG connector

7.2.3. Infotainment daughter card

Infotainment daughter card is adapter board which has additional peripherals for infotainment use cases. This has support for HDMI display, FPDlink display extra audio channels.

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Fig. 7.11 Infotainment daughter card

Contents of the board

  • HDMI display connector

  • 2x FPDlink display connectors

  • 14x 3.5mm audio jacks

  • Parallel port Omnivision camera connector (direct connection, i.e no FPDLink)

  • CSI camera connector (direct connection, i.e no FPDLink)

7.2.4. Quad Port Ethernet daughter card

Quad Port Ethernet (QPENet) board is an adapter board which offers additional Ethernet port capabilities to the Jacinto7 EVM.

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Fig. 7.12 QPENet daughter card

Contents of the board:

  • Quad-SGMII PHY

  • 4x Ethernet ports

  • EEPROM with flashed MAC addresses

7.2.5. GESI daughter card

GESI(Gateway/Ethernet Switch/Industrial) daughter card is an adapter board which has additional peripherals for gateway and industrial use cases. This has support for extra Ethernet ports and CAN ports.

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Fig. 7.13 GESI daughter card

Contents of the board

  • 5x Ethernet ports

  • Profinet connector

  • Motor control headers

  • Additional CAN Transceivers/ headers

7.2.6. Fusion daughter card

Fusion daughter card is adapter board to connect 4 camera sensors (IMX390+UB953 serializer) through de-serializer (UB960) available on the Fusion1 daughter card to CSI2RX ports of J721E SoC.

Connect the daughter card to common processor board at “CSI2 Exp” connector J25.

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Fig. 7.14 CSI2 Exp Connector

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Fig. 7.15 Fusion1 Board

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Fig. 7.16 Fusion1 Camera Setup

7.2.7. LI Serial Capture Board Daughter card

LI Serial Capture Board Daughter Card is used to connect the DSI-Tx data from the DSI FPC to the CSI2 Exp Connector.

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Fig. 7.17 LI Serial Capture Board Daughter card

7.2.8. CPB Board changes for CSITX External Loopback Test

Hardware changes are required in order to run the CSITX external loopback application on J721E EVM as DSI-Tx lines are not connected to DSI FPC connector by default. The default path enables the serializer, so below HW modifications are needed to enable DSI-Tx path to J53 connector

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Changes:

  • Unmount the resistors R431 to R440

  • Mount the resistors R420 to R429

Unmount resistors R431 to R440 located near DP connectors just below the SoM edge. User might need to remove the SoM board while making the mod.

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Once this mod is done, user needs to connect LI SERIAL CAPTURE BOARD on the CSI2 expansion connector and connect the CSI2 CAM1 to the DSI FPC on the CPB. User should compile csitx_transmit_testapp_freertos with the APP_ENABLE_LOOPBACK macro set to 1 in order to test the external loopback in <examples/csitx_transmit_test/src/csitx_transmit_test_cfg.h>.

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