4.2.1. AM62x SK EVM Hardware Setup

Description

TBD...

The following is the image of the AM62x EVM:

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EVM Layout and Key Components

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AM62 StarterKit (SK) board is a low cost, small form factor board designed for TI’s AM625 SoC. It supports the following interfaces:

  • 2 GB DDR4 RAM
  • x2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces capable of working in Switch and MAC mode
  • x1 HDMI Port with audio + x1 OLDI/LVDS Display interface for Dual Display
  • x1 Headphone Jack
  • x1 USB2.0 Hub with two Type A host and x1 USB Type-C DRP Port
  • x1 UHS-1 capable µSD card slot
  • 2.4/5 GHz WLAN + Bluetooth 4.2 through WL1837
  • 512 Mbit OSPI flash
  • x4 UART through UART-USB bridge
  • XDS110 for onboard JTAG debug using USB
  • Temperature sensors, user push buttons and LEDs
  • 40-pin User Expansion Connector
  • 24-pin header for peripherals in MCU island (I2C, UART, SPI, IO)
  • 20-pin header for Programmable Realtime Unit (PRU) IO pins
  • 15-pin CSI header

Switch settings

Note

For SW2 and SW1: (1 = ON = Pull up)

Boot Mode=> SW2:12345678 SW1:12345678
  • Linux SD: 01000000 11000010
  • USB DFU: 00000000 11001010

The most common boot method is by SD card. The following shows the switch settings to set the boot mode to boot from SD card on the EVM.

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EVM connections

Connect Following peripherals in order to work with the Processor SDK Linux:

1. Connect a micro USB cable from the UART1 port (j15) of the EVM and the host PC, this will register /dev/ttyUSB[0-3] in your Linux machine assuming no other USB device is plugged in. Connect to the first device ttyUSB0.

2. Open a serial console on the host PC, connect to the COM port in which the EVM UART port is connected (ttyUSB0), and set the following configuration.

  • Baud rate: 115200
  • Data length: 8 bit
  • Parity: none
  • Stop bits: 1
  • Flow control: None
  1. Connect a 1080p monitor with HDMI port to the HDMI1 port (J5) of the EVM.

Note

Monitors with a preferred resolution up to and including 1080p could be used.

  1. Connect the ethernet cable to the PHY connector (J4 or J6) of the EVM board.

5. Insert the pre-formatted SD card in the micro SD card slot (J20) as was shown in Switch Settings.

6. Connect a USB-C cable at a USB-C connector (J11 or J13) to power on the board and connect the other end to the host PC. Alternatevly, a 65W+ power adapter with a USB-C type end could be used.

  1. Use SW3 () to reset the board.