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MX51 EVK Hardware

User’s Guide

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 Table of Contents

About This Book .................................................................................................... 1

1. General Information ........................................................................................... 4

2. i.MX51 Processor................................................................................................ 8

3. DDR II SDRAM ................................................................................................. 9

4. SPI NOR Flash ................................................................................................. 10

5. Stereo Audio Codec & Audio extension Connector ............................................ 11

6. Touch screen controller .................................................................................... 12

7. USB OTG and Host .......................................................................................... 13

8. CMOS Sensor ................................................................................................... 14

9. VGA and DVI out ............................................................................................. 15

10. LCD Connectors ............................................................................................. 16

11. MMC/SD Interface ......................................................................................... 19

12. Fast Ethernet Connect .................................................................................... 20

13. FM.................................................................................................................. 21

14. Power Supply.................................................................................................. 22

14.1 Power of i.MX51 IO bank .............................................................................................................. 22

14.2 Power block diagram ...................................................................................................................... 23

14.3 Power Measurement Point .............................................................................................................. 25

15. Accessory boards for i.MX51 EVK.................................................................. 26

15.1 Expansion Card ............................................................................................................................... 26

15.2 LCD Module Card .......................................................................................................................... 27

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15. Boot mode setting for i.MX51 EVK ................................................................. 29

16. Know Issues .................................................................................................... 30

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About This Book
This manual explains how to connect and operate the i.MX51 EVK System.

Audience

This document is intended for software, hardware, and system engineers who are planning to use the
product and want to understand more about the product

Revision History
2009.08 Ver1.0
2009.09 Ver1.6
2009.10 Ver1.7

Reference Documents

1. MCIMX51EVKJ Product Preview (Rev. 0) , Freescale Semiconductor, 2009.01

2. Atlas AP Lite MC13892 Reference Manual (Rev 2.0), Freescale Semiconductor, 2008.11

3. MC34713 Datasheet(Rev 4.0), Freescale Semiconductor, 2007.05

4. SGTL5000 Datasheet, SigmaTel, 2007.04

5. EDE1116AEBG, 1Gb DDR2 SDRAM Specification, Elpida, 2008.01

6. SD Memory Card Specifications, SD Group, 2001.04.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in this manual. This list does not include signal,
register, and software mnemonics.

ATA Hard drive interface spec

CD Compact Disk

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CPLD Custom Programmed Logic Devices

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CPU Central Processing Unit

CSI Camera Sensor Imaging

CSPI Serial Peripheral Interface

DCE Data Communications Equipment

DDR Double Data Rate

DIP Dual In-line Package

DMA Direct Memory Access

DTE Data Terminal Equipment

DUART Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

FIR Infra Red

GPIO General Purpose Input/Output

GPO General Purpose Output

I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit

ICE In-Circuit Emulator

I/O Input/Output

IrDA Infrared Data Association

ISA Instrumentation, System, and Automation Society

JTAG Joint Test Access Group

LAN Local Area Network

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LED Light Emitting Diode

MB Megabyte

MCU Microcontroller Unit

MMC Multi-media Card

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MCP Multi-chip product

MS Memory Stick

NVRAM Non-volatile Random Access Memory

OTG On the Go

PC Personal Computer

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PCB Printed Circuit Board

PHY Physical interface

POR Power on Reset

PSRAM Pseudo Random Access Memory

PWM Pulse Width Modulation

QVGA Graphics Adapter

RAM Random Access Memory

SD SanDisk (Smart Media)

SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SI System International (international system of units and measures)

SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module

SPST Single Pole Single Throw

SSI2 Synchronous Serial Interface

TFT Thin Film Transistor

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

USB Universal Serial Bus

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 1. General Information
The i.MX51 EVK architecture is different form 3DS. It is only one board including CPU and other
peripheral blocks. Also it can connect many peripheral cards for expansion functions.

Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 show the top view and bottom view of i.MX51 EVK board.

LVDS DVI Connector UART

Power
JACK
LCD Module
Card Connector

S1 Boot Ethernet
Switch Connecto
r

Dual USB
A
Micro
USB

MIC In MM
Jack

Audio
Jack

Mini PCI Expansion Card

Connector Connector

Figure 1-1: Top view of i.MX51 EVK

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 JTAG
LVDS

SATA
Connector

Microphone
Connector
Speaker
Connector

MMC/SD
Connector

KeyBoard PS2 touch pad

Connector Connector USB Camera
Connector

Figure 1-2: Bottom view of i.MX51 EVK

Figure 1-3 shows Block diagram of i.MX51 EVK board.

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 Expansion Peripherals *

Expansion Header (24X3)

Mem. Expansion ** KP : 4-ROW X 4-COL,

EMI 16-bit and NAND

UART-2, UART-3, GPIO (3),
128MB X 4 DDR-2 (512MB)
TV-RGB, CLK-OUT, PWM,
EIM - 16 bit : MUXED, CS0, CS1

8-bit Exp. Hdr.

SPDIF, CSI-1:12-bit, I2C-1,
NANDF: 8-bit : CS0, CS1 USB-H7, SPI-1 SS2, SSI-AUD-6,
4MB SPI NOR (BOOT)
SPI-1 : SS1, HS-I2C SD/MMC-1 SD-2 : 4-bit
4/8-bit (BOOT)SD/MMC-2 (4-bit)

7. Host Port-7

I2C-DDC

(4/8 bit)
HS-I2C SPI-1

3V3/1V8
SD/MMC-2

Peripherals *
1. Host Port-1
Mem. Expansion ** 32-bit DDR-2 CONN HP-1

SD/MMC-1

Expansion I2C-1
(4 bit)
CONN DVI SS-1
DVI-I Tx I2C-2 : 5V
2. Host Port-2
I2C-2 : 2V7 CONN HP-2

7-port USB HUB

Disp-1 : 24-bit : 2V7 3. Disp. Panel Cam.
CONN CAM.
LVDS
CONN Tx CONN
4. mini PCIe
LVDS miniPCIe
CONN I2C-1 : 3V3 CONN
5. KB & PS2 Ctl.
RTP KB+TP
Expansion Header

I2C-1 : 3V3
Display Port-2

6. SATA HDD Bridge

CONN-HDD
Video
DAC
Disp-2 : 16/18-bit : 2V7

I2C-2 : 2V7
i.MX51
SPI-1 : SS-2 : 2V7
System USB Host-1 ULPI USB-H1 PHY

Ambient
Light I2C-2 : 2V7
Sensor CONN
USB-OTG
USB-OTG-Port Micro USB

Stereo I2C-2 : 2V7

HP Audio
JTAG CONN JTAG
JTAG
SPI-1 : SS-0

CODEC
VoIP SSI - AUD-3 :2V7
HP CONN UART
UART-1
UART-1 DB-9 (F)
10/100
I2C-1 :1V8 Ethernet
R Audio FM 10/100 FEC Phy. CONN ETH.
Power Tuner
Amp.
L

BOOT and
Atals-APL 3V3 Buck Sys CTL BOOT Mode
Selection

ON/OFF
Switch

Switch
5V DC IN

RESET
Power Generation and Management Block

Figure1-3: Block Diagram of i.MX51 EVK board

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 Characteristic Specifications

Clock Selectable 32.768KHz or 24 MHz

Temperature:

Operating -10 °C to + 50 °C

Storage -40 °C to +85 °C

Relative Humidity 0 to 90% (noncondensing)

Power Requirements 5.0 V DC @3.8 A

Dimension 4.724 inch × 4.724 inch

Table 1-1: Specifications

CAUTION

Never supply more than +5.0V power to the i.MX51 EVK.

Doing so can damage board components.

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2. i.MX51 Processor
The i.MX51 multimedia applications processor represents Freescale Semiconductor’s latest addition to a
growing family of multimedia-focused products offering high performance processing optimized for
lowest power consumption.

The i.MX51 EVK platform is intended to support the followings:

• Multi-standard Audio playback
• Multi-standard Video Playback of 30fps at D1 (720×576) resolution
• Open OS support (Linux, WinCE, Other auto RTOS)

Figure 2-1: i.MX51 Block Diagram

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3. DDR II SDRAM
There are total 4x128MB DDR II SDRAM, the part number EDE1116AEBG-6E-F from Elpida, each is
organized as 8M words × 16 bits × 8 banks. The key feature is:

Speed CAS latency tRFC(min) tRP(min) tRCD(min) tRC(min)

DDR2-667 5(tCK) 127.5(ns) 15(ns) 15(ns) 60(ns)

5-5-5

i.MX51 A[12:0]
DDR II
MA, A[12:0] A[12:0]
SD[31:0]
SD[31:0] SD[31:0]
CSD0 CS
CSD0 CS
Clock
SDCLK,SDCLK_B,
SDCKE CLK…

SDWE… WE…
Control

DDR II
A[12:0]

SD[31:0]
32K CLK CSD1
from AAPL CS

CLK…

WE…

Figure 3-1: Connection between i.MX51 and DDR II

• The bus width is 32bit.

• The clock is 200MHz.
• The DDR II works at 1.8V.
• The ODT (on-die-termination) is disabled in default.

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4. SPI NOR Flash
i.MX51 has the SPI boot mode. A 4MB SPI NOR Flash is integrated on i.MX51 EVK. Costumer can
flash the boot code into the SPI NOR Flash and choose SPI boot mode by configuring the SW1 setting on
board.

i.MX51 AT45DB321D-S
SPI1_SS1 CS

SPI1_CLK CLK

SPI1_MOSI Data_In

SPI1_MISO Data_Out

Figure 4-1: Connection between i.MX51 and SPI NOR FLASH

1. SPI NOR Flash works at 2.775V.

2. SPI NOR Flash connect to SPI1, it is able to be used as boot device.

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5. Stereo Audio Codec & Audio extension Connector
A stereo automotive qualified audio codec is integrated on i.MX51 EVK; the part number is SGTL5000
from SigmaTel. The SGTL5000 uses 26MHz clock which can come from external oscillator (Y2) on
board as its MCLK. It is connected to I2S interface to i.MX51 as audio stream path and configured by
i.MX51 through I2C2.

4-wire touch
i.MX51
AUD_SSI3 I2S Lineout Audio
SPK
AMP
I2C2 I2C
Audio Shutdown (i.MX51 GP2_17)
MCLK

HPout
26MHz
Headphone detect (i.MX51 GP3_26)

MICIN

Figure 5-1: Connection of i.MX51 and SGTL5000

The SGTL5000 is a low power stereo codec with integrated headphone amplifier. It is designed to
provide a complete audio solution for portable products needing line-in, mic-in (mic bias only available
in 32QFN version), line-out, headphone-out, and digital I/O.

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6. Touch screen controller
i.MX51 EVK supports 4-wire touch screen controller which is controlled by ATLAS AP LITE.

i.MX51
Elvis AAPL Touch
SPI1 SPI 4 wire
touch Screen

Figure 6-1: Touch screen control

There is no LCD panel by default. The 4 wire touch control signals are connected to LCD Module card
connector (J18). It can support touch screen function for kinds of LCD panels on display card for i.MX51
EVK.

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7. USB OTG and Host
i.MX51 has on-chip USB PHY for USB2.0 high speed which can support USB OTG. Costumer can just
add an USB OTG connector on board to realize the USB2.0 OTG function.

Also i.MX51 has USB parallel interface which is connected to USB transceiver to support USB host
function. On i.MX51 EVK board, a USB Hub chip is connected to the USB host interface to expand 7
ports for many applications, such as USB mouse, keypad, HDD and etc. The diagram is shown as below:

i.MX51

Figure 7-1: USB connection

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8. CMOS Sensor
IPUv3EX in i.MX51 enables connectivity to displays and image sensors, relevant processing and
synchronization. It supports two display ports and two camera ports. As the cost and functional agility
consideration, there is no Camera sensor on i.MX51 EVK board by default. Costumers can test Camera
sensors in their future design through the expansion connector (J14) on board.

i.MX51 Expansion
I2C1
Connector
I2C

CSI_MCLK MCLK

CSI_PIXCLK PCLK
CSI_HSYNC HSYNC
CSI_VSYNC VSYNC
Data
CSI_D[19:8]

RESET
MCU_GPIO

Figure 8-1: CMOS to CSI connection

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9. VGA and DVI out
There are rich of video interfaces on i.MX51 EVK for different purposes. DVI and VGA output are
important features of i.MX51 EVK. The ADV7123 is the VGA DAC and the TFP410PA is the DVI
DAC.

i.MX51

Figure 9-1: VGA and DVI connection

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10. LCD Connectors
i.MX51 EVK has a lot of LCD interfaces for different costumer design. It supports LVDS (Low Voltage
Differential Signaling) panel and parallel data LCD panels.

There is a LVDS DAC (DS90C385) connected to display1 interface of i.MX51 on board. It supports
(VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA (dual pixel), SXGA+ (dual pixel), and UXGA (dual pixel). Two connectors
CON1 and CON3 are the connectors for different LVDS panels.

i.MX51

Figure 10-1: Diagram for LCD connection

There is no parallel LCD panel on i.MX51 EVK by default. Costumer can test different panels through
J18, the connector for other LCD Module card.

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 3V3LCD 2V775_BOOT J18
3V3 1V8_DDR 5V_MAIN
SH1 SH2
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
<7> LCD_BKLT_18MA_BOOST
11 12
13 14
15 16
<7> LCD_BKLT_18MA_RETURN 17 18
5VBL 19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
27 28
<9,19,21> I2C2_SDA 29 30
<9,19,21> I2C2_SCL 31 32
<9> DISP2_RESET 33 34 2V775_BOOT
35 36
37 38
39 40
41 42
DISP_CLOCKIN 43 44 R3004
<9> DISP2_CLK
45 46 47K
47 48
49 50
51 52
53 54 DISP_CARD_DET_B(DI1_PIN13_GPIO3_2) <9>
55 56
57 58 DISP2_DAT[0..17]
DISP2_DAT[0..17] <9>
59 60
SH3 SH4

SH5 SH6
61 62 DISP2_DAT0
63 64 DISP2_DAT1
65 66 DISP2_DAT2
67 68 DISP2_DAT3
69 70 DISP2_DAT4
71 72 DISP2_DAT5
73 74 DISP2_DAT6
75 76 DISP2_DAT7
77 78 DISP2_DAT8
79 80 DISP2_DAT9
<9> DISP1_LPM 81 82 DISP2_DAT10
<9,23> SPI1_SS2_DISP_HDR_B
83 84 DISP2_DAT11
85 86 DISP2_DAT12
<7,9,10,23> SPI1_MISO 87 88 DISP2_DAT13
<7,9,10,23> SPI1_MOSI
89 90 DISP2_DAT14
<7,9,10,23> SPI1_SCLK
SER_DISP_RS 91 92 DISP2_DAT15
DISPB2_SER_RS DISP2_DAT16
93 94
DISP_TOP 95 96 DISP2_DAT17
<7> TOUCH_Y 1
<7> TOUCH_Y 0
DISP_BOTTOM 97 98
<7> TOUCH_X1
DISP_LEFT 99 100
<7> TOUCH_X0
DISP_RIGHT 101 102
103 104
105 106
107 108
109 110
DISP2_VSYNC <9>
111 112
DISP_BRIGHTNESS_CTL <9>
113 114
DISP2_HSYNC <9>
115 116
DISP2_DRDY <9>
117 118 DISP_SPL(SHARP)
<9> DISP1_INT 119 120 DISP_REV(SHARP)
SH7 SH8

NOTE: GND QSH-060-01-L-D-A GND

POP R212and R214 if using DISP2_DAT16 and DISP2_DAT17 to have full 18-bit color support on dumb display.

Figure 10-2: Interface definition of UI extension connector

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 Signal name Specifications

5V_MAIN/1V8_DDR/2V775_BOOT/3V3/3V3LCD/
Power for LCD Module card
5VBL/ LCD_BKLT_18MA_BOOST/RETURN

DISP2_DAT[0..17] LCD data bus

DISP2_HSYNC/VSYNC/CLK/DRDY/RESET

DISP1_LPM/INT Control signals to LCD

DISP_BRIGHTNESS_CTL

I2C2_SDA/SCL I2C bus to LCD

SPI1_SS2_DISP_HDR_B/
SPI bus to LCD
SPI1_MISO/MOSI/CLK

Touch 4 wire signals to LCD touch

TOUCH_X0/X1/Y0/Y1
screen

DISP_CARD_DET_B(DI1_PIN13_GPIO3_2) LCD Module card detect signal

Table 10-1: DISP connector signal description

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11. MMC/SD Interface
There are 2 MMC/SD connectors (P1 and P2) on board. P1 can support 8 bit MMC card. P2 supports 4
bit SD.

i.MX51

Figure 11-1: Connection of SD/MMC Connector

1. The SD/MMC interface is connected to SD1 and SD2 of i.MX51.

2. The SD interface support both standard SD memory card and SDIO card (such as Wi-Fi SDIO
card).

3. The two slots P1 and P2 on i.MX51 EVK board are for different purpose. P1 is for SD booting
function. Costumer can select SD boot by configuring the SW1 setting on board. P2 is for
SD/MMC storage or SDIO card such BT / Wi-Fi and etc.

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12. Fast Ethernet Connect
The FEC (Fast Ethernet Controller) is designed to support both 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet /IEEE 802.3
networks. An external transceiver (LAN8700) interface and transceiver function are required to complete
the interface to the media. The FEC supports the 10/100 Mbps MII (18 pins in total) and the 10 Mbps-
only 7-wire interface, which uses 7 of the MII pins, for connection to an external Ethernet transceiver.

i.MX51

Figure 12-1: Connection of FEC

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13. FM
FM is also a feature in i.MX51 EVK reference design. The FM receiver chip is Si4702. It integrates the
complete tuner function from antenna input to stereo audio output for FM broadcast radio reception. It is
controlled by I2C1 interface of i.MX51 and GPIO2_4 as its reset signal. Its 32K clock comes from
PMIC. Its antenna input comes from the headphone jack (JK1).

Note: There is no FM module soldered on board by default.

i.MX51

Figure 13-1: Block diagram of FM

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14. Power Supply

14.1 Power of i.MX51 IO bank

Power supply Group Voltage level Related Module

VDDGP1~12 1.0V ARM Core supply voltage

VCC1~19 1.2V Peripheral supply voltage

NVCC_DRAM1~9 1.8V DDR and Fuse Read supply

NVCC_NANDF 1.8V NAND Flash I/O supply

NVCC_I2C 1.8V I2C and HS-I2C I/O Supply

NVCC_EMI1~6 1.8V EMI supply

NVCC_IPU 2.775V IPU supply

NVCC_PER3/11/14 1.8V GPIO supply

NVCC_PER5/8~13 2.775V GPIO supply

NVCC_PER15/17 3.3V GPIO supply

AHVDDRGB1~2 2.775V TV to DAC level shifter supply

NVCC_TV_BACK 2.775V TV to DAC level shifter supply

TVDAC_DHVDD 2.775V TV to DAC level shifter supply

NVCC_USBPHY 2.6V USB_PHY analog supply

VDD_ANA_PLL 1.8V PLL analog supply

VDD_DIG_PLL 1.2V PLL digital supply

NVCC_OSC 2.6V Oscillator supply

NVCC_SRTC_POW 1.2V SRTC core and I/O(VLIO) supply

VDDA1~6 1.2V Memory arrays supply

VDDA33 3.3V USB_PHY I/O analog supply

NVCC_HS4_1 1.8V HS_GPIO additional digital supply

NVCC_HS4_2 1.2V HS_GPIO additional digital supply

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 Power supply Group Voltage level Related Module

NVCC_HS6/10 2.775V HS_GPIO additional digital supply

VDD_FUSE 3.15V Fusebox program supply

Table 14-1: i.MX51 IO Bank Power list

14.2 Power block diagram

The power for whole board comes from the wall adapter (3.8A @5V). There are two PMIC chips on
i.MX51 EVK board. One is Atlas AP Lite 2.0A and the other one is MC34713EP. The MC34713EP
converts 5V to 3.3V for peripheral devices power. The Atlas AP Lite 2.0A supplies the other power for
whole board, such as VDD_GP, VDD_LP for i.MX51 core, 1.8V for DDR2, 2.775V for i.MX51 I/O and
etc. The detail diagram is shown as below:

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 Figure 14-1: Power Block Diagram

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14.3 Power Measurement Point

Power Supply Group Voltage Level Mode

VDDGP(SW1) 1.0V Sense resistor ---R70

VCC(SW2) 1.2V Sense resistor ---R74

1V2_DIG1 1.2V Sense resistor----R77

1V8_DIG1 1.8V Sense resistor ---R78

Table 14-2: Power measurement point on i.MX51 EVK.

All the sense resistors are 20mohm 1% precision resistor. Costumers can measure the voltage on both
sides of these resistors and divide the 20mohm, and then they can get the current value on the circuit
path. So the power consuming can be got.

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15. Accessory boards for i.MX51 EVK
There are a lot of connectors on the i.MX51 EVK board for expansion functions, such as Nand flash,
LCD display, Camera and etc.

15.1 Expansion Card

There are five function blocks for accessory card: CMOS Camera, TV out, Keypad, EEPROM and
UART. It is connected to J14 of the i.MX51 EVK board.

Note: This board is not included in the i.MX51 EVK kit

Figure 15-1: Expansion card

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15.2 LCD Module Card
The WVGA board will support the following display interfaces: CPT 7” WVGA with resistive touch
screen, CPT 5.7” VGA with resistive touch screen, Seiko 4.3” WVGA with resistive or capacitive touch
screen and 18-Bit LVDS interface without touch screen.

The LCD Module board will interface to each development system using a common interface connector.
The Default LCD is CPT 7” WVGA CLAA070VC01.

Note: This board is not included in the i.MX51 EVK kit

Figure 15-2: LCD Module card

The figure 15-3 shows that the board architecture of i.MX51 EVK connecting Accessory boards.

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 Figure15-3: Board Architecture

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 15. Boot mode setting for i.MX51 EVK
There are several booting modes for i.MX51, such as SPI boot, USB boot, SD/MMC boot and
etc. On i.MX51 EVK board, we can set the different booting modes through the switch S1.

Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 Position 5 Position 6 Position 7 Position 8 Position 9 Position 10

BOOT_MODE [1:0] BT_BUS_WIDTH BT_MEM_TYPE[1:0] BT_SRC BT_MEM_CTL[1:0] LID_ PWR_BYP

[0] CLOSE_B

SPI-NOR 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 x x

MMC-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x x

MMC-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 x x

UART-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 x x

USB-OTG 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 x x

Table 15-1: Boot mode setting on i.MX51 EVK

DIP Switch (S1) is 10-position. 0 = off, 1 = on. See schematic sheet 25 for additional functions
allowed by 0-ohm resistors.

Position 9 is for simulation of net-book lid open and close.

Position 10, when it is turned on, forces the system to power up as soon as power is applied. For
normal operation, it must be off.

The i.MX51 EVK board has the following Push-Buttons:

SW1. - Power On Switch

SW2. - Reset Switch

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16. Know Issues
The table 16-1 lists some important know issues and workarround for them.

Features Description Workaround

Some DVI monitor/cable Remove R287 and R284 to avoid

configurations can cause I2C signal interference
Audio/DVI
the audio to not be able to
load due to I2C conflict.

Table 16-1: i.MX51 EVK Board Know Issues

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