CPU board pinouts

CPU board complete

Dimmensions:

CPU J1 JTAG/Console

J1 is 10-way 0.1 inch (2.54mm) pitch SIL (single-in-line) unpopulated header. Pin 1 is the square pad (on the right in the picture below).

PinFunction
1+3.3v
2JTAG TMS / GPIO11
3JTAG TDI / GPIO13
4JTAG TDO / GPIO9
5JTAG TCK / GPIO12
6GND
7GND
8Serial console input (3.3v) / GPIO7
9Serial console output (3.3v) / GPIO8
10+3.3v

Enabling GPIO on the serial console disconnects the UART from the output pins.

Disabling JTAG

R19 is the JTAG enable pull-up. This is a 10K resistor which pulls the JTAG activation pin high, leaving the JTAG permanently enabled. In the picture the bottom contact connects to +3.3v, the upper contact (yellow arrow) connects to the activation pin. Pulling the activation pin low will disable the JTAG and allow the JTAG pins to be used as GPIO, however a series resistor must be used, since shorting directly to GND will prevent the CPU from booting. Suggested value is 1.2 KOhms.

CPU J2 IO board interconnect

J2 is a 7-way 0.1 inch pitch SIL, with a male PCB header. It connects to J1 on the IO board.

PinFunction
1CPU IO Power, 3.3v
2GND
3Red LED (RTCRD/GPIO16)
4IP101a pin9, LED0/PHYAD0
5USB data
6USB data
7CPU Core power, 1.8v

CPU J3 IO board interconnect

J3 is a 7-way 0.1 inch pitch SIL, with a male PCB header. It connects to J2 on the IO board.

PinFunction
1IP101a pin34, MDI_TP
2+3.3v
3IP101a pin32, REGOUT
4Eth PHY
5Eth PHY
6Reset button (RTCAS/GPIO15)
7IP101a Pin35, AGND


IO board pinouts

IO board complete

Connectors J1 (upper in the picture) and J2 (lower) are 0.1 inch pitch SIL female sockets as described for the CPU board. There are also ethernet, USB and power sockets. The power socket accepts one of the standard 5v wall-wart connectors with 3.5mm outer body and 1.25mm pin. The power socket is identical to some of the sockets found on small powered USB hubs.

The board has two through-hole LEDs. The blue LED indicates power-on, the green network activity. There is also a surface-mount red LED controlled by pin 3 of J1.

Finally, there is a button connected to pin 6 of J2. The pin is pulled high via a pull-up resistor. Pressing the button pulls the pin low.

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