SPRUIY9B May   2021  – October 2023

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Key Features
  5. 2EVM Revisions and Assembly Variants
  6. 3Important Usage Notes
  7. 4System Description
    1. 4.1 Key Features
    2. 4.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 4.3 Power-On/Off Procedures
      1. 4.3.1 Power-On Procedure
      2. 4.3.2 Power-Off Procedure
    4. 4.4 Peripheral and Major Component Description
      1. 4.4.1  Clocking
        1. 4.4.1.1 Ethernet PHY Clock
        2. 4.4.1.2 AM64x SoC Clock
      2. 4.4.2  Reset
      3. 4.4.3  Power
        1. 4.4.3.1 Power Input
        2. 4.4.3.2 USB Type-C Interface for Power Input
        3. 4.4.3.3 Power Fault Indication
        4. 4.4.3.4 Power Supply
        5. 4.4.3.5 Power Sequencing
        6. 4.4.3.6 Power Supply
      4. 4.4.4  Configuration
        1. 4.4.4.1 Boot Modes
      5. 4.4.5  JTAG
      6. 4.4.6  Test Automation
      7. 4.4.7  UART Interface
      8. 4.4.8  Memory Interfaces
        1. 4.4.8.1 LPDDR4 Interface
        2. 4.4.8.2 MMC Interface
          1. 4.4.8.2.1 Micro SD Interface
          2. 4.4.8.2.2 WiLink Interface
          3. 4.4.8.2.3 OSPI Interface
          4. 4.4.8.2.4 Board ID EEPROM Interface
      9. 4.4.9  Ethernet Interface
        1. 4.4.9.1 DP83867 PHY Default Configuration
        2. 4.4.9.2 DP83867 – Power, Clock, Reset, Interrupt and LEDs
        3. 4.4.9.3 Industrial Application LEDs
      10. 4.4.10 USB 3.0 Interface
      11. 4.4.11 PRU Connector
      12. 4.4.12 User Expansion Connector
      13. 4.4.13 MCU Connector
      14. 4.4.14 Interrupt
      15. 4.4.15 I2C Interface
      16. 4.4.16 IO Expander (GPIOs)
  8. 5Known Issues
    1. 5.1 Issue 1: LP8733x Max output Capacitance Spec Exceeded on LDO0 and LDO1
    2. 5.2 Issue 2: LP8733x Output Voltage of 0.9V Exceeds AM64x VDDR_CORE max Voltage Spec of 0.895 V
    3. 5.3 Issue 3 - SDIO Devices on MMC0 Require Careful Trace Lengths to Meet Interface Timing Requirements
    4. 5.4 Issue 4 - LPDDR4 Data Rate Limitation in Stressful Conditions
    5. 5.5 Issue 5 - Junk Character
    6. 5.6 Issue 6 - Test Power Down Signal Floating
    7. 5.7 Issue 7 - uSD Boot Not Working
  9. 6Regulatory Compliance
  10. 7Revision History

5 Known Issues

This section describes the currently known issues on each EVM revision and applicable workarounds.

Table 5-1 AM64 SK EVM Known Issues
Issue Number Issue Title Issue Description
1 LP8733x Max output Capacitance Spec Exceeded on LDO0 and LDO1 Power supply design exceeds recommended Capacitance values.
2

LP8733x Output Voltage of 0.9V exceeds AM64x VDDR_CORE max voltage spec of 0.895V

 Power supply design exceeds VDDR_CORE max voltage specification.
3 WLAN and SDIO Device Use WLAN module and SDIO devices in general on MMC0 requires careful trace lengths to meet timing requirements of the SDIO device. MMC0 timing is optimized for eMMC devices.
4 LPDDR4 Data Rate Limitation in Stressful Conditions Under certain benchmarking conditions at 1600MT/s can result in errors.
5 Junk Character on UART Console Random junk characters are displaying in the UART console of CP2105 and XDS110 debugger in some boards.
6 Test power down signal is floating 10K pull up resistor on TEST POWERDOWN signal of test automation header is missing.
7 uSD card boot not working uSD boot cannot work on certain brand SD cards.