SPRADG8 March   2024 AM68 , AM69

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2AM68 Processor
  6. 3AM69 Processor
  7. 4Use Cases on AM68 and AM69
    1. 4.1 HMI
    2. 4.2 Controllers and PLC – Programmable Logic Controller
    3. 4.3 Industrial PC (IPC), Single Board Computers (SBC), and Modules
  8. 5Software Tools and Support
    1. 5.1 Linux Software Development Kit (SDK)
    2. 5.2 SDK Demonstrations and Benchmarks
      1. 5.2.1 TI Apps Launcher
      2. 5.2.2 Seva Store
      3. 5.2.3 Wi-Fi Demo
    3. 5.3 Training Academy
  9. 6Conclusion
  10. 7Relevant Links
  11. 8References

2 AM68 Processor

The AM68 is a dual-core Arm® Cortex® A72 microprocessor. The processor is designed as a high-performance and highly-integrated device providing significant levels of processing power, connectivity and graphics capability. Compared with the AM62(2), which is designed for applications on the lower end of compute and display requirements, the AM68 achieves up to 25k Dhrystone Million Instructions Per Second (DMIPS) and allows up to 4K display resolution. The AM68x family is built for a broad set of cost-sensitive high-performance compute applications in Factory Automation, Building Automation, and other markets. Figure 2-1 shows the following multiple sub-systems based on the heterogeneous architecture of the AM68.

  • A dual-core Arm Cortex A72 microprocessor at 2 GHz provides up to 25K. DMIPS.
  • BXS-4-64 GPU offers up to 50 Giga Floating-point Operations per Second (GFLOPS) to enable dynamic 2D and 3D rendering for enhanced viewing applications.
  • 1x 4L SERDES interface offers a combination of two of the three interfaces concurrently
    • 1x up to 4 lane PCIe Gen 3, up to 8(GT/s) per lane
    • 1x USB 3.0 dual-role device (DRD) subsystem
    • 1x up to 4 lane DisplayPort/eDP interface (up to 4k resolution)
  • Display Sub-System (DSS) supports multiple displays with the flexibility to interface with different panel types such as eDP, DSI, and DPI.
  • H.264, H.265 encoder and decoder can encode and decode multiple channels simultaneously. This encoder and decoder support H.264 Baseline, Main, High Profile at L5.2 and H.265 Main Profile at L5.1. The H.264, H.265 encoder and decoder can process 480 MP/s, for example, 8 channels of 2MP at 30 fps.
  • 2x 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 RX are included in the AM68. Two high-resolution (for example, 12MP) cameras can be directly connected to CSI-2 RX ports.
  • Gigabit ethernet capability with Two Ethernet RMII/RGMII interfaces
  • Improved memory architecture and high-speed interfaces improve the system throughput by enabling high utilization of cores and HWAs. The AM68 supports up to 34 Giga Bytes Per Second (GBps) DDR memory bandwidth.
GUID-20240207-SS0I-MJSN-LQ9W-8HWVLQPSNHTX-low.svg Figure 2-1 AM68 Block Diagram with Subsystems