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

5.4 Issue 4 - LPDDR4 Data Rate Limitation in Stressful Conditions

Affected PCB version: E1, E2

Severity: Medium

A discovery was uncovered late in the development process LPDDR4 that errors can occur under benchmarking conditions at interfaces speeds of 1600MT/s. Dropping down to 1333 MT/s has shown no errors after extended testing. This is limited to LPDDR4 only, and does not impact DDR4 performance. Root cause is still ongoing.