SPRUJ51 june   2023

 

  1.   1
  2. 1Abstract
  3. 2EVM Revisions and Assembly Variants
    1. 2.1 Inside the Box
    2. 2.2 EMC, EMI and ESD Compliance
  4.   Trademarks
  5. 3System Description
    1. 3.1 Key Features
      1. 3.1.1 Processor
      2. 3.1.2 Power Supply
      3. 3.1.3 Memory
      4. 3.1.4 JTAG Emulator
      5. 3.1.5 Supported Interfaces and Peripherals
      6. 3.1.6 Expansion Connectors Headers to Support Application Specific Add On Boards
    2. 3.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 3.3 AM62x-Low Power SK EVM Interface Mapping
    4. 3.4 Power ON OFF Procedures
      1. 3.4.1 Power-On Procedure
      2. 3.4.2 Power-Off Procedure
      3. 3.4.3 Power Test Points
    5. 3.5 Peripheral and Major Component Description
      1. 3.5.1  Clocking
      2. 3.5.2  Reset
      3. 3.5.3  OLDI Display Interface
      4. 3.5.4  CSI Interface
      5. 3.5.5  Audio Codec Interface
      6. 3.5.6  HDMI Display Interface
      7. 3.5.7  JTAG Interface
      8. 3.5.8  Test Automation Header
      9. 3.5.9  UART Interface
      10. 3.5.10 USB Interface
        1. 3.5.10.1 USB 2.0 Type A Interface
        2. 3.5.10.2 USB 2.0 Type C Interface
      11. 3.5.11 Memory Interfaces
        1. 3.5.11.1 LPDDR4 Interface
        2. 3.5.11.2 OSPI Interface
        3. 3.5.11.3 MMC Interfaces
          1. 3.5.11.3.1 MMC0 - eMMC Interface
          2. 3.5.11.3.2 MMC1 - Micro SD Interface
          3. 3.5.11.3.3 MMC2 - M2 Key E Interface
        4. 3.5.11.4 EEPROM
      12. 3.5.12 Ethernet Interface
        1. 3.5.12.1 CPSW Ethernet PHY1 Default Configuration
        2. 3.5.12.2 CPSW Ethernet PHY2 Default Configuration
      13. 3.5.13 GPIO Port Expander
      14. 3.5.14 GPIO Mapping
      15. 3.5.15 Power
        1. 3.5.15.1 Power Requirements
        2. 3.5.15.2 Power Input
        3. 3.5.15.3 Power Supply
        4. 3.5.15.4 Power Sequencing
        5. 3.5.15.5 AM62x 17x17 SoC Power
        6. 3.5.15.6 Current Monitoring
      16. 3.5.16 AM62x-Low Power SK EVM User Setup and Configuration
        1. 3.5.16.1 EVM DIP Switches
        2. 3.5.16.2 Boot Modes
        3. 3.5.16.3 User Test LEDs
      17. 3.5.17 Expansion Headers
        1. 3.5.17.1 User Expansion Connector
        2. 3.5.17.2 MCU Connector
        3. 3.5.17.3 PRU Connector
      18. 3.5.18 Push Buttons
      19. 3.5.19 I2C Address Mapping
  6. 4Known Issues and Modifications
  7. 5Revision History
  8. 6IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

3.5.9 UART Interface

The four UART ports of the AM62x SoC (MCU UART0, WKUP UART0, SOC UART0 and SOC UART1) are interfaced with an FTDI FT4232HL for UART-to-USB functionality and terminated on a USB micro-B connector (J17) on board. When the AM62x-Low Power SK EVM is connected to a Host using USB cable, the computer can establish a Virtual Com Port which can be used with any terminal emulation application. The FT4232HL is bus powered.

Since the circuit is powered through BUS power, the connection to the COM port will not be lost when the SK EVM power is removed.

Table 3-8 UART Port Interface
UART PortUSB to UART BridgeUSB ConnectorCOM Port
SOC_UART0

FT4232HL

J17

COM1
SOC_UART1COM2
WKUP_UART0COM3
MCU_UART0COM4

The FT4232 chip is configured to operate in ‘Single chip USB to four channel UART’ mode and will take the configuration file from the external SPI EEPROM connected to it. The EEPROM (93LC46B) supports 1Mbit/s cloc krate. The EEPROM is programmable in-circuit over USB using a utility program called FT_PROG available from FTDI's web site. The FT_PROG is also used for programming the board serial number for users to identify the connected COM port with board serial number when one or more boards are connected to the computer.

GUID-20221024-SS0I-2SXW-NLTR-BRNH5MPRKVL3-low.pngFigure 3-15 UART Interface Block Diagram