NXP Semiconductors MCIMX93-EVK User manual

MCIMX93EVKUM

MCIMX93-EVK Board User Manual

Rev. 1 — 14 April 2023 User guide

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Keywords i.MX93, MCIMX93-EVK, MCIMX93EVKUM

Abstract The i.MX 93 evaluation kit (MCIMX93-EVK board) is a platform designed to show the most

commonly used features of the i.MX 93 applications processor in a small and low-cost package.

This document supports board revision A and B.

NXP Semiconductors MCIMX93EVKUM

MCIMX93-EVK Board User Manual

1 MCIMX93-EVK overview

The i.MX 93 Evaluation Kit (MCIMX93-EVK board) is a platform designed to show the most commonly used

features of the i.MX 93 Applications Processor in a small and low-cost package. The MCIMX93-EVK board is

an entry-level development board, which helps developers to get familiar with the processor before investing a

large amount of resources in more specific designs.

MCIMX93-EVK is assembled with two separate boards:

•MCIMX93-SOM: Referred to as "SOM board" in this document

•MCIMX93-BB: Referred to as "Base board" in this document

This document includes system setup and configurations, and provides detailed information on the overall

design and usage of the EVK board from a hardware system perspective.

1.1 Acronyms and abbreviations

The table below lists and explains the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.

Term Description

BGA Ball grid array

CAN Controller area network

Codec Coder/decoder

CSI-2 Camera serial interface 2

DMIC Digital PDM microphone

DNP Do not populate

DSI Display serial interface

EPD Electrophoretic display

FD Flexible data-rate

GPIO General-purpose input/output

HS High-speed

I2C Inter-integrated circuit

I2S Inter-IC sound

I3C Improved inter-integrated circuit

IDE Integrated development environment

ISP In-system programming

LDO Low dropout regulator

LED Light-emitting diode

MCU Microcontroller unit

MIPI Mobile industry processor interface

NGFF Next generation form factor

PDM Pulse-density modulation

PMIC Power management integrated circuit

Table 1. Acronyms and abbreviations

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Term Description

POR Power-on reset

pSRAM Pseudo static random-access memory

PWM Pulse width modulation

QSPI Quad serial peripheral interface

SDK Software development kit

SMT Surface-mount technology

UART Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

USB Universal serial bus

uSDHC Ultra secured digital host controller

Table 1. Acronyms and abbreviations...continued

1.2 Related documentation

Table 2 lists and explains the additional documents and resources that you can refer to for more information on

the MCIMX93-EVK board. Some of the documents listed below may be available only under a non-disclosure

agreement (NDA). To request access to these documents, contact your local field applications engineer (FAE)

or sales representative.

Document Description Link / how to access

i.MX 93 Applications Processor

Reference Manual

Intended for system software and hardware

developers and application programmers who want

to develop products with i.MX 93 MPU

IMX93RM

i.MX 93 Industrial Application

Processors Data Sheet

Provides information about electrical

characteristics, hardware design considerations,

and ordering information

IMX93IEC

i.MX93 Hardware Developer's

Guide

This document aims to help hardware engineers

design and to test their i.MX 93 processor-based

designs. It provides information about board layout

recommendations and design checklists to ensure

first-pass success and avoidance of board bring-up

problems.

IMX93HDG

Table 2. Related documentation

1.3 Board kit contents

Table 3 lists the items included in the MCIMX93-EVK board kit.

Item description Quantity

MCIMX93-EVK board assembled with two separate boards, MCIMX93-SOM

(SOM board) and MCIMX93-BB (Base board)

USB Type-C 45 W Power Delivery Supply, 5 V / 3 A, 9 V / 3 A, 15 V / 3 A, 20 V /

2.25 A supported

USB 3.0 Type-C Male to Type-A Male assembly cable 1

USB 3.0 Type-C Male to Type-A Female adapter 1

MCIMX93-EVK Quick Start Guide 1

Table 3. Board kit contents

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1.4 Block diagram

Figure 1 shows the MCIMX93-EVK block diagram.

PMIC

NXP PCA9451

CODEC

Cirrus Logic

WM8962B

DAC

LPDDR4/X

2GB (x16bit)

eMMC 5.1

Size:

16 GB

USB 2.0

USB TYPE-C

i.MX 93

Arm

x2 CORTEX-A55 (1.7 GHz)

x1 CORTEX-M33 (250 MHz)

NPU

0.5TOPS NPU

x16

LVDS TX

POWER

USB1

RGMII

MIPI CSI

X2 UART

DRAM

ADC

M.2 E-KEY

WiFi/BT/15.4

USB 2.0

SD1/USB2

/UART/I2S

I2C/I3C

I2C/GPIO

SYS PWR

MIPI DSI: 1080P

LVDS: 720P

MIPI DSI

X4 LANE

LVDS

X4 LANE

X2 ENET

Realtek RTL8211

UART-USB

FTDI XCVR

CAN

NXP TJA1051T/3

MicroSD

SD3.0

JTAG/SWD

DEBUG

EXP CN

UART/I2C/SPI…

CANFD

SD3

JTAG/SWDSD2

PDM

MIPI DSI

x2 lane

Acc + Gyro

MQS

HP OUT/MIC

X2 UART: A / M core

Remote Debug

HDR X3

USB C PD

RJ45

Audio Jack TRRS

miniSAS

FPC/FFC

SYS PWR

ADC: HDR+VSYS

ADC

Curr

Sense

FT4232: FM+

I2C

Power Measurement

MicroSDMicroSD

LCD

M.2

USB2.0/3.0

USB TYPE-C

USB2 USB 2.0

MQS

GPIO/ONOFF/RST

ADC

X12 bit

Camera

X1 MIPI CSI

IMU

ST LSM6DSOXTR

AUX I2C

I2C/GPIO

BTN/LED

ONOFF/RST/KEY

PDM

DMIC DMIC

SAI3

GPIO

USB C

HDR

USB C

DMIC on Board

SPK OUT

Figure 1. MCIMX93-EVK block diagram

1.5 Board pictures

Figure 2 shows the top-side view of the MCIMX93-EVK board.

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MCIMX93-SOM

MCIMX93-BB

Figure 2. MCIMX93-EVK top-side view

Figure 3 shows the onboard connectors on the MCIMX93-EVK board.

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USB C

DBG

(J1401)

USB C

DRP1

(J302)

USB C

DRP2

(J401) GbE RJ45

(J601, J501) Audio HP/MQS

(J1301, J1201)

USB C

(J301)

PWR Input

(J201)

MIPI DSI

(J701)

MIPI CSI

(J801)

LVDS LCD

Backlight

(JP701) LVDS/CTP

(J702)

ADC

(J1003)

I2C CN

(J1005)

MicroSD

(J1002)

EXP IO

(J1001)

JTAG

(J1405)

RPDM

(J1402

J1403)

PWR MEAS

B2B CN

(J1404)

Figure 3. MCIMX93-EVK onboard connectors [1]

[1] USB C PD shown in the figure is the only power supply port, and must always be supplied for system running.

Figure 4 shows the onboard jumpers, switches, buttons, and LEDs available on the MCIMX93-EVK board.

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PWR SW

(SW301)

Buttons

(SW1004

SW1003

SW1002

SW1001)

Boot config

switch

(SW1301)

SW1005

SW1006

SW1007

J704

J705 J703

D204

D1411

D1412

D1414

D1410

D1415

D1403

D1404

D1406

D1405

D1402

D1401

Figure 4. MCIMX93-EVK onboard jumpers, switches, buttons, and LEDs

Figure 5 shows the bottom-side view of the MCIMX93-EVK board.

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M.2 Key E

(J901)

Figure 5. MCIMX93-EVK bottom-side view

1.6 Board features

Table 4 lists the features of MCIMX93-EVK.

Board feature Target processor feature

used

Description

Applications

processor

The i.MX 93 applications processor features dual Arm Cortex-A55 +

Arm Cortex-M33 core speeding up to 1.7 GHz, a neural processing unit

(NPU) of 0.5 TOPS

Note: For more detail on i.MX 93 processor, see i.MX 93 Applications

Processor Reference Manual.

USB interface USB 2.0 high-speed host and

device controller

Two USB 2.0 Type C connectors

DRAM memory DRAM controller and PHY 2 GB LPDDR4X (Micron MT53E1G16D1FW-046 AAT:A)

Mass storage uSDHC •16 GB eMMC5.1 (SanDisk SDINBDA6-16G-I(3D TLC))

•MicroSD card connector (SD3.0 supported)

Boot

configuration

•Default boot mode is single boot from the eMMC device

•Board supports two other boot devices, one QSPI NOR flash (M.2

QSPI card) and the other is SD card (MicroSD connector)

Table 4. MCIMX93-EVK features

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Board feature Target processor feature

used

Description

Camera interface MIPI CSI One CSI (x2 data lane) interface, J801 FPC cable connector (XF2M-

2215-1A)

AR0144 camera module by default

MIPI DSI x4 data lane MIPI DSI interface, mini-SAS connector, J701Display interface

One LVDS x4 data lane LVDS interface, 2x20 2.0 mm header, J702

Ethernet interface Two ENET controllers •10/100/1000 Mbit/s RGMII Ethernet with one RJ45 connector with

TSN support (J501) connected with external PHY, RTL8211

•10/100/1000 Mbit/s RGMII Ethernet with one RJ45 connector (J601)

connected with external PHY, RTL8211

CAN interface CAN One 4-pin CAN FD connector

Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

interface

USB, SDIO, I2S, UART, I2C,

and GPIO

•One M.2/NGFF Key E mini card 75-pin connector, J901, supporting

SDIO, I2S, UART, I2C, and Vendor-defined SPI interfaces

•Murata Type-2EL (SDIO+UART+SPI) module. It is based on NXP

IW612 SoC, which supports dual-band (2.4 GHz /5 GHz) 1x1 Wi-Fi 6,

Bluetooth 5.2, and IEEE802.15.4

SAI/I2S •3.5 mm audio jack for headset, microphone, headphone output

support, J1201

•Audio codec WM8962B (U1201) can support 24-bit I2S data and 48

kHz sampling rate

Note:

Codec WM8960 is used only for board rev A

Codec WM8962B is used on board rev B

PDM •Four onboard PDM microphone support

•3.5 mm audio jack for headset, microphone, headphone output

support, J1301

Audio

MQS MQS support

Sensors I2C/I3C •LSM6DSO iNEMO Inertial module—a 3D digital accelerometer and

gyroscope

ADC interface ADC Four-channel ADC support

TAMPER Battery backed non-secure

module (BBNSM)

x2 Tamper function support

Debug interface •USB-to-UART/MPSSE ICs device, FT4232H

•One USB 2.0 Type-C connector (J1401) of FT4232H provides four

COM ports:

–Two COM ports are used for Cortex A55 and Cortex M33 system

debug

–Two COM ports are used for remote debug of JTAG, boot

mode, ONOFF, SYS_nRST, and power measurement board

communication

Expansion port 40-pin dual-row pin header for I2S, UART, I2C, and GPIO expansion

I2C connector I2C 8-pin dual-row pin header for I2C expansion

I/O expanders •One I/O expander to provide remote I/O expansion for the target

processor via the I2C-bus interface

•One I/O expander to provide I/O expansion for FT4232H device for

boot config, ONOFF, POR_B, and SYS_nRST

Table 4. MCIMX93-EVK features...continued

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Board feature Target processor feature

used

Description

Power •One USB 2.0 Type-C connector for power delivery only

•PCA9451AHNY PMIC

•Discrete DCDC/LDO

Power monitoring Six quad-channel power monitors (PAC1934T-I) for power and energy

monitoring

PCB •MCIMX93-SOM: 2.4 inch × 2.9 inch, 6-layer

•MCIMX93-BB: 5 inch × 7.45 inch, 8-layer

Orderable part

number

MCIMX93-EVK

Table 4. MCIMX93-EVK features...continued

1.7 Connectors

See Figure 4 for connectors position on the board.

Table 5 describes the MCIMX93-BB board connectors.

Connector Description Connector type Reference section

J201 15 V input power supply 2-pin connector Section 2.2

J302, J401 USB connectors USB 2.0 Type C Section 2.13

J501, J601 Ethernet connectors RJ45 jack Section 2.17

J701 mini-SAS connector 2x18-pin connector Section 2.15

J702 LVDS connector 2x20-pin connector Section 2.16

J101, J103 DF40C-80DS-0.4V 2x40-pin socket Board-to-Board connector for SOM board

J102 DF40C-100DS-0.4V 2x50-pin socket Board-to-Board connector for SOM board

JP701 LVDS LCD 6-pin connector LVDS LCD backlight connector

J801 XF2M-2215-1A 22-pin FFC and

FPC connector

Section 2.14

J901 M.2 socket KEY-E 75-pin connector Section 2.10

J1001 GPIO expansion 40-pin connector Section 2.18

J1002 MicroSD 3.0 Micro SD push-

push connector

Section 2.8

J1003 ADC x4 channel 2x4-pin connector Four pins connect to the ADC_IN[3:0] pins of the

target processor.

J1005 I2C connector 2x4-pin connector Section 2.4

J1006 BBSM Tamper 2x3-pin connector The header can be used for tamper different mode

test.

J1101 CAN bus 4-pin connector Section 2.12

J1201 Audio codec 3.5 mm

headphone jack

Section 2.6

J1202 Speaker connector 1x4-pin plug Section 2.6

J1301 KJ366EYS MQS connector 3.5 mm audio jack Section 2.6

Table 5. MCIMX93-BB connectors

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