Boundary Devices Nitrogen53 Next Generation Board Arm-cortex A8 Processor From Freescale User Manual

Nitrogen53 Hardware User Manual

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Overview

The Nitrogen53 is based on the next generation ARM-Cortex A8 processor from Freescale, the IMX53. With an expanded DDR2 memory capacity of up to 1GB at 800MHz and a processor speed of 1GHz, the IMX53 is a powerful multimedia platform capable of 1080P video playback. The Nitrogen53 was designed to take advantage of the video performance of the IMX53 by offering multiple display interfaces including HDMI, LVDS, and TTL. With OpenGL® ES 2.0 and OpenVG™ 1.1 hardware accelerators, the IMX53 is ideal for 3D applications.

The hardware specifications for the Nitrogen53 are the following:

• Freescale IMX53 Processor – 1GHZ
• Power Management IC
• 512MB DDR2 400MHz memory (up to 1GB)
• 2MB Serial Flash
• TTL/HDMI/LVDS Display Interface
• 5V DC input voltage standard (12V versions available)
• 2 microSD Card slots
• 1 microUSB OTG
• 3 USB Host Ports
• 4-wire/5-wire Resistive Touch Screen Support
• Microphone In
• Amplified Audio Out/Headphone Jack
• 10/100 Ethernet with POE Support
• Power On/Off + Android Buttons (Menu, Home, Back, Search)
• Interface to 5MP Omnivision 5642 Camera Sensor
• I2C/SDIO Interface available
• 3 RS232 Ports
• SATA Hard Drive
• Battery Backup for RTC
• Component Video Output
• LED Backlight Driver
• General Purpose I/O for Device Control
• WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/Accelerometer Available via daughterboard

Electrical Characteristics

*The Power Consumption refers to a single board with no other peripherals plugged in.

Connector Details

As shown in Figure 1, the Nitrogen53 board contains a wide variety of I/O options. This section will focus on the details of each connector.

4.1 Standard Connectors

The list of industry-standard connectors with known pinouts is the following:

4.2 Custom Connectors

The Nitrogen53 board has a wide variety of peripheral interfaces available via custom connectors.

J1: COM1 & COM2 (Molex 53047-0610)

J3: COM3 (Molex 53047-0410)

J5: JTAG (Molex 53047-0810)

J8: General Purpose Input/Output (Molex 54167-0308)

J9: I2C (Molex 53047-0510)

J15: USB3 (Molex 53047-0410)

J18: POE Output (Singatron SSW-1-04-01-T-S)
POE Output is meant to interface with BD POE module. If you need further details, please contact us.
J19: Audio out (Molex 53047-0210)

J21: Microphone In (Molex 53047-0210)

J23: TTL Display Interface (Omron XF2M-4515-1A)

J24: External Power Connector (Tyco 640457-3)

J25: Camera (AVX 6210033340800)

J28: Component Video (Molex 53047-0710)

J30: 4-wire Resistive Touch (Molex 52271-0479)

J31: LED Backlight (Molex 53047-0510)

J34: 5-wire Resistive Touch (Molex 52207-0585)

J35: Android Buttons (Molex 53047-0710)

J37: Auxiliary Power (Molex 53047-0410)

CON1: LVDS (Hirose DF14-20P-1.25H)

Mounting

The overall dimensions of the Nitrogen53 board are 116x75mm.

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