Boardcon Embedded Design Compact3566 Embedded Development Board User Manual (+ PDF)

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Boardcon Embedded Design Compact3566 Embedded Development Board

Introduction

About this Manual

This manual is intended to provide the user with an overview of the board and benefits, complete features specifications, and set up procedures. It contains important safety information as well.

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Limited Warranty

Boardcon warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of buy. During this warranty period Boardcon will repair or replace the defective unit in accordance with the following process:

A copy of the original invoice must be included when returning the defective unit to Boardcon. This limited warranty does not cover damages resulting from lighting or other power surges, misuse, abuse, abnormal conditions of operation, or attempts to alter or modify the function of the product.

This warranty is limited to the repair or replacement of the defective unit. In no event shall Boardcon be liable or responsible for any loss or damages, including but not limited to any lost profits, incidental or consequential damages, loss of business, or anticipatory profits arising from the use or inability to use this product.

Repairs make after the expiration of the warranty period are subject to a repair charge and the cost of return shipping. Please contact Boardcon to arrange for any repair service and to obtain repair charge information.

Compact3566 Introduction

Summary

The Compact356 is mini single board computer base Rockchip’s RK3566 it has quad-core Cortex-A55, Mali-G52 GPU, and 1 TOPs NPU. It supports 4K video decode.

It is designed specifically for the AIoT devices such as industrial controller, IoT devices, intelligent interactive devices, personal computers and robots. The high performance and low power solution can help customers to introduce new technologies more quickly and enhance the overall solution efficiency.

Features

Microprocessor
- Quad-core Cortex-A55 up to 1.8G
- 32KB I-cache and 32KB D-cache for each core, 512KB L3 cache
- 1 TOPS Neural Process Unit
- Mali-G52 up to 0.8G
  Memory Organization
- LPDDR4 RAM up to 8GB
- EMMC up to 128GB
Boot ROM
- Supports system code download through USB OTG or SD
Trust Execution Environment system
- Supports secure OTP and multiple cipher engine
Video Decoder/Encoder
- Supports video decoding up to 4K@60fps
- Supports H.264 encode
- H.264 HP encoding up to 1080p@60fps
- Picture size up to 8192×8192
Display Subsystem
- Video Output
  Supports HDMI 2.0 transmitter with HDCP 1.4/2.2, up to 4K@60fps
  Supports 4 lanes MIPI DSI up to 2560×1440@60Hz
  Or LVDS interface up to 1920×1080@60Hz
- Image in
  Supports MIPI CSI 2lanes interface
Audio
- Headphone stereo output and MIC input
- Support MIC array Up to 4ch PDM/TDM interface
- Support I2S/PCM interface
- One SPDIF output
USB and PCIE
- Three 2.0 USB interfaces
- One USB 2.0 OTG, and two 2.0 USB hosts
- One USB 3.0 host
- One PCIE or SATA interface for M.2 SSD.
Ethernet
- Support 10/100/1000Mbit/s data transfer rates
I2C
- Up to two I2Cs
- Support standard mode and fast mode (up to 400kbit/s)
SD
- Support Micro SD Card
SPI
- Up to two SPI controllers,
- Full-duplex synchronous serial interface
UART
- Support up to Four user UARTs
- Debug UART via micro-USB
ADC
- ADC key in Headphone
PWM
- Support 10 PWMs
- Support 32bit time/counter facility
- IR option on PWM3/7/15
Power unit
- Single 5V@2A input
- CR1220 button Cell for RTC
- Support 5V PoE+ power module

RK3566 Block Diagram

Compact3566 PCB Dimension

Compact3566 Pin Definition

GPIO	Signal	Description or functions	GPIO serial	IO Voltage
1	VCC3V3_SYS	3.3V IO Power output(Max:0.5A)		3.3V
2	VCC5V_SYS	5V Main Power input		5V
3	I2C3_SDA_M0	PU 2.2K/ UART3_RX_M0	GPIO1_A0_u	3.3V
4	VCC5V_SYS	5V Main Power input		5V
5	I2C3_SCL_M0	PU 2.2K/ UART3_TX_M0	GPIO1_A1_u	3.3V
6	GND	Ground		0V
7	GPIO0_A3_u			3.3V
8	GPIO3_C2_d	UART5_TX_M1		3.3V
9	GND	Ground		0V
10	GPIO3_C3_d	UART5_RX_M1		3.3V
11	GPIO1_B1_d	PDM_SDI2_M0 (V2 exchanged)		3.3V
12	GPIO4_C3_d	SPI3_MOSI_M1/I2S3_SCLK_M 1 (V2 exchanged)	PWM15_IR_M1	3.3V
13	GPIO0_A5_d			3.3V
14	GND	Ground		0V
15	GPIO0_A6_d			3.3V
16	GPIO0_B7_d	PWM0_M0		3.3V
17	VCC3V3_SYS	3.3V IO Power output(Max:0.5A)		3.3V
18	GPIO0_C2_d	PWM3_IR		3.3V
19	GPIO0_B6_u	SPI0_MOSI_M0/ I2C2_SDA_M0	PWM2_M1	3.3V
20	GND	Ground		0V
21	GPIO0_C5_d	SPI0_MISO_M0	PWM6	3.3V
22	GPIO0_A0_d	REFCLK_OUT		3.3V
23	GPIO0_B5_u	SPI0_CLK_M0/ I2C2_SCL_M0	PWM1_M1	3.3V
24	GPIO0_C6_d	SPI0_CS0_M0	PWM7_IR	3.3V
25	GND	Ground		0V
26	GPIO0_C4_d	SPI0_CS1_M0	PWM5	3.3V
27	I2C1_SDA	PU 2.2K	(Note1)	3.3V
28	I2C1_SCL	PU 2.2K	(Note1)	3.3V
29	GPIO1_A6_d	UART4_TX_M0/PDMCLK0_M0 (V2 exchanged)		3.3V
30	GND	Ground		0V
31	GPIO1_A4_d	UART4_RX_M0/PDMCLK1_M0 (V2 exchanged)		3.3V
32	GPIO0_C7_d	(V2 exchange)	PWM0_M1	3.3V
33	GPIO4_C2_d	SPI3_CLK_M1/I2S3_MCLK_M1 (V2 exchanged)	PWM14_M1	3.3V
34	GND	Ground		0V
35	GPIO4_C4_d	SPDIF_TX_M2/I2S3_LRCK_M1/ SATA2_ACT_LED (V2 exchanged)		3.3V
36	GPIO4_D1_u	SPI3_CS1_M1(V2-1208 update)	(Note2)	3.3V
37	GPIO1_B2_d	PDM_SDI1_M0 (V2 exchanged)		3.3V
38	GPIO4_C6_d	UART9_RX_M1/SPI3_CS0_M1/ I2S3_SDI_M1 (V2 exchanged)	PWM13_M1	3.3V
39	GND	Ground		0V
40	GPIO4_C5_d	UART9_TX_M1/SPI3_MISO_M1 /I2S3_SDO_M1 (V2 exchanged)	PWM12_M1	3.3V
*Note:* I2C1 can’t be used for exclusive bus, Such as CTP. Pin36 will change to GPIO3_C1_d next version(V3).

Compact3566 Functions Marker

Hardware Design Guide

Connector Circuit

USB Host

Debug Circuit

Headphone Circuit

Camera and LCD Circuit

GPIO Circuit

POE Circuit

PCBA mechanical

Product Electrical Characteristics

Dissipation and Temperature

Symbol	Parameter	Min	Typ	Max	Unit
VCC50_SYS	Main Power Voltage	5-5%	5	5+5%	V
Isys_in	VCC5V_SYS input Current		820		mA
VCC_RTC	RTC Voltage	1.8	3	3.4	V
Iirtc	RTC input Current		5	8	uA
Ta	Operating Temperature	-0		70	°C
Tstg	Storage Temperature	-40		85	°C

Reliability of Test

Low Temperature Operating Test
Contents	Operating 4h in Low temperature	-20°C±2°C
Result	pass
High Temperature Operating Test
Contents	Operating 8h in high temperature	65°C±2°C
Result	pass