Standardization with ARM on COM Qseven Zeljko Loncaric, Marketing engineer congatec
overview COM concept and ARM positioning ARM vendor and standard decision Freescale ARM COM on Qseven conga-qmx6 mulitmedia feature set Software support Linux and WEC7 congatec accessories and Qseven starter kits Easy Tablet Demonstrator of standard components Summary 2 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Module Concept Concept CPU module with standard computing core functions Carrier board with customer specific functions and size Benefits Reduced development costs Faster time to market Fast reaction to market trends Scalable product range Investment security via technology upgrade Engineering resources can be focused on system functions Second source philosophy 3 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Module Advantages Create your own product family Example 3 Panel versions 2 housing variants 3 COMs 1 Carrier board 18 catalog variants 3x Panel 3x CPU Modules ARM or X86 2x Box 1x Carrier Board! 4 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Module Concept Volumes Suitable for highly specialized designs in low volume (1 piece) Highly cost efficient from 1k.. 100k units project size -Time to market -Scalability -Longevity -Customization Computer-On-Module Full custom design Standard Board Volume 5 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
COM Positioning Proprietary Modules Qseven COM Express Proprietary Modules Small Module Powerful Module No standard feature set Specialized for single project Open standard Perfect feature set for X86 and ARM based processors Lowest power consumption Open standard Based on X86 processors Extreme scalable 6 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Qseven Evolution Qseven consortium founded in Feb. 2008 First specification released in July 2008 Fastest market introduction 60 member companies in 2012 Open Standard Qseven Specification 2.0 Qseven supports x86 & ARM Moved to SGeT in 2012 Standardization Group for Embedded Technology congatec is Founding Member and the editor of the Qseven Specification and Design Guide www.sget.org 7 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Qseven Key Points Optimized Connector MXM edge connector (230-pin) Low cost and high speed Latest Technology Low power processors x86 and ARM Modern Set of Interfaces PCI Express, SATA, USB 3.0, GB Ethernet, SDIO, LVDS, HDMI/DisplayPort, Further Benefits Onboard RAM and Flash for rugged applications 5V Power for easy battery operation Small Size: 70x70 mm or 70x40 mm Thermal cooling interface Full market acceptance 8 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Qseven Mechanics 70 40 70 Cooling Area 70 Qseven µqseven 9 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
ARM Evolution Consumer Control Application Low Performance Low Price Proprietary Feature set Limited Scalability Multi Core High-End Graphics Rich Standard Feature Set Scalability Gaming & high-end Graphics Digital Signage Micro Controller ARM Cortex ARM Cortex Vending Motor Control Sensor Application M0 / M3 / M4 General Embedded Processors A8 / A9 / A15 Application Processors Tablet Computers Infotainment Industrial Automation Small Handheld HMI Computers Camera Application Home Automation 10 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Standardization with ARM ARM Vendors Freescale, Texas Instruments, ST Microelectronics, Qualcom, Samsung, Nvidia Computer-On-Module ARM Feature Set for Application Processors Mulicore High-Performance, High-End 3D Graphics, Encoding / Decoding, PCI Express GEN 2.0, Gigabit, Ethernet, HDMI / LVDS, DDR3 Memory, S-ATA, USB 2.0 11 COM Standards Qseven Specification2.0, COM Express ULPCOM, Future SGET Standards 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
ARM Positioning Performance / Power Consumption X86 Architecture Intel Core i7 AMD R-Series ARM Architecture Freescale i.mx6 Intel Atom AMD G-Series Price 12 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
congatec Qseven with ARM 13 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Product Introduction conga-qmx6, ARM congatec extends it's Qseven product range conga-qmx6 based on Freescale i.mx6 x86 Intel Atom Z500 x86 Intel Atom E600 x86 AMD Fusion ARM Freescale i.mx6 14 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Why Freescale? Full scalability of ARM performance Highest Cortex A9 Single Core to Quad Core processors performance High-end 3D Graphics with H.264 support Rich I/O interface set Lowest power consumption Industrial grade temperature range Strong ecosystem Outstanding design-in support from Freescale Software integration partners Experienced and strong software partners (e.g. Adeneo Embedded) Software support for Linux, Windows Compact 7,... Longevity Product life time up to 10 years 15 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
conga-qmx6 Overview 16 Freescale i.mx6 Processor Complex Single Core up to Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 800 MHz industrial / 1.0 GHz commercial per core up to 1 MB L2 cache Processor Variants Memory Extended Consumer (-20 C to +105 C) up to 1.0 GHz Industrial (-40 C to +125 C) up to 800 MHz LV-DDR3 up to 2 GByte emmc 4.4 up to 4 GByte, 40-bit ECC Connectivity 5x USB2.0 Host 1x USB2.0 OTG Gigabit Ethernet + IEEE 1588 1x CAN Bus Expansion Ports 1x microsd Socket on module, 1x SDIO 1x SPI, 2x UART, 2x I²C 1x SATA 2.0 1 Lane PCIe 2.0 06.05.2013 Multimedia GPU 3D Vivante GC2000 200Mtri/s 1000Mpxl/s, OpenGL 2.0 GPU 2D Vector Graphics, Vivante GC355 300Mpxl/s, OpenVG 1.1 GPU 2D (Composition), Vivante GC320 600Mpxl/s, BLIT Video Decode 1080p60 H.264 Video Encode 1080p30 H.264 Camera Interface MIPI-CSI2 Display Dual Channel 24 Bit LVDS HDMI 1.4 2 x QXGA or 2 x 1080p Security Advanced security supporting High Assurance Boot Cryptographic cipher engines Random number generator Tamper detection Others High Precision Real Time Clock 2013 congatec AG
conga-qmx6 Variants Commercial Module 0 to +60 C ambient operating 5 year operation @ 50% duty cycle Longevity 5 years CPUs Extended Commercial Versions (-20..105 C ambient operating) i.mx6 Solo 1.0 GHz i.mx6 Dual Lite 1.0 GHz i.mx6 Dual 1.0 GHz i.mx6 Quad 1.0 GHz Standard packaging Memory 4 GByte emmc/mlc 1 or 2 GByte DDR3L RAM Industrial Module -40 to 85 C ambient operating 10 year operation @ 100% duty cycle Longevity 10 years CPUs Industrial Grade Versions (-40..125 C ambient operating) i.mx6 Solo 800 MHz i.mx6 Dual Lite 800 MHz i.mx6 Dual 800 MHz i.mx6 Quad 800 MHz Lidded packaging Memory 2 GByte emmc/imlc 1 GByte DDR3L RAM 17 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
i.mx6 Processor Variants i.mx6 Solo Dual Lite Dual Quad Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores Clock speed 1 GHz commercial 800 MHz industrial L2 cache 512 KB 1 MB 3D Graphics 1 shader 4 shaders 2D Graphics 1 engine 2 engines RAM DDR3L 400MHz DDR3L 533MHz SATA - SATA II 18 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
conga-qmx6 boot option Possible OS boot devices emmc (on module), supported by default microsd card (on module) SATA device for Dual and Quad Core USB boot MMC/SD/SDIO (off module) 19 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Block Diagram conga-qmx6 20 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Utilization of Graphic Engines 21 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
i.mx 6D Graphics Processing Units Introducing the i.mx Triple-Play Graphics Solution High Performance OpenGL/OpenCL GPU Core (3D) Vivante GC2000 @ 528MHz (600 MHz shader) 88M triangles / sec 4 Shader Cores: 21.6 GFLOPS 1056 M Pixels/s, 1056 M Texels/s High Performance Composition Engine 2D Core Up to 633M pixels / sec raw performance Vivante GC320 High Performance Vector Graphics Core 264M Pixels / sec raw performance Native OpenVG 1.1 vector acceleration with hardware tessellation Vivante GC355 GC2000 GC320 GC355 22 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Video Graphics Subsystem in i.mx6 IPU Image Processing GPU 2D/3D Graphics VPU Video Encode/Decode VDOA Video Data Order Adapter Video Sources 3x max Bridges i.mx6 Dual/Quad ARM ARM ARM CPU ARM CPU CPU CPU GPUs IPUs Memory Interface DCICs VDOA Data Control Displays 4x max VPU 23 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
OpenCL - Open Computing Language 24 Programming with OpenCL 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Software Ecosystem conga-qmx6 25 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
conga-qmx6 Software Support Software Support Standard BSPs are supported by congatec Customized BSP implementations are done by our partner Adeneo, embedded source code provided Windows Embedded Compact 7.0 Linux (Ubuntu) Android 26 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Qseven ARM Windows Embedded conga-qmx6 based on Freescale s i.mx6 ARM Cortex A9 BSP for Windows Embedded Compact 7 Free binaries Source code from Adeneo Embedded WEC7 provides a 32-bit real-time operating Silverlight support Customizable user interface New multimedia player Internet Explorer with Flash 10.1 Powerful development tool and design tools for programmers; XAML and C++ can be used. Software partnership Adeneo Embedded 27 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Engineering Tools Quick start with conga-qkit/arm For evaluation and rapid prototyping Content conga-qmx6 quad core Qseven module conga-qeval I2S sound card HDMI video converter Power supply Cable kit Ready to go Ubuntu Linux image including BSP + 2013 congatec AG 28 06.05.2013
Debugging Tools JTAG interface for boot loader development Supports JTAG debugger Lauterbach ARM Dstream... 29 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
conga-sbm3/qseven Mobility Starter Kit The congatec Qseven mobility kit provides the ability to immediately start evaluating congatec Qseven module Full featured Qseven Mini Carrier Board 7 Single Touch Display conga-sbm 3 battery manager Smart battery 30 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Qseven Deliverables congatec website has everything you need to get started with your design. Qseven Specification Qseven Carrier Board Design Guide Qseven Carrier Board Reference Schematics Application Notes Tech Videos Dedicated Design-In Support www.congatec.com/en/products/technologies/qseven.html 31 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
congatec tablet demonstration 32 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
congatec Tablet Demonstrator Illustrates the flexibility of Computer-On-Modules Drastically reduction of design time Less complexity Based on standard components Qseven module Mini carrier board Smart battery manager Smart battery Multi touch display Student project: Simon Brandl 33 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc 3l82UwJH8
Summary congatec is the specialist for Computer-On-Modules, worldwide No. 2 provides strong integration support for ARM on COMs conga-qmx6 module on Qseven for multimedia benefits with low power Starter kits and demonstrator for easy and fast designs ARM opens new applications for Qseven Lowest power consumption Price sensitive applications Extended environmental specifications 35 06.05.2013 2013 congatec AG