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Hardware Design

The I527BV3 is a complete carrier board. This page summarizes constraints for extensions and debugging. See Core-board Pinout for the X527CV2 200-pin module.

Power​

  • Board input is 12 V; 3 A or more is recommended.
  • Account for peak current from USB 3.0, M.2, 4G, displays, backlight and fan.
  • Display connectors carry 3.3 V, 5 V and 12 V rails. Verify every pin before connecting a panel.
  • Panel, camera and LT6911C power/reset sequences must be implemented in regulators, GPIOs and drivers.

High-speed routing​

InterfaceNominal differential impedanceMain constraints
USB 2.090 ΩPair matching and continuous reference plane
USB 3.090 ΩTight SuperSpeed matching, few vias/stubs
HDMI100 ΩTMDS matching and low-capacitance ESD
MIPI DSI/CSI100 ΩLane mapping, polarity and bitrate must match software
eDP/LVDS100 ΩControlled differential routing
PCIe85 ΩREFCLK, PERST, CLKREQ and power sequencing

Display multiplexing​

LVDS0 and MIPI DSI0 share the 30-pin/40-pin connectors. Switching the interface requires matching resistor population, device-tree nodes, pinctrl, panel power/backlight/reset and panel timing/initialization. Never enable both functions on the same pins.

HDMI IN pipeline​

HDMI source -> LT6911C -> MIPI CSI D-PHY -> CSI/VIPP/ISP -> application

Debug LT6911C firmware, I2C/reset/interrupt, output lanes and bitrate, format changes and the kernel media graph as one complete pipeline.

Low-speed buses​

RS232, RS485 and CAN connectors are behind transceivers. Debug UARTs are 3.3 V logic and must not be connected directly to an RS232 voltage-level port. ADC inputs belong to a 1.8 V analog domain and must stay within the permitted range.