SOC8200 Single Board Computer

Features

 Mechanical Parameters

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  SOC8200 Single Board Computer Dimensions: 96mm x 90mm (8 layer PCB design)
  SOC8200 Expansion Board Dimensions: 170mm x 190mm
  Input voltage: +5V (CPU board), +12V (Expansion Board)
  Working Temp.: -40 ~ 85°C

 SOC8200 Single Board Computer

Processor

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  TI AM3517 industrial applications processors
  - NEON SIMD Coprocessor 
  - 600MHz Sitara ARM Cortex-A8 Core
  - POWERVR SGX Graphics Accelerator (AM3517 only)
  - 16KB I-Cache, 16KB D-Cache, 256KB L2-Cache, 112KB ROM, 64KB Share SRAM

Memory

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  256MB DDR2 SDRAM, 32bit
  256MB NAND Flash, 8bit
  4MB NOR Flash, 16bit (driver has not been provided at present)

Signals Routed to Pins

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  One 5-wire Debug serial port (RS232)
  One 5-wire serial port (TTL)
  Two USB 2.0 Host High-speed ports, 480Mbps
  One USB 2.0 Device High-speed port, 480Mbps
  Audio (IIS)
  16-bit LCD output
  10-bit Camera video input
  1-channel S-Video output
  1-channel AV output
  One RS485 serial port
  1-channel CAN bus
  10/100Mbps Ethernet port
  SD/MMC card
  Multi-functional expansion interface (McBSP, IIC, McSPI, TV-OUT)
  PC104 expansion interface (GPMC Bus, MMC, USB, McSPI, UART1, Clock, HDQ)
  JTAG interface

 SOC8200 Expansion Board

Audio/Video Interfaces

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  Audio input port
  Stereo audio output port
  15-pin standard VGA output interface
  Buzzer

Communication Interfaces

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  One 5-wire RS232 serial port (DB9)
  One 9-wire RS232 serial port (DB9)
  One 9-wire TTL serial port (2*5pin 2.5mm pitch connector)
  Two High-speed USB 2.0 Host ports, 480Mbps
  One High-speed USB 2.0 Device port, 480Mbps
  One 10/100Mbps Ethernet port (RJ45)
  10-bit Camera interface
  Reset button
  SD/MMC card slot
  CF card slot

Software

General Description

Embest SOC8200 is a highly-integrated single board computer with PC104 form factor. It employs TI’s high-performance AM3517 microcontroller which is based on 600Mhz ARM Cortex-A8 Core with NEON SIMD Coprocessor and POWERVR SGX™ Graphics Accelerator and offers video, image, and graphics processing capable of supporting single board computers, home and industrial automation, and digital signage. 

The SOC8200 board has onboard 256MB DDR2 SDRAM, 256MB Nand Flash and 4MB Nor Flash and extends various functions through pins including serial port, Ethernet, CAN, RS485, SD/MMC card, CF card, Audio In/Out, Camera, LCD, USB Host, USB Device, expansion connector and JTAG. 

Embest has designed an expansion board for the SOC8200, along with some accessories, software package and documents, it is an ideal development kit which would be convenient for customers to evaluate the functionality of Texas Instruments' Sitara AM3517 microprocessor. The SOC8200 board is preloaded with Linux 2.6.32 open-source operation system. Embest provides all drivers in source code and together with user manual and some other tools and documents to help customer immediately start with their code development. Embest also designed some function modules for SOC8200 to support 3G, WiFi, Analog Camera and multi serial ports functions.

The board industrial level can work stably in wide temperature range from -40°C to 85°C which enables it to fit specific industrial needs and can be used in various applications such as industrial control, consumer electronics, medical equipment, instrumentation, security monitoring and so on.