iMX6 Development Baseboard
Designed by FEDEVEL Academy
Designed to support all the i.MX6 Rex peripherals. Adds extra wireless support.
Content
Available. Purchase Development Baseboard from VOIPAC >
Back panel
- 1Gb Ethernet
- HDMI with Audio
- 2x USB
- RS232
- Power 7-24 DC (or single +5V)
Front panel
- Audio: Mic in, Line in, Line out, Headphones
- Micro SD card
- Buttons: RESET, ON / OFF, User Button
- LEDs: Power LED, User LED
Side panels
- 2x SIM card
- CFAST (for SSD SATA Disk)
Bottom
- 1x full PCIE mini card socket (PCIE & USB & SIM)
- 1x USB only PCIE mini card socket with SIM & VOICE support
Connectors and headers
- LVDS, Backlight
- Touchscreen
- USB
- Modem Speakers & Microphone
- Serial port (CMOS)
- SPI
- 8x GPIO (can be used for Buttons, LEDs, …)
Second SD socket with Activity LED (not accessible from panel – can be used for OS and can be sealed with a protection label)
On board RTC clock backed up with battery
EEPROM
Debugging (Optional): PCIE slot, SATA connector, micro USB OTG A/B
JTAG
ATX power support (optional)
Four additional holes for heatsink (if required)
Size: 135 x 110mm
The base board includes 1x full PCIE mini card socket (PCIE & USB & SIM). This can be used for any standard PCIE mini card (WIFI, Ethernet, Modem, … )
The base board includes additional 1x PCIE socket with USB & SIM & VOICE support. This can be used for HSPA+ Wireless modem such Telit HE910 (GSM / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSPA data + voice + GPS).
How to connect your Development board for the very first time? Read here >>
Download OpenRex schematic in PDF
BOM Total: $116USD / 1000pcs
Wireless modem & Voice call – Making a call between a mobile phone and iMX6 Rex
Running a PCI Express Card plugged into iMX6 Rex
Running Wifi network on the iMX6 Rex
When we test a new peripheral, we also update this table. More details about the tests can be found here >>
Description Status Note
DDR3 OK Running memory test for 3 weeks
1Gb Ethernet (J24) OK A large packet ping test run over 3 days, a large file transfer tested
HDMI (J16) OK A video file played on a monitor
LVDS (J41) OK A video file played on an LVDS display
CFAST SATA (J15) OK Filesystem running from a CFAST disk
SATA (J14) OK Filesystem running from a SATA disk
PCIE mini – PCIE (J4) OK Wifi Intel 4965AGN tested
PCIE mini – USB (J9) OK Wireless modem HE910 tested
SIM2 (J7) OK Tested with modem
Modem audio (J10, J11, J12) OK Calling Rex via modem
PCIE (J3) OK A PCIE Ethernet card with RTL8168E tested
SPI OK Boots from the SPI & can be reflashed
SD (Slot J29) OK A video copied to & played from an SD card
SD (Slot J39) OK A video copied to & played from an SD card
USB OTG (J21) OK A firmware uploaded to the module
2x USB (J22) OK A video copied to & played from an USB memory stick
USB1 Header (J20) OK USB to Serial port device tested
COM1 RS232 (J30) OK Console output
COM2 UART – CMOS (J31) OK RX <-> TX loopback working oki
Touchscreen (J40) OK Display with touchscreen tested
GPIO (J34) OK Input <-> Output loopback tested
Microphone (J28) OK Records from headphones microphone
Line In (J26) OK Records through loopback Line out -> Line in
Line Out (J27) OK Plays a wav file
Headphones (J25) OK Plays a wav file
RTC (U17) OK Set up Date & Time, reads back correctly
Power LED (D18 Green) OK Shows the status of power supplies
User LED (D18 Red) OK Tested under Linux with I2C-tools
Reset button (SW2) OK The board resets when this button is pressed
User button (SW3) OK A small application reads the status correctly
Boot mode selection (JP2) OK If fitted, boots from USB OTG
Power Input (J37) OK Board powers up ok
ATX Power Input (J38) OK Board powered from an ATX power supply
Max/Min Input Power OK Tested from +7V to +24V
Powers +3V3 & +5V (U22) OK Measured, ok
Power +1V5 (U1) OK Measured, ok
Power +1V8 (U3) OK Measured, ok
This Development Baseboard design is completely free for personal and commercial use. Feel free to download and modify these Baseboard files for your projects. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.