NXP Semiconductors
Data Sheet: Technical Data
i.MX 6ULL Applications
Processors for Consumer
Products
Document Number: IMX6ULLCEC
Rev. 1.3, 08/2018
MCIMX6Y0DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y1DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y1DVK05AA
MCIMX6Y2DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y2DVM09AA
MCIMX6Y7DVM09AA
MCIMX6Y7DVK05AA
MCIMX6Y2DVK09AB
MCIMX6Y0DVM05AB
MCIMX6Y1DVM05AB
MCIMX6Y1DVK05AB
MCIMX6Y2DVM05AB
MCIMX6Y2DVM09AB
MCIMX6Y7DVM09AB
MCIMX6Y7DVK05AB
Package Information
Plastic Package
MAPBGA 14 x 14 mm, 0.8 mm pitch
MAPBGA 9 x 9 mm, 0.5 mm pitch
Ordering Information
See Table 1 on page 3
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i.MX 6ULL Introduction
The i.MX 6ULL processors represent NXP’s latest
achievement in integrated multimedia-focused products
offering high performance processing with a high degree
of functional integration, targeted towards the growing
market of connected devices.
The i.MX 6ULL is a high performance, ultra efficient
processor family with featuring NXP’s advanced
implementation of the single Arm Cortex®-A7 core,
which operates at speeds of up to 900 MHz. i.MX 6ULL
includes integrated power management module that
reduces the complexity of external power supply and
simplifies the power sequencing. Each processor in this
family provides various memory interfaces, including
LPDDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, Raw and Managed NAND
flash, NOR flash, eMMC, Quad SPI, and a wide range of
other interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as
WLAN, Bluetooth™, GPS, displays, and camera
sensors.
NXP reserves the right to change the production detail specifications as may be required
to permit improvements in the design of its products.
1. i.MX 6ULL Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1. Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Architectural Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1. Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. Modules List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1. Special Signal Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2. Recommended Connections for Unused Analog
Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4. Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.1. Chip-Level Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2. Power Supplies Requirements and Restrictions . 31
4.3. Integrated LDO Voltage Regulator Parameters . . 32
4.4. PLL’s Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.5. On-Chip Oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.6. I/O DC Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.7. I/O AC Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.8. Output Buffer Impedance Parameters . . . . . . . . . 43
4.9. System Modules Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.10. Multi-Mode DDR Controller (MMDC) . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.11. General-Purpose Media Interface (GPMI) Timing 58
4.12. External Peripheral Interface Parameters . . . . . . 66
4.13. A/D converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5. Boot Mode Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
5.1. Boot Mode Configuration Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
5.2. Boot Device Interface Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6. Package Information and Contact Assignments . . . . . 111
6.1. 14 x 14 mm Package Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6.2. 9 x 9 mm Package Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7. Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
i.MX 6ULL Introduction
The i.MX 6ULL processors are specifically useful for applications such as:
• Telematics
• Audio playback
• Connected devices
• IoT Gateway
• Access control panels
• Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
• Portable medical and health care
• IP phones
• Smart appliances
• eReaders
The features of the i.MX 6ULL processors include:
• Single-core Arm Cortex-A7—The single core A7 provides a cost-effective and power-efficient
solution.
• Multilevel memory system—The multilevel memory system of processor is based on the L1
instruction and data caches, L2 cache, and internal and external memory. The processor supports
many types of external memory devices, including DDR3, low voltage DDR3, LPDDR2, NOR
Flash, NAND Flash (MLC and SLC), OneNAND™, Quad SPI, and managed NAND, including
eMMC up to rev 4.4/4.41/4.5.
• Smart speed technology—Power management implemented throughout the IC that enables
multimedia features and peripherals to consume minimum power in both active and various low
power modes.
• Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling—The power efficiency of devices by scaling the voltage
and frequency to optimize performance.
• Multimedia powerhouse—The multimedia performance of processor is enhanced by a multilevel
cache system, NEON™ MPE (Media Processor Engine) co-processor, a programmable smart
DMA (SDMA) controller, an asynchronous audio sample rate converter, an Electrophoretic
Display (EPD) controller, and a Pixel processing pipeline (PXP) to support 2D image processing,
including color-space conversion, scaling, alpha-blending, and rotation.
• 2x Ethernet interfaces—2x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controllers.
• Human-machine interface—Each processor supports one digital parallel display interface.
• Interface flexibility—Each processor supports connections to a variety of interfaces: two
high-speed USB on-the-go with PHY, multiple expansion card ports (high-speed MMC/SDIO host
and other), two 12-bit ADC modules with up to 10 total input channels and two CAN ports.
• Advanced security—The processors deliver hardware-enabled security features that enable secure
e-commerce, digital rights management (DRM), information encryption, secure boot, AES-128
encryption, SHA-1, SHA-256 HW acceleration engine, and secure software downloads. The
security features are discussed in the i.MX 6ULL Security Reference Manual (IMX6ULLSRM).
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•
Integrated power management—The processors integrate linear regulators and internally generate
voltage levels for different domains. This significantly simplifies system power management
structure.
For a comprehensive list of the i.MX 6ULL features, see Section 1.2, Features"”.
1.1
Ordering Information
Table 1 provides examples of orderable part numbers covered by this data sheet.
Table 1. Ordering Information
Part Number
Feature
Package
Junction
Temperature Tj
(C)
MCIMX6Y0DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y0DVM05AB
Features supports:
14 x 14 mm, 0.8 pitch
• 528 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• No security
• No LCD/CSI
• No CAN
• Ethernet x1
• USB OTG x1
• ADC x1
• UART x4
• SAI x1
• No ESAI
• Timer x2
• PWM x4
• I2C x2
• SPI x2
0 to +95
MCIMX6Y1DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y1DVM05AB
Features supports:
14 x 14 mm, 0.8 pitch
• 528 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• No LCD/CSI
• CAN x1
• Ethernet x1
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x1
• UART x8
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x8
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
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Table 1. Ordering Information
Part Number
Feature
Package
Junction
Temperature Tj
(C)
MCIMX6Y2DVM05AA
MCIMX6Y2DVM05AB
Features supports:
14 x 14 mm, 0.8 pitch
• 528 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• With LCD/CSI
• CAN x2
• Ethernet x2
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x2
• UART x8
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x8
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
MCIMX6Y1DVK05AA
MCIMX6Y1DVK05AB
Features supports:
9 x 9 mm, 0.5 pitch
• 528 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• No LCD/CSI
• CAN x1
• Ethernet x1
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x1
• UART x8
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x8
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
MCIMX6Y7DVK05AA
MCIMX6Y7DVK05AB
Features supports:
9 x 9 mm, 0.5 pitch
• 528 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• With LCD/CSI
• EPDC
• No CAN
• Ethernet x1
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x2
• UART x4
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x4
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
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Table 1. Ordering Information
Part Number
Feature
Package
Junction
Temperature Tj
(C)
MCIMX6Y2DVK09AB
Features supports:
9 x 9 mm, 0.5 pitch
• 900 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• With LCD/CSI
• CAN x2
• Ethernet x2
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x2
• UART x8
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x8
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
MCIMX6Y2DVM09AB
MCIMX6Y2DVM09AB
Features supports:
14 x 14mm, 0.8 pitch
• 900 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• With LCD/CSI
• CAN x2
• Ethernet x2
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x2
• UART x8
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x8
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
MCIMX6Y7DVM09AA
MCIMX6Y7DVM09AB
Features supports:
14 x 14mm, 0.8 pitch
• 900 MHz, commercial grade for general purpose MAPBGA
• Basic security
• With LCD/CSI
• EPDC
• No CAN
• Ethernet x1
• USB OTG x2
• ADC x2
• UART x4
• SAI x3
• ESAI x1
• Timer x4
• PWM x4
• I2C x4
• SPI x4
0 to +95
Figure 1 describes the part number nomenclature so that the users can identify the characteristics of the
specific part number they have (for example, cores, frequency, temperature grade, fuse options, and silicon
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revision). The primary characteristic which describes which data sheet applies to a specific part is the
temperature grade (junction) field.
• The i.MX 6ULL Applications Processors for Consumer Products Data Sheet (IMX6ULLCEC)
covers parts listed with a “D (Commercial temp)”
Ensure to have the proper data sheet for specific part by verifying the temperature grade (junction) field
and matching it to the proper data sheet. If there will be any questions, visit the web page
NXP.com/imx6series or contact a NXP representative for details.
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Qualification Level
i.MX 6 Family
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Part differentiator
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900 MHz
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Package Type
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MAPBGA 14 x 14 mm, 0.8 pitch
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MAPBGA 9 x 9 mm, 0.5 pitch
VK
Baseline
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Junction Temperature (Tj)
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Consumer: 0 to + 95 °C
D
Industrial: -40 to +105 °C
C
ROHS
Figure 1. Part Number Nomenclature—i.MX 6ULL
1.2
Features
The i.MX 6ULL processors are based on Arm Cortex-A7 MPCore™ Platform, which has the following
features:
• Supports single Arm Cortex-A7 MPCore (with TrustZone) with:
— 32 KB L1 Instruction Cache
— 32 KB L1 Data Cache
— Private Timer and Watchdog
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— Cortex-A7 NEON Media Processing Engine (MPE) Co-processor
General Interrupt Controller (GIC) with 128 interrupts support
Global Timer
Snoop Control Unit (SCU)
128 KB unified I/D L2 cache
Single Master AXI bus interface output of L2 cache
Frequency of the core (including Neon and L1 cache), as per Table 10, "Operating Ranges," on
page 24.
NEON MPE coprocessor
— SIMD Media Processing Architecture
— NEON register file with 32x64-bit general-purpose registers
— NEON Integer execute pipeline (ALU, Shift, MAC)
— NEON dual, single-precision floating point execute pipeline (FADD, FMUL)
— NEON load/store and permute pipeline
— 32 double-precision VFPv3 floating point registers
The SoC-level memory system consists of the following additional components:
— Boot ROM, including HAB (96 KB)
— Internal multimedia/shared, fast access RAM (OCRAM, 128 KB)
• External memory interfaces: The i.MX 6ULL processors support latest, high volume, cost effective
handheld DRAM, NOR, and NAND Flash memory standards.
— 16-bit LP-DDR2-800, 16-bit DDR3-800 and DDR3L-800
— 8-bit NAND-Flash, including support for Raw MLC/SLC, 2 KB, 4 KB, and 8 KB page size,
BA-NAND, PBA-NAND, LBA-NAND, OneNAND™ and others. BCH ECC up to 40 bits.
— 16/8-bit NOR Flash. All EIMv2 pins are muxed on other interfaces.
Each i.MX 6ULL processor enables the following interfaces to external devices (some of them are muxed
and not available simultaneously):
• Displays:
— One parallel display port, support max 85 MHz display clock and up to WXGA (1366 x 768)
at 60 Hz
— Support 24-bit, 18-bit, 16-bit, and 8-bit parallel display
— Electrophoretic display controller support direct-driver for E-Ink EPD panel, with up to
2048x1536 resolution at 106 Hz
• Camera sensors:
— One parallel camera port, up to 24 bit and 133.3 MHz pixel clock
— Support 24-bit, 16-bit, 10-bit, and 8-bit input
— Support BT.656 interface
• Expansion cards:
— Two MMC/SD/SDIO card ports all supporting:
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•
– 1-bit or 4-bit transfer mode specifications for SD and SDIO cards up to UHS-I SDR-104
mode (104 MB/s max)
– 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit transfer mode specifications for MMC cards up to 52 MHz in both SDR
and DDR modes (104 MB/s max)
– 4-bit or 8-bit transfer mode specifications for eMMC chips up to 200 MHz in HS200 mode
(200 MB/s max)
USB:
— Two high speed (HS) USB 2.0 OTG (Up to 480 Mbps), with integrated HS USB PHY
Miscellaneous IPs and interfaces:
— Three I2S/SAI/AC97, up to 1.4 Mbps each
— ESAI
— Sony Philips Digital Interface Format (SPDIF), Rx and Tx
— Eight UARTs, up to 5.0 Mbps each:
– Providing RS232 interface
– Supporting 9-bit RS485 multidrop mode
– Support RTS/CTS for hardware flow control
— Four eCSPI (Enhanced CSPI), up to 52 Mbps each
— Four I2C, supports 400 kbps
— Two 10/100 Ethernet Controller (IEEE1588 compliant)
— Eight Pulse Width Modulators (PWM)
— System JTAG Controller (SJC)
— GPIO with interrupt capabilities
— 8x8 Key Pad Port (KPP)
— One Quad SPI to connect to serial NOR flash
— Two Flexible Controller Area Network (FlexCAN)
— Three Watchdog timers (WDOG)
— 8-bit/10-bit/12-bit/16-bit camera interface
— Two 12-bit Analog to Digital Converters (ADC) with up to 10 input channels in total
The i.MX 6ULL processors integrate advanced power management unit and controllers:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Provide PMU, including LDO supplies, for on-chip resources
Use Temperature Sensor for monitoring the die temperature
Use Voltage Sensor for monitoring the die voltage
Support DVFS techniques for low power modes
Use SW State Retention and Power Gating for Arm and NEON
Support various levels of system power modes
Use flexible clock gating control scheme
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The i.MX 6ULL processors use dedicated hardware accelerators to meet the targeted multimedia
performance. The use of hardware accelerators is a key factor in obtaining high performance at low power
consumption numbers, while having the CPU core relatively free for performing other tasks.
The i.MX 6ULL processors incorporate the following hardware accelerators:
• PXP—Pixel Processing Pipeline for image resize, rotation, overlay and CSC. Off loading key pixel
processing operations are required to support the LCD display applications.
• ASRC—Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter
Security functions are enabled and accelerated by the following hardware:
• Arm TrustZone including the TZ architecture (separation of interrupts, memory mapping, etc.)
• SJC—System JTAG Controller. Protecting JTAG from debug port attacks by regulating or
blocking the access to the system debug features.
• SNVS—Secure Non-Volatile Storage, including Secure Real Time Clock, both active tamper and
passive tamper detection logic has up to 10 tamper inputs. Voltage monitor, temperature monitor,
and clock frequency monitor protects the secure key storage.
• CSU—Central Security Unit. Enhancement for the IC Identification Module (IIM). Will be
configured during boot and by eFUSEs and will determine the security level operation mode as
well as the TZ policy.
• A-HAB—Advanced High Assurance Boot—HABv4 with the new embedded enhancements:
AES-128 encryption, SHA-1, and SHA-256 HW acceleration engine, 2048-bit RSA key, version
control mechanism, warm boot, CSU, and TZ initialization.
NOTE
The actual feature set depends on the part numbers as described in Table 1.
Functions, such as display and camera interfaces, connectivity interfaces.
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Architectural Overview
2
Architectural Overview
The following subsections provide an architectural overview of the i.MX 6ULL processor system.
2.1
Block Diagram
Figure 2 shows the functional modules in the i.MX 6ULL processor system.
LP-DDR2
/ DDR3
Battery Control
Device
External Memory
NAND FLASH
ARM Cortex A 7
MPCore Platform
MMDC
Cortex-A7 Core
EIM
GPMI & BCH
NOR FLASH
(Parallel )
JTAG
(IEEE1149 .6)
Sensors
QSPI
Crystal and
Clock Source
Debug
Clock & Reset
DAP
PLL (6)
TPIU
CCM
32 KB
I-cahce
32 KB
D-cache
CTIs
GPC
NEON
ETM
SJC
SRC
MMC/SD
eMMC/eSD
MMC/SD
SDXC
XTAL OSC
SCU & Timer
Timer/Control
L2 Cache 128 KB
32K OSC
Security
CSU
Fuse Box
Tamper
Detection
HAB
SNVS
(SRTC)
Internal Memory
GPT ( 2)
OCRAM 128 KB
EPIT (2)
ROM 96 KB
Temp Monitor
Smart DMA
SDMA
LCD Panel
Display Interface
Image Procssing
LCDIF
Pixel Processing Pipeline
(PXP)
Eletrophoretic Display (EPD)
CMOS Sensor
eINK Panel
AP Peripherals
uSDHC (2)
Camera Interface
I2C (4)
SPBA
NOR FLASH
(Quad SPI )
AXI and AHB Switch Fabric
WDOG (3)
Shared Peripherals
Keypad
PWM (8)
ASRC
OCOTP
MQS
IOMUXC
eCSPI (4)
KPP
SPDIF Tx /Rx
GPIO
SAI (3)
Ethernet (2)
UART (8)
CAN (2)
ESAI
USB OTG (2)
CAN x2
USB OTG
(dev/host)
10/100M
Ethernet x2
Controller Area
Network
Power Management
CSI
LDOs
WLAN
Modem IC
Digital Audio
.
Figure 2. i.MX 6ULL System Block Diagram
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Modules List
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Modules List
The i.MX 6ULL processors contain a variety of digital and analog modules. Table 2 describes these
modules in alphabetical order.
Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
ADC1
ADC2
Analog to Digital
Converter
—
The ADC is a 12-bit general purpose analog to digital
converter.
Arm
Arm Platform
Arm
The Arm Core Platform includes 1x Cortex-A7 core. It
also includes associated sub-blocks, such as the Level
2 Cache Controller, SCU (Snoop Control Unit), GIC
(General Interrupt Controller), private timers, watchdog,
and CoreSight debug modules.
ASRC
Asynchronous Sample
Rate Converter
Multimedia
Peripherals
The Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter (ASRC)
converts the sampling rate of a signal associated to an
input clock into a signal associated to a different output
clock. The ASRC supports concurrent sample rate
conversion of up to 10 channels of about -120dB
THD+N. The sample rate conversion of each channel is
associated to a pair of incoming and outgoing sampling
rates. The ASRC supports up to three sampling rate
pairs.
BCH
Binary-BCH ECC
Processor
System Control
Peripherals
CCM
GPC
SRC
Brief Description
The BCH module provides up to 40-bit ECC
encryption/decryption for NAND Flash controller
(GPMI)
Clock Control Module, Clocks, Resets, and These modules are responsible for clock and reset
General Power Controller,
Power Control
distribution in the system, and also for the system power
System Reset Controller
management.
CSI
Parallel CSI
Multimedia
Peripherals
The CSI IP provides parallel CSI standard camera
interface port. The CSI parallel data ports are up to 24
bits. It is designed to support 24-bit RGB888/YUV444,
CCIR656 video interface, 8-bit YCbCr, YUV or RGB,
and 8-bit/10-bit/16-bit Bayer data input.
CSU
Central Security Unit
Security
The Central Security Unit (CSU) is responsible for
setting comprehensive security policy within the i.MX
6ULL platform.
DAP
Debug Access Port
System Control
Peripherals
The DAP provides real-time access for the debugger
without halting the core to:
• System memory and peripheral registers
• All debug configuration registers
The DAP also provides debugger access to JTAG scan
chains. The DAP module is internal to the Cortex-A7
Core Platform.
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Modules List
Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
DCP
Data co-processor
Security
This module provides support for general encryption
and hashing functions typically used for security
functions. Because its basic job is moving data from
memory to memory, it also incorporates a memory-copy
(memcopy) function for both debugging and as a more
efficient method of copying data between memory
blocks than the DMA-based approach.
eCSPI1
eCSPI2
eCSPI3
eCSPI4
Configurable SPI
Connectivity
Peripherals
Full-duplex enhanced Synchronous Serial Interface,
with data rate up to 52 Mbit/s. It is configurable to
support Master/Slave modes, four chip selects to
support multiple peripherals.
EIM
NOR-Flash /PSRAM
interface
Connectivity
Peripherals
The EIM NOR-FLASH / PSRAM provides:
• Support 16-bit (in muxed IO mode only) PSRAM
memories (sync and async operating modes), at
slow frequency
• Support 16-bit (in muxed IO mode only) NOR-Flash
memories, at slow frequency
• Multiple chip selects
ENET1
ENET2
Ethernet Controller
Connectivity
Peripherals
The Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) is
designed to support 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet/IEEE 802.3
networks. An external transceiver interface and
transceiver function are required to complete the
interface to the media. The module has dedicated
hardware to support the IEEE 1588 standard. See the
ENET chapter of the reference manual for details.
EPDC
Electrophoretic Display
Controller
Multimedia
Peripherals
The EPDC is a feature-rich, low power, and high
performance direct-drive active matrix EPD controller. It
is specially designed to drive E-INKTM EPD panels,
supporting a wide variety of TFT backplanes.
EPIT1
EPIT2
Enhanced Periodic
Interrupt Timer
Timer Peripherals
Each EPIT is a 32-bit “set and forget” timer that starts
counting after the EPIT is enabled by software. It is
capable of providing precise interrupts at regular
intervals with minimal processor intervention. It has a
12-bit prescaler for division of input clock frequency to
get the required time setting for the interrupts to occur,
and counter value can be programmed on the fly.
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Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
ESAI
Enhanced Serial Audio
Interface
Connectivity
Peripherals
The Enhanced Serial Audio Interface (ESAI) provides a
full-duplex serial port for serial communication with a
variety of serial devices, including industry-standard
codecs, SPDIF transceivers, and other processors.
The ESAI consists of independent transmitter and
receiver sections, each section with its own clock
generator. All serial transfers are synchronized to a
clock. Additional synchronization signals are used to
delineate the word frames. The normal mode of
operation is used to transfer data at a periodic rate, one
word per period. The network mode is also intended for
periodic transfers; however, it supports up to 32 words
(time slots) per period. This mode can be used to build
time division multiplexed (TDM) networks. In contrast,
the on-demand mode is intended for non-periodic
transfers of data and to transfer data serially at high
speed when the data becomes available.
The ESAI has 12 pins for data and clocking connection
to external devices.
FLEXCAN1
FLEXCAN2
Flexible Controller Area
Network
Connectivity
Peripherals
The CAN protocol was primarily, but not only, designed
to be used as a vehicle serial data bus, meeting the
specific requirements of this field: real-time processing,
reliable operation in the Electromagnetic interference
(EMI) environment of a vehicle, cost-effectiveness and
required bandwidth. The FlexCAN module is a full
implementation of the CAN protocol specification,
Version 2.0 B, which supports both standard and
extended message frames.
GPIO1
GPIO2
GPIO3
GPIO4
GPIO5
General Purpose I/O
Modules
System Control
Peripherals
Used for general purpose input/output to external ICs.
Each GPIO module supports 32 bits of I/O.
GPMI
General Purpose
Memory Interface
Connectivity
Peripherals
The GPMI module supports up to 8x NAND devices and
40-bit ECC encryption/decryption for NAND Flash
Controller (GPMI2). GPMI supports separate DMA
channels for each NAND device.
GPT1
GPT2
General Purpose Timer
Timer peripherals
Each GPT is a 32-bit “free-running” or “set and forget”
mode timer with programmable prescaler and compare
and capture register. A timer counter value can be
captured using an external event and can be configured
to trigger a capture event on either the leading or trailing
edges of an input pulse. When the timer is configured to
operate in “set and forget” mode, it is capable of
providing precise interrupts at regular intervals with
minimal processor intervention. The counter has output
compare logic to provide the status and interrupt at
comparison. This timer can be configured to run either
on an external clock or on an internal clock.
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Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
LCDIF
LCD interface
Connectivity
peripherals
The LCDIF is a general purpose display controller used
to drive a wide range of display devices varying in size
and capability. The LCDIF is designed to support dumb
(synchronous 24-bit Parallel RGB interface) and smart
(asynchronous parallel MPU interface) LCD devices.
MQS
Medium Quality Sound
Multimedia
Peripherals
MQS is used to generate 2-channel medium quality
PWM-like audio via two standard digital GPIO pins.
PWM1
PWM2
PWM3
PWM4
PWM5
PWM6
PWM7
PWM8
Pulse Width Modulation
Connectivity
peripherals
The pulse-width modulator (PWM) has a 16-bit counter
and is optimized to generate sound from stored sample
audio images and it can also generate tones. It uses
16-bit resolution and a 4x16 data FIFO to generate
sound.
PXP
Pixel Processing Pipeline Display peripherals A high-performance pixel processor capable of 1
pixel/clock performance for combined operations, such
as color-space conversion, alpha blending,
gamma-mapping, and rotation. The PXP is enhanced
with features specifically for gray scale applications. In
addition, the PXP supports traditional pixel/frame
processing paths for still-image and video processing
applications, allowing it to interface with the integrated
EPD.
RNGB
Random Number
Generator
Security
Random number generating module.
QSPI
Quad SPI
Connectivity
peripherals
Quad SPI module acts as an interface to external serial
flash devices. This module contains the following
features:
• Flexible sequence engine to support various flash
vendor devices
• Single pad/Dual pad/Quad pad mode of operation
• Single Data Rate/Double Data Rate mode of
operation
• Parallel Flash mode
• DMA support
• Memory mapped read access to connected flash
devices
• Multi-master access with priority and flexible and
configurable buffer for each master
SAI1
SAI2
SAI3
—
—
The SAI module provides a synchronous audio
interface (SAI) that supports full duplex serial interfaces
with frame synchronization, such as I2S, AC97, TDM,
and codec/DSP interfaces.
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Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
SDMA
Smart Direct Memory
Access
System Control
Peripherals
The SDMA is multi-channel flexible DMA engine. It
helps in maximizing system performance by off-loading
the various cores in dynamic data routing. It has the
following features:
• Powered by a 16-bit Instruction-Set micro-RISC
engine
• Multi-channel DMA supporting up to 32 time-division
multiplexed DMA channels
• 48 events with total flexibility to trigger any
combination of channels
• Memory accesses including linear, FIFO, and 2D
addressing
• Shared peripherals between Arm and SDMA
• Very fast Context-Switching with 2-level priority
based preemptive multi-tasking
• DMA units with auto-flush and prefetch capability
• Flexible address management for DMA transfers
(increment, decrement, and no address changes on
source and destination address)
• DMA ports can handle unit-directional and
bi-directional flows (copy mode)
• Up to 8-word buffer for configurable burst transfers
for EMIv2.5
• Support of byte-swapping and CRC calculations
• Library of Scripts and API is available
SJC
System JTAG Controller
System Control
Peripherals
The SJC provides JTAG interface, which complies with
JTAG TAP standards, to internal logic. The i.MX 6ULL
processors use JTAG port for production, testing, and
system debugging. In addition, the SJC provides BSR
(Boundary Scan Register) standard support, which
complies with IEEE1149.1 and IEEE1149.6 standards.
The JTAG port must be accessible during platform initial
laboratory bring-up, for manufacturing tests and
troubleshooting, as well as for software debugging by
authorized entities. The i.MX 6ULL SJC incorporates
three security modes for protecting against
unauthorized accesses. Modes are selected through
eFUSE configuration.
SNVS
Secure Non-Volatile
Storage
Security
Secure Non-Volatile Storage, including Secure Real
Time Clock, Security State Machine, Master Key
Control, and Violation/Tamper Detection and reporting.
SPDIF
Sony Philips Digital
Interconnect Format
Multimedia
Peripherals
A standard audio file transfer format, developed jointly
by the Sony and Phillips corporations. Has Transmitter
and Receiver functionality.
System Counter
—
—
The system counter module is a programmable system
counter which provides a shared time base to the
Cortex A series cores as part of Arm’s generic timer
architecture. It is intended for use in application where
the counter is always powered on and supports
multiple, unrelated clocks.
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Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
TSC
Touch Screen
Touch Controller
TZASC
Trust-Zone Address
Space Controller
Security
The TZASC (TZC-380 by Arm) provides security
address region control functions required for intended
application. It is used on the path to the DRAM
controller.
UART1
UART2
UART3
UART4
UART5
UART6
UART7
UART8
UART Interface
Connectivity
Peripherals
Each of the UARTv2 module supports the following
serial data transmit/receive protocols and
configurations:
• 7- or 8-bit data words, 1 or 2 stop bits, programmable
parity (even, odd or none)
• Programmable baud rates up to 5 Mbps.
• 32-byte FIFO on Tx and 32 half-word FIFO on Rx
supporting auto-baud
uSDHC1
uSDHC2
SD/MMC and SDXC
Enhanced Multi-Media
Card / Secure Digital Host
Controller
Connectivity
Peripherals
i.MX 6ULL specific SoC characteristics:
All four MMC/SD/SDIO controller IPs are identical and
are based on the uSDHC IP. They are:
• Fully compliant with MMC command/response sets
and Physical Layer as defined in the Multimedia Card
System Specification, v4.5/4.2/4.3/4.4/4.41/
including high-capacity (size > 2 GB) cards HC MMC.
• Fully compliant with SD command/response sets
and Physical Layer as defined in the SD Memory
Card Specifications, v3.0 including high-capacity
SDXC cards up to 2 TB.
• Fully compliant with SDIO command/response sets
and interrupt/read-wait mode as defined in the SDIO
Card Specification, Part E1, v3.0
Two ports support:
• 1-bit or 4-bit transfer mode specifications for SD and
SDIO cards up to UHS-I SDR104 mode (104 MB/s
max)
• 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit transfer mode specifications for
MMC cards up to 52 MHz in both SDR and DDR
modes (104 MB/s max)
• 4-bit or 8-bit transfer mode specifications for eMMC
chips up to 200 MHz in HS200 mode (200 MB/s max)
However, the SoC level integration and I/O muxing logic
restrict the functionality to the following:
• Instances #1 and #2 are primarily intended to serve
as interfaces to on-board peripherals. These ports
are equipped with “Card detection” and “Write
Protection” pads and do not support hardware reset.
• All ports can work with 1.8 V and 3.3 V cards. There
are two completely independent I/O power domains
for Ports #1 and #2 in four bit configuration (SD
interface).
With touch controller to support 4-wire and 5-wire
resistive touch panel.
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Table 2. i.MX 6ULL Modules List (continued)
Block Mnemonic
Block Name
Subsystem
Brief Description
USB
Universal Serial Bus 2.0
Connectivity
Peripherals
USBO2 (USB OTG1 and USB OTG2) contains:
• Two high-speed OTG 2.0 modules with integrated
HS USB PHYs
• Support eight Transmit (TX) and eight Receive (Rx)
endpoints, including endpoint 0
WDOG1
WDOG3
Watch Dog
Timer Peripherals
The Watch Dog Timer supports two comparison points
during each counting period. Each of the comparison
points is configurable to evoke an interrupt to the Arm
core, and a second point evokes an external event on
the WDOG line.
WDOG2
(TZ)
Watch Dog (TrustZone)
Timer Peripherals
The TrustZone Watchdog (TZ WDOG) timer module
protects against TrustZone starvation by providing a
method of escaping normal mode and forcing a switch
to the TZ mode. TZ starvation is a situation where the
normal OS prevents switching to the TZ mode. Such
situation is undesirable as it can compromise the
system’s security. Once the TZ WDOG module is
activated, it must be serviced by TZ software on a
periodic basis. If servicing does not take place, the timer
times out. Upon a time-out, the TZ WDOG asserts a TZ
mapped interrupt that forces switching to the TZ mode.
If it is still not served, the TZ WDOG asserts a security
violation signal to the CSU. The TZ WDOG module
cannot be programmed or deactivated by a normal
mode SW.
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Special Signal Considerations
Table 3 lists special signal considerations for the i.MX 6ULL processors. The signal names are listed in
alphabetical order.
The package contact assignments can be found in Section 6, Package Information and Contact
Assignments".” Signal descriptions are provided in the i.MX 6ULL Reference Manual (IMX6ULLRM).
Table 3. Special Signal Considerations
Signal Name
Remarks
CCM_CLK1_P/
CCM_CLK1_N
One general purpose differential high speed clock Input/output is provided.
It can be used:
• To feed external reference clock to the PLLs and further to the modules inside SoC.
• To output internal SoC clock to be used outside the SoC as either reference clock or as a
functional clock for peripherals.
See the i.MX 6ULL Reference Manual (IMX6ULLRM) for details on the respective clock trees.
Alternatively one may use single ended signal to drive CLK1_P input. In this case corresponding
CLK1_N input should be tied to the constant voltage level equal 1/2 of the input signal swing.
Termination should be provided in case of high frequency signals.
After initialization, the CLK1 input/output can be disabled (if not used). If unused, either or both of
the CLK1_N/P pairs may remain unconnected.
RTC_XTALI/RTC_XTALO If the user wishes to configure RTC_XTALI and RTC_XTALO as an RTC oscillator, a 32.768 kHz
crystal, (100 k ESR, 10 pF load) should be connected between RTC_XTALI and RTC_XTALO.
Keep in mind the capacitors implemented on either side of the crystal are about twice the crystal
load capacitor. To hit the exact oscillation frequency, the board capacitors need to be reduced to
account for board and chip parasitics. The integrated oscillation amplifier is self biasing, but
relatively weak. Care must be taken to limit parasitic leakage from RTC_XTALI and RTC_XTALO
to either power or ground (>100 M). This will debias the amplifier and cause a reduction of startup
margin. Typically RTC_XTALI and RTC_XTALO should bias to approximately 0.5 V.
If it is desired to feed an external low frequency clock into RTC_XTALI the RTC_XTALO pin should
be remain unconnected or driven with a complimentary signal. The logic level of this forcing clock
should not exceed VDD_SNVS_CAP level and the frequency should be