Digi ConnectCore 6UL SBC PRO

Digi ConnectCore® 6UL SBC Pro is a powerful, secure, pre-certified, and connected Single Board Computer (SBC) based on the NXP Semiconductors i.MX6UL-2 Arm® Cortex®-A7 Applications Processor. This SBC offers a standard form factor with complete design flexibility.

The ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro offers pre-certified wireless connectivity options such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi® and BLUETOOTH® 4.2, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Out-of-box cellular integration options using the pre-certified Digi XBee® Cellular modem or a third-party PCI Express Mini Card modem allow integration in cellular connectivity without the usual cost and complexity.

The ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro also integrates an on-board dual-band antenna option, USB connectivity, Grove sensor connectors, and an expansion connector for unique integration flexibility into a wide range of industrial applications.

The ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro boasts complete Linux support, including the built-in Digi TrustFence™ device security framework with support for secure boot, encrypted filesystems, protected ports, and more.

Features

Powerful and flexible off-the-shelf solution in Pico-ITX form factor
Production-ready with minimal hardware design effort
Rugged design with an industrial operating temperature range
Pre-certified dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity
Bluetooth 4.2, with BLE support
Out-of-box support for cellular connectivity
On-board NFC Forum Type 2 compliant tag
Dual 10/100Mbit Ethernet networking
Integrated display and camera capabilities
Rich interface and peripheral support
Complete Yocto Project Linux BSP with source code
NAND and USB boot source configuration
Digi TrustFence device security framework
I/O expander to allow advanced power-management functionality over the carrier board
Compact 100x72mm Pico-ITX form factor
ConnectCore 6UL module
- i.MX6UL single ARM Cortex-A7 core operating at speeds up to 528MHz
- 16-bit DDR3-800 memory interface with a density up to 1GB (256MB default)
- 8-bit SLC NAND flash with density up to 2GB (256MB default)
Debug
- Standard IEEE 1149.1 JTAG interface
- Single Wired Debug (SWD) interface for the microcontroller assistant (MCA) and I/O expander
- TTL serial console

Multimedia Parallel 24-bit LCD interface with FFC on-board connector
- LVDS interface with up to four differential data pairs
- 8-bit parallel camera interface
- Audio CODEC
Communication
- Two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interface
- Two USB Host 2.0 interfaces through a stacked USB A-type connector
- USB OTG with micro AB USB connector
- SISO IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.2 dual mode with on-board U.FL or external MMCX antenna connector
- PCI Express Mini Card slot supporting full and half-size cards
- 2KBytes NFC NTAG
Expansion
- USB Host 2.0 port
- CAN connector with two FlexCAN interfaces
- UART connector with one TTL level UART and two RS-232 UART ports
- SPI
- Audio connectors MIC, Line-in, Line-out
- Audio connector with speakers and Line-in
- GPIO connector with analog input for touch and digital GPIO signals
- I²C
Storage
- NAND flash
- microSD card slot
- 4 GBytes eMMC