BOARDCON MINI3288 Single Board Computer Runs Android
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the maximum current supported by the VCC_IO?
A: The VCC_IO supports a maximum current of 600-800mA.
Q: What are the voltage input specifications for the system?
A: The system requires a system supply voltage input of 3.6V to 5V.
Introduction
About this Manual
This manual is intended to provide the user with an overview of the board and benefits, complete features specifications, and set up procedures. It contains important safety information as well.
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Limited Warranty
Boardcon warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of buy. During this warranty period Boardcon will repair or replace the defective unit in accordance with the following process:
A copy of the original invoice must be included when returning the defective unit to Boardcon. This limited warranty does not cover damages resulting from lighting or other power surges, misuse, abuse, abnormal conditions of operation, or attempts to alter or modify the function of the product. This warranty is limited to the repair or replacement of the defective unit.In no event shall Boardcon be liable or responsible for any loss or damages, including but not limited to any lost profits, incidental or consequential damages, loss of business, or anticipatory profits arising from the use or inability to use this products. Repairs make after the expiration of the warranty period are subject to a repair charge and the cost of return shipping. Please contact Boardcon to arrange for any repair service and to obtain repair charge information.
MINI3288 Introduction
Summary
- MINI3288 is a System on Module (SOM) based on the RK3288. The module has all pins function of RK3288, low cost and high-performance. Compatible with MINI3288.
- RK3288 Integrate quad-core Cortex-A17 with separately Neon and FPU coprocessor, also shared 1MB L2 Cache. More than 32-bit address will support up to 8GB access space.
- Currently, latest generation and most powerful GPU is embedded to support smoothly high-resolution (3840×2160) display and mainstream game. Support OpenVG1.1, OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0, OpenCL1.1, RenderScript and DirectX11 etc. Full-format video decoder, including 4Kx2K multi-format decoder.
- Lots of high-performance interface to get very flexible solution, such as multi-pipe display with dual-channel LVDS, MIPI-DSI or MIPI-CSI option, HDMI2.0, dual-channel ISP embedded.
- Dual-Channel 64bits DDR3/LPDDR2/LPDDR3 provide demanding memory bandwidths for high-performance and high-resolution application.
- The single board computer has complete electronic documentation, schematics, demo applications, and third-party industry-standard C compilers and embedded development environments for evaluation. We are sure to have the right single board computer for your applications.
RK3288 Features
- CPU
- Quad-Core Cortex-A17 Separately Integrated Neon and FPU per CPU 32KB/32KB L1 ICache/DCache per CPU Unified 1MB L2 Cache
- LPAE (Large Physical Address Extensions) , Support up to 8GB address space Virtualization Extensions Support
- GPU
- Quad-Core Mali-T7 series, latest powerful graphics processor Architected for GPU computing
- Support OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL1.1 and Renderscript, Directx11
- VPU
- Support MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVS, VC-1, VP8, MVC with up to 1080p@60fps
- Support multi-format video decoder with up to 4Kx2K
- Support muti-format video encoder with up to 1080p@30fps
- Video Interface
- Video Input: MIPI CSI, DVP
- Video display: RGB/ 8/10bits LVDS, HDMI2.0 to support maximum 4Kx2K display
- Memory Interface
- Nand Flash Interface
- eMMC Interface
- DR interface
- Rich Connectivity
- SD/MMC/SDIO interface, compatible with SD3.0, SDIO3.0 and MMC4.5
- One 8-channels I2S/PCM interface, One 8-channels SPDIF interface
- One USB2.0 OTG, Two USB2.0 Host
- 100M/1000M RMII/RGMII Ethernet interface
- Dual channel TS stream interface, descramble and demux support
- Smart Card interface
- 4-CH UART, 2-CH SPI (option), 6-CH I2C(up to 4Mbps), 2-CH PWM(option)
- PS/2 master interface
- HSIC interface
- 3-CH ADC input
MINI3288 Features
Feature | Specifications |
CPU | RK3288 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 MPCore processor |
Memory | Default 512MB DDR3L |
NAND Flash | 8GB eMMC Flash |
Power | DC 3.6V-5V power supply |
PMU | ACT8846 |
UART | 4-CH (up to 5-CH, option by SPI0) |
RGB | 24-bit |
LVDS | 1-CH 10bit Dul-LVDS |
Ethernet | 1 Gigabit (RTL8211 on board) |
USB | 2-CH USB2.0 Host, 1-CH USB2.0 OTG |
SPDF | 1-CH |
CIF | 1-CH DVP 8-bit and MIPI CSI |
HDMI | 1-CH |
PS2 | 1-CH |
ADC | 3-CH |
PWM | 2-CH (up to 4-CH, option by UART2) |
IIC | 5-CH |
AUDIO IF | 1-CH |
SPI | 2-CH |
HSMMC/SD | 2-CH |
Dimension | 70 x 58 mm |
PCB Dimension
Block Diagram
CPU Module Introduction
Electric property
Dissipation
Symbol | Parameter | Min | Typ | Max | Unit |
SYS_POWER | System Supply Voltage Input | 3.6 | 5 | 5 | V |
VCC_IO | IO Supply Voltage Output | 3.3 | V | ||
VCCA_18 | RK1000-S | 1.8 | V | ||
VCCA_33 | LCDC/I2S Controller | 3.3 | V | ||
VCC_18 | RK3288 SAR-ADC/ RK3288 USB PHY | 1.8 | V | ||
VCC_LAN | LAN PHY | 3.3 | V | ||
VCC_RTC | RTC Battery Voltage | 2.5 | 3 | 3.6 | V |
Isys_power | System Supply Max Current | 1.1 | 1.5 | A | |
Imax(VCC_IO) | VCC_IO Max Current | 600 | 800 | mA | |
Ivcca_18 | VCCA_18 Max Current | 250 | mA | ||
Ivcca_33 | VCCA_33 Max Current | 350 | mA | ||
Ivcc_18 | VCC_18 Max Current | 350 | mA |
Irtc | RTC Input Current | 10 | uA |
CPU Temperature
Test Conditions |
Environment
Temperature |
Min |
Typ |
Max |
Unit |
Standby | 20 | 43 | 45 | ℃ | |
Play the video | 20 | 45 | 48 | ℃ | |
Full power | 20 | 80 | 85 | ℃ |
Pin Definition
Pin (J1) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
1 | TX_C- | HDMI TMDS Clock- | O | |
2 | TX_0- | HDMI TMDS Data0- | O | |
3 | TX_C+ | HDMI TMDS Clock+ | O | |
4 | TX_0+ | HDMI TMDS Data0+ | O | |
5 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
6 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
7 | TX_1- | HDMI TMDS Data1- | O | |
8 | TX_2- | HDMI TMDS Data2- | O | |
9 | TX_1+ | HDMI TMDS Data1+ | O | |
10 | TX_2+ | HDMI TMDS Data2+ | O | |
11 | HDMI_HPD | HDMI Hot Plug Detection | I | |
12 | HDMI_CEC | HDMI Consumer Electronics Control | GPIO7_C0_u | I/O |
13 | I2C5_SDA_HDMI | I2C5 Bus Data | GPIO7_C3_u | I/O |
14 | I2C5_SCL_HDMI | I2C5 Bus Clock | GPIO7_C4_u | I/O |
15 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
16 | LCD_VSYNC | LCD Vertical Synchronization | GPIO1_D1_d | I/O |
17 | LCD_HSYNC | LCD Horizontal Synchronization | GPIO1_D0_d | I/O |
18 | LCD_CLK | LCD Clock | GPIO1_D3_d | I/O |
19 | LCD_DEN | LCD Enable | GPIO1_D2_d | I/O |
20 | LCD_D0_LD0P | LCD Data0 or LVDS Differential Data0+ | I/O | |
21 | LCD_D1_LD0N | LCD Data1 or LVDS Differential Data0- | I/O | |
22 | LCD_D2_LD1P | LCD Data2 or LVDS Differential Data1+ | I/O | |
23 | LCD_D3_LD1N | LCD Data3 or LVDS Differential Data1- | I/O | |
24 | LCD_D4_LD2P | LCD Data4 or LVDS Differential Data2+ | I/O | |
25 | LCD_D5_LD2N | LCD Data5 or LVDS Differential Data2- | I/O | |
26 | LCD_D6_LD3P | LCD Data6 or LVDS Differential Data3+ | I/O | |
27 | LCD_D7_LD3N | LCD Data7 or LVDS Differential Data3- | I/O | |
28 | LCD_D8_LD4P | LCD Data8 or LVDS Differential Data4+ | I/O |
Pin (J1) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
29 | LCD_D9_LD4N | LCD Data9 or LVDS Differential Data4- | I/O | |
30 | LCD_D10_LCK0P | LCD Data10 or LVDS Differential Clock0+ | I/O | |
31 | LCD_D11_LCK0N | LCD Data11 or LVDS Differential Clock0- | I/O | |
32 | LCD_D12_LD5P | LCD Data12 or LVDS Differential Data5+ | I/O | |
33 | LCD_D13_LD5N | LCD Data13 or LVDS Differential Data5- | I/O | |
34 | LCD_D14_LD6P | LCD Data14 or LVDS Differential Data6+ | I/O | |
35 | LCD_D15_LD6N | LCD Data15 or LVDS Differential Data6- | I/O | |
36 | LCD_D16_LD7P | LCD Data16 or LVDS Differential Data7+ | I/O | |
37 | LCD_D17_LD7N | LCD Data17 or LVDS Differential Data7- | I/O | |
38 | LCD_D18_LD8P | LCD Data18 or LVDS Differential Data8+ | I/O | |
39 | LCD_D19_LD8N | LCD Data19 or LVDS Differential Data8- | I/O | |
40 | LCD_D20_LD9P | LCD Data20 or LVDS Differential Data9- | I/O | |
41 | LCD_D21_LD9N | LCD Data21 or LVDS Differential Data9+ | I/O | |
42 | LCD_D22_LCK1P | LCD Data22 or LVDS Differential Clock1+ | I/O | |
43 | LCD_D23_LCK1N | LCD Data23 or LVDS Differential Clock1- | I/O | |
44 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
45 | MIPI_TX/RX_CLKN | MIPI Clock negative signal input | I/O | |
46 | MIPI_TX/RX_D0P | MIPI data pair 0 positive signal input | I/O | |
47 | MIPI_TX/RX_CLKP | MIPI Clock positive signal input | I/O | |
48 | MIPI_TX/RX_D0N | MIPI data pair 0 negative signal input | I/O | |
49 | MIPI_TX/RX_D2N | MIPI data pair 2 negative signal input | I/O | |
50 | MIPI_TX/RX_D1N | MIPI data pair 1 negative signal input | I/O | |
51 | MIPI_TX/RX_D2P | MIPI data pair 2 positive signal input | I/O | |
52 | MIPI_TX/RX_D1P | MIPI data pair 1 positive signal input | I/O | |
53 | MIPI_TX/RX_D3P | MIPI data pair 3 positive signal input | I/O | |
54 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
55 | MIPI_TX/RX_D3N | MIPI data pair 3 negative signal input | I/O | |
56 | DVP_PWR | GPIO0_C1_d | I/O | |
57 | HSIC_STROBE | HSIC_STROBE | ||
58 | HSIC_DATA | HSIC_DATA | ||
59 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
60 | CIF_D1 | GPIO2_B5_d | I/O | |
61 | CIF_D0 | GPIO2_B4_d | I/O | |
62 | CIF_D3 | HOST_D1 or TS_D1 | GPIO2_A1_d | I/O |
63 | CIF_D2 | HOST_D0 or TS_D0 | GPIO2_A0_d | I/O |
64 | CIF_D5 | HOST_D3 or TS_D3 | GPIO2_A3_d | I/O |
65 | CIF_D4 | HOST_D2 or TS_D2 | GPIO2_A2_d | I/O |
66 | CIF_D7 | HOST_CKINN or TS_D5 | GPIO2_A5_d | I/O |
67 | CIF_D6 | HOST_CKINP or TS_D4 | GPIO2_A4_d | I/O |
Pin (J1) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
68 | CIF_D9 | HOST_D5 or TS_D7 | GPIO2_A7_d | I/O |
69 | CIF_D8 | HOST_D4 or TS_D6 | GPIO2_A6_d | I/O |
70 | CIF_PDN0 | GPIO2_B7_d | I/O | |
71 | CIF_D10 | GPIO2_B6_d | I/O | |
72 | CIF_HREF | HOST_D7 or TS_VALID | GPIO2_B1_d | I/O |
73 | CIF_VSYNC | HOST_D6 or TS_SYNC | GPIO2_B0_d | I/O |
74 | CIF_CLKOUT | HOST_WKREQ or TS_FAIL | GPIO2_B3_d | I/O |
75 | CIF_CLKIN | HOST_WKACK or GPS_CLK or TS_CLKOUT | GPIO2_B2_d | I/O |
76 | I2C3_SCL | GPIO2_C0_u | I/O | |
77 | I2C3_SDA | GPIO2_C1_u | I/O | |
78 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
79 | GPIO0_B2_D | OTP_OUT | GPIO0_B2_d | I/O |
80 | GPIO7_A3_D | GPIO7_A3_d | I/O | |
81 | GPIO7_A6_U | GPIO7_A6_u | I/O | |
82 | GPIO0_A6_U | GPIO0_A6_u | I/O | |
83 | LED0_AD0 | PHYAD0 | ||
84 | LED1_AD1 | PHYAD1 | ||
85 | VCC_LAN | Ethernet Power Supply 3.3V | ||
86 | PS2_DATA | PS2 Data | GPIO8_A1_u | I/O |
87 | PS2_CLK | PS2 Clock | GPIO8_A0_u | I/O |
88 | ADC0_IN | I | ||
89 | GPIO0_A7_U | PMUGPIO0_A7_u | I/O | |
90 | ADC1_IN | RECOVER | I | |
91 | VCCIO_SD | SD Card power Supply 3.3V | ||
92 | ADC2_IN | I | ||
93 | VCC_CAM | Power 1.8V | ||
94 | VCCA_33 | Power 3.3V | ||
95 | VCC_18 | Power 1.8V | ||
96 | VCC_RTC | Real-Time Clock Power Supply | ||
97 | VCC_IO | 3.3V | ||
98 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
99 | VCC_IO | 3.3V | ||
100 | GND | Power Ground | P |
Pin (J2) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
1 | VCC_SYS | System Power Supply 3.6~5V | ||
2 | GND | Power Ground | ||
3 | VCC_SYS | System Power Supply 3.6~5V | ||
4 | GND | Power Ground |
Pin (J2) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
5 | nRESET | System Reset | I | |
6 | MDI0+ | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI0+ | ||
7 | MDI1+ | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI1+ | ||
8 | MDI0- | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI0- | ||
9 | MDI1- | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI1- | ||
10 | IR_INT | PWM CH0 | GPIO7_A0_d | I/O |
11 | MDI2+ | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI2+ | ||
12 | MDI3+ | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI3+ | ||
13 | MDI2- | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI2- | ||
14 | MDI3- | 100M/1G Ethernet MDI3- | ||
15 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
16 | RST_KEY | System Reset | I | |
17 | SDIO0_CMD | GPIO4_D0_u | I/O | |
18 | SDIO0_D0 | GPIO4_C4_u | I/O | |
19 | SDIO0_D1 | GPIO4_C5_u | I/O | |
20 | SDIO0_D2 | GPIO4_C6_u | I/O | |
21 | SDIO0_D3 | GPIO4_C7_u | I/O | |
22 | SDIO0_CLK | GPIO4_D1_d | I/O | |
23 | BT_WAKE | SDIO0_DET | GPIO4_D2_u | I/O |
24 | SDIO0_WP | GPIO4_D3_d | I/O | |
25 | WIFI_REG_ON | SDIO0_PWR | GPIO4_D4_d | I/O |
26 | BT_HOST_WAKE | GPIO4_D7_u | I/O | |
27 | WIFI_HOST_WAKE | SDIO0_INTn | GPIO4_D6_u | I/O |
28 | BT_RST | SDIO0_BKPWR | GPIO4_D5_d | I/O |
29 | SPI2_CLK | SC_IO_T1 | GPIO8_A6_d | I/O |
30 | SPI2_CSn0 | SC_DET_T1 | GPIO8_A7_u | I/O |
31 | SPI2_RXD | SC_RST_T1 | GPIO8_B0_d | I/O |
32 | SPI2_TXD | SC_CLK_T1 | GPIO8_B1_d | I/O |
33 | OTG_VBUS_DRV | GPIO0_B4_d | I/O | |
34 | HOST_VBUS_DRV | GPIO0_B6_d | I/O | |
35 | UART0_RX | GPIO4_C0_u | I/O | |
36 | UART0_TX | GPIO4_C1_d | I/O | |
37 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
38 | UART0_CTS | GPIO4_C2_u | I/O | |
39 | OTG_DM | |||
40 | UART0_RTS | GPIO4_C3_u | I/O | |
41 | OTG_DP | |||
42 | OTG_ID | |||
43 | HOST1_DM | USB host port 1 negative data |
Pin (J2) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
44 | OTG_DET | |||
45 | HOST1_DP | USB host port 1 positive data | ||
46 | HOST2_DM | USB host port 2 negative data | ||
47 | SPI0_CSn0 | UART4_RTSn or TS0_D5 | GPIO5_B5_u | I/O |
48 | HOST2_DP | USB host port 2 positive data | ||
49 | SPI0_CLK | UART4_CTSn or TS0_D4 | GPIO5_B4_u | I/O |
50 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
51 | SPI0_UART4_RXD | UART4_RX or TS0_D7 | GPIO5_B7_u | I/O |
52 | SPI0_UART4_TXD | UART4_TX or TS0_D6 | GPIO5_B6_d | I/O |
53 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
54 | TS0_SYNC | SPI0_CSn1 | GPIO5_C0_u | I/O |
55 | UART1_CTSn | TS0_D2 | GPIO5_B2_u | I/O |
56 | UART1_RTSn | TS0_D3 | GPIO5_B3_u | I/O |
57 | UART1_RX_TS0_D0 | TS0_D0 | GPIO5_B0_u | I/O |
58 | UART1_TX | TS0_D1 | GPIO5_B1_d | I/O |
59 | TS0_CLK | GPIO5_C2_d | I/O | |
60 | TS0_VALID | GPIO5_C1_d | I/O | |
61 | TS0_ERR | GPIO5_C3_d | I/O | |
62 | GPIO7_B4_U | ISP_SHUTTEREN or SPI1_CLK | GPIO7_B4_u | I/O |
63 | SDMMC_CLK | JTAG_TDO | GPIO6_C4_d | I/O |
64 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
65 | SDMMC_D0 | JTAG_TMS | GPIO6_C0_u | I/O |
66 | SDMMC_CMD | GPIO6_C5_u | I/O | |
67 | SDMMC_D2 | JTAG_TDI | GPIO6_C2_u | I/O |
68 | SDMMC_D1 | JTAG_TRSTN | GPIO6_C1_u | I/O |
69 | SDMMC_DET | GPIO6_C6_u | I/O | |
70 | SDMMC_D3 | JTAG_TCK | GPIO6_C3_u | I/O |
71 | SDMMC_PWR | eDP_HOTPLUG | GPIO7_B3_d | I/O |
72 | GPIO0_B5_D | General IO | I/O | |
73 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
74 | GPIO7_B7_U | ISP_SHUTTERTRIG | GPIO7_B7_u | I/O |
75 | I2S_SDI | GPIO6_A3_d | I/O | |
76 | I2S_MCLK | GPIO6_B0_d | I/O | |
77 | I2S_SCLK | GPIO6_A0_d | I/O | |
78 | I2S_LRCK_RX | GPIO6_A1_d | I/O | |
79 | I2S_LRCK_TX | GPIO6_A2_d | I/O | |
80 | I2S_SDO0 | GPIO6_A4_d | I/O | |
81 | I2S_SDO1 | GPIO6_A5_d | I/O | |
82 | I2S_SDO2 | GPIO6_A6_d | I/O |
Pin (J2) | Signal name | Fuction 1 | Fuction 2 | IO Type |
83 | I2S_SDO3 | GPIO6_A7_d | I/O | |
84 | SPDIF_TX | GPIO6_B3_d | I/O | |
85 | I2C2_SDA | GPIO6_B1_u | I/O | |
86 | GND | Power Ground | P | |
87 | I2C1_SDA | SC_RST | GPIO8_A4_u | I/O |
88 | I2C2_SCL | GPIO6_B2_u | I/O | |
89 | I2C4_SDA | GPIO7_C1_u | I/O | |
90 | I2C1_SCL | SC_CLK | GPIO8_A5_u | I/O |
91 | UART2_RX | IR_RX or PWM2 | GPIO7_C6_u | I/O |
92 | I2C4_SCL | GPIO7_C2_u | I/O | |
93 | UART3_RX | GPS_MAG or HSADC_D0_T1 | GPIO7_A7_u | I/O |
94 | UART2_TX | IR_TX or PWM3 or EDPHDMI_CEC | GPIO7_C7_u | I/O |
95 | UART3_RTSn | GPIO7_B2_u | I/O | |
96 | UART3_TX | GPS_SIG or HSADC_D1_T1 | GPIO7_B0_d | I/O |
97 | PWM1 | GPIO7_A1_d | I/O | |
98 | UART3_CTSn | GPS_RFCLK or GPS_CLK_T1 | GPIO7_B1_u | I/O |
99 | PWR_KEY | I | ||
100 | GPIO7_C5_D | GPIO7_C5_d | I/O |
How to use the MINI3288 module
Connectors
PCB dimension of the connectors
The picture of the connectors
RTC Battery Circuit
SATA Circuit
Power Circuit
SD Interface Circuit
SD (Security Digital) card is a kind of widely applied card. A specified interface circuit on platform supports reading and writing function of SD card.
Ethernet Interface Circuit
Audio Codec Circuit
Display Circuit
USB Interface Circuit
WiFi/BT Circuit
GPS Circuit
4G Circuit
HDMI Circuit
Documents / Resources
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