element14 presents ARM9 processor based SBC8018 Single Board Computer. SBC8018 is a compact, low-cost with high-performance controller board. It's based on Texas Instruments AM1808 Sitara ARM9 low-power application processor which enables OEMs and ODMs to quickly bring to market devices featuring robust operating systems support, rich user interfaces, and high processing performance life through the maximum flexibility of a fully integrated mixed processor solution.
The SBC8018 Single Board Computer takes full features of the AM1808 microprocessor and has 128MB Mobile DDR SDRAM and 128MB Nand Flash on board. It has exposed many other hardware interfaces including Serial port, LCD/TSP, USB Host/OTG, Ethernet, Audio, SATA,two Camera, TF card, etc. element14 also offers 4.3” and 7” LCD display with touch screen as optional modules for this board.
The board is a ready-to-run solution which is provided with Linux 2.6.33 and WinCE 6.0 BSP. It would be an ideal development platform for customers requiring a low power ARM9 processor with cost-effective price point and small form factor for consumer, embedded industrial, medical and other embedded connectivity applications.
Texas Instruments Sitara AM1808 is a Low-power applications processor based on ARM926EJ-S™. AM1808 processors are ideal for applications in the industrial, portable medical, communications, and consumer markets. The AM1808 provide a single development environment that allows customers to evaluate and exercise all the peripherals that this family boasts.
Note: We have noticed a problem while booting the board for WinCE OS from NAND Flash. Now the problem has been fixed, please download the patch from Design Elements below to fix this problem.
Learning Center
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| User Manual | element14: User Manual for TI AM1808 based SBC8018 Evaluation Board |
| Quick Start Guide | element14: Quick Start Guide for TI AM1808 based SBC8018 Evaluation Board |
| Datasheet | Texas Instruments: Datasheet for AM1808 MCU |
| Reference Manual | Texas Instruments: Reference Manual for Sitara AM1808 MCU |
Design Elements
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Features
Hardware Features
Mechanical Parameters
- Dimensions: 112.24mm x 82.29mm
- Working temperature: 0~70 Celsius
- Input Voltage: +5V
- Humidity Range: 20% ~ 90%
- Power Consumption: 0.22A @ 5V (working without LCD)
Processor
- TI AM1808 ARM9 microprocessor
- 375-MHz ARM926EJ-S RISC MPU, also supports 456MHz operation
- ARM926EJ-S Core
- ARM9 Memory Architecture
- Enhanced Direct-Memory-Access Controller 3 (EDMA3)
- 128K-Byte On-chip Memory
- 1.8V or 3.3V LVCMOS IOs (except for USB and DDR2 interfaces)
- Two External Memory Interfaces
- Three Configurable 16550 type UART Modules
- LCD Controller
- Two Serial Peripheral Interfaces (SPI) Each With Multiple Chip-Selects
- Two MMC/SD Card Interface with Secure Data I/O (SDIO) Interfaces
Memory
- 128MByte Mobile DDR SDRAM
- 128MByte NAND Flash (on the rear of the board)
Audio/Video Interfaces
- Audio input interface (Mic In)
- Two-channel Audio output interface (Line Out)
- Two Camera interfaces (30-pin FPC connector on the rear of the board, supports CCD or CMOS camera)
- LCD/Touch Screen interface (50-pin FPC connector, support resolution up to 2048*2048)
Data Transfer Interfaces and Other Facilities
- 1 x 5 line Debug serial port, RS232 voltage (brings out by DB9 connector)
- 2 x 3 line serial ports, TTL voltage (brings out by extension connector)
- 1 x USB2.0 OTG port, High-speed (Mini USB type)
- 1 x USB1.1 Host port, Full-speed (USB-A type)
- 1 x TF card slot
- 1 x Serial ATA connector, supports both SATA I (1.5 Gbps) and SATA II (3.0 Gbps)
- 1 x 10/100Mbps Ethernet interface (RJ45 connector)
- Battery backed RTC (User needs to prepare battery himself, CR1220 model is ok)
- 1 x RESET button
- 1 x BACK button
- 1 x HOME button
- 1 x MENU button
- 1 x 14-pin JTAG connector (for using TI’s XDS100v2 Emulator)
- 2 x 40-pin extension connectors (SPI, I2C, McBSP, UART, 1.8V, 3.3V, 5V, GPIO are brought out from these connectors)
Software Features
| OS | Item | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|
Linux |
BIOS |
x-load | NAND/ONENAND |
| MMC/SD | |||
| FAT | |||
u-boot | NAND/ONENAND | ||
| MMC/SD | |||
| FAT | |||
| NET | |||
Kernel | Linux 2.6.32 | Supports ROM/CRAM/EXT2/EXT3/FAT/ NFS/ JFFS2/UBIFS file systems | |
| Device Driver | Serial port, RTC, Ethernet, Nand Flash, Touch screen, TF card, USB Device, USB ehci, Audio input/output, keypad, LED | ||
WinCE |
BIOS |
x-loader | NAND / ONENAND |
MMC / SD | |||
| TF | |||
e-boot | NAND / ONENAND | ||
MMC / SD | |||
| FAT / NET | |||
Device Driver | Serial port, RTC, Ethernet, NAND Flash, Touch screen, TF card, USB Device, USB ehci, Audio input/output, keypad, LED, 2D/3D (do not provide source code) | ||
| Display driver (TFT LCD, DVI-D, S-Video) | |||
| Power Management (backlight, battery, Sleep/Wakeup, PWM, ADC) | |||
| APP | application module | Flash Player plug-in and Flash player | |
Kit Contents
- One SBC8018 board
- One cross serial cable
- One 5V@2A Power adapter
- One Product CD (including user manual, schematic in PDF format, datasheet, Linux and WinCE BSP)
- Optional 4.3"/7" TFT LCD (With Touch panel)
Remark: 4.3” LCD (resolution: 480*272), 7" LCD (resolution: 800*480)
Key Applications
- Intelligent Instrument
- Service Point
- Educational Plant
- Portable Data Terminal
- Placeholder Intelligent Sensor
- A Formal Data Terminal
- Industrial Control
- Home Automation