i.MX6 Module with MCIMX6 from NXP (PCIe)

DIMM module with Single/Dual/Quad Cortex-A9 and PCI Express

Do you have growing requirements in the areas of multimedia and high-speed interfaces?

The DIMM-MX6 addresses these requirements and offers a long-term availability of up to 15 years.

emtrions software specialists also provide you with in-house board support packages (BSP).

The operating systems Linux (Yocto, Debian) and Android are available for the DIMM family.

Key features:

  • NXP processors MCIMX6S, MCIMX6U, MCIMX6D, MCIMX6Q
  • Solo, DualLite, Dual or Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processors
  • up to 4x 1,2GHz clock speed
  • powerful 3D graphics
  • interfaces include: PCIe, GbE, 2x CAN, camera, LCD interface (LVDS, RGB)
  • EtherCAT, PROFINET, CANopen optionally available
  • industrial module (COM/ SOM), also available in extended temperature range
  • 512 MB to 2GB RAM and up to 2GB NAND flash (SLC)
  • scalable and long-term available
  • Fastboot optionally available
  • IoT capable

Choose the right developer kit from our versatile compilation for a quick start into your application development.

Product Information

Current Revision R3A
Status mass production / perfective maintenance
Variants DIMM-MX6Q-PCIe, DIMM-MX6D-PCIe, DIMM-MX6DL-PCIe, DIMM-MX6S-PCIe with various RAM and Flash
Temperature Range0°C – 70°C; opt. -20°C – 85°C
Size (WxDxH) 67,5mm x 50mm x 10mm
Power Consumption max. 4,5A
Special Functions
  • up to 4x ARM NEON Co-Processor, VFPU
  • H.264 decode and encode
  • openVG 1.1
  • openGL ES 2.0 & 1.1, Direct3D
  • openCL EP
Supported Carrierboards



i.MX6 Modul mit NXP MCIMX6 (PCIe)


Processor
CPU Cores 1-4 
CPU Manufacturer Freescale  
CPU Name i.MX6  
CPU Type Cortex-A9 
CPU Clock (max) up to 1200 MHz

Memory
DDR3-SDRAM 512 – 2048 MB
NAND-Flash 1024 – 8192 MB
NOR-Flash 8 MB

Connectivity
Ethernet 100BASE-TX 1 x
UART RS232 1 x
UART LVTTL 4 x
USB Host 2.0 high speed 1 x
USB Device 2.0 high speed 1 x
CAN LVTTL 2 x
I²C Interface 3 x
SPI Interface 1 x
Digital GPIO 10 x
MMC/SDC Interface 2 x
PCIe (1 Lane) 1 x

Multimedia
Camera Interface 1 1 x
SSI Interface for Audio Codec 1 x
Touch interface (resistive, 4-wire) 1 x
LCD Interface (RGB) 1 x
Camera Interface 2 1 x
SPDIF (digital audio) 1 x
LCD Interface (LVDS) 1 x

Miscellaneous
RTC (battery buffered) 1 x

Special Functions
up to 4x ARM NEON Co-Processor, VFPU
H.264 decode and encode
openVG 1.1
openGL ES 2.0 & 1.1, Direct3D
openCL EP

Supported operating systems
Android
Debian
Yocto
U-Boot
Windows

Power
max Power4,5A
Voltage3,3V

Operating temperature
0°C – 70°C
-20°C – 85°C (extended)

Mechanical dimensions
Width67,5mm
Depth50mm
Height10mm

Name Summary File
DIMM-MX6 Hardware Manual Hardware Manual for DIMM-MX6 (Quad/Dual/Single) CPU Modules
Change date30.08.2023
TypeManual
LanguageEnglish
UART Translation Table Overview for UART interfaces of CPU modules and baseboards.
Change date04.08.2017
TypeApplication Note
LanguageEnglish
GPIO Translation Table GPIO Translation Table for DIMM-Series CPU Modules
Change date04.08.2017
TypeApplication Note
LanguageEnglish
PCN DIMM-MX6-PCIe R2A V1
Change date04.08.2017
TypePCN
LanguageEnglish
DIMM-MX6 U-Boot Update Package ATTENTION: Only update if necessary and follow the included manual carefully.

Package contains U-Boot binary and manual about how to update.
Change date08.06.2015
TypeBootloader
LanguageEnglish
emPURS on DIMM-MX6 Instruction guide and package for using emtrion's emPURS on DIMM-MX6
Change date09.05.2016
TypeManufacturing
LanguageEnglish
emtrion-mx6 yocto manual User manual for the emtrion-mx6 yocto
Change date30.08.2023
TypeManual
LanguageEnglish
Flyer DIMM-MX6_PCI_PB_HDMI Flyer of emtrion's DIMM MX6 Module
Change date30.08.2023
TypeFlyer
LanguageEnglish


Name Distribution Version Codename
Android Android 4.4.3 Kitkat

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Linux Debian 9.x Stretch

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Linux Debian 8.x Jessie

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Linux Yocto 2.2 Morty

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Summary
This dev kit is particularly suitable for evaluating hardware and application development on Linux with additional PCIe modules.

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Tarion DIMM series compliant baseboard for high performance CPU modules including a miniPCIe slot for wireless network extensions.

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Display ETM0700G0BDH6 WVGA display (800x480 Pixel) with capacitive touch screen.

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ADA-CAN_3V3 Adaptation cable with high-speed CAN transceiver from LVTTL interface to CAN (D-SUB9).

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ADA-UART Breakout-board for emtrion's typical UART header on baseboards to connect the RS232-Transceiver-Cable ADA232.

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ADA232 Adaptation from LVTTL UARTs to RS232 with D-SUB9 connector.

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Question
Configuring the Display Output for the Qt-Demo on i.MX6 with Debian (Kernel 4.9)

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DIMM-MX6 and CPU-Bus
Is the CPU-Bus of the i.MX6 CPU available at the SODIMM connector?

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DIMM-MX6 and PCIe Interface
Is the PCIe interface of the i.MX6 CPU available at the SODIMM connector?

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