Scalable General Purpose Embedded

phyCORE®-AM62x

Root Part #: PCM-071

Low power, high performance for multimedia applications

  • 43 mm x 32 mm
  • Cortex®-A53, Cortex®-M4F
  • Rich Multimedia
  • Secure Boot

Product Overview

The phyCORE®-AM62x is a scalable system on module designed to be deployed in a wide variety of embedded applications from edge computing devices to industrial HMIs and to headless gateways. Measuring in at 43 mm x 32 mm, it’s one of PHYTECs smallest SOMs to date. The compact form factor, available with board-to-board connectors as well as a direct solder variant, has an extensive 240-pin interconnect supporting common protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, UART, I2C, SPI but also rich multimedia with dual display, MIPI CSI-2 camera, and audio.

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Features

Advanced Multimedia Capabilities

On chip GPU, dual display, MIPI CSI-2, and audio. Need HDMI? Use a validated PHYTEC reference circuit to add to your system.

Mainline Linux

PHYTEC commits to upstream support of the phyCORE-AM62x System on Module. With support for the TI AM62x processor already available in the Linux kernel, PHYTEC extends this commitment by supporting the SOM in both U-Boot and Linux.

Security

Work with PHYTEC to add Secure Boot to your application. All phyCORE-AM62x SOMs have the ability to burn security keys to the processor and establish root-of-trust by signing software images to ensure only trusted code is run on your device.

Cost Optimized

Customization options to reduce Bill of Materials include scalable processor, depopulation of connectors as well as the option for direct solder version for complete elimination of connector cost.

Specifications

Processor

Processor TI AM623, TI AM625
Architecture Arm Cortex-A53 / Arm Cortex-M4F
Frequency 1.25 GHz
Co-Processors PRU-ICSS

Memory

RAM 2 GB default / 4 GB max DDR4
eMMC 32 GB default / 128 GB max
NOR 64 MB up to 256 MB (Octal SPI/Dual SPI Flash)
EEPROM 4 KB
SD/SDIO/MMC Interfaces 3
External Memory Bus 1x GPMC

High-Speed Interfaces

USB 2x 2.0 Dual Role

Peripherals

UART 10
I2C 6
SPI/SSP 4
CAN 3x CAN-FD
GPIO Yes
PWM 4
eCAP 4
eQEP 3

Connectivity

Ethernet 2x 10/100/1000 (1x onboard / 1x RGMII)

Multimedia

Display OLDI/LVDS (4 lanes - 2x) and Parallel Display (24bpp)
Graphics 3D GPU - OpenGL 3.x/2.0/1.1, Vulkan 1.2
Camera 1x MIPI CSI
Video 2048x1080 @60fps
Audio 3x McASP

Miscellaneous

JTAG Yes
RTC Yes
Security Accelerators 3DES, AES, DRBG, MD-5, PKA, SHA-1, SHA-2

Mechanical

Dimensions 43 x 32 mm
Connector 2x 120-pin 0.5 mm

Operating Conditions

Operating Temperature -40° to +85° C
Supply Voltage 5.0V
Power (Typical) 1.48 W
Power (Max) 2.63 W

Hardware Documentation

SOM

Hardware Manual

L-1038e.A3_phyCORE-AM62x_HW Manual.pdf

Component Placement

ComponentPlacement_PCM-071_1573-2_combined.pdf

Schematic Symbol & Footprint

phyCORE-AM62x

Carrier Board

Component Placement

ComponentPlacement_PBA-C-24_1576-3_combined.pdf

PHYTEC PinMux Tool

Pinmuxing tool 

Connectors

SOM Connectors
Samtec ASP-205225-01 (PHYTEC Article # VB406)

ASP205225-01.zip

Carrier Board Connectors
Samtec REF-177862-03 (PHYTEC Article # VM240)

REF-177862-03.zip

Thermal Management

Thermal Application Guide

PCM-071_AM62x_Thermal-Application-Note_LAN-115e.A1.pdf

Thermal Evaluation Kit
Assembly Instructions

KZUB-071-T01 Thermal Evaluation Kit Instructions

The AM62x Processor

The Texas Instruments Sitara™ AM62x processor features up to quad-core 1.4GHz Arm® Cortex®-A53 for Linux or Android based applications. In addition, dual core PRU-ICSS offers real-time I/O control with an Arm®Cortex-M4F co-processor for further isolating critical tasks and processes. Optional 3D GPU supports up to 2048×1080 @60fps makes this processor platform ideal for industrial HMI.

The Texas Instruments Sitara™ AM62x processor

Software

Linux

BSP-Yocto-Ampliphy-AM62x-PD24.1.0
Date: 2024-09-27

Yocto Scarthgap 5.0.3

BSP-Linux-Yocto-AM62x-PD23.2.1
Date: 2024-03-29

Yocto Kirkstone 4.0.12

BSP-Linux-Yocto-AM62x-PD23.2.0
Date: 2023-09-29

Yocto Kirkstone 4.0.12 (Linux 6.1.33, U-Boot 2023.04)

BSP-Linux-Yocto-AM62x-PD23.1.1
Date: 2023-08-18
BSP-Linux-Yocto-AM62x-PD23.1.0
Date: 2023-04-14

Yocto Dunfell 3.1.23 (Linux kernel 5.10.158)

BSP-Linux-TISDK-ALPHA1
Date: 2022-10-04

Yocto Dunfell 3.1.12 (Linux kernel 5.10.120)

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