QorIQ LS1 Processor Family QorIQ LS1043A Reference Design Board The QorIQ LS1043A processor is NXPs first quad-core, 64-bit ARM -based processor for embedded networking and industrial infrastructure. PROCESSOR OVERVIEW capabilities of the device, serves as a reference for your hardware development. It can also be used as a debug tool Both the dual-core version (LS1023A) and quad-core version to check behaviors on the board compared to behaviors (LS1043A) deliver greater than 10 Gbit/s of performance, seen on prototype boards. flexible I/O and support for fanless, small-form-factor designs with BOM optimizations for economic low-layer PCB, lower The LS1043A-RDB supports one PCI Express slot, one cost power supply and single clock design such as integrated mini-PCI Express connector, an SD/MMC connector service branch routers, SDN and NFV edge platforms, interface and three USB 3.0 receptacles. These components, industry 4.0 gateways, industrial PLC and control and integrated with the QorIQ LS1043A processor, provide an security appliances. applicationspecific platform that can help you get a jump start on your next design. The LS1043A-RDB also supports 2 The QorIQ LS1043A processor takes ARM processing GB of DDR4 at 1600 MHz, 128 MB of NOR flash and 512 MB performance to the next level with up to four 64-bit cores NAND flash. operating at 1.6 GHz and a large 1 MB L2 cache for the best CPU performance per watt in a processor that runs on In addition, the LS1043A-RDB is loaded with the Embedded voltage as low as five watts. This powerful CPU complex is Linux software development kit (SDK) for QorIQ processors coupled with the proven offload engines of the QorIQ data v1.8. The SDK includes a 64-bit SMP Linux kernel, user path acceleration architecture (DPAA) to deliver up to 10 space DPAA for high-performance packet handling, U-boot, Gbit/s performance and protocol processing with minimal the GCC tool chain and virtualization support and many CPU overhead. other features. REFERENCE DESIGN BOARD The QorIQ LS1043A reference design board (LS1043A-RDB) and NXP software development kit (SDK) can help shorten your time-to-market. The board, which exercises most BOARD HARDWARE FEATURES QorIQ LS1043ARDB BLOCK DIAGRAM QorIQ LS1043ARDB BLOCK DIAGRAM Processor QorIQ LS1043A quad-cor e processor x32 RS232 2 x RJ45 DUART DDR 2 GB DDR4 Serial based on ARM Cortex -A53 at 1.6 GHz IFC 12 MB NOR T1/E1 QE Supports single-ended clock input for QE Connector QorIQ 512 MB NAND x8 For PMC plug-in card LS1043A generating various device frequencies SerDes PCle x 1 Lane Memory Full SD Slot SDHC USB 3.0 2 x USB 3.0 Supports 2 GB DDR4 SDRAM discr ete Type A x 2 DPAA Ethernet Quad PHY 4 x RJ45 x1 SerDes devices PCI Mini Lane DPAA Ethernet RGMB PHY 2 x RJ45 USB PCle 2 2 I C I C 32-bit DDR4 bus DPAA Ethernet 10 GB PHY RJ45 Board EEPROM Supports data rates of up to 1600 MT/s SPI SPI Flash 16 MB RTC 128 MB NOR flash, 16-bit +12 V VR500 PMIC PSU Clocks 512 MB SLC NAND flash with ECC support NXP Technology Board Components Expansion Modules Connectors SDHC port connects dir ectly to a full SD/MMC slot QorIQ LS1043A-RDB BOARD 16 MB high-speed flash memory (up to 108 MHz in the single-transfer rate mode) PCI Express One PCIe slot One mini-PCIe connector USB T wo super-speed USB 3.0 type A ports Supports one USB 2.0 connection on the mini-PCIe connector Ethernet RJ45 connector for Ether net 10 GB support Four (4) RJ45 connectors for QSGMII COMPLETE ENABLEMENT, the Linaro not-for-profit engineering support RICH ECOSYSTEM organization and the exciting OpenData UART Plane project, a project that strives NXPs strong legacy of networking to deliver open-source, cross-platform One RJ45 to DB9 connector with two expertise and ARMs rapidly growing interoperability. UART ports development base provides a rich ecosystem for our customers. Our UAR T1 is routed to CMSISDAP circuit In conjunction with our expertise and extensive third-party ecosystem, the and supports USB port to access serial worldwide support infrastructure, this largest and most established in the port as console broad ecosystem helps customers communications market, supports accelerate their migration from non- Other all QorIQ LS series devices. This NXP solutions and legacy NXP devices, JT AG/COP for debug environment also supports the vibrant, preserve investment costs and reduce growing ARM ecosystem, including time-to-market. Ther mal monitor www.nxp.com/QorIQ NXP, the NXP logo, Layerscape and QorIQ are trademarks of NXP B.V. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. ARM and Cortex are trademarks of ARM Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved. 20152016 NXP B.V. Document Number: LS1043ARDBFS REV 1