.. zephyr:board:: phyboard_atlas

Overview

The PHYTEC phyBOARD-Atlas i.MX RT1170 features the phyCORE-i.MX RT1170 System on Module. The phyCORE-i.MX RT1170 module is based on the NXP dual core i.MX RT1170 which runs the Cortex-M7 core at 1 GHz and on the Cortex-M4 at 400 MHz.

Hardware

MIMXRT1176DVMAA MCU
- 1GHz Cortex-M7 & 400Mhz Cortex-M4
- 2MB SRAM with 512KB of TCM for Cortex-M7 and 256KB of TCM for Cortex-M4
Memory
- 512 Mbit SDRAM
- 128 Mbit QSPI Flash
- 512 Mbit Octal Flash
Interfaces
- MicroSD: 1x microSD Card slot
- USB: 2x USB 2.0 OTG
- Ethernet: 1x 10/100/1000BASE-T & 1x 10/100BASE-T (RJ45)
- Expansion: 1x M.2 Connector
- Display: 1x MIPI-DSI
- Camera: 1x MIPI CSI
- Audio: Standard Audio Interface
- Serial: 1x RS232 (2x5 pin header) + 1x RS485
- UART: 1x via Expansion Interface
- CAN: 1x CAN (2x5 pin header)
- LED: 1x RGB User LED
- Expansion Interface: 60-pin
- Security: OPTIGA™ TPM SLB 9670 TPM 2.0
- Power Input: USB-C 5V/3A
Debug
- Micro USB serial debug interface
- JTAG: via Expansion Interface

For more information about phyCORE-i.MX RT1170 & phyBOARD-Atlas i.MX RT1170 board, see these references:

phyCORE-i.MX RT1170 Product Page_
phyBOARD-Atlas i.MX RT1170 Product Page_

External Memory

This platform has the following external memories:

Supported Features

.. zephyr:board-supported-hw::

Connections and I/Os

The MIMXRT1170 SoC has six pairs of pinmux/gpio controllers.

Dual Core samples

+-----------+------------------+------------------+ | Core | Boot Address | Comment | +===========+==================+==================+ | Cortex M7 | 0x30000000[630K] | primary core | +-----------+------------------+------------------+ | Cortex M4 | 0x20020000[96k] | boots from OCRAM | +-----------+------------------+------------------+

+----------+------------------+-----------------------+ | Memory | Address[Size] | Comment | +==========+==================+=======================+ | flexspi1 | 0x30000000[16M] | Cortex M7 flash | +----------+------------------+-----------------------+ | sdram0 | 0x80030000[64M] | Cortex M7 ram | +----------+------------------+-----------------------+ | ocram | 0x20020000[512K] | Cortex M4 "flash" | +----------+------------------+-----------------------+ | sram1 | 0x20000000[128K] | Cortex M4 ram | +----------+------------------+-----------------------+ | ocram2 | 0x200C0000[512K] | Mailbox/shared memory | +----------+------------------+-----------------------+

Only the first 16K of ocram2 has the correct MPU region attributes set to be used as shared memory

System Clock

The MIMXRT1170 SoC is configured to use SysTick as the system clock source, running at 996MHz. When targeting the M4 core, SysTick will also be used, running at 400MHz

When power management is enabled, the 32 KHz low frequency oscillator on the board will be used as a source for the GPT timer to generate a system clock. This clock enables lower power states, at the cost of reduced resolution

Serial Port

The MIMXRT1170 SoC has 12 UARTs. LPUART1 is configured for the console for the CM7 and LPUART6 is configured for the console of the CM4. LPUART8 is configured for RS-232. Remaining are not used.

Programming and Debugging

Build and flash applications as usual (see :ref:build_an_application and :ref:application_run for more details).

Configuring a Console

We will use the on-board FTDI UART-to-USB IC that converts the two internal UARTs to USB (X15).

Use the following settings with your serial terminal of choice (minicom, putty, etc.):

Speed: 115200
Data: 8 bits
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1

Flashing

Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: phyboard_atlas/mimxrt1176/cm7 :goals: flash

You should see the following message in the terminal:

.. code-block:: console

***** Booting Zephyr OS v4.1.0-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx ***** Hello World! phyboard_atlas/mimxrt1176/cm7

Debugging

Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: phyboard_atlas/mimxrt1176/cm7 :goals: debug

Open a serial terminal, step through the application in your debugger, and you should see the following message in the terminal:

.. code-block:: console

***** Booting Zephyr OS v4.1.0-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx ***** Hello World! phyboard_atlas/mimxrt1176/cm7

.. note:: Use J-Link version 7.50 or later. Debugging only supports running the CM4 image, since the board’s default boot core is CM7.

References

.. target-notes::

.. _phyCORE-i.MX RT1170 Product Page: https://www.phytec.com/product/phycore-rt1170

.. _phyBOARD-Atlas i.MX RT1170 Product Page: https://www.phytec.com/product/phyboard-rt1170-development-kit/

.. _AN13264: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN13264.pdf