SPRUJ66B February   2023  – September 2025

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Get Started
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
  6.   6
  7. 1Evaluation Module Overview
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Kit Contents
    3. 1.3 Specification
      1. 1.3.1 Key Features
        1. 1.3.1.1 Processor
        2. 1.3.1.2 Memory
        3. 1.3.1.3 JTAG Emulator
        4. 1.3.1.4 Supported Interfaces and Peripherals
        5. 1.3.1.5 Expansion Connectors Headers to Support Application Specific Add On Boards
    4. 1.4 Device Information
  8. 2Hardware
    1. 2.1 EVM Revisions and Assembly Variants
    2. 2.2 System Description
      1. 2.2.1 Board Image With Markings
      2. 2.2.2 Functional Block Diagram
      3. 2.2.3 AM62A Low Power SK EVM Interface Mapping
      4. 2.2.4 Power ON/OFF Procedures
        1. 2.2.4.1 Power-On Procedure
        2. 2.2.4.2 Power-Off Procedure
        3. 2.2.4.3 Power Test Points
      5. 2.2.5 Peripheral and Major Component Description
        1. 2.2.5.1  Clocking
          1. 2.2.5.1.1 Peripheral Ref Clock
        2. 2.2.5.2  Reset
        3. 2.2.5.3  CSI Interface
        4. 2.2.5.4  Audio Codec Interface
        5. 2.2.5.5  HDMI Display Interface
        6. 2.2.5.6  JTAG Interface
        7. 2.2.5.7  Test Automation Header
        8. 2.2.5.8  UART Interface
        9. 2.2.5.9  USB Interface
          1. 2.2.5.9.1 USB 2 0 Type A Interface
          2. 2.2.5.9.2 USB 2 0 Type C Interface
        10. 2.2.5.10 Memory Interfaces
          1. 2.2.5.10.1 LPDDR4 Interface
          2. 2.2.5.10.2 Octal Serial Peripheral Interface (OSPI)
          3. 2.2.5.10.3 MMC Interfaces
            1. 2.2.5.10.3.1 MMC0 - eMMC Interface
            2. 2.2.5.10.3.2 MMC1 - Micro SD Interface
            3. 2.2.5.10.3.3 MMC2 - M.2 Key E Interface
          4. 2.2.5.10.4 Board ID EEPROM
        11. 2.2.5.11 Ethernet Interface
          1. 2.2.5.11.1 CPSW Ethernet PHY Default Configuration
        12. 2.2.5.12 GPIO Port Expander
        13. 2.2.5.13 GPIO Mapping
        14. 2.2.5.14 Power
          1. 2.2.5.14.1 Power Requirements
          2. 2.2.5.14.2 Power Input
          3. 2.2.5.14.3 Power Supply
          4. 2.2.5.14.4 AM62A SoC Power
          5. 2.2.5.14.5 Current Monitoring
        15. 2.2.5.15 AM62A Low Power SK EVM User Setup and Configuration
          1. 2.2.5.15.1 Boot Modes
          2. 2.2.5.15.2 User Test LEDs
        16. 2.2.5.16 Expansion Headers
          1. 2.2.5.16.1 User Expansion Connector
          2. 2.2.5.16.2 MCU Connector
        17. 2.2.5.17 I2C Address Mapping
  9. 3Hardware Design Files
    1. 3.1 Schematics, PCB Layout and BOM
  10. 4Additional Information
    1. 4.1 Known Hardware or Software Issues
    2. 4.2 EMC, EMI, and ESD Compliance
    3. 4.3 Trademarks
    4.     72
  11. 5Revision History

2.2.5.8 UART Interface

The four UART ports of the SOC (MCU UART0, WKUP UART0, SOC UART0 and SOC UART1) are interfaced with an FTDI Bridge FT4232HL for UART-to-USB functionality and then terminated on a USB micro-B connector (J17) on board. When the AM62A Low Power SK EVM is connected to a Host using USB cable, the computer can establish a Virtual COM Port that can be used with any terminal emulation application. The FT4232HL device is bus powered.

Since the circuit is powered through the USB BUS, the connection to the COM port is not lost when the SKEVM power is removed.

Table 2-7 UART Interface
UART Port USB to UART Bridge USB Connector COM Port
SOC_UART0 FT4232HL J17 COM1
SOC_UART1 COM2
WKUP_UART0 COM3
MCU_UART0 COM4

The FT4232 chip is configured to operate in ‘Single chip USB to four channel UART’ mode using the configuration file from an external SPI EEPROM connected to it. The EEPROM (93LC46B) supports 1 Mbit/s clockrate. The EEPROM is programmable in-circuit over USB using a utility program called FT_PROG available from FTDI's web site. The FT_PROG is also used for programming the board serial number for users to identify the connected COM port with board serial number when one or more boards are connected to the computer.

SK-AM62A-LP UART Interface Block Diagram Figure 2-18 UART Interface Block Diagram