The Rico Board is a high-performance Single-Board Computer (SBC) using TI's AM4378 Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 solution. The A9 core provides an increase in performance compared to the ARM Cortex-A8 offerings. It features up to 1GHz of processing power, 3D graphics acceleration for rich graphical user interfaces, PRU-ICSS for industrial protocols, improved Vector Floating Point (VFP) unit and other peripherals and interface support like Quad-SPI, dual parallel cameras, two independent eight-channel ADCs, etc.

This board is equipped with 512MB DDR3, 4GB eMMC Flash, 16MB QSPI Flash and 32KB EEPROM on board. Additionally, it has rich peripherals including a Debug serial port, USB 2.0 Host and Device ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, microSD card slot, HDMI port, dual camera interfaces, LCD interface, etc. Two 2.54mm-pitch 40-pin expansion connectors break out more I/Os for peripheral signals like two SPI, two I2C, two CAN, four UARTs, one MMC and eight-channel ADC.

The Rico Board is capable of running the Linux operating system and is provided with Linux 3.12.10 SDK of which the kernel and many drivers are in source code. The board ships as a complete kit that includes an Ethernet crossover cable, a mini-USB cable, an HDMI cable, a 4GB microSD card, a 5V/2A power adapter and a disk with user manual, schematic, datasheets and the software package. At the bottom of this page you can add an optional 7-inch LCD Module (including capacitive touch screen), as well as 3G, WiFi, Camera and GPRS modules so you can get the most out of the board.

The Rico Board can be used as an evaluation module (EVM) for the AM4378 processor. It also can be used directly in your embedded products. Typical applications are industrial automation, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), bar code scanners, portable data terminals, test and measurement, patient monitoring and human machine interface (HMI).

AM4378 Development Board Features

• AM4378 Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 32-bit RISC processor operating at up to 1 GHz, with POWERVR SGX graphics accelerator, single-cycle vector floating point (VFP), dual camera and display processing subsystem, cryptographic acceleration and secure boot, and PRU-ICSS
• Memory and storage includes 512MB DDR3 SDRAM (2×256MB, 32-bit), 4GB eMMC, 16MB QSPI Flash, and 32KB EEPROM, plus a microSD card slot
• Debug serial port
• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• Mini-USB 2.0 Device port
• USB 2.0 Host port
• HDMI interface
• LCD interface
• Footprint for 1.27mm-pitch 20-pin JTAG interface (not populated)
• Two 30-pin camera interfaces
• Four buttons (2x User, 1x Reset, 1x Power)
• Five LEDs (3x User, 1x Power, 1x RGB)
• Two 2.54mm-pitch 40-pin female expansion headers provide 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x CAN, 4x UART, 1x MMC, 8x ADC
• Dimensions: 100 × 65 × 1.6 mm, 8-layer PCB
• Power supply: Powered via USB or external 5V @ 2A
• Include TPS65218 power management IC
• Operating temperature: 0 to 70 °C
• OS support: Linux 3.12.10

AM4378 Development Board Software

Category	Name	Description
Boot program	SPL	First boot program
	U-boot	Secondary boot program
Kernel	Linux 3.12.10	Customized for Rico board
Drivers	USB Host	USB Host driver
	USB Device	USB Device driver
	Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet driver
	MMC/SD/TF	MMC/SD/TF driver
	NandFlash	NandFlash driver (board does not have NandFlash)
	eMMC	eMMC driver
	LCD Controller	LCD driver for 7-inch display module
	Touch	Touchscreen driver
	HDMI	HDMI driver
	Button	Button driver
	UART	UART driver
	LED	LED driver
	GPIO	GPIO driver
	RTC	RTC driver
	Watchdog	Watchdog driver
	Camera	Camera driver
File System	Buildroot	Provided as tar package and ubi image file

AM4378 Development Board Package Contents

• Rico board
• Ethernet crossover cable
• Mini-USB cable
• HDMI cable
• 4GB microSD card
• 5V/2A power adapter
• DVD-ROM with schematics, user manual, datasheets, and software

AM4378 Development Board Resources

• Rico Board Dimensions
• Rico Board Pinout
• Rico Board Schematic
• TI AM4378 Page with datasheet and other documentation

Ships from: China
Lead time: 1 week

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