VIA
VAB-820
Pico-ITX quad core board
with HDMI, LVDS, GigaLAN,
OTG USB, COM, analog video
input and optional PoE
ARM-based Pico-ITX Series
Features
Quad core Freescale ARM
Cortex-A9 SoC
64-bit 1GB DDR3 and 4GB
eMMC onboard
One Mini PCIe slot
2-CH LVDS and HDMI with
dual displays
Composite and s-video
analog video inputs
OTG USB port, PCIe 2.0
expansion port
Small form factor and low
power design
Optional PoE support
Board Placement
Specications
Model Name VAB-820
Processor 1.0GHz Freescale i.MX 6Quad ARM Cortex-A9
System Memory 1GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM using 128M x16 memory devices
Flash 4MB SPI Serial Flash
4GB eMMC Flash
Graphics Support three independent, integrated graphics processing units:
an OpenGL® ES 2.0 3D graphics accelerator with four shaders (up to 200 MT/s and
OpenCL support), 2D graphics accelerator, and dedicated OpenVG™ 1.1 accelerator
Ethernet Micrel KSZ9031RNX Gigabit Ethernet transceiver with RGMII support
Audio Freescale SGTL5000 low power stereo codec
Video Decoder ADI ADV7180 10-Bit, 4 x oversampling SDTV video decoder
HDMI Integrated HDMI 1.4 transmitter
USB SMSC USB2514 USB 2.0 high speed 4-port hub controllers
Onboard I/O COM connector with power supply (supports 8-wire DTE mode)
COM/CAN connector with power supply (supports 2-wire RS232 Tx/Rx and 2 FlexCAN
Tx/Rx ports)
Dual-channel, 18/24-bit LVDS connector
RTC battery connector
MIPI CSI-2 connector (supports 2 data lanes)
SPI master connector (supports 2 SPI slave devices)
S-video input pin header
2 Power pin headers (support optional PD power board)
Front audio pin header for line-in, headphone-out and MIC-in
Boot flash select pin header (for SPI or micro SD)
Miscellaneous pin header for 1 USB 2.0 host port, 1 USB2.0 OTG port
Miscellaneous pin header for 1 I2C pair, 8 GPIOs, system reset button and LEDs for
power/WPAN/WLAN/WWAN
12V DC-in power connector
Mini PCI-e slot (supports multiple connections and buses including JTAG)
Front I/O Micro SD connector
Rear I/O HDMI port
2 USB 2.0 ports
RJ-45 LAN port (supports optional IEEE802.3at type 2)
Composite input RCA jack
Watch Dog Timer The Watchdog Timer supports two comparison points during each counting period.
Each of the comparison points is configurable to evoke an interrupt to the ARM core,
and a second point evokes an external event on the WDOG line
Power Supply 12V DC-in
Operating System Linux Kernel 3.0.35
Operating Temperature Extended temperature SKU: -20~ 70°C
Operating Humidity 0% ~ 95% (relative humidity ; non-condensing)
Form Factor 8-layer PCB
10 cm x 7.2 cm
DC-IN
S-Video
RCA Jack
DDR3
Audio
USB and OTG
i.MX6Q
USB 2.0
HDMI
RJ-45
Micro SD Slot
* The specification is subject to change without prior notice. Update: Mar. 03, 2014. www.viaembedded.com
Ordering Information
Model Name CPU Frequency Description
VAB-820 1.0GHz i.MX 6Quad Pico-ITX board with 1.0GHz Freescale i.MX 6Quad Cortex-A9 CPU, 4GB flash, 1GB RAM, HDMI, 2-ch
LVDS, 4 USB 2.0, OTG USB 2.0, COM, GLAN, DC-in power, PCIe, stereo audio, s-video, Micro SD slot,
CAN bus, optional PoE
Back Panel I/O
LAN USB HDMI Composite
Block Diagram Packing List
Items
One DC power cable
One debug COM cable
One audio cable
One 2-port USB cable
USB TYPE A
USB PORT1,2
12VOLTS
DC-IN
SWITCHING
REGULATORS
Power Rail
i.MX6X
KSZ9031RN RGMII
USB OTG USB-OTG
USB HOST USB2514 USB PORT3
UART1
Power Rail
Power Rail
SD2
MICRO SD Slot
SERIAL FLASH SPI
LVDS
LVDS(D)
GPIOX8
HDMI HDMI
SGTL5000
LINE-OUT
Pin header
Mini-PCIE
USB PORT4
SD4 eMMC
CVBS(RCA-JACK)
S-VIDEO
LINE-IN,MIC-IN
AUD4
ADV7180
Video -decoder
COM1
COM2(TX/RX) UART2
debug-port
Full-RS232
CAN
CSI
GPIO
Mini-PCIE
PCIEx1
RJ45
I2C3
I2C3
CR-2032 CON
3V battery
RST RESET
MIPI CSI MIPI
JTAG
CAN
