In the past decade, AM335x chip, as TI’s classic industrial MPU product, has occupied a mainstream position in the industrial processor market. With GPMC high-speed parallel port, PRU coprocessor and other personalized hardware resources, AM335X chip is widely welcomed by users in industrial control, energy and power, rail transit, smart medical and other fields. With the rapid development of information technology, TI has released a new generation of 64-bit MPU general-purpose industrial processor platform, AM62x, to meet the functional needs of AM335x users to achieve higher performance. As a leading embedded processor module manufacturer, Mir has joined forces with TI to launch the MYC-YM62X core board and development board based on the TI-AM62X processor to enable a new generation of edge HMI design applications.

Picture: Development board of MYC-YM62X core board based on TI AM62x

AM62x, designed for the next generation of industrial HMI

AM62x is TI’s new generation of high-performance, ultra-efficient processors in the field of intelligent industrial control. The AM62x processor is equipped with a Cortex-A53 CPU up to 1.4GHz, a Cortex-M4F@ 400MHz, a 3D GPU graphics accelerator, and support for OpenGL 3.x/2.0/1.1 and Vulkan 1.2 graphics acceleration engines. In addition, the microprocessor is equipped with 16-bit DDR4/DDR4L dynamic random access memory, camera interface (MIPI-CSI), display interface (2-channel LVDS/RGB Parallel), USB2.0 interface, SDHI interface, 3-channel CAN FD interface, dual Gigabit Ethernet interface (TSN), This makes it particularly suitable for applications such as embedded devices for industrial human-computer interaction (HMI) and power control.

Figure: TI AM62x processor block diagram

Continue the classic, AM335x upgrade replacement

AM62x processor as a new generation of MPU products in TI Sitara™ product line, compared to the previous generation of classic processor AM335x with higher performance and functional scalability, will take over the AM335x to write the next decade! Compared with the AM335x, the new AM62x has new features such as multi-core heterogeneous, main frequency up to 1.4GHz, and the performance of its CAN, GPMC, and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces has been enhanced to meet the needs of customers for high-performance processors.

Figure: Based on TI AM62x and AM335x comparison

Supports dual screen display and provides rich interface functions

The TI AM62x processor is an industrial-grade application chip that integrates the ARM Cortex-A53 high-performance CPU and ARM Cortex-M4F real-time CPU, includes a 3D GPU graphics accelerator (AM625x only), supports a 2-way display controller to meet the requirements of dual-screen display scenarios, and supports 2K high-definition display. The processor also supports 2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with TSN function, supports 3 native CAN FD, enables vehicle and peripheral products, supports parallel bus GPMC, meets the high-speed communication between ARM and FPGA, and is suitable for industrial HMI, medical, industrial automation, power, display and control terminal and other scenarios.

Picture: Development board of MYC-YM62X core board based on TI AM62x

Stamp hole design, high cost performance

MYC-YM62X core board, based on TI AM62x processor, adopts high-density high-speed circuit board design, and integrates AM62x, DDR4, eMMC, E2PROM, PMIC power management circuits on the size of 43mm*45mm board. MYC-YM62X has the most stringent quality standards, ultra-high performance, rich peripheral resources, cost-effective, long supply time characteristics, suitable for high-performance intelligent equipment required by the core board requirements.