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UM12181
FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual
Rev. 1.0 — 9 December 2024
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i.MX 93, FRDM-IMX93, UM12181
The FRDM i.MX 93 development board (FRDM-IMX93 board) is a low-cost platform designed to
show the most commonly used features of the i.MX 93 applications processor in a small and low-
cost package.
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  • Page 1 Content Keywords i.MX 93, FRDM-IMX93, UM12181 Abstract The FRDM i.MX 93 development board (FRDM-IMX93 board) is a low-cost platform designed to show the most commonly used features of the i.MX 93 applications processor in a small and low- cost package.
  • Page 2 FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual 1 FRDM-IMX93 overview The FRDM i.MX 93 development board (FRDM-IMX93 board) is a low-cost platform designed to show the most commonly used features of the i.MX 93 Applications Processor in a small and low-cost package. The FRDM- IMX93 board is an entry-level development board, which helps developers to get familiar with the processor before investing a large amount of resources in more specific designs.
  • Page 3 • One USB 2.0 Type-C connector for power delivery only • PCA9451AHNY PMIC • Discrete DCDC/LDO FRDM-IMX93: 105 mm × 65 mm, 10-layer UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © 2024 NXP B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Page 4 FRDM-IMX93 board. Figure 2. FRDM-IMX93 top-side view Figure 3 shows the connectors available on the top side of the FRDM-IMX93 board. UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © 2024 NXP B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Page 5 [1] - USB Type C PWR input (P1) shown in the figure is the only power supply port, and must always be supplied for system running. Figure 3. FRDM-IMX93 connectors Figure 4 shows the onboard switches, buttons, and LEDs available on the FRDM-IMX93 board. UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.
  • Page 6 (SW1) D614 D613 RGB LED (LED1) Figure 4. FRDM-IMX93 onboard switches, buttons, and LEDs Figure 5 shows the bottom-side view, and also highlights the connectors available at the bottom side of the FRDM-IMX93 board. UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.
  • Page 7 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual M.2 Key E MicroSD (P8) (P13) Figure 5. FRDM-IMX93 bottom-side view 1.5 Connectors Figure 3 Figure 5 for connectors position on the board. Table 3 describes the FRDM-IMX93 board connectors. Table 3. FRDM-IMX93 connectors Part identifier...
  • Page 8 User button The User buttons are kept for customized use cases. 1.7 DIP switch The following DIP switches are used on the FRDM-IMX93 board. • 4-bit DIP switch – SW1 • 2-bit DIP switch – SW3 • 1-bit DIP switch – SW4 If a DIP switch pin is: •...
  • Page 9 Bluetooth connection is established. 2 FRDM-IMX93 functional description This chapter describes the features and functions of the FRDM-IMX93 board. Note: For details of the i.MX93 MPU features, see i.MX 93 Applications Processor Reference Manual. The chapter is divided into the following sections: •...
  • Page 10 Processor Reference Manual at https://www.nxp.com/imx93. 2.2 Power supply The primary power supply to the FRDM-IMX93 board is VBUS_IN (12 V - 20 V) through USB Type-C PD connector (P1). Four DC buck switching regulators are used: • MP8759GD (U702) switches VBUS_IN supply to SYS_5V (5 V) power supply, which is input power supply for PCA9451AHNY PMIC (U701) and other discrete devices on the board.
  • Page 11 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Figure 6 shows the FRDM-IMX93 power supply block diagram. Figure 6. FRDM-IMX93 power supply Table 8 describes different power sources available on the board. Table 8. FRDM-IMX93 power supply devices Part Manufacturing Part Power supply...
  • Page 12 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Table 8. FRDM-IMX93 power supply devices ...continued Part Manufacturing Part Power supply Specifications Description identifier part number manufacturer designator • Supply for WLAN and Bluetooth status indicating LEDs (D613 and D614) • Supply for onboard Wi-Fi...
  • Page 13 For further details on the power sequence needed by the i.MX 93, refer to section "Power sequence" in the i.MX 93 Reference Manual. 2.3 Clocks FRDM-IMX93 provides all the clocks required for the processor and peripheral interfaces. Table 9 summarizes the specifications of each clock and the component that provides it.
  • Page 14 I2C-bus as a master. The I2C provides a method of communication between a number of devices available on the FRDM-IMX93 board. One 10-pin 2x5 2.54 mm connector P12 is provided on the board to support I2C, CAN, and ADC connections.
  • Page 15 2.5 Boot mode and boot device configuration The i.MX 93 processor offers multiple boot configurations, which can be selected by SW1 on the FRDM-IMX93 board or from the boot configuration stored on the internal eFUSE of the processor. In addition, the i.MX 93 can download a program image from a USB connection when configured in serial download mode.
  • Page 16 0011 uSDHC2 4-bit SD3.0 On the FRDM-IMX93 board, the default boot mode is from the eMMC device. The other boot device is the microSD connector. Set SW1[3:0] as 0010 to choose uSDHC1 (eMMC) as boot device, set 0011 to choose uSDHC2 (SD), and set 0001 to enter USB serial download.
  • Page 17 3.5 mm audio jack for onboard MQS analog input / output 2.7 LPDDR4x DRAM memory The FRDM-IMX93 board features one 1 Gig × 16 (1 channel ×16 I/O × 1 rank) LPDDR4X SDRAM chip (MT53E1G16D1FW-046 AAT:A) for a total of 2 GB of RAM memory. The LPDDR4x DRAM memory is connected to the i.MX 93 DRAM controller.
  • Page 18 The target processor has three ultra secured digital host controller (uSDHC) modules for SD/eMMC interface support. The uSDHC2 interface of the i.MX 93 processor connects to the MicroSD card slot (P13) on the FRDM-IMX93 board. This connector supports one 4-bit SD3.0 MicroSD card. To select it as the boot device of the board, see Section 2.5.
  • Page 19 32 GB 2.10 M.2 connector and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module The FRDM-IMX93 board supports the M.2/NGFF Key E mini card 75-pin connector, P8. The M.2 mini card connector supports USB, SDIO, SAI, UART, I2C, and GPIO connection. By default, these signals are connected with the onboard Wi-Fi module, however, to use this M.2 slot, the following resistors must be reworked.
  • Page 20 For further details about i.MX 93 interfaces, see i.MX 93 Applications Processor Reference Manual. 2.11 Tri-radio module interface The FRDM-IMX93 board features a Tri-radio (Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and 802.15.4) module that interfaces with the SD2, UART5, SAI1, and SPI3 controller of the target processor.
  • Page 21 The two antenna pins (RF_ANT0 and RF_ANT1) of the module connects to U.FL connectors P9 and P10 (DNP by default). The module is supplied with VPCIe_3V3, VEXT_1V8, and VDD_1V8. The MAYA-W27x module and M.2 connector share several interface lines on the FRDM-IMX93 board. Zero- ohm resistors enable signal selection between these components.
  • Page 22 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Figure 10. Resistors configuration for SD3 UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © 2024 NXP B.V. All rights reserved. User manual Rev. 1.0 — 9 December 2024 Document feedback...
  • Page 23 2.0B protocol specification. The processor supports two CAN FD controllers. On the FRDM-IMX93 board, one of the controllers is connected to the high-speed CAN transceiver TJA1051T/3. The high-speed CAN transceiver drives CAN signals between the target processor and a 10-pin 2x5 2.54 mm header (P12) to its physical two-wire CAN bus.
  • Page 24 2.13 USB interface The i.MX 93 applications processor features two USB 2.0 controllers, with two integrated USB PHYs. On the FRDM-IMX93 board, one is used for the USB2.0 Type-C Port (P2) and the other is used for USB2.0 Type-A Port (P17).
  • Page 25 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Table 20. MIPI CSI connector (P6) pinout Pin number Signal Description 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 Ground MIPI_CSI1_D0_N MIPI CSI data channel 0 MIPI_CSI1_D0_P MIPI_CSI1_D1_N MIPI CSI data channel 1 MIPI_CSI1_D1_P MIPI_CSI1_CLK_N...
  • Page 26 2.18 Expansion connector One 40-pin dual-row pin connector (P11) is provided on the FRDM-IMX93 board to support I2S, UART, I2C, and GPIO connections. The header can be used to access various pins or to plug in accessory cards, such as the LCD display TM050RDH03, 8MIC-RPI-MX8 card, MX93AUD-HAT.
  • Page 27 2.19.2 USB debug interface The i.MX 93 applications processor has six independent UART ports (UART1 – UART6). On the FRDM-IMX93 board, UART1 is used for Cortex-A55 core, and UART2 is used for Cortex-M33 core. A single chip USB to dual UART is used for the debug purpose.
  • Page 28 3.1 7-inch Waveshare LCD This section describes how to connect the FRDM-IMX93 board with a 7-inch Waveshare LCD using MIPI DSI interface and I2C. It also specifies the changes required in the software configuration to support Waveshare LCD.
  • Page 29 Figure 12. FPC cable connection between 7-Inch Waveshare LCD and FRDM-IMX93 3.1.2 Connection of I2C Figure 13 shows the I2C signal wires connection between 7-Inch Waveshare LCD and FRDM-IMX93. Figure 13. I2C connection between 7-Inch Waveshare LCD and FRDM-IMX93 3.1.3 Software configuration update The following steps specify how to replace the default dtb with the custom dtb (imx93-11x11-frdm-dsi.dtb) that...
  • Page 30 3.2 5-inch Tianma LCD TM050RDH03-41 is a 5'' TFT LCD display with 800x480 resolution. This industrial-grade display uses an RGB interface without a touch panel. This display module connects to the FRDM-IMX93 through the EXPI 40-pin connector (P11). 3.2.1 Connection between Tianma panel and adapter board Figure 14 shows the FPC connection between the 5-inch Tianma LCD panel and adapter board.
  • Page 31 1280 (H) x 800 (V). The bypassable onboard ISP chip allows it to be used with a wide range of SoCs. This accessory board connects to the FRDM-IMX93 board through the 22-pin / 0.5 mm pitch FPC cable.
  • Page 32 3.4 Other accessory boards There are other accessory boards also that can work with FRDM-IMX93 through EXPI 40-pin interface, such as MX93AUD-HAT and 8MIC-RPI-MX8. To use any such board, check the schematic and layout to determine the direction of the connection between FRDM-IMX93 and the accessory board in advance. Also, choose the right dtb file in the U-Boot stage.
  • Page 33 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual $boot 4 PCB information The FRDM-IMX93 is made with standard 10-layer technology. The material is FR-4, and the PCB stack-up information is described in Table Table 24. FRDM-IMX93 board stack up information Layer Description...
  • Page 34 FRDM-IMX93 board. Some of the documents listed below may be available only under a nondisclosure agreement (NDA). To request access to these documents, contact your local field applications engineer (FAE) or sales representative.
  • Page 35 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Table 26. Related documentation ...continued Document Description Link / how to access recommendations and design checklists to ensure first-pass success and avoidance of board bring-up problems. UM12181 All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.
  • Page 36 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual 7 Note about the source code in the document The example code shown in this document has the following copyright and BSD-3-Clause license: Copyright 2024 NXP Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.
  • Page 37 NXP Semiconductors. In the event that customer uses the product for design-in and use in In no event shall NXP Semiconductors be liable for any indirect, incidental, automotive applications to automotive specifications and standards, punitive, special or consequential damages (including - without limitation - customer (a) shall use the product without NXP Semiconductors’...
  • Page 38 UM12181 NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Board User Manual Translations — A non-English (translated) version of a document, including NXP B.V. — NXP B.V. is not an operating company and it does not distribute the legal information in that document, is for reference only. The English or sell products.
  • Page 39 Board pictures ........... 4 Connectors ............7 Push buttons ............8 DIP switch ............8 LEDs ..............9 FRDM-IMX93 functional description ....9 Processor ............10 Power supply ........... 10 Clocks .............. 13 I2C interface ............ 14 Boot mode and boot device configuration ..15 PDM interface ..........17...