CFA10036 Family
The CFA10036 can easily monitor several environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, etc), log the data, and make that data available over the Internet. This is the core concept behind IoT (Internet of Things). Starting with a CFA10036 makes it very easy to make your thing part of the IoT.
We created a high-end Linux based intelligent display that included a few fine pitch BGA parts and many larger pitch, lower density parts. To reduce overall cost, we found it made sense to move the fine-pitch high-density (BGA) parts onto a small, relatively costly PCB (CFA-10036) and move the rest of the parts onto a larger, lower cost PCB (CFA-10037).
Every tech geek who saw a prototype of the CFA-10036 quickly had an idea for a project that could use it. They wanted to use it in a test fixture, in another display design, in a motion control project, or in an automotive control project.
Our unofficial motto is “If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.” We ended up spending hundreds of hours updating our knowledge of high-speed PCB design, and designing and laying out the CFA-10036 to maximize the performance and minimize the cost. We think the result is beautiful.
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454MHz Freescale i.MX283 (optionally i.MX287) processor
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289-ball BGA 17x17 grid on 0.8mm pitch
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16-Kbyte instruction cache, 32-Kbyte data cache
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2x CAN interfaces (i.MX287 only)
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Four synchronous serial ports
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10/100-Mbps 802.3 Ethernet MAC (1x on i.MX283, 2x on i.MX287)
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USB 2.0 OTG (connected to microUSB AB on CFA-10036)
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USB 2.0 host controller and PHY
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5x UART plus one dedicated debug UART
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2x I2C (OLED shares one of these)
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LCD, touch screen, keypad, and rotary encoder support
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RTC with 32KHz crystal (requires continuous power)
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4x 32-bit timers
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8x PWM
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5x 12-bit 428KS/s ADC channels
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1x 12 bit 2MS/s ADC channel
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In short, all peripherals available on the i.MX28 are available on the CFA-10036 expansion connector except the OTG USB, which is brought out to its own dedicated connector. For details, refer to the Freescale i.MX28 data sheet.
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128MB (optionally 256MB) DDR2
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MicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXC socket: up to 64GB of nonvolatile storage
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91 GPIO (i.MX283) or 126 GPIO (i.MX287)
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6-layer impedance-controlled PCB, gold SODIMM contacts
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On-board micro USB AB connector
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Only a single 5v supply needed (3.3v/1.8v/1.5v supplies internally generated)
Top view of the CFA-10036 with a powered CFAL12832D OLED module on board.
Back of the CFA-10036 without display mounted on board.