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BORA Xpress SOM/BORA Xpress Evaluation Kit/Getting started/Unboxing

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History
Issue Date Notes

2021/11/22

BXELK-L release
2024/01/31 DESK-XZ7-L release



Contents

UnboxingEdit

Once you've received the kit, please open the box and check the kit contents with the packing list included in the box, using the table on this chapter as a reference.

The hardware components (SOM, carrier boards and display) are pre-assembled, as shown in the picture below:


Kit ContentsEdit

The following table list the kit components:

Component Description Notes
  BORA Xpress SOM (p/n DBXF4110S2R)
  • SoC: Xilinx XC7Z030 (866Mhz, Speed "-3", Tj 0-100°C)
  • SDRAM: 1 GB DDR3
  • NOR: bootable SPI flash 16 MB
  • NAND: 1GB (SLC)
  • For more details, please refer to the BORA Xpress Hardware Manual
  • By default, ARM cores frequency is set to 667 MHz and the example Vivado project is implemented for a "-1" device. This choice makes the software released with the kit compatible with possible variants based on different SoM models. In this regard, see also the order codes section.
  BORA Xpress Carrier board
  AC/DC Single Output Wall Mount adapter

Output: +12V – 2.0 A

  microSDHC card with SD adapter and USB adapter

Order codesEdit

Order code Description
BXELK-H-S This code refers to the default configuration detailed above
BXELK-H-S-D This variant is like BELK-L-S, except the SOM, which is DBXD4110S2R.


microSD LayoutEdit

The microSD provided with the kit is used to store:

  • a bootable partition (mmcblk0p1, vfat) containing:
    • binary images (u-boot and kernel images)
  • root file system partition (mmcblk0p2, ext4)