Naon Texas Instruments DM814x/AM387x CPU module[edit | edit source]

Naon is a ready-to-use CPU module family based on Texas Instruments DM814x (DaVinci) and AM387x (Sitara) Cortex-A8 high performance application processors. Naon covers all requirements for a high range of applications where connectivity, rich user-interfaces and high computing capabilities are required, including industrial electronics, security systems, home automation and medical applications. Naon is the top product of DAVE Embedded Systems Esatta Line. It is designed to be easily included in customer's new and existing embedded systems thanks to the inexpensive stacking connectors and pinout compatibility with Lizard and Zefeer CPU modules.

Main Features[edit | edit source]

• Up to 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM
• Flash NOR and Flash NAND on board
• 2 x USB Host, 1 x USB OTG
• 2 x SD/MMC
• High-end Dual-CAN controller
• Fast Ethernet LAN and Integrated Ethernet Switch
• Display subsystem: up to 30 bit, TFT and TV out
• HD Video Processing Subsystem (HDVPSS), 24-bit video input port
• Touch Screen controller
• 3 x UART, 2 x I²C, 3 x SPI, 1 x I²S, 1x SATA
• Small form factor: 70mm x 50mm

For detailed information about Naon, please refer to the Naon SOM article.

Naon RSS Feed[edit | edit source]

Please subscribe to the Naon Pages Updates RSS Feed using your favourite RSS reader to be notified on wiki pages updates related to Naon.

Please refer to the Keeping updated on DAVE Embedded Systems Developer's wiki pages modifications section for further information on how to subscribe to the RSS feed.

Naon Product Page[edit | edit source]

Please visit Naon Web Page for more product information.

Naon Leaflet[edit | edit source]

Please download it from the following link: [1]

NAON Evaluation Kit[edit | edit source]

The evaluation kit for Naon is DELK-H-S, a development/test board designed to start working with the DIDO platform and experimenting with the implemented features. The carrier board hosts a DIDO CPU module and offers the following features:

• Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• Video Input ports (VIN0 and VIN1A)
• HDMI 1.3a
• Video Output port (VOUT1)
• SD/MMC socket
• 2x USB Host 2.0
• 1x Serial port
• 2x I2C
• 2x SPI
• GPIOs
• 1x ADC
• JTAG
• Add-on DVI input available
• Power supply: 12VDC
• SATA
• PCIe

Linux Evaluation Kit[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

NAON technical details[edit | edit source]

Introduction[edit | edit source]

NAON is a family of system-on-modules that belongs to DAVE Embedded Systems ESATTA Line product class.

It is based on Texas Instruments DaVinci digital media processor DM814x. Dido Hardware Manual provides detailed information about hardware interfaces and characteristics. This document will provide a functional overview of the module and will focus on system-related issues.

Block Diagram[edit | edit source]

The following picture shows a simplified block diagram of NAON module.

Technical Specifications[edit | edit source]

Hardware[edit | edit source]

Mechanicals[edit | edit source]

• DXF (2D): http://www.dave.eu/sites/default/files/files/naon.dxf.zip
• STEP (3D): http://www.dave.eu/sites/default/files/files/Naon_stp.zip

Pinout[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

Power[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

Reset scheme[edit | edit source]

NAON provides several different resets signals. Please refer to Reset scheme for more details.

Memory organization[edit | edit source]

NAON memory organizaton is detailed here.

I2C busses and peripherals[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

Video input ports[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

Video output ports[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

CAN interfaces[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

USB interfaces[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

RTC[edit | edit source]

Please refer to this page for more details.

Boot sequence[edit | edit source]

By default, NAON tries to load boot code (boot sequence) from the following peripherals:

1. MMC
2. SPI
3. UART
4. EMAC.

For more informaton about boot sequence options please refer to Boot sequence.

Integration guide[edit | edit source]

Integration guide document provides useful information and resources that allow the system designer to integrate NAON module in his/her application very quickly.

Software[edit | edit source]

The following operating systems are supported.

Linux[edit | edit source]

Naon Embedded Linux Kit (NELK) is the complete development tool to allow user to write multimedia application for NAON SOM. It's provided as DAVE Embedded Systems Virtual Development Kit to minimize startup and installation time.

DVDK can also be easily installed on a physical machine or into a Virtualized environment (e.g. under Xen). Take a look at Naon Embedded Linux Kit (NELK) and DVDK Category for more information on this topics

Misc[edit | edit source]

Migrating from x86 architecture to Naon

This category collects all the pages specific to Naon modules and related carrier boards.