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NOVAsomM7Plus Hardware User Manual
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Hardware User Manual
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Index
1 Welcome to the NOVAsom M7Plus world ..................................................................................................... 5
2 Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Description ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
4 Board Layout, Connectors description and Configuration ........................................................................... 10
4.1 Board Layout ......................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Connectors list and function ................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 Connectors pinout ................................................................................................................................. 12
4.4 J9 Expansion Connector pinout ............................................................................................................. 14
4.5 J7 Audio Connector pinout .................................................................................................................... 15
4.6 J1000 Expansion connector pinout ....................................................................................................... 16
4.7 J1001 RS485 connector ......................................................................................................................... 16
4.8 J1002 HDMI on FFC ................................................................................................................................ 17
4.9 J11/J1004 & J1003 Power Input/Output ............................................................................................... 17
5 Electrical characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 19
5.1 Absolute maximum ratings.................................................................................................................... 19
5.2 Recommended operating conditions .................................................................................................... 19
5.3 Power consumption and power dissipation .......................................................................................... 19
5.4 USB relevant standards ......................................................................................................................... 20
6 Operational characteristics .......................................................................................................................... 21
6.1 Development system requirements ...................................................................................................... 21
6.2 The NOVAsom M7Plus console ............................................................................................................. 21
6.3 The first boot ......................................................................................................................................... 22
6.4 Connections to J9 .................................................................................................................................. 23
6.5 Connecting an external battery to the NOVAsom M7Plus board ......................................................... 23
6.6 Developing a NOVAsom M7Plus extension board ................................................................................ 24
7 Board outline and mechanical dimensions .................................................................................................. 26
8 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................... 27
9 Contacts ........................................................................................................................................................ 29
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10 Document revisions, references and notes ................................................................................................ 29
10.1 Document revisions ............................................................................................................................. 29
10.2 External references ............................................................................................................................. 29
10.3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................... 29
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Index of Tables
Table 1: Connectors list ................................................................................................................................... 12
Table 2: Connectors pinout ............................................................................................................................. 13
Table 3: J9 Connectors pinout ......................................................................................................................... 15
Table 4: Absolute maximum ratings ................................................................................................................ 19
Table 5: Recommended operating conditions ................................................................................................ 19
Table 6: Groups recommendations ................................................................................................................. 24
Table 7: Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 28
Index of Figures
Figure 1: NOVAsom M7Plus top view ............................................................................................................. 10
Figure 2: NOVAsom M7Plus bottom view ....................................................................................................... 10
Figure 3: NOVAsom M7Plus top view connectors........................................................................................... 11
Figure 4: NOVAsom M7Plus bottom view connectors .................................................................................... 11
Figure 5: J9 Details ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 6: Audio connector detail, default OMTP ............................................................................................. 15
Figure 7: J1000 Details ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Figure 8: J1001 Details ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Figure 9: J1002 HDMI-FFC connector detail .................................................................................................... 17
Figure 10: Complete Power input section ....................................................................................................... 17
Figure 11: Details of Power input/output connectors .................................................................................... 18
Figure 12: The NOVAsom M7Plus first boot .................................................................................................... 22
Figure 13:The NOVAsom Dimensions.............................................................................................................. 26
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1 Welcome to the NOVAsom M7Plus world
Thank you for choosing this NOVAsom Industries product.
Please carefully read this user guide before using the device for the first time to ensure safe and proper
use.
In particular note that:
Contents and illustrations may differ from your device, depending on the software version, OS
version or product improvements that NOVAsom Industries judges important, and are subject to
change without prior notice. Always stay updated visiting www.novasomindustries.com .
Descriptions are based on the device default settings.
Modifying the device, the device’s operating system or installing software from unofficial sources
may damage the device itself and lead to data corruption or data loss, or worst, hardware damage.
Such actions will violate your NOVAsom Industries license agreement and void your warranty.
Always use genuine NOVAsom Industries accessories. The supplied items are designed only for this
device and may not be compatible with other devices. To have further information on this specific
item visit www.novasomindustries.com .
Default applications on the device are subject to updates, and support for these applications may
be withdrawn without prior notice. If you have any questions about an application provided with
the device, please contact NOVAsom Industries at www.novasomindustries.com .
Software, audio, wallpaper, images, and other media supplied with your device or found in the
appropriate SDK are licensed for limited use. If you extract and use these materials for commercial
or other purposes, you may be infringing copyright laws. As a user, you are fully responsible for the
illegal use of media.
The NOVAsom M7Plus family is a product line from NOVAsom Industries, targeted toward the low price
market (vending, domotics, IoT, etc.) and designed to compete with low cost boards while maintaining
NOVAsom Industries high quality level.
NOVAsom M7Plus is a very small NOVAsom board, approximately credit card size, but with all the necessary
to guarantee an immediate bootstrap, driving a display, connecting via Ethernet and USB.
It’s equipped with one 2.54 mm. dual row strip PI compatible for external expansions.
1 product with different configurations is available:
• NOVAsomM7PlusA: with Rockchip® RK3328 quad A53 processor @1.6GHz, 1GB RAM DDR3L, 5V power
supply
• NOVAsomM7PlusB: with Rockchip® RK3328 quad A53 processor @1.6GHz, 1GB RAM DDR3L, 5V power
supply, Wi-Fi/BT
• NOVAsomM7PlusC: with Rockchip® RK3328 quad A53 processor @1.6GHz, 1GB RAM DDR3L, 12V (6.5 -
18Vcc protected) power supply, Wi-Fi/BT
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• NOVAsomM7PlusD: with Rockchip® RK3328 quad A53 processor @1.6GHz, 2GB RAM DDR3L, 12V (6.5 -
18Vcc protected) power supply, Wi-Fi/BT
• NOVAsomM7PlusFT: with Rockchip® RK3328 quad A53 processor @1.6GHz, 2GB RAM DDR3L, 16GB
EMMC, 12V (6.5 - 18Vcc protected) power supply, Wi-Fi/BT,RS485 connector
This will vary with time, more information about product status and availability can be found visiting
www.novasomindustries.com .
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2 Features
From the integrator point of view the board is a full-fledged SBC, with video and communications
capabilities and requires a single supply from a wall cube or a generic external power supply.
The main characteristics of the NOVAsom M7Plus are:
On Board Peripherals:
Up to 2GBytes 32 bit wide LPDDR
Up to 256GBytes 32 bit eMMC
1 bootable µSD slot up to 128GBytes
1 Ethernet port @ 10/100 Mbit/sec.
1 4K HDMI video output port
HDMI video output repeated on FFC connector
1 Integrated RTC with optional external battery connector
Audio codec and analog RGB output on dedicated expansion connector J7
1 USB 2.0 Host connector + 1 USB 2.0 OTG connector
1 USB 3.0 Host connector
1 Remote IR input with connector
1 optical SPDIF out expansion connector
1 Power led and 1 User Driven led
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module with UFL antenna connector
RS485 connector (available only on some versions)
On Expansion Connectors (J9):
1 I2C @ 3.3V
1 SPI @ 50 MHz maximum
8 GPIO @ 3.3V
1 Full UART @ 3.3V (TX; RX; RTS; CTS)
1 PCM AUDIO @ 3.3V
1 x µSD/eMMC plus 3 GPIO
1 x TX/RX only UART
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On Expansion Connectors (J1000):
USB 3.0 and 2.0 OTG repeated on strip
On IR Expansion Connectors (J4):
Input from IR detector (Note 1)(Note 2)
Output led for IR feedback (Note 1)(Note 2)
On SPDIF Expansion Connectors (J5):
Output led for optical SPDIT transmitter (Note 1)(Note 2)
Note 1: these pins have a dedicated function and cannot be used as GPIO
Note 2: these pins have the appropriate driver
All the pins without (Note 1), (Note 2) or (Note 3) can be programmed as GPIO or programmed accordingly
to the functions described in table 6 and table 7 below.
The connector J4 is normally not equipped with the pin strip.
The user has so the choice to use a male or female contact type, and to solder the strips on top or bottom
of the NOVAsom M7Plus, use partially populated connectors or a mix of them.
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3 Description
The NOVAsom M7Plus family is equipped with Rockchip RK3328 quad A53 processor, up to 2GByte DDR3L,
256GB EMMC and Wi-Fi/BT, 100 Mbps Ethernet with magnetic connector on board and PI compatible
expansion connector. UPS-Manager©, Wi-Fi and other options are available on request.
Visit www.novasomindustries.com, you can download 3D drawings and detailed mechanical drawing.
Note: the signal names have been maintained the same as in the CPU manual.
Having different GPIOs with different functions, only the functions implemented at DTB kernel level have
been reported below. If you need to combine different functions with the GPIOs this will be possible after
modification of the DTB kernel.
More information on the various possible combinations can be found in the CPU manual.
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4 Board Layout, Connectors description and Configuration
4.1 Board Layout
In Figure 1 you can see the NOVAsom M7Plus board TOP General Layout, in Figure 2 you can see the
NOVAsom M7Plus board BOTTOM general Layout.
Figure 1: NOVAsom M7Plus top view
Figure 2: NOVAsom M7Plus bottom view
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