GizmoII User Guide
GizmoII User Guide
GizmoII User Guide
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Copyright © 2014, Gizmosphere.
All rights reserved.
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REVISION HISTORY
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INTRODUCTION
Gizmo II is the second generation open source x86 development board presented by
GizmoSphere. Like the first Gizmo design, Gizmo II provides the power of a supercomputer and
the I/O capabilities of a microcontroller.
Built upon the award-winning AMD Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip (FT3), Gizmo II offers
a high-performance, low-power affordable solution for a wide range of development projects.
Gizmo II can be used in do-it-yourself (DIY) designs, embedded development, PC replacement,
microcontroller applications, parallel processing, multicore engineering, and much more.
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC brings improvements to this newest offering in the line of
Gizmo boards with the following benefits:
Up to 113 percent improved CPU performance compared to the prior generation AMD
Embedded G-Series APU.
Support for DirectX® 11.1, OpenGL 4.2x and OpenCL™ 1.2, enabling parallel
processing and high-performance graphics processing, and yielding up to a 20 percent
graphics improvement over the previous AMD Embedded G-Series APU.
Supported operating systems include Windows® Embedded 8 and Linux®.
Suitable for a wealth of embedded applications including industrial control and
automation, digital signage, electronic gaming systems, SMB storage, IP-TV, medical
and network appliances, set-top boxes and more.
Gizmo II comes with an updated list of peripheral interfaces including the much-requested and
anticipated HDMI™ dedicated port, an mSATA port for connecting SSDs and a microSD card
slot.
In every significant manner, Gizmo II strives for greater flexibility and ease of use for embedded
developers and DIY enthusiasts.
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GIZMO II FEATURES
• AMD G-Series SOC (FT3)
• 1GB DDR3-1600 SDRAM
• HDMI Video/Audio Output
• HD Audio In/Out
• mSATA/mini PCIe® Connector
• microSD Card Slot
• Onboard Gigabit Ethernet
• USB 3(2) and 2(2) Connectors
• AMD Debug Header
• High-speed and Low-speed Special Features Card Edge Connectors
• 4” x 4” Form Factor
SPI I/F
Counter (2X)
JTAG
EJTAG Header
USB header USB 2.0 (1X)
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Figure 2 Gizmo II Board and Power Supply
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CONNECTORS AND INTERFACES
The following figures show the locations of major Gizmo II board components and connections.
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Figure 4 Gizmo II Board Back Panel
J1 – DC Power Jack
The Gizmo II board supports a wide range of input power specifications. Input voltage can range
from 12V to 24V DC limited to 4A with a resettable fuse (F1). The included AC/DC power
supply provides 12V@2A, 24W. Additional power (up to 24V@4A, 96W) may be required
when using the Gizmo board with power-hungry USB or SATA devices and/or external boards
connected to the high speed and/or low speed expansion ports. Power is connected to the Gizmo
II board through the power jack J1. The center pin (Pin 1) carries the positive voltage input while
the casing and shielding is ground.
J2 – Dual USB3.0
Two USB3.0 ports are available from the Gizmo II board back panel. These connectors are
colored blue to identify them as USB3.0. The top connector is connected to the SOC’s USB8
port while the bottom connector is connected to the SOC’s USB 9 port. The USB power pins are
+5V fused through a 1A resettable PTC fuse (F5).
J3 - HDMI
The Gizmo II board’s primary display port is through the HDMI connector J3. (Note:
Enable/Disable HDMI Audio Feature – Mount resistor R236 to enable HDMI Audio; mount
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resistor R240 to disable HDMI Audio. Default is HDMI Audio enabled.) The connector pins are
connected as shown in the table below:
J4 – HD Audio I/O
A RealTek HD Audio CODEC (ALC272) is connected to the audio jack J4. The pinout for the
jack is shown in the figure below:
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USB3.0 ports, which are blue. The USB power pins are +5V fused through a 1A resettable PTC
fuse (F4). The Ethernet port is controlled by a RealTek RTL8111EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller.
J6 – USB2.0 Header
An additional USB2.0 port is available through header J6. This header is connected to the SOC’s
USB3 port. The pinout of this header is shown in the table below:
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5 SATA_RX0- Receive Negative
6 SATA_RX0+ Receive Positive
7 GND Ground
8 GND Ground
9 GND Ground
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J14 – MicroSD Card Socket
The microSD card socket permits the Gizmo II board to read/write microSD card media. The
Gizmo II board uses a G1745010 microSD Card Connector from Molex
(http://www.molex.com/molex/products/family?key=microsd&channel=products&chanName=fa
mily&pageTitle=Introduction). The connector pins are connected as shown in the table below:
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A9 COUNTER2(FANIN2) FanIn 2
A10 GND Ground
A11 SCL0 Serial Clock
A12 GND Ground
A13 ADC0 Analog/Digital Converter 0
A14 ADC1 Analog/Digital Converter 1
A15 VDCIN (12V-24V) Fused Board Power (Resettable Fuse F7 0.5A)
A16 SYS_PBTN# System Power Button
A17 USB0_DP USB Data+ (USB1 from SOC)
A18 USB0_DN USB Data- (USB1 from SOC)
B1 GEVENT1# General Purpose Event1
B2 GPIO_1 General Purpose I/O
B3 GPIO_3 General Purpose I/O
B4 GPIO_5 General Purpose I/O
B5 GND Ground
B6 SPI_CE SPI Bus Chip Enable
B7 SPI_CLK Serial Clock
B8 GND Ground
B9 SPI_SO SPI Bus Data Out
B10 SPI_SI SPI Bus Data In
B11 SDA0 Serial Data
B12 GND Ground
B13 DAC0 Digital/Analog Converter
B14 DAC1 Digital/Analog Converter
B15 +3.3V Fused +3.3V (Resettable PTC Fuse F8 0.5A)
B16 SYS_RST# System Reset Signal
B17 GND Ground
B18 GND Ground
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The pinout for the connector is shown in the table below:
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B10 LVDS_BLON Backlight Enable
B11 GND Ground
B12 N/C No Connect
B13 N/C No Connect
B14 GND Ground
B15 PCIE_TX0_P PCIe Transmitter 0+
B16 PCIE_TX0_N PCIe Transmitter 0-
B17 GND Ground
B18 PCIE_TX1_P PCIe Transmitter 1+
B19 PCIE_TX1_N PCIe Transmitter 1-
B20 GND Ground
B21 PCIE_CLK_P PCIe Clock+
B22 PCIE_CLK_N PCIe Clock-
B23 GND Ground
B24 SATA_C_TX0_P SATA Transmitter 0+
B25 SATA_C_TX0_N SATA Transmitter 0-
B26 GND Ground
B27 N/C No Connect
B28 N/C No Connect
B29 GND Ground
B30 RESET System Reset
B31 GND Ground
B32 VIN_IN (12V-24V) Fused Board Input Voltage (Resettable PTC Fuse F3 1.1A)
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12 UIM_CLK No Connect
13 REFCLK+ GPP CLK0+
14 UIM_RESET No Connect
15 GND#15 Ground
16 UIM_VPP No Connect
17 UIM_C8 No Connect
18 GND#18 Ground
19 UIM_C4 No Connect
20 W_DISABLE# WL Disable 0
21 GND#21 Ground
22 PERST# PCI Disable
23 PERn0 PCIe or SATA Receive-
24 +3.3Vaux#24 Unfused 3.35V ALW
25 PERp0 PCIe or SATA Receive+
26 GND#26 Ground
27 GND#27 Ground
28 1.5V_2 Unfused 1.5V ALW
29 GND#29 Ground
30 SMB_CLK Serial CLK (Sideband I/F)
31 PETn0 PCIe or SATA Transmit-
32 SMB_DATA Serial DATA (Sideband I/F)
33 PETp0 PCIe or SATA Transmit+
34 GND#34 Ground
35 GND#35 Ground
36 USB_D- USB2.0 (USB6) DataN
37 GND#37 Ground
38 USB_D+ USB2.0 (USB6) DataP
39 +3.3Vaux#39 Unfused 3.35V ALW
40 GND#40 Ground
41 +3.3Vaux#41 Unfused 3.35V ALW
42 LED_WWAN# Gizmo Board LED (D15) Control Output by Wireless LAN
43 GND43 Ground
44 LED_WAN# Gizmo Board LED (D15) Control Output by Wireless LAN
45 RSV#45 No Connect
46 LED_WPAN# Gizmo Board LED (D15) Control Output by Wireless LAN
47 RSV#47 No Connect
48 1.5V_3 Unfused 1.5V ALW
49 RSV#49 No Connect
50 GND#50 Ground
51 RSV#51 No Connect
52 +3.3Vaux#52 Unfused 3.35V ALW
53 PAD#53 Ground
54 PAD#54 Ground
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COMPONENTS
AMD G-Series SOC (FT3)
The primary feature of the Gizmo II board is the AMD G-Series SOC (FT3). This processor is
AMD’s first generation SOC design, which integrates Controller Hub functionality into the same
package containing the CPU, Graphics Processor and North Bridge.
The SOC on the Gizmo II board contain dual core Jaguar CPU cores with 2MB shared L2 cache.
The embedded Graphics Processor provides support for DirectX 11.1 and realizes a significant
compute performance (GFLOP) increase over the previous G-Series APUs. Two simultaneous
displays are supported. On the Gizmo II board, one of these display outputs can be accessed
through the HDMI connector. The other can be accessed on the High Speed Expansion card edge
connector as a 4-lane DisplayPort 1.2, DVI, HDMI, or 18bpp single channel LVDS.
The G-Series SOC has a single-channel DDR3 memory interface which supports DDR3-1600
devices. The Gizmo II comes with four 2Gb DDR3-1600 chips soldered down for a total of 1GB
system memory. The board layout supports 4Gb chips which could provide up to 2GB of
available memory.
The controller hub functionality embedded into the G-Series SOC provides the following
available interconnect:
Four x1 links of PCIe Gen 2 for GPPs
One x4 link of PCIe Gen 2 for discrete GPU
Eight USB2.0 and 2 USB3.0
Two SATA 2.x/3.x (up to 6Gb/s)
SD Card Reader v3.0 or SDIO controller
Further information on the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform is available in the product
brief and white paper.
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For added flexibility, the ALC272 can be used to act as AD/DA converter for projects that
require an analog input or output. There are two AD pins available on the low speed connector,
which are connected to the audio codec’s line2 L and R inputs. The codec’s SURR L and R
outputs are connected to the DA pins on the low speed connector and can be used as general
purposed analog output.
For more information on the Realtek Audio Codec or to download drivers, visit the Realtek
Audio Codec website.
SPI ROM
The Gizmo II board contains a MX25L3239E 32Mb SPI ROM which is preloaded with the
SageBIOS BSP (Board Support Package). This is a full boot solution with minimal footprint that
is based on the open source coreboot project. The ROM can be reprogrammed through the SPI
programming header J12.
mSATA/miniPCIe Connector
The mSATA/miniPCIe connector located on the bottom side of the board can be used for SATA
2.x/3.x (up to 6Gb/s) storage devices.
DDR3 Memory
There are four 2Gb x 16 DDR3-1600 components soldered to the Gizmo II board. These are
connected to the single channel DDR3 memory port on the AMD SOC. The address connections
on the PCB will support device sizes up to 4Gb, which would give a maximum RAM capacity of
2GB. This is a manufacturing option only. It is not recommended that users attempt to remove or
resolder the BGA memory components.
Power Button
The Power button initiates the power-up sequence. Press once to power up the board. Press and
hold to power down the board.
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Reset Button
Pressing the Reset button causes a hard reset of the board.
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Table 13 Gizmo II Board Test Points
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