Chapter 1
Overview
This document’s purpose is to help hardware engineers design and test their i.MX 8 series processor-based designs. It
provides information on board layout recommendations, design checklists to ensure first-pass success and ways to avoid board
bring-up problems.
Engineers are expected to have a working understanding of board layouts and common board hardware terminology.
This guide is released along with relevant device-specific hardware documentation such as datasheets, reference manuals, and
application notes available at nxp.com.
1.1 Devices supported
This Hardware Developer’s Guide currently supports the i.MX8 QM (29 x 29 mm package) and i.MX8 QXP (21 x 21 and 17 x 17
mm packages) processors.
1.2 Essential reference
This guide is intended as a companion to the i.MX 8 series chip reference manuals and data sheets. For the reflow profile and
thermal limits during soldering, see
General Soldering Temperature Process Guidelines
(document AN3300). These documents
are available at nxp.com.
1.3 Suggested reading
This section lists additional reading that provides background for the information in this manual as well as general information
about the architecture.
1.3.1 General information
The following documentation provides useful information about the Arm
®
processor architecture and computer architecture
in general.
• For information about the Arm Cortex
®
-A35 processor, see: https://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-
a35-processor.php
• For information about the Arm Cortex-A53 processor, see: https://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a53-
processor.php
• For information about the Arm Cortex-A72 processor, see: https://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a72-
processor.php
• For information about the Arm Cortex-M4F processor, see: https://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-m/cortex-m4-
processor.php
•
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (Fourth Edition) - by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson
• Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface (Second Edition), by David A. Patterson and John
L. Hennessy
The following documentation provides useful information about high-speed board design:
•
Right the First Time- A Practical Handbook on High Speed PCB and System Design - Volumes I & II - Lee W. Ritchey
(Speeding Edge) - ISBN 0-9741936- 0-72
•
Signal and Power Integrity Simplified (Second Edition) - Eric Bogatin (Prentice Hall)- ISBN 0-13-703502-0
• High Speed Digital Design- A Handbook of Black Magic - Howard W. Johnson & Martin Graham (Prentice Hall) - ISBN
0-13-395724-1
NXP Semiconductors
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