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Expansion¶

Cape Headers¶

Important

This page is a work in progress, don’t use if for debugging.

The expansion interface on the board is comprised of two headers P8 (46 pin) & P9 (46 pin). All signals on the expansion headers are 3.3V unless otherwise indicated.

Note

Do not connect 5V logic level signals to these pins or the board will be damaged.

Note

DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY.

NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH.

Connector P8¶

The following tables show the pinout of the P8 expansion header. The gateware image is responsible for setting the function of each pin. Refer to the processor documentation for more information on these pins and detailed descriptions of all of the pins listed. In some cases there may not be enough signals to complete a group of signals that may be required to implement a total interface.

The column heading is the pin number on the expansion header.

The Name row is the pin name on the processor.

The BALL row is the pin number on the processor.

The rows below BALL are the gateware setting for each pin.

NOTES:

DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY.

NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH.

P8.01-P8.02¶

P8.01	P8.02
GND	GND

P8.03-P8.05¶

Pin	P8.03	P8.04	P8.05
Name	HSIO6NB0	HSIO6PB0/CCC_NE_CLKIN_N_11	HSIO12NB0
BALL	V22	W22	V19
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[0]	MSS GPIO_2[1]	MSS GPIO_2[2]
DEFAULT	User LED 0	User LED 1	User LED 2
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[0]	MSS GPIO_2[1]	MSS GPIO_2[2]
GPIOS	User LED 0	User LED 1	User LED 2
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[0]	MSS GPIO_2[1]	MSS GPIO_2[2]
ROBOTICS	User LED 0	User LED 1	User LED 2

P8.06-P8.09¶

Pin	P8.06	P8.07	P8.08	P8.09
Name	HSIO12PB0/CLKIN_N_9/CCC_NE_CLKIN_N_9	HSIO30NB0	HSIO30PB0/CLKIN_N_3/CCC_NW_CLKIN_N_3	HSIO8NB0
BALL	V20	V15	V14	V21
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[3]	MSS GPIO_2[4]	MSS GPIO_2[5]	MSS GPIO_2[6]
DEFAULT	User LED 3	User LED 4	User LED 5	User LED 6
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[3]	MSS GPIO_2[4]	MSS GPIO_2[5]	MSS GPIO_2[6]
GPIOS	User LED 3	User LED 4	User LED 5	User LED 6
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[3]	MSS GPIO_2[4]	MSS GPIO_2[5]	MSS GPIO_2[6]
ROBOTICS	User LED 3	User LED 4	User LED 5	User LED 6

P8.10-P8.13¶

Pin	P8.10	P8.11	P8.12	P8.13
Name	HSIO8PB0/CCC_NE_CLKIN_N_10/CCC_NE_PLL0_OUT0	HSIO7NB0	HSIO7PB0/CCC_NE_PLL0_OUT1	GPIO47PB1
BALL	W21	Y21	Y20	B10
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[7]	MSS GPIO_2[8]	MSS GPIO_2[9]	core_pwm[1] @ 0x41500000
DEFAULT	User LED 7	User LED 8	User LED 9	PWM_2:1
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[7]	MSS GPIO_2[8]	MSS GPIO_2[9]	MSS GPIO_2[10]
GPIOS	User LED 7	User LED 8	User LED 9	User LED 10
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[7]	MSS GPIO_2[8]	MSS GPIO_2[9]	core_pwm[1] @ 0x41500000
ROBOTICS	User LED 7	User LED 8	User LED 9	PWM_2:1

P8.14-P8.16¶

Pin	P8.14	P8.15	P8.16
Name	GPIO47NB1	HSIO34NB0	HSIO34PB0/CCC_NW_CLKIN_N_1
BALL	B9	T12	U12
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[11]	MSS GPIO_2[12]	MSS GPIO_2[13]
DEFAULT	User LED 11	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[11]	MSS GPIO_2[12]	MSS GPIO_2[13]
GPIOS	User LED 11	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[11]	MSS GPIO_2[12]	MSS GPIO_2[13]
ROBOTICS	User LED 11	GPIO	GPIO

P8.17-P8.19¶

Pin	P8.17	P8.18	P8.19
Name	HSIO29PB0	HSIO15PB0/DQS/CCC_NE_PLL1_OUT0	HSIO19NB0
BALL	W13	T16	W18
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[14]	MSS GPIO_2[15]	core_pwm[0] @ 0x41500000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	PWM_2:0
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[14]	MSS GPIO_2[15]	MSS GPIO_2[16]
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[14]	MSS GPIO_2[15]	core_pwm[0] @ 0x41500000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	PWM_2:0

P8.20-P8.22¶

Pin	P8.20	P8.21	P8.22
Name	HSIO15NB0/DQS	HSIO9PB0/DQS/CCC_NE_PLL0_OUT0	HSIO9NB0/DQS
BALL	R16	AA21	AA22
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[17]	MSS GPIO_2[18]	MSS GPIO_2[19]
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[17]	MSS GPIO_2[18]	MSS GPIO_2[19]
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[17]	MSS GPIO_2[18]	MSS GPIO_2[19]
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.23-P8.26¶

Pin	P8.23	P8.24	P8.25	P8.26
Name	HSIO18PB0/CLKIN_N_7	HSIO18NB0	HSIO16PB0	GPIO49NB1
BALL	AB18	AA18	V17	A12
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[20]	MSS GPIO_2[21]	MSS GPIO_2[22]	MSS GPIO_2[23]
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GOIOS	MSS GPIO_2[20]	MSS GPIO_2[21]	MSS GPIO_2[22]	MSS GPIO_2[23]
GOIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[20]	MSS GPIO_2[21]	MSS GPIO_2[22]	MSS GPIO_2[23]
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.27-P8.29¶

Pin	P8.27	P8.28	P8.29
Name	GPIO49PB1/CLKIN_S_5	GPIO51NB1	GPIO51PB1/CLKIN_S_6
BALL	A13	B14	B13
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[24]	MSS GPIO_2[25]	MSS GPIO_2[26]
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[24]	MSS GPIO_2[25]	MSS GPIO_2[26]
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[24]	MSS GPIO_2[25]	MSS GPIO_2[26]
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.30-P8.32¶

Pin	P8.30	P8.31	P8.32
Name	GPIO50NB1/DQS	GPIO50PB1/DQS	GPIO53NB1
BALL	D14	D13	B15
DEFAULT	MSS GPIO_2[27]	core_gpio[0] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	MSS GPIO_2[27]	core_gpio[0] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS GPIO_2[27]	core_gpio[0] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.33-P8.35¶

Pin	P8.33	P8.34	P8.35
Name	GPIO53PB1/CLKIN_S_7	GPIO52NB1/LPRB_B	GPIO52PB1/LPRB_A
BALL	A15	C15	C14
DEFAULT	core_gpio[2] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[3] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[4] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[2] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[3] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[4] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[2] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[3] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[4] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.36-P8.38¶

Pin	P8.36	P8.37	P8.38
Name	GPIO37NB1	GPIO37PB1/CCC_SW_CLKIN_S_1	GPIO3NB1
BALL	B4	C4	C17
DEFAULT	core_gpio[5] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[6] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[7] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[5] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[6] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[7] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[5] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[6] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[7] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.39-P8.41¶

Pin	P8.39	P8.40	P8.41
Name	GPIO3PB1/CCC_SE_CLKIN_S_10/CCC_SE_PLL1_OUT0	GPIO5NB1	GPIO5PB1/CCC_SE_CLKIN_S_11
BALL	B17	B18	A18
DEFAULT	core_gpio[8] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[9] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[10] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[8] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[9] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[10] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[8] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[9] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[10] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.42-P8.44¶

Pin	P8.42	P8.43	P8.44
Name	GPIO36NB1	GPIO36PB1/CCC_SW_CLKIN_S_0	GPIO42NB1
BALL	D6	D7	D8
DEFAULT	core_gpio[11] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[12] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[13] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[11] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[12] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[13] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[11] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[12] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[13] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO

P8.45-P8.46¶

Pin	P8.45	P8.46
Name	GPIO42PB1	GPIO4PB1/CCC_SE_PLL1_OUT1
BALL	D9	D18
DEFAULT	core_gpio[14] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[15] @ 0x41100000
DEFAULT	GPIO	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[14] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[15] @ 0x41100000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[14] @ 0x41100000	core_gpio[15] @ 0x41100000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	GPIO

Connector P9¶

The following tables show the pinout of the P9 expansion header. The gateware image is responsible for setting the function of each pin. Refer to the processor documentation for more information on these pins and detailed descriptions of all of the pins listed. In some cases there may not be enough signals to complete a group of signals that may be required to implement a total interface.

The column heading is the pin number on the expansion header.

The Name row is the pin name on the processor.

The BALL row is the pin number on the processor.

The rows below BALL are the gateware setting for each pin.

NOTES:

DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY.

NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH.

P9.01-P9.05¶

P9.01	P9.02	P9.03	P9.04	P9.05
GND	GND	VCC_3V3	VCC_3V3	VDD_5V

P9.06-P9.10¶

P9.06	P9.07	P9.08	P9.10
VDD_5V	SYS_5V	SYS_5V	SYS_RSTN

Pin	P9.09
Name	HSIO19PB0
BALL	W19

P9.11-P9.13¶

Pin	P9.11	P9.12	P9.13
Name	GPIO38NB1/DQS	GPIO38PB1/DQS/CCC_SW_PLL1_OUT0	GPIO2NB1/DQS
BALL	B5	C5	D19
DEFAULT	MMUART4	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41200000	MMUART4
DEFAULT	UART4 RX	GPIO	UART4 TX
GPIOS	core_gpio[0] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[2] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	~	core_gpio[0] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[7] @ 0x41200000
ROBOTICS	~	GPIO	GPIO

P9.14-P9.16¶

Pin	P9.14	P9.15	P9.16
Name	GPIO39PB1/CLKIN_S_2/CCC_SW_CLKIN_S_2/CCC_SW_PLL1_OUT0	GPIO40NB1	GPIO40PB1/CCC_SW_PLL1_OUT1
BALL	C6	A5	A6
DEFAULT	core_pwm[0] @ 0x41400000	core_gpio[4] @ 0x41200000	core_pwm[1] @ 0x41400000
DEFAULT	PWM_1:0	GPIO	PWM_1:1
GOIOS	core_gpio[3] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[4] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[5] @ 0x41200000
GOIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_pwm[0] @ 0x41400000	core_gpio[1] @ 0x41200000	core_pwm[1] @ 0x41400000
ROBOTICS	PWM_1:0	GPIO	PWM_1:1

P9.17-P9.19¶

Pin	P9.17	P9.18	P9.19
Name	GPIO44NB1/DQS	GPIO44PB1/DQS/CCC_SW_PLL0_OUT0	GPIO45PB1/CCC_SW_PLL0_OUT0
BALL	C9	C10	A10
DEFAULT	~	~	MSS I2C0
DEFAULT	~	~	I2C0 SCL
GPIOS	core_gpio[6] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[7] @ 0x41200000	MSS I2C0
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	I2C0 SCL
ROBOTICS	~	~	MSS I2C0
ROBOTICS	~	~	I2C0 SCL

P9.20-P9.22¶

Pin	P9.20	P9.21	P9.22
Name	GPIO45NB1	GPIO43NB1	GPIO43PB1
BALL	A11	B8	A8
DEFAULT	MSS I2C0	~	~
DEFAULT	I2C0 SDA	~	~
GPIOS	MSS I2C0	core_gpio[8] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[8] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	I2C0 SDA	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	MSS I2C0	~	~
ROBOTICS	I2C0 SDA	~	~

P9.23-P9.25¶

Pin	P9.23	P9.24	P9.25
Name	GPIO48NB1	GPIO48PB1/CLKIN_S_4	GPIO41NB1
BALL	C12	B12	B7
DEFAULT	core_gpio[10] @ 0x41200000	~	core_gpio[12] @ 0x41200000
DEFAULT	GPIO	~	GPIO
GPIOS	core_gpio[10] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[11] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[12] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[2] @ 0x41200000	~	core_gpio[3] @ 0x41200000
ROBOTICS	GPIO	~	GPIO

P9.26-P9.28¶

Pin	P9.26	P9.27	P9.28
Name	GPIO41PB1/CLKIN_S_3/CCC_SW_CLKIN_S_3	GPIO46NB1	GPIO46PB1/CCC_SW_PLL0_OUT1
BALL	A7	D11	C11
DEFAULT	~	core_gpio[14] @ 0x41200000	~
DEFAULT	~	GPIO	~
GPIOS	core_gpio[13] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[14] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[15] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	~	~	~
ROBOTICS	~	~	~

P9.29-P9.31¶

Pin	P9.29	P9.30	P9.31
Name	GPIO1PB1/CLKIN_S_9/CCC_SE_CLKIN_S_9	GPIO1NB1	GPIO4NB1
BALL	F17	F16	E18
DEFAULT	~	core_gpio[17] @ 0x41200000	~
DEFAULT	~	GPIO	~
GPIOS	core_gpio[16] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[17] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[18] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	~	core_gpio[5] @ 0x41200000	~
ROBOTICS	~	GPIO	~

P9.32-P9.40¶

P9.32	P9.34
VDD_ADC	GND

P9.33	P9.35	P9.36	P9.37	P9.38	P9.39	P9.40
AIN4	AIN6	AIN5	AIN2	AIN3	AIN0	AIN1

P9.41-P9.42¶

Pin	P9.41	P9.42
Name	GPIO0PB1/CLKIN_S_8/CCC_SE_CLKIN_S_8/CCC_SE_PLL0_OUT0	GPIO0NB1
BALL	E15	E14
DEFAULT	core_gpio[19] @ 0x41200000	core_pwm[0] @ 0x41000000
DEFAULT	GPIO	PWM_0:0
GPIOS	core_gpio[19] @ 0x41200000	core_gpio[20] @ 0x41200000
GPIOS	GPIO	GPIO
ROBOTICS	core_gpio[19] @ 0x41200000	~
ROBOTICS	GPIO	~

P9.43-P9.46¶

P9.43	P9.44	P9.45	P9.46
GND	GND	GND	GND