CM-T43: TI AM437x

Miniature Size and Power Efficiency

WIDE RANGE OF HIGH-SPEED INTERFACES

Ideal Solution for Cost-sensitive Systems

The TI Sitara AM437x high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) is built around the ARM CortexA9 core. The SoC includes POWERVR SGX™ 3D graphics acceleration for rich graphical user interfaces, as well as a co-processor for deterministic, real-time processing including industrial communication protocols, such as EtherCAT®, PROFIBUS®, EnDat and others. Cryptographic acceleration is also available in every CM-T43 device. Secure boot can also be made available for anti-cloning and illegal software update protection.

CompuLab CM-T43 system-on-module featuring Texas Instruments AM437x ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Atheros chips, memory, and connectors on a compact embedded board

Top Features

System Core and Graphics

CPUTexas Instruments Sitara AM4379 ARM Cortex-A9, 1GHz
NEON™ SIMD and VFPv3
Texas Instruments Sitara AM4376 ARM Cortex-A9, 800MHz
NEON™ SIMD and VFPv3
Graphics
Acceleration
Unit
PowerVR SGX530 GPU supporting Direct3D Mobile, OpenGL-ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.0
Real-Time
Coprocessor
Programmable Real-Time Unit Subsystem supporting EtherCAT, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, and EtherNet/IP protocols
* EtherCAT is available only with C1000M
RAM128MB – 1GB, DDR3-800, 32-bit data bus
StorageSLC NAND flash, 128MB – 512MB
eMMC flash, 4GB – 32GB

I/O

Local BusExternal local bus interface, variable rate up to 100 MHz, up to 16-bit
USBUSB2.0 dual-role (host / device) port
Additional USB2.0 host port
UARTUp to 6x UART ports, 16C750 compatible, up to 3.6 Mbps
CAN busUp to 2x CAN bus interfaces, 3.3V levels
MMC/SD/
SDIO
Up to 3x MMC/SD/SDIO interfaces
SPIUp to 4x SPI bus interfaces
I2CUp to 2x I2C interfaces
1-Wire1-Wire interface
GPIOUp to 133x GPIO signals (shared with other functions)
ADC16x general-purpose ADC channels
Texas Instruments AM437x system-on-chip block diagram showing ARM Cortex-A9 core, PRU-ICSS cores, DDR3 memory controller, Ethernet, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB 2.0, display, and audio interfaces

Environmental and Reliability

MTTF> 200,000 hours
Operation temperature (case)Commercial: 0° to 70° C
Extended: -20° to 70° C
Industrial: -40° to 85° C
Storage temperature-40° to 85° C
Relative humidity10% to 90% (operation)
05% to 95% (storage)
Shock50G / 20 ms
Vibration20G / 0 – 600 Hz

Feature Highlights

  • Up to 1GB DDR3 and 32GB eMMC
  • LCD interface, up to 1400×1050
  • 2x 1000Mbps Ethernet, 2x USB, 6x UART, 133x GPIO
  • WiFi 802.11ac/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0

Sitara AM437x Processor Family

  • ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1GHz
  • PowerVR SGX530 GPU
  • Integrated Real-Time Unit (PRU-ICSS)
  • 36 x 68 x 5 mm