topic i.MX8M Mini pull-down resistor on boot pins in i.MX Processors

i.MX8M Mini pull-down resistor on boot pins

lorenzo_rettori — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:25:56 GMT

Hi everyone,

I am starting working with i.MX8M Mini processor, for a custom SOM. I am having trouble understanding the behavior of pull-down resistors on GPIO related to the boot circuit.

Does this

mean that if I power the NVCC_JTAG and NVCC_SAI1 pins (both related to the boot pins) with 3.3V, I won't have internal pull-up/down resistors on the pins that control the boot operation mode?

Thank you in advance,

Lorenzo

Re: i.MX8M Mini pull-down resistor on boot pins

AldoG — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:46:46 GMT

Hello,

As per ERRATA50080 IO internal pull up/down is not supported in 3.3V mode, must disable the internal pull up/down via software and use external pull up/down resistors instead.

All IO pin groups are impacted except for XTAL, DDR, PCI, USB and MIPI PHY IO's.

Hope this helps,

Best regards,

Aldo.

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Re: i.MX8M Mini pull-down resistor on boot pins

lorenzo_rettori — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:48:16 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

However, I still have a doubt about the boot conditions, when the software isn't started yet. If during the boot, the internal pull-down resistors aren't disabled yet, does this situation

mean that I'll have a voltage partition between the pull-up resistors 4.7k and the internal pull-down resistors? If I need a high logic state on some of those pins, maybe 4.7k is too high considering the minimum value of the internal pull-down resistors (9.1k for 2.25V < Vdd < 2.75V). This schematic is taken from the NXP evaluation board.

Also, from this table

it seems that right after the reset, the pins are pulled down.

I assume that the external pull-up/down resistors used for the evaluation board work, but by reading the datasheet it seems that if the internal pull-down resistor approaches its lower limit indicated in the datasheet, then the voltage level on high logic state during the boot could be below the threshold.

Could you clarify this please?

Thank you in advance,

Lorenzo

Re: i.MX8M Mini pull-down resistor on boot pins

AldoG — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:55:39 GMT

Hello,

Yes you're correct you'll have a voltage partition between 4.7K pull-up and internal pull-down, only if no external pull down is added, this pull-down resistor is typically 20K (3.3V IOs) which by errata e50080 changes over time from 20k upwards of 92k ohm.

From errata document IMX8MM_0N87W:
There is a degradation of the internal IO pullup/pulldown capability when certain IO pads are continuously driven in a 3.3V operating condition which limits the pads pull up/down ability. The impedance of these pads changes over time from 20K to upwards of 92K ohm.

You may find the errata document here:
i.MX 8M Mini Mask Set Errata for Mask 0N87W

Hope this helps,

Best regards,
Aldo.