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Quad SPI availability with iMX6

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Poussemousse
Contributor III

Hello,

I would like to know if there is any possibility to have a Quad SPI (or QSPI) interface with an iMX6Solo in order to have a faster access to SPI NOR.

The datasheet offers 2 single data standard SPI interface with 4 chip select pins,

and several SDIO interfaces with 4 to 8 bits data bus width.

In the SABRE Platform for IPTV based on i.MX 6  Block Diagram

2 QSPI are mentionned but nothing else.

Does anyone could confirm if it is possible to have a Quad SPI interface ?

Thanls for your help,

Regards.

Pousssemousse

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Clay_Turner
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

The current i.MX6 products (6Quad, 6Dual, 6DualLite, 6Solo and 6SoloLite) do not support QSPI. This appears to be an error in the presentation.

Regards,

Clay

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Poussemousse
Contributor III

According Freescale news :

http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1917475&highlight=

iMX6SoloX will provide the feature plus :

Additional features of the newest i.MX 6 series processor include:

  • Dual-port gigabit Ethernet audio video bridging (AVB) for quality-of-service in automotive and other applications with enhanced traffic shaping and packet prioritization.
  • Cost-effective 2D and 3D graphics processing unit (GPU) for enhanced HMI development.
  • Flexible boot options, including support for quad SPI and raw NAND, and a memory controller that interfaces to both DDR3 and low power DDR2.
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Clay_Turner
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The current i.MX6 products (6Quad, 6Dual, 6DualLite, 6Solo and 6SoloLite) do not support QSPI. This appears to be an error in the presentation.

Regards,

Clay

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Poussemousse
Contributor III

Bruce or Clay ??

Thanks for this clarification. Do you expect to have a future firmware revision with Quad SPI integrated in the chip ?

Starting from USDHC peripheral should not be too complicated to offer a Quad SPI bus to your customers.

Regards

Poussemousse.

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Clay_Turner
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Yes. A future chip will have a dedicated Quad SPI peripheral (implemented in hardware not in firmware through another interface).

Regards,

Clay

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Poussemousse
Contributor III

Will this chip be pin to pin compatible with current iMX6,

and when do you expect to propose such component ?

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Clay_Turner
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Unfortunately, I can't provide details about unannounced products.

Regards,

Clay

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fabio_estevam
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Vybrid is an announced Freescale product that supports QuadSPI.

Driver has alreadby been submitted:

[PATCH v3 0/8] Add the Quadspi driver for vf610-twr (Linux Doc)

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fabio_estevam
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

As per described in the mx6 solo reference manual, it contains the standard ECSPI block.