Overview

Description

This solution provides a complete reference design with hardware and software for automotive gateway applications to support the electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture. It provides an integrated system that controls an ever-increasing number of vehicle functions in all areas of vehicle control.

System Benefits​:

  • Reduces the board size and BOM costs through MCU core integration into the system-on-chip (SoC) and uses a single board to control both the MCU domain and application SoC domain, which previously required separate devices.​
  • The reference board consists of a CPU board with a core SoC, power management IC (PMIC) and memory, and an interface board, enabling support for a variety of networks.
    • Supports 16 channels of CAN FD (can be used as 16 channels of local interconnect network (LIN) and 8 channels of single edge nibble transmission (SENT) by multi-function), 2 channels of FlexRay, 2 channels of PCIe v4.0 x2 lanes, and 3 channels of 5G-USXGMII for Ethernet.​
  • The core system is realized by installing the R-Car S4 automotive SoC, LPDDR4x-3200 memory, and HyperFlash™ memory on the CPU board.
  • Flexible clock generator capable of generating 12 outputs, PCIe Gen 1-4 clocks for automotive applications, and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) clocks to support multiple channels in a single device.

Comparison

Applications

Applications

  • Gateway controller for zone/domain controller, etc.​

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AS-243 AS243 AS243 AS243 PMIC PMIC PMIC DC/DC DC/DC DC/DC DRAM DRAM DRAM FLASH FLASH FLASH eMMC eMMC eMMC UFS UFS UFS 12V Battery 12V Battery .178 12V Battery 12V Battery 12V Battery 12V Battery 12V Battery 12V Battery 12V Battery Connector Arrow.139 Connector Arrow.144 Connector Arrow.145 Connector Arrow.146 Connector Arrow.147 Connector Arrow.148 Connector double arrow Connector double arrow.151 Connector double arrow.152 Connector double arrow.153 Connector double arrow.154 Connector double arrow.155 R-Car S4 Reference Board R-Car S4 Reference Board R-Car S4 Reference Board R-Car S4 CPU Board R-Car S4 CPU Board R-Car S4 CPU Board 5.0V 5.0V 5.0V 0.8V/1.8V/3.3V 0.8V/1.8V/3.3V 0.8V/1.8V/3.3V 0.8V/1.8V 0.8V/1.8V 0.8V/1.8V (APL domain) (APL domain) (APL domain) 0.6V/1.1V/1.8V 0.6V/1.1V/1.8V 0.6V/1.1V/1.8V (DDR at APL domain) (DDR at APL domain) (DDR at APL domain) 1.2V/1.8V/2.5V/3.3V 1.2V/1.8V/2.5V/3.3V 1.2V/1.8V/2.5V/3.3V Processor Clock Processor Clock Processor Clock UFS Clock UFS Clock UFS Clock Ethernet Clock Ethernet Clock Ethernet Clock PCIe Clock PCIe Clock PCIe Clock (Always On) (Always On) (Always On) Connector Arrow.229 Connector Arrow.230 VBat VBat VBat 2.2~42V 2.2~42V 2.2~42V Sheet.237 Sheet.238 Sheet.239 Sheet.240 Communication Lines 1 11 11 11 Sheet.243 RMII RMII RMII CAN/LIN CAN/LIN CAN/LIN PCIe PCIe PCIe USXG MII USXG MII USXG MII DC/DC LDO DC/DC LDO DC/DC LDO Clock Generator Clock Generator Clock Generator Connector Arrow.140 Connector Arrow.252 LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN SoC R-Car S4 SoC R-Car S4 SoC R-Car S4 SoC R-Car S4 MCU Domain MCU Domain MCU Domain Application Domain Application Domain Application Domain
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