Aster Carrier Board
The Aster Carrier Board is a full-featured carrier board that gives you easy access to most of the interfaces of the Colibri System on Modules (SoMs), intended as a development/evaluation platform.
Aster has been designed primarily considering Colibri VFxx System on Modules, but it's compatible with all the products in the Colibri family. It targets students, makers, and hobbyists, and includes headers compatible with Arduino Uno and Raspberry Pi (RPi) maker boards, letting you use a variety of third-party modules and add-on boards like Arduino shields and Raspberry Pi adapter boards.
This page provides hardware design resources, documentation, revision history, erratas, compatibility details, and getting started guides for developers working with the Colibri SoM family.
Getting Started
Recommendation for the First-Time Order
Toradex recommends ordering the following additional products for your first-time order:
- Colibri Module
- Carrier Board Accessory Kit (the power supply included in the kit isn't compatible with Aster)
All products are available for online purchase through the Toradex Webshop.
Quickstart Guide
Check out our guide for detailed instructions on how to get your board up and running with Torizon:
Having trouble?
Please contact our technical support. Various options of technical support are mentioned below:
Product Features
Hardware Features
Components
- USB Power Controller
- Synchronous DC-DC Buck Converter
- USB to Serial UART Converter
- Voltage Level Translator
- I2C / SM Bus Voltage Level Translator
- Video DAC
Compatible Products
- Colibri iMX8X
- Colibri iMX7
- Colibri iMX6
- Colibri iMX6ULL
- Colibri VF61
- Colibri VF50
- Colibri T30
- Colibri T20
- Colibri PXA320
- Colibri PXA310
- Colibri PXA270
Accessories & Add-ons
- EDT Display
- Carrier Board Accessory Kit
- Capacitive Touch Display 7" Parallel
- Resistive Touch Display 7" Parallel
- LM816 USB WiFi
- Analogue Camera Adapter
Check other options and compatibility information on the add-ons product pages.
Block Diagram
* Please note that these features are module-specific and may not be supported by all the computer-on-modules in the Colibri family. For more details, refer to the datasheet of Colibri computer-on-modules.
Pinout Evaluation & Planning
Product Documents
Datasheets
Aster Carrier Board V1.1
Design Resources
Aster Carrier Board Design Data V1.1
- Aster Carrier Board Altium Project (Altium Designer Release 10)
- Aster Carrier Board PDF Schematics
- Aster Carrier Board Assembly Drawing
- Aster Carrier Board Bill of Materials (BOM)
Aster Carrier Board Mechanical Models
A basic 3D model for the Aster Carrier Board can be downloaded here:
- SolidWorks CAD model 3D EASM model
- You can download the free eDrawings model viewer from SolidWorks here
- 3D STEP model that can be opened and modified in any 3D CAD
- 3D PDF model that can be opened in Adobe Reader
Design and Layout Guide
Altium Designer
Software Ecosystem
Toradex-Supported Linux Platforms
The following Linux-based offerings are in-house supported - pre-built images available for quick evaluation:
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Torizon OS - open source, easy to use industrial Linux operating system
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Yocto Project Reference Images - reference images for Yocto Project, a great starting point for customized Linux images
Industry and Partner Software Ecosystem
For detailed instructions about software development, including other operating systems for Toradex Computer on Modules - QNX, Android and more - check out our software ecosystem page:
Development Resources
Installing the Operating System
Toradex products come with Toradex Easy Installer pre-installed. Once you power-on the board, it will display a list of available images to be installed. Check out how to get started with the Toradex Easy Installer:
You might need to enter recovery mode:
You can also install the compatible pre-built images available for download:
Connecting to the Board
During development, you will need to communicate the board with your host machine:
Revision History
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Product Number (PID8) Format
The format of the 8-digits Product Number (PID8) is the following:
The below table describes the structure of the Product Number (PID8):
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| PPPP | 4-digits number, indicating the Product Configuration (PID4) that describes the key properties of the product (e.g. Product Group, RAM capacity, etc.) |
| VV | 2-digits number, indicating the Major and Minor Version (in that order) |
| AA | 2-digits number, indicating the Assembly Variant |
See the complete list of available combinations on the Revision History table of the corresponding product page.
Example
Product number (PID8): 00291100:
0029: Apalis iMX6D 512MB
11: Major Version 1, Minor Version 1, Version V1.1 in short
00: Assembly Variant A
A specific product revision has a lifecycle defined by the product state. Learn more about it on the Product Change Notifications.
0143 Aster Carrier Board
| Product # | Product Description | Changes from Previous Version | Release Date | PCN Document |
01431000 | Aster V1.0A | Initial Release | Q2 2016 | Obsolete |
01431100 | Aster V1.1A | Fixed VGA polarity issue with Vybrid Fixed shared USB host/client issue when other USB devices are connected | Q1 2017 | |
01431101 | Aster V1.1B | Added JTAG through pogo pins and X6 | Feb 2017 |
Errata/Known Issues
Errata Document
None