Ixora Carrier Board

Carrier Board for Apalis System on Module Family
Supports many connectivity and multimedia I/Os on a small form-factor
125mmx90mm form factor
Ideal for development and mass-production

Getting Started
Features
Block Diagram
Datasheets
Design Resources
Compatible Products
Revision History
Errata

This section contains initial information needed to set-up the Ixora Carrier Board for the first time.

Recommendation for a first-time order

Toradex recommends to order the following additional products for your fist-time order:

Any Apalis module
The Carrier Board Accessory Kit

All the products can be ordered online at Toradex Webshop

Getting started for the first time?

For detailed step-by-step instructions about how to start with both, SoM and Carrier Board, please have a look at our step-by-step Getting-Started Guide:

Step-by-step Getting-Started Guide

Product-specific information for the Ixora Carrier Board:

First Steps with Ixora Carrier Board

Having trouble?

Please contact our technical support. Various option of technical support are mentioned in the article below.

Technical Support Channels

I/O Support

USB 2.0 (1x Host, 1x OTG )
USB 3.0 (2x Host)
PCIe (1x Mini PCIe)
I2C (2x)
SPI (1x)
UART (3x RS232)
PWM (4x)
GPIO (up to 40)
Analog Input (4x)
Ethernet (1x 10/100/1000 Mbit)
SATA (1x mSATA)
SDIO/SD/MMC (1x 4 Bit MicroSD)
CAN (2x)
LVDS (1x Dual Channel)
S/PDIF In/Out (1x)
HDMI (1x)
RGB (1x 24 Bit)
Resistive Touch (4/5-wire)
Capacitive Touch connector
Camera Parallel Interface (1x)
Camera Serial Interface (1x)
Analog Audio Line in (1x)
Analog Audio Mic in (1x)
Analog Audio Headphone out (1x)
RTC on Board (1x)

Ixora V1.1

Ixora Carrier Board V1.1 Datasheet (Rev. 1.4 | 2018-06-18 | 4.23 MB)

Ixora V1.0

Ixora Carrier Board V1.0 Datasheet (Rev 1.1 | 2019-07-01 | 2.06 MB)

Design data Ixora V1.1:

Note: Please also have a look at the Ixora Carrier Board Errata Document

Design data Ixora V1.0:

Mechanical Models

A basic 3D model for the Ixora carrier board can be downloaded here.

This is a SolidWorks CAD model. You can download the free eDrawings model viewer from SolidWorks here.

It is a generic STEP model that can be opened and modified in any 3D CAD.

It is a generic 3D pdf model that can be opened in Adobe Reader.

Design and Layout Guide

Altium Designer

[1] For Ixora V1.0A Capacitive Touch Adapter is required, V1.1A or above are directly compatible.

Product #	Product Description	Changes from Previous Version	Release Date	PCN Document
01331000	Ixora V1.0A	Initial Release	2013-09-26	PCN Ixora Carrier Board V1.0A 2017-03-06
01331100	Ixora V1.1A	Swap Apalis USBH2 with USBH3 Use Apalis MMC1 instead of SD1 Use new Micro SD cared holder (higher quality) Use SD1 pins as GPIOs to control UART2/3_RS232_FOFF#, FACTORY_DEFAULT#, PCIE_WDISABLE#_R, LED_4_RED, and LED_4_GREEN (before MMC1 pins were used) Add bias-circuit to the microphone input Connect I2C to the LVDS connector X19 to support EDID Add new connector X24 for capacitive touch controller support (compatibility with future Toradex display offerings) Add CSI connector X28 Improve battery holder footprint Added footprint for recovery mode jumper JP4 (not assembled) Remove EEPROM (not assembled) Remove CAN termination resistors Change USB 5V regulator to supply the minimum requirement of 900mA as required by USB 3.0 Pull-up WAKE1_MICO# to 3.3V instead of 3.3V_SW Increase the maximum power output (from 15W to 20W)	2017-03-24
01331100	Ixora V1.1B	Note: Interim product, only for the Apalis iMX8 Early Access R9 changed to a 0Ω-resistor for sufficient power supply for the Apalis iMX8	2019-05-07

Ixora Carrier Board Errata (Rev. 1.3 | 2018-12-28 | 986.68 KB)