Datasheet

i.MX Applications Processors
SABRE Platform for
Automotive Infotainment
Based on the i.MX 6 Series
Overview
Freescale delivers the ultimate in
performance and design flexibility with
the Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid
Engineering (SABRE) for automotive
infotainment based on the i.MX 6 series of
automotive applications processors. A high-
performance, market-focused development
system, the SABRE for automotive
infotainment offers a solid foundation for
next-generation automotive multimedia
platform designs. The i.MX 6 series
represents our most scalable implementation
of the ARM
®
Cortex™-A9 CPU cores for
the automotive market. With pin-compatible
single-, dual- and quad-core offerings and
processing speeds up to 1 GHz, as well as a
high level of automotive-specific integration,
the SABRE for automotive infotainment
enables customers to rapidly deploy today’s
consumer user experiences in the car.
A range of highly flexible connectivity
options makes the SABRE for automotive
infotainment ideal for developing many
different types of advanced infotainment
and telematics applications. The platform
is designed to support many off-the-shelf
peripherals for automotive systems, such as:
• camerasanddisplays
• terrestrialandsatelliteradiotuners
• Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,GPSmodules
• cellularmodems
• smartphoneauthenticationmodules
• MOST25/50connectivitymodules
• BroadR-Reach
®
Ethernet AVB modules
It is also a modular platform, allowing
customers to integrate the platform
CPU cards into their own systems to
rapidly prototype solutions with a custom
peripheral set.
Flexibility
• Exploremultipleconnectivityoptions
through support of common automotive
peripherals via dedicated headers
• Investigateadvancedvideoandgraphics
use cases through the i.MX 6 series high-
definition video processing unit and Triple
Play graphics accelerators
• Useprovendesignexamplesand
software drivers to reduce development
time associated with design-in of key
connectivity options
• Enablerapidprototypingofhuman-
machine interfaces (HMI) running in the
full system or with only the CPU card in
standalone mode
• Developautomotivenetworkconnectivity
applications using the on-board CAN,
MLB and Ethernet AVB peripherals
Performance
The SABRE for automotive infotainment
offers system designers access to key
features required for an end design, enabling
rapid development of advanced in-car
applications. When combined with third-
party production-ready software components
and a system-validated operating system
board support package (BSP), designers
have the tools to test and maximize the
performance of the applications they
have developed.
The i.MX 6 series of automotive applications
processors is ideally suited for development
of scalable infotainment and telematics
applications. Processor capability ranges
from a single ARM Cortex-A9 core at
800MHzuptoaquad-coreimplementation
at up to 1 GHz, with two dual-core variants
each with varying levels of graphics
performance.Dualandquaddisplay
applications are also supported by the
platform using i.MX 6 series on-board
low-voltagedifferentialsignaling(LVDS)
and parallel display interfaces. High-
performance multi-channel audio and audio
mixing applications are supported using
the on-board ESAI (enhanced serial audio
interface), multiple I
2
S ports and a hardware
asynchronous sample rate converter.
Multimedia applications are also supported
viathei.MX6series3Dgraphicsprocessors
ratedfrom27to176milliontriangles
persecondwithindependentOpenVG
and composition processing. High-end
multimedia use cases are supported via the
i.MX 6 series video processing unit, capable
ofsupportingfull1080pvideoencodeand
decode with minimal CPU loading.
Personality
The SABRE for automotive infotainment
series allows designers to quickly prototype
custom applications using multiple onboard
interfaces, giving decision makers confidence
that the application can progress quickly to