The AM437x series processors are based on the high-performance ARM Cortex-A9 32-bit RISC core, with a maximum operating speed of up to 1GHz, NEON™ SIMD coprocessor, and support for Vector Floating Point (VFPv3) coprocessor. They support 32-bit LPDDR2/DDR3/DDR3L memory, 32KB L1 instruction and data cache, 256KB L2 or L3 cache. They also support general-purpose memories (NAND, NOR, SRAM, etc.) with up to 16-bit ECC. In addition, they provide 3D graphics acceleration and parallel camera interfaces.
The Rico Board is an excellent high-performance Single Board Computer (SBC) using the newest TI’s AM437x Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 based solution. This new generation solution has an increase in performance, as well as extensive reuse from the ARM Cortex-A8 offerings. It features up to 1GHz of processing power, 3D graphics acceleration for rich graphical user interfaces, PRU-ICSS for industrial protocols, improved Vector Floating Point (VFP) unit and other peripherals and interfaces support like Quad-SPI, dual parallel cameras, two independent eight-channel ADCs, etc.
The AM437x processor family has four different pin-to-pin compatible AM437x device variations: the Sitara AM4376, AM4377, AM4378 and AM4379. They only have differences in options whether they have offered 3D graphics accelerator and their PRU can support for the EtherCAT slave protocol. Users can make selections according to their requirements.
The Rico board is equipped with 512MB DDR3, 4GB eMMC Flash, 16MB QSPI Flash and 32KB EEPROM on board. Additionally, it has rich peripherals including a Debug serial port, USB 2.0 Host and Device ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port