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Tegra 250 Development Board Features

The NVIDIA Tegra 250 Developer Kit ships with the following items in the box (as shown in the photograph):

  • A Tegra 250 main board containing the Tegra processor, flash memory, power, reset and recovery buttons, SD card slots and associated connectors
  • A Tegra 250 mini-expansion (or satellite) board containing status LEDs, configuration switches, replicated power, reset and recovery buttons, and an RS-232 serial port.
  • A detachable, foldable WiFi antenna
  • A 120-240V AC power adapter

 
The Tegra 250 Developer Kit does NOT include an LCD screen or direct support for battery power

 

 

NVIDIA® Tegra™ 250
  • Dual-core ARM® Cortex-A9 MPCore™ processor
  • 3D Graphics processor with OpenGL ES2.0
  • Image signal processor up to 12 Mpixel sensor support
  • Ultra low power audio processor
  • Advanced Power Management
  • Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
  • Multiple clock and power domains
DRAM Memory
  • 1GB DDR2–667 system RAM
Flash Memory
  • 512MB 8-bit SLC NAND (onboard)
  • External SD/MMC card slot: standard 4-bit SD/MMC socket allows SD/MMC/SDIO cards to be inserted/removed by user.
  • Internal SD/MMC card slot: combination 8-bit MMC and 4-bit SD/MMC socket intended for use as boot device and/or mass storage. Should not be used as removable storage. 2-pin header needs to be shorted to supply power when eMMC module is installed in socket.
Display Interfaces
  • Dual display controller (integrated LCD + external)
  • Single Channel 18 BPP LVDS with DDC and Integrated Backlight Power
  • HDMI 1.3 resolution support up to 1920 x 1080
  • VGA support up to 1600 x 1200
Audio
  • Wolfson WM8903 L Codec
  • Stereo headphone jack
  • External and Internal Microphone connectors
  • Left/Right Speaker Amps
PCI Express
  • 2 x internal PCIe Mini-Card slots1
  • Slot 0: routes to SIM/UIM card socket and is intended to support compatible 3G Modem modules.
  • Slot 1: can be used for Solid-State drives, a different WiFi solution, or other peripherals.
USB and Ethernet
  • 3 x USB Type-A Host ports: LAN9514
  • USB Host port (PCIe Slot #1): LAN9514
  • USB Mini Type-B connector: for Recovery Mode
  • Ethernet RJ-45 Jack: LAN 9514
2 Dual Row Expansion Headers
  • 16 x 8 matrix keyboard interface
  • Touchpad interface with left and right buttons
  • I2C interface for touch sensor
  • I2C interface for external embedded controller
Buttons, Switches
  • POWER, F. R. (Force Recovery) and RESET buttons
  • AC/DC detect emulation switch
Power Options
  • External AC adapter (15V @ 30W)
  • 3 cell series 3.7V 2200mAHr Li battery (not included): minimum 24WHr
  • Level 2 Smart Battery charge controller
Wireless
  • Murata WiFi and Bluetooth module
  • Bluetooth:  CSR BC6
  • 802.11g WiFi:  Atheros  6002
  • SMA Antenna Connector
CSI Two Data Lane Camera Module Connector
Debug Port (UART, SPI)
Miscellaneous Devices
  • Keyboard and Embedded Controller: SMSC MEC1308
  • Temperature Sensor: ADT7461ARMZ RL7
  • USB hub with integrated 10/100 Ethernet controller: SMSC LAN9514
  • Hi-Speed USB Transceiver with 1.8V-3.3V ULPI Interface: SMSC USB3317