WHLE-LS1 Single Board Computer

Product overview

The Conclusive Engineering WHLE-LS1 series are high-performance single board computers powered by the NXP QorIQ® Layerscape processors capable of delivering more than 32000 CoreMark® performance.

Layerscape series processors, built on Arm® core technology, extend performance to the smallest form factor - from power - constrained networking and industrial applications to new virtualized networks and embedded systems requiring an advanced data path and network peripheral interfaces.

Product Specifications

SoC	NXP Layerscape® SoC variants: LS1026, 2 core ARM® Cortex-A72® 1.8 GHz CPU with DPAA LS1046, 4 core ARM® Cortex-A72® 1.8 GHz CPU with DPAA LS1048, 4 core ARM® Cortex-A53® 1.4 GHz CPU with DPAA2 LS1088, 8 core ARM® Cortex-A53® 1.6 GHz CPU with DPAA2
Memory	1x SO-DIMM socket supporting DDR4 SDRAM with ECC (up to 2100 MT/s)
Ethernet	4x 1 Gbit/s RJ45 2x 10 Gbit/s SFP+
Mass storage	4-64GB eMMC 16 MB QSPI NOR Flash 8 KB EEPROM
PCIe	M.2 Key-M 2280 D4 PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe with I2C M.2 Key-M 2280 D5 PCIe 3.0 x1 NVMe with I2C M.2 Key-E 2230 D5 PCIe 3.0 x1 NVMe with USB 2.0, I2C, UART
USB	1x or 2x USB A 3.0 (host mode)
Debug	Conclusive Developer Cable connector providing access to: - System UART - JTAG port - System I2C bus 1x USB Micro-B 2.0 console port (System UART)
Software support	Linux 4.14 to 5.16 and newer Ubuntu 20.04 LTS U-Boot UEFI EDK2 Buildroot Yocto and other distributions on request FreeBSD 13 on request
Additional features	RTC with CR2032 back-up battery Reset button Power switch Boot source selector DIP switch 2x two-color status LED Two channel fan controller 3 pin and 4 pin fan connectors GPIO connector External I2C (3.3 V)
Power supply	12 V DC, 7 A, 2.5 x 5.5 mm barrel connector
Dimensions	130 x 130 mm

Variants

Variant name	SoC	Cores	Max CPU clock	Packet processing engine
WHLE-LS1026A	NXP LS1026A	2x Cortex-A72	1.8GHz	DPAA
WHLE-LS1046A	NXP LS1046A	4x Cortex-A72	1.8GHz	DPAA
WHLE-LS1048A	NXP LS1048A	4x Cortex-A53	1.6GHz	DPAA2
WHLE-LS1088A	NXP LS1088A	8x Cortex-A53	1.6GHz	DPAA2

Software support

Soc peripherals

Feature name	Linux 5.10	FreeBSD	U-Boot
MMC controller	yes	yes	yes
Ethernet controller	yes	no	yes
USB 3.0 host	yes	yes	yes
USB HS device	yes	no	unknown
I2C	yes	yes	yes
SPI	yes	yes	yes
GPIO	yes	yes	yes

I2C peripherals

EEPROM	yes	yes	yes

Linux

Supported kernel versions:

5.10

Ubuntu

Supported versions:

18.04 LTS (bionic)
20.04 LTS (focal)

Buildroot

Yocto

FreeBSD

U-Boot

U-Boot v2021.04 is suported. It supports booting from QSPI flash, eMMC or using one of the Ethernet interfaces via TFTP.

UEFI-EDK2

We're working on EDK2 support.

How-tos and tutorials

Installing Ubuntu image
Creating a custom Ubuntu-based system
Creating a custom Buildroot-based system
Building OS from scratch
Upgrading U-Boot
Flashing a bricked or empty board
Using XDP with DPAA/DPAA2
How to setup kernel & DPDK on a DPAA device
Configuring RCW source

Software resources

Prebuilt binaries:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Buildroot demo
- U-Boot
ARM Trusted Firmware repository: https://gitlab.conclusive.pl/devices/whle-ls1/atf
- Branch: whle-ls1046a
RCW repository: https://gitlab.conclusive.pl/devices/whle-ls1/rcw
- Branch: whle-ls1046a
U-Boot repository: https://gitlab.conclusive.pl/devices/u-boot
- Branch: master
- Latest supported version: 2020.04
Linux kernel repository: https://gitlab.conclusive.pl/devices/linux
- Branch: master
- Latest supported version: 5.10

Documentation

If you’re looking for more information please contact us at https://conclusive.pl/contact/