Genio 520/720-EVK

Genio 520/720-EVK boards are evaluation kits of MediaTek Genio 520 SoC and Genio 720 SoC platform. These two SoCs are pin-to-pin compatible to each other and they share the same evaluation kit design.

This section describes board features that are relevant to IoT Yocto.

Documentation

For Genio 520/720-EVK hardware documentation, such as EVK User Guide, schematic and PCB design notice, please visit https://genio.mediatek.com/genio-720 and https://genio.mediatek.com/genio-520.

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Genio 520/720-EVK Ports

Ports of |G520-G720-EVK-REF-BOARD| main board

Ports of Genio 520/720-EVK main board

Ports of |G520-G720-EVK-REF-BOARD| main board

Ports on the bottom side of Genio 520/720-EVK main board

Block Diagram

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Block Diagram

Supported Board Features

  • MediaTek CPU (MT8391AV/AZA or MT8371AV/AZA)

  • MediaTek PMIC (MT6365ICW/B)

  • MediaTek Charger (MT6375P/A) * MT6375 is a multi-function PMIC. IoT Yocto only supports the USB Type-C PD detection.

  • 8GB LPDDR5 RAM (Micron MT62F2G32D4DS-023 IT:C)

  • 64GB eMMC x 1 (Micron MTFC64GBCAQTC-IT)

  • 128GB UFS x 1 (Western Digital SDINFD04-128)

  • Φ2.0 DC Jack x 1 (Supports 20V DC Input)

  • USB Type-C Power Adapter (20V PD Adapter)

  • Micro SD Card Connector x 1

  • Push Button x 4 (Power, Reset, Home and Download)

  • LED x 3 (System Power, Reset, DC-IN Power)

  • 4-lane MIPI DSI x 1 (MUX)

  • 4-lane MIPI CSI x 2

  • LVDS x 1 (MUX)

  • eDP x 1

  • 10/100/1000M Ethernet x 1 (Airoha AN8801RIN/A)

  • USB Type-C Connector (USB 3.2) x 2

  • USB Type-C Connector (USB 2.0) x 1

  • 3.5mm Earphone Jack x 1 (with Microphone Input)

  • 3.5mm Line Out Audio Jack x 1

  • Analog Microphone x 2 (Merry MMA102-006)

  • Digital Microphone x 2 (Merry MMD300-007)

  • UART Port x 4 (USB Port x 2, Pin Header x 2)

  • M.2 Slot Key E and PCIe Wi-Fi Module (AzureWave AW-XB468NF Wi-Fi 6 & BT 5.2)

  • 40-Pin 2.54mm Pin Header x 1 (for Raspberry Pi Like I/O Interface)

  • CAN Bus x 1 (RS232 Connector)

Unsupported Board Features

  • MediaTek Charger (MT6375P/A) * The battery gauge and charging controller features are not supported

  • DP x 1 (DisplayPort alt mode over USB Type-C) * As of IoT Yocto v25.1, DPoC is not supported.

  • M.2 Slot Key B x 1 (Reserved for 5G Module Development)

  • Micro SIM x 1

  • Nano SIM x 1

Please refer to IoT Yocto Releases section for detailed list on supported features.

FTDI Board Control

The Genio 520/720-EVK has a FTDI FT232 chip connected to the UART0 port. You can control the power (PWRKEY), reset (SYSRST), and download (KPCOL0) lines through the CBUS lines of the FT232 chip:

FTDI GPIO Line

Function

0

Power (PWRKEY)

1

Reset (SYSRST)

2

Download (KPCOL0)