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ARTiGO A630 Linux EVK v1.0.1

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ARTiGO-A630 Linux EVK v1.0.1 Quick Start Guide

Table of Content1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 EVK Package Content ............................................................................................................................ 11.1.1 Firmware Folder Contents ............................................................................................................. 11.1.2 Document Folder Contents ............................................................................................................ 1

1.2 VersionInformationandSupportedFeatures ...................................................................................... 2

2. ImageInstallation ............................................................................................................. 32.1 Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 32.2 BootingfromtheSPIROMwitheMMC ................................................................................................ 3

3. HardwareFuction ............................................................................................................. 43.1 SettingUpU-BootParameters ............................................................................................................. 43.2 SettingUpGPIO .................................................................................................................................... 6

3.2.1 SettingUpDIOPortforGPIOFunctionality ................................................................................... 63.2.2 SettingUpGPIMode...................................................................................................................... 73.2.3 SettingUpGPOMode .................................................................................................................... 7

3.3 ConfiguringUART ................................................................................................................................. 83.4 ConfiguringWatchdogTimer ................................................................................................................ 9

4. Accessories ...................................................................................................................... 104.1 ConfiguringtheEMIO-2531miniPCIe/EMIO-5531USB ......................................................................... Wi-Fi&BluetoothModule ................................................................................................................. 10

4.1.1 ConnectingtotheInternet .......................................................................................................... 104.1.2 EnablingBluetooth ...................................................................................................................... 12

4.1.2.1 SettingUpBluetoothA2DPProfile 124.1.2.2 SettingUptheBluetoothSPPProfile 13

4.2 ConfiguringtheEMIO-2550miniPCIeMobileBroadbandModule .................................................... 144.2.1 ConnectingtotheInternet .......................................................................................................... 14

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ARTiGO A630 Linux EVK v1.0.1 Quick Start Guide

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1. IntroductionThisQuickStartGuideprovidesanoverviewonhowtoboottheLinuxEVKsystemimageontheARTiGOA630andconfigurethesupportedhardwarefunctionsinthebuild.

TheARTiGOA630LinuxEVKisdevelopedbasedondebian-8.6.0-lxde-player(Debian8.6)anditenablesthehardwarefeaturesoftheARTiGOA630system.

1.1 EVK Package ContentTherearetwofoldersinthepackagelistedasbelow.

ARTiGO-A630 Linux EVK contents

1.1.1 Firmware Folder ContentsARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_v1.0.1.zip:containsinstallationscriptfilesandtheprecompiledU-bootandimageforevaluatingtheARTiGOA630system.

1.1.2 Document Folder ContentsARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_v1.0.1_ Quick_Start_Guide_v1.00_20170829.pdf:ThisQuickStartGuideprovidesanoverviewonhowtoboottheLinuxEVKsystemimageintheARTiGOA630systemandconfigurethesupportedhardwarefunctionsinthebuild.

Firmware folder Description

ARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_v1.0.1.zip PrecompiledImageDocument folder DescriptionARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_ v1.0.1_Quick_Start_Guide_v1.00_20170829.pdf

Quick Start Guide


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1.2 VersionInformationandSupportedFeatures

• U-Bootversion:1.1.4

• Kernelversion:3.4.5

• Evaluationimage:Debian8.6

• DevelopmentbasedonWM8980

• SupportsSPIwitheMMCboot

• SupportsHDMIdisplay

• SupportsHDMIaudiooutput

• SupportsMicroUSB2.0OTGport

• SupportsDebugUARTconnector

• Supports10/100MbpsEthernet

• SupportsLine-outandMic-in

• SupportsEMIO-5531USBWi-Fi&Bluetoothmodule

º SupportsBluetoothA2DPandSPPprofile

• SupportsEMIO-2531miniPCIeWi-Fi&Bluetoothmodule

º SupportsBluetoothA2DPandSPPprofile

• SupportsEMIO-2550miniPCIeMobileBroadbandmodule

• SupportsGPIO,UARTandWatchdogtimer


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2. ImageInstallationTheARTiGOA630onlysupportsbootingLinuxfromtheSPIROMwitheMMC.ThissectionexplainsthesetuprequirementsforbootingfromtheSPIROMwitheMMC.

Theinstallationscriptfiles,theprecompiledU-bootandimageareprovidedinthe“Firmware”folder.

2.1 Requirements • Hostmachine

• MicroSDcard

• EVKpackage:ARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_v1.0.1.zip

2.2 BootingfromtheSPIROMwitheMMCThefirststepistoinsertaMicroSDcardintothehostmachineandcreateaFATformattedpartition.Next,extractthe ARTiGO_A630_Linux_EVK_v1.0.1.zipandcopythebspinst folder and scriptcmdfileontotheMicroSD card.

InsertthepreparedMicroSDcardintotheARTiGOA630,connectanHDMIdisplay,andpoweronthedevicetoinitiatetheupdateprocess.

Update process screen

*Note:

Keepthepoweronduringtheinstallationprocess.Aftertheinstallationprocesshascompleted,thesystemwillautomaticallyrestart.

Waitfortheloginprompttoappear.Thedefaultusernameisdebianandthepasswordisdebian.


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3. HardwareFuctionThissectionexplainshowtoenableandtestthehardwarefunctionsprecompiledintheARTiGOA630LinuxEVKincludingsettingupU-Bootparameters,configuringdisplayparameter,configuringwatchdogtimer,settingupGPIO,andconfiguringUART.

3.1 SettingUpU-BootParametersVIArecommendsthatconsoleboard(P/N:15GCU000000-20)andconsolecable(P/N:99G33-192486)areusedinordertoconfiguretheARTiGOA630parameters.

Thefirststepistoconnectthehostmachinetotheconsoleboard,thenconnecttheconsoleboardtotheARTiGOA630throughtheDebugUARTconnector(J1).UseaserialportcommunicationprogramsuchasPuTTY,GtkTerm,orMinicom,toconfiguretheserialportsettingandconnecttothedebugconsole.ThereyouwillbeabletoseetheU-BootbootlogandadjustsettingsintheU-Bootconsole.

Serial port setting of host machine

Debug UART connector (J1) diagram

LOCK

OPEN

J11


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Debug UART connector (J1) pinout table

Next,powerontheARTiGOA630toinitiatethebootprocess.Whenprompted,pressanykeytostopthebootprocessandentertheU-Bootconsoleasillustratedbythescreenshotbelow.

Debug console view of boot process

WonderMedia Technologies, Inc.W-Load Version : 0.21.00.00

Uncompressing U-Boot... done, booting U-Boot.

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Jan 24 2017 - 15:55:04)WonderMedia Technologies, Inc.U-Boot Version : 0.32.00.00logo = 675 msHit any key to stop autoboot: 0WMT #

Pin Signal1 UART0TXD2 UART0RXD3 SFCLK4 GND5 SFDO6 SFDI7 SFCS0-8 VCC_SF


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3.2 SettingUpGPIOTheDIOportontheARTiGOA630systemconsistsof15pins.Pins1~7and10~12aretheactivepins.Thefollowingsectionexplainssettingupthesepinsforinput/outputcommunication.

DIO port diagram

3.2.1 SettingUpDIOPortforGPIOFunctionalityTheechovalueofGPIOpinsarelistedbelow:

DIO port pinout table

Typethefollowingcommandtologintoroot’sshell:

TosetthemultifunctionpinasaGPIOpin.HereistheexampleforGPIOpin1:

TodisablethemultifunctionpinasaGPIOpin.HereistheexampleforGPIOpin1:

Pin Signal GPIOechovalue1 GPIO-1 12 GPIO-2 23 GPIO-3 34 GPIO-5 55 GPIO-6 66 GPIO-7 77 GPIO-8 88 GND9 NC

10 GPIO-12 1211 GPIO-13 1312 GPIO-14 1413 VO_3314 VO_3315 GND

$ sudo –i

# echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/export

# echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/unexport

5 14 3 2

678910

1112131415

DIO


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TodisplaythemultifunctionpinasaGPIOpinstatus:

3.2.2 SettingUpGPIModeTosetapinto“input”mode(GPI),usethefollowingcommand(hereistheexampleforGPIOpin1):

ToreadtheGPIinputvalue,usethefollowingcommand:

3.2.3 SettingUpGPOModeTosetapinto“output”mode(GPO),usethefollowingcommand(hereistheexampleforGPIOpin1):

Tooutputa“Low”valueontheGPOpin,usethefollowingcommand:

Tooutputa“High”valueontheGPOpin,usethefollowingcommand:

# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio

# echo in > /sys/class/gpio/gpio1/direction

# cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio1/value

# echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio1/direction

# echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio1/value

# echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio1/value


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3.3 ConfiguringUARTTheCOMportoftheARTiGOA630systemsupportsRS-232mode(SerialDevice:/dev/ttyS1)andTX/RXcommunicationwithotherdevices.

ThefirststepistoconnectthehostmachinetotheCOMportontheARTiGOA630usinganRS-232cable.

Nextonthehostmachine,andARTiGOA630startaserialcommunicationprogramsuchasPutty,GtkTermorMinicomwiththesameserialportsettingusingtheappropriateserialdevice.

COM port diagram

COM port pinout table

TostarttheMinicomserialcommunicationprogramontheARTiGOA630,usethefollowingcommand:

Startaserialcommunicationprogramonthehostmachinewiththesamecommunicationsettingsusingtheappropriateserialdevice.AfterwardsthehostmachineandtheARTiGOA630willbeabletocommunicatethroughtheprograms(forexamplesendingakeypressononemachinewillbeshownontheothermachine).

Pin Signal

1 NC2 IC_RXD13 IC_RXD14 NC5 GND6 NC7 NC8 NC9 NC

# minicom -s

51 432

6 7 8 9

COM


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3.4 ConfiguringWatchdogTimerAWatchdogtimerisanelectronictimerthatisusedtodetectandrecoversystemmalfunctions.

Thewdt_driver_test.outprovidesanapplicationtoconfiguretheWatchdogtimer.

ToenabletheWatchdogwiththedefaulttimeout(60seconds),usethefollowingcommand:

Tochangethetimeout<value>andthesystemreboot<value>(seconds),usethefollowingcommand:

Tosendkeep-aliverequeststotheWatchdog<value>(seconds),usethefollowingcommand:

Whenthevalueof“set_keep_alive”issmallerthanthevalueof”set_timeout”,thesystemwillnotreboot.

TodisabletheWatchdog,usethefollowingcommand:$ sudo ./wdt_driver_test.out disable

$ sudo ./wdt_driver_test.out enable

$ sudo ./wdt_driver_test.out set_timeout <value>

$ sudo ./wdt_driver_test.out set_keep_alive <value>


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4. AccessoriesThissectionexplainshowtoinstallandconfigurethevariousEMIOwirelessmodulesavailablefortheARTiGO A630 system.

4.1 ConfiguringtheEMIO-2531miniPCIe/EMIO-5531USB Wi-Fi&BluetoothModuleTheARTiGOA630defaultdriversupportstheEMIO-2531miniPCIe/EMIO-5531USBWi-Fi&Bluetoothmodule.

4.1.1 ConnectingtotheInternetThefirststepistoinserttheEMIO-2531moduleintotheminiPCIeslotorconnecttheEMIO-5531moduletotheonboardUSBconnector(JUSB1)usingtheUSBcable(P/N:99G3-190042).Afterinstallingeithermodule,connecttheprovidedantennatothemodule.Finally,powerontheARTiGOA630.

Inserting the EMIO-2531 module

Installing the EMIO-5531 module

LOCK

OPEN

30

LOCK

OPEN

1

2


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Connecting the USB Wi-Fi & Bluetooth cable

Whenthebootprocessiscompleted,clickonthe“NetworkManager”icontoconfiguretheWi-Fi.

AlistofWi-Ficonnectionswillappearonthescreen,selecttheappropriatedevicetocompletetheWi-Ficonnection.

Aftertheconnectioniscreated,connecttotheinternetthroughyourwebbrowser.

LOCK

OPEN1

2


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4.1.2 EnablingBluetoothThefollowingsectionsshowhowtoenabletheBluetoothAdvancedAudioDistributionProfile(A2DP)toallowaudioplaybackthroughaconnectedBluetoothdeviceaswellashowtoconfiguretheBluetoothSerialPortProfile(SPP).

4.1.2.1 SettingUpBluetoothA2DPProfileThefirststepistoextracttoBT_Config.zipfile.Next,copythepulseaudio-system.conf,bluetooth.confandsystem.pafilesto/etc/dbus-1/system.d/foldertoreplacetheoriginalpulseaudio-system.conf,Bluetooth.confandsystem.pafilesinordertoaddtheA2DPsupportintothesystem.

ToenabletheBluetoothservice,usethefollowingcommand:

Usethefollowingcommandstorunthe“bluetoothctl”toshowtheEMIO-2531BluetoothMACaddressandsetuppairingmode.

ToenableBluetoothdevice,usethefollowingcommands:

$ rfkill unblock bluetooth$ hciconfig hci0 up$ /usr/lib/bluez5/bluetooth/bluetoothd -C -d &$ hciconfig hci0 piscan

$ bluetoothctl[NEW] Controller 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E[bluetooth]#[bluetooth]# showController 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E Name: BlueZ 5.25 Alias: BlueZ 5.25 …..[bluetooth]# select 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E[bluetooth]# power onChanging power on succeeded[bluetooth]# agent onAgent registered[bluetooth]# default-agentDefault agent request successful[bluetooth]# discoverable onChanging discoverable on succeeded[CHG] Controller 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E Discoverable: yes[bluetooth]# pairable onChanging pairable on succeeded[bluetooth]# scan onDiscovery started[CHG] Controller 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E Discovering: yes[NEW] Device 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4 Jabra BT-530…[bluetooth]# scan off[bluetooth]# devicesDevice 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4 Jabra BT-530Device …[bluetooth]# pair 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4[bluetooth]# trust 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4

[bluetooth]# connect 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4[bluetooth]# info 00:1D:82:BC:C1:C4[bluetooth]# quit


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4.1.2.2 SettingUptheBluetoothSPPProfileTheARTiGOA630supportsSPPservermodeandSPPclientmode.

Usethefollowingcommandstorunthe“bluetoothctl”toshowtheBluetoothMACaddressandsetuppairingmodefortheEMIO-2531orEMIO-5531module.

SPP server mode:Ifyoudonotchangethelistenchannelnumber,theservicewillautomaticallyusethedefaultchannelnumber.MakesuretheserverorclientmodeisusingthesameBluetoothchannelnumber.

TosetuptheSPPservermodeandallowotherdevicestoconnect,usethefollowingcommands:

SPP client mode:Ifyoudonotchangethelistenchannelnumber,theservicewillautomaticallyusethedefaultchannelnumber.Makesuretheserverorclientmodeisusingthesamelistenchannelnumber.

UsethefollowingcommandstosetuptheSPPclientmodeandrequestaconnectiontoSPPserver.

Toopentheminicomserialcommunicationprogram,usethefollowingcommand:

Connecttothe/dev/rfcomm0serialdevicewiththefollowingsettings:

Serial port setting

StartaserialcommunicationprogramonthehostmachinewiththesamecommunicationsettingsusingtheappropriateBluetoothSPPdevice.AfterwardstheBluetoothSPPdeviceandtheARTiGOA630willbeabletocommunicatethroughtheprograms(forexamplesendingakeypressononemachineshouldbeshownontheothermachine).

$ bluetoothctl[NEW] Controller 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E[bluetooth]# scan onDiscovery started[CHG] Controller 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E Discovering: yes[NEW] Device 5C:F3:70:25:DD:33 BlueZ 5.25…[bluetooth]# scan off[bluetooth]# devicesDevice 5C:F3:70:25:DD:33 BlueZ 5.25Device …[bluetooth]# pair 5C:F3:70:25:DD:33[bluetooth]# trust 5C:F3:70:25:DD:33[bluetooth]# quit

# sdptool add SPSerial Port service registered# rfcomm listen hci0Waiting for connection on channel 1Connection from 5C:F3:70:25:DD:33 to /dev/rfcomm0Press CTRL-C for hangup

# sdptool add SPSerial Port service registered# rfcomm connect hci0 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2EConnected /dev/rfcomm0 to 5C:F3:70:24:4B:2E on channel 1Press CTRL-C for hangup

# minicom -s


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4.2 ConfiguringtheEMIO-2550miniPCIeMobileBroadband ModuleTheEMIO-2550miniPCIeMobileBroadbandmodulesupports3Gfunctions.

4.2.1 ConnectingtotheInternetThefirststepistoinsertanactiveSIMcardintotheSIMcardslotontheARTiGOA630system,andtheninserttheEMIO-2550moduleintotheminiPCIeslot.Afterinstallingthemoduleconnecttheprovidedantennatothemodule.Next,makesuretounpluganyLANcablesorUSBWi-Fidonglesyouhaveinstalled.Finally,powerontheARTiGOA630.

Inserting the SIM card

Next,inserttheEMIO-2550moduleintotheminiPCIeslot.Finally,powerontheARTiGOA630.

LOCK

OPEN

1 2 3 4

Open

Lock


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Inserting the EMIO-2550 module

ToconfiguretheMobilebroadbandconnection,clickonthe“NetworkManager”iconlocatedinthenotificationareathenclick“NewMobileBroadbandconnection”andawizardwillappear;followthewizardscreendialogueboxtocreatetheconnection.

Network Manger configuration

Fillintherequiredfieldstosetupyourconnection.Ifyouareunsureofwhattherequiredfieldsandvaluesare,checkwithyourMobileBroadbandprovider.

3G connection configuration

LOCK

OPEN


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Aftertheconnectioniscreated,clickonthe“NetworkManager”iconagainandselecttheconnectionyoujustcreated.

Thesuccessfulconnectionlookslikethis:

Successful connection screen

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