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- Page 1 Tegra Ventana Hardware Setup and Android Gingerbread Install Guide Version 20110222 - 1 - February 2011...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents WELCOME TO TEGRA ........................3 STEP 1: GATHER ADDITIONAL HARDWARE ..................4 STEP 2: UNBOXING YOUR DEVKIT ....................4 STEP 3: SETUP THE CONNECTIONS ....................5 STEP 4: INSTALL THE ANDROID SUPPORT PACK ................6 STEP 5: FLASH THE DEVKIT WITH THE ANDROID OS ............... 7 ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF THE OS IMAGE .................. -
Page 3: Welcome To Tegra
Welcome to Tegra This document describes how to setup a Tegra devkit and flash (install) the Android OS to it. Tegra devkits can be flashed from either Windows or Linux host PCs. Both are described in this document. This document is written for the Ventana Tegra development hardware and the Android Gingerbread OS image A picture of the supported Ventana touchscreen development kit hardware (with optional top- mounted multi-camera module) is shown below:... -
Page 4: Step 1: Gather Additional Hardware
STEP 1: Gather Additional Hardware Gather the following: Windows or Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS recommended) based PC with 1 USB port free; ideally with a 2GHz CPU and 1GB RAM o You will need to have super-user access to the host PC if it is Linux-based USB cable –... -
Page 5: Step 3: Setup The Connections
STEP 3: Setup the Connections Make the basic connections: Tango Devkit WiFi Antenna – The threaded end of the WiFi antenna should be firmly screwed onto the WiFi antenna connector on the left side of the devkit, if not already attached as supplied External storage –... -
Page 6: Step 4: Install The Android Support Pack
STEP 4: Install the Android Support Pack Installing from Windows Run the Installer MSI: Double-click the .msi file * Click “Next” + Accept the EULA * Select “Complete” + – to install the entire support pack. * Click “Install” + * Click “Finish”... -
Page 7: Step 5: Flash The Devkit With The Android Os
STEP 5: Flash the Devkit with the Android OS Place the DevKit into Recovery Mode: Press and hold the “Recovery” button on the left side of the devkit, near the Wifi antenna. Press the “ONKEY*” (may be marked “PWR”) button for 2-3 seconds. If your Ventana has a clear plastic rear cover, you should see the main power LEDs illuminate. - Page 8 Install the Recovery Mode driver if asked. Use the “install from a specific location” option in the “New Device Wizard” dialog box. It is located here in the directory referred to by: Start Menu: All Programs: NVIDIA Corporation: Ventana Android Gingerbread: Version <XXXXXXXX>: Platform Directory In the usbpcdriver subdirectory of this platform directory.
- Page 9 Open an Explorer window to the Android OS support pack you installed previously. It has the OS image in it. It should be found here: Start Menu: All Programs: NVIDIA Corporation: Ventana Android Gingerbread: Version <XXXXXXXX>: Platform Directory Double click to run the flash .bat file, nvflash_1gb_lcd.bat. The flashing process will begin immediately.
- Page 10 Flashing from Linux: Flash your OS: Connect the USB cable from the free USB port (Type-A) on your host PC to the flashing USB port (Mini or Micro USB, not full-sized) on the left-rear corner of the devkit. Referred to as “Development Cable” or “ADB/USB cable”. Open a shell to the directory containing the installed flashpack (tegra_ventana_gb_<version>) Run the script ventana_flash.sh...
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Page 11: Additional Features Of The Os Image
The “perf” performance tool is supported by this OS image, and the on-device “perf” application is included in /system/bin. It is thus in the adb shell path. See the NVIDIA Tegra Developers website for details on how to use the perf tool. -
Page 12: Known Issues
Known Issues The following items are known not to work with this OS image: OProfile In some cases, the system has been seen to hang when actively gathering data via the perf tool. This issue is being tracked and a fix will be provided as soon as possible. February 2011 - 12 -... -
Page 13: Summing Up
Android. If you wish to continue setting up your Host PC to develop Android applications, please follow the Tegra Android Setup Guide, which may be found at http://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/tegra/downloads, and may indeed be the document that you are currently following at the higher level to set up your system. -
Page 14: Appendix: Troubleshooting The Recovery Mode Driver
Open the Device Manager and check under “Universal Serial Bus controllers”. You should see: “NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices” If this device is missing or has an error marker next to it, install or reinstall the driver via the method listed in the following section Manually Install the Driver. - Page 15 Install and run usbdeview.exe (for Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) you need to right-click on usbdeview.exe and choose "Run as Administrator..."). From the list of devices, select all devices named "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices", and click the Uninstall button in the toolbar.
- Page 16 Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver to install." [ Click “Next” + [ Click "Have Disk..." ] Browse to where your modified .inf file is, and pick that .inf file specifically. For example, browse to: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\tegra_ventana_froyo_20110207\usbpcdriver and select: NvidiaUsb.inf Note: You must select the "Don't Search"...
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