Artila Matrix-500 User Manual

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Matrix-500
Linux ARM9 Industry Box Computer
User Guide
Version 2.2
Copyright © Artila Electronics Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Page 1 Matrix-500 Linux ARM9 Industry Box Computer User Guide Version 2.2 Copyright © Artila Electronics Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ........................ 1 Features ..........................1 Packing List ......................... 1 Optional Accessory ......................1 Layout ......................... 2 Pin Assignment and Definition .................. 3 DIP Switch ........................... 3 USB Port ..........................3 Reset Button ........................3 Power LED .......................... 3 Ready LED ..........................
  • Page 4 Install GNU Toolchain ....................... 13 4.10 Getting Started with the Hello Program ................13 4.11 Enabled Serial Console Port ..................... 14 Frequently Asked Question ..................15 Forgot Password ....................... 15 Reset Matrix-500 to Factory Default Setting ..............15 Forgot the IP Address ....................... 15...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Matrix-500 User Guide 1. Introduction Matrix-500 features four serial ports, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, USB port and SD socket for flash disk expansion. The pre-install Linux OS and GNU tool chain make Matrix-500 ready for your application development. Features  ARM920T ARM Thumb Processor with 200MIPS at 180MHz, Memory Management Unit ...
  • Page 6: Layout

    Matrix-500 User Guide 2. Layout 10/100Mbps Ethernet USB2.0 Host x2 9-48VDC Power Reset DIP Switch Power LED System Ready LED Ethernet LED Serial Port LED P1/P2/P3/P4 Serial Ports ‧2‧...
  • Page 7: Pin Assignment And Definition

    3.3 Reset Button Press the “Reset” button to activate the hardware reset. Please always use “reboot” command to reset Matrix-500. You should only use this function if the software reboot does not function properly. 3.4 Power LED The Power LED will show solid green if power is properly applied.
  • Page 8: Link / Act Led

    RS-232: RXD, TXD, RTS, CTS, GND Serial Console Port Serial console port is used for local access Matrix-500 system using RS-232 port. At factory, serial console port is disabled because serial console port shares the P3 connector with Serial port 3 and the...
  • Page 9: Power Connector

    See Enable serial console port for information to use serial console. 3.10 Power Connector Connect the 9 to 48VDC power line to Matrix-500. If the power is properly supply, the power LED will show a solid green color.
  • Page 10: Sd Socket

    The SD socket is compatible with SD memory card specification version 1.0. The SD Socket is located in the back panel of the PCB. To install the SD memory card, please use the screw driver to open the metal case of Matrix-500 and unscrew Screw 1 to 4 as following: SD Socket GPIO 3.13 General Purpose IO (GPIO)
  • Page 11: Spi Header

    Matrix-500 User Guide 3.15 SPI Header CN6 is a SPI header and its pin definition is shown as follow: 3.16 Boot Manager Selection JP1 is boot selection jumper. Set to position 2-3 always. Change the setting will cause incorrectly boot up.
  • Page 12: Wireless Lan Configuration

    For infrastructure mode XXXX is the access point name and YYYYYYYY is the encryption key and MMMM should be managed. For Ad-Hoc mode mode XXXX is the Matrix-500 host name and YYYYYYYY is the encryption key MMMM should be ad-hoc.
  • Page 13: Devices List

    Matrix-500 User Guide 3.21 Devices List The supported devices are shown at /dev directory. Following list are most popular ones: 1. ttyS0: serial console port 2. ttyS1 to ttyS4: serial port 1 to port 4 3. mmc to mmc2: SD memory card 4.
  • Page 14: Utility Software

    Matrix-500 User Guide 3.22 Utility Software Matrix-500 includes busybox utility collection and Artila utility software as follow: ‧10‧...
  • Page 15: Artila Utility Software

    You might also find utility software available on Artila FTP under /Matrix 500/utility such as ntpclient, ssh, scp, bluez and ssh-keygen. If you want, you can ftp or copy the utility software to Matrix-500 user disk (/disk). Also you can use find the source code and use the GNU Toolchain to make the utility by yourself.
  • Page 16: Mounting External Storage Memory

    Matrix-500 User Guide 4.4 Mounting External Storage Memory To find out the device name of the external memory device which plug into Matrix-500, you can use the command /dmesg | grep sd /dmesg | grep mmc Type mount /dev/sda1 to mount the USB disk and mount /dev/mmc0 to mount SD card 4.5 Welcome Message...
  • Page 17: Ssh Console

    #tar zxvf arm-linux-3.3.2.tar.gz 4.10 Getting Started with the Hello Program There are many example programs on Artila FTP. To compile the sample you can use the Make file and type: make To compile and link the library. Once done, use ftp command ftp 192.168.2.127...
  • Page 18: Enabled Serial Console Port

    Matrix-500 User Guide 4.11 Enabled Serial Console Port The serial console port is disabled as factory default setting. To enable the serial console, you need to use the serial console cable (91-RJCON-100) and connect it to port 3. Use any terminal software...
  • Page 19: Frequently Asked Question

    To format disk. 5.3 Forgot the IP Address If you forgot the Matrix-500 IP address, you can use the Java Manager available on Artila FTP to search the IP address of Matrix-500. Or use serial console port to find out the IP address by #ifconfig.

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