Texas Instruments DM816 Series Quick Start Manual

Welcome to the DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x Evaluation Module (EVM) Quick Start Guide. This guide is designed to help
you through the initial setup of your EVM. This EVM allows you to experience numerous demonstrations that showcase
the DM816x, C6A816x and AM389x processors. The DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x EVM includes:
• Hardware
– DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x main board
– Expansion I/O daughtercard
– Serial cable
– Ethernet cable
– Component video cable
– Audio cable
– HDMI cable
– Universal power supply with regional adapter
– LCD monitor (with HDMI input)
– USB mouse
– SD card reader (plugs into USB port on PC)
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DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x EVM Baseboard
– SD card: Contains Linux™ Software Development Kit
(SDK) and example applications
• Printed documents
– DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x EVM Quick Start Guide
(this document)
– Linux SDK SD card content sheet
– Software license agreement
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (on CD)
• Software and soft copy documents
– DM816x/C6A816x/AM389x Software Development Kit
(on SD card)
– Sourcery G++™ evaluation tools from CodeSourcery
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Expansion I/O Daughter Card (Bottom View)
Default setup (Linux boot from SD card)
1 Configure switch SW3: 2 Configure switch SW4:
BTM0=ON, BTM1=ON, NAND=OFF, SPI=OFF.
BTM2=ON, BTM3=OFF,
BTM4=ON, all others do not
matter.
4 Connect the supplied HDMI 5 Connect the supplied Ethernet
cable to the HDMI connector cable to the RJ-45 jack on the
(P6). Connect the other end of board (J10). Connect the other
the cable to the supplied LCD end of the cable to an Internet-
monitor or TV. Updated SDK ready connection (router/switch).
required to enable touch- This step is not required for
screen capability. initial EVM start-up, it is optional.
This step allows proper execution
of example applications that use
Internet access.
3 Connect supplied serial cable
to UART (P10). Connect the
other end of the serial cable to
a PC. This step is not required
for initial EVM start-up, it is
optional. This step enables
viewing of console messages
on a PC terminal and changing
some of the default
parameters on the EVM.
6 Connect the supplied USB
mouse to the top connector of
the USB port (J13).