Step 2 – Using the SD-card to install an image in the NAND Flash of your board ..... 35 Booting from the SD-card ....................... 36 How to install an Android application on TechNexion baseboards .......... 37 How to install an android application with an internet connection ......... 43 Software –...
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Step 2 – Using the SD-card to install an image in the NAND Flash of your board ..... 60 Booting from the SD-card ....................... 61 Software – Installing with command lines in a Linux environment ..........62 10.1 TechNexion BSP for tam3517 ....................62 10.1.1 SD-card bootable image: ....................62 10.1.2 Installing the image from the SD-card on your board ............
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Compile ........................110 11.7.6 Put in NAND ......................... 110 Appendix – Module ........................111 12.1 Nut to fix TAM-3517 to the baseboard ................. 111 Appendix – Block Diagram......................112 Appendix - Schematics ......................113 14.1 Twister baseboard schematics....................113 Appendix - Pin outs ........................124 15.1...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 2 Care and maintenance 2.1 General Your device is a product of superior design and craftsmanship and should be treated with care. The following suggestions will help you. Keep the device dry. Precipitation, humidity, and all types of liquids or moisture can contain minerals that will corrode electronic circuits.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part 15 This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
TechNexion 3 Introduction The TAM-3517 System on Module (SOM) is a small computer that can be clicked in a baseboard with several IO’s to form a full computer. Each base board can be developed with IO’s in different places and with different functions. The Idea behind the product is that anyone can develop a base board suitable for their needs and just plug in the SOM.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 4 Get started 4.1 First time use Twister baseboard XL (7” LCD) This guide describes how to put the TAM-3517W module and the Twister interface board together, how to connect the LCD and power up the board.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion (Note: RS-232 serial console cable might need a gender changer when connected to, for example, a null-modem. One can also reverse the connected cable) Figure 2: Step 2a - Pull the connector, on the topside of the PCB, sideward carefully open with your nail.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion White dot (pin 1) Step 5: WIFI Step 4: spacers Figure 4: Step 3a - Connect the RS-232 serial console cable as on the picture above. (Note: RS-232 serial console cable might need a gender changer when connected to, for example, a null-modem.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Warning! Without the below setting the screen might show unexpected results. Check if your dip switch (SW3) is set as follows: 7” panel...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 4.2 First time use Twister baseboard (4.3” LCD) Connecting the 4.3” LCD touch panel (Standard version) to the Twister interface board should be done by following the following steps. Please make sure to gently open/close the connector and handle the FPC connector at the LCD and the LCD panel itself with care.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 6-7: Step 2b - Insert the LCD panel FPC. And turn the connector down to close...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion White dot (pin 1) Step 5: WIFI Step 4: spacers Figure 8: Step 3a - Connect the RS-232 serial console cable as on the picture above. (Note: RS-232 serial console cable might need a gender changer when connected to, for example, a null-modem.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Warning! Without the below setting the screen might show unexpected results. Check if your dip switch (SW3) is set as follows: 4.3” panel...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 4.3 Explanation of the TAM-3517W System on Module Figure 9 Front view Memory NAND Flash EEPROM Wireless LAN 802.11b/g by SDIO MMC1 interface with IPEX U.FL connector (TAM- 3517W = Wireless) LAN PHY USB PHY...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion LED 1: Power LED2: Will flash during software updates 200 pin SO-DIMM connector Figure 10 Back view 200 pin SO-DIMM connector...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 4.5 Explanation of the Twister Baseboard...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion (DDR2 SO-DIMM 200 pin SMT, standard, H:6.5 mm, Connector to the TAM-3517 CPU module e.g. Foxconn AS0A426-N6SN-4F or Tyco 5-1746530-4) connector for 7” LCD panel Connector for 4 wire touch panel of LCD panel GPIO Switch...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Pin header for VGA connector RTC Battery (CR-1220) S-video Out Speaker left Speaker right Microphone Line in Line out CAN Bus Integrated LAN SMMC 9220 LAN RS-422, RS-485 Connector RS-422/485 switch USB HOST (2x) USB HOST (1x)
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 6 Harddisk placement (Twister) Figure 15: Step1 – Place the 2.5” hard disk in the connector as shown above (you will need to remove one spacer in the bottom right corner). Be careful not to break the connector, for example, when placing the PCB at the table or when taking it of the table.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 7 Downloads and drivers Drivers and other download can be found at the TechNexion community webpage (www.technexion.com/Service and Support/downloads) Figure 16: Download center at TechNexion.com...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 8 Software - Android 8.1 Installing an Android image in a Linux environment This Chapter will explain how to install the Android OS on your board. The Twister board comes standard with an Angstrom Linux image, if you wish to restore your board back to Angstrom, then follow the instruction in the next chapter.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 18: Start image writer Figure 19: (plug the SD-card with an adapter into your computer). Select image and destination (SD-card), click write to device...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 20: Confirm OK 8.1.2 Step 2 – Using the SD-card to install an image in the NAND Flash of your Board Warning! This procedure will erase all the data that is present in the NAND Flash.
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Next step: Operation: Auto update Put the SD-card in your Twister board and plug in the power cable. LED2 on the TAM-3517 module will turn on and start to flash and after 5 minutes will switch off, which means the software is installed.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 8.2 Installing an Android image in a Windows environment This Chapter will explain how to install the Android OS on your board. The Twister board comes standard with an Angstrom Linux image, if you wish to restore your board back to Angstrom, then follow the instruction in the next chapter.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 22-24: After extraction, click finish Figure 25: Browse to the folder on your computer...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 26: Extract the disk imager folder Figure 27: Run the disk imager (this disk imager can also be found at: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 28-29: Select the SD-card as device...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 30: Browse to the image file Figure 31: (plug the SD-card with an adapter into your computer). Click write to write the image to your SD-card...
Next step: Operation: Auto update Put the SD-card in your Twister board and plug in the power cable. LED2 on the TAM-3517 module will turn on and start to flash and after 5 minutes will switch off, which means the software is installed.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 8.3 Booting from the SD-card One can also directly boot from the SD-card that was made in the previous paragraphs. If you are using the combined tam3517-sd.img.bz2 image then first make your choice of the operating system that you want to use with the dipswitch (SW3):...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 8.4 How to install an Android application on TechNexion baseboards Things to know in advance: Plug a USB-keyboard in the baseboard, the “left arrow” is the “back” button. On the HMI the back button is the top button on the right backside of the HMI ...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 2: Scroll to the Applications and press on it Figure 3: press on “Unknown sources” Figure 4: Confirm OK...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 5: The “Unknown sources” will now show a green icon. It will now install application even if the sources are unknown. Figure 6: Use the “left arrow” button on the USB-keyboard to go BACK to the main menu. Insert a micro-SD card with the application on it in the baseboard.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 7: The “File manager” will show the contents of the SD-card. Press on the application that you want to install (for example: Rockplayer) Figure 8: Press install...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 9: The application will install Figure 10: after installation you have the choice to open the application or to go back.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 11: The main menu will now show the Rockplayer application icon. To start the application, just press the icon.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 8.5 How to install an android application with an internet connection In case you have no file manager, you can install this (or any other application) via an internet connection. In this example we use the wireless internet, but you can also use a LAN connection.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Select a network...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Choose connect, if necessary enter a password.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Open the browser in the main menu Press the internet address bar and the onscreen keyboard will appear, or Insert an USB-keyboard.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Type: http://openintents.googlecode.com press “GO”and you will find the FileManager under the downloads Another option is:: http://www.openintents.org and you will also find the filemanager...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Click the file manager link, it might appear like nothing happens, but just go to the main screen and pull...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion the bar on top down You will see the download when it has finished downloading Press the download and it will ask to install or cancel...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Install will install the application, Cancel will delete the file You now have a file manager and it will make it easier to install apk’s that are placed on a SD card...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 9 Software – Angstrom (Linux) 9.1 Installing an Angstrom Linux image in a Linux environment This Chapter will explain how to install the Angstrom OS on your board. 9.1.1 Step1 - Making a SD-card with the image on your computer Figure 32: Download the image (tam3517-sd-angstrom.img.bz2) decompress it and install the...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 33: Start image writer Figure 34: (plug the SD-card with an adapter into your computer). Select image and destination (SD-card), click write to device...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 35: Confirm OK 9.1.2 Step 2 – Using the SD-card to install an image in the NAND Flash of your board Warning! This procedure will erase all the data that is present in the NAND Flash.
Next step: Operation: Auto update Put the SD-card in your Twister board and plug in the power cable. LED2 on the TAM-3517 module will turn on and start to flash and after 5 minutes will switch off, which means the software is installed.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 37-39: After extraction, click finish Figure 40: Browse to the folder on your computer...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 41: Extract the disk imager folder Figure 42: Run the disk imager (this disk imager can also be found at: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 43-44: (plug the SD-card with an adapter into your computer). Select the SD-card as device...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 45: Browse to the image file Figure 46: Click write to write the image to your SD-card...
Next step: Operation: Auto update Put the SD-card in your Twister board and plug in the power cable. LED2 on the TAM-3517 module will turn on and start to flash and after 5 minutes will switch off, which means the software is installed.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 9.3 Booting from the SD-card One can also directly boot from the SD-card that was made in the previous paragraphs. If you are using the combined tam3517-sd.img.bz2 image then first make your choice of the operating system that you want to use with the dipswitch (SW3):...
2GB micro-SD-card to install this image. Download the image in the support/download page at technexion.com Plug in a SD-card into your computer (if you have no card slot then use an adapter)
Operation: Auto update Plug in the power cable LED2 on the TAM-3517 module will turn on and start to flash and after 5 minutes will switch off, which means the software is installed. Take out the SD card, set the dipswitch 8(SW3) to OFF...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion You can select many settings by SW3 dip-switch on TWISTER: 1.1. Display settings: SW3_PIN4 SW3_PIN3 SW3_PIN2 SW3_PIN1 panel lg-lb043wq2 panel innolux-at070tn93 LVDS auo-b089aw01 DVI/ HDMI/ VGA 1280x720@60 TV out NTSC ...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 1.3. Auto-update settings: SW3_PIN8 normal operation auto update NOTE 1: the auto update mode is for NAND flash, this will erase all data in NAND flash, and will install which system you setup with SW3_PIN5~7.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion The user guide is at http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/TI-Android-FroYo-DevKit- V2_UserGuide NOTE1: we separate the x-loader, u-boot, kernel to another package see paragraph 10.1.3 NOTE2: this does not include .repo; you should get a clone yourself. Installation: #tar jxvf android-src.tar.bz2 -C /path/to/your-project/tam3517/...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 10.2 How to 10.2.1 After recompiling the system how to place it on a SD card? 1. Build x-loader: #cd /path/to/your-project/tam3517/x-loader #make tam3517_(twister/thb3517)_config #make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- OPTFLAGS="-DCONFIG_MMC" 2. Build u-boot: #cd /path/to/your-project/tam3517/u-boot #make tam3517_(twister/thb3517)_config #make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- OPTFLAGS="-DCONFIG_BOOT_FROM_MMC"...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 10.2.2 How to calibrate the touch screen in Linux Open the terminal on the development kit (other/terminal) ts-calibrate Touch the crosses that appear on the screen killall Xorg Open the terminal again poweroff (to save settings)
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 11 Software - Windows CE 11.1 Warning Warning! To install Windows CE, you will need to open the back cover: This will void the warranty on the product. Warning! Installing software is not easy. Finish the procedure completely and be patient to let the compilation and installation finish.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 47: The null modem (to USB) connected to the UART1 connector (see arrow for position of the white dot) Start PuTTY on your computer and make sure the “Options controlling local serial lines” are as in...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 49: check if serial is selected and then select open Figure 50: PuTTY terminal window...
Windows Embedded CE6.0 R3 on the Microsoft website 11.4 Get the BSP 11.4.1 Download the BSP from the web-Site Go to www.technexion.com/ service and support/ downloads Click “HMI” and then download “TAM3517_CE6.0_versionnumber””. 11.4.2 Install BSP to “Platform Builder for CE 6.0”.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion After entering the “01.00.00\BSP” (version number) folder, copy the “TAM3517” folder to “C:\ WINCE600 \ PLATFORM \”. (See figure 2 and figure 3) Figure 2 Figure 3...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Go back to the decompressed folder “01.00.00” folder, and copy the “OSDesigns” folder to “C:\ WINCE600 \”. (See figure 4 and figure 5) Figure 4 Figure 5...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 11.5 Create a SD card This chapter describes making a SD card. Open “Microsoft Visual Studio 2005”. If that already open, Please reopen it. Click “File → Open → Project Solution” (See figure 6) Figure 6 ...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 7 In the menu click “build/advanced build command/Clean Sysgen” (See figure 8) This will take approximately 20 minutes, after which you will see “build complete” (see figure 9) Warning! Be patient: let “clean sysgen” finish, this will take...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Plug an microSD in your computer (with for instance a USB card reader) Open “active@partition manager” (freeware) Right click on removable disk and choose “new partition” (see figure 10) Figure 10 In the menu mark “partition as active”, press OK, it will then show “successful”...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 11 Right click again and choose format, Click OK, finished (see figure 12)
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 12 Go to C:\WINCE600\OSDesigns\Twister_LCD_7inch” and open the folder “TAM_3517_ARMV4I_release” (See figure 13). The folder contains files named: MLO, EBOOTSD.nb0, NK.bin (These files are needed for booting from a SD-card)
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 13 First copy “MLO” to the microSD card (the order is important) Then copy “EBOOTSD.nb0” and “NK.bin” in the microSD card (See figure 14) Remove the MicroSD card...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Open a terminal (Hyperterminal or PuTTY). In this manual we use PuTTY. Make sure the terminal cable is connected Select a com port (for example COM1) and check that the settings are OK:...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Select NK from SD Card FILE (See figure 16) Figure 16 Select Exit and Continue It will start to load the image into the memory (see figure 17) and the base board will show Windows CE.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 11.6 How to put the WinCE image in the NAND Flash In the previous section we showed how to boot from a SD card. Now we explain how to put the image in the NAND Flash so you can boot without the SD card.
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 28 Chose “Write Bootloader from SD-Card to flash”. (See figure 29) It will show “Do you want to write Bootloader to flash [-/y]?” Input “y” Then it will show “Bootloader Image...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Take the microSD card out of the Baseboard. Reboot from NAND Flash by pushing the reset button on the baseboard (See figure 31). It will make a partition and format and then show “Flash format...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Chose “Flash Management”. (See figure 33) Chose “Write NK image from SD-Card to flash”. (See figure 33) It will show “Do you want to write NK image to flash [-/y]?” Input “y”.
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 34 11.6.2 Boot from NAND flash. Take out the MicroSD Card from the Baseboard Press the reset button on the baseboard When it shows “Hit space to enter configuration menu”. Please push space...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 35 Chose “Select Boot Device”. (See figure 36) Then chose “NK from NAND” (see figure 37)
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Chose “Exit and Continue”. (See figure 40) Figure 40 Now it will start booting WinCE. (See figure 41)
11.7 How to change the logo that you see during boot up During boot up you will see a TechNexion logo or a screen with four colored squares. As shown in the “write bootloader and OS in NAND paragraph” you can choose between “fldr.raw”...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion If you want to make a logo that fits the whole 7” screen it is800x480 pixels and in RGB color(x3). That means it is using: 800x480x3= 1152000 bytes. 1152000/1024=1025kb This will use 1125kB/128kB=8.789 blocks, so it will fit in 9 blocks ...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Figure 61 11.7.4 Change image-cfg.h Open a text editor (for instance Notepad) Open image-cfg.h which is in the following directory: C:\WINCE600\PLATFORM\TAM3517\SRC\INC Change the green number, with the number calculated in the previous...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 14 Appendix - Schematics 14.1 Twister baseboard schematics If you are designing your own baseboard then please contact sales@technexion.com for clear design files...
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TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 15.3 UART 1/UART 3 RS232_RX3 RS232_TX3 Note: RS-232 serial console cable might need a gender changer when connected to, for example, a null-modem. One can also reverse the connected cable (pin 1 becomes 3 and pin 3...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 15.6 RS-422/485 connector 422TX+ 485+ 422TX- 485- 422RX+ 422RX- Marking on main board: SW1 1 on 2 off RS-422 2 on 1 off RS-485...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion 15.7 GPIO Switch (SW3) Marking on main board: SW3 Function: Display settings Panel LG LB043WQ2 (4.3”) Panel Innolux AT070TN93 (7”) LVDS AUO-B089 DVI/ HDMI/ VGA 1280x720@60 TV out NTSC TV out PAL LVDS auo-g065vn01 with touch...
TAM-3517 USER’S GUIDE 096 TechNexion Function: Root file system path NAND NFS (remote server, default host IP 192.168.1.5, default server IP 192.168.1.4)( can change in u-boot) 15.7.1 Auto Update Procedure It is possible to automatically update the system that is in the NAND Flash. Chapter 8 to 9 describes how to update.
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