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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Manual This manual is intended to provide the user with an overview of the board and benefits, complete features specifications, and set up procedures. It contains important safety information as well. 1.2.
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Revision History Description Author Date V1.0 Initial version Zhou Lijun 2022-04-11...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1 EM3568 Introduction Headphone 2x Gigabit USB3.0 Host Ethernet 2x USB2.0 HDMI Host Power in DC 12V Power in DC 12V PCIe 4G/WiFi card 3x UART Micro SD SATA Power Nano SIM...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 1x Serial port for debug, 3-pin connector Serial 3x UART, 4-pin connectors 1x RS485, 3-pin connector HDMI 2.0, 4Kp60 MIPI DSI/LVDS, 1080p60 (40-pin header) Video EDP 1.3, 2560x1600@60Hz (30-pin header) RGB, up to 1920x1080@60Hz (40-pin FPC connector) 3.5mm audio I/O jack 8-channel audio via HDMI Audio...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 3 Compile Source Step 1, unzip the source and set the compile board $ tar xvf sdk-1.1.tar.gz $ cd sdk-1.1 Step 2, compile uboot $ ./build.sh uboot Step 3, compile kernel $ /build.sh kernel Debian10 kernel.img and resource.img are included in boot.img Step 4, compile recovery $ ./build.sh recovery...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 4.2 Unzip Firmware Unzip Firmware in windows. Step1, open RKDevTool.exe (Path:RKDevTool_Release\RKDevTool.exe) Step 2, click Advanced Function -> Firmware, select update.img. Click Unpack to Unzip.
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Step 3, Unpack finish as follow: The unzip files will be generated in \RKDevTool\RKDevTool_Release\Output\Android\Image directory.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 5 Install Tools 5.1 Install CP2102 Driver USB-to-UART cable CP2102 to the PC, unzip CP2102WIN7.rar on Windows, then click Plug the preInstaller.exe to install Now the device will be listed under Device Manager -> PORTS with unique serial port assigned...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 5.2 Install Rockchip Driver Assistant Path: DriverAssitant_v5.1.1/DriverInstall.exe After the installation is complete, connect the board and PC with Micro USB cable and press the “Recover” key and hold then power the board, in can see the following Computer Management information:...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 5.3 Install Serial Terminal Tool The serial terminal SecureCRT is used for debugging. It can be used directly after decompression. Open SecureCRT.exe after copy to PC (path: tools\windows\SecureCRT.exe), then click the icon Quick Connect to config Set the parameters as follow: Protocol: Serial...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on After all, click connect Illusion: If open more than one serial terminal tools, and they use the same serial port, there will be reported the port is busy. Solution: Turn off the serial tool that unnecessary.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 6 Burn Images Step 1, unzip RKDevTool.zip on Windows. Step 2, open RKDevTool.exe (Path:RKDevTool_Release\RKDevTool.exe) Step 3, connect PC and development board with Micro USB cable, keep pressing the Recover Key and power the board until the windows PC shows Found one LOADER Device.
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Step 4, click Upgrade Firmware -> Firmware, select update.img. Click Upgrade to flash.
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on User can also update the firmware separately. Step 1, Click the column on the right side for the path of the file want to flash. Step 2, Select the checkbox on the left. Step 3, Click “run”...
7 Debian Application 7.1 Display Connect the board and monitor with a HDMI cable and connect a 10.1 inch LVDS LCD , then start up. Note: The system default support HDMI and LVDS asynchronous display. 7.2 SD Card EM3568 supports SD Hot-plug.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.3 USB Host The USB Host can be used to connect USB mouse, USB keyboard, U-Disk or other USB devices. EM3568 also supports SD Hot-plug.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Note: The USB2.0 and USB3.0 interfaces are separate. 7.4 Audio Player Copy Audio file to sdcard/udisk then insert it to the board. After system boot execute follow command to play. # aplay -l (View audio hardware devices)
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Execute follow command to play in earphone and speaker: # aplay test.wav Execute follow command to play in HDMI: # aplay -Dhw:2,0 test.wav...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.5 Record Execute follow command to record in MIC, s peech in front of the microphone then can record. # arecord -f cd record.wav # aplay record.wav Note: At present, headphones cannot record, only mic recording, and the recorded audio is only single-channel output.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.6 Ethernet Connect the Board and router with an Ethernet cable (default DHCP=Yes). User can ping URL/IP at terminal. or open the browser to test Network. # ifconfig # ping -I eth0 www.boardcon.com # ping -I eth1 www.boardcon.com...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on When two Ethernet interfaces are used at the same time, eth0 ping the Internet and eth1 ping the Intranet by default. 7.7 RTC Execute the command hwclock at CRT terminal # date -s "2022-04-24 09:31:00" (set the system time) # hwclock -w # hwclock...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.8 WiFi Connect the WiFi antenna, then click the red box below, select the SSID from the list of available networks and enter the password. After connected, user can ping URL/IP at terminal. or open the browser to test Network. # ping -I wlx307bc90ff478 www.boardcon.com...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.9 Bluetooth Click the red box below.
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Click “Devices” Click “Search”...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Select the available device in the list to pair. After pairing, devices can connect with each other automatically.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.10 CAN Connect CAN ports of Board A and Board B with the test line. For Board A, execute the follow commands at Serial terminal A to set CAN_A as Receiver. ip link set can0 down ip link set can0 type can bitrate 1000000 dbitrate 3000000 fd on ip link set can0 up candump can0...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.12 RS232 Execute the follow commands at Serial terminal to set RS232 as Receiver or send. # com /dev/ttyS3 115200 8 0 1 (UART3) # com /dev/ttyS4 115200 8 0 1 (UART4) # com /dev/ttyS5 115200 8 0 1 (UART5) Connect TX and RX, send data can be received by itself.
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on 7.13 SATA Connect the sata and the sata power to the board(Sata0). Execute follow command to mount SATA after system boot. # ls /dev # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt # ls /mnt...
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Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on Note: EM3568 not support Sata Hot-plug. 7.14 4G Step 1, Insert 4G module to PCIe slot (4G model:EC20). Step 2, Connect antenna and insert SIM card. Step 3, Exexute follow command to connect 4G network after power on # pppd call quectel-ppp &...
Your Idea Customize the embedded system based on (The Network priority : Ethernet > WIFI > 4G). 7.15 GPS Plug the EC20 module and connect GPS antenna, then power on and execute the follow command: # echo -e "AT+QGPS=1\r\n" > /dev/ttyUSB2 # cat /dev/ttyUSB1...
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