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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Revision History: Version Description Date V1.0 First release Sep. 22, 2022 IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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US Office: Vantron Technology, Inc. Address: 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: (650) 422-3128 Email: sales@vantrontech.com China Office: Chengdu Vantron Technology Co., Ltd. Address: 6th Floor, 1st Building, No.9, 3rd WuKe East Street, WuHou District, Chengdu, P.R. China 610045 Tel: 86-28-8512-3930/3931, 86-28-8515-7572/6320 Email: sales@vantrontech.com.cn...
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The use or placement of the operation tools shall comply with the code of practice of • such tools to avoid short circuit of the Product. • Cut off the power before inspection of the Product to avoid human injury or product damage. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Clean with a damp cloth • • Do not try to clean exposed electronic components unless with a dust collector Power off and contact Vantron technical support engineer in case of the following faults: • The Product is damaged •...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
As such, it is capable of dealing with huge volume of data in a timely manner. As IBOX66 provides rich interfaces, a wide choice of peripherals can be connected for extended applications, including barcode scanners, cameras, barcode printers and keyboard plates.
1 x Power cable 1 x Wi-Fi & BT antenna 2 x 4G LTE antenna (Optional) Actual accessories might vary slightly from the list above as the customer order might be different from the standard configuration options. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
I2S1 USB2.0*3 USB2.0 USB2.0 HUB SGM6132 Type-A USB2.0 USB_OTG0 3.3V DC for Peripheral SGM6132 Type-A OTG Watchdog 5V DC for Peripheral SGM6132 USB3.0 USB3.0 POWER DC JACK Type-A 12V/24V DC for LCD 12V/24V Coin battery IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Installation Installation bracket bracket DC in USB 3.0 Ethernet HDMI switch Micro SD Type-A jack USB 2.0 & SIM slots Type-A 1.5.2 Back view Wi-Fi & BT RS485/RS232 antenna RS232 Installation Installation bracket bracket indicator IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.5.3 Left side view 4G diversity RS232 antenna MIPI CSI Backlight MIPI DSI/ connector LVDS 1.5.4 Right side view Grounding screw Backlight Speaker GPIO connector connector IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
IBOX66 works with 12V/24V 3A DC power input supplied by a DC connector. The power consumption of IBOX66 is about 15W. It should be pointed out that the power consumption is largely dependent on the RAM, storage capacity, peripherals, and other configurations of the Product.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.1 Hardware Connection Before you proceed with the configuration of IBOX66, follow the steps below to finish hardware connection. 1. Position the Device on a desired place, for instance, a wall or a desktop;...
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5. Insert an active SIM card and a Micro SD card, if any, into the corresponsive slots with the gold-colored contacts facing down; 6. Install the antennas to the antenna connectors and tighten the connectors; IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 7. When necessary, plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet jack of IBOX66 and the other to a live Ethernet port;...
If you connect a touch monitor other than a host computer, remember to use the data cable included in the package of the touch monitor to connect the touch monitor and IBOX66 to enable touch control. IBOX66 | User Manual...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.3 Turning on/off the Device Having set up IBOX66 according to the aforementioned steps, users can turn on/off the device following the steps below: 1. Connect the host computer/touch monitor to a power source that conforms to its rating, and turn it on;...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 3 HARWARE DESCRIPTION IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
This section briefs on the hardware definition and connector/jumper pinout. Power input IBOX66 is designed to support 12V/24V DC (12V 3A recommended) power input with OVP/OCP protection. Since the terminal block also provides backlight power supply, please take the input voltage of the backlight into consideration when selecting the power supply.
LEDs to indicate the working status of the Ethernet. USB 2.0 IBOX66 offers four USB 2.0 interfaces (Type-A), including one USB OTG on the top right that can switch between host (down) and device (up) modes with the red switch next to the USB interfaces.
Micro SD & Micro SIM slots IBOX66 provides a Micro SD card slot that supports a storage device of up to 128GB. The SIM card slot supports SIM card hot plugging. The 4G LTE module of the Device is AT&T and Verizon pre-certified, and you may consult your sales executive for the module name before applying a SIM card from the carrier.
Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.10 Reset button IBOX66 offers a reset button which will restart the device upon a press. 3.11 LED indicators IBOX66 offers four LED indicators with definition explained below:...
Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.12 GPIO IBOX66 provides 8 GPIOs on a 20-pin connector (2 × 10 × 2.0mm) to allow custom development of the Device. Pinout description:...
3.13 eDP & backlight connector IBOX66 implements a 4-lane eDP connector (2 × 10 × 2.0mm) to connect to an external display via an extension cable. Moreover, there is an LCD backlight power connector BL1 (1 x 6 x 2.0mm) that supplies power to the LCD backlight.
EDP_BKLT_EN LED driver enabling EDP_BKLT_PWM PWM signal for LED driver Ground Ground 3.14 Speaker IBOX66 provides an L/R speaker connector (1 × 4 × 2.0mm) that allows connection of a 5W/8Ω speaker. Pin 1 Pinout description: Signal Description OUTR- Class-D H-bridge negative output for right channel...
3.16 MIPI DSI/LVDS IBOX66 implements a dual-channel 8-lane MIPI DSI connector (2 × 16 × 2.0mm) to connect an external screen via an extension cable, including 4 lanes that are multiplexed with LVDS. Moreover, there is an LCD backlight power connector BL2 (1 x 6 x 2.0mm) that supplies power to the LCD backlight.
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Digital Ground Digital Ground BL2 connector pinout description: Signal Description LCD_BLK LCD Power Supply for LED Driver LCD_BLK LCD Power Supply for LED Driver LCD_BKLT_EN LED Driver Enabling LCD_BKLT_PWM PWM Signal for LED Driver Ground Ground IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.17 MIPI CSI IBOX66 implements a 4-lane MIPI CSI connector (2 × 10 × 2.0mm) for HD cameras via an extension cable. Pinout description:...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE DEFINITION IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.1 Serial Ports IBOX66 offers two DB9 RS232 connectors (uart4 and uart5) and two DB9 RS232/RS485 multiplex connectors (uart0 and uart7) for serial communication. To test if the serial ports function properly: 1.
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7. Check if a serial port (uart0 for instance) can write and read data; 8. For the multiplex connectors, input the following command lines to wake up the port (uart0 for instance): echo “1” >uart0_mode uart0 wake RS485 echo “0” >uart0_mode uart0 wake RS232 IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3. Run “cat /d/gpio” command to view the details of the ports; 4. Use the following commands to enter a specific GPIO port (GPIO108 for instance) and test if it can read and write data properly. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.3 User Indicator Control There is a user-defined LED indicator on the REAR enclosure of IBOX66, users can use the following command line to enable and disable the indicator: ~# echo 1 > /sys/van-misc/user_led [enable] ~# echo 0 >...
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6. Click in sequence Advanced > Environment Variables > Path > Edit, and click New in the pop-up; 7. Copy the path of adb.exe as mentioned in step 4, and click OK to confirm; 8. Press “Win + R” and input “cmd” in the dialogue box; IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. The newly installed app will be displayed on the App drawer in the Alphabetic order. In step 6 shown above, you can drag the .apk file from the local directory to the command line to replace the <App path> you typed in manually. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.5 Image Flashing in Windows Whenever a new image is available, Vantron will provide a release package consisting of all the tools/files necessary so that you can flash the image as needed. 4.5.1 Prerequisites IBOX66 •...
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9. Enter “reboot loader” in ADB shell to enter Loader mode, and the device will reboot automatically; 10. Or, you can replace step 8 & 9 with a click of the SWITCH button on the RK Device Tool window to enter the Loader mode; IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3. Click Upgrade button (next to Firmware button), and the device will start to download the image and upgrade; RK3566 4. When the upgrade finishes, the device will reboot automatically. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 5 DISPOSAL AND WARRANTY IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
& electronic waste recycling/disposal center. Proper disposal of this sort of waste helps avoid harm and adverse effect upon surroundings and people’s health. Please contact local organizations or recycling/disposal center for more recycling/disposal methods of related products. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
CUSTOMER’s location and no Product so inspected shall be returned to VANTRON unless the cause for the rejection or defect is determined to be the responsibility of VANTRON. VANTRON shall in turn provide the CUSTOMER turnaround shipment on defective Product within fourteen (14) working days upon its receipt at VANTRON.
Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. IBOX66 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...