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Blue Chip Technology Limited
Chowley Oak,
Tattenhall,
Chester.
Cheshire
England
CH3 9EX
Tel:
44 (0)1829 772000
Fax:
44 (0)1829 772001
Web: www.bluechiptechnology.com
HB5 Technical User Guide
(Used in the Beta H Series)
Document Reference: User Guide
Document Issue: 1.10

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  • Page 1 HB5 Technical User Guide (Used in the Beta H Series) Document Reference: User Guide Document Issue: 1.10 Blue Chip Technology Limited Chowley Oak, Tattenhall, Chester. Cheshire England CH3 9EX Tel: 44 (0)1829 772000 Fax: 44 (0)1829 772001 Web: www.bluechiptechnology.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ............24 CB3 Version - Dual CAN & Accelerometer Dual CAN & Accelerometer ..........................26 Updating the Operating System on your Beta/TM1/HB5 Updating the Operating System on your Beta/TM1/HB5 ........................28 Mechanical Specifications ........................................29 Outline Dimensions - Beta 432H ........

  • Page 3: Copyright

    HB5 Technical Manual echnical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Regulatory Statements

    HB5 Technical Manual echnical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Regulatory Statements Regulatory Statements This product has been designed and assessed to meet has been designed and assessed to meet the essential protection requirements of the European the essential protection requirements of the European EMC Directive (2004/108/EC), the Low Voltage Directive the Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC), and the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC)

  • Page 5: Technical User Guide Structure

    We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to interface with the We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to interface with the HB5 or change the standard configurations. Whilst all the necessary information is available in this manual we would change the standard configurations.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction The Blue Chip Technology HB5 Host Board is designed to support our TMx range of processor modules and Host Board is designed to support our TMx range of processor modules and Host Board is designed to support our TMx range of processor modules and supports a number of low cost, low power integrated touch a number of low cost, low power integrated touch screen computers.

  • Page 7: Functional Overview

    Blue Chip Technology TMx processor module processor modules. Whilst the TMx processor modules can support a wide range of interfaces the HB can support a wide range of interfaces the HB5 Host Board dictates the functionality oard dictates the functionality available:...

  • Page 8: Beta Model Range

    HB5 Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beta Model Range Model 432H 712H 432V 712V 432C 712C 432A 712A 972H 972V 972C 972A         LCD 4.3”        ...
  • Page 9 HB5 Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Legend Meaning Legend Meaning   Standard Standard - to be confirmed   Available - option Available - option - to be confirmed Number available as Number available as standard - to be...

  • Page 10: Please Read This (Even If You Do Not Read Any Other Part Of This Manual) Please Read This (Even If You Do Not Read Any Other Part Of This Manual)

    (even if you do not read any other part of this manual) Power Supply The HB5 H series of Touch Computers requires a 5 volt DC power input of Touch Computers requires a 5 volt DC power input ± 0.25 volts; so the so the voltage input range is 4.75 to 5.25 volts DC.

  • Page 11: Touch Screen Selection

    RS232 port or as a RS422 or RS485 port. You can make the selection (your HB5 will be delivered set to RS422/485 by default) by changing the links on the will be delivered set to RS422/485 by default) by changing the links on the...
  • Page 12 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ J1 MUST be configured as follows for reliable touch screen operation: J1 MUST be configured as follows for reliable touch screen operation: LINK FITTED TO BOTH PINS = RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN operation...
  • Page 13 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Overview - Beta H Series Touch Computer Series Touch Computer 3 Volts Battery (o) Volts Battery (o) Battery 2.9V – 3.3V 5 Volts DC 5 Volts DC input iMX6 1GHz LAN RJ45...

  • Page 14: Imx6 Features

    ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your HB5 H series Touch Computer is based on the NXP iMX6 Sololite processor . H series Touch Computer is based on the NXP iMX6 Sololite processor . The following graphic and description provides an overview of the processor.
  • Page 15 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling—The processor improves the power efficiency of devices The processor improves the power efficiency of devices by scaling the voltage and frequency to optimize performance.
  • Page 16 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ — Boot ROM, includi Boot ROM, including HAB (96 KB) — Internal multimedia / shared, fast access RAM (OCRAM, 128 KB) Internal multimedia / shared, fast access RAM (OCRAM, 128 KB) •...
  • Page 17 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • GPUVG—OpenVG 1.1 Graphics Processing Unit. G 1.1 Graphics Processing Unit. • PXP—PiXel Processing Pipeline. Off loading key pixel processing operations are required to PiXel Processing Pipeline. Off loading key pixel processing operations are required to PiXel Processing Pipeline.

  • Page 18: Connectors

    Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Connectors The HB5 has the following industry standard connectors: the following industry standard connectors: Ethernet RJ45 – 10/100 Mbit LEDs – The Green LED is controlled by the Kernel . The Green LED is controlled by the Kernel .
  • Page 19 If you connect two low impedance speakers up in parallel then the audio amplifier will probably sense the low impedance and shut down. The amplifier will probably sense the low impedance and shut down. The HB5 unit will need to be powered off for unit will need to be powered off for a few seconds, one of the speakers removed and then powered on again to re a few seconds, one of the speakers removed and then powered on again to re-activate the audio amplifier.
  • Page 20 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 0 volts SPI CLK SPI Clock SPI Clock CTX3_P COM Port 3 Transmit Transmit – Positive / SPI SIMO SPI – – Output when Master COM 3 RS232 Transmit COM 3 RS232 Transmit – 3volts...

  • Page 21: Standard Connector Pcbs

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Standard Connector PCBs Standard Connector PCBs Screw Terminal Version For users who prefer screw terminal connections we offer dual 25 way rows of 3.5mm pitch connectors. Due For users who prefer screw terminal connections we offer dual 25 way rows of 3.5mm pitch connectors. Due For users who prefer screw terminal connections we offer dual 25 way rows of 3.5mm pitch connectors.

  • Page 22: Picoblade Version

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ levels GPIO 1 GPIO signal GPIO signal – 3 volts level 0 volts GPIO 2 GPIO signal GPIO signal – 3 volts level COM1_RX RS232 Port 1 Receive RS232 Port 1 Receive – RS232...
  • Page 23 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Connector P2 - RS232 Signal Comments 0 volts Ground for COM 1 RS232 channel COM 1 RX RS232 receive channel – console for Linux & Android console for Linux & Android COM 1 TX RS232 transmit channel –...

  • Page 24: Rs422 & Rs485 Operation

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RS422 & RS485 Operation RS485 Operation RS422 is a four wire interface and supports full duplex (both transmit and receive active at the same time) interface and supports full duplex (both transmit and receive active at the same time) interface and supports full duplex (both transmit and receive active at the same time) communications.
  • Page 25 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Connector – P5 – GPIO Signal Comments 3 volts 3 volts DC source for GPIO signal pull ups etc GPIO 1 GPIO signal – 3 volts level GPIO 2 GPIO signal – 3 volts level GPIO 3 GPIO signal –...

  • Page 26: Cb3 Version - Dual Can & Accelerometer Dual Can & Accelerometer

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CB3 Version - Dual CAN & Accelerometer Dual CAN & Accelerometer For users who require CAN interfaces our CB3 offers two For users who require CAN interfaces our CB3 offers two channels plus an accelerometer to provide channels plus an accelerometer to provide information on movement.
  • Page 27 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GPIO 1 GPIO signal GPIO signal – 3 volts level 0 volts GPIO 2 GPIO signal GPIO signal – 3 volts level COM1_RX RS232 Port 1 Receive RS232 Port 1 Receive – RS232...

  • Page 28: Updating The Operating System On Your Beta/Tm1/Hb5

    TM1 module. If you have a MicroSD socket then select uSD, if not select eMMC. populated on the TM1 module. If you have a MicroSD socket then select uSD, if not select eMMC. 3. Select host board type - chose HB5/6 chose HB5/6 4.

  • Page 29: Mechanical Specifications

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mechanical Specifications Mechanical Specifications Outline Dimensions - Beta Beta 432H Page | 29...
  • Page 30 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All dimensions are shown in millimetres. All dimensions are shown in millimetres. Page | 30...

  • Page 31: Outline Dimensions - Beta 712H

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Outline Dimensions - Beta Beta 712H Page | 31...
  • Page 32 HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All dimensions are shown in millimetres. millimetres. Page | 32...

  • Page 33: Mounting Outline - Beta 432H

    When the thumb nuts are finger tight the thumb nuts screws onto the nylon studs with your fingers. When the thumb nuts are finger tight the HB5 432H is mounted into your unit.

  • Page 34: Mounting Outline - Hb5 712H

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mounting Outline - HB5 712H All dimensions are shown in millimetres. All dimensions are shown in millimetres. Your Beta 712H is supplied with four four threaded nylon studs which are to be screwed into the rear of the studs which are to be screwed into the rear of the Beta 712H in the four M4 brass inserts.

  • Page 35: General Precautions

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Precautions Your Beta H series Touch Computer ouch Computer is susceptible to damage by electrostatic discharges. In order to avoid is susceptible to damage by electrostatic discharges. In order to avoid damage, you should work at an anti damage, you should work at an anti-static bench and observe normal anti-static precautions.

  • Page 36: Electromagnetic Compatibility

    HB5 Technical Manual Technical Manual ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Electromagnetic Compatibility Electromagnetic Compatibility This product has been assessed operating in This product has been assessed operating in representative, standard configurations. . As with any computer product, however, final installation & product, however, final installation & configuration can vary significantly, and so the following guidelines are configuration can vary significantly, and so the following guidelines are offered to help ensure that compatibility is maintained.

  • Page 37: Amendment History

    HB5 Touch Computer Touch Computer __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Amendment History Issue Level Issue Date Author Amendment Details 28/01/2016 Initial release 05/02/2016 Reference to high brightness panel removed Reference to high brightness panel removed 11/02/2016 RS422 & RS485 connectivity explained 21/03/2016...

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