VIA Technologies VAB-5000 Quick Start Manual

VIA Technologies VAB-5000 Quick Start Manual

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VIA VAB-5000
Android 13.0 EVK
1.00-01082024

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  • Page 1 QUICK START GUIDE VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK 1.00-01082024...
  • Page 2 VIA Technologies, Inc. reserves the right the make changes to the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice.
  • Page 3 VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide Revision History Version Date Remarks 1.00 01/08/2024 Initial release...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide Table of Contents Introduction ..............................1 EVK Package Contents ........................... 1 1.1.1 Firmware Folder Contents ......................1 1.1.2 Document Folder Contents ......................1 1.1.3 Tool Folder Contents ........................1 Version Information and Supported Features ..................2 Image Installation ............................
  • Page 5: Introduction

    VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 1. Introduction This Quick Start Guide provides an overview of how to boot the Android image for the VIA VAB-5000 board and configure the supported hardware functions in the build. The VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK is developed based on the MediaTek Android 13.0 BSP, and it enables the hardware features of the VIA VAB-5000 board.
  • Page 6: Version Information And Supported Features

    VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 1.2 Version Information and Supported Features • Kernel version: 5.15.94 • Evaluation image: Android 13.0 • Development based on MediaTek Android 13.0 BSP • Supports eMMC boot • Supports HDMI 4K display and audio outputs •...
  • Page 7: Image Installation

    Step 3 Connect the Windows 10 host machine and the VIA VAB-5000 board through the Micro USB 2.0 port using a Micro USB cable. The Micro USB 2.0 port is located on the back panel of the VIA VAB-5000 board.
  • Page 8 1 Step 6 Next, press and hold the SW1 download key located on the top layer of the VIA VAB-5000 board, and plug in the AC-to-DC power adapter. The VIA VAB-5000 board will automatically power on and start formatting its storage.
  • Page 9 Note: After powering on the VIA VAB-5000 board, make sure the Windows 10 host machine detects it as an ADB device. Step 11 Messages will start printing to show that the flashing process is loading, and will then pause to find the VIA VAB-5000 board in bootloader mode.
  • Page 10 VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide Step 12 When the flashing process is complete, confirmation messages will be printed as shown below. D:\VIA_VAB-5000_Android_13.0_EVK>set PATH=D:\platform-tools;%PATH% D:\VIA_VAB-5000_Android_13.0_EVK>genio-flash 1: Format All 2: Flash Image choice: 2 Android Image: system: Android Looking for MediaTek SoC matching USB device 0e8d:0003...
  • Page 11 VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide Sending 'sspm_a' (541 KB) OKAY [ 0.012s] Writing 'sspm_a' OKAY [ 0.031s] Finished. Total time: 0.268s flashing mcupm_a=mcupm.img Sending 'mcupm_a' (436 KB) OKAY [ 0.012s] Writing 'mcupm_a' OKAY [ 0.022s] Finished. Total time: 1.143s flashing cam_vpu1_a=cam_vpu1.img...
  • Page 12 Unplug the AC-to-DC power adapter to power off the VIA VAB-5000 board. Step 14 Unplug the Micro USB cable, and plug in the AC-to-DC power adapter. The VIA VAB-5000 board will automatically power on. When the boot process has completed, you will see the Android 13.0 desktop.
  • Page 13: Hardware Functions

    VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 3. Hardware Functions This section explains how to enable and test the hardware functions precompiled in the VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK. 3.1 Using the Debug Console Follow the steps below to use the debug console:...
  • Page 14 Connect the Windows 10 host machine through the Micro USB 2.0 port on the USB to UART debug board using the Micro USB cable. Connecting the 3-pin cable between the VIA VAB-5000 board and host PC Step 5 Use a serial port communication program such as PuTTY or Tera Term to connect the debug console.
  • Page 15: Changing The Kernel Debug Level

    Power on the VIA VAB-5000 board to initiate the boot process. Step 8 When the VIA VAB-5000 board has completed booting, press "Enter" to log in to the debug console. The debug console command mode prompt "console:/ $" will be displayed.
  • Page 16: Checking The Bsp Version

    VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 3.3 Checking the BSP Version To check the BSP version, navigate to "Settings > About phone" and check the "Build number". 3.4 DVFS To verify the DVFS (Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling) function and list all the supported features, use the...
  • Page 17: Display

    If an optional CSI camera module or an optional AHD camera module was connected correctly before booting the VIA VAB-5000 board, but there is no "Camera" APK on the Android desktop, navigate to "Settings > System > Reset options" and click "Erase all data (factory reset)" to reboot. The "Camera" APK will be generated after the system reboots.
  • Page 18 VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 2. Next, navigate to "Files" and click on the USB drive's name to find "PoseDetector_Image.apk" as shown below. Double-click the program. 3. When the program opens, it will display a dialog box as shown below. Click "Continue" to confirm.
  • Page 19 VIA VAB-5000 Android 13.0 EVK Quick Start Guide 5. Check the Pose Detection inference time on the bottom left corner of the program: − If the inference time is less than 200ms, MTK NeuroPilot AI APU hardware acceleration is enabled and running correctly.
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