Bipom electronics Mini-max/arm9260-e User manual

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MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E

Single Board Computer

Quick Start Guide

Document Revision: 1.01

Date: 07 October, 2009

16301 Blue Ridge Road, Missouri City, Texas 77489

Telephone: 1-713-283-9970 Fax: 1-281-416-2806

E-mail: info@bipom.com

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All trademarked names in this manual are the property of respective owners.

BiPOMElectronics, Inc.

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Overview

Thank you for your purchase of the MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Single Board Computer. MINI-

MAX/ARM9260-E is a powerful computer board that is capable of running high-level operating systems

such as Linux.

This document describes how to quickly get started with MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E and includes the

following steps:

•Requirements

•Hardware Setup

•Software Setup

Requirements

MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E can be used for many different applications. The minimum requirements to run

Linux are:

•MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E

•USB Flash Drive

•A Windows PC to install and run MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E software and Linux Control Panel

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Hardware Setup

1. Place the MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E board on a clean, non-conductive surface.

2. Connect the provided RS-232 Cable to the 10-pin serial port dual-row header on the MINI-

MAX/ARM9260-E.

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3. Connect the other end of the RS232 cable to a NULL-modem cable.

4. Connect the other end of the NULL-modem cable to a serial port ( typically COM1 ) of your PC.

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5. Connect the supplied power adapter to the board.

Don’t power the board for now.

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Software Setup

MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E first boots up from on-board DataFlash memory. Compressed Linux image is

decompressed to MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E’s on-board RAM and executed. This loads Linux kernel,

drivers, and applications such as BusyBox. Much like the Linux distributions on regular PC’s, MINI-

MAX/ARM9260-E Linux runs from RAM.

MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E ’s Linux distribution includes standard Linux kernel drivers as well as BiPOM-

supplied drivers for various popular USB devices.

MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E automatically detects USB Flash Drives ( for example, Thumb drives ). To

make MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E run your own applications and any custom commands, place commands

to special shell file ( Bash Shell ) with the name user_cmds.sh. This file is in sh folder in root directory

on USB Flash Drive. Also you can configure the Linux with Linux Control Panel. This software allows

to change many options like Network settings, Hardware list etc,

Here are the steps to configure and run MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux:

1. Download latest MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux Release (Windows Installation) from

http://www.bipom.com/web_softwares/2900044.html and install it.

2. In order to configure MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux, start Linux Control Panel software from Start -

> All Programs -> MMARM9260E -> Linux Control Panel. After Linux Control Panel starts, open

vars.sh file that is located in c:\bipom\devtools\MMARM9260E\sh ( if you installed Linux Control

Panel to its default path ).

Select File 



Open from the menu and open vars.sh file in sh folder. By default, the program would

start from the folder where MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E release was installed.

When you open vars.sh file, you will see configuration group icons such as Hardware & Peripherals,

Software, System and Network.

Now you can double click on any icon to view and edit all possible configuration options for that group.

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You can change any options as needed and click the OK button. The options correspond to the

configuration variables in vars.sh file. You can read the description of each variable in the chapter titled

Linux Configuration File.

The bottom area of Variables Dialog gives a short description and name of variable from vars.sh file.

When you change the option, that variable will be changed in vars.sh.

In order to save your changes, select File 



Save from the menu. This saves all the changes back to

vars.sh on your computer.

The current MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E release has 5 sections:

- Hardware and Peripherals – allows enabling/disabling of embedded hardware and peripherals

- System - allows configuring of system parameters

- Network - allows configuring of network parameters

- Software - allows configuring various software packages in MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux

- User Defined Options - allows configuring of user defined variables

IMPORTANT: Please be careful when editing any .sh files (vars.sh, user_cmds.sh, etc.) manually.

These are UNIX script files and almost all Windows editors will corrupt them. This will cause the files

to be not executable under Linux. You can use the Micro-IDE editor (Start -> All Programs ->Micro-

IDE->Micro-IDE) that works with .sh files. Also, do NOT rename predefined variables and avoid

modifying them manually. Instead, use the Linux Control Panel to modify predefined variables.

3. You can edit user_cmds.sh in Micro-IDE if you need start your programs at boot time. This file will

be executed after Linux boots up. This file also located in c:\bipom\devtools\MMARM9260E\sh (if you

installed the release to its default path).

4. Plug the USB Flash Drive to your PC’s USB port. Skip to Step 6 if the USB Flash Drive is already

formatted.

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5. Format the USB Flash Drive with FAT32 format on Windows if the USB Flash Drive has not yet been

formatted:

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6. Copy all the files/folders from folder where you installed MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux Release to

the root directory of your USB Flash Drive.

7. Stop your USB Flash Drive using the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon on your Windows taskbar:

When you click “Safely Remove Hardware” icon, the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog will appear.

Click Stop to stop the USB Mass Storage Device (your USB Flash Drive)

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Shortly after you click the Stop button, a message will appear:

indicating that it is safe to remove the USB Flash Drive.

Remove from USB Flash Drive your PC.

8. Insert the USB Flash Drive to any unused USB port of MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E .

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9. Run Micro-IDE (Start -> All Programs ->Micro-IDE->Micro-IDE).

Configure the terminal using “Options” icon button.

10. Connect the terminal to the board using “Connect” icon button

11. Power the board from a power adapter. 1 RED and 1 GREEN LED’s will get ON.

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12. MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E will boot Linux and within few seconds it will be ready to use.

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13. This is a typical Linux log on MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E board:

Mini-Max/ARM-SAM9260 rev 1.08(10)

BiPOM Electronics, Inc.

www.bipom.com

U-Boot 2008.10 (Mar 1 2009 - 18:37:50)

DRAM: 64 MB

DataFlash:AT45DB642

Nb pages: 8192

Page Size: 1056

Size= 8650752 bytes

Logical address: 0xD0000000

Area 0: D0000000 to D0003FFF (RO) Bootstrap

Area 1: D0004000 to D0007FFF Environment

Area 2: D0008000 to D002FFFF (RO) U-Boot

Area 3: D0030000 to D042FFFF Kernel

Area 4: D0430000 to D083FFFF FS

In: serial

Out: serial

Err: serial

Net: macb0

macb0: PHYID1=0x0181

macb0: PHYID2=0xb8a0

macb0: DM9161 reset...

DM9161_BMCR Basic Mode Control Register = 0x3100

DM9161_BMSR Basic Mode Status Register = 0x7849

DM9161_PHYID1 PHY Identifier Register 1 = 0x0181

DM9161_PHYID2 PHY Identifier Register 2 = 0xb8a0

DM9161_ANAR Auto_Negotiation Advertisement Register = 0x01e1

DM9161_ANLPAR Auto_negotiation Link Partner Ability Register = 0x0000

DM9161_ANER Auto-negotiation Expansion Register = 0x0000

DM9161_DSCR Specified Configuration Register = 0x0c14

DM9161_DSCSR Specified Configuration and Status Register = 0xf200

DM9161_10BTCSR 10BASE-T Configuration and Status Register = 0x5800

DM9161_MDINTR Specified Interrupt Register = 0x1f00

DM9161_RECR Specified Receive Error Counter Register = 0x0000

DM9161_DISCR Specified Disconnect Counter Register = 0x0000

DM9161_RLSR Hardware Reset Latch State Register = 0xd6e0

macb0: Autonegotiation timed out (status=0x7849)

macb0: link down (status: 0x7849)

Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0

(Re)start USB...

USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found

scanning bus for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found

reading logo

.............................

307200 bytes read

(Re)start USB...

USB: scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found

scanning bus for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found

reading uimage

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1622943 bytes read

reading mmfs.gz

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..............................................................................................................

2606700 bytes read

## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 21000000 ...

Image Name:

Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)

Data Size: 1622879 Bytes = 1.5 MB

Load Address: 20008000

Entry Point: 20008000

Verifying Checksum ... OK

Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

Starting kernel ...

Linux version 2.6.30.4 (mini@mini-max) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2008q3-41) ) #66

Mon Oct 5 15:29:43 EEST 2009

CPU: ARM926EJ-S [41069265] revision 5 (ARMv5TEJ), cr=00053177

CPU: VIVT data cache, VIVT instruction cache

Machine: Mini-Max/ARM9260

Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback

Clocks: CPU 198 MHz, master 99 MHz, main 18.432 MHz

Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 16256

Kernel command line: mem=64M console=ttyS1,115200 root=/dev/ram0 rw

initrd=0x20410000,0x800000 ramdisk_size=8200

NR_IRQS:192

AT91: 96 gpio irqs in 3 banks

PID hash table entries: 256 (order: 8, 1024 bytes)

Console: colour dummy device 80x30

Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)

Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)

Memory: 64MB = 64MB total

Memory: 53408KB available (2816K code, 240K data, 112K init, 0K highmem)

Calibrating delay loop... 99.12 BogoMIPS (lpj=495616)

Mount-cache hash table entries: 512

CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok

net_namespace: 296 bytes

NET: Registered protocol family 16

bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0

SCSI subsystem initialized

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs

usbcore: registered new interface driver hub

usbcore: registered new device driver usb

cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain

NET: Registered protocol family 2

IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)

TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)

TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)

TCP reno registered

NET: Registered protocol family 1

Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...

rootfs image is not initramfs (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd

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Freeing initrd memory: 8192K

msgmni has been set to 120

alg: No test for stdrng (krng)

io scheduler noop registered

io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)

atmel_usart.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xfefff200 (irq = 1) is a ATMEL_SERIAL

atmel_usart.1: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xfffb0000 (irq = 6) is a ATMEL_SERIAL

console [ttyS1] enabled

atmel_usart.2: ttyS2 at MMIO 0xfffb4000 (irq = 7) is a ATMEL_SERIAL

brd: module loaded

ssc ssc.0: Atmel SSC device at 0xc4878000 (irq 14)

Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

atmel_spi atmel_spi.1: Atmel SPI Controller at 0xfffcc000 (irq 13)

ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver

at91_ohci at91_ohci: AT91 OHCI

at91_ohci at91_ohci: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1

at91_ohci at91_ohci: irq 20, io mem 0x00500000

usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found

hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected

Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...

usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

USB Mass Storage support registered.

udc: at91_udc version 3 May 2006

g_serial gadget: Gadget Serial v2.4

g_serial gadget: g_serial ready

mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice

rtc-at91sam9 at91_rtt.0: rtc core: registered at91_rtt as rtc0

IRQ 1/rtc0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs

i2c-gpio i2c-gpio: using pins 55 (SDA) and 56 (SCL)

Linux video capture interface: v2.00

AT91SAM9 Watchdog: sorry, watchdog is disabled

at91_wdt: probe of at91_wdt failed with error -5

sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver

sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.

at73c213 spi1.0: at73c213: supported bitrate is 48500 (64 divider)

mmc0: SD card claims to support the incompletely defined 'low voltage range'. This will be

ignored.

mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming write-enable.

mmc0: new SD card at address b368

mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 SD256 244 MiB

mmcblk0: p1

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using at91_ohci and address 2

usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices

ALSA device list:

#0: AT91SAM9260-EK external DAC on irq 14

TCP cubic registered

NET: Registered protocol family 17

VFP support v0.3: not present

rtc-at91sam9 at91_rtt.0: setting system clock to 2009-10-07 12:56:53 UTC (1254920213)

RAMDISK: gzip image found at block 0

EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended

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VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) on device 1:0.

Freeing init memory: 112K

Starting system...

scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Flash Disk 8.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4028416 512-byte hardware sectors: (2.06 GB/1.92 GiB)

sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off

sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through

sda: sda1

sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk

Starting user command file...

USER.SH - GADGETPC USER COMMAND FILE

Password for 'root' changed

Install ILI9325

ILI9325 Init

ILI9325 Probe

ILI9325 Start:0x10000000 End: 0x104fffff

ILI9325 VER 1.01 05/12/2009

ILI9325 Thread Enter

Install DM9161A Ethernet interface

MACB_mii_bus: probed

eth0: Atmel MACB at 0xfffc4000 irq 21 (00:50:c2:46:90:02)

eth0: attached PHY driver [Davicom DM9161A] (mii_bus:phy_addr=ffffffff:00, irq=-1)

HOST IP: NETMASK: GATE IP:

Update all devices

Start Telnet Server

Start VSFTP server

Password for 'ftp' changed

Start Web ( HTTP ) Server

Start OpenSSH server

Password for 'sshd' changed

Create links to support usbutils

INSTALL MINIGUI LIBRARIES

Run user defined shell commands

USER.SH

Please press Enter to activate this console.

[root@Mini-Max/ARM9 /]$cd /

[root@Mini-Max/ARM9 /]$dir

bin etc linuxrc proc sys var

cmd home lost+found root tmp

dev lib mnt sbin usr

[root@Mini-Max/ARM9 /]$ls -l

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Linux Configuration File

vars.sh file contains shell variables that are used by other shell files to configure various aspects of

MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux. The following describes the various configuration options in more detail.

You can edit vars.sh and other *.sh files to match your Linux system needs.

Lines starting with ‘#’ sign are comment lines and have no effect on configuration. Echo command

prints useful information to console. By default, console output goes to MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E ’s serial

port.

The vars.sh is located in the /sh directory of USB Flash Drive. This directory also has other

configuration files.

Current MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E release has following configuration files (more files may be added as

the software is upgraded and more hardware devices and software packages are added ):

Filename Description

ftp_server.sh Configure and start FTP server

init_at91sam_adc.sh Configure ADC hardware on MINI-MAX/ARM9 Series Boards

init_dlink_usb_eth.sh Configure D-Link DUB-E100 Ethernet Adapter

init_dlink_usb_wifi.sh Configure D-Link WUA-1340 USB Wi-Fi adapter

init_dm9161a.sh Configure DM9161A Ethernet adapter

init_ftdi_usb_serial.sh Configure FTDI USB to serial adapter

init_gspca_usb_webcam.sh Configure GSPCA USB web camera interface

init_i2c_pcf8574.sh Configure I2C interface

init_microsd.sh Mount MicroSD card

init_ports.sh Set unused I/O port

mail_agent.sh Configure mail agent

motion_server.sh Configure and start Motion server

ntpd_server.sh Configure and start NTPD server

spca_video_server.sh Configure and start SCPA Video server

ssh_server.sh Configure and start SSH server

system.sh Configure common system parameters

telnet_server.sh Configure and start TELNET server

usb_utils.sh Create links to support USB utilities

user_cmds.sh User can add new commands here.

vars.sh Set configuration variables which used in other files

web_server.sh Configure and start HTTP server

You should NOT edit any .sh files except vars.sh and user_cmds.sh

You can modify the variables in vars.sh to configure the Linux system using Linux Control Panel as

described previously.

user_cmds.sh file is called after the system is initialized. You can add here any UNIX shell commands

available in current MINI-MAX/ARM9260-E Linux Release or call any software developed for MINI-

MAX/ARM9260-E Linux Release. By default, user_cmds.sh is empty.

The following list describes all predefined variables from vars.sh available in current MINI-

MAX/ARM9260-E Linux Release.

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Appendix A: Linux Configuration Variables

Variable Name : BIPOMVAR_DM9161A_ETHERNET

Value : ON | OFF

Description : If set to ON then script will configure DM9161 Ethernet adapter.