Embest SBC8600B User manual

SBC8600B
Single Board Computer
User Manual
SBC8600B-UM-V2.0
July 16, 2017

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Revision History:
Version
Date
Description
1.0
2012-12-21
Initial Version
1.1
2014-5-1
Document Revision
2.0
2017-6-26
HW & SW Upgrade

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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 0 ABBR........................................................................................................... VI
CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW.................................................................................1
1.1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................1
1.2 HARDWARE OVERVIEW.................................................................................................1
1.2.1 Mini8600B/Mini8610B .........................................................................................1
1.2.2 Extension Board..................................................................................................3
1.3 HARDWARE DIMENSION................................................................................................6
1.4 MODULES SUITABLE FOR THE EXTENSION BOARD .........................................................8
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SYSTEM..................................................................................9
2.1 CPU............................................................................................................................9
2.1.1 Introduction to CPU.............................................................................................9
2.1.2 CPU Features......................................................................................................9
2.2 INTRODUCTION TO PERIPHERALS ................................................................................11
2.2.1 NAND Flash H27U4G8F2DTR-BC ...................................................................11
2.2.2 DDR H5TQ2G83CFR-H9C ...............................................................................11
2.2.3 Ethernet AR8035...............................................................................................11
2.2.4 MAX3232...........................................................................................................12
2.3 HARDWARE INTERFACES.............................................................................................12
2.3.1 Mini86x0B..........................................................................................................12
2.3.2 Extension Board................................................................................................18
CHAPTER 3 LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM ....................................................................27
3.1 SOFTWARE RESOURCES.............................................................................................27
3.1.1 Locations of Resources.....................................................................................27
3.1.2 BSP....................................................................................................................28
3.2 STRUCTURE OF EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEM.................................................................29

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3.3 BUILDING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT.....................................................................31
3.3.1 Installing Cross Compilation Tools....................................................................31
3.3.2 Addition of environment variables.....................................................................32
3.4 PREPARE THE SOURCE CODE.....................................................................................32
3.4.1 Get the Source Code from DVD........................................................................32
3.4.2 Get the source code by git and repo.................................................................33
3.5 COMPILATION.............................................................................................................34
3.5.1 Compiling Boot Loader......................................................................................34
3.5.2 Compiling Kernel...............................................................................................35
3.5.3 Generation Filesystem ......................................................................................35
3.6 LINUX SYSTEM CUSTOMIZATION..................................................................................35
3.6.1 Entering Configuration Menu ............................................................................35
3.6.2 Menu Options....................................................................................................36
3.6.3 Compiling Kernel...............................................................................................37
3.6.4 Testing Serial Gadget........................................................................................37
3.7 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVERS........................................................................................37
3.7.2 NAND.................................................................................................................39
3.7.3 SD/MMC............................................................................................................40
3.7.4 LCDC.................................................................................................................41
3.7.5 Audio in/out........................................................................................................42
3.8 DRIVER DEVELOPMENT ..............................................................................................43
3.8.1 GPIO_keys Driver..............................................................................................43
3.8.2 GPIO_leds Driver ..............................................................................................49
3.9 SYSTEM UPDATE........................................................................................................52
3.9.1 Update of TF Card System Image ....................................................................52
3.9.2 Update of NAND Flash......................................................................................56
3.10 DISPLAY MODE CONFIGURATIONS ABS.....................................................................61
3.11 TESTAND DEMONSTRATION ......................................................................................63

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3.11.1 LED Testing......................................................................................................63
3.11.2 KEYPAD Testing..............................................................................................63
3.11.3 Touch Screen Testing ......................................................................................64
3.11.4 Backlight Testing..............................................................................................65
3.11.5 ADC Testing.....................................................................................................65
3.11.6 RTC Testing.....................................................................................................66
3.11.7 TF Card Testing ...............................................................................................67
3.11.8 USB DEVICE Testing.......................................................................................69
3.11.9 USB Host Testing.............................................................................................71
3.11.10 AUDIO Testing...............................................................................................72
3.11.11 Network Testing..............................................................................................74
3.11.12 CAN Testing...................................................................................................76
3.11.13 RS485 Testing ...............................................................................................78
3.11.14 Serial Interface Testing..................................................................................80
3.11.15 Buzzer Testing ...............................................................................................80
3.11.16 Suspend & Resume Testing..........................................................................81
3.11.17 GPIO Testing .................................................................................................81
3.11.18 Debian Configuration.....................................................................................83
3.11.19 TISDK System Demonstration.......................................................................85
3.12 DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATIONS..............................................................................88
3.12.1 Development of LED Applications...................................................................89
3.12.2 Development of CANApplications..................................................................90
3.12.3 Development of Serial Interface Applications .................................................98
CHAPTER 4 ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM ............................................................106
4.1 DEVELOPMENT.........................................................................................................106
4.1.1 Get the Source Code.......................................................................................106
4.1.2 Compiling source code....................................................................................107

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4.2 DEMONSTRATION OF ANDROID SYSTEM.....................................................................107
CHAPTER 5 WINCE OPERATING SYSTEM.................................................................110
5.1 SOFTWARE RESOURCES...........................................................................................110
5.1.1 Locations of Software Resources ...................................................................110
5.1.2 Precomiled Images and BSP.......................................................................... 111
5.2 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT............................................................................................112
5.2.1 Installation of IDE (Integrated Development Environment).............................112
5.2.2 Extract BSP and project files to IDE................................................................113
5.2.3 Sysgen & BSP Compilation.............................................................................113
5.2.4 Introduction of Drivers.....................................................................................113
5.3 UPDATE OF SYSTEM IMAGE.......................................................................................115
5.3.1 Update of TF Card...........................................................................................115
5.3.2 Update of NAND Flash Image.........................................................................121
5.4 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE...........................................................................................122
5.4.1 How to use openGL ES demo.........................................................................122
5.5APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT.....................................................................................122
5.5.1 Application Interfaces and Examples..............................................................122
5.5.2 GPIOApplication Interfaces and Examples....................................................123
APPENDIX 1 INSTALLING UBUNTU LINUX SYSTEM...................................126
APPENDIX 2 INSTALLING LINUX USB ETHERNET/RNDIS GADGET.........139
APPENDIX 3 MAKING LINUX BOOT DISK.....................................................142
APPENDIX 4 BUILDING TFTP SERVER .........................................................147
APPENDIX 5 FAQ .............................................................................................149
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND WARRANTY...................................................................150

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Chapter 0 ABBR
Mini86x0B: Mini8600B or Mini8610B, core board using MPU AM3358 or AM3352
SBC8600B: Extension Board of Mini86x0B

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Chapter 1 Product Overview
1.1 Introduction
Mini86x0B is a small form-factor controller board based on TI’s Sitara
AM3354/AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8 processor, meauring only 60mm by 27mm; The tiny
module integrates 2*256MBytes DDR3 SDRAM and 1*512Mbytes NAND Flash; It uses
two 0.4mm pitch 40-pin board-to-board male extension connectors to bring out most
hardware peripheral signals and GPIOs from the CPU.
SBC8600B is a single board computer designed by Embest, which has an extension
board to carry the Mini86X0B core board. The flexible design allows the fast and easy way
of realizing and upgrading the controller’s capabilities. In additional to those features
offered by Mini86X0B, the SBC8600B extension board has 5 serial ports (including 2
RS232 and 3 TTL), 2 USB Hosts and 1 USB OTG, 2 Ethernet ports, CAN, RS485, LCD,
Touch screen, Audio, ADC and more other peripherals. The SBC8600B is a ready-to-run
platform to support with Linux 4.1, Android 2.3 and WinCE 7 operating systems.
1.2 Hardware Overview
The following sections list out all the hardware features of the two parts of SBC8600B
respectively.
1.2.1 Mini8600B/Mini8610B
Electric Features
Working Temperature: 0 °C ~ 70°C
Working Humidity: 20% ~ 90%, Non-Condensing
Dimensions: 60mm x 27mm

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Input Voltage: 3.3V
Processor
1GHz ARM Cortex™-A8 32-Bit RISC Microprocessor
NEON™ SIMD Coprocessor
32KB/32KB of L1 Instruction/Data Cache with Single-Error Detection
(parity)
256KB of L2 Cache with Error Correcting Code (ECC)
SGX530 Graphics Engine
Programmable Real-Time Unit Subsystem
Memories
512MB NAND Flash
2*256MB DDR3 SDRAM
Extension Interfaces and Signals Routed to Pins
Two 0.4-pitch 40-pin DIP Interfaces
A TFT LCD Interface (Support LCDs with 24-bpp parallel RGB
interface)
Two USB2.0 High-Speed OTG Interfaces
Six UART Interfaces
A SPI Interface
Two 10/100 /1000Mbps Ethernet MAC(EMAC) with Management Data
Input/Output(MDIO) Module
A Multichannel Audio Serial Ports (McASP)
8-Channel 12bit ADC Interface
Three IIC Signals
Two 4-line SD/MMC card interfaces
GPMC Signals
Note:
Some of the pins are multiplexed for UART、IIC、SPI、CAN. Please refer to the CPU datasheet

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and schematics in the DVD-ROM for details.
Figure 1-1 Mini86x0B Block Diagram
1.2.2 Extension Board
Electric Features
Working Temperature: 0 °C ~ 70°C
Working Humidity: 20% ~ 90%, Non-Condensing
Dimensions: 95m x 95m
Input Voltage: 12V
Audio/Video Interfaces
LCD/4-Line Resistive Touch-Screen Interface (50-pin FPC connector
with 24-bit RGB output)
An Audio Input Interface (3.5mm connector)
An Dual-Channel Audio Output Interface (3.5mm connector)
Data Transfer Interface