Embest SBC8140 User manual

SBC8140
Single Board Computer
Quick Guide
Version 1.0 –Mar. 20th, 2013

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Copyright Statement:
SBC8140 and its related intellectual property are owned by Shenzhen Embest
Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Embest Technology has the copyright of this document and reserves
all rights. Any part of the document should not be modified, distributed or
duplicated in any approach and form with the written permission issued by
Embest Technology Co., Ltd.
M The use of Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows95, Windows98,
Windows2000 and Windows embedded CE 6.0 are authorized by Microsoft.
Revision History:
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Product Overview ............................................................................................1
1.1 Packing List............................................................................................................1
1.2 Default Specifications.............................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Preparations .....................................................................................................2
2.1 Hardware Connections and Buttons ......................................................................2
2.2 Setting Up HyperTerminal ......................................................................................3
Chapter 3 Linux Operating System..................................................................................7
3.1 Updating SD Card and Booting from It...................................................................7
3.2 Updating NAND Flash and Booting from It............................................................8
Chapter 4 WinCE Operating System..............................................................................10
4.1 Updating SD Card and Booting from It.................................................................10
4.2 Updating NAND Flash and Booting from It..........................................................12
Technical Support and Warranty....................................................................................13

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Chapter 1 Product Overview
1.1 Packing List
SBC8140 x 1
Cross-over serial cable（DB9 to DB9）x 1
10-pin JTAG cable x 1
JTAG8000 module x 1
5V/2A power adapter x 1
DVD-ROM x 1
LCD screen x 1 (optional item, available in 4.3-inch 480*272 or 7-inch 800*480)
1.2 Default Specifications
SBC8140 does not have RTC battery on board by default
SBC8140 has a Linux2.6.32 system in NAND Flash by default
SBC8140 boots from NAND Flash by default; pressing and holding BOOT
button (button CN11) before connecting power can make it boot from SD card;

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Chapter 2 Preparations
2.1 Hardware Connections and Buttons
Please connect hardware components and find locations of button according to the
figure shown below;
Figure 2-1 Hardware connections
Table 2-1 Hardware Connections
No.
Descriptions
No.
Descriptions
1
Insert a SD card
3
BOOT button
2
Connect serial cable
4
Connect power adapter
1
2
3
4

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2.2 Setting Up HyperTerminal
1）Click Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications >
HyperTerminal on your PC’s desktop;
Figure 2-2 Start HyperTerminal
2）Enter a name in the Name field and select an icon below, and then click OK;
Figure 2-3 Create a new HyperTerminal

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3）Select the port to be used and click OK;
Figure 2-4 Select port

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4）Please configure the port you selected as shown in the following window,
and then click OK;
Figure 2-5 Configure port

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5）HyperTerminal has been set up successfully.
Figure 2-6 HyperTerminal window

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Chapter 3 Linux Operating
System
This chapter will introduce how to update SD card and NAND Flash and boot Linux
system from them respectively.
3.1 Updating SD Card and Booting from It
1）You can download HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.0.6 from
http://www.embedinfo.com/english/download/SP27213.exe, and use it to
format SD card; the figure shown below is the tool’s interface;
Figure 3-1 Format SD card

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Select FAT32 in the File system drop-down menu, and then click Start to
format SD card.
Note:
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool will erase the partitions of TF card. If partitions need
to be retained, please use the format function of Windows system.
2）Copy all the files under X:\linux\image\ to a SD card (X is label of your DVD
drive), and then insert it on SBC8140 and power on the system;
3）When the following information is shown in HyperTerminal window, the
system boots up successfully; now enter root to log into the Linux system;
Table 3-1 Log in Linux
SBC8100_PLUS login: (enter“root”)
Note:
By default SBC8140 boots from NAND Flash; pressing and holding BOOT button before
connecting power can make it boot from SD card.
By default, the system support 4.3-inch screen. If you need to select another display
mode, please refer to SBC8140 User Manual section 3.7 Display Mode Configurations
to change the display mode and type boot under u-boot mode to continue boot-up
process.
3.2 Updating NAND Flash and Booting from It
Updating image files in NAND Flash requires the help of u-boot. No matter whether there
is data in NAND Flash, image files can be updated by running u-boot from SD card.
1）Use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.0.6 to format SD card to FAT or
FAT32 filesystem;
2）Copy the files MLO, u-boot.bin, x-load.bin.ift_for_NAND, flash-uboot.bin,
uImage and ubi.img from \linux\image of DVD-ROM to SD card;
3）Insert SD card on SBC8140 and power it on; when the information on serial
interface shows countdown in seconds, press any key on your PC’s

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keyboard to enter u-boot mode;
Table 3-2 Enter u-boot Mode
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 (press any key to enter u-boot mode)
4）Type run updatesys and press Enter key to start system update;
5）When the LEDs on the kit start to blink, the update is completed; please
remove SD card and reboot the system;

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Chapter 4 WinCE Operating
System
This chapter will introduce how to update SD card and NAND Flash and boot Linux
system from them respectively.
4.1 Updating SD Card and Booting from It
1）Please refer to the step 1）in 3.1Updating SD Card and Booting from It to
format SD card, and then Copy the files MLO, EBOOTSD.nb0 and NK.bin
from X:\WINCE600\image\ (X is label of your DVD drive) to SD card;
2）Insert the SD card on SBC8140 and power it on while pressing and holding
BOOT button (refer to 2.1 Hardware Connections and Buttons to find the
button); When you information counting down in seconds, please press
Space key on your PC’s keyboard to enter eboot menu.
Table 4-1 Enter EBOOT Menu
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 (press Space key to enter eboot menu)
3）Type ain the following eboot menu;
Table 4-2 EBOOT Menu
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Main Menu
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[1] Show Current Settings
[2] Select Boot Device
[3] Select KITL (Debug) Device
[4] Network Settings
[5] SDCard Settings
[6] Set Device ID
[7] Save Settings
[8] Flash Management
[9] Enable/Disable OAL Retail Messages

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[a] Select Display Resolution
[0] Exit and Continue
Selection:a
4）Select a proper display mode in the following menu according to your
display device;
Table 4-3 Select Display Mode
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Select Display Resolution
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[1] LCD 480x272 60Hz //4.3-inch LCD display, default device
[2] DVI 640x480 60Hz
[3] DVI 640x480 72Hz
[4] LCD 800x480 60Hz //7-inch LCD display
[5] DVI 800x600 60Hz // LVDS display
[6] DVI 800x600 56Hz
[7] VGA 1024x768 60Hz // VGA display
[8] DVI 1280x720 60Hz
[0] Exit and Continue
Selection (actual LCD 480x272 60Hz):4
5）Type 7and yin the following menu to save settings, and then type number 0
to continue booting system;
Table 4-4 Continue Booting
Main Menu
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[1] Show Current Settings
[2] Select Boot Device
[3] Select KITL (Debug) Device
[4] Network Settings
[5] SDCard Settings
[6] Set Device ID
[7] Save Settings
[8] Flash Management
[9] Enable/Disable OAL Retail Messages
[a] Select Display Resolution
[0] Exit and Continue

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Selection:0
The WinCE system is updated and booted up successfully after booting
process is completed.
Note:
By default SBC8140 boots from NAND Flash; pressing and holding BOOT button before
connecting power can make it boot from SD card.
4.2 Updating NAND Flash and Booting from It
1）Please refer to the step 1）in 3.1Updating SD Card and Booting from It to
format SD card; After SD card formatting is done, copy the files MLO,
EBOOTSD.nb0, EBOOTNAND.nb0, NK.bin and XLDRNAND.nb0 from
X:\WINCE600\image\ (X is label of your DVD drive) to SD card, and then
rename EBOOTNAND.nb0 to EBOOTND.nb0.
2）Insert SD card on SBC8140, and then power it on while pressing and
holding BOOT button; when you see information counting down in seconds,
press Space key to enter eboot menu;
3）Type 8in eboot meu to enter flash management menu;
4）Type a, band cto program XLDR, EBOOT and NK image file into flash;
5）Type number 0to go back to main menu, and then type 2and 4to select
booting from NAND Flash;
6）Type ain main menu to select display mode, and then type 7and yto save
changes;
7）Remove SD card from SBC8140 and reboot it; the system will boot up from
NAND Flash;

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Technical Support and Warranty
Technical Support
Embest Technology provides its product with one-year free technical support
including:
Providing software and hardware resources related to the embedded products
of Embest Technology;
Helping customers properly compile and run the source code provided by
Embest Technology;
Providing technical support service if the embedded hardware products do not
function properly under the circumstances that customers operate according to
the instructions in the documents provided by Embest Technology;
Helping customers troubleshoot the products.
The following conditions will not be covered by our technical support service. We will
take appropriate measures accordingly:
Customers encounter issues related to software or hardware during their
development process;
Customers encounter issues caused by any unauthorized alter to the
embedded operating system;
Customers encounter issues related to their own applications;
Customers encounter issues caused by any unauthorized alter to the source
code provided by Embest Technology;
Warranty Conditions
1）12-month free warranty on the PCB under normal conditions of use since

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the sales of the product;
2）The following conditions are not covered by free services; Embest
Technology will charge accordingly:
A. Customers fail to provide valid purchase vouchers or the product
identification tag is damaged, unreadable, altered or inconsistent with the
products.
B. Products are damaged caused by operations inconsistent with the user
manual;
C. Products are damaged in appearance or function caused by natural
disasters (flood, fire, earthquake, lightning strike or typhoon) or natural
aging of components or other force majeure;
D. Products are damaged in appearance or function caused by power failure,
external forces, water, animals or foreign materials;
E. Products malfunction caused by disassembly or alter of components by
customers or, products disassembled or repaired by persons or
organizations unauthorized by Embest Technology, or altered in factory
specifications, or configured or expanded with the components that are not
provided or recognized by Embest Technology and the resulted damage in
appearance or function;
F. Product failures caused by the software or system installed by customers
or inappropriate settings of software or computer viruses;
G. Products purchased from unauthorized sales;
H. Warranty (including verbal and written) that is not made by Embest
Technology and not included in the scope of our warranty should be fulfilled
by the party who committed. Embest Technology has no any responsibility;
3）Within the period of warranty, the freight for sending products from
customers to Embest Technology should be paid by customers; the freight
from Embest to customers should be paid by us. The freight in any direction
occurs after warranty period should be paid by customers.
4）Please contact technical support if there is any repair request.
Note:
Embest Technology will not take any responsibility on the products sent back without the
permission of the company.

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Contact Information
Hotline: [phone]
Fax: [phone]-666
Pre-sales: [e-mail]
After-sales: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.timll.com
Address: Tower B 4/F, Shanshui Building, Nanshan Yungu Innovation Industry Park,
LiuxianAve. No. 1183, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (518055)